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STEETBONNETS
SldflntshRdes for 16thC.Bordet Rehrcrs
MacdonaldFraser
ala Geoqge
By MichaelManning
Fraser's book The SteelBonnets gi'res a good history of the the relevant activity. The sameskill can be purchasedtwo or
cattle raids back and forth asoss the Anglo-Scottish boder more times andbonusesare cumulative
during Elizabeth'srcign. Having visited Hexham, capital of the CombatSkills:
Middle March last year, and toured the first purpose-builtgaol Pistol Arquebus
i England,my interestin theBorderReiverswasrekindledand Bow Sword
I devis€dthe following game. Dirk Mounted Lance
Being both a wargamerand a role player I wasiflterestedin Pike Are
developing a fast, easy set of rules suitable for a skirmish Brawling(i.e. improvisedweapons)
encounterwhileinstillinga senseof proprietaryintereston the
part of the playen with their figures. Too often, I fnd, tabletop MNneuverSkills:
generals are willing to sacrifice their regimentswith gleeful Riding (+ 1 inchmountedmovement4evel)
abandon,heedlessof the a€tualcost. Role playing games Herding (+ l/levelfor herdingrolls)
generatea notion of investment and caution, with chamcters Hiding (- 1levelfor opponent's spottingroll mustbe
developed over a seriesof adventures. SteelBonnetsattempts stationary)
to recreatethe careandconcerna reiver patriarchwouldfeel for Sraikiog (asHjding.only muslbe moving)
his sonsand srllieswhen thev are on a raid. rracling {+ l,4evelon sponingroll- for lindingtrail of
men.horsesor cattleonly)
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Onetum equalsoneminute. Wat Nixotr
Onefigureequalsonenan. Str13 Agil12 Quick13 Con9 Intel ll Pcpn10
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1, Mtd Lancet, Sword2,+l Melee(str),+1Move (quick)
CHARACTERS
As eachfigurerepresents a singlemanit is only fitting to give GENERICREII'ERS
that man a name and a set of characteristicsand skills to bring For thosewithout the in€lination to createtheir own rervers,ol
himto life.Asgamesareplayedthesamecharacters canbe used Ivho wish to havejust two or three favourites and a number of
againand again, assumingthey survive.As with real life, these "Arquebus Fodder" types, then a Generic Reiver can be used.
reiverscan gain experienceand ability, as they leam the harsh Desienatedbv name or number, the statisticr afld skills do not
realitiesof life on the Border. vary-andneed not improve over time. Sucha chamcterwould
To create a character a set of physical characlensticsare appearthus:
rolled, usingthreesix-sideddice. As with manyrole playing c€n€ric Reiver
games,therearesixattributesthatinterestus:strength,agility,
Str9 Agil9 Quick9 PcPn9 Con9 lntel9
quickness, andper€eption.
constitution,intelligence, Riding 2, Herding 1, Stalking1, MissileWeapon2, Melee
weapon 2
Str€ngh: For every point of strength above 12, the No StatBonuses
charactergetsa +1 bonusin melee,For every
pointbelow9 thereis -l penalty. Similarly a GenedcGovemmentSoldiercanbe generated:
Asla: For every point of agility above 12, the ceneric GovemmentSoldier
charactergetsa +1 bonuson missilefire. The Str9 Aeil9 Ouick9 Pcpn9 Con9 Intel9
- I penaltyfor eachpointbelow9 alsoapplies. Ridine1:Missileweapon3, MeteeWeapon2
Quiche.r:: For every point of quicknessabove 12, the
charactergetsa +1 iflch bonuson movement. GAININGtrXPERIENCE
There is a - 1 inch penaltyfor eachpoint below
your reiver charactersparticiPatein raids and rescuesthey
9. The bonus is not applied to mounted As
will gain experience.This will be reflected in their abilities
which he participated each characteris
Perceplionr For every point of perception above 12, the AJter each scenarioin
roll on a six-sideddice The character
charactergets a +1 bonuson spottiDgrolls. €ntitled to an experience
may add + I to his die if he survivedunscathedand a further + 1
There is a -1 penalty for eachpoint below9. "victoriouJ' within the definition of tbe
if his faction was
Constiaution: The numberof hit points a charactercanabsorb
before dying. scenario. A scoreof4or betterentitlesthechalacterto incrcase
lus phy<icdlsiat rolls by L lf thal jncreaseis in
Intelig€nce: The number of skill points a chara€terhas to one of
spend.Onc€a skill is "purchased" ii cannotbe intelligence then he may sPendthat additionalpoint on an
additionalskill.

SKILLS OF PLAY
SEQTJENCE
Skills are broken down into two categories, combat and For sinplicity's sakean altemate tum systemis used.First one
maneuver.Eachlevel of skill sivesthe charactera + 1 bonuson factionmoves,thenthe other.
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exceptionis a seotryat a gateor bridge or a characterdefined as damagetaken by the loser. In the caseof two or more figures
surpdsedin the scenariodesign,ashe is unlikely to be hying to against one the outnumbered character has the choice of
hide. applyinghis scoreagainstall his opponentsor to throw himself
For a characterto spot a ta4et characterthe target mustbe in againstjust one atrd "go down fighting". This decisionmust be
his direcl line of sight. Covermodifi€sthe spottingroll, but does madebefore the roll is made.
not count as obstructing line of sight to targets immediately Damsg€:
behind. All terrain featuresare to height scale.Once a target Pike 1D6(noshieldcanbeused)
has been spotted by one character he is spotted for all Sword 1D6
characters.If hidden, his figure is placedon the board. Dirk |D6-2
Tracks and trails can be found by a spottiDg ro[. The Mtd hnce 1D6+2
successfuldiscovery of a trail may be a necessaryvictory 1D6+1(noshieldcanbeused)
condition in a scenario. Impmvised* 1D6-1
To successfirllyspot a target or trarl a 5 is rcquted on a roll of Fists 1D6-3
aD10.
+ e.g. Arquebus butt, cudgel,pitch fork, hay rake, etc.
Modifr€rs:
+X PerceptionStat Bonus Modiffers:
+X Skill Bonus +X StatBonus
-X Target'sSkill Bonus +X Ski[ Bonus
-1 Target under cover +l WoundedTarget
-2 Surprised(asdefined by scenario) +1 Pikevs mounted
-3 Night tl Mtd Lanc€on lst tum of melee
-l Mtd Lanc€on 2nd & later tums of melee
-2 Wounded
SHOOTING -2 Night
-2 Target wearingmetal armour
The pdnciple missileweaponsof the pedod were all rclatively - I Target wearingother armour
short range, and thus suitablefor a skirmish game.The pistol -l Targethasshield
and arquebusmay only be fired every other rcund. The bow
may be shoteachround.A roll on a D10 deteminesif a hit is Targets may be "subdued" and captured if the intention is
statedprior to the start of that tum of melee."Subduing"
damageis halved (round down). Captured characterscan be
ShootingRengesandTo Hit Numb€rs(Df0) mnsomedfor catile or (if the scenariodefines) held to stand
W€spon 5 itrch€s 15inches 25 inches 50itrch€s Inat.
Bow 5 6 7 8
'7
6 8 9
Pistol 6 8 MOI'EMENT
Rock 8 Movement distances vary for each character, each tum.
Modifers: Chamcterson foot roll oneD6, mountedcharactersroll two D6.
+X StatBonus This roll is modified and the result is the distancein inchesthe
+X Ski[ Bonus charactermay move (if he so chooses).Chamctersmay shoot
+l StationaryTarget andmovein the sametum.
+l WoundedTarget Modifi€rs:
-2 wounded
+X StatBonus
-1 Soft Cover (foliage, woodenfence,etc)
+X Skill Bonus
-2 Hard Cov€r (house,rocks, etc)
+1 If canyingPike
-3 Fortifications (fortified house,castle) -2 Wounded
-2 Night -2 Night
-2 Shootingfrom honeback -2 Wearingmetal armour
-1 Target wearingmetal armour -1 wearingotherarmour
-1 Bow on target in any armour -1 If carryingshield
Damrgel -l ff shootingthis tum
Bow 1D6 -2 If enteringexiting a building
Arquebus 2D6+7 -3 If crossing an obstacle
Pistol .2D6 4 If 6red fiream last tum (reloading)
Rock1D6-2 +D6
12 movement in buitdings, marsh, woods, up steep hils or
fording rive$.
MELEE
ln the roush and tumble world of the border morale is not an Herding'
issue.Eacf, man standswith his brothen and cousins,fearing Cattle move at the speed of characters herding them.
more lifelong ridicule than his enemy. Likewise, there is no Unanendedcatdemovein random direction 1D6 inches.
charge bonus as melee is an individual affair, man to man, CattleDirection Roll (1 per figure)
rather than regimentagainstrcgim€nt. 1 StraightAhead
Melee is automatic when one or more figures come into 2 Anead Right
contactwith a target. The mechanicsare simple:eachcharacter 3 Behind Right
rolls the damagedice for his weaponand appliesanymodifiers. 4 StraightBack
The hisher scorewins the round the differencein scoresis the 5 Behind Left
6 Ahead Left caughtby surpdse. In this casethe "defender's men" may bg
scatteredor abed.Herdsmenmay be detarledassentries.
Unattendedcattle will move 2D6 inchesawayfrom firearms
A variant scenariois the Purcuit, which occus subsequ€ntto
fire and continue at this speeduntil herded. Direction may be
a successtulraid. Th€ facrion who lost the cattle have ralied
changedby other firearms 6re.
then forcesa are in hot pulsuit. They track the stol€n cattle
Cattlecanbe herdedwith a roll of 5 or betteron a D10. One
and, if the scenariocals for it, catchup with the mal€factorson
character canherdup to 5 cattle.
the open road. In this cas€ the "defender" may use hidden
Modifiers: "attacker"
deployment (including an ambush) and the
+X SkillBonus attempts to track. Each successfirltracking may allow the
+1 If Mounted pursuersto follow the trail 1D10inches,in a direction indicated
-2 Wounded by the opposingplayer. This gives a lot of scopefor doubling
2 Night back, falsetrails and other sneakyploys. Altematively, a srngle
-2 Wearingmetalarmour tmcking roll may reveal the path taten if a quick advanceto
I Wearingother armour combatis desircd.
1 ff €arryingshield
Black Mril
Dismounting The modern Protection Racket has nothing over the Border
Mounted chancters may dismount at any point during thoir Reivers. They would regDlarly e(ort money under tbrcat of
move, thus endingtheir movement.Horsescan be hobbled or violence. Black Mail was the original nane for this tbreat. In
tied to a tree or bushor maybe held. A horseholder(tpically an this kind of scenadothe "defender" hasrefusedpaymentandis
inexperien€d reiver on his first raid) can hold five horses, the subject of a maliciousmid whose objective is to bum his
including his own. Unguarded horsescan be stolen by enemy houseor kidnapor kill himselJor family members.The scenario
reivels;mountedmenmaystealoneho$e andunmountedmen may define anysentdesin placeassurprised,but it is likely that
may stealtwo (and ride one). Loose horceswill move as loose they will be actively scanningthe horizon for signsof a raiding
cattle and will react to gunfire in a similar manner, force.
The player is in the position of a {amily patriarch whose GovernmcntRaid
linited nilitary assetsconsistof his own kith andkin. Therefore Despiteher penuriousstateandmiserlyways,
QueenEliabeth
he will be unlikely to risk too willingly the lives of his men. To waseventuallyforced to act to put a halt to thes€ongoingraids.
encouragethis kind of c-autiousbehaviour there are severe ln the early days the ineryerienced soldierswere led on wild
penaltiesfor captured,wourded anddeadcharacteN,andsmall goose
chasesor caughtin ambushes.Eventually though a thief
rewardsfor the killing of enemies. was set to catch a thief and some reivers joined with
Govemment Men to tmck down malefactors. This scenario
!.ICTORY POINTS should resemblethe Pursuit variant of the cattle mid, or the
Conpulsory Black Mail scenario,but with capturing enemy figures as the
-20 If homeis bumed prine goal. Govemmentsoldiersshouldbe lessexperiencedin
-10 For everyCharacterkilled the wily ways of th€ reiven, lacking herdhg, stalking, hiding
-5 For everyCharacterbelow halJ Constitulon and tracking skills. They make up for this deficiency with
-3 For everyCharactercaptured greater combat skills. Reivers should only come to grips with
-1 For everycattle/horse lost soldiersin direst straits, prefering to slip by them or run away.
+1 For everycattle/horsecaptured Gtol Break
+Z For everyenemywounded Assumingthat lhe Govemment soldie$ arc successful,there
+3 For everyenemykilled are bound to be reiversheld in gaol to be rescued.This scenario
+5 For everyenemycaptured wi[ pit a handtul of soldiersbehind defencesagainsta larger
optional (defined in th€ scenario) number of reivers. Sentrieswil likely be defined as surpris€d.
+5 For uncoveringenemy'strail Specralrules may include forcing blocked doors, requiring the
+5 For recovering all previouslylostcattle roll of, say, an 8 or better on a D10, rvith the strengthbonusof
+5 For recoveringmore cattle than lost previousiy every participating character modifying the roll. An exciting
t10 For rescuinga capturedcharacter variantmay be a rescuein the nick of time of reiverscondemned
to be hanged. A time limit of game tums until the hatrgiDg
At the end of a game the victory points for both sidesare occursvdll spur on the attacker.
talied aDdthe sidewith the greatesttotal is "victorious".

FIGtlRXS
SCENARIOS
Any 16thC€nturyfisures would be suitablefor theserules. The
There arc lour basicscenarios.The exact design is up to the smallnumberof figues required and the personalnatue of the
players, but it should reflect a realistic sloryline, with solid combat arguesfor 25mm. The author, having a thrifty Scots
motivessuchas greedor revenge.The numbersinvolved on a nature,choseRevell's20mmplastic6gures.Th€ Conquistadors
side will be natunlly limited by a player's ability to control are particularly good, and the Thirty Years' War Infantry,
numerous characters,Five or six charactersper player wi A.rtillery and Cavalry all have useful figres. Cattle in the
prcbably be found to be optimum. Thus larger gamesopen the numberneededare mosteconomicallyecquiredthrough model
door to multiple playerson eachside. railroad shops.Femalefigures are more difficult to frnd. I've
The Cattl€ R.id usedAirfix figureshom the wagon Train and High Chapperal
The Great Celtic pastimesincethe ageof Cuchulainnhasbeen
the catderaid. The object is to reiieve youl neighbour'sherd of Basingmust be individual, but otherwiseis not important. It
excesscattle.This will require a numberof rcivers to be detailed is best to have both a ioot and a mounted vercion of each
asherdeni but asnumben are limited, so the total haul will be character.This is not costpmhibitiv€, giventhe smal nunb€rs
limited. The scenario mav desionatethat the "defender" is involved.
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l . r ! ! ! . r c c h o o \ c! t o r n r \ L , ) r r l o r e a c hp l . r te r r n d c r e a r e\ o u r
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All figureshavea singlehandweaponincludedin their five Whenusing25mmscalefigures,infantrymaymovesi\ inches
pointcost.Ifextraequipmentis requiredthenpointsareadded pertum andcavalrytwelve.
on aslisted below:
Mov€mentTables
Hors€: 5pts Shortbow : Spts Thepointscostfor Infantry & Cavalry
Hors€barding: lpt lrngbow : 10pts otheritemsin thevast
2: Must make a doublemovetowardsthe nearestaccessible
Armour : 1pl Crossbow : 10pts anayof€quipment
tableedge.
Shi€ld: lpt kdder : spts possible
shouldbe
3: Must makea full movetowardsthe nearesta€cessible table
decided
mutually.
edge.
Exlmp1t5 4,5: Mustremainstationarythistum.
6,7: May makea half moveonly.
Char.cterislics
& Chancteristics
& 8: Maymakea halfmoveonly,but caninitiatea melee.
F4uiprtreDl Equipme 9-12: Maymovefull distanceandinitiatea melee.
13+: Maymakeadoublemoveandinitiateamelee.
RedCloakedInfantry 5pts LightHorseArche$ : spts
+lAaack 5pts +lBowskili : 15pts Missil€Troops
+lDefence 5pts Horse i 5pts 2: Must make a doublemovetowardsthe nearestaccessible
Shield lpt Shortbow : Spts tableedge.
: lpt Shield : lpt 3: Must make a full move towardsthe nearestaccessibletable
l7pls edge.
34pts
4: Mustremainstationarythisturn andmaynotshoot.
UDitoften 170prsUnitoffive 5: Must remainstationarythistum but mayshoot.(Crossbow
l70pts
armedtroopsmaynot shoot.)
Udt l-eader 6,7: May nake ahalfmoveandshoot.
5pts UnitLeader 5pts
+2Afiack 8: May movefull distanceandshoot.(Crossbow armedtroops
l0pts +2Bowskill 30pts
+2D€Ience may only movehalf.)
1(hts +lAtack 5pts
+2 L€adership 20pt. +lDefence 9,10: May movefull distanceandshoot.
5pts 11,12:May movefull distance,shootorinitiatemelee.
25pts +2 L€adership 20prs
Shield 13+: May makea doublemove,shootorintitiatemelee.
Horse 5ph
: lpt Shortbow 8pts Missiletroops may shoot before, during or after theiJrmove.
72pts Shield : lpt The abovetablesaredesignedto combinemovementwith a
79pts simplemoralesystem.The emphasis beingplacedon the need
| 2r'2pb for fairlydeterminedleadenhipto maintainplayercontrol.
Tolal : 249Dts
MovementPenalti€s
Units Deduct1"for enteringor exitingan unlockeddoor.
For a goup of figuresto be consideredasa unit they must be in 2"perstoreyof a building,up or down.
baseto basecontactwith ea€hother. The groupmusthavea 1"to mountor dismount.
€ommonpurpose,e.g.theymustall shootortheymustall try to 3" for infantry climbing over a wall or hedge of up to figure
entercombat.It is not possiblefor half a unit to shootandthe height. (There is no penalty{or cavalry,but 2D6 must be
otherhalf to initiatea melee.Theywouldhaveto becometr{o thrown for eachindividual attempt. A scoreof 2 or 3 resultsin
units. the figurebeingremoved.Leadershipis addedto the "jurnp"
Shoulda unit decideto solit.this mustbe declaredbeforea roll, reflectingincreasedability, but in this case h not
movementroll is madeanda rolltakenfor eachsplintergroup. transfeffedto anyunit members.)
A unit only receives the leadership
bonusof onefigure,i.e. rhe l"forarmour.
individualwith thehighestplusfactorpresenrin the group. l" for horsebarding.(Thusa fully protectedhorsemanhasa
normalmoveof l0' pertum,)
GAME TURNS lor the fo owingcountcvery inch aravelledas two:
Crossing ploughedfieldsor boggyground.
After thetablehasbeenpreparedtheplayersroll to decidewho Negotiating a steepslope,up or down.
begins.Duringplayeachplayerfollowstheguidelines below: Wadingin shallowwater.
1 : Roll dic€ to ascertaina[ units'or individuals'movement Carryinga hea\ryobject(eg.a ladder).
abilities. Movingthroughundergrowth or thickwoodland.
2 : Move all troopshhoot, if roll permits.
3 : Resolvemelees.
SHOOTING
The va ous t)"es of bows have different advantagesand
MOVEMENT disadvantages.Archerswith shortbowsmay shootfrom more
The key to victory lies in positioningyour trcops aseffectively thanoneJank,but havea lessermnge.Longbowshavea great€r
and quicklyaspossible.This, however,is not alwayseasy.At rangeand canalsoshootftom morethan one rank, Only the
the start of every tum players must roll 2D6 for €ach unit or front rankofcrossbowmen areableto shoot,but theyalsohave
individual in their army. Appropriate leadershipbonusesare a longerrangeand when hit, the savingthrow of a targetis
added and the results checkedagainstthe table below. For a reducedby one.Thesecharacteristics
aresummarised below.
leaderto be effectivethe group under hischargemustbe in base CrossbowsrOnly the front rank may fire at a clear target,
to basecontactwith him. Shonnnge: 4-12inches.
Archers and crossbowmen may put away their nissile Longrange:12-24inches.
weaponsandbe declared"nomal" trooDsb€forea roll is made.
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Shorlbows: Only the hont rank may fte at 'l-4 inches.
Shortrange: 1,-8 inch€s.
Irng range: 8-16inches. K&MTrees
Irngbows: Only the front mnk may fire at %-6 inches. are nowofrerioga direct order
Shon range: %-r2 inches.
lnng range: 12-24inches.
M.O. serviceon all products,
To shoot aDarrow first consultthe lange table below. This will Pleasesendlarge S.A.E.for colour
tell you if a hit is possible.For every plus factor of bow skill go brochures& prices.
backa stepin the table.
Minimurn order:€5. OrdeB over910postfree.
E.g. It is impossiblefor a standardarcherto hit a target under
hmd cover at long range. A +1 archer would need a 6+ Postage15EoOte8ea.s40%.
Evens,thusa +2 archerwould require a 6 anda + 3 archer 4 North Sheet. Beaminster . Dorset m8 3DZ
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E.g. A +3 archershootingat a target in the open at short range
would only require a score of 2,3,4,5,6 on the D6 to be
successful.This exampleis the best archershootingat the
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A successful6+ Evensroll is a 6 on a D6 and then an even Slod Ch.rl@orth @ 0655 76a556 fo! deb{s.
numberon a secondroll. This allows a litde more scopein the
gamewithout the needfor more exotic dice. time. Two dice arerolled by eachplayer; eg. a red onefor attack
If arows are shot into a unit it is not possibleto select a and a white one for defence.After any bonusesare addedon,
particulartarget; this is donemndomly. Identify a startingpoint tberesuhsarecompared,
and number figures lrom there. Thus appropiate numbersof IJ an attack total is two or more Points greater than the
dice can be usedto d€terminewhich frgureshave beet hit and oDDositiondefencetotal then a hit hasb€en achievedand the
the bestdo not alwayslast to the end. "saved" by using the table
losing 6gure must be removed or
If shootingat a unit involved in a melee, all figures of both
parties in base to base contact are subject to random hits It is possiblefor both figuresto suffer a hit in the sam€combat
withoutbias.
It is not possiblefor a figure to shoot at any target in baseto If a figure h outnumbered, then the combat with the first
basecontactwith itsef. attacker takes place as above. For every subsequentaitacker,
Hard & Soft Cov€r the singlecharactermakesa defenceroll andsubtractsl; alsohe
Hard cover consistsof objects made of wood, metal or stone. cannotmake an attackrcll.
E.g. Buildings, walls and rocks. E.g. A characterbeing attackedby four enemieswould (if he
Soft coverincludesitems suchashedgesand trees. lastedlong enough)have -3 taken from hisfourth defenc€roll
Cover up to one storey high is effective for two mtrks of This is evenifhe wasvictorious againstthe initial opponent
figuresin baseto basecontactwith it. For everycompletestorcy As combatis meantto be simultaneous,iJ a 6gule is temoved
thereafter anothertwo ranks are protected. before all the enemiesattackinghave had th€ir rolls the excess
Wheo shootingafows at an unseentarget (eg on the far slde may not attack elsewhere.
of a building, but not actually in contact wit it), 3 is deducted Any figure wishingaoleavean untesolvedmeleemusttak€ an
ftom the hit roll of the archer. unretumed attack lrom any enemiesin contact, ie. he just
Trcops behinda wall rec€iveonly the "hard cove/' advantage makesa defenc€mll.
unlessthe wall is abovea storeyin height. Whena victory is achievedin a melee,it is the victor's right to
If a figlre is hit then it has a savingtkow accordingto the occupytbe vacatedspaceof the loser imm€diately,if desir€d
table below. Defence bonuses do not contfbute to savins Defenc€Bonus€s
If a figule reachesan obstacle(e.9. a wall of hedge)first, then it
SsvingThrows is deemedto be def€ndingthat object, aslong as it remainsitr
Neither shieldnor armour: no saviDgtbrow. baseto basecontactwith it.
Shieldor amour: 6. This is advantageous*hen under attack, as it giv€s the
Shi€ldand arinour: 5,6. defender a + 1bonusto his defenceroll.
Holse armour: +1. A + I defencebonusis alsoapplicablewhendefendinghigher
(- 1 to savingthrow if hit by a crossbowbolt.) ground or protecting a seashor€/river bank againstan attack
from the water.
MELEE Mr Carter likes his gamesto be, "fast, furious and fun", andI
hope people lind these rules create that qPe of play. The
For a 6gureto be in combatwith anoth€rtheymust be in baseto miDimal paperwo* at the beginnhg takes only momentsand
basecontact. This normaly meansthat in atr open spacean the rules are easilyleamed in a f€w turns.
infantryman may be attacked by up to four enemiesand a
honeman by up to six.
Befor€ a frgure can be outnumberedthough, all opposition
characteNin mnge must be engaged.
To resolvea combat,both playersroll for eachfigule one at a
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SKINNINGTIIECAT
Part 28: Umplre'sInformatlon
By TimPice

UMPIRE'SINTORMATION that of the 3 x 75mmBatteries, only Maastricht2 wasequipped

with an observationcupola as shownon the plan. None of the
The Map
other3 x 75mmembrasures, or Cupolal20mm,hadanywayof
Theplayersshouldbe grventhemapnarked "OperationMap"
whichhasthe empla€ements labeled.The umpireshouldhave seeingout. In the otheremplacements, the plainsquaresshow
the "Umpire Map" which has all the emplacementscorre€tly the position of the armoued glass observation ports, the
identifiedandlabeled,aswel asshowingwhichgliderlanded symmetrical rcctangleswith the dol in the middle show the
positionof the MGs, and the rectanglewith the dot at the
The narnesfor the emplacementswill seema little odd, but I bottom, showstlrc posilion of the 60mm guns (firing armour
piercingand shrapnelammo).
haveusedthenamesgivento the batteiesby theBelgians. This
meansthat Ma I and 2 are the batteries Maastricht 1 and 2, lnitial Cotrdud of Phy
dedicatedto the defenceofthe Maastricht bridges.Vi l and 2 You shouldinitially talk through wenzel's glider crew'sattack
referto thebatteriesdedicated to the ViseBridge.Mi Nord and on Vise 1. The object is to disablethe guns;which is easily
Mi Zuid are MachineGun fMitrailleur) PositionNo(h and achi€vedby detonating a lkg chargenext to the barrel of each
South.The "C" standsfor "Cupola",vrith the calibreof the gun.If a 50kgshapedchargeis used,in all casesit is incapableof
main armament.The strangemix of FrenchandRemish is used penefiatingthe concrete,unlessthe chargeis actuallyplacedin
today by the forts' caretakers,but the official languageof the oneof the pons. This is difficult uolessit is tied to the gunbanel
BelgianmilitarywasFrcnch."Lucht Inlaat" meansair intake somehow.If this is don€, the blast will dismountthe gun,
and refe$ to the armoured, louvred, inlakes to the ventilation throwing it backwardsand the resultinghole is large enoughfor
system. a manto crawlthrough, ,,
Tlrc EmplacenentExrcmal D€tsils At this point you shouldnote the following:
I have provided you with a sampleof emplacementsfrom the a. Witzig's glider did not make it. This puts Sgt-Maj
fort. I have not given details of them aI, as most were very Wenzelin chargeof the operation. (You might r€cal from
similar,exceptin their orientation.You shouldnote,however, the Background Briefing that 2 OfficeN were sent on
Operation Granit - this is corre€t,but in the GermanArmy
"wanant-Officels" count as Officerc). This will only
becomeapparentwhen other glider €rewscomeup to ask
EBENEMAEL

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EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS

Main Entrance

Cupola120mm

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Mg PositionNo h Mg Position South

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 him what to do. same intemal sub-levels. and enfiance details. The blocks
b. The3 Cupola120mm(n1,n2 andz) areanfake.They (0r-6) were accessibledirectly from the lower level, or by a
consistof a thin steel plate set in a concretering, simDlestair.sodid not havesublevels.
duplicatingthe shapeof the real Cupola 120mm.This only A GeneralPlanof the insideof the fort hasbeenincluded,if
becomes obviousIrom a distanceof about6m, but canbe you wish to take the gameinto a morc "D&D" stylegame.
determinedby carefulstudywith binocularsfiom 300m Thereis excellenlintemallightingandihe remaininggarison
would havenumberedabout 700.of which 200were not armed.
c. Cupola Nord has not been attackedyet, as it was Thefort wasconstu€ted on two mainlevels:the gound level,
Witzig'sprimarytarget.TheonlyrealCupola120mmis not and th€ intermediate level. Most of the corridors and the
goingto be atta€ked.It wasthe primary target for Schultze emplacements are availablevia the intermediatelevel. The
andthesecondary targetfor Witzig,sois untouched for the ground level hasthe rnain entrance, barlacks and administra-
tion on it. Accessbetweenlevels(20mdifference)wasby 2 vast
d. Vi 2 andCupolaZuid are not targettedat all. wlile the staircases and a numberof gas-tightdoors.The intermediate
Germansweresuspiciousof the outline on the air photo for levelwas40mbelowthe plateau.
Vi2, theydid not suspect
the existenceofCupolaZuid. Opposite the entranceto each embrasule was a mag^zine.
Theselarge rooms were stuffed with vast quantities of ammo.
You shouldnow have one man from eachof the crewsof the
Exploding one of these would be catastrophic for anyone
other8 glidenrushup, in tum, andreport:
underground.The pressurewould only be ableto escapedown
a. PrimaryObjectivedestroyed:Neidermeire,Arendt, the colridors and up the hoist of the embrasureopposite. The
Neuhaus,andHeubel. emplacementwould probably erupt on the surface like a
b. AA Guns out of action and 12 Belgianscaptured: volcano.and all the Dressuredoors on that level would
Haug. doubtlessbe blownout;as wouldthe nearestair inlet. I don\
c. The Cupolasattackedwerefake:Harlos,Heinmann. think the other magazineslvould explode, but all power,
d. The PrimaryObjectivecannotbe reacbedbecause of lighting and water would c€aseinstantly. The fort would be
the anti-tankditchandbarbedwire,andit appearsto be a uninhabitable and the few survivors would stasser out some
fake an),\r,ay:Unger. hours (and da)s) later and surrender.
This shouldput the playerwhoisplayingWenzelundera bit EndofPlay
of pressule! You shouldstopthe gameat a suitablepoiot, but anyrvayafter 2
Wenzelshouldnow \vork out which targetshavenot been hoursofgametime.At thispointWitzigadved andtook over.
attacked. Themostdangercomesfrom CupolaNordasthistype The remainderof the gameis bestplayed as a skirmishfigures
of cupola can see out (when it is raised)and attack the table-topgame,when the fort commanderMajor Jottrand,
characters on the plateau.lnitiallyit is lowered,andall thatcan called up the of{-duty shift of 500 men, to counter-attackthe
be seenisa dhc of armourplatesome2.5-3masoss.Ifattacked Germans;of which moredetailswill be glvenin the next article;
whilelowered,it canberepaired.If attackedwhileraised,it will togetherwith instructionsfor you if you want to arrangea visit
jam solid.Attackingthe Cupolawill needsteadynervesanda to the fort you^elf.
maddashup to it. Standingon top ofthe Cupolais. ofcourse,
perfectlysafe. EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS
lf the playeff elect to attackCupolal20mm first, and not
CupolaT5mm, theyarelikely to be attackedby the 75mmguns
firing shrapnel.Allow one shotper 3 moves,per barel, and
attackall in the beatenzone as if by a Rifle (usingthe "*"
genade modifiers). The Cupola 120mmrequiresa 50kghollow
chargeto jam eachbarrel,anda further2kgcharge downeach
barrelto finishthingsoff.
Th€ playersshouldthen checkfor other emplacements. If
theydon't,Vise2andCupolaZuidwill beginfiringon the Vise
Bridge.
Furthe. Play
At thispoint, wenzelshouldhavecompletedhis mission,and
startfeelingprettysatisfiedwith hinself. In orderto stopthis
you should arrangefor the fort to call down artillery fire onto
the superstructure(dic€ randomly for fall of shot and attack all Entrance
in rangeasfor a SMG (usingthe "*" grenademodifiers).This
should be interspersed with rifle armed Belgian fortress
soldiers.from the directionof the main entrance.Thesemen
werepoorlyledandlackingin motivation.
It may occur to the playersto take refuge trom the artillery
inside an embrasure.This may then stimulatethem into
attackingthe fort itself-
Th€Emplac€m€ntlnternal Details
Again, I haveprovideddetailsof the insideof certainof the
emplacements, alongwith the immediatesublevel thai rvas
below the emplacementson the plateau. Connecting the
Sub-Levelswith the fort \vas a 40n spiral stair that wound
aroundtheammohoists, untilit reachedthelevelshownon the
lntemal Plan.The detailsof the entranceto this levelis aho
shown.All the emplacements on the plateauhad roughlythe
24

WIIAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS

The actualoperationwent much asindicated in the game.The
cupola'swere quickly put out of action becausethe men who Emplacement
Sub-Level
were to man the MG positionson the plateauwere detail€d to
movesomepaperworkftom the two little huts outsidethe main
entrance,to tle admincomplexinsidethe fon, whenthe alarm
sounded. By the time they reached their positions the
embrasure wasdestroyed.
The holow charges were reasonably effective, but the
majority of the damagewas causedby the smallercharges
plac€d by the barrels of the guns. The operation could have
easilybeencarriedout withoutthe hollowcha4es.
Witzig's glider was the one that landed in Houand. WitziS
stole a bicycle from a passingDutchmao and pedalledback to
basein Germany,returning with a spareru-52, a newcableand
anotherundercarriagefor the glider. They took off again,from EmplacementEntranceDetail
the field, aftera delayof2 hoursandlandedon the plateauto
find the operationalmostover.
The AA guns did not fire, despite the fact that ooe of the
glider\ wingsactuallytouchedone of the guns on landing,
becausethe Belgiaff wereconvincedthe planeswere in trouble
as they were makiDgno sound and bobbing about in such an

The Grmans usedthe embrasuresascoverfrom the artillery,

and also investigatedthe long stairs do\rn to the intermediate
level. There tney set a 50k charge on the double doors and
retreatedup the stai$. I would be fascinatedto know how long
the fusewas . . . they must haverun up thosestairsrather fast.
The resultingexplosioDblew open the doors but, confinedasit
wasundergound, it destroyedthe spiral st.irs aswell and the
Gemanscouldnot getdown.
Cupola Zuid was never discovered or attacked, and it
managedto fire on the bridge at Vise until its ammoran out. It
wasnot ableto achievemuch on its own asooly the observerin
Block 01 could spotwherethe shellswere falling. EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS
EBEN EMAEL EMPLACEMENTS Mg Position South

Embrasure3 x 75mm

Blockhouse2

Position Nert month: Pert 3: Tabl€topRulesfor a miniaturesgame.

 l5

IIIEBAIIGNWARS
A set ofiva4lames nrles for the Flrst and SecondBa&anWars
ByBobCordery
INTRODUCTION Cava|Iy
Cavalrymaybe Veteran,Trained,or Green.
Theserules were written in responseto requeststo provide a
simple, fast-play set of wargamesrules to fight the table-top Artilery
battles that arose in the BAIKAN LEAGUE MATRIX Artillery may be Veteran or Tmined.
GAME Gee wl66). The rules are intended to be used with
15mmmodel miniatures (although they can easily be adapted Troop Typ€ D€finitions
for usewith other scales)and owe much to the work don€ by
Phil Barker and Richard B odley-Scottin De BeIb Antiquitatis, Veteran Troops are experienced, well-trained long-service
Chris Kernp in Nor O"""""i'e
Mechanised,andTim Pricein Sinple soldien(e.g. Guardsunits).
CombatResolutionUsingDice (S.C.R. U.D .) (seewI(],{').
Trabed
TrainedTroopsarerecently.rained conscriptsoldien(e.9.they
CENERAL RTJTES
A.I\[DINFORMATION form the bulk of the frontline army and the filst-line reserves).
Cornmoffcns€in \trargames Gre€n
Nothingmaybe donecontraryto whatcouldorwould be done Green Troops are untrained or partially trained conscript
soldiersor militia (e.g. they form the bulk of the secondline
Dic€
D6's (narked 1-6) are used throughoutthese rules. It is
recommended that eachsideprovideitselfwith at leasthalf a GEI{ERALS
dozenD6's in at leastthreedifferentcoloursasthiswill make
the gameeasierto play. All Generals arc allocated a Generalship Classification, and
maybe classified asbeingExcellent,Good,Average,or Poor.
CasualayMa*ers EachGeneralpresenton thebattlefieldmustbe represented by
Aset ofCasualtyMarkeffis requiredto markthosefigureson a a Generalfigure.
standthat havebecomecasualties as a resultof gunfireor a
CloseAssault. GeneralshipQualiti€s
Excellent
ComnandArea:5kms(100crns)
SCALES MoveDiceModifier:+2
GroundScal€ Good
lmrn= 5m(1:5000) CommandArea:4kms(80cms)
lcm = 50m(r:5000) MoveDiceModifier:+1
lm = Skms(r:5000)
Average
Tim€ Scale CommandArea:3kms(60€ms)
The sidestakealternateboundsor turns MoveDiceModifier:nil
I bourd ortum = %hour
A pairofboundsor tums = t hour Poor
CommandArea:2kms(aocmt
Figur€and V€hicleScrlc MoveDiceModifieri I
r modelfigure: 250realsoldiers(approximately)
1 modelvehicleor artillerypiece: 24 realvehiclesor artillery G€neralshipDennitiotrs

unit (approximately)
I stand: 1 battalion-sized Exccllena
ExcellentGeneralsare capableof motivating andcommanding
troops over a very largepart of the battlefield.
ARMIES Good
Eachdivision'sized"army" consistsof approximately twelve Good Generals are capable of motivating and commanding
troopstands(of whichno morethanonemaybea MachineGun troops over a large part of the battlefield.
stand), a General,and at least one Transportstand.The
Transportstandis importantin that it signifiesthatthe "army" Average Generalsare capableof motivating and commanding
has accessto supplies.If the Transport stand is lost this may trcops over a reasonablylarge part of the battlefield.
haveconsequences in the Matrix GameasSupplyLinesis oneof
the basiccomponentsof the Matrix. Pcor
Poor Generals are capable of motivating aDd commanding
Troop Typ€s
troopsover a limited part of the battlefi€ld.
Infatrtry
Infantry may be Veteran, Trained, or Green.
For a c{mpaignmapfor thc BalkanWaIs
MachineGuns s€€Bob'sarticle in WI66,
MachineGunsmaybe Veteranor Trained.
26

STANDSIZES Area of the superiorGeneral(e.g. A DivisionalGeneratcan

"passdown"digitsto hisBrigadeComrnanders).
. Ceneralsmay not "pass down" digits of scoreto oiher
IroopTne Standsiz€ lixdlostald in the caseoutlinedabove.
Infantry& Disnounted Generalsexcept
. SubordinateGenerahnay not "passup" digitsof scoreto
Cavatry 40nmx30mm 4Figures
supe or Generals.
Machine-guns 40mmx30mm 1Machine-gutr
+ 2Figures
Cavalry 40mmx35mm 4Figures
Mounrain & FieldArtillery40mmx40mmlGun+3Figur€s
MOVEMENTRATES
Medium& Heav'Anillery,l0rnmr50mm I Cun. lFrgurc,
Transport 4lmnx75mm l Vehicle
or2PackAnimals T$opTlIt Rods NornlTerrin DimolT$rrin
General 25nmx25mml Figure Infanfy&
Dismounred 2kns(a0cms) llno|]cmsl 0.5km(1lkmt
Cavalry
Machineguns lknsla{km, llm(2rlcmt 0.51n(1kmt
Cavaln 3kms(6trtrs) zkm(alhmt1km(2&'rd
TERRAIN MounlaiAnillefl 2kms(a0cns)lkm(2rkmt 0.5tm(llhmsl
fieldAdillery 2kms(a0cns)llm(2rkmt 0.25kn'(5cms)
Roads
Mediun&Heaq Anilhry 1kn(2lkm, 0.5km(l0ntrt 0.125km(l.scns)
Roadsallowthe rapidmovementof troopsard will increase the
Transpoft lkms(a&rns) lkm(10cm$0.skn(llkns)
speedat whichtroopsmoveaslongastheydo not moveoff the
roadandtheyremainout ofcontactwith the enemy, General lkns(fftms) 2kms(a0cns) 2km(dtll1s)
Nonnal T€nain
This is fairly llal terrain that is unencumbered by serious MOVEMENTRATES
obstacles (e.g.grasdands,openfields). . A Genenl may movesinglestandsor groupsof standsfor
Difffcult Terain everydigitoftheir modifiedD6 score,subjectto anyotherrules
This is any lerrain that does not fit into any of the other thatpertainto the movementofstands.
categodes(e.9. enclosedfields,hills, woods,built-up arcas, . No Generalmaymovemoresinglestandsor groupsofstands
bridges,fords). Difficult Terain imposespenaltiesupon the than his total modifiedD6 scoreunlessadditionaldigitshave
movementof all troops, and sometroop typesmay nnd it been"passeddown"tohim by theirsupeior General.
impossible to cross. . Onedigit ofmodifiedD6 scoreis expended to move
Rivers
b. a groupof standsmovingtogether.
Rivers may only be crcssedat bridgesand fords, and this
penaltiesuponthe movementof all troops. ln the latter case,the group of standsmovingtogethermust
imposes
remain togetherfor the whole move and may not change
lmpasqble Terrain formation unlessa turther digit of nodified D6 score is
Thh is terrain that no troopscaDcross(e.g. marshes,cliffs, expended.
lakes). . One digit of modifiedD6 scoreis expended1o changethe
forma.ionof a groupofstands.
. No standor groupof standsmovingtogethermaymovecloser
MOVE SEQUENCE than 0.125km(2.5cms)to an enemystandor groupof stands
Thesidestake alternateboundsor tums.Duringeverybound or unlessit haswon a firefightwith that enemystandor groupof
tum eachsideprogresses throughthe followingMove Sequ- standsduringthisboundor turn.
. Infantry,Machine-guns. Cavalry,MountainArtillery, Pack
. Throw one D6 for each General (and add any appropriate Transport, and Generals may cross Rivers by bridge or
Modifie^) to determinehow manystandscanmovethisbound rccognisedfod. They may not crossRiversat anyotherplace.
. Field Artillery, Medium Artillery, Heavy Artillery, and
. Thosestandsthat are being movedmay move if they are Transport(exceptpackhorsesandmulet mayonlycrossRivers
within their commandingGeneral\ Conmand Area at the by bridge.Theymaynot crossRiversat anyotherplace.
beginningof the boundorturn. . Cavalry r\ as.umedlo mountordirmount a. ir appropriale.
. Bothsidesmayfire at enemystandsthatarewithinrange,the . Anillery is assumed to limberandunlimberasis appropriate.
moving side being regarded as the "attacker" and the . A Generalmayadd0.25km(scms)for everyunuseddigit of
non-novingsidebeingregardedasthe "defender". theirrnodifiedD6 score.
. Casualtiescausedby gunfire are removedor marked,and any
effectsareadjudicated.
. Any standsthat have won a firefight and are entering into a WEAPONRANGES
Close Assault mav do so at no additioflal cost to the
€omrnanding General'smodified D6 score. WeaponTyp€ EflectiveRange ML\imumRange
. Casualties causedby CtoseAssaultareremovedor marked, Rifles&Carbines 0.25km(scns) lkrn(20cms)
andanyeffectsareadjudicated. Machine'guns 0.5km(10cms) 2km(aocms)

WeaponType ShortRange MaximumRange

CENERALSANDORDERS MountainArtillery lkm(20€nt skms(r0ocms)
. A Generalmay movesinglestandsor groupsof standsfor Field Anillery 1.5kms (30cms) 7.skms(1s0€mt
everydigit ofhis modifiedD6 score,subjectto anyotherrules MediumAnillery 2kms(aocmt 10kms (200cms)
thatpertainto the movementofstands. Hea\T Artillery 2.skms(sOcmt 12.5kms(250cms)
. A supedor Genenl may "passdown" all or part of his
modifiedD6 scoreto oneormoreofhissubordinate Generalsat FIRTNGRTJLES
a costof two digits of scorefor everyone digit "passeddown" if . Stands can only fire straight ahead or one stand width
the subordinate Generalor Generalsarewilhin the Command sideways andahead.
 27

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. No standmay fire more than oncedu.ing the firing sectionof . Greentroops: -1 to all the stand'sdice scores(subjectto
th€MoveSeouence. limitssetelsewhere in the rules).
. No stando; group of standsmay fire at a target at a rangeof . Rifle, Carbine,or Machine-gun standsfiring at greaterthan
lessthan0.125km(2.5cms). EffectiveRangeand less than Maximum Range: -l to all
. With the exception of Anillery stands firing at Effective relevantdicescores(subjectto limitssetelsewhere in therules).
Rangeor less,both the "attacker"and "defendei' throw one . Artillery standsfiring at a target that is not in line-of-sight: 2
D6 for eachstandthat is firing at the sametarget (and add any to all relevantdicescorcs(subjectto limitssetelsewhere in the
appropriate Modifiers,subjectto therulingthatno modifiedD6 rulesJ.
scorenay exceedsixor be lessthanonein total). . Artillery standsfiring at Short Rangeor iessthrow two D6 per
. ln the caseof Artilery standsfiring at ShortRangeor less,
both the "attacker"and "defendel' throw two D6's for each
standthat is fiing at the sametarget (and add any appropriate CLOSEASSAULTRULES
Modifiers, subjectto the ruling that no modified D6 scoremay "attacker"
exceedsixor be lessthanonein total). . An may only make a Close Assault upon a
"defender" if they havedefearedthem
. Total the modifiedD6 sco.esfor both the "attacker"and in a firefight during this
"defender"and comparethem. The side with the highest
modified D6 scoreis deemedto havewon the firefight. . No stand may take part in morc rban one Close Assault
. Divide the differencebetweenthe scoresby six, and round duringthe firing sectionof the Movesequence.
"attacker" and "defender" throw one
downany ftactions.This determinesthe numberof casualties . Both the D6 for each
sufferedby the fir€fight "loser"- stand that is involved in the Close Assault (and add anv
. ln addition;anymodifiedD6 scoreof sixwill causea casualty appropriate Modifiers.subjenro therulingrharno modi6edDt
on the opposingside, even thoughthey may have won the score may exceed sixor be lessthanoneintotal).
firefight. . Total the nodified D6 scoresfor t'oth the "attacker" and
"defender"and comparethem.
. A standis destroyedwhenall the figureson that standare The side with ihe highest
modifiedD6 scoreis deemedto havewon the CloseAssault.
. Dividethe differencebetweenthe scoresby six, andround
Firing Modifiers do$n any fractions. This determinesthe number of casualties
.If the target is in field fortifications(e.g. trenches)or a sufferedby the "loser"of the CloseAssault.
built-uparea:- I to therelevantdicescoresGubjectto limitsset . In addition,anymodifiedD6scoreof sixwill causea casualty
elsewhere in therules). on the opposideside,eventhoughthey may havewon the Close
. If the targetis in hardenedfortifications: 2 to the relevant
dicescores(subjectto limitssetelsewhereinthe rulet. . A stand is destroyedwhen all tfie figures on that stand are
. Veterantroops:+1 to all the stand'sdicescores(subjectto
limitssetelsewhere in the rules). . The loser of the CloseAssault must retire a full Road March
li""t"o"" "t on"". Ir ," rou road March movestakesthe rehDg Green Militia
standor standsoff the battlefield,ivtheymaynot retum. MountainAriillery Trained
CloseAssaultModifier$ Tnnsport PackAninals
. If the "defender" is in field fortifications (e.g. trenches)or a Generak
built-up area: 1 to the relevant dice scorcs(lsubject to linits
setelsewherein the rules). SERBIA
"arnieJ'.
Orcanhedintooneortwodivision'sized
.If the "defender"is in hardenedfortifications:-2 to the
relevantdicescores(subjectto limits setelsewherein the rules). No,of
. Veteran troops: +1 to all the stand'sdice scores(subject to TroopTyp€ Slands Classificalion Not€s
limitssetelsewhere in therules). Infantry I Guard
. Greentroops:-1 to all the stand'sdice scores(subj€ctto 2 Trained
limitssetelsewbere in therules). 3 Trained Reserv€
3 Green Mititia
Machine-guns Trained
WINI{ING A BAT'TLf,, Cavalry Trained
An "army" is deemedto havelost a battle when more than5% MountainArtillery Trained
of its Fe-baule strength in stands (including Transport and FieLd
Anillery 2 Trained
Ceneral standt have been destroyedor forced to leave the HearyArtillery I Trained SiegeArlillery
battlefield. Transpon 3
Cercrals I Good
2
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30

GRANDFTEETIN DANGER
$utland 1915)
By P. Dunn
Thisfeanre givesdaailsof a largescaleraval actionin whichit ishopedsomeof you would
liktoparticipate,evenifyouhaveneverbeforetriedyourhandatshipbattles...

when war brokeout in August1914it waswidelybelievedon RoyalNary couldbnngto bear13-5"and12"gunsasagainstthe

the Britishsidethat the GermanHigh SeasFleetwouldshortly smaller12"and11"of theb opponents, theoddsstill seemto be
steamout into the North Seato challengethe RoyalNavyin a stackedheavilyagainstthe High SeasFleea.
grand'Trafalgar'stylepitchedbattle. It is this situationthat I proposeto considerfor wargaming
The navieswereeasilythe two mostpowerfulin lhe world, purposes, andgivenwhatwenow know,theoddsbeginto look
but the Bitish GrandFleethad quitean impressive advantage much less favourablefor the British than a first glanceat lhe
in heaiy ship numbersover its enemy: 34 Dreadnoughts diasrammishtindicate.
completedbeforetheendof the year,compared to 19German.
of coursenot all theBritishshipswouldbe availableat anyone
time, whereasthe High SeasFleet could haveselecteda day SHIPCONSTRUCTION
whenall theirswerereadyfor action,but the disparilywould Germanwarshipswere able to take very mu€hmoredamage
alwayshavebeenaroundten ships,too muchfor the Germans thantheirBritishcount€rparts, asJutlandandotherencounters
to riskan actionwhichtheyconsidered they*ere boundto lose. clearlyshowed.H.M.S. Al]drciour.a super-Dreadnought, was
Until Jutlandwasfoughtin May 1916,neithersidewasawareof sunk by a singlesmallmine in 1914.GermanDreadnoughts
some sedousdeficienciesin British ship constructionand could shrug off a single mine strike- At Jutland, another
battlecruiser gunnery.(S.M.S.Mo&frescoredmorehitsthanall super-Dreadnought, H.M.S. Ma boroughwascriPPledby a
six Britishbattlecruisers put togetherduringthe fint phaseof sirgle folpedo,yet it took a toryedoplus 15 heavysbellsand
the battle.) manysmallerones to dispatchS.M.S.Wierbadeu, a mereLight
The Germanintentionwasto whittledownBritishnumbers Crui;er.The shiptook manyhoursto go downafler receiving
duringthe expected€loseblockadeby a €ombination of mine, thishammering.Pagescouldbe filled with otherexamples that
submarinetorpedo,andpossiblyby alsoengaging a portionof clearlyindicatea markedsuperiorityofGermanvessels to resist
the enemyfleet if conditionsgave the opportunity.ln the batrle damagethat would sink a sirnilarRoyal Navy type.
meantime,"KaiserBill" gavestri€iordersthatthefleetwasnot Compare the loss of BlucheL Scha hont a Gneisenatl
to be risked.The Germanplan wasfrustratedwhenthe Royal (arrnouredcruisert for exampleto the sinkingsof walrior,
Navy imposeda distant blockad€,which eventuallyruined BlackPrince^nd Defence.Some50 to 70 hea\y calibreshells
Germanyandbroughtabouther downfallratherthandefeatin wer€necessary to disposeof the GermancruisersA relatively
battle.The distantblockadewasjust as effectiveasthe much fewhitswereall thatwererequiredto despatch theBritishships
moreriskyvariationwhichthe Germanswronglyanticipated.
However,towardstheendof 1914andduringtheeartypartof
the following year, for a whole variety of reasons,a substantial
numberofBritishbattleshipswere not availableforactioninthe GUNNERY
North Sea.The British fleet admiral, Jellicoe,\{as convinced British batrlecruisers had a prettybadgunneryrecord,both at
during this penod that the enemy fleet would take full the DoggerBankencounter(14-3hitsin the Germansfavour)
advantage of hiscriticalcondition(ofwhichtheywereactually andat Jutland.However.the bartl€shiDson both sidesseemto
unaware)and sally forth to battle for supremacyat sea. A havefired with about equalaccuracy,with somespeclacular
Germanvictorywouldundoubtedlyhavefinishedboththewar shootingin particularachieved byJellicoe'sflagshiplron ,zt€.
andthe BritishEmpire.During thesefew criticalmonths,the Takingthese{actoninto account,andsimulatingtheireffect
adminl was quite certainthat the pitched battle everyone in combatrules,a navalwargame basedon a hypothetical early
expectedwasimminentl 1915'Jutland'shouldmakethe rival fleetsroughlyequal,and
As we know, he was wrong, and when the e emy did either side couldwin the action.At this particulartime, the
ev€ntuallysalyforth (hopingto isolatea Portionofthe Bntish Germansalso had a shortlived superiority in destroyer
fleeo their positionwashopeless. The missingDreadnoughts numbe$,anotheradvantage to offsetlessernumbersoI cruiser
werenowbackin the GrandReet, anda hostof newones,with types.(Seediagram.)
15'guns,hadswelledth€ numbersto makea totalof37 at sea, An actionsuchas.hiscouldbefoughtout by two playerson a
compared to 2l Geman. large hexagon-covered battlemap,especiallyif ships were
Supposehowever,that the Germanshadindeedmadetheir allowedto stackup to four in eachhex the top ship is leading,
exp€ctedchallenge at the most Iavourable time, in January the bottomone is lastin line as manynavalboardgames do
1915,and confirmed Jellicoe'sworst fean. Could they have allow. Personally, I do not like stacking,as I preferto see ship
countersin a long battle line, not bunched together in
The diagram showsthe disposition of the two fleets at this unrealisticlookingstacks.
criticaltime. lt may not be quite 1000/.accurate,as various Therearc plentyof boardgamerule systemsthat could be
recordsof which shipswere availableconflict with eachother, usedor adaptedto fight the action,but with so many ships
but my own researchindicatesthat this is pretty mucb the two presentit is betterto designa simplefast-playcombat method.
forces *hich would have faced each other. Discounting the MybrotherandI tackledJutlandmanyyearsago,usingapencil
older pre-Dreadnoughtsshown, (there may have been morc and paper method, and got a splendidlyrealistic result,
Germanonesavailablethan indicatedon the plan) we now have includingthree British battlecruisersblown up during the
25 Bdtish 'heavies'to combat20 German.Consideringthat the action.Complexitydoesnot alwaysmakefor realismlBoard-
 J1
gamemovementsystemscould again be used or modified for
thehexagonbattlemap.Someof thebestandeasiest movement
rulesI encounteredwerein the old SPIgameDreadnoxSil, now Wherecan I tind2000MilitaryBooks?
defunct.The gameitselfwasabysmal,but the movementrules ln the
However. all lhisis menrioned in passing.5ince
in my own
KENTROTMANCatalogue
opinion the 'Jutland 1915' encounteris best tackled as a ol coursel
multiplayergameusingmodelshipsto settlethe issue.I myself
havetakenpart in suchaffairsback in the Sixties,whensome15
to 20 of us usedto hire hallsthroughoutthe Greaterl-ondon
areaandfight navalbattleswith fleetsof 1/1200th and l/1250th
scalemodels.We progressed from set-pieceactionsto map
carnpaigns, usingthe modelsto settlethe issuewhen contact
occuredon the nap. This of cou$e required umpires to
calculatewhen action happenedand at what rangesand
bearings themodelshadto be placedon the floor.
But we neverdid Jutland!It wasplannedandthe modelsto
fight the battlewerecollectedwith gr€aterihusiasm.The big
eventwaslookedforwardto with relishby all concerned uotil,
finally, a trial action was organisedto test the rules. Not
.urprisrngl)at the first auempt.variousunloreseenriluations
occured that resulted in the trial game being far from
satisfactory.Thiswasno realproblemsincewargamers leamby
tdal ard error.andmuchthatwaswrongcouldeasily haveb€en
put right later. Alas, an influentialmemberdeclaredthat the
projectcouldneverbe madeto work andconvincedthe others
of his pessimistic viewpoint.So that wasthe end of 'Jutland'.
Sin€eI personallyhadcollecteda largeponion ofth€ German Mailorderis our speciality.
fleet,plusa dozenBritishDreadnoughts, athugeexpense,lwas
not too pleased aboutit alll KENTROTMANLTD.
The modelsin thosedayscostaroundt2 eachfor a capital uNlT11,135DTTTON WALK CAMBRTDGE,
ship. They are still manufactured and now average around cB5 80D

t1:f# $*ffi $ffiF*.4* Il8-I20 apiece,though superdetailed versionsare much more,

whichgivessomeidea of the equivalentcashoutlayspentin
1966-68to acquire a sizeableportion of these two powertul
1915-16 fleets,
Today,wecanassemble all theshipsofbothsidesatafraction
of the cost. and I now have all the vesselsof both navi€sas
al shownon the diagam, exceptthat flotillasarerepresented by
2-3 destroyersmountedon a ship-card-The rcasonof courseis
:J thatwe now havea scalethat wasnot aroundin the 1960h,the
*---
{ l/3000th rangeasproducedby Skytex ar,dNavwat.
.- 4 -"*" Actually,I findthemrath€rtoosmall,asvisuallyth€yarenot
nearlyasimpressive asa columnof l/1250thshipmodels.But
''P_ r---;-
11 that is their only disadvantage. In everyotherway,theyscore
*-*
f *"-
big. There b an in between sc-aleof l/24{0th which I would
prefer,but the presentrangeof typesavailableis too smallto
\
makeup a fleetof anyonenavy.
Regardingthe biggermodelswe used to use, somequite

| | | r- ' v - ' * -- - drasticcompromises hadto bemadein gunandtorpedoranges,

..-'-:.
i i i i | i i i i i\ . . . . - distances shipssteamedapan, movementrules,andsoon, but
thesecanlargelybe correctedwith the mini-ships, andrealism
!! '- ',,,,,,"'i
r rr
t"*' suffersless drasticallyaccordingly.For eiample. it is now
,4.-"-. V r n practicalto haveone haff actualgun rangeinsteadof around
I *_-" ' r , e* i'rr """'rrr v* !-
p.++j; oneseventhwhenusing1/1250th models.A scaledgunrangeof
I l --... f"*--; 20,000yards for a r/3omth ship model is 24{y'.Although one
i-" [| .#LY couldin theorymeasureoutsu€hdistanc€sin ahallwith a steel
*"--
'".- *-*.
uIlt | r1
lt
Irt
*--.' .&
v "."
tape,in practiceit is still too much,so it is betterro half all
figuresandcompensate in variousways.For example,models
t -'- -- li ".-* ---- .# -*-
u cannow steamone lengthapan insteadof two asin real life, and
l --' fy t - - - :'*' only half the usualnumberof torpedoesare allowedto be fired
: . . .-. . . . . [ "* { * i n : ll| I I
{i*'*" to correctfor too manyhitsotherwisebeingscoted.
! 4...r;' I -.-.
*"
* To give an example in the variation of the thr€e scales
$;j"'" +'..--. { previouslymentioned,a Dreadnoughtof 600feet wouldbe 6

*+ S rsrs
Y-"_l,l*""nv {['*-:::.. (15cm)long in 1/12501h, 3" (75mm)in 1/2400th scale,and2.4'
(60mm)in ledgthat 1/3000th. A very largehal wouldnot be
32

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basis,asthey were some25 yean ago, then improvementsand
decessaryto deploy Jutland fleets if th€ mini-ship scaleis used, modificationscan be graduallyintroduced. It is fatal though to
and a large room (eg. a hired day centre) would probably be over ambitious right ftom the stan, as experience has
suffice. repeatedlyshown.A gamethat bogsdown, or haslong moves,
Hiring a hall or other venue for the proposedaction is not will not be enjoyed.
'Jutland 1915' (if it comes
consideredto be much of a Foblem, and would probably be to fruition) will use a simplifi€d
held somewherein the Greater lnndon areainitiauy. The cost Fletcher Pratt t'?e points system, but with rules for 6res
of panicipating in such a meeting would be limited to each starting, the possibility of explosions,and the odd magaziDehit,
personpaying a shareof the hire charges;perhaps!5, or lessif plus a few other specialeffects to keep things interesting, but
thi(y or more playen came along ro take part. Natulally, the mthout taking up too much time in calculation. cerman ships
more people that take part, the less it would cost each would add an exlla 33'k to their points total to allow for
individual. supeior constructionrechniques,and shipswith a known good
A massparticipation gamecan be very rewarding(if all goes or poor gunnery record would have a modifier applied when
well!) and, apart from the action itself, it is great to mix with roltng l2-sidedgunnerydic!.
fellow wargamerc,all sharinga commoninterest in the hobby, Fighting Tutland' as it could have happened during thar
bothold andyoungalike.Therulesfor'Jutland1915'have been critical period in January 1915 should prove rewarding and
fomulated and tested at games held recently at the ultm- hopefully exciting. As the rules are far from complex.
modemDover museumcomplex.The gameswereintendedfor landtubbenshouldenioytheactionroo.andit wittprovetDew
the generalpublic to try out, but in the event,mostof thosewho expenencefor you. Why not? I am strictly a naval buff, but I
did tum up tumed out to be wargamersI Thereiwer€not enough have also played an a*.fuI lor of land wargames,including a
panicipantsto do Jutlandin its entirety,partly becausethe varietyof'monster'ultra complexones,like c.D.W.'s I't e,n
eventwasnot widely pubticised,and so about a one third action tle Eart in whichI managedto stopthe cermansat the very
- still pretty big - wastded out. gatesof Moscowin the nick of time ! That wassomeqame.You
On the first day,the gamemovedtoo slowly, despitethe rules canea5ilyspendanentireeveninggeingrhrouShjusionegame
andsysrems beingrheson rhatmosrwargamerswould consider luml
of very low comple\iry.A gamerharmight worksptendidly with I digress!Back to the naval action which I hope many of you
a few players, to whom the time element mav not Dose a might like to try out. Remember that there are some 60
problem.(l havespentmanyhourshappilyplayinBgameslhat Dreadnoughtsof one sort or another involved,plus manv
lasledaUeveningandgot throughoneor rwotums)maynot be cruisersand norillas.so eveniI a goodold crowdcime atong.
at all right for a big event, whereeachtum must progressfairly there should be shipsaplenty for everyonero comnand. So, if
quickly, and lengthy calculationsmust be avoided. In a you fancy an opportunity to changehistory and possibly end
multi-player game it is important to get everyone involved WWI in 1915,thenwrite to the addrcssbelowandhelDto serthe
quickly, and keep tums to around 15minutesin length. The art ballrolling.As soonasenough captains andadrnirai;offe-riheir
hereis to developa systemrhar is fast moving and asrealisticas s€rvices,the eventcan be quickly organised.It should be great
possiblewithin thoseconstraints.Corective measurestaken on runl
the Sundaygamercsultedin a big imprcvemenrin speedof play P. Dunn, 41 Bourn€nouth Rd., Folkestone,Kent CTl9 5BA.
 33

'THEMADBARON"
TheMongollaaCampatgnofBaronVonUngern-Sternberg,
1920-1921
By ChrisPeers
"Mt nameis sutrcunded h,ithsuchhateand Baikal.The commanderof this unit wasthe notoriousBaron
fe$ thatno onecan
judge u,hatis the tuth and L,hatisfalse, whatis history and h'hat von Ungem-Stemberg, an eccentric aristoqat of Hungarian
mtth.": M^jotceneral Baron Roman Fyodorovich von descentwho had servedin Mongoliair 1911andhadadopted
Ungern-Stemberg,Commanderof the White RussianAsiatic his own peculiar version of Buddhism. He fought againstthe
CavalryDivision,Khanof Mongolia,Incarnationof the God of Germansin the First World War andbecamewell kno*n for his
War (1921). recklesscourageand total lack of decencyand discipline- the
Despitehaving almostdisappeare(lfrcm memoryevenin (he latter appatently not thougJlt a seious enough aefect in a
countrieswherc his rampagestook place,his history expunged Russiancavalry officer to prevenl his rise to high rank. He was
by successiveCommunist rc-writings, the career of the last eventuallycashiered,but during th€ Civil War waste-emPloyed
Khan of Mongoliais a story which perhapsdeservesmore and attained the rank of Major_Generalunder Semenov As
attention than it usuallyreceives.The RussianCivil War andits wel as Attila, he claimeddescentfrom a long line of Baltic
associated eventshavean obviousappealto wargamers, if only noblemen,crusadeEaodpirates,andapparentlybelievedthat
beause they seem such an anachronism- tulI of colouftl it was his fate to reunite the Mongols and lead them west to
moustache-twirlingcharacters, sudden revenals of fortune, overthrowBolshevicrule in Russia.He immediatelybeganto
grcat sweepingcavalry manoeuvres,Byzantine intrigues and recruit local Mongolsinto his forces,althoughanyhopetulswho
betrayals- Thh, then, is a brief look at the storyofthe craziest failed to passhis cunory physicalexaminationwere summarily
anachronism of ihem all - a descendant of Aftila the Hun, shot.As a Buddhist,von UDg€mapparentlybelievedthat he
followerof Mongolianshamans,who plannedto restorethe was doing them a favour by alowing them to be reborn in
empireof ChinggisKhan in the twentiethcenturyrR.F. von healthierbodies.
Ungem-Stemberg, knownto hisenemiesasthe "Mad Baron"
andto hisuneducated Mongolianwariors asthe reincamation
of TsaganBurkhan- the Godof war. TIIE GODOFWAR
Despitebeingobviouslymadby moststandards theBaronmust
have Dossessed considerablecharisma.and his restlessviolence
BACKGROUND- THE LAND OFTHE LIVING impr;ssed and horrified all who met him. In the words of Dr
BUDDHA Ossendowski, a Polishgeologistalsofleeingkom the Redswho
In 1911what is now Outer Mongoliaachievedindep€ndence becamehis reluctantguestfor a while, "I felt sometragedy,
fron Chinafollowingthe collapse of theManchuEnpir€. with some horror in every movement of Baron Ungern" The
thesupportofRussia a govemment wassetup in thetownofDa Mongols admired him for his physicalstrenglh- he oncekilled
Kure (referred to in most foreign accountsasUrga, now known threeChinesewith his bamboostick- andfor his luck, which
asUlanBator)undertheBogdoKhan,oneof theleadinglamas imDlied divine Drotection. It was said that at one battle 72
in the TibetanBuddhisthierarchy,who receivedthe title of builetshithiscott,hissaddleandsomeboxesby hisside,but the
Living Buddha.Despitethis the Khan was not particularly Baron was untouched.However Dimitri Alioshin, a White
spiritual- he drankto excess, enjoyedplayingpractical jokeson cavalrymanwho servedunder him for a while, expressedthe
his worshippen,and his cabinetmeetingsoften tumed into followingverdicton vonUngem'sgeneralmilitarycompetence:
drunken brawh - and apart from amassingwealth his main "The Baron was utterly ignorant of military science;he
intercst wasstirring up trouble in ChineseInner Mongolia with
the aimof creatinga pan-Mongolist By 1917,with
super-state. n€glectedhis army; he did not know how to selectposition
Russiadistractedelsewhere,the Chinesehad had enougband or how to determine the right moment for an attack. His
invaded Outer Mongolia. Having no properly organisedarmy
penonal braverywasjust a handicapto his subordinates,as
the BogdoKhancouldnot preventthe occupation of Urga and he lvasalways in the ftont line intefering with derailsof the
his own impdsonment, but for most Mongolians he remained batde, with the resultthat co-ordinationof all uni6 was
not just thelegitimateruler but a reincamated God-King. impossible."
By the beginning of 1920 Mongolia was in complete Apart ftom hisWhite Russiantroopshe collect€dtogetherar
conJusions. ChinesetroopsunderGeneralHsu Shu-tseng held army of escapedPOWSand local Mongolian nomads,plus 70
Urga and a few other towns, but thei strenuousefforts to Tibetanssentby the Dalai Lama and a numberof advison fron
colle€twhattheysawasnineyearsof overduetaxesmadethem Japan, which rvas always anxious to increaseits influence in
ex[emely unpopularin the countryside. Most of the nomadic Central Asia. Linking up with another White force under
herd€rspossessedrifles or old smoothboremusketsand lvere Cnlonel K^zagrandi the Baron laid siegeto Urga, which was
happy to resisl the Chinese, who being mostly infantry were defended by about 12,000Chinese troops with artillery aod
ineffective on the vast open steppes. Meanwhile witb the machine-guns,protected by several belts of barbed wire.
outbrcak of the Russian Civil War the country was being According to Alioshin his o\vn anny now numbered about
flooded with refugees,escapingPolish and Austro-Hungarian 1,700,"desperatefighterswho had nothing to lose". Two
DrisoneN of war ftom Siberia. various White detachments assaultson Urga in Octoberwereddven off. The second,on the
fleeing the Reds, and straightforward bandits. Into this chaos 3lst, nearly succeededbut wasfoiled by a counter-aftackled by
late in that yearcamethe "Asiatic CavalryDivision", a roughly a gallantyoungChineseofficer. The Baron's army withdrew to
1,500 strong remnant of Hetman Semenov'swlite army, winter quarters along the fuver Kerulen, but by the end of
escapingfrcm a Bolshevik offensivein the region eastof Lake Januarythey were back. A fonune-teller had told von Ungem
 that the Bogdo Khan would be releasedfrom prison on 4 losses.Alioshinestimatedthat at this time the opposingReds
February. The attacken lit thousandsof camp fires all around had only about half the Baron's numbers,but they were
thetownto confusethegarrison asto theirstrengthandlocation obviouslyskiLtully
led.Theythencircledroundandin a surprise
- a ploy which seemsto have succeeded, sincethe Chinese dawn attack scatteredthe Baront force and capturedits
commandersentto Peking for reinforcementsbefore he dared artilleryandsupplies.Underpressure vonUngernbecameeven
to counter-attack again.But on the nighr of 31 Januarythe moreinsane.Any of hisofficerswho questioned thewisdomof
Baron'smenattackedin threeseparate columns.Wlile two of turtherrecklessassaults werehanged,burnedor buriedalive.
the columns carried out a divenionary attack the thid, He threw all the silverwhi€hhe had lootedinto the Orkhon
consistingof 250 Russiansand 60 Tibetans under an oficer River as an offering to the spi.its, and ordered the advanceto
namedTurbatov, climbeda sacredmountainat the other sideof
townandcamein ftom thisunexpected direction.The Chinese Joiningup with hisnain supplytrainhe managed to re,equip
withdrewto the RussianConsulateand the baracks in the his exhaustedmen, and at Novo-Dmitrievskoe defeated and
centre,but the Russians,advancingout of control against virtually destroyeda ftesh Red division. Unfonunately
ordersfrom von Ungem,who with threedaysto go beforethe Alioshin,who wasthere,givesno detailsabouthow this was
prophecywasfulfilledwasbeingpati€ntfor once,blewoper the achieved,although soon afterwardsthey scored another
gatesof the banacks with genades and chaqed in rvith the victory,over the 35th Red CavalryDivisionat Lake cosiny.
bayonet. The Chinese were clearly demoralised and had But by then the Bolshevikshad managedto concentrate
probably never been very effective ttoops Alioshin refen to overwhelming forces.Von Ungem'sold commander Semenov,
thei "unsystematicandmad" shooting- but evensothe success with whom he had been hopingto link up, had reiired into
ofthe attackindicatesthat the Baron'smotleyarmypossessedManchuria,leavingthe Baron'stiny army suroundedby six
considerable skilland6lan.After all, mostof the Russianswere Bolshevikcavalrydivisionsto the north and east,with "the
veteransof severalyeals of hard fighting. Alioshin describes notorious Schetinkin division, composed of Siberian
them graphically:"The former Russianofficerc were dressedin mountaineer-sharpshooters", blockingtheir retreatback into
rags, with piecesof leathertied to the solesof their feet. Mongolia.In a two-daybattlethe Wlites werecrushedwith the
Unshavenanddirty, cynicalandcunninglycruel, they were lost helpof aircraft,againstwhichtheywerehelpless astheyhadno
to the world. Death was alwayswelcometo them, and they antiaircraftguns,butvon Ungemmanaged to escapeyet again
foughtlike devils." Someof theBaron'ssubordinates wereeven at the head of a small column of suflivors and headedfor
madder than he was: one, Colonel Sepailov,a notorious ChineseTurkestan.
torturerandpoisoner,wassoobviouslydemented thatevenvon Meanwhilethe Bolshevikshad invadedMongolia;in July
Ungem noticedbut asthe shamanshadpredictedon the basisof theyoccupiedUrga with 10,000troops-the Baronhavingleft
studyingthe cracksin muttonbonesthat the Baronwouldnot thelunaticSepailovwithaninadequate forceto garrisonit - and
longoutlivehim, Sepailovwasallowedto carryon asa sortof installedthe bewilderedBogdoKhanasa figurehead rulerofa
luckycharm. Communistgovernment.With all hope of escapegone,the
With Urga taken, the Bogdo Khan was releasedand Baron's men beganto plot againsthim. Alioshin gives a
gratefully declaied the Baron "Kian of Mongolia". The picturesque descriptionof him in his final daysin conmand:
Mongolianinhabitants or at least those who sutviveda "The Baron,with hisheaddroppedto hischest,silentlyrodein
three-day sack of the town - named their lib€rators "Bogdo front of his troops.He had lost his hat and clothing.On his
Tzerik", or the "Knights of God". Eight hundredChinese nakedchestnumerousMongoliantalismansand charrnshung
survivon weretalen into von Ungern'sarmy. The belatedrelief on a brightyellowcord. He lookedlike the reincamationofa
column frorn Peking was caught on the steppe by Cossack prehistoricapeman. Peoplewereaftaidevento look at him".
cavalryand massacred, mostlywith cold steel,whilea second EventuallyhistrustedOrenbergdetachment openedfire on his
Cbineseforce advancingfrom the north was encircled, and tenlwith a machine-gun whilehewasasleep. Eventhisfailedto
surended.Von UngemthenproclaimedcrandDuke Michael kill him, andhe escaped on horseback.A pa(y of hisMongol
the newTsarof Russiaandannouncedhis intention to marchon followerslaterfoundhim woundedandunconscious. but ashe
Moscow.He hatedthe Bolsheviksand alwayshad their oflicers wassupposed tobe theGod ofWartheydidnot dareto kill him.
andcommissan killedwhencaptured.As he told Ossendowski,Theytiedhim up andleft him, andthenextdayhewascaptured
"we are not fightinga politicalparty but
a sectof murdererJ'. bya Redpatrol.TheBaronwasputon trial asacommonbandit
Extremelysuperstitious, he betieveda prophecythat he had at Novosibirsk, but totd the Bolsheviks:"I refuseto acceptthe
onlyahundredandthirty daysto liveandremarked"I shalldiea authorityofthe workingclass." Not surprisingly,theyshothim.
horrible death but the world has never seensucha te[or and The CossackColonelKostromintook overcommand,leading
sucha seaof blood as it shall now see". Sho(ly afterwards,in the remnantsof the main column to Bor Nor, where rhey
the summerof1921,the Baron'stroopsadvanced on Kyakhra, suffenderedto the Chineseand were escortedto Manchuria to
just a€rossthe Russianborder south of Lake Baikal. They join Semenov.Other scatteredunitswereroundedup by the
travelledin severalcolumns,more for politicalthan military Reds. Mongoliaremainedthe Soviet Union's most closely
reasons:Colonel K^zagrandi, for example, hated and feared controlledsatelliieuntil 1989.Now that the hero-wo$hipof
the Baronandwasdeterminedto keephis troopsas far away ChinggisKhanis beingrevived,we €anonly wait andseewhat
from the rest of the army aspossible.
They found the R€ds a much tougheropponentthat the
Chinese.Von Ungem had expectedlhe Ruslianpeasanrs ro
welcomehim, but on takingthe first villagebeyondtheborder THEBARON'SARMY
he foundthat mostof themhadfled. Enragedat thisinsult,he Alioshin describesthe variety of units which made up the
had all thosewhom he could round up lockedin a bam and "KnightsofGod"whenhejoinedtheminthewinterof 1920,21.
bumedto death.Naturallyrhisdid nothingfor his popularity, The Barcn'sfavoudiewasthe ChaharRegirnent,compdsing
and none of the expectedrecruitswere fo(hcoming. Soon 500Mongolsof the Chahartribe underRussianofficers,ledby
afterwardsthe main €olumn met a force of Bohhevik cavalrv. the Mongolian Prince Bair Gur. Despite receivingmany
which rerreatedafter a sir-hourfuefighl. luring rhe pursueis privilegesincludingthe bestrationsandequipment,theywere
into an ambushas they passedthrougha forest.The Whires not very good troops and later deserteden masseto the
took most of a day to cut their way out, and sufferedheavy Chinese.Alsofavouredwerethe Buiat andTartarResiments.
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madeup of volunteer from thoseSiberianpeoples.All the
tribalunitswereapparentlydressed in thetraditionallong,dark THE SMALLBACK ROOM
blueMongolcoats,with fur hatsandhigh leatherboots.They Miniature Pain ting Setvi. e
were mouflted on hardy steppeponiesand armedwith rifles.
. ve achieve rcNistency i. style. ,.@.1
Next in the peckingorder came70 Tibetans,$ho probably and qu iry of Iinish, tose$er with, prcmpi
lookedverymuchlike the Mongols,anda smalldetachment of rspor and fti.ndly seric, .ompdiriv€ly
Japanese underColonelHiroyama.The Baron distrustedthe
Japanese and the men were badly treatedby their supposed . s€nd sir ffd clas sEmps o. No rRG ror I
2tnm smplei or four 6Bi cbs sa69s tor
comrades. Wlen the armyreachedUrga,Hiroyamawentover a rt'm enple and m intom.don pack.
to the Chinesegarrison there. Japaneseuniform at the time . Prusror €v€ry u0 sp€n. on dde6,
consistedof a khaki jacket, trousersand puttees,and a cuimeG rc auro@.icdly enre€d i.to
!
British-style khaki service dress cap. In smal scales WWI
British figureswould suit thernperfectly. paintd f€u6 of thc wiMe6 .hoic€.

SeveralRussianRegimentsand detachments were fomed lelephone aa31 415671

from civilians- mostlybusinessrnen and their families- living in TSBR,42 ASHFIELDSROAD SHREWSBIJRY . SHROPSHIRT SY13SB
Mongolia. They had no military training and suffere disprop-
ortionate lossesin action. To Alioshin they were a "complete
disgace". The core of the force, in Alioshin'swods "the CHELIFER BOOKS
cementingforce that united the whole amy", were the
su iving Imperial Russianoficers from Semenov'samy. The Mike Smith
Baron bor€ a grudgeagainstthe entire Tsarist officer classfor Todd Close,Curthwaite,Wigton, Cumbria
the wry they had treated him dudng his service in the Filst Tel: 0228 711388
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War, and now managedto redu€ethem all to the ranks,
where they got the worst rations and were tFannised by von Bought and Sold Sendsae lor catalogue
Ungem'scliqueof bu ies andsadists. Nevertheless, asthe only
peoplewho realy understoodsoldiering, they were invaluable by poisoningthepatientswith strychnine.
to him ard were responsiblefor most of his successes, fighting Unfortunately I havenot been ableto establishwhat typesof
with the (hsperationof the doomed.Therewasalsoa unit of aircraft wereusedby the Bolsheviksin the final battle. The most
Colsacksunder Colonel Bjazuhin, which seemsto have been common types in Russia at the time w€re probably French
quite effective.Many Russiansmay havewom standardTsarist Spads and Nieuports, which should be cateredfor in any First
army uniformsr but it seemsthat blue Mongolian coats and World War mod€lrange.
white pdpdra-fur caps werc more popular lvith the cavalry. I hope the abovenotes may be of some use to anyone
Austro-HungarianPOWS are mentioned as having been interested in wargaming thisunusualsubject.Thereis no need
conscripted, but do not seemto havefomed a separateunit. to specify much about figures and rules because antthing
designedfor the RussianCivil War will obviously be suitable
TheymayhavebeenmixedinwiththeRussians.Atthesiegeof
here, but Irregular's 6mm range deservesto be singledout for
Urga the Baronhimselfisdescribed aswearinga dirty papaha
(his standardof cleanliness wasappalling,an examplewhich specialmention.They evenhavethe tents andlivestock(in their
wasfollowedby th€ restof his army), a shon cherry-redChinese Medievalrange,but not muchhadchaDgedin rhisrespect)to do
a Mongol herdsmen'scamp!Terrain wifl presentno difficulty,
silkjacket,bluemilitarybreeches andhighridingboots.
Finally, there were the locally recruited MoDgols and being basically open st€ppe around Urga and mixed steppe,
woodlandand hills in the north. Urga, however,wasnot the
Chinese.The former no doubt wore the usual lons blue and
grey coats o[ lhe tribal nomadsand carried a variery of monotonouscollection of Stalinht boxes seen in Dicturesof
Bator.bur a picruresque (ifunhygienia)Chinese.
obsolescent weaponry.They desertedsooftenthat theyhadto modemUlan - a challengefor the enterprisingmodeller.
beconstantlyreplaced, andmusthavebeenof tittlevalueexcept style town
asscouts.Two regimentsof them forned the reserveat the final
assault on Urga,but fledin panicassoonastheshootingbegan.
Chineseinfantry, according10the 1910regulations,wore either SOURCFS
a dark blue winter uniform with a blue capandwhite gaiters;or The only two detailedprimary sourc€sI havebeen ableto 6nd
a summervenion which wassimilar. but khaki in colour. About are the following:
1920a new grey-greenuniform appeared,but it seemsunlikely D. Alioshin,,4sidnOdysre],Cassel,London,1941.
that garrisonsin out-of-the'way places like Mongolia would Dr F. Ossendowski,Bearts,Men and Godt, Ed'x^rd A'nold,
havereceivedtheseby thistime. l-ondon,1923.
We havelittle specificdetailsof equipmentand *eaponry,
but can assume that most men would be armed with a Two fairly modem books on the recent history of Central Asia
bolt-action rifle - either a RussianMoisin-Nagantor a Mauser haveaccountsof the Baron's careerwhich are clearly basedon
or Mannlichercapturedfrom the Chinese.At Urga the Baron
had three artilery piecesof unknowncalibre, and there were a J.Be.kef, TheLost Country- Mongolia Revealed,Hoddetand
numberof machine-guns, presumabty Maxims.Arioshindisco- Stoughton,1992.
vered that he wasone of the very few people in the army who F. M^clean, To theBack of Beyond- An luustrakd. Companion
knew how these worked. Discipline was savage, €ven the to Cental Asiaand Mongolia, 7974.
favoured Chaiar Mongols being ferociously beatenfor minor
offences.The Baron in fact kiled or maimed many of his own For general background on the Russian Civil War I would
officersduring his violent rageswith his tdrrrr or bamboostick.
Nearly everyonerode horsesor marched,althoughvon UDgem E. Mawdsley,flie RursianCtvl Waf, AIen aDdUnwin, 1987.
and a few other officen had motor cars. Supplieswere canied
mainly by camel. Medical seNic€swere quite beyond descrip- Wbile for bits and pieceson obscureuniforms, I used:
tion; at one stage the medical officer, Dr Klingenberg, $as R. Knotel, H. Knotel and H. SieE, Unifom8 of the WorA,
authorisedby the Baron to reducethe workload in the hospital 1700-1937,Anns and Armour Press,1980.
 SIIERMAN'S NORTH
CAROTINA
CAMPAIGN
"Itwas au,'retdredplacefor a fight."
By DavidBickky
INTRODUCTION
ReadersoJ this magazine may have previously scannedmy
account of a month spent rravelling with my family in the
companyof our Amedcan friend Dave Paddockdurine Ausust
1993.You may recautbat. amongthe many bafltefi;tds;nd
associatedsiteswe were lucky enoughto vhit, our first visit to :^** /
any site connected with rhe Civil War was to the related
battlefields of Averasboro and Bentonville, North Carolina.
Studycarriedout on tbe sitesand later, togetherwith wider
readingbackhome,hasled me to offer a guideto thesebattlesin
the conten of Shermant campaignsin the Carolnas.

BACKGROUNDTO TTIECAMPAIGN
Wiuiam TecumsehShermanis forever associatedbv warsamers
andmilitaryhisroriansalike with his.Marchtolhe Sea'l;roueh
Georgia.and hisvow to makerhe Sourhhowl'. However.tie
campaignwhich was to follow in the Carolinas was actuallv
moreditficuhandol grearerdiredvaluein endingrhewar. MAP1: N.CAROLINA.
1865
Sheman had reachedSavannah,ceorgia in December1864,
having cut a fony mfle wide swathethrough that unfortunate
state.He proposedto Cranr that his army now undenakea Wheeler'scavalrywasableto harassthis bovement, andthat to
similarmarchnonhwardsthroughlhe sraresofSoulh andNonh litde realeffect.
Carolina, two states which had largely escapedthe worst On 17 February Shermar's army entered Columbia, South
ravagesof the wa. to date. crant concurr€d with Sherman's Carolina's state capital just as WadeHampton's Rebel cavalry
plan, seeingthat his army could marchnorthwardsaodcomeuD fled. During the following night two-thids of the city wasbumt.
otrthe rearo[ Perersburg. belpingGranrro defealLee. The nen day rcmaining buildings of military importanc€were
The North had a senseof particular vendetta againstSouth also destroyed. On 19 February the army began moving
Carolina, for that state had been the first to secedefrom the northwardsagainin the direction of Goldsboro,North Carolina
Union andwasseenasespeciallyguilty in precipitatingrhe war. to join up with a further 30,000Federaltroops.By 1l March the
Shermanhimselfwrote that she". . . deservesall that seemsto armyhad reachedFayetteville,North Carolina, havingencoun-
be in store lor her." Shermans marchrhroughrhe Carolinas ter€d little in the way of seriousoppositior. However, by this
would leavesmokingruins and rhousands of refuqeesin ils dateJohnstonhad at last assembleda force of about2l,000 men
wake. with which he hoped to carry out his orde6 of blocking
Shenian had hoped to begin the campaignin mid January Sherman'sadvance.He entertainedhopesthat evenat this late
1865,but heavy rain, which was to mark rhe whole campaign, datehe might yet defeatSherman'sarmy andFevent a juncrure
delayed its sta( until February lst. The Federal force, so;e with Grant at Petersburg.The two interlinked acrionswNch his
60,000slroDg.marchednorrhwards.No major Confederate army fought al Averasbom and Bentonvile between16and 21
field army could be sparedro opposeit. Ihe srares defence March form the basisof this mini-campaignarticl€ which will
comprisedabout 22,500 scatteredtroops, inctuding 6,700 give wargamersthe opportunity to refight a delayingaction, a
cavalryunder Wheeler.For a period nearlt hatf of this t;d $as night withdrawalandthe lastgreatConfederateoffensiveof the
left protecting Augusta and Charleston, South Carolina. Civil war.
Shermanwas not to be drawn into attacking these defended
points and simply by-passedthem. It $ould nol be until nid
March that the Confedemtes,und€r JosephE. Johnston,would THE GEIYERALS ANDTIIEIR ARMIES
mass a sufficient force to engage in anything other than Many histo;ans would consider Sheman one of the great
skirmishiDgwith Sherman's force. In rhe m€antime, forces generalsproducedby the Civil War, thoughit cannotbe denied
under Terry'and Cox took Fort Fisher on 15 January and that his rise to fame owed at least as much to his political
Newbemon |0 March, tbussecuringShermans supplylines. coDnectionsas to his martial skill. AAer an uncertain career
Sherman'sadvancetfuough South Carolina had to contend early in the war he progressedsteadilydespitea mi\ed record of
with many river, streamand swampcrossings,while experienc- sucaess,until he becameCommander of the westem armies
ing the wettestweatherin the areafor twenty years.Roadshad whenGmnt roseto be Commander-in-Chief.
become rivers and could only be scouted lvith diffrcultv. Sherman'scampaignsagainstJohnstonin Georgiaareh€ld to
Confederate leaderslelt confidentthal no armycouldadvance be a model of the careirl useof military superiority againsta
through such atrocious condirions. Sherman'sarmy was to numerically weaker opponent. Atlanta was taten on 2
confoundrhatprediction.makjngaboutrenmilesa diy. mucb Septemberand on 15November ShemaD'sarmy set out on its
asit hadin Georgiain the previousyear. This advancewasmade 'March to the Sea',with the avowedintent of'making Georgia
possibleby the leading wave of engineersand escapedformer howl!' Shermanis credited by some with the introduction of
slaveswho laid corduroyroadsand builr bridges.feUedtrees 'Total War', though his apologistswould saybrs motive wasto
aDd buill causeways to keep rbe army on the move. Only end the war the sooner and so spare life and property in the
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longerterm. Many in the path of his army would not haveseenit
that way. When his army enteredFayetteville, North Carolina,
on l1 Marchhewas45yearsold andatthe heightof hispowers:
confident. decisiveand victo.ious.
OpposingSheman in Nonh Carolinawasthe recalledJoseph
Jobnston,placedin commandof the remnantsof the Army of
the Tennesseedefeatedat Franklin and Nashville, and charged R\ F
with the task of stoppingSherman.This task he had singularly 4\
failed to achieve in Georgia. However, Johnston was a %
professional soldier,experienced and respectedby his men.
Although Johnstonmust hav€ recogised the impossibility of
hisordershe wasasoldier andknewthat he mustobeythem. He
had a closeknowledgeof his opponent,pain{ullygainedby
repeatedreverses.He was a tactically adept leader, the
confidant of l-ee, and .he men would fight for hin- This last
factor would meanthat he would retain an almy in the face of
difficulties which would have beaten many infedor comman-
derc.To succeedJohnstonwould alsoneedan opportunity and
a plan. He would haveto concentratescatteredforcesto attack
his opponent's army in segments,to defeat it by using the
elementof suryrise.ln hh planninghe would be aided by
Sherrnan'scompla€eDcybrought on by the lack of serious
oppositionto hisadvance throughthe Carolinas. MAP2:BATTLE OFAVERASBORO
Betweenl1and 14MarchSherman's armypillagedandbumt
Fayettevile,destroing privatehomes,factories,mills, ware- so badly thants to the heary min and the resulting thick mud.
houses,banls, raihoadpropertyandthe formerU.S. a$enal. However.the weatherwhichhamDered Sherman's movement
As his army movedout againit wasin two columnsof about woutdalsohamperJohnston,andtb muchgreatereffect.
26,000rnen, one feinting in the direction of Raleigh aDd the Johnstonnot only neededtime to gatherhisforces,but also
other headingtowardshis true goal, Goldsboro.Here he information. That Sherman had divided his force into two
plannedto linl with Federalsmarchingwestwards, underthe columnshad given him the opportunity to strike fiIst one wing
commandof Terry and Schofield, from the North Carolina and then the other in isolation. but he had to know the true
townsof wilmingtonandNewbem,andobtainfreshsupplies. target of Sherman'smarch. Was he headedfor Goldsboro or
The eastemcolumn, commandedby Major GeneralO.O. Raleigh?JohnstonthoughtGoldsborothe morelikely destina-
Honard, was composedof lh€ Fifteenth and Seventeenth tion. It wasnearerSherman's coastalsupplybasesandcloserto
Corps; the westemcolumn,commandedby Major Genenl the advancing forcesof Schofield.
Besidesthesefacton it wasa
H.W. Slocum,wascomposed ofthe FourteenthandTwentieth majorrailroadjunction.It seemedtheobviouschoice.
Corys.Thecavalrywascomnandedby BdgadierGeneralH.J. Johnstonhadnow to decideupona planof attack.Whichof
Kilpatrick. Both wingswere battle-hardenedbut battle-weary, the two columnsshould he stdke first? Slocum'swestem
and were eage y looking towards rest and resupply at column seemedthe right choice. If JohnstonattackedHoward
Goldsboro. he risked having Slocum on one flank and Schofield on the
Johnston\ army opposingthis advancewasstill in the process other, not to mentionhavinghis line of retirementthrough
of concentrating at Smithfield, between Raleigh and Gold- Raleighcut off. Attacking Slocumwould put the enemyonly on
sboro. This force comprisedthree elements.The first was the his eastemflank and leaveopen the line throughRaleigh.In
scattered rcmnantsof the Army ofthe Tennessee, some4,500 thiscontextJohDston gaveHardeeordersto impedeSlocum's
strong, under the commandof Lieutenant Ceneml A.P. progress, thuswideningthe gapbetweenSherman's two wings.
Stewart.The secondelementwas the nakeshift force of 5.400 Hardee'srcsponseto his ordeE wasto dig in his commandand
veterans,artillery without ordnance,and reserv€outfits. This offerbattle,thusgainingJohnstonbothtime andinformation.
force hadbeendriven before Shermanfrom Savannahandwere Hardeechosehis groundwith care.He had goodreasonto
of vaiable quality.The final elementwasabout5,500strong, exercise caution:hewasoutnumbered four or moreto one.The
underthe commandof GeneralB. Bragg,comprisingMajor groundhe choseat Averasboro,eastof Fayetteville, wasmore
General Hoke's Division, which had been driven ftom swampthan firm ground, flanked by the Cape Fear and the
Wilmington, and three regiments of North CaroliDa Junior Blackrivers,withmvines,creeks,bogsandheavyundergro\r'th
Reserves.Bragg'spresenc€wasnot an advantageto Johnston's guardingparts of his front- In placesthe groundwould be
cause;he wasneithercapablenor popular.In additionto the knee-deepin water. Then it beganto rain. Hardee disposedhis
infantry of these elementsJohnston would also command a defendersin three lines,with his leastreliabletroopsin rhe
force of 4,200cavalryled by Hampton and Wheeler. forward positions, in the hope that in falling back they might
rally on theveteransuppos.
On 15 March Kilpatrick's cavalry skirmish€n contacted
AVERASBORO- A WRNTCIIEDPLACEFORA Hardee'spickets,but foundthe positiontoo strongto drivein.
FIGIIT At about eight in the eveningsupponswere ordered up fron
Heavyrainhadfallen,dverswerehighor in flood;thick,sticky the 2ndMassachusetts Volunteenandtheirbrigadecomrades.
mudclungto everyone andeverything. Thisslowed,but did not The next mo ing, the 16th, the reinforcedskirmishline drove
stop, Sherman'sadvance.This gaveJohnstonbadly needed in on Hardee'sposition defendedby the remnantsof the
time to gather his scatteredforces. Johnston knew he must Charleston garrison. Pressingthe ataackon the secondline,
strike before the iunction of Shermanwith Schofieldmadethe Davis' Corpstumed its right flank and the attack went forward
odds impossible,but he also knew that Hardee's infantry and to Hardee'sthird line. Here they weregeeted by a stormof lead
someelementsof the Army of Tennesseehad not yet reached and the momentumof the Federaladvancefalteredand then
theconcentration area.Johnstonwasto setthe time he needed haltedwith theonsetof nisht.
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Duing the nightHardeeorderedthe buildingof campfires,
and under the cover of darknesshe withdrew whilst the enemy
were left thinking he wasentrenchingfurther. All the next day TheBigBattalions!
Hardee'sforcemarchedand by noon on the 18thhad reached lhe l{er qo.d & te!'do6'l includeatllh. amies oldre lgth
Elevation.Hardeehad lostabout500men,the Federahsome csrnut blrl it do€5nuke a dan, AldqwithEanle atd C.frpaigtr
proqMes you .lso q€l lisB loi
678. In the conventional view Avemsborc was a defeat for
Hardee. It did provide for Johnstonever)'thinghe had needed, EritiBt l0ami6 Imri@civilwax l3drris
Frencb gamiB OthdArcri@: ?arhies
for Shermanwasoverconfident and pressedon with Howard's Pn$ia & AIieE: 9 anis TheMiddleE6st 6 arlnies
advanc€ \rhile Slocum fought with Hardee. The distance Alsfia &Alies: ?andes tdia Smies
betweenSherman'stwo columnsincteasedto a point wherehe Rsid 8 €nnies TIe FarEast l0 anis
would find it difficult to speedilysupport one with the other. lr OthsErrcF,E: lSainies Atica: l?mies
appears that he had neither understood rhe significanceof Theamy li6rsavsraEe14trooptype€,dd includeniUdetailsoI
Hardee's action nor the strength of the force which Johnston waponty, dq{ierio4 ald[ tlaining,confde@, aqqrEsid\ elc,
was assembling at Smithfield.Johnstonalso now kne$ that etc.dd olfEd proils.
Sheman\ true destinationwas Goldsboroard that his risht To qive { e'mpb Amthe list:
wingwashalta days marchin advanceot his lefl. io he could [lql.trb 185G80:llitM Ra R.t iDs:
ignore a defenceof Raleighandwait for Slocumto cometo him. 5m Elpdisnc€d nul€ notfled h|afiy ir 5 bdds. Equipp€dwifl
Johnstonordered his force to concentratear Bentonville to the dolble buellad su4 sworaldd sltield Co!.6dqe 90q6,
south,sometwentymileseastofcoldsboro, andsentwordfor Steadires 5096,DriI 20%,lir€power l0%,AEgresid 60%.
Hardeetojoinhim there.At SmithfieldGeneralB. Bragghad l€calse we lnow n€ laven r @eded it dll,dd qe 6l stop
Holke's Division and the rcmnantsof the Arny of the HiggiE rMch€s o@ he9e$ sorg, re do hted roiss a
Tennessee, commanded by Lieutenantceneral A.P. Ste*art. Buppleme6ty dis with 120r@ amis in dE colrFe.
Hardeeat Elevationhad the Divisionsof Major ceneral L. 'Blood & Imn' 529,95tnc, p6rp
Mclaws and Brigadier General W.B. Taliaferro. By dawn on
19 Marcb mostof Johnsroo\forcewasin place.Aardeewas
some six miles away, facing the prospectof moving his force zrngtlrquJomlulerJfftrrgamfs
over muddyrcads.He had beenon the marchsince4.00am. 253SellyOak&1,f,irysNorto!,Eiroirgha!830IER
Johnston'scombat strength was about 21,000.Opposing him Alsoahibble: Lnt Po&!!!g Iievolutiohary& Napol@nic
were about 40,m0 Federals.The obviousdisadvanrase in WatbE l?8$ 1830.trd OEr lL. EIrb . . . wafa!€ in liie Aqe ol
Dumber.wasto someexlentcounteredby rhe largeoumb-er of Reas& I660-U89.
s€niorandexperiencedofficen amongsthis command.Benton, Cdnpularllloalsral€alWa&amesarrbs lot Atali Sl, AnigE atd
ville was notable amongsrCivil war battles for having so few
men led into battle by so manyvetetan officers of high rank.

BENTOI{VILLE- TIIE LAST GREAT

COMEDERATE OIIFBNSIVE
*7)D_K
March 19th dawnedclear and bright, a balny Spring day
seemedto be ah€ad.The previousday Slocum\ advanceguad tl ll/A)/ltr
had skirmished with Hampton's cavalry afld been prevented V/ \J I/,
ftom occupyingthe very ground which Johnstonhad chosento
deploy over for the comingbattle. Slocumdid not rakealarm at ^ rex-fL
the unexpected ferocity of Hampton\ defence, nor had N -? (,11
ShermanseenanFhing io his many reports which had caused
him to changehis plans.He had told an aide, "They won't fight *N*
us lhis side of Smithfield or Raleigh . . . There is nothing there

N lIt*"
but cavalry."Shermandecidedto join Howard'swing of the

During the evening of the 18th Hampton had informed li

Johnston that the Federal aroops were moving down the
Goldsboro Road with Maior Geneml Jefferson Davis' Four-
teenth C-orpsin the lead, its two divisions conmanded by MAP3: BATTLEOFBENTONVILTE
GeneralW.P. Carlin and ceneral J.D. Morgan.Theseunits
werelessthanhalfSlocumtstrengthandwereeightmilesahead Bentonville to the battlefi€ld through the dense woods and
of their suppoft, the Twentieth Corps. Howard was steadily thickets.
moving awayhom the comingaction. Hampton recommended The position occupied by Johnston ran from south of the
a suryriseattack at the eastemend of the Cole Plantation,two Goldsbororoad, crossedit nearits intersectionwith the western
milesto the southof Bentonville. The terrain therewasswamDv braochof the road l€adingnonh b Bentonville, then bent back
anddensewth blackjackpine. at forty-five degreesmaking a long angle to th€ we$t. Holke's
Slocum had no idea that Johnstonhad gathered his whole Division coveredthe Goldsboro Road, with Stewart'sAlmy of
force beforehim, indeedhe sentShermana dispatchstatingthat the Tennesseeto his right fo owing the line of an open field.
only honemen and a few gunsopposedhin. Shermanfelt thar The centrelay a mile north of th€ GoldsboroRoad, but wasnot
Johnstoncould not risk an attack with the NeuseRiver to his yet coveredby Hardee when the action began.That spac€was
rear. At about 5.00am the Federal pickets ran up against presently held by two batteries of holse anillery. Johnston
Hampton's horsemen who put up strong resistance, The plannedto halt Slocumwith Bragg'scommand,then smashhim
Federal troops were shocked to find large numben of with Hardee and Stewart'scommands.It was a good platr, bur
ConfederatebJantry busily entrenchingto their front. Their wasnot fully rcady whenthe action began.
deployrnenthad been slow as only one good road led from Carlin's advancewas led bv the Brisades of Hoban and
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Buell, who advancedandfought fiercely until driven backin the
area of the Cole House, where they formed a defensiveline
supportedby Robinson'sBrigadeof the TwentiethCorps.In
the meantimeMorgan's Division of the Founeenth Corps and
Miles'sBrigadeof Carlin'sforcehadmovedopposite Hokeon
Carlin's right. Hastily they ttuew up ba[icades and log

By about 1.30pmSlocumrealisedthat he was in trouble,

adopting a defensive posture and sending to Sherman for -\-'\
assistance.At thh point the Twentieth Corpswasup to six miles
away. At about 3.00pmJohnstonordered Hardee to take the
*;-/'/t1\)-=<=
**\/
offensive. The charge was made across an open field with
coloursflying and led by no lessthan threemountedGeneral
/ I *"_A\*"
officers. The chargecrushedthe Fedenl left and drove it back
in confusionon the Twentieth Corps. While Bragghadwithheld
Hoke's and McLawJ Divisions, Morgan's Divlsron was now
exposedto attack by Hill to the rear and Hoke to the front.
Fