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Figures70p. Horses 85p

These lioures reDresenttribesmen and militia of lhe
Puniab, iho made up almost hall of the Sikh army.
Thev cover the Deriodfrom c.1750-1900.They can be
used as Afahansor aoainstAfohansand Persiansin lhe
early 19th aentury,ailevied troops in the Indian Mutiny
and'Marathatroo6stor the GwalioiCampaignof 1843.
CodesSK124-134havebeendesignedwitha vadetyof
headpositions,facialdetailand slightvariationin dress
to give units a more irregularappearance.These are
suppliedas a randommix and lypescannotbe chosen sK124
sK135 separalely.lvlostwearlurbansandbeards.
The 3 chieftainscan be used as regularSikh infanlry
officerswho dressedfrom head to foot in either red,
orangeor yellowsilk.
SK'119Chieftainstanding, tulwarrestingon ground
SK120Chiellainwalking,helmet,tulwar& pistol
SK'121Chieftainadvancing withtulwar,shouting
SK122Standardbeareradvancing, UseSKSstandard
SK123Drummerwalking
SK124Matchlockman standing
SK125Matchlockman marching
SK126Matchlockman advancing, highporte
sKt36 SKl 27 Matchlockman advancing sK127
SK'1 28 L4atchlockman liring
SK129Speaman,standingbarechested,
useshieldIMSB& spearRRS17
SK130Speamanadvancingbarechested,
open-handed, useshieldIMSB
& spearRRSIT
SKl3'1Spearmanrunningopen-handed,
useshieldlL/SB
SK132Swordsman advancingbarechested,
useshieldIMSB sK137
SK133Swordsman advancing,use shieldl[,rSB
SK134Swordsman attacking, useshieldll\4SB
SK138 AKALIS(FanaticslTheAkaliswerea tanaticalreligious
groupthatnumberedc.3,000andtoughtlorthe Khalsa.
Theytypicallyworethe dastarbungga,a stiffenediur- sK130
banon whichtheycarriedtheirsteelquoits.The steel
quoits,thrownbeforeclosecombat,wereanotherpecu-
liarityol the Akalis.
SK'135Leadershouting,sword& fist raised,
wearingtunic& dastarbungga
SK136Fanaticadvancing wilh 2 swords,
wearingtunic& dastarbungga
SK'l37Fanaticadvancing withsleelquoit& sword,
jezailslung, turban
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INTARLETONS
DRAGOONS 1808-1812
NP665Officerin coveredbicome
NP666TrumDeler
NP667D€goon,shouldered sword
NP668Dragoon,swordraised,leaninglorward
NP669Dragoonon picketduly,carbineon hip
DRAGOONS
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NP671Trumpeler
NP672Dragoon, shouldered sword
NP673Dragoon,sword raised
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BR]TISHLIGHTDRAGOONHORSES
NPH4ATrotling
NPH49Canteing NP677
NPH50Galloping
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HORSEARTILLERY IN DOLMANS1807-12
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NP675Gunnerfidnggun
NP676Gunnerwilhrammerleaningawayfromgun muzzle
NP677Gunnerloader,leaningawaylromgun muzzle
NP678Venhan/NCOorderingfire
NP679Spareman standing
NPCav680Mountedolllcerin colback& oelisse
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HORSEARTILLERY
IN BARDINUNIFORM
RUNNING
GUNUP I812-15
UseFrenchlimberNPV10
NP682Gunnerrunning,pLrlling
leftwheel
NP683Gunnerrunning,pullingrighlwheel,rammerovershoulder NP683
NP684Venlman/Ncopushingwheel
NP685Gunnerpushing withtrailspike,rightside,heacldown
NP686Gunn€rpushing wilhtrailspike,leftside,headup,shouting
NP687Spareman runnning
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GARIBATDIIN Grandearmyon land.

Duringthewithdrawaltherebels,followingtheirvictoryattheford
of SantaViloria, werebrieflyableto reoccupy Lages,40milesaway,

SOUTHAMERICA butilere onceagainforcedout andbackintoRio GraDde

insidetheiro\In tenitory therebelswereforcedto 6ghtamajorbattle
at Taquarion I May 1840.Accordingto Garibaldithe rebelarmyof
doSul.Back

Part1: 5,000horsernen and 1,000fool met a BraziliaoImperialistarmyof

3.000horsemenand 4,000foot supPonedby a few anillery piec€s
(Ridley,1974).The rebel armychosea defensivepositionwilh the
RloGrandedo SUI inIantry,mostlynegroor nixed race,Placedon a hill in thecentreof
tbeir line. Garibaldiand his seanenwith then, while the cavalry
byPaulParsons formedtwovings,the right underCen€ralNetto,andtheleft under
Canabarro. Ovenll command washeldby Goncalves, tbe Political
Folowinga failedinsunectionin Genoaon 4 February1834,in which leaderof Rio Grande do Sul. The rebels waited for the ImPerialist foot
and horse to advance. then sent in their cavaky in a decisive charge in
he was heavilyinvolved,and a brief period spentin Maneilles,
{,hich a unit of lancers made up of fieed negro slaves on Canabano s
Gi$eppeGaribaldiemigratedto Brazil,arrivingin Rio deJaneiroin
joined large Italian expatriat€ left wing played the major role. Unfonunately for the rebeh they did
rhe A umtr of 1835,wherehe the
commuty. For oler a yedrCaribaldimadrd livingasa ma(aroni notpursuelhe brokenImPerialists afterth€battleandmanywereable
tnder, but- anadventurer at hean hebecame a privateerfor the to eccaoe. allosing lhe lmperialirl.to rebuild rheirarmy
provinceof Rjo GrandedoSulwhichhadbeenin lor ; shon while the lmpemalisl' $ere forced ontolhedelensive.
Brazilianbreakaway
1835and for whose cause Garibaldi bad fighting a guerrilla cnmpaign againsl lhe rebels, but this changed
rebellionsinceSeptember
ship,theL!;t , which following July 1840 when General Caxias was given connand of a new
muchsynpathy.Garibaldicapturedamerchant
army to crush the rebellion. The rebels were forced up into the weslern
hethenusedhimself,scuttlinghisowtlship,theMazzrni,andheaded
wa$hips. highlands. taking their fanilies and calile with thern, delermined to
Southwherehewaslhenchased by BrazilianandUtuguayan
province of Entre'Rjos and was held on continue th€ struggle. Canabano's division led the retreat,with
He landedin theArgentinian
parole.Followingan attempted€scapehe waslonured, only to be Garibaldiandhis s€amen attached,whileGoncalves broughtup the
rear, harass€d by Imperialist guenilas all rhe way. Numerous small
rcleasedshortlyafterwards.Garibaldiwasthenableto nake hisway
actions occuned. An anenpt by Caxias to cut off and destroy the r€beh
viaUruguayto join thearmyof theRepublicof Rio Grandedo Sul.
of Lo! Antasfailed.A divisionof
Theforcesof Rio Grandedo Sulwe.etiry by Europeanslandards, astheytrav€lledthroughtheforest
ImDerial lrooos under General Labatlue wa!sentaheadbuttherebels,
numb€ring9,372men by October1839,lhe year after Ganbaldi
aided by local friendly Indian tribes, sw€pt them aside.Conditions
anived.(Ridley,1974). Fourtllou.and, twohundred andninetysix
'fronLline' -
soldiers 1,827horse,2,247foot,and222 imFoved after leaving lhe forest, with the onsetof Spring.After
wereconsidered
- reaching Cruz AIta the army headed south to San Gabrielwherework
artillery while the 5,076strongNationalCuard resefleswerc
readyto defendtheir began oD building a canp fo. the soldiers and their families.
composed almostentirelyof gauchohorsemen
After a few months in the new camp Garibaldi asked to bereleased
own disrricts.Againstthem the 24,000strongBraziliatrlmperial
ftom seflice in the army of the Republic of Rio Grande do Suland
AnnedForcescouldsendno nore than10,000 men.
"na!ry" lollards the end of April 1841 he left with his soon-to-be wife Anita,
Garibaldi becamecomnanderof the rebel and look
(lat€r renaned nio Paldo) one of iis lwo theirson Menoni and son€ cattle, bound for Uruguay andanolherwar.
cammrd of theFaftoupilha
r€lativelysmallships.He beganoperations in lheLaSoado Patoswith Thesurvivingrebelscontinuedtheir strugglefor independence until
onthelagoonGaribaldi actions Iinally petercd out in 1845, most rebels suc{umbing to a
hisintemationalcrew.Duringlheseoperations govemmeDt
warehouse basewhenhe cnmbination of strong Imperial action and offers of
vith 13menwasrestingoulsidehisshoreside
wassurpris€d by anImperialistforceof 150foot and horse. Garibaldi amnestv lonP before then.
iustreached thesturdywarehouse building, hisponcho havingbeen
pierced by ahorseman\ Iance, alongwith mostof hismenandafierce
fir€fightensuedduringwhichthe Imperialhts$€d to climbon toPof
the roof to set it on fre. The defendersnanagedto dislodgethe
attacken, shootingand stabbingup througb the roof, and lhe
engagement cameto an end \r,henthe Inperialists' connander
LieutenatrlcolonelFrancisco de Abreuwasinjur€dby a shotfton a
freenegro,Procopio,andthe Imperialislsretired.Garibaldilosl one
mar kiled with 6 lightlywounded,whiletheImperialists los!6 killed.
To bring abouta rebellionin the neighbouring provinceof Santa
Catarinaaninvasionwasplannedin whichthenatf, alreadysuccessful
in capturing a numberof vessels on the lagoon,wouldassistby
operating olilhe Atlanticcoast,which involvedtransponing bothshiF
overthelandseparating th€lagoonfromtheocean.
Gadbaldi'sshipwassunkin astorm,bul hewasgivencommand of a
captured vessel,theltapanca.Hewasableto takeparlin thecaptuleof
the port of Laguna,his shipand the AnericanJohnGrigS'sS?tral
enleringtheharboorwhileGeneralCanabano assaulted thesenlement
by landfromthe rearon 22July 1839.A fierceengagement ensued in
whichColonelVillasBoeslost15menkilledandmanyhjured before
hissurviving77Inperiaiistssurrendered.
Theoccupation of SantaCatarina province wasnota success, much
of thepopulationwishing10remainunderImperialrule, andby late ' --Cr
1839the Rio Grandearmywaslorcedto withdrawsloivly,fighting AR6R!NNN
delayitrgactionsagainsttheImperialislforcesasthey'{ent. Garibaldi
wasforcedlo abandoohisshipsandjoinedup with therestof lhe Rio
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onlysuitableto represent extractsof aciualbattles,egat corPslevel. lanpe.are;ho avarlable and, for lhis period. willacluallv fit 'n The
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competition games shouldbebasedonalourIoottable/ 15mmfigures. couldnl beeasrelm wsshthefigures rnliquidsoaP andlheneitheluse
How often havewe se€na strung-outNapoleonicline, lackingany acrylicsor enamels. (Penonaly I find acrylics are supenor)
cohesion / coordination. Hasanyonelriedtocontrol alargenumber of liules?Any s€trvill do- justmodifydistanc€s andthat'sit.
unirssDread outover 2016 vards? Scenery? wellifyou dre used to readymadescenery I hdvetolellyou
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a GernaDbrigadeandlotsmoro.I figureI needover50vehicl€s - al
propermodelkits fromcompani€s suchasTaniyaandIlalieri. Mad?
You betcha!I am now desperat€ (very)for anyasshtanc€ with this
project.(Colinar€YOU int€rest€d?)
But whatof sanerindividuals?WW2hasa lot to offer. Pick any
lheaireandthercis a boxof figuresthatwill suit,on€wayor another.
My forc€sarean€clecticmixof oul of productionAirfir, in-production
Airffr, old Matclbox,newReyell,andjust-stopped Brci,eith theodd
modelthrov,nin for goodmea$re.Thebesttheatreto pickhasto be
Italy. For this you canuseany8th Arny figurewith a newpair of
trouserssculptedfror0Milipul, anyAnedcanfigurc,andanyG€rman
fion Aftika Korps0usl replacethos€lace-up,long bootsandsolar
top€et throughto nountaintrooper.It\ possibleto useanyAi.fir
Aussies youmayhaveasabattationor soof Kiwi'sandeventheAirfix
Curkha'sstraightfromthebox Youwil howeverbavesomedifficulty
in loc"tingmanyof theseranges,whichis wher€specialists suchas
AndyHarfr€ldconein.
Thos€old Airfu BriGh Suppongroupthatyourdogchewedup are
nowl15abox.Ifyou wishto includevehicles thenrninimunpric€sstart
at {9 for a Sherman or Panther(Ialieri). ft will takeyoua coupleof
nights to bdld andthenanother twotopaint.Isn't1:300 mucheasierl?
But thenagain,everseena troopof three1:35scaletankson your
\r,arganes table?Mouthwat€ring!Goon- youoweit to youEelf!
To beperfectlyfiank WW2shouldreallybelimitedto abanlegroup
fonnationsize,my projectis slightlyOTT andis ratherexpensive,
whichtendsto knocksomeof the glossof my 'wargarne 54nn, it's
cheap'message. A periodwhichwouldcomJortably encompass snaller occasionalbandage.Oth€r figuresused have includedAccumte
battlegroupactionsis Vietnam,althoughall the figuresusedwiu of Minutenen, Tinpo Napoleonic Highlanders, the M.Ix cannonand
necessity be miniaturessuchas the excellentDHgonrange.A US ACWcavalry.Thegreat€st convenions havebeentheHighlande6(to
CavalryTroopof oneMl13 sectioncanier,threeM113ACAV\, three becomeFraseisHighlanders) andtheMarx ACw cavalry.To nake
M48'sandan M106with 10dismounted trooDen.a Kq teamanda theHighlanderofficerI usedthetolsoandheadof anAccu€tefigur€
SpecialForcestean would makefor an €xael€ntand afiordable with ahearmsof oneTimpoofficerandthe kilt andl€gsof anolher.
project.Othermodernperiodscatrincludeinterninable'whatifs' with Milipul wasusedtobuildupthefull kilt andreplacethetricomrvilhth€
Airtu British, SAS,G€rman,SovietaodUS troop6,f,sci'sUS and slandardbonnet.{l knowthat bv Guiford Counhouse the kilt had
SovietParasandthelimit€dSrFr lh€tail rangefromBritalns(aUout gone,but asI saidbeforethisis aboutthe visualaestheticasmuchas
of production),coupledwithTaniJaCbieftains, Mard€rsandthelike. anything else).
Insteadof goingforwardsitr timeitt ahopossibleto d€lvedeeper, Of cou6eI woulddearlyloveto do the Napoleonic periodin this
esp€cially into th€EnglishCivil Warusingthe'A CrI to tums' range. largerscale,butataroundf15for aboxfor Airfir Napol€onics I baveto
Againusingthe 'A. T PatentBrigadesystem',with a ftiend andtbe giveit amiss.I havein anycasealreadygotasizeable Britisharmyand
relativ€lysnalloutlayof t30 each(approx. ) youcaneachhaveatercio havenowdelvedinto Cid de Barrillo, Geemy earliercomm€nton
of foot. To do this the ingredientsare three boxesof Command Runford err0 sono waythere!Som€one hasdonethe p€riodusing
(providesyouwith 6 officers,6 drums,6 fifes,6 flags,12musket!,12 Histonx.
sergeants), sevenboxesof musketee.s (a mix of the Royalistand I'll saythat again- HISTOREXIWell, with onegunt€amcosting
Parliameniarian boxes,bothbeing16per boxin 4 poles)andfinally overf40 andlakingafonnightto buildrno thanks!
threeboxesofpikenen(20perboxitr 8poses).Eachreginentwill have Whereto drawa line?Theultinate?A qu€stion,just wheredid a[
arouDd36 figureswith oneofricer,drummer,fifer, staodardbearer, thos€AciionMengo?NowthereIiesr€alinsanity!!
twosergeanls, 20shotteand10pike.For thefuturecavalry,artil€ry If you'reinterested in followingthroughandfancyhavinga gohere
andpe$onalitiesareplanned.Th€cavalrymaywel endupbeingupto arcafewcontacByou'llneed:
16for 2 to 4figures,soa regimentof 12couldbebetween !18 and136: PlasticWarrior,65WaltonCourt,Woking,Surrey,GU21sEE
rhough,onceagain,youcouldtry scratch-building or conveningolher MarksnenModels,7 GoldsmithAvenue,Acton,lrndon, W36HR
figures.Whatever case,thewholearmywill costyoulessthan!60. How Harfields,32St.WinifiedsRoad,BigginHi[, Kent,TN163HP
muchmelalvouldthatbuy? (Forthoseof a negalomaniac mture I an at 17TheParklands, South
My fiIst BigFigue periodwastheRebellionandwiththebenefitof Cave,Brough, EastYorks.HU15EL. GoodLuck!!)
experience I canrecommend it. The nain box I usedl{as Accurstc
Bitish inJantry.Thesepoorchapshaveb€endecapitated to become
FusilienandGrenadiers,had rnusketsand kit choppedto become
Jagers,andbeenthorcughlyhackedaboutto becomeLight Infaotry.
TheonlytoolsI usedwereasharpknif€,bitsof plasticfor proddingand
pokng, nassesof Milliput, coundesstubesof superglue and the
Tv/o W1flll photoslron the Worgames HolidnJ Cente. Figurcs, N & R I\trODELS
Armou\ Anillery figwesa d painted
t)ehicles br DaveDochenJand 145 Crcnlrrook Rood, Ilford, Essex IG I 4PU.
Stevestco(r|me architectutesoatch-builtby Mik Sewell. Tel: Ora l-553 I 144
Mondcry-Soturdcy 9oln-6pm
Sundcry lOom-3pm
Essex Flguros
 'Ost ofAmmunltlon northwards, ratherthaneasttovarCsttre tnCge,tlrder andcount-er
orderdisruptedthecohesion of theirattackandtheysoonceased to be
an ef{eclivefightingunit. Survivorsfron the lst and3rd Battalions

GodSavethe King' joinedin th€afftay,bul ii lrasall lo no avail-Thelightlyarm€dParas

batteredlhem$lvesto piecesagainstwelldugh SStroopswho$,er€
weu suppliedand supponedby increasingnumb€rsof armoured
A 2OmmWWII denronstratloir v€hicles.Theleadingunilsmanaged to getto within800yardsof the
garnebasedon theArnhem b€leaguered bridgedefenders, but noneof th€ smallgroupsof Paras
wassufficientto forceabreakthrough.
battleof September44 Tle remnants
Oosterbeek.
of thebattalions
Of tbefivebattalions
stream€d awayfromAmhemtoward!
andonebrigadeheadquarters which
by ColinRumford hadgoneintoArnhen,morethan3000men,onlyabout?00at the
bridgewerestil fightingandnot morethan500madeit backto what
wasto become th€Oosterbeek perimeter.
THEPROJECT Throughout MondayandTuesday Frost'smenhadbeatenoff nany
The ideaof an Amh€mdemogane wasbom in a bedrcomat the attacksofincr€asing intensily,includingthechargeof 9 SSR€connaiss'
warrington"wargam€r\Rerr€at"wargames holidaycentrefollowing anceBattalionacrossthe bridSe- dramaticalyrecreated in tbefilm
averyenjoyable D-Daybash.Needtess tosaydrinkwasinvolved. Dave epicA B BeTooFar.Wirlrout hopeof reliefandsufferingrelentless
Johnson,Mal Taylor andI plottedafter DaveHowitt of Bdtannia to '{hichtheyhadnoresponse
shelling it wasonlyamatteroftime.Th€
Midistureswentfor anearlybath.Little did DaveH. realisewhathe Iastarmedresistance endedat abouts.mamonThu$day, rhreedays
wassaying ashelaidgoodnight muttering"OK, I givein, I'll doyoua andninehoursafterMajorDigbyTatham'Waner (theonewirhth€
fewfigure!.Nowlet mego to bed".The followingbr€akfastbrought umbrella)andthe firsl Parashadanivedat the bridge.Thelastradio
forwarda pleafor about80ne{, castings - Davewaslostfor \r,ords message to comefron FrosfsHO was"Oul of amnunition - God
(vellprintableonesanyway)! savelheKing".Theonlypeopleto hearthisnemorabl€stat€ment were
Whenthe hangovers clearedArnhemwason tbe cards;but which lheGermans.
bit? A coupleof yearsagolhe Hu[ ladsdid a veryspectacular Same
featuringthethreeparatroopdivisionalareasfromEindhoven through
lo Amhemandthe advance oi XXX Corp6.Afier doinga fair bit of THESCENARIO
readingandresearcha suitabi€labletopscenariowasdecidedupon. The'chargeof theairbomeballalions'wasto b€thebasisof ourgame.
Thiswasthe 'charge'of theBritishbattalionsro breakthroughlo the Randomfaclorswouldgovemthe arival of the Pans and c€rtain
beleaguered €lementsof the lst AirborneBrigadeclingingon to the Germanreinforcemenis. Tle basicgameoblectivefor lhe Britishtlas
nonhemendof the AmhemroadbridSe.A[ the actiontook place to breaklhroughfte German\top line' andaniveat 1stBrigad€HQ
within Amhemtownitself andthe scaleinvolvedmeantit couldbe wiih al leasta rifle company(8figuret beforeFrost\ menwereforced
madevisually appealingon a modest\sized tablecompared to thatol to sunender.TheGermanobjectivewasto stopthishappeDing. The
the Hull megalonaniacs. t otsof scratchbuilding
and\pecials'would sketchplan showsthe basiclayoulof tbe r€rrainandthe hisrorical
berequired. events.In true wargames fashionit is a condensedcnricatureof the
acrualbattlefield.

HISTORICAL
EVENTS
Lt. ColonelJohnFrosttogetherwith a largepartof his2ndParachule TIIE TRIP
Battalion seized thearea around thenorthern ramp of the roadbridge Suitablyinspiredandcameras in hand,off MalTaylorandI joliedto
duringthe eveningof 17September. Theyhadachieved totalsurpise Houand.(The lrip coincidedwith the EindhovenShow,but thafs
andverelaterjoinedbyotherelements of theDivision, including the anotherstory).Superbtrip. Walking/drivingaroundtheareawasareal
1stParachute BrigadeHQ. By the folowirg morningFrost'sforce eye-opener. The moslsurprisingthjng p€rhapswasthat this bit of
numbered approximately ?40.Tte Gernans though hadbeenquickto Hollandwasn'tflat. Therewasd€finit€lya highroadanda low road
reacrandhadisolated Frosl\command ftomlherestofrheDivision. intoAmhem,andaformidableescarpment whichtrappedParasonthe
constructing a numberof so called\top lines'within the to{n area lo* road and expos€dthen 1o automaticcannonfire ftom the
between thebridgeandthedrop/landingzones. brickworkson the southbank. The hospitaland museumare still
Fortwodays(Monday-Tuesday) fourBritishbattalionstriedin vain !,lnding,asaremaryof rhehouses wheretheParasmadetheirlast
to force a way throughto the bridge.The lsl and 3rd Parachute stand.Only the areaimm€diat€lyaroundthe bridgehaschanged
Battalions *ere thefirstintoactionagainstthebattlehardened troops dranatically,bul lotsof infoonlhispanof th€battle\rasto befoundat
of the 9 SSPanzer Division.By Mondayevening theyhadfought $e Hanenstein HotelAirborne Museum.
themlelv€s to a standstill
aDdweredispeEed amongst thehouses and
gardens to thewesrofSl.Elizabeth Hospiral.
Tuesdaysaw.rhearrivalof two ftesh,full strengthbattalions.The RULES
fiIst of these.the2ndBattalionof theSoulhStaffordshires, hadb€en
Rapil Fircwithanarnendment to themoralerule.zndParaneedonly
released ftomtheii taskof defending thelandinS zones.Unbeknovnto
*an lestingwhen theiroverallmorale strengthdropsto 15.
the Britishthe Germanshadreformedinto four battlegroupsduring
Mondaynightandhadformedatunnelof 6reintowhicbtheParasmust
advance. Theyfoughtup andpastthe HospitaltowardstheMunicipal BRITISHFORCDS
Mus€um, butth€irattacks\r,ereuncoordinaled andtheywereunableto At theBridse
adequatelydeploytheir accompanying anGtankgunsagainstthe lst P&achuteBridgeHQ
GermanassaultgumandaImour.TheyheldthePanzenat bayusing Ll-Colonel JohnFrost& 10O/R's
PIATSandGamnonbombs,but whenth€seranout theglidertroops
begansurrendering andfaling back. 2ndPanchuteBallalion
Hotontheheekof theSouthStaffordshires wasihe11thParachute MajorDigbyTathan-Waner/Lt JackGraybum& 32O/ Rt
Battalion,recendyanivedaspart of the 'secotrdlift'. This battalion (1x 6pdrA/Tgun,2 x PIAT,2 x VickersMMG,
formedup to attack,but thenreceiveda confusingorderto advance 1x 3' mortar)
22
ls1Psrachut€ Squadrun RoyrlEDgin€els
CaptainEricMackay& 7 O/R\
(1 x PIAT, 1 x flamethrower)
Miscekneous Utrits(GliderPilots,Recc€Squadron,
1stA,iTBatlery,etc.)
MajorFreddieGough& 22O/R's
(1 x 6pdrA/T gun,Artillery ObsenerTean)
AtlemptingToBrtl* Thm||ghrb TbeBrtdge
liun I
lsl PrrachutrBrttrlion
Ltcolonel DavidDobi€& 29O/R's
(2xPIAI,1x3"monar)
3rdPonchuteBrttalion
Lt-ColonelJohnFitch& 24O/ R's
(2 x PIAT)
lirm ?
2odBatblioDSoutbStrfiordshires
Ltcolonel DerekMccardie& 29O/R's
(2xPIAT,1x3'Monar)
'Ibltr 9
llth PrnchuteErtt lion
Lt-ColonelGeorgel-ea& 29O/R's
(2x PIAT,1x Vicke6MMG,l x 3'mortat
In additionto theabov€figlre strengths eachbattaloncandicetos€eif 9SSR€cce
it ardvesequipp€dwith a CpounderA,iT
(2
flanethro*er cr€w).A d6 is thlo*n for
each
andit materialises.
GERMANTORCFJ
Aflack€.sAt TbeBridge
tlrn 3 (acr6slhebridge)
9 SSR€cctBrttalioo
Ss-Captain Vikor Graebner& 30O/ R's
1 x HumberMkIV AJC(37mm)
2 x Puma,a'/C(50mm)
1 x sdkb 250/9(mmn)
1 x Sdlt 250/8(?5mm)
3 x Sdkft250/1
2 x sandbagged OpelBlilz loni€s
IhrD 7 (oDthesoulhbrtrkD€rtto lheramp)
I x 88mnflak gun
I x Neb€lweer
Tim 9 (fton thelorlh)
IGdpfgroppeXmrst
MaiorHansPeterl(traust& 36O/ R's
(2x MMG,l x 81mnmonar)
1 x Panzerllt (50mm)
I x PanzerIV (75mm)
1x 20nn AJASPIYTrack
W,fu
QD'n*"* Th€Wargrtn$lhbl€
II|m 12(fromthetsl)
KanplgruppeBridirrtr
SSMajorBrinkman& 30O/ R's
(2xMMG,1x8lmnmortaJ)
3 Para,
I x TigerII (88mm)
Iilm m (atrde.chloloving t||Itr)
a) 3+ a d6rol of SSGrenadiers p€rtum
b) Tbrowad10:0 = StuGI[ (75mm),I = PaMer[I (50mm),
2 = Tigertt (88m-m), 3 = 105mm Howitzer
Thei pointof arrivalis determinedby aturth€rdiceroll
G€rnfi lhfeddersOfThe'StopLitr€'
ssG.opp
Cropp
Ss-Lieutenant & 17O/R's
I x ?5mnPAK40)
(1x MMG,1x 81nmmortar,
1x2ommtAsP
SSMoeller
HansMo€ller& 25O/R\
Ss-Captain
(2xMMG,lx81mnnortar)
l xsdki251/1
SSSpi&er
Ss-Lr-ColorclLudwigSpindler+ 25O/ R's
(2 x MMG, 1x 81mmmortar,I x flamethrower)
1x Sdkft251/1
B{ttdion
gun (3 crew) and/ora 1 x Sdkt 250/10 (37mn)
weapon:
ar score
evetr 1 x Sdkfz 250D (20mn)
I x Quad20mnAJASP
Prtrftr Brigrde280
Tum 5 andeachfollowitrgturn a diceis throrm- evetrsanda
StuGIII anives;2or 4 andit isarnedwilh a?5mmgun,6 andit
isa 105mn.A maximum of forlrStucscananiveandtheirpoint
of arrivalisdetermined bya furtherdiceroll.
CONSTRUCTION OFTERRAIN, Eh.
The bas€boards were madeftom four cut down haidboarddools
(5h x 214)sunablyt€xturedanddetailed-Hill s€ctions weres.l pted
fibreboard.Cobbledroadways wereenboss€d mlour€dcardftom the
localnodel railwayshop.The major headache wasth€ Durdbetof
buildingsrequir€d.DaveH. cam€to ther€scueby castitrgup a couple
of s.ratch-builteffons.Oneof thesewara four-cottage tenacebased
on the streetin which Major General RoyUrquan b€ta$e separaled
ftom the r€stof hisdivision.
These tenacesw€re a prominentfeatueof
theto*n immediately to thewestof Sr.Eliabetb Hospital.Theoth€r
buildingwasa tbree'sloreysemi-runwhich is no{, availabl€fton
Bftrrlnia. Ite balafteof thebuildingsandthebridge*ere madehom
pl,ryood,plasticc-ard,Wils' Finecastbits, €tc. David H. alsocam€
goodwithaI the1stAirbornepi€ces,includingthepersonality figures,
buildhg def€nders, rnedics,€tc. I can'trccommend
casualti€s, them
highlyenoud andtheyaieamustfor atryk€anWWII BdtishParabuff
Brititr[ia haveaho relea&da numb€rof vehiclesfor Graeher'sSS
RerceUnit, andStucsar€in thepip€line.
Generallythebuildingsw€regroupedtogelherin blockswhichu/ere
nountedonhardboard bas€swithvalls,hedges, paths,etc.added.
REFERENCF,S
Th€rearemanybooksonahecimpaignbut I wouldrecomm€nd twoas
es$ntialfor thos€int€restedin moredetail.
Amhem1944.TheAiftone Bade, by Martin Middlebrooke- A
detailedacrountof th€Britishpan in thecanpaigr
It NeverSnotes In September, by RobenJ. Kenhaw- The G€Imatr
viewof'MarketGarden'andtheBattleof Amhen.
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Wargamlng Dragoons.
unoccupied
Thenonhemarmof theiradvance tookup positionon the
FediukineHeighL,th€ centreattackedthe Turksin the
redoubtsontheCausevay andthesouthemforceadvanced onredoubt

theCrtmeanWar, number I ontheeminence calledCanroberl\ Hill-

Lord LucanandSn CofinCampbell,with thek slaff,wereakeady
riding in th€ SouthValley as the first shotscrashedout and th€y
PartTwo immediately despatched aidestospread theword.Withinminutes
CavalryDivisionand the ho6e artillerywer€broughtup, Maude's
andtwohowiizersSoinginto actionon the
the

by DerekColeman batteryof lour Gpounders

Causelfay beforecounteFbattery fire forcedibemto withdraw.
Fouowinglhe defeat of Menschikov atiheAlmaon20September the TheTurksin redorbtnunberoneloughtwellandheldoul lor an
alliesspentiwo daysclearing the lieldof deadandwounded before hour and a half without r€inforcemenlbeforefalling backleaving
marchingon, and so missedtheir opponunityto pursue the nearlyonethirdof theirnumberdead.TheRussians eagerlymoved
demoralised Russians. intorheredoubl andal thesame timebegan to establilhbatteriesonthe
Theenemy made!n atlempttostandontheRiler Katcha,bulthenCauseway. Meanwhile Canrobert. ihe Frenchconmander whohad
rerreatedbackto theirbaseat Sebastapol. Thealliesmadea flank rakenoveraflerSt.Amaud\death,hadsenttwobattalions andlwo
march whichsawanother bief skirmish, thenmoved roundtothesoulh regiments of the recently arrived Chasseurs d'Afrique towards the
ofthecityto setup theirsieSe lin€s- Here the Frenchonce again took action. For the British, Raglan had ordered the lst aDd 4thDivisions
rheseaward sideof thelinewiththeBrilishontheirright, andtogetherfromthesiegelines,but bothwereslowlo startandil wouldbe some
rheybegan to digin andtodeploytheirbigguns. timebefore theywer€in a position to helptheircomrades.
Menschikov wasnotfinished however. He was nol in thecity.but LucansenttheHea!ryBrigadeforwardto covertheTurksretrealing
wasin factbehindthebesiegers. already building anolher armyand, fron redoublnumberl, but the ganisonof fte secondredoublsaw
afterseleralalannsandtenlative probes designed to coverthisbuild \rhathadhappened andput up only a lokenresistance beforejoining
up,on25October hemoved againstthe Britishright. rheirfriends in fligbt.
The army'ssupply line and the whole pon of Balaclavawas
threatened nowas the redoubts fell andthe Turksran. Campbel
BATTLEOFBALACLAVA, 25OCTOBER 1E54 orderedBarkeis batterybackto Kadikoito coverthem. Both the
TI{tr POSITION HeavyBrigadeandMaude'sbatterytookcasualties andthentheTurks
Mllchof thenonhrideol Sebasiapol isprotecled bywaterandthealli€s in redoubts 3 and 4 fled.
decidedthatlhis sidewastoostrongto assault. Theytherefore moved Raglanhadanivedon the Sapoune Heightsin timeto watchLucan
roundro thesoulhof thecitywilh the Britishbasing themselves at 'dthdrawhiscavalryto justsoutbof redoubt4,but hewasnotsatisfied
BalaclavaandtheFrench atKamiesh. wirhlhis positionandsentorderslor theLight Brigadeto fall backto
ThetenainnonhofBalaclava (seenap 1)consisled of steep,open the endof the SouthValleywher€theywerecoveredby Bosquet\
hillsides,
high plaleaux anddeep valleys.The porl itselflay between guns.Lucanwasfurious atthisorder, buthadto obey.
steepcliffswitha widevalley,runningeastto west,justnorthof il. By lhisrimesomeof rheTurkshadbeenhaltedandhadbegunto
Therewasa line of highergroundconsisring of snallhillocksand lormbehindrhe93rdbut. in additionto theselwounits, therew€reonly
intennitlentheights cuningdiagonally acrosslhisvalleyanddividing il a fev invalids and sick betlveen Menschikov's orerwhelming numbers
intothe North.and (wider) Sourh valleys.This higher ground was
calledthe Causevay Heightsandil carriedthe Woronzoff road.lt Seenfrom Balaclavaandthe SoulhValley,nothingseemedto be
formedthe alliesouterline of defence andwasprotecled by six happening; but Raglan,in his elevated positionon the Sapoune
redoubts.nanned byTurks-TheSapoune Hilh laytothewest,andto Heights, could see a huge mass of Rmsian cavalrywith infantryand
theea$weretheKamaraHeights. anillery support moving down the North Valley h preparationfor a
tumsoulhto assault thepon.
Hecouldalsose€Cossacks in thecavalrycampwreakinghavocand
DEPLOYMET\rT the British commander fnally realised thaltheenemythrustwasaimed
at Balaclava. Nowhed€cided thatthecavalryshould moveagain. He
Balaclava wasastrange baille.Withthemajority oftroopsin thesiege sentan order for eight squadrons of the Heary Brigadeto move
linesthe Russians werein effeclattacking the alli€dnghtrear.a towardsCampbelland the 93rdin orderto guardKadikoi andthe
seemingly idealposition fromtheirpointof view.Tlisviewisenhancedcavalrycamp.
whenthedefending alliedtroopsareexamined. Lucan,stillfuning,noved$e heavycavalry himself,leaving his
As mendoned thereweresi{ redoubts prolecling theCauseway and
brotherinla* $e Earl of Cardiganin command of rheLightBrigade
Woronzoffroad. buttheseveredescribedat thetimeasmeresketcheswithstrictinstruciions to attackanyercmythatcamewithinrange.
witha spade'. Number 1 redouhhadthreeguns,numbers 2 and3had TheRussians in the NorthValleyhadnov beenstoppedby allied
twoeachandnoneoftheothershad any.Alloltheartilleryconsisledof artilleryfire and,asLucanmovedup to theCauseway afterplacingthe
irongunsfromH.M.S.Dtamond. Numberl redoubt hada garrison of Heavies,four squadrons of the enemycavalrybrokeawayfrom the
600Turks,vhilsr 2, 3 and4 hadatotal of 800between theln.Redorbl maincolumnandbeganto crosstheroadintotheSouthValley.
number5 vasunmanned andnumber6 unlinished. Tle 93rdwerein tworankson a smallhill whichguardedthegorge
To bolsterthese redoubtsthere wasthe93rdReginent of Footand
thatleddovn to Balaclava andCanpbel hadth€mlyingdownon the
the CavalryDivisiondividedinto 800nen of the HeavyBrigadeand reverse slopeasRulsiangunson theCauseway foundtheirrange.Tle
675of theLighl.OntheheightsaboveBalaclava weremarines andguns
Turkswhohadrefornedwerejllst to ther€aroftheHighlanders, butat
{,hichhadbeenlandedfromthefleet. the Russiancavalryappeared overthe Caus€vaytheyfired onewild
To assaultlhesepositionsMenschikov hadassembled a larSearmy volleyandfledoncemore.
underthe veryablecommand ofGeneral Librandi. (Seemap1.) to be
To the Russians approaching the hill it musthaveappeared
unoccupied. but suddenly Campbell hadhismenon their{€etand
movingup to thecrest.Theenemycavalryhaltedandthe93rdfireda
TIIE ACTION volleywehichnade the horsenenwaverfor a momentbeforethey
Ar dawnon25 Octoberthe Russians launched a lhree-pronged attack movedforwardagain.TheHighlanders tueda s€condandthena third
throughthe healTmist,drivingin thecavalrypicketsof the4th Light timeasalliedartill€wbesanlo hit the Russians andwiththatlhe
squadrons wheeledandmovedoff towardsCanrobert's Hill.
Thel€gendof the'thin r€dline'wasbomandtheimmediate
r rdd@8,6
danger :li:: N

appear€d to beover,but another,larger,onewasloomingasthemain

bodyof th€Russian columnsweptovertheCauseway andinto viev.
Thismassof ov€r3,000horsemen crossedthe ridgein a blockand ., ;^
beganto deployto their l€ft beforcnoving on al a trot towardsth€
cavalrycampandScarletttsmallbandof around600heavymvalrywho
werecalmlydressing ranksin ftont of them.
TheRussians cameon, increasing speedandopeningranksasthey
didso.To th€obsewers ontheheightsit lookedasif theHeavyBrigade
$,ouldbecrushed, butsuddenly theRussians halt€d.
Theystoppedin lront of a dry ditchandstaredacrossat Scarlett's
menwhowerenowbeingreinforcedby the restof thebrigadewhich
hadbeens€ntforwardby Lucan.WhattheR$siansdid not knowwas
thal Cardigan, in chargeof theLight Brigad€,wasonlyaf€$,hundred
yardsfron lheir rightflank andin a po6itionto delivera t€llingblov
againstthem.But Cadigandid notnove anddespitepl€asherefu.ed
to let anyof hisregiments moveei$er.
T!€ Russiansbeganto stir againand at that momentScadett
launched hischarg€. historywaslaunched.
ThesmallnumberoI r€d-coated horsemen hit rhefronrof rheenemy There$eremorethan20,000 Russians withartilleryon thenanks
columnanddrovedeepinside-The Russianrightwinglappedround andattheendofthevalley.Foranomenttheystoodstaringin disbelief
andcurotr theBritish,butastheydidsoasquadron ofrhe5thDragoon asihe LightBrigadetrott€dforwardandthenthegunsoash€dout.
Guadssmashed intorheirrear. It wasatthispointthatNolan,whohadjoinedthecharg€, according
Lucansentin the r€serves andtheyhit the Russians from rightand to legend,rodeout of the ranksandacrossCardigan\front,lryingto
left. It seemed for anom€ntthatth€liny Britishforcewasdoomed,but pointout thal th€yw€regoingfor the *rong guns,but becoming the
thentherearof theRussian mass began to breakupandwithinsecondsfi$t casualty instead. It ismorelikelythattheaidewashitwhilltsrillin
theranksandonlygalloped across
thefrontol thebngade in hisdealh
At this lime Cardigan vas againaskedfor pefinission for his
reginenls tocharge lhefleeing enemy. butagain hestubbornly refused. lnturiatedby Nolansapparent aclionCardigan rodeon as the
earning hima rebuke fromLucan.Nowfterewasa pause in thebattle Russian gunsfoundtherangeandsmashed hugeholesinthesquadrons
astheheavycavalryre-grouped. behind him.LucanledtheHeavyBrigadeforvardsomedislance tothe
Thewholepiclurehadchanged. TheRussiancavalryhadretreated .earof theLightcavalry, buleventually halted ihemopposite number3
tothefarendof theNorthvalleyandtheimminent thr€atto Balaclavaredoubt afterhehimselfwas voundedandwhenthevhadrakenmore
andthesupplyroad$asover. casualties
thanin theiro*n earliercharge.
By nowthe lst Divisionwason the fieldandthe enemyon the Despite theircasualries theLightBrigade reachedtheRussian guns,
Causeway hadevacualed redoubts 3 and4.Raglan, apparently feartul rode throughthem and engaged the nassesof cavahybeyond.
that the Russians woulddragawaythe gunsfrom lhe caplured Appalledby thecamagetheFr€nchCha.seu6d'AfriquemovedW in
redoubh, sent an ambiguous orderto Lucan forthecavalry toadvance,supportandengaged the enenyon ihe Fediukine Heightsas the
pronising inlantrysuppon. whattheBrilishcommander hadforgolten survivors began to slruggle back.
though waslhebroken nature ol theground. Fromhisposition 500feel Therecriminations wereyetto come.butthebattle\r,as effectively
up on theSapoune Heights he couldseetheentirebattlefield, fron over. The Russian batteries engnged the infantryasth€ybeganto
wherehewasattheendoftheSouthValleyLucancouldnorseenuch anive.the$reattoBalaclavawasfinhhed buttheRussianswereleftin
oftheCauseway and$e entireNorlhValleywasinvisible. controlof nost of the Causewav. lhe Woronzoffroad and the
Confused by theorderanddeciding lhatheNasto waiiandthen Fediukine Heishts.
advance wirhthe infantrythat h€couldnot yets€e,Lucanmov€dthe
cavalry upto theNorthValleyto wail. THEARMIES
To thestaffon theheiShts it appeared lhatthecavalry commander
Al theslartof theaction theAllieshadarotalof 1,400 Turkish infanrrr,
wasjust wastingtime andthen, abour40ninutes afterthecavalry had
550menof lhesJrd.100inralidsand1,4?5 cavalry
splitberween lhe
moved,someone thought theysawartilleryhorses on lheCauseway.
Againalarmedat the prospect of losingthe guns from the redoubls
Raglan dictated another ambiguousorderand sentCaptain Nolanwith t" T
ittoLucan.
Nolan.excilable, a fanaticaboutlightcavalry anda bitlercnticof
Lucan, raceddownto thevalleyandpassed theorderwhichinslrucled
th€cavalry to advance rapidlyto theirftontandlo prevent theenemy
fromcanying a$aytheguns. -&-
LDcan readtheorderseveral times.Fromwherehewas'advance lo
rhefronl couldonl) meandownrheNonhValle). Thercserenosigns
ol gunsbeingtakenawayfromtheCauseway andin facttheonlyguns
appeared to bethoseat lhefarendofthevalley.Hequeriedlhe order
andasked*hich gunsweremeant.
WhetherNolan actuallymisunderslood Raglansintentionor
whether in hisexcited statehewasbeinginsolent to anofficerthathe
desDised isnotclear.WhatisknownisthatheDointed lo thebalreries at
rheindoftheNorthValleyasthetargetfor thecavalry.
Lucanpassed theordertoCardigan whopointed outthedangers,but
obeyed.andso probablythe mostfamouscavalrychargein British
26
HearTandLightBrigades. Apartfromth€navalgunsaboveBalaclava
of
theanilleryconsisted 7 ion gunsin threeredoubtsandMaude\and WARRIORMINI.ATURES
Barkelsbatteries. 14TtvertonAvenue,GlasgowG329NXScodand
As th€dayprogressed theFrenchbroughtfto battafions,Bosquefs lb abhw 2150rtt. tuad.ead @W
anilleryandtworegimenlsof Chasseursd'Afriqueo othefieldwhilst fl@*d&inbsbt{tr*,24lMawpfdE.0141 7783426Wc&t4l\4e,fiidadlted!
hadthelst and4thDivjsions.
rheBritishevetrtually l.4iqdsd't
The Russians, under the commandof GeneralLiprandi,fielded $!D $lltEs- Owv{t9t [!lLt@ Cl@ tm frFdrq&itdrNaoLdi6nmuE
25,000infantry,34squadrons and78guns. tcq, R'aB d hMbri.a AC Nodldd Sdrirl8d'Cotuy,Ceiid Zdidd &iA\ Farbs,
Cod; Ed dd Sdd"6 l"!,im6 ol lm lis b eid,mt F.[ G€il klf,
!5@ MPOI!0i{CAn ES- 0&v fizg' rr! Itm poc lm *ter &ir!,[frFd\
hstr R6tu.Ardi.! Stiirh
THEBATTLE
WARGAMING tu t&M- 1lLv ELg ttE A.Srrott lm@ CEd(N4hxPqu lYaddr'
AswithourAlmagamewefoughtonan8' by4' tableandonc€morewe lh@en6l!@s Sdn@! ltodidd sddreh
l,ld{& bieloedraltd66h AClr/
usedpiledblocksoi woodandpolystyr€ne for theheights. 25@DB IES- ffottl2to @ 4! b drc ird
The conl€mporarymapsof th€ terrainshowa vineyardbetween 25@ffillffs - fMtt 25e,lt@ fffitl r& A ilt. fm bpqehyat" Ab eml
srdli$G,i WdVidm ai Mdm{,6AE\tdw lSih Cohrbl dd tAiFMl ldB
redoubtnumbersix and the cavalrycampand someof the Heavy
Brigadecamea cropperherebeloretheyevensalvaction.Apan ftom
this therewasno cultivationand little wild vegetationother than
thistles. Thehillsides aresteep, banenandslonyand fteseneedto be EventuallvtheRussiatswereleadvandlaunched theircolumns ftom
represented asiheyhadapronounced eflectonwhere.andhow,troops the FediukdeHeightsandalonglhe Causeway. The infantryassault
alongtheCauseway alnostimmediately groundlo a haltin thefaceof
rifle fire from redoubts2 and3 andfrom Maude'sbatlerywhichhad
Onceagainfor thearmiesw€ured6mmNapoleonic troopsandagain beetrhastilyredeployed. TheRussian cavalrynovingwestwards along
wesupplemented our supplyof Russians with Prussians. we alsoused exacdy asexpected
theCauseway andtheNonhValleybehaved almost
Napoleonicrulesoncemore(Thesoundof ke gu..l), h^vingtoujd by recoilingftom the infantryand anillery fire andseekingshelter
themquitesuitable(withembellishnenls) whenweplayedtheBattleof underthe FediukineHeights.They continuedto movewestwards
howeverand, theirmorale boosted bybeingin themidstoftheiro\rn
Dawnwasthetine wechoseto commence ourgameandtroopswere advancing infantrycolumns. theyturnedsouthagainandcrossed the
deployed to reflecttheirpositionsat thaltime. Caus€wa! belween redoub$ 4 and5.
W€decidedlhattherewerealsoseveralotherruleswehad!o make, Lucanhadalready conmitted theLighlBrigade bythistime,being
principallyto reflectthe personalities of the period.The CardiSan' very carefulto give Cardiganpreciseinstructionsand they were
Lucan-Raglan triangleisa storyin ilself,butit hadapronounced effect
harassing thefirsttwoRussian columnssonuch thal th€Russians had
onth€battleandsowedecreed thalCardigan, i.e.theLightBrigad€, beenforced 10halttheiradvance.
wouldnol doanfhing unlessspecifically orderedto. Lucanwedecided tooka hand He sentan orderto
It wasat thispoinllhatRaglan
could act on his own inidative, but would ob€yanyorderfromRaglan to move to Kadakoiin orderto prevent
Lucanfor theHeavyBrigade
to the letler. wilh a percentage chanceof mis-interpreting anygiven Balaclava. Lucanobeyed theorder
theRussiancalalryfronmovingon
order, and Raglanhimselfvas playedby a playerwho had noves andtheheavycalalryproceeded on th€irwaydespilethefactthatthe
dictatedontoamapandwhocouldnotseethetable.CaptainNolanwe Russians hadtumedeastwards alongthe SouthValleyand\'rerenot
decided nassucha one-offcharacler thatwesimplydepicted himby porl at all. Luckily theywereprevented fromjoiningin
threalening the
increasing thechances of mis-interpretation of anyorderfor theLight on theredoubts by thefirefromBarker\batteryandthe
theassaull
rhreeirongunsin redoubt numberone.
Britishmoratewedecidedwasveryhighthroughoutand$e halved
The cavalry split,somegoingfor thehillsto theeaslwhilstotheF
minusadjushentsfor both circumstance andcasualties. The Turks
theCauseway, lookfufthercasuahies andwithdren' to the
{'eremoredif6€ult, tbeyfoughtwetlin redoubl number one,buttheir recrossed
end of lhe Nonh Valley. The infanty assaultsPeteredout against
spiritrapidlycrumbl€dvhen notreinforcedor whenhiends$,ereseen lhelackof support fromthosecolumns stalledby
stubborn resistance,
retiring.We madetheir moraleplunmet for tbesecircumstanc.s. and laler by the arrivalof the Chasseurs d'Afriqrc
of their cavaky the Light Bigade
Russians beganas$raighi C class,but the ineptness
andtheinfantry divisions.
meant that they too had larger than normal adjustmenlsfor and
Thesameendedwilhthealliesstill in comnandof theCauseway
circumstances andcasualties. watching ftem from the Fediukine
rhe redoubls and the Russians
Heiqhts.
C;sualtieswerelowerlhan historically,mainlydueto the Russian
TIIEGAME inabiliry to p.esshomeanyof theiranacks beforeretiring, usuallyor
Our Russianplayer,perhapswith thebenefitof hindsieht,decid€dto morale tests.Theallies$on,notsomuchftomtheirownabilitiesbut
change fromthehiltoricalplan.Insteadof thelhree.prong€d assaulthe ratberfromthetardiness oftheRussian start.
wentfor onein tvo slages,hi! strategybeingto inidallyput far more
uni$ onto $e FediukineH€ighlslhan wereusedhistorically.Once
theseunitswerein plac€he plannedto launchan assaultsouthwards BIBLIOGRAPHY
towardstheCauseway, whilstat thesametine pushing inlantryandth€
arcopp iirl. Wamer,19?2.
bulk of his c-avalry westwards alongthe WoronzoffRoad.Redoubl TheCnmeanwat,
Th? gallant sb hundtpd . H^nis.1913.
numberon€onCarroben\ Hill wasto beignoredunlil lbe Causeway
TheGimeanwat. Judd,1915.
badbeenseized. totheGimea.Russell,1858.
It did notworkoutquiteasplanned.TheRussians \r,ereouis.outed TheBtitisheryeditiot
The Bflish amt on campaisn l85l-J6. OsPrey( 196),1987
by theBritishcavalrypiquersandgettingmuchof hisinlantryontothe
FediukineHeighlstook our Liprandifar longerthanhe anticipated.
Lucanhadtimeto prepareandhe did soby movingthe 93rdandthe
invalidsuptobolsterthegarrisons of redoubts 2 and3whilstmovingthe
cavalrybrigades up to theNorlh Vall€y,rougblyin the positiotrfron
whichth€ Light Brigadechargedhistorically.Maude'sandBarker's
batteries \r,eredeployed on th€Causeway between redoubh3 and4.
 27

Alternatfuediercll
melhodsfor uW"N(N!
wafgames
byKeithBarley
YVr\fTGr\M[S
S}IOW
INTRODUCTION NewcastleUnitedFootballClub,
Overtheyea$I hav€€xperim€nted with differentdiemechanisms to
oblainganemechanics thatarenore flexiblethanthestandard d6with PlatinumSuite
itsplusor minusfactors.
Therew€rea rumberof reasons for this:
i. I do not believethat eachadditionalcombator norale faclor
$t. famesParlr
shouldcontinueto inoeasethe chances of successor failureasa
directproportion.In reallif€ thingsareusuallyalfectedbylhe law NEWCASTT"E
UPONTI?.IE
of normaldistribution,i.e. extremeeffectsare rar€. lo other
10.00-5.00, '96
words,th€ first bonusfacto$ havea sigtrificant€trectandthen
their effectstail off. This methodproducesextrem€resultsless
11thMay,
ftequentlythanth€normald6. -AoLol74adzra, Saflq Qeeet",Aoag a Ban
ii. Thesecondreasonwasto providefor lhevariabilityin thenumber
of facton I wishto us€:somegarneshavea few, othersrequire Uaa7aad. Aad eoaVchlaut, Qa/?zt,
many. I want€dto be abl€ to make provisionfor this and
undentands,hatefrectthefactonwerehavhg. heald Baz, RehdlunealL
iii. I alsowantedto beablerochang€ thepaceof agarnebymakingthe
factonmoreor less"bloody".
ThecalculationsI havemadehaveresultedir acomprehensive setof Admlsslon: 9,2.50 / f,l corceaslons
tableswhichI cancomultwhenvishingto tailor a selof rules.It has Contoct PoulStevgnson0l9l 5201828
alsoenabledmeto producea let of chartsto helpme,andanyon€else
for that maner. to uderstand what the rol of the die meansin
probabilitytermsi.e. thepercentage chanceof rollingagivennumber always thesame, inespective of whatthatnumber h, e.g.in theabove
witha panicular permulation of dice.Or.in wargames terms,if I wish casel chance in l0 or 10%.So,whether wevantto rolla 5 or a6, the
to simulatea certainpercentage chanceof success. thenvhat dieand chancesare exactly thesame.
factorcombination do I require?Beforeproducing thesechansl, like On theotherhandif weconsidertwo dice,thechances of rollinga
manyothelsI guess,obtainedthe resultby a gooddealof trial and numb€rnowappears verydifferent.Wenowhav€asituationwherethe
'I}e
probabilityis approaching whatstatisticians call a "Normal"distribu,
following samplechans and tablesprovide someof these tion: it is calledthisasmanynaturalor normaleventsapproximate to
permutations and,I hope,showa f€wsimplerul€sandalternativedie this.Tlis rule suggestithat the bulk of thetime thingswill not diff€r
roll mechanicsandth€ireffects. wildlyfromtheaverage value,butsometimes thingsgoverywrongand,
conv€nely,sometimes they go very ri8ht. In wargames termsrhis
wouldmeanlhat wecouldusea2 dicesystemif wewant€dthingsonly
TIIE 2AND3DICEDISTRIBTJTIONS occnsionally to go v€rywronge.g.totalcollapseof a unit whennany
As statedabovewhenonedieis rolled,theprobabilityof anoutcome, factorsareslackedagainstit.
sayrollinglessthanor equalto acenainnumber,will incr€ase linearly Thechances of throvinga pairof dicethath lessthanor equalto a
asthe numberincreases. Tlat is to say,asthenumberincreases then numb€risnownotalinearpattem.FigureI showsth€valuesandfigure
the chanceof a givenoutcomeincreas€s by a conesponding amount. 2 thegnphicalrepr€senlation of theseresrltsfromtwod4dic€through
Tl sis easyto visualiseif w€considera d10(lo-sideddie). to twod8dice.NB: All thep€rcentages shownareroundedupro keep
Lessthanor %chance of rolling As thisdistributionis more'normai'weseethechanc€s of gettinga
€qualto: lersthanorequal certainvaluevary. The middleordernumbershav€nore chanceof
I 10 ocarrringthanthoseouterextr€mes e.g.a pairof d4dicehavea 25%
2 20 chance of producing a5 resultbutonlya6%charc€of producing a2. If
3 30 w€imagineweaddor subtractfactonto thisbasicroll, aswewouldin a
4 40 wargame, thenit is easyto seethatthemechanics limit thoseexlreme
5 50 possibiliti€s
to afewpercent,makingtheeventonewouldexpectmorc
6 60
'70
7 Eedictable.
Theefrectof usingdifferentdicetypese.g.d6or d10,isto change the
8 80 effectof €achfactor,reducingeachfadols effect.Thereforeth€mor€
9 90 factorsyouneed,thelaqer thenumb€rof faceson the dieyouwould
10 100 use.bul thelesseachi0dividualfactoraffectstheogtcome.
All singledi€ rolls behavein this way,only the increm€ntvaries Figure2 showstheeffectof whatis calleda cunulativepercentag€.
depending uponthe valueol thedie roll€de.g.a d20will ircreaseby Thisis th€chanceof roling equallo or lessthana certainvalue.Tlis
120thor 57oeachlime.Th€chanc€s of rollineanygivennumberare couldbeosefulif it is decidedthatthefirst faclorshavea $nallefiecI.
Iig.l: Fig.4: Cmulative% probabililyof ronhg a nurber ooI dicc
Appmximale% andcrmulaliye% of rolli|lga nunberontrvodice
Number d4 cun d4 d6 cun d6 d8 cun dt t"l
2 6 6 3 3 2 2
3 1 3 t 9 6 9 5
4 1 9 3 8 8 1 7 5 10
5 2 5 6 3 1 1 2 8 6 16
6 1 9 8 2 \ 4 4 2 8 2 4
13 95 r7 5
'73 9 \l 9 3 3
8 6 1 0 0 1 4 U I
9 lt 84 \3 57
11 68
-l
l0 8 92
lt 6 9 8 9 7 7
12 3 1 0 0 8 8 5 " Fil i .-.
l.l 6 9 r
l4 5 9 6
15 3 9 9
l6 2 100 gettirgprogessil'elymorepotent,but lhenreachingasaturationpomt
andlosingsomeof their effect.Differ€ntpoint on the curv€scanb€
usedaslhe staningpoifltfor addingandsubfactingcombatfactorsto
increaseor d€crease theirefiectivenessAn exampl€ wouldbeusinga
resultof 4 or lesson lwo d4 asthe passscore:thisvrouldgrvea 38%
chanceof success. Onepoint morewouldput this probabilityup to
Fig.2:Cumulctiie% pmbrbilityof rolliDgi nunb.r oD2 drce 63%.whereas onelesswouldonlyreduce thechances downto 19%-
Thethreedicedi$ribution(figs.3 & 4)hasth€effectof providingmore
faclorswith a limitednumb€rof availabledic€ Thatmeansyoucan
effectivelyr€produce theeffecrof saytwod8 dicewilh twod6;handy
for thoseof us who do nothaveaboxfull of everydicetwe.

3
THEPLUSANDMINUSDICEDISTRIBUTIONS
Thismethodproduces averycontrollable rangeof factors.It workson
lhebasis thatone die istrealedas plus,
a secondistreatedasminus. The
resuhingnumberis addedto thecombatfaclor-Resultsabovez€roare
classed asa win.zeroa drawandb€lowzeroa loss.If required th€
sfiene positi!€or negative nunberscanbeu5edfor extr€meresults
Figrre 5 showsthe resultantcurvesof a d8 plus anda d8 minus.
Factors between +8 and-8are plotted.Bywayof example, ifthetlro
d8dicearerolledard thefactonfor lheparticularconbatarenetzerc,
rhenthe approximate percentag€ chanceof theconbatantwinningor
Iosingis4-1%. withadrawbeing 12%. Withanetresultof plus2combat
factorsthechances of awin moveto 67%, 23%chanceol losinganda
Fig.3: 9%chance ofa draw.If thetypeof gam€playedrequires anincreased
% of rollinga Dumb€ronlhrcedice chance of success, thenthe negative dieshouldbe smallerthanthe
Approxim.le% rnd cumulative
positive dieGeefi-q.6).lnth;scasea +d8 -d6 resulls in onlya 56%
Numb€r d4 cumd4 d6 cumd6 d8 cumdt chance ofwinning*hennobonuses applied.If.on theotherhand.a
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 chance of iailureisrequired thena largerminusdieshould be
4 5 6 1 1 1 1 Sreater
usedandasmaller plusdie.
5 9 1 5 3 4 1 2 Th€effectof increasing the numberof dice,asin earlierexanples,
6 1 6 3 1 5 9 2 4 resultsin an indeasein the numberof alailable factors,wilh a
7 t 9 5 0 7 1 6 3 1 coresponding reductionin theirov€ralleffect.
8 1 9 68 10 25 4 1 1
9 1 6 8 4 1 2 3 7 5 l6
1 0 9 9 3 1 3 5 0 ? 23 Fig.5: Appmxin tr % chaDceof $in, loseor dran dt nir[3 d8
1 1 s 9 8 1 3 6 2 8 3 1 Dlosor ninuscombrtfaclors
12 2 100 72 7 4 9 4 0
13 l0 8 3 9 5 0
l4 1 9 0 9 5 9
15 5 9 5 9 6 8
3 9 8 8 7 6
1'7 I 9 9 7 8 3
18 0 1 0 0 5 8 9
19 4 93
20 3
2
96 ,. "+ \
2l
n t
98
99
: i-'---f-*--.-i
23 I 100
0 100
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WORLOWIDE MAILORDERSERVICE l1 - Castagnaro 1387,Valmont1417,Kurdlah 1795,51hIsonzo
S.A.E.tor ILLUSTRATEDL|STS. 1916,LakePrespa 1917.
FREIKORPS I5,25 PrincelownRoad,Banqor, 12- Empingbam 1470,Meremma 1889.
Co, DownBT2O3TA.Northernlreland.- 13- Jamac1569, Genoa1?95, Rn€ims 1814,
Tamai1884.
Telephone No.0247472860 14 - Montiel1369,Ivry 1590.
15- La Puerta1818,GuildfordCounhouse 1?81,Hemani
1837,Meiktila1945.
Iig. 6rApproxinalr% chrnceofwin, los€or dlaw dEninu! d6. 16 Boroughbridge1322,CapeHenrylT8l.
plu! or mhuscotubslfac{ori 17 Munda45 BC, Badajoz1812,CanchaRayada1818,
Truk 1944.
18- Monarda 1501,Nee inden1793, Naroch Lakes1916.
19- Danzig1807, MusaBagh 1858.Bentonville1865.
20 - Axarquia1483,Malavilly1799,Heliopolis1800,Arcis-sur-
Aube1814, Silistra
1854,
Hashin1885,Mareth1943.
21 - Alexandria 1801,Mortara1849.
22 - Beauge l42l,Tofrek1885.
23 Novara1849, Guad-El'Ras 1860,
Kemstown 1862.
24 - Margate 1387, Huesca1837,Dubba1843,El Agheila 1941.
25 Stockach1799, La Fare Chanpenoise 1814, Fon
Stedman 1865.
25 - lsrc?,algl'].
As agen€raltulethelotalnumberof factorsisequalrothetotalfaces 27 - Hors€shoe Bend1814, Matapan1941.
onbothdice.e.g.ad6andad8will give14faclorsavailable. Therefore, 2! - BerwickonTwe€d1296,Ferrybridge 1461,Medein 1809,
as describedin the rwo dice methodat lhe stan of this article,the Opono 1809, Khojah Pass 1842, lnlobaie 1879,
smallerthedie,th€smallernunberof factorsavailabl€andthesreat€r SrN^zair€1942.
lbeirehecl-so lhegamecan bemade morebloody. 29 - Tovton 1461,Alresford 1('44,Dinwiddie Courthouse
1865,Kambula1879,Trinkitat1884,Karee1900.
GENERALUSE 30 Pans1814.
I havefoundibat games playedwith sma[numbenof figuresor bases 31 - Leghom1653, Bloemfontein1900,Komspruit1900.
arebestsuitedfo beitrgplayedwithgreaternumbers offactors,wh€rcas
largerbaltlesarebestplayedwithfewerfactors.
Frointheabovebriefdescription
understood
I hopeit will beseenthatonceit is
whatcombatfactorsarercquiiedandwhateff€ctlheyare
EMPIRES.EAGLES&LIONS
anticipatedto have,thenit is a rclativelysinplematterto choos€the UK subsio thebimonthly tuI colourAmen@nNapoleonic
appropriate dicecombinations to giveanoptimomresult. magazine areavailablefromSt'atag€mPublic"lions-
I hav€ mmpiled a full set of lables which cover every dice Oney€ar'ssubscripton(6 issues):
combination fromd4throughto d20,for bothof themethods d€scribed 923.50 (f21 lo lItI subscrtber6)
above,detailsof whichar€availableotr request.I hopethat someof mwt E.E.L blnd€rs (hold 12 lssu€!) €6 post pald.
whatI havedescribed provesto beof int€restandI hopeof valu€to all
those would-berule writers. I{ anyorc ktrows of any unusual Exclucively ft om Stntag€m
pennutations or combinaaions of dicemechanics thenI wouldlike to 18 L.over3llr€. Newark. Notts NG24 lHZ.
hearfton lhen I cannotresistplayingwith th€numbers.
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O/ivernanenabout
R.Jamcs engineering tasks(like b.idge-buildingor demolition),atrdlogistics
(supply)operations.
The day-to-daypeacetime routin€sof navalandair forcesare,of

Jawgamtng
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course,rathercloserto combatconditionsthanthoseofgroud troops
(except whenthelatterar€actually "in thefield").Simplyoperating
shiF andaircrafthasitso$,ninherentrisks,to whichtheaddeddaoger
posedby theenemyis m€relyore moreproblemfacingcommanders.
SbWinsronChurchil
Naturallawslike physicsand aerodynamics, terrain (icebergsand
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"rven,"grudginqlf, sup,e,se shoals lhreaten navalvessels, hillspose a dang€r to low-flyhgaircraft),
it isl8t Aho,ttWaryaning."
weather and climate must all be taken into account wbetheranyo$eis
Anonynousprnicipa inoD€oflh€
snootmg at you or not.
author'sgam€!,
Shipsand airffaft also otrer a numberof interestingtechnical
problems.Manoeuvring Drake's"woodeDwalls"agahsttheArmada
BACKGROUND or naintainingNelson's"closeblockade"on stationwasin itseli .r
chslenge,regardless ofenemyaction.Thereplaceneht of sailbysleam
Realandwargame armiesprobablyspendabouttb€sameproponions did not etrtirelysolvethe propulsionproblen but it did allowusto
of their exislenceengaged in battle.The differenceis ihat wargame re-crealethe experience of coalingat sea(practisedextensively by
forcesareconsigned to toofboxes andshehesbeb*een campaigns.GermansurfaceraidersdurfugtheGrcatWar).An esseDtial elementof
whereas realtroopshav€a varietyof otherduties. rnodemaerialopemtionsis airro-air re-fuelling- but it is seldom
Thisadicleis an attemptto exploremyintereslin themissioos and wargamed. At thestrategrc level,re-fitlingandre-equipping vessels or
activitiesof armedforcesshonof heavycombal.I offersuggestions for unitsis a majortask- whiletum-aroundtimesanddamagecontrol
conventional,solo and nul$player gamesinvolvinga range of capabitities haveagreatertacticalsignificance.
mililary, naval,aerialandcombinedthemesacrossthe centuries.ln One factor often neglecledby wargamelsis that alnost every
particular,I hopeto demonslrate thatthestudyandre'creation oflhese militaryunit of anysizewill havea proportionof its members under
typesof opentioncanbeeveybit asfascinating andexcitingasthatof trainingor otherwiselackingin experience; even6lite unitshav€to
reflilarbattles.
-The train regularlyand includerelativelyless-capable soldi€rsin their
epilhet'JAwganing'derivesfromthewartimePrimeMinisteis ranks, while a veteranrifl€man becomesa green corporal on
famousconment(madein washingtonin 1954),andthe reluctant promotion.Thisfactormaymanifestitself(andcanbe wargamed) in
admission by a friendthal an evenlI hadorganised was"JustAbout variouiforms- fromthetacticaliniexibility of thoselarg€lyvolunteer
WarSaning". andconscriptarmi€sraisedbyRevolutionary or InperialFrance,to the
tensions betwe€na platoon'smmmanding (but raw)subaltemandhis
subordinate (butgrizzled)s€rgeant.
TRAINING_ WARGAMING WAXGAMING Undenakiflglhe necessary researchprior to formulatingrulesfor
Despite echoes of Joseph He[€r'sCalc,22 (Major Major),re'creating theseactivitieswas forme are!'ealingexperience;itdemonstrated
militarytnining exercises canbe a perfectlyserious,entenaining and vividlytharevenroutinetaskscanpresenta challenge whencaniedoul
educationalexperiencefor the wargamer.Armed forcesusesuch underadverse conditions.I nowrealisethatwarganesin whichforces
ex€rcises (mostdeplorelhe term'wargaming'l)to accustom troopsto mnsistentlyoperateat maximumspeedandefficiencl- andin which
to practiseStaffandStandardOperating theoutcome isdecided largelybycomplexfirepowercalculations - are
the rigoursof campaigning,
Procedures andbattledrills,and- 1oalesserextent- to rehearse and unrealisticandultimatelyunsatisfying.
evaluat€nervtactics.Whileour metalor plasticfigur€srequirelittle
norc thana coatof paintto preparethemfor the battlefield, the
wargamer(astheir Commande4 cancenainlymakeeffectiveuseof LOWINTENSITY OPERATIONS_
solo or one'sidedtraining manoeuvresin anticipationof more BRUSHFIRE WARS,IRONCURTAINS
belligerentoperations.It is alsoinlerestitrg- oc.asionally - to see One notcb up th€ ladderof escalationafr€r trainiry comethos€
your vargamesasMililary Operations(in vhich you formulateafld activitiesin whichthereis a realrisk of combat,although(probably!)
executea plan) ratherthan absiractconte$5againstother playeK not of heaq fighting. Ttere ar€ perhapsfour diff€rent sorts of
(simplyreactingto eacholher'smoves). operation,eachof whichemphasise psychological faclorsratherthan
The scop€lor trainingprobablyinoeasesdo\ln the Ages,as the
t€chnicalexpertiseandtacticalsophistication of the ordinarysoldier Thefinicompriseswhatmightbetermed'guardduly', suchasmost
hasgrown,withmoremodemforcesofferingFeateropportunities for of rhe British Armyt last quartercenturyin Northemkeland -
interestingacrivities.Warfareof recenttimest'?ically occu6on an perimetersecurityfor militarybases,airponsandsimilarfaciliti€s-
"enpty" battlefreld,with defensivefoices renarninghiddenand
at)dtheescorting of VeryImportantPersons abouttheirbusin€ss. The
unmovingand their attackenrequiredto exposethemselves while emphasisis very muchon completingappar€ntlyroutinelow'risk
matroeuvring. Thewargamer canpractisehisoffensiveskillsagaiDst an missiotrs (like patrols)in an efEcrentandcost-€ffective manner,but
invisible"opponent"by movinghis troopsinlo the dangerareaas alwayswith a notinsignificant lhreatof hostileandlethalactionin the
thoughexpectingan ambushat any moment;buildings,woodsand background. Theyareidealfor soloplay,vith thewaigamer reactingto
otherlikelydefensive positionsmustbenethodicallycleared;artillery pre-deterinined events- notallof whichmaybewhattheyfirstappea.
firesagainsthillsandotherpoinBmustbepre-planned; thecrossing of - generated randomly.Withtwoor moreparticipants, wargamers catr
streams andotherobslacles mustbeexecuted, {,ith supportingunitsin combineto formgroups(illustratingthevrorkings of comnandteams)
overwalchpositions.Defensivetrainingcanbeconducted in a similar and/oranumpirecanintroducevarietyandadditionalchallenge to the
nanner,andcaneveDb€carriedout nore simplyandquicklyby using
nap6alone(if theplayerfindshimselfwithinsufficienttime1oarange Th€ s€condq?e of low intensityop€mtionis on€ in whichlhe
a formaltablelop game).Plansnade andlessons leamed(howlong wargamer or commander facesarealandpowerful€tremy,butisnotat
doesir rakea batteryof artillery to unlimber,fire threevolleyson war andwill not normallyopenfire - whatI cal 'line in the sand'
targer,limber-upandmoveoff again?)canbetakenforwardintomore games. An example mightbethemockdodghtsbetween aircraftftom
convenuonal wargames- N.A.T.O.andthelateWanawPact,in whichthehighlytrainedand
Trainingexercises canalsoallowthe reproductionof non-combat motivatedpilotsftomeachsidejoustedabovetheirrespective borders
military problemssuch as casualtyevacuation,vehiclerecovery, andin intemahonalairspace.Suchmanoeuvring hadtwo aims;the
 aircrewwerehoningtheirskilhto rhemosrexactinsstandards shonof
actualcombar,and- al the sametime- seekinq to e$ablhha
psxhological superionry overtheiropponent( which6utd paymorale
dividendsrhould theColdWrr havetumedHot.TleseoDeratonscan
be wargamed in the convenrionat manner(ptayerrersuspla1e4.
a[Dough an umptrecdnoftenpro\eusefulro reoresent rhe uniled
Nationsor interesredneurralsand/or for tecllnicalreasons(for
example. roassisrwilhhidden mo\ement lyclemswhenN.A.TO. and
SoMel !ubDarines arerrackincone another).
Militaryforcesmayaho find themsetvis assistinctieir national
intelligence \enrce\in vanousways.perhaps unde;slanddbly. Iew
detail!oliuchoperarron5areevermadepubliclexcepr whenrhingsgo
wrongl$ qe needto ret)onLheimagination ofthoge$nerswhohave
createda newg€lrre- theso,called.techno-thrillet_ ro inspireour
JAwgames- ExanplesinctitdeAmericanDaleBrown(we kn;wn for
hishigh-tech"enal hi iink.).ourownCraig tlomastwirhasrde,ange
ol renanoshomsubmanne hi-jacklo cro(yborder agenrextraclion)
and the besl-(elling_ lom Clancytwith lighr infanlrlmen.na!,y
warplanes \E(r) 7 .{nir (ruz?I),rncctins,!irh RsmiDslon
andtheC.l.A.bantrngCotumb,andruglords. in tulloneof .\nsr ({cb). iihr(is
ri .
r qq 3 \ irr Rcfrin8r,ndnl
nrsmanvDlocl(Dusterrl rE(t)r.r {hr (.{nb), xlsrtii! mrh bn,adbtrdqt b:mrnr y!,r.
. P€acekeeping operations area finaloptionandmightdemonstrate vtc) rr an!! (Anb), rhxstns \ith b3Bd bt.dcitbihblr T,.r
sinilarilies withanyof the otherthree;aswiiness rherecentrragic \r,r ) r\,\n.r. ! ! , h r r ! , ! . n t , . a t . ,r i i ! , n g\ t u r { . h , c , r r h n , \ f g
events in BosniaandSomalia. UnitedNations, andeouivatent forc€s \E(E) ]] lnsr (Fu.?.\).hrt ins n$ h:ndd n ih $wrnt
c?nbeIasked wilhanymissron fromrhedetireryof humanilarianaid, $(q rr an$r (Fu.Zt.hiBiie\ih \!)d r:nd. (rnins hirtc\hi.td
lhrorghmiltaryobserver andpseudo-police duries.lo convenlronal r(D r5 rnw fy.,)i,rt"rtin8 snh Nfd ad \\hicrcrshrcrr
offensi\eoperdrions {incllld'ng air- or adi ery-rrike.l.Oneof my qt) 16 rnlini'hl:(cqtrcrcd. J,\hin!br(nanrtlrt\irh$Dnt.
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modernBritishAmymechanised infanrrycompanies isequipped wiril \E(qr] ]\n'r{Fu,Znna .!ibdrs.haBins(prckof ;)
a compl€te setof white-painred vehicles bearingrheleG; i.U.N.,., \t(t) {6 tnrnrcil amir\irh \pciion. pi(.(.ni.-q (pr!korr)
ahhough I haveresisled rhelemptalion ropainlihetroop..helmets rn fE(t){7 {n\a' \nrins \Dundd. (Px\0r j)
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note,low intensit\oDeralions of rhi! \on
ofl€r.\Iargamers an opponun) ro depto)lhe iuit rdngeol mitnary
venrcres
carners
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by David ManleY 5, Time

Oneturn in John) R?bequals15minuks.Onetum in Fne & Fury
Overthela$yearorsoourlocalclub. theTrovbridge Irregulars, have equals halfanhour.Simply halvethenumber ofturnsto convert ftom
become convenstotheFifeard Frr) rules for the Anerican Civil war' thefonner lo thelatter.Where events are timed to occuron odd Iums,
Thiswasduemainlyto theappeal of lheAdlerMiniature. 6mm(or theexactturnof efltryis decided by thereieree, or couldbedecided
ve say8mn?)ACWrange, whose figures look(inouropinion) randomly. For example. a.Iohnn) Reb scenario callsfor a brigade to
should
so muchbetterthanl5mmwhenusedwiththeFre & Iury baling arriveon tum 7. In F ? & Frry lerms the organiser could have the
system, andtheseries of smallACw badespublished in Wal8ffn?s brigade entering ontum3or4, or couldmaketheentrytimerandon
lllusnatedo\er rhe last coupleof years.However,as the stockof (e.g.rollingad6, itenle$ontumSifthe rollisI lo 3,orturn4iftheroll
available scenarios wasexpended I turnedlo alternatjve sources ior is4 to6).
smallscenarios suitable for anenjoyable gameto fill anafternoon or Summary:
evening- ftoop ConYersion conv€rsion QralitJ,
Oneol ourfavouritewdlgon$ //rrrrarddscenanos waspublished in Type (200scale) (ls0scale)
Issue65, wrinenbyMarkDudley,andcovered SpringHill. Markhad
based hisanicleona scenario writtenfot JohnHill's.Iornn) Rebrules
which$,aspublished in thesc€ftiiobook ToTheSounllOl TheGunsI lfianrry, Joh nt Reb lohnryReb > halfElite=Crack
decided to takelhe process furlherby analysing thescales andtroop Cavalry figures/10 figurest.s > halfcreen=Green
descriptions usedin bothseisofrulesin orderto devise a meihodof
readilycorvertingJohr,t Rtb scenarios (of *'hich therehavebeen
Leaders I percorys. biigade,
division.
etc. Benefit2=Elile
nanypublished in thewargames press) toFife& f 'J using the200and
BenefitI = Normal
150scales asdescribed on pagel0 olthe rules.fie exanpleincluded
vilhthisarlicleisbased onthe200scale-conlersiontothe l50scale is BattetiesJohnnlReb John yReb Fractions>0.25
justassimple. Sections/4 Seclions /3 becomedamaged
My analysis slartedwith a comparison between the SpringHill battenes
scenario in wlandrhescenatioin ToTheSound Of TheGuN.TfisNas
follovedup by a direclconparisonof l'ire & Furj andJolinr) Rebto Ground MultiplybyTr Unchanged
confifinthe conversion procedure. and to resolveseveralminor Scale foot,possibly oeandby
anomaliesin thes€lection ofnoopandleader qualilies. 1foot,
Theresullisaquickands;mplemelhodbywhichashodscenariocan Halved Oddturnsroundedas
bedeleloped. To showjust ho\leasyit is I willillustrate thepoiniby desiredbythe
takingoneol the scenarios presenled in lheJo,nn) Rebrulesand
convening it to fuc & rl/ry.
possibleturns.
FACTORS
CONVERSION
l. tnfantryandCaialry Work€dExanple:TheBattleoflynchburg,Virginia,lEJun€186,1.
totalthenumber of figuresand divide by 10.This (200$ale)
Foreachbrigade,
givesthenunberofstands in a lir€ &.Frrybrigade whenusingthe 200 TheUnionforceisdescribed asfollo$s:
scale.Forthe150scale divideby7.5.
Allbrigades areconsidered tobev€teratunless morelhanhalftheir A.ny ofw€stViryinia
'Elite Maj.Gen.DavidHunter,benefit 1,points
5
figuresundertheJrhnry Re, system are , in whichcasethe
isconsidered to be'Crack'. Conversely. ifnore thanhalftheir lstDivision
Brigade
Brig.Gen.Sullivan,benefit 1.points 3
figrresare 'Green underthe Jdrnn) Rebsyslemth€ brigadeis
considered to be 'Green' underlheiire & fdry system. lst Brigrde
Col.AugustusMoor. benefit I, points2
2. ArlillerJ 3regiments. 25figures€ach, riflemuskel.average
Add the numberof seclions nakingup all batterier allocaiedio a 2regiments. 25figureseach, nflemuskel. green
division or corpsreseNe. Dilideby4 to gelthenumberolFirc d J:Ir'] (atotalof125figures.60% average.40% green)
balteries in the200scale. Dividebyl ifusingthe l50scale. Fractionsof 2ndBdgad€
2 (or3 secrions if usingthe200scale) canberepresented by damagedCol.JosephThobum. benefit l, points2
bateries,or canbegrouped wilhother'leftovers to formcomplete 3regimenls,25 figureseach. riflenuskel.av€rage
balteries. .Irinn) Rdbfeatures 'Average' and 'Elite batteries,butFre (atotalof 75figures, l0i)%average)
& l:ltry doesnol differentiate between grades of artillery when 2ndDivision(€lemenls)
convening between systems ignorethequalityofthebattery. Brig.Gen.Clook.benefit I, points3
3. Leaders lst Brigade- aniY€sTurn3
Benefit2leaders areconsidered to be'E'leaders. benefir I leadersare Col.Hayes. benefir
I,points2
conlidered to benormal. (Thisdoesnotfit exactlv withthescenario in 4reginents. 25figure5each. riflemuskel.average
 (atotalof 100figures,100%average)
Ind€p€trdetrl
2regimen B.25figureseach.riflemusket,green
(alotalof 50Ggures,I00"/,green )
An ery
Banery: 3secrions,
Bauery:I section.
l2 pounderNapoleon,
24pounder hoMtzer,
averase
averaei
RESIN
BUIT.DINGS
6 ACCESSORIES
I secrion.
20pounder Panon,averase
Baltery:lsecrions,I2pounderNapoleon, averaqe
Barrery:l secrions,
I inchnfle,elire 1/200th A.c.w
(atotalof 11section!) /3OOth Spanish
TheLnionlorce.tmnslared
inrofirc d Frrylermsforrhe200(rate,
is
15mm Ancient E Dark ages
15mm G 25mm Accessories
AIny ofWestVirgini, AI buldlrgs dd a.c.ssod.s d adlablc p.htcd orun,Datdt.d.
Maj.Gen.Hunter l trader
lsl DiYision
Brig.Gen.Sullivan lLeader Plus:- High quallty figure palnflng seMce
Moor'sBriSade 121916 (As shown in Wargam€slllustRted 99)
Thobum'sBriSade 81614
2trdDivisio(elem€nls) For rnore information send S.A-E +5Op
Brig.Gen.Crook l l"eader for lists, or l2.OO ((l.S. $5-OO) for a
Hayes'Brigade 10/8/5 'entersTurnl
15mllr sample, or
Independent 5l4B
45.OO for a 25mrn sarnple, to:-
An ery 1 Avon Place,Hawkslade,Aylesbury,
2Baneries
Bucks.HP21 9LR.
Similarly.theConfederate forceaccording toJrrray Rs, isasfollo$s: or Tel: (O1296)434059
Mon lo Fri. 9,00 am to ?,OOpn and S.r. 9,OOam ro |Z.OOtrooo,
AdvaDc€ elenentrof2trdCorps
Lt. Gen.JubalEarly. ben€fit2, points5
Ran$u/s Division
Maj.Gen.S.Ramseur,benefit I, poinrs3
Johnslooh Brisade Evan'sBrigade 4t3D ' rollad6;1,3entenTumt,
3Regiments, 20figureseach,rifle-musket, averase +6 entenTum2
(atotalof60figures,100%av€rage) ArtiIffJ
LilleJ'sBrigade 2Batteries,
onemarked asadamaged battery.
3Regimenrs, 20figureseach,rifle-musker, averaae
(atotalof 60figurcs,100%average) Tabl€Si?r
Lel'is'sBrigade Therableused,for lhelo/ nl R?bsc€nariorsS by 4,.ivuhiplied b) 1,
2Regiments, gr\esa sizeof 5 4" by 2'8". Thiscanbe rounded up bi 6,Uyt..
20fiSures each,rifle-musker,averaqe
(atotalof40figures,100%av€rage) althoughfor thisexampl€I ,shrank,the battlefieldstiglitly;maki;t ii
GordonDiyi'iotr 5' bv3'
Maj.Cen.JohnB.Gordon, benefit2,poinls3 ^ To completethesc€nariofor thosewhodonotbaveacopyof fo fre
York'sBrigad€ Soundof theGu t. rheh;^roricat background andscenado-specific
3 Regimetrts, 20figureseach,rifle-musket, radolstortle battteareasfoltows:
averase
(atotalof60figures,1000/" average) HistoricdBacrgoutrd
f,r2n'sBrigade- €nt€rsTum2 Theacdontookplaceto thesoDth wesLofthecityot Lynchburg.
2 Reginents,20figureseach,rifle-musk€r, onlhe
avense Black$arer Creel,andrheSalemTurnp,ke. Ce;eratHuDrer hadbeen
(atotalof406gures, 100%average) marcbing lhe Armyof Weslvirginiaroulhalonglhe Shenandoab
Anilery valley.butwasmeering onlytokenres|stance fromtheConfedemle
Batt€ry:2seclions, 3-inchrifle, averaqe. defenders, comDanded by W. L. Jones. lonessIoru€wasroureoal
Battery: 2sectrons, 12-pounder howiuer,averase. Staunron on 5 June.Huntercrossed theJamesRirer.upsrream from
Bauery:3secrioG, l2 pounder Napoteon,averire. thecilyof Lyichburg,towardswhichHunteradvanced, aimingroseize
(arotalof 7secliont the city's railwayjuncrion.RobenE. I_ee,comrmedby Hunt€r,s
progress. disparchedrheConfederare2nd Corps. command;d byJubal
In Irle & frry termsusingrbe200scalethisforc€becomes: Early,to interceprHunterbefor€hecouldtak; th€crrv.
Adrance elemenrsofFarlysforcearrived in Lynchburg byrailonI7
Advanceel€metrlsof2ndCorp6 .
runeanormmedrately marched to engage rheIeadbgunihol Hunters
Lt.Cen.Early I LeaderE rorcetx,omrleroursjderhe ciry.Earlylaunched
Ranle||r'sDivision a surpriseanack
agarnst lheleaditrg Unjondivision.commanded byleremiah Su ivan.
Maj.Gen.Ramseur l Leader s-ullrlan( troopsverc badlymauled. andEarlymaywellhavedeall
Johnston\Brigade 6158 Hunter\ armya fatalblowhadnorlhe l€adingbrigade
kwis\ Brigade ot ceneral
41312 Clooki 2ndDivision madeasoUddefenrivestandand
Gordon'sDivision allovedSullivan
10retire. In lhe eve , the swift actionof lhe reb€lsso demoralised
Maj.Cen.cordon I t eaderE HuDte harhewilhdrew hisarmylhrough Kanawba rorheObioRiver.
York'sBrigade 6!58 rnsodornghetett|heapproachestoWasbinglon op€ntoanadvance b!
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Early'sSemndCorps.Early drovethroughWinchester, crossedthe h;.d-.@e**hh"b*h"* r..

Potonacat Hagersiown andadvancedto lhe suburbsof Washington
beforebeingpushedbackby theUnion6thandlgth Corp6,rushedto
thecapilalbyGrantftomPetenburg.
St rting Positions
Themapindicates thestadingpositionsfor aI units.Unitswhichenter
laterarenotedabove.Hayes'BrigadeentersotrrheUnior 15:30tum.
If Hayes'enlry point is blockedby Confed€rate troopsthe brigade
entersthreetumslateron theSal€mTumpike.Evan'sBrigadeenlers
on the roll of a six sideddie: on a roll of 1 to 3 it enterson the o.;'ors a R,+ voo tu-+ &
Confederale 15:00 turn-oth€rwiseit entersontheConfederate 15:30

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Th€ganelastsa totalof 9 moves,starting$,iththeConfederate
15r00
tumandending withtheUnion19:30 tum.
VictoryCotrdiliotrs
The Confederates win a decisivevictoryif at leasttwo of the Union
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areavoidedandthethreeroadjunctionsmarked'U' onthe
conditions Wherecan I find 2000 MilitaryBooks?
mapareheldattbeendof thegarBe. ln the
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SalemTumpike.Ttey maynotbenovedftomtheRedoubtunlessit is
to retireoff thetable.Theymayberepositioned withintheRedoubt.
2. TheConfederates worksontheeast
mustfall backto thedefensive
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Theinitialreleaseconsists of 35figuresat 25mmscale,representing amy lists.arrraclrvely presenled in anA4plaslic bind;r.whichcan be
charactenfrom th€ AmericanOld West, 187!1890.The ranaeis re-us€d afterthecatalogue isout of date.
itrtended lo numberover a hundred models. Tle tocus of whatI hare TheNapol€onic rction hasarmylistswhicharemuchnore detaited
for reviewis the Am€ricanWild West,but manyof the figuresare thatrthosegenerallyfoundin rules,andev€nincludesrandomforce
suitablefor represenling enragedVictoriansof any sort. Oncerhe generatonfor OttomanTurt! againstsuchopponentsas Russians,
rangeisenendedto itsfull size,it isinl€ndedto enlargeonthisaspect. AustriansandSerbianandGreekreb€ls.
Thefiguresto handaredividedintofourgroups.TI€ largesiconsists Tle 20thCenturysection,aswellashavingallthewell-knownarmies
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wearthe standarddressoI the entirecivilisedWestemworld of the GrdnChacowars. Korea.Arab-lsraeL varofl948,Ww2 Phitippines,
period,mostlyin jacketsandwaistcoar. In lhe Old Westyoucanuse Libvans andlraois.
themfor anythingfromsolidcitizensthroughla\rmento gunfighten." AII thea.myliits arewritteniDa wayrhatis inrendedromakethem
A lookat themodelsmakesonewonderwhytheWestemwo d could compatible with anyrulessystem.Thoughtheyapp€ar!o beprimarily
be call€dcivilised.The hisroryof nineteenrhc€nturyEuropeanand intendedfor 1:300- l:200gamers whofighrwithbanalions, theyar€also
New World empirescould easily raise the samequeslion.But, usefulfor skirmishgamen,sinceorganisation detailsaregivendownto
whatever. weknowwhatis meatrt. sectionlevel.
In additionto thetownsmen, rherearethreeothergroups,consisting At the moment,all fte listsan€ soldindividually,printedotr card.
of fiveCowhaDds, six"Shootists"andsixApaches. How€ver,followingrequests for booksof lists,il isplannedto r€teas€ at
I appreciatethedistinctionberween Co{handsandTo$nsm€n. The leastsomeof thelistsin bookform.MicroMarkarcvervresDonsive to
Cowhands areunique,with chapsa spurs,burwel armedro def€nd requests fromcustomen.5o if youareafierorganisarional derailsof a
theirfencelinesor raisea weebit of mayhemon a Saturdaynightin paniculararny/unit,andespecially if ir is unusual,thiscatalogueiswell
wortha rry.lfthey haven r gotir.lerrbemknovand rbeywiildo lheir
The Shoolistsare the p€nonalitiesof th€ ser. fu suchrhey ar€
naturallythe mostinteresting.Fiveof the figuresareinesistible.No RussPNIiDs
gunfghtergam€iscomplere wirhoDtrhem.Thelasr,ahanged man,(no
gallowsyet,buta tr€ewill do)mustbeabir of agiggleonrheparrof rhe
designers. Usefuljust the sam€.The renainingfive includeBuffato LITTLEBIGHORN1876
Bi[, the otrlyhistoricalpenonalitysofar, h a suitablydramaricpose. OSPREY MILITARYCAMPAIGN SERIFS # 39
My favouriteof therang€is OWS2,a genlleman in liock coatandtop By CDLPetetF. Panze
hat,apparently drawitrga beadon anopponent.Tle orherfiguresarei ReedIntemationalBooks Ltd., lrndon, 1995(96pp,
delightfulyaggressiv€ blokein shirtsl€eves, drawinghis revolver,a
bowlerha$€dla\rman,dang€rously underarmed with (ontyt)a pistol, No needlo -circlelhewagoDswhilereadrng thisaccorntof Cuiters
anda sortof gentleman gamblertwe drawinga pistol{rombenearh a La(tSrdnd. Thi\ r notlheusuatOspre)Gmpaignbookre-runof an
rcngcoar. already roo.well-Inown banle.DavidChandter pickedrherightman
SixApachefiguresmakeuprhelastof thepresenr ofiering.Theyare for_putting rhisO.pre)Campargn logeLher. pererpanzeri6ring.g
delighdullate nineteenlhcenturyfar westAmericanIndians,very soldier'sandcombatleadeisey€for pertinentdetailro theanalysis of
appropdateto cercnimo and his last dirch srandagainstWhite themostcontroversial militarydisasterin Americanhistory.
Anyone\rho playedcowboys andIndiansas a chitd,or hadar
All figure!but twoarearmed,andof rheseoneis thehancedman. AmericanHistoryclassin Elemenrary Schoolhastheirversionof rhe
Theotheris a uofornedpoliceofbcerwirhbillyctub (OwTla). Little Big_Homfight. Their accounrwoulddifrer only in s.hotarly
Considering thefirepowerpossessed bytheother33figuresI don'tgive language from the publishedworkson this bartle.The teaendsanij
muchfor thechances of lawenforcenenrin ourfictionalwestemto$n. mlthsaboulCusrer. Cra4 HoneandComanche lCusteisionel run
Totalarmament of the33figuresis fiveshotguns, fifteenWincheste*, rampanttirougheveryaccount. Thelatestworksthisdecade exceDted.
twelvepistolsand one indianbow. In addirionlhe threecowhand eachaccoutrlbasaddedmoreconfusioo or rehjorcedenoneous
figuresarmed$lh Wincheslers alsopackapistol.PerhaForlf ficrional p€rceptionsof this besr lnown Plains Indian War battle. The
townis TombstonelWeaponsare well sculpred,the Winchesters in erceptions areRichardFox'sAtchoeology, History,andCutbt's Last
particulararedistinctiveandwell designed. Thepistolslookgoodand B/tip. publshedin laa3.atrdRobenDarlng: A SadandTenibt?
do well asthe Colt NaiT panem.But at this scalerheyare equally Blundet.Ceneruk t(ry and Cutqt on thc Lidk Biahon N?r
acceptable as other sinilar makes.The $,eaDons mix seemsto be Di:coveie!, l$0.
intendedto rcpresentbasicR?es,ftther than"exotics",at leastin the P€terPanzeriusestheseworks, someof the most avantsarde
initialrclease. primaryrerearch. andincorporated hardevidence andthe ;v/est
Th€fguresthemselves areextr€mely good.Notsurpdsingly, thereis findingsintoabeautifullyformatted(therearcover100blackatrdu/hite
a sBongresemblance to Wargames Fou ry figuresin size,styleand andcolorphotos,map6,andevena fewspectaculaf "bird'seyeviev,,
quality.Thefigurerstand25mmfromthe soleof thefoorto ihe eyes. picturesof the battle andtenain), €asyto read,hardto pur dowr,
conciseaccount.As Panzeriwrites:"Thispublicationgoesagainslth€
gain of thexaditionalperception of the LittleBighornBatlle.No wAQU|8|u|&@ __. Hirroe.
Grear
Ryrol
apologiesare offered.The accounlhereinis basedexplicrtlyon the
' uugenarg
mostac.laimed,andrecentresearch, historicalanaiysis,
andindisput-
ablearchaeologicnl evidence.Thisis nol anotherrewriteof the same 3|@ai$.Wa|dboll@q!ai'b4I*@Edyd*h.bE

old story,but a compilation fromlhebeslandbrightest accountsto

date.'(Prcceedings ,Mili\aryHistoryForum, ColdWars,March1995).
PeterPanzeri is a Uni&dStates ArmyCaptain, currently
anactile
dutygraduale sludent for theUnitedStales MilitaryAcademy, West
Point,NewYork,instructor program. Heisacombal veteranof Desert
Storn andwasformerlyChiefof Military Historyfor the US Army
InfanlrySchool.An avidwarganerandmilitaryhistorianin hisown
T|GIITWEIGHTMNGE
right, Panzeri\wrilingsqle is upbeatbut authoritative. His no-
nonsense approach will be an eye-opener for sludentsof warfare,
wargamers, andarmchairgenerals, for Panzerimakesclearsense outof
this complicated and controversial engagemenl. whateveryour
Inlereslor baclground. andbecause anyone canofferanoPinion on
CustelsLastStand,Panzeri's Li e BigHon 1876is ^"n\!sr rcad".
whenaI thecrilicJ arrowshavebeensholintothecollectedworkson
rhisbanle,Litie BigHom 1876willbe oneofthe lastonesslanding.

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42

Llghts,Carnera,
Actlon!
Society
bySteveSwifi,LeedsWargame
Whilstthemajorityof wargamers werepartisgwiththeircashatDerby
lastyear,Brian HicksandI headedin the oppositedirectionfor a
weekend;nThe Bunkerat York. The Bunkeris run by Shaun
Mclaughlinof lhe Yorkwargames cluband,ashisadvertising sa)s,h€ 2 3
putstheemphasis onthe "game". A longtableissetupin anexteosion
10Shauntgarageonwhichsuitabletenainissetup,thewallsarefull of
shelves of figuresfromthehistoricalto thehysterical! Ac.onmodation
isin anearbypub,includinga heanybreakfast, whilstothermealsare joinedthevillagers.Thesecondjeepstartedto crossthe smallbridg€
takenat Shaun's house.sandwiches for lunchanda cookedm€alin the betweenth€bamandthePostOf6ce,onlyto comeunderdevastating
evening, The *eekendsare themed,oursbeinggamesbasedon fire ftomthebam:twomored€adUStroopsandajeeprunningost of
filns/books. controlinto the cottages. By now"Larry" andhisdriverhadentered
Arriving at around7.00pmon the Friday night we madeour thepub;timeto playmyfirsicard-'US troops findspiitsin pub,niss
introductions andchattedaboutlhetypesof gamew€liked,thenaftera 1x D8moves'. Witha grinI threwthedie,witha groanI read"1": a
mealwehada look aroundthegamesroornandsortedout tiDesand goodplan, butlostlo chance.
sidesfor th€ nexl day, then on to the pub for a coupleof beels. Meanwhile, a lorryloadofUStroopshadanivedonroad"C", and
Accommodation at th€pubwasbasic,but cleanandsufficientfor our w€rebusnyengaging theparatroops in cottage# I wilh abazooka,an
needs.Ourhostswerefriendlyandarranged breakfast1osuil ourstart LMG, 6 riflesa an SMG.With oddsof 10to 2 in favourof theUS
timeof9.00arn. troopsthe resultseemedinevitable.A Gernanactivationcardwas
Saturdaydawnsandafler a full Englishbreakfast,toastandhalf a tumed.andhafftheUStrooosfell to thefire of anLMG andSMG.The
gallonof mffeeit wasofi 1owar. Ourfirst game(of 4 playedoverthe twoparatroops fromth€pubarived in thelorry readylo jotu in. The
weekend) was"Tte EagleHasLanded", based moreonthebookthan US lroopsmovednext, retumingfire anddeslroyingthe Germa$'
thefilm asfar asequipmenlandcharacters vere conc€med. although lorry withrhebazooka. Alsoat thistine prcgrammed reinforcements
th€ senior Americanoffic$ \r,asconstantlyrefened to as Larry anivedin theshapeof CaptainClarkin ajeep,with a Whitescoutcar
Hagman! Thisgamehasattended a number of shows asa participalionfull of troops.Unfortunatelyfor Brian, anotherGernan activation
game, butneither BriannorI hadplayed it before. I hadoptedto play cardtumedup.andCaptain ClarkwaskiledbyaburstfromtheLMG.
the Gernansand was allowedto deployfirst. All the roofs wer€ Somuchfor thescriptlIl gotworse:whilsltryitrgto manoeuvre around
removable,so figuresin buildingswereplacedinside,out of sight, rhe nov disabledUS truck, Brian got tle scoutcar too closeto the
initialdeployment beingasfollowsrI paratrooper in theChurch with cottage- awel placedgrenade destroyed thev€hicleandalloccupants
thevillagers; 1paratrooper in thePostOffice(PO)withtheoperator;3 exceptrhedriver.Thegunbattlecontinued,th€bazookafued at th€
paratroopeG in the Mill; 2 paratroopers in the Pub(includiigthe paratroopers on th€bridge,killing a nunwhohappened to becrossing
British Frei Korps character);2 paratroopersin the Barn; 2 at the time. (Shaunhasa strangesenseof humour!)Briatrplayedan
paratioopers in Cottage# 1;2 paratroopers flextto theBridgenearthe eventcardforcingaparatrooper to fallintotberiver,butasavingthrow
wood;Steiner anda ddverin a jeepnextto thePub;Devlinon his retumedhim 10the 6ght. The remainingUS troopsfiom the truck
motorbikewithSteiner;MrsGreyin herhouse.(Seethesketchmapfor finallyfell, leavingonlyClark\ driverandthedriverofthescoutcar.Ai
details.) thispointall lookedwellfor rheGeinans,onlyfourUStroopswer€in
The onlyAngbruS depioyment wa! Churchill,hisaidesandsone action,all of themon foot, c,hilstGermancasualties wer€light (only
UStroopsat th€house,whichwassunoundedby a walledcompound theBritishFreiKorpsmatr,atrdhewasmorcof aliabilityin anycase).
with t\r,ogateslargeenoughfor v€hicles,anda smalergatefor foot A warof attritioncontinued atthecottage,aparatroop€r beiq killed
inside,leavinghis comradeto be assailedby two driv€n, the sole
Shaunus€sinitiativecardsto decidewhomoves,thesebehg cards survivorsof CaptainClark'sforce.I decidedto evacuat€ the cottage
with flagsto indicatewhois activated.My cardswereeitherG€rman andjoin togethertherenainingforcesto keepth€Americaffbusy,the
flagsfor theparatroopers or G€rmanandIrishflagsro includeDevlin Gemansmovingbackaostananexchange of handgrenades with the
andLlls Grey;BriatrhadUs-otrlyflags,British'otrlyflags,combina- two Americansb th€ cottage.After a numberof miraculous saving
tionsof thetwoandacardwhichhada StGeorge's flagto activatethe throwsby Brian,atrda fee'o1^ngoals'on mypan,thesoleremainitrg
civilianhostages. These*ere shuflledandplacedfacedown,to be paratrooper outof sixoriginally€ngaged in thebattl€,r€treatedto join
drawnat th€ start of eachmove,Other cardsarc alsoused,these Steinerin the woods,leavinga singleUS driverin commandof the
carryinginstructions or events,four for th€ Germanplayer,threefor cottage,
theUstsrilishplayer,cardsbeingswopped or playedasrequired,used Whilstthiswasgoingotr I wasworkingor cunningplannunber 1,
c.ardsbeingr€placedattheendof theplay€r'stum. Steineranddriverhadreached theedgeof the{,oodandit wastimeto
By 9.30am weverereadyto stan.The6nt twoactivationcardsb€ing playsomemor€cards. ln myhandI had'German doublemove'and
German,I movedSteineralongthe roadandoverthe bridgeto the 'Churchiltconesoutotrtothebalconyto smoke'.Plan"A" isto double
wood,Devlinlollowedascardsallowed.Havingreceiv€d atrickcardto tnoveto the$,all,briry Churchillout andhopeto hit himfint time.lt
playotrtheUStroopsI ahodecidedto movethetlr,oparafioopsfron s€emed sucha Soodidea.Card5go do{,n, Steineris aboutaomove,
thepubto followSteinei,usingtheGennanJothertransport,aBritish thenBriar trumpsmyac€,atrothercardhitsthetablel'Allied airoaft
lorry. ni€sover,nndomG€rmans takecover'- nopoints{orguessing which
Thef$t UStrooF anivedh threejeeps,ledby "Larry Hagnan", Germans tookcover.Nen movetheUSarebackin actionandSteiner
alongroad"A". "Larry" andhis drivercrossedthe dver anddrove is lookingfor a newdriverl Switchto play "B", SleinerandDevlin
towardslhepub,lheothertwoj€epshead€dtowardslhechurchunder retreatto lheirvehicl€s.
fue fron thethreeparalroopsin themill. Thej€epsretumedfire, but whilst all lhis wasgoingon, the threeparatroops in the mill were
wiJhm effect.Theparalroops shotuponejeep,killingtwooccupants, fighting a pitched battle wfth US hoops and a Home Guard
tbe third surrendering aftercomiogunderfire lrom the church- he derachment. UStroopswerefallingall overtheplace.bazooka rounds
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Tlmetable of Events:
Frlday Saturday Suday
7.30pmDinner, 9.00Battl€conmenc€s 9.00Battle Commences
followed by introductory briefings 12.00-l.00pmLunch 1 2 . 0 0 , 1 . 0p0r nL u n c h
l.ur@ D.r.. |' 1996 6.00pm, Dinner,Iollowed
by las!moves 4.00pmGameCompletion
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kepthittingthemill.but missing lheoccupanrs_ Tle Americans had on.withmisse. andraving rhro{drrersdrrng thros Briankeplgerring
haliedat theedSeof thevillage.However, luck$wngbacktowards 0. ro(avethearde: I leplgetring 4. 5 dnd6lo (aveslerner (we heis
Brian,andgraduallv ihegunsfromihenill fellsilenr.To reljevethe reallyrhe herol).bur finaltyrhe aidefe . Cturchillwas
pressure next.no
on lhemill. I decided lo bnngrher$o pardnoops acro!(rhe atfempt tocaprure hjm,asrreanofbu etsdidthejobanditvastime
dverfrorn,hebarnrodeal$rth -Larry Io
Hagman andhisdriver,and (rcape.In rrueHoll'ryoodsllle Sternerleaptour ot the buitding.
stealhis jeepin anescape attempt. Nolvthecermans'luck sraned to shoolinghan MPandd$patchrider in rheprocirs,srote rhemororbike
runoutrthelastmanin themillwaskilled;ahostage brokeoulof rhe androdero mllecthisdriver,whowastakingcoverbehindrheremaios
church(a wellplayedcardby Brian),'Anhur S;yDoregoeswild' olthejeep."LarryHa$nan"andthreeoth;r USsotdiershad
(anothefcard) anived
killinglheguard in theresuhing netee;ontythedriveris andshotupthejeep.Devlinhadfallensoitwasrimetoexchanse th€
killedin theattack onthepub.and.wirhUStroopsmoving upthrough 'DevLn dirguise -card:Steinerand hi(dnver rerurnedrhe USfir;.and
the village,the Germansretreal,one fallingro rifle fir;, ihe orh;r ''Larry'rinal]vbr lhedusrTheoriverleapron rhebactof Sreiner\
joininghis comradein thePostOffice.TheAmericans. uansDoneo m motorbike.onl) robe"horb]'roop(rromltehou5e. thebikewjsaljo
an RAFlorr) whichhasappeared {rom:omewhere, headed rowards destroyed, butSteinergor away.Thenextmovewasrostealoneofthe
tle PostOffice,sprayingthe placewith gunfire.
Tlreeshotshit, the.e jeeF whichbroughl"Inny" and his menro the house,but the
werethreefiguresinside.Twoparatroopers andthevillaSeielephone Amencans werein hotpursuit:all kindsof vehicleswereDourinsourof
operator.A diewasrolledto s€ewhogothil, I washopingto seethe rhecompound. Timero pla! anorber evenrcdrd_.Sea Dr;1.haff
telephonist plastered acrossthewall(waris hel ilnt it t), butno,in true novesfor ail andbalfrang€son altweaponj- rheUStroopsfaiied
Holllaroodltyle, the civry is unscarbed ro
and I am downtwo norc gainonSleiner. andtheeffectii eness of rheirgunsu asreduced. Eren
$. a sa\mgcardwasneeded _ Bultethirswarch_ lhe chase
continued. Steinermustexitonmad..E,',sothestol€n jeepwentalong
Delperate timesrequiredesp€rate action:Steiner, Devlinandrhe theedgeof thewood,overthebridge,pastthebamandwasotrly;
survivingpardtrooper fromrhebatrtefor rhecoflage madelheirmove.mov€awayfrom the rabteedge.The activationcardwasdrawn,ihe
A tehicledoublemovecdrdtookrheJeepro rh; wa of ChurchrU\ flagswereBitish and AmericanlWould
Steineres.3pe?A Home
house. grcnades rhro$nover rhewallkilled aguard.andSreinergot n. Guardunit arrivedalongroad,,E,';anAm€ricantruckdrovepastthe
osgrAedasanolnerguard (anerenrcardalowingSleiner ro disgu$e clrwch,troopspouredoul, everyone opeaedfire. TheBritishtot a hit
hims€lt asanyriglrewirhin12inchet.OrherUSfirur€sried tor;tum on St€iner,anothercard- ,Bullethits picrure
grenades of mothei _ andI
againstthejeepanddriver,burnissed,rdultins in moredead breathedagahl TheAmeicanstded rheirluck:a
bazooka.anLMc.
Arnencans. Steiner searched lhe buitding for Churchitiburbunp€d anSMCanda wholelorofnfles.I pjayed myla$card.saved forsuch
rro USeuardsand ChurchllkaidesfiKl an evenluality- 'Bazookamisfires'- four hits fiom the luns on
Lunch-was taken.It wasnow1.00pm.It wouldbeaI overin thenext Steiner.rone on fte
moveweconfidentlysaid,butlhereweremoretwiststo come. leep. and four savingrhrowswere'made.
Adrvabon carGweredmwDagain- a Cermanflag- andrheieep
We resunedthegamewirhSteiner facingtheremaining aide,no wasaninchawayfromthetableedge.Weall lookedatthefinatca .l
contestvith anSMGagainsta pistol,but thisgunbanlewenton an.l tumed it over, cerman again and Sreiner
was avay, mission
 Threepics ol Shaun\ Entebbegane sta|edat the Portizanshatrat KeLhanHaLLla:t Auiu:l

completed! It was3.00pm. passengers from a hi-jackedA'r FranceAnbus.this wasa n€wgame

The Gernanparatroops actedas in the book and filn. dying for Shaun, andwmputonatshonslastyear. Fourplayers eachtakea
gloriously to enable St€inerto reachthetarget,but rherethescript squad of tenIsfaeliparatroopers (it wasarealairborne $,eeked),each
changed: "LarryHagman" surviv€d
almostto lheend,Caplain Clark squad hasadvedin aHercules transport aircraft
andis€quipped witha
diedonthefirstnove,Devlinakofailedtomakethesequ€l andSteiner jeepandanarmoured per.onnel canier.Tle Lable isarepresenLarron
escaped. Oftheothercharacters, Mrscrey stayedathomeandtookno of the airpon,with al oneend the maingate,movingon to the
pan in theproceedings, Molly Prior appearedin her horseandtrap, passenger terminalwherethe hostagesare held, then lo si\ MiC
swiiched sides nrmerous timesandnevermadecontact withanyone. fighters (21sand17t andfinallythenewterminal andcontroltower.
The villagers madetheir o*n escape, numerous othercharactersEachplayer hasaspecifictafgetithe gate,thehostages,lhefighters, or
anivedto swellthenumben,anda goodtimewashadby all.Thus thetower.AIsoontherablearethefourHercules transports andanAir
ended ourfirstgame. FranceBo€ing707pret€nding to be rheAirbus.Tlis is not a small
A smallskirmish wasplayedduringtheremainder of theevening, game!
whereinvading Gennan paratroops, thistimeunderBrian\control. Turnsaredecided by activation cardsasbefore.Thehra€lhhave
foughtmybadlyequipped Homecuardfor controlofa towncentre. morecardsthan thererrorists.
A dieisrolledforreinforcementsforthe
Despiteheroicattempts by theHomeGuardto maketheGermans die Ugandans, $hichbringsontroopE andannoured vehicles. Conbatis
laughing, byattacking themwithbroons,spades andanumbrella, rhe keptsinple, hitsonaircraftbeing added upuntilsulficientisreached to
Britishdefencewasdoomedfrom the start. especially with an elit€ damage something vital.Evenrcardsar€alsousedto bringon extra
paratrooperarmedl'ith rifle andtelescopicsightoccupyingthe top equipmenl or 10saveshotparatroopers or hoslages.
floorofa building at oneendof thetown.Brian\troopswerea grade Iwonl gointodetailaboutthe game, butsome amusingincidents did
abovemine, going1o Elite, whilsrlhe best I could manage\ras a takeplace,suchasa hostage panicking andrunning otrtheHercules,
VeteranBoyScoutlMy onesuccess waswhenthreeofmytroopsarmed theparatrooper vho triedto stopher beingdefeated in themelee!
with two spadesandan umbrellatook on andkilled two paratroops Brian\troopsrerurnedtotheirplaneonabaggagecarthavinglostth
armedwilh a rifle, an SMGandgrenades. Thespademenmeleeing vehicles to RPGfire. Ugandan reinforcements finallyanived$hen
withtheparasresultingin oneHone Guarddead.oneimmobilised for everyone {as headin-q backto the planes,but the rescue$ras
fourrnoves,oneparaimmobilised for fourmovesandlheotherfor t\r,o successfully acconplished. although withheavier lossesthan in thereal
moves,leavingDr JonesSnr(oneof B. & B.\ newlndianaJones
figDresfindinghiswayontothetable)to finishoff thecermans. Ourfinalgame was Crcss of hon",based onthebookandnkn.This
On the Sundaywe werejoinedby anolherYork clubmemberand hasbeen played at anunberofsho\rs overthelastyearor so,andisan
twootherplayers,backto thefilm andbooktheme,althoughbasedon excuse to throwasmanyRussians aspossible at smallnumbeKof
realityfor thefirstgame.W€kickedoff with"90Minutesat Etuebbe". Germantroops. TheRussiansdodiequiteeasily, butthere aresomany
re'enactingthe kraeli raid on Entebbeairpon in 1976to rescuerhe of rhemlhalrheendre\uhisinevuable. Tle armol lhesamei'lo 5(ore
i\ nanr pornls aspossiblr bcforcbcingwipedout.lr {as a vervshoft
.roqoedanlcrr' i. ^ina.or loop. ,pp",' .s.'
random againslthelourol u5pla)ing.Yougeta chance ro nitchup
vourf€llo{ plavers ln rhisgam€.asth€only\rayto getnd oi rheevent
card\'! to playthem. and\omecanbeplayed
thc\ areonth€receiring endof hordes
onorherplayc.s
ofangr!Russirns.
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 RETREHTFROM
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Te\ +44 (0)9Oa32r2t5
byD. K. Hunt Fatrt +44 (o\9oa 321235
24hours
Softlyfallingsoowcovered ihegroundin thecantonments oftheBritish FRTSI| FROM OTJR EXTENDED TOTJR OI GtrTTYSBIMG AND
Arm)ofOc.upationoulside (becilyol Kabulrn Alghani'tan. thebillel OAIIER HISTORICAL SITES INTIIE USA'
lyiDgahead ll wrs MAYTIEMANE PLEASED TO BRINGYOU . . .8R. . . SOME
colda freezinq toreiasle oflhe unforeseen hono,s (YootuGMa E.)
SPANISU &sCI FI BI'LDINGS!
January1842;nd oneof themostsharneful episodes in Britishmilitary
SPANISWITiII{]{ IN 25|m
historywa!aboutto unfold. fte mod.ls r€ sc.r€d up vesiosoldit populr t t'm buitdings
TheArmywasbeinglorcedto quititsmilitaryoccupation of Kabulin
Churcn: SuiEbt.for mv Medit(dnemor Mcxi6 sc(d8 t9 19
thefaceof a seriesof olerwhelrning politicaldefeats.In thesPace of a Fl3
(^rErl6l€ sn)
PI,1 TN'hon*
few weeks two of lhe most influenlial EuropeanPoliticalsin PI5 To*arhou*i Pudred rmi ovedmsrns upp€. tbr.] t9 v)
AJqhanistan had beenmurdered, Sir Alexander Bumesand Sir PI6 NumerY:Til€s,r'hddi,rr
Wiliarn Macnaughlon,both as a direct resuh of Machiavellian Pr7 m€rl}'dc bnild4' (^ldtabre sn)
intriguesin supportof thepuppetrulerShahSujahagainsttheAfghans' SCI.FI&EPICAUTLDINCSTN &Th
favourite,AkbarKian, sonof theirdeposed kingDostMohammed FSFII rrbryconpld,@nPletcwid)climnel sJ 99
in theaftermathof these ESrt, lji8s.€rMclahspLnt, r,ophS*:ns, fh. @l
Folowingperiodsof surprisingindecision Esrrs R.tucnhsdcFr '99
assassinations, bothof whichpalsedwithoutresultingmilitaryaclion, EsFf6 Frbriatiort cilii6(2djffer.nt ta9)
coupledwilh lossof prestigeand increasingmilitary isolation(the E9Flr rm&silo(2buildbgF) 5199
EsFrs ^rr4 com!tucdiob @$ (q idr nishN c,iso]16) t199
passes to l$dia hadbecomeunsale to travel some months earliet the lr'99
EsFrg di.nh$tdonbwer
Generalcommanding, Sir WilliamElphinstone, decidedthat the FSF2O Ari€os?rminaplao.&fl9idE d'rhkn Lb(2dm@r) t4 99
British positionwasnow untenableand - underpromiseof safe PACXAGI G'MAIL ORDf,& UX I BFPOADD I 'q.
pasrage fron AkbarKhafl- the AJmypreparedto quit Kabulin the MINIiTIJM ORDEiVAITJTST'
ORDERSOVERS5OT.REPOSIFnII
faceof anAfghanwinter. VISAACCESS.MAS'ITR&EUROCARDARIACCEPIED
The logisticsin removingsuch a large occupyingforce were PrloTo c{rarocu}avan lt'atE SENDn2.00 + SS,{trIN tlx
enormous, especially in lndiaat thistime-As wellasthecombatants oR$3 00 ovERliErls
whichcomprised: H.M.44thFoot,three regimefltsof Sepoyitfantry, a
balteryof EuropeanBengalHorseArtillery andseveralNativ€cavalry therehadbeenlittl€ thoughtIor thetroops$ell_being duringtherelleal
reqiments. there were also aboul 12,000 camp followen, an enonnous and a most unconfortable night was had by all.The snow continued to
baggage trainand(anaddedconcern)sone30or soofficers'wivesand fallandthoseunfortunate enough to lacklents(lhewivesandfanilies
children. ln frontof thesesaetched the 116milesto General Sale\ for the mostpan sharedl€ntedcover)enduredtemperatures well
garrison atJalalabad, through tonuous tenain,covered wilhsnowand belowfreezing. Themoming lighlbrought homethestarkr€alisation ol
ie in f.eezinpconditions and lhe threat of treacherous tnbesmen theconsequenc€s of attempling to campaign in the middle of an Afghan
doqqinse!ery arepottheirway. winter.manyhundreds of campfollo$ers hadexpired duringthe nighl,
Tre* 'eemrngty inturmou nldblePloblems posed adaunling taskfor lhesnolvmercifully shrouding theirfrozenbodiesandconcealing the
the oflicerdesignated the dutyof organising the Orderof March, lrue honor ftom the resl of the Army's sight. The advance
Brigadier Shelton- His taskvas nadeno easierby thefactthathe recommenced. bul it hassincebeencalculated thata full25%oflhe
wasn'tinformed by General Elphinstone oI lhedateof depanrre,6 Army\ suppli€s andprovisions werelostor abandoned on ihefirst day
Jsnuary, untilthe€vening of lhe5thlFollowing a Herculean effonby of theretreai.
SheltonandhisSlaffall appear€d r€adyfor departureon th€momlng Thehardships - unrelenting, constant sniperfire, mountedAlghan
of 6 JanuaN1842.But as the snorv carpeted cantonnent stretched attacks on the colunn. the fr€€zing cold andsnow,liile foodandno
before the departing troops the deficiencies in suPPlies laid in for the r€st - continued to erod€ the Army's cohesion. By thelhird dayof the
a.mywerehidden,disguisedunderthe spectacl€ of the onc€proud reftat sone3,000hadpenshedanda greatnany weresufieringlhe
"Armr ofthe lndus". agonies of frostbite.Thefounhdayourof KabulfoundtheArny only
Ind;cisioncontinuedto plague the Arny\ hierarchy: even as the 21milesfromits siartingpoint.Akbar Khanaskedfor hostages to be
advance guard of the 44th crossed the bridge over the Kabul dver, supplied to ensure safe passage, and whal a few days earlierwould have
Elphirstonecaledahall. Sh€lton,evermindfulof covering theground been reiectedoul of hand was now readily accepledby lhose
to Jalalabad i! asquickatimeaspossible,ignoredtheorderandurged concerned, namely theofficen,{ivesandchildren. On thefollowing
theArmyonandoutof thecantonment and pasl lhe looming shadow of daya tunher lruce was called by Akbar and, during lhe Parley, ihe
Kabul's mighty citadel, the Bala Hissar. The Armyk dePanure caused AJghans tricked Elphinstone into capture. As embanassinSasrhis as
asreatdealof excitement withtheKabulisand,theircourage bohter€d it proved10be of no greatlossto the Army as it lurchedtoward
bi the r€luctance of the Britishto showfight overthelaslfew$reeks, Jalalabad andtheproniseof safety.
thevimmediately enteredthecanlonments in search of loot. The long By the thirteenthdayof the reireatthe solesurvivingunit of the
baggage train,consisting of manythousands ofmules,ox€nandcamels, Arny weretheragged rennants of H.M.44thFoot.Justover50nen
wai fiied uoonandattacked.Panicinfectedlhe port€rs,whoinstantly fromthisR€giment, onlyhalfof whomn erestillarned,andthose with
jetlisoned mostoflbesupplies andfoddeltequftdtosustain lheAmy Ii(lepowderand ball,passed lhrough thevillageof Gandamak where
onit. torced marchlhrough lhepasies toJalalabad andonto lndraAll they{,ere attacked.Thesesoldierslook up a def€nsive positionon a
of thishappened within minutes of the rearguard leaving Kabull low rocky hill. stood backlo'back in a rough square and preparedto
DespGShelton's protestprogress wasveryslow.On lhefirst day\ standto thelast.Theendwasnotlongincoming. Successive waves of
marchonly5 mileswerecover€dbeforeElphinstone finallygothisway rribesmen lappedup lhe slopeonlylo breakuponlhe bayon€ts of the
atrdthe columnwashaltedfor the night-As previoudynentioned. 44th,but13longhard dayshadreduced thestrength ofthissmallband
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$erecaptured dunngthehnalassautr. onebeingCdpraitr Souter ot rhe In a previousarticle (WI lm) I recommended
44th.whohadrrappedtheRegmental severaltitles in rhe
CotoDr droundbjsbodyfor Ospreyrangeof militarybooksfor uniformad campaign notesand
safekeeping.The A&hans,upondiscoveringrhis, assumed il wasa theystill holdgoodfor thissubj€ct.
waistcoatanddeduc€d he{,asahostage wonhransoming!
TheArmyeffectivelydiedwirhthe44thFooton tbatrockyhi . bur Sc€trrrios
somesurvivorsstaggered on towardsJalalabad,Som€dozenor so R€cr€atingeventsIiom this epic retreatshouldprovideinterest€d
mountedmenwhohadbe€nh€lpingto Suardrheflanls of thecolumn, ganer5withenough \cenarios ro lalt lhemfor manyoc.asions, some
separatedfiom the mainbodyshortlyafternegoaiating an ambushin suggestions couldinclude:
theKhoordKabuldefil€andstruckourfor safety.Duringa shonhalt 1) Attackson th€sprawling baggage train.
rheseofficers
andmenv'ereapproached bysom;Algha;. onc!again 2) AdvanceguardactionstuvolvingH.M. 44thFoot.
undertheprerence ofa parley.butrheyusedrbeopportunity roa ack 3) AJghanattacksuponthe officers'wives(Warganes Foundryatso
thepany.Outoflhis|pLinrer groupon5 oneman,Surgeon Aryton. providesuitablefiguresfor po(ers andEuopeanfemalesfiom
sately
madeJalalabad. Onl)a feworbernragglels madeit lo rhe$fery theirIodianMutinynnge) andtheirdefence.
otln$garrison:jr wouldbeeighrlongmonlhs beforealloftbe prisoners4) RearguardactioDsby SepoytroopsFying to detersnipersand
rakenduringthismiltary debacte wouldbebeed.Elphinsro;died in supporting straggleF.
c-apdvir'
. butLadySale, wifeof -figirng Bob Sale.thecomnanding
offic.rarJalalabad,lefiavividaccoutrtof rhehorrocof rheretrear and
t TheBengalHors€Artillerycrntingentcangivea diflerentslantro
a game, e.g-
hersubsequent captivity. a) a5theirhonesdiehowlongcanth€yhopeto savetheirguns
RDles tefore captureor Iheyhaveto b€spikedandabandoned?
Reallyapenonalchoice,butI'm sureyourlavouritesetwill enableyou b) $ing themasa mobilesupport,givhg assistance up and
to get started.As a suggestion, it will be nec€ssary to downgrade downthe columnagainsthostileatracks.(RedoubrEnter-
Europeannoralestatusfor thesegames to reflectthesonystateof the prisesin their25mmWellingtonin Indiarangehaveseveral
dismounted Lt. Dragoonsin actionposesthatcouldeasily
beusedasB.H.A. orfool.)
Figures
6) The"classic"Iaststandoprionof the44that caDdama{.
Oncragaina personal choice.bul rn ml prefenedscaleof 25mm 7) Theadventures of thepartyof mountednen cuningrheirwayout
Wargames Foundry havea rangeof Ajghans"hjch includes Hoffe, ol t!€ trap.
FoorandGuDsidealro usein-recreati-ng adronihom Lberetreal. 8) And Iinally,froma nativeplayer'sperspective justthinkof thefun
FoundryalsohavesuirableSepoytroops,HorseAitillery andBiitish
to behadin attemptiDg to makeall of theabovesuggestions endin
Line in bel-toppedshakoesin their SikI and ChinaWarsranses "redruin" for theBritisbplayer.Nativ€bashing?
respecliwly. I think Dotl
Ailhough tsurpnsinglyt norroop6 insbrerctolhjng. O;ty
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 THEBRITISHARMY
IN THEUIEST
IIIIDIES
1794-1802
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HTSTORICAL
BACKGROIJND 63rd WestSuffolkRegiment
The WestIndieswerethe main areaofconflict for the British &lth 2nd StaffordshireRegiment
Army pnor to 1801.Tbe mainreasonfor thiswasrhat Britain 70th GlasgowLowlandRegiment
hada largenumberofcolonies 88th Connaught Rangers
in thearea,whichprovidedlaree
amounr'olrevenue fromrhesateor,ugar.co.oa..pice:. erci Cavalry
France.Spainand Hottdndatsohai colonie\in rhe We\r The rollowrng lighr DrJgoonregimenr\ sc^ed In lhe we\l
Indiesand Britain sawtheseas a threatro her forceson the Indiesfroml79l onward!:
islandsofJamaicaandBarbados.
Due to the natureof serviceon the islands,lack of medical Regiment No.& Titl€ Action
careand poor diet there was a high numberof deathsfrorn 7th(Queen'sOwn) Westtndies,tTg4(fiftymen
dreaseamongthe Bririshgarrisons_ Between1794and 1797 djsmounted)
80,000men contractedrropicaldiseases, and about40.000of l0lhrPrinceolW.rles. WeslIndies. tTa4tfiflymcn
themdied.The highdeathratemadeihe WestIndiesrhe mosl usn) dismounred)
unpopllarpostin€in the BritishArmy. Manyofficers.on being llthLightDragoons WestIndies,tTgit(fiftymen
toldof theirpostings,soldtheircommissions andleft thearmvl dismounted)
The Brili,h Goternmenlwa\ rorcedlo u.e larsenumber,ol 13thLightDragoons MaroonRe;ohs.Jarnaica/Sanro
foreigntroop!to bringrhegarn'on"up ro"uengin. Dominso.I795
l41hLightDragoons Maroo; Revojts,Jamaica/Santo
uomlneo.t/9)
TROOPTYPES 15thLighl Dragoons WcstInties, t 79,1(fifly men
Line R€giments dismounted)
Thetollowing Brirrsh
LineRegimenr\ toughtIn rheu e\r InJre, l6th Light D ragoons Wesrlndies.1?94(firrynen
(pleasenole abb'eriatedl8t2 rjrte\ used).Mo\t ol lhe dismounted)
regimenE listed\ened In lh€ area,, comptere 17thLightDragoons MaroonRe;olts.Jamaica,/Santo
un,rs.shrt(
olher\senronl) theirlightandgrenadier companies. Domingo.1795
ll3thLighi Dragoons MaroonRevotts.Jamaica/Santo
Regim€nt'sNumberRegim€nfsTirt€ Domingo,1795
2nd 20lhrJ!marca Light Ma'oonRe!oh,,Jamaica
Queen'sRoyalRegiment
3rd EastKent,or (Old)Bufs Dragoons)
6th Royal(1st)warwickshireResimenr 26thLigh!Dragoons SanioDominao.I 795
8th King sRegiment 29th Light Dragoons SanroDominso.1795
9rh EastNorfolkRegimenr 3l st LightDragoons Santo Domin;o, 1795
10th NorthLincolnshire Regiment
14th Buckinghamshire TheEmigrantCorps
Regiment
15rh Yorkshire(Easttuding)Regirnent Mostoftheseregimenlsweremadeup of politicatopponents of
19th lstYorkshire (NorrhRidinq)Resiment the ne\rgovernmentin Franceanaex,prisoners of*ir. Mostof
- rdesere$menrsweregroupedunderthe iirle of the Emigranr
2tst RoyalNorthBriri\hFusitieas
25th King sOwnBorderers Corps.Unfonunarelyasiime wenton rhestandardofre;uirs
nth InniskillingRegiment droppecl,as mostof rheseregimenrswere usedas a dumping
28th Nonh Gloucesr€rshire ground for any trouble makersthal the army had wirhi; iti
Regimenr
29rh Worcestershire Regimenl
31st Huntingdonshire Regimenl The.maJor uni|sthalmadeup rheEmigranr Corpsrndl\erved
33rd lst Yorkshire(WestRiding)Regimenr in the West lndieswercis fo ows:
34th CunberlandResiment
35th SussexRegiment Nane Unit Type Plac€/Dates ofService
37th NorthHampshireRegiment Lowenstein\Jagers Infantry St.Lucia,1796
38th lst Staffordshire Lowenstein's Chasseurs Infantry St.Lucia./Grenada. 1796
Regimenr
39t'n Dorsetshire I-owenstein'sFusiliers Infantry Martinique,1797
Reginent
40th 2ndSomersetshire Hompesch\Fusiliers Infantry Martinique/Trinidad.
Regimeni
42nd RoyalHighlandRegiment 1797;Antigua 1798
43rd Monmouthshire Hompesch'sLight Cavatry Santo Domingo,1795
LightInfantry
44rh EastSussexRegiment
48th Northamptonshire Honpflch\Hu,sah Ca!at') SanloDoningo.tTq6.oT
Regiment
53rd Shropshire Regiment Jl'1q \ Hus\aA Cavatry Sanro Dominso.t7e5
55rh Westmoreland VanWells Dutch lnlantry Demerara
Regiment leiDurch
56th WestEssex Battalion ganisonin Brirish
Regimenr
51rh WesrMiddlesexRegiment servjce),I796
58th Rutlandshire RoyalDutchRegiment Infanrry Demerara.1799
Regiment
60lh RoyalAmericanRegimenr
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PenalRegiments siegewhich lastedfourteendays. The Frenchcommander,
There were a number of penal regimentsraisedsolely for GeneralRochambeau, surrenderedalongwith the lastof his
serviceir the west Indies,suchasthe RoyalAfricanCorpsand forceson 23 March:Martiniquewasifl Britishhands.The cosl
the WestIndiaRangers. Both oftheseregimentsweremad€up to theBrilishhadbeenlight- 55killedand96wounded but by
of British deserters,criminah and untrustworthy
ex-prisoners theendofthe year122officersandm€nstationedon.he island
haddiedofdisease.
NativeRegiments St.Lucia1794
The British also formed a numberof regimcnts$hich were After thecaptureof Martinique,AdmiralSirJohnJarvissailed
madeup ofnativesunderthe commandof Btitishofficers.The for St. Lucia,with an invasionforcemadeup of threebrigades
mainreasonfor thiswasthat the localsweremoreresistantto underthecommandof GeneralSir CharlesGrey.
thelocaldiseases.Themostnotable NativeRegimentswere:
Iirst Brigad€:H.R.H. PrinceEdward:Threebattalionsmade
Malcolm'sRoyalRangers up of thegrenadiercompanies from Martinique.
St.vincent Rangers
SecondBrigade:Major GeneralHenry Dundas:Threebatta-
TheCarolinaBlackCorps
lionsof lightinfantry.
CubanChasseurs
Third Bfigade:ColonelSir C. Gordon: 6th, gth, and 43rd
TheBritishusedCubarChasseun(Spanish inegulars)asa type
Regiments.
ofpoliceforceto keeprhenativesundercontrol.bul theirmain
The invasionfone reachedSt. Luciaon 1 April. The Second
job wasto rccaptureescaped slavesandprisoners. Therewasa
Brigadedisembarkedand beganlo advanceon the F ench
reward of $960.00for each dave recapiured.Each of the positionon the MorneFortunee,whichwassurende:edby its
Chasseunwas equippedwitha largeknifeandhadlhreeMastiff
cornmander.ColonelGordonwas left to garrisonthe island
huntingdogs.The skill of lheseChasseurs and their dogswas
with the 6th and 9rh Regiments,while the rest of the force
provedwhenGeneralWalpole askedfora demonstration ofthe
retumedto Martinique.
dogs'effectivenessandtheychasedhim backinto hiscariage.
Eventhoughtherewereonly fortyof thesenen on the islandof Th€ 1795-6ReYolton St. Lucia
Jamaicatheir reputationwassuchthat the sightof them was Most of the garrisonsin the West Indies were not at full
enoughto disperse anyriotingmob. strength.The Frenchlhenstartedto stirup the localpopulation
in the Springof 1795andthiscauseda revoltwhichforcedthe
GovemorofSt.Lucia,ColonelStuan,toevacuatetheislandin
THEMAJORACTIONS Juneofthat year.
Martinique, 1794 In Sping 1796it wasdecidedthat the only way to stop the
On€o{ thefirsl majoractionsin thewest Indieswasthecapture revolts spreading throughthe wholeofthe WestIndies.wasfor
of the Frenchislandof Maninique. the British to invade the islandand put an end to the native
The expeditionaryforce was commandedby Adnnal Sir
JohnJarvis,(laterLord St. Vincenr)and wasmadeup of the Sir Ralph Abercrombywas given the commandof the
following: expeditionaryforce. which was composedof the following
regim€nts:
First Brigade:BrigadierSn C. Gorden:15th,39th. and 43!d
Regiments. Fi.stBrigade:14th,27th,28th,and5TthRegiments.

S€condBrigade:BrigadierThomasDunbar: 56th, 63rd, and Second Brigade:3rd. 19th,31st,and35thRegiments.

gthRegiments. Thid Brigade:sth, 37th,44th,and55thRegiments.
Third BrigaderBrigadierJ. whyte:6th.58th, and Ttlth FourthBrigade:38th.48th,53rd,and63rdRegiments.
Regiments.
FitthBrigade: 2nd.l0lh.25rh.2qth.and88lhRegimenls.
FourthBrigsde:BrigadierCampbell(laterreplaced by H-R.H.
Sixth Brigade:42nd, and two battalionsmade up of all the
Duke of Ken0: Three battalionsmade up of grenadier grenadier present.
of ihe regiments
stationedin Flanders compan;es
companies from the aboveandregiments
andlreland. Cavalrt and Artillery:27th Light Dragoons;Royal Irish
The first battalionwasmadeup ofthe grenadiercompanies of Artillery.
the followingregiments: 6th, 8th, l2th, 17th.22nd,23rd,31s1, EmigrantCorps:Lowenslein's Jagerc,Lowenstein\Chasseurs.
41stand56th.
Thesecondbattalionwascomposed ofthe grenadiercompanies Theexpeditionary forcesailedfrom CarlisleBay,Barbados,
of thefollowingregiments: 9th,33rd,34th,38th,40thand58th. on 21April 1796,with theobjectiveofthrowingreinforcernenls
The third battalionwasmadeup ofcompaniesof the following into the islandof Grenadaand retakingSt. Luciaat the same
regiments: 15th,21st,39th,43rd,55th,60ih.64rh,and70th. tine. On 26 April SiJohn Moore.who hadbeenappointedas
Abercromby'ssecond in command,landedon St.Luciawiththe
Fifth Brigade: Colonel Meyers: Three battalionsof light l,lth and42ndRegiments.
infantrynade up ofall thelightcompaniesstationedin Flanders He wasreinforcedthe next day by the 53rd,57th, and 2nd
andlreland.(SeeFourthBrigadefor listofregimentsused.) west India Regiment,commandedby BrigadierHope. The
On 3 Feb ary the expeditionset sail from Barbados,and whole of the {orce was ashoreby 28 April, but fighting
reachedMar.iniquethreedayslater.The invasionof the island continuedontheislandtill 17May.
wasathreeprongedattack,undertbeconrnandof GeneralSir SirJohnMoorewasgiventhc command of thegarrison,while
CharlesGrey,who landedwith the Third andFou h Brigades Sir RalphAbercrombytook the restof the force back to the
atTroisin the south,whilethe SecondandFifth Brigades drove islandsofGrenadaandSl. Vincent-
inland towardsTrinite in the east, and Brigadier Gorden The British managedto retake the islandwith only light
headedwith the FirstBrigadetowardsthe capital,Fon Royal. casualties-76mendeadand 152wounded- but ihe longtelm
On lTFebruarythetownof St.Pierresurenderedio Brigadier costin Britishliveswashigh, by the end of the yearSir John
Dunbar,andFort Royalfel to the Britishon 22March,aftera Moorehadlost1,500oIhisgarrisonfrom disease.
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JENA18061996 Thiswill be thenexrbigNapoleonic re-enacrmenl
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that appearthroughoutBritain. If you vould like to be part of our Thes€arc-hitectural gems,in scales l/3001o25mmmay
comingcampaign, asa fusilieror a musician(fifer or drummetin our be obtainedhom good model shopsand particularly
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TUNARIDGf,WELLS WARGAMf,SSOCIETYheld its Annual at Frankston,Mctoria.
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respectable groupof cantinieres, vivandres and campfollovers). onthe night but casualatlendance ischatged athalfprice,50ce s.On
Uniquely, foranyre-enactment regiment, the21'-'deLigne(Recree) any nighl there are usuallytwo games laid on by clubn€mbers. Any
hasmembership of the2lVG (Regimental Association of rheFrerch visitorslo Cyprus who may be in the area and interest€dcnng€tup to
Army\ 21 Regimentd'Infanlerie),a uniquesymbolof the mulual dateinformarionfromeirherCharlescray or crahamcibsonon363?
ftiend5hipof ourtwocountries whichfunherinstillspridein ourEagle, or 3535respectively. Diallingcod€s:FromUK - 00357526,or 0526
presented to usby thecolonelof the2iRl in 1985. For lhisyearthe
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presented theEagles, and,in October, thebattlefields oI Jenaand NEWCLUB INHOLLAM
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in aceremony torenenberthefallenoflhe21"'in thatbatrle. Wealso clubswith non-fantasy inaerests.If youlive anwherein theBen€lux,
havemanyUK eventswhereyoucanwatchusin actionandyoDcan andhaveaninterestin MilitaryModelling,WarSamhg, or Boardgam-
alsomeetandgreel us at one of the many\raryameshovslhat \r,e irg thenth€ s€cretary wouldbe delightedto h€arfrom you.You can
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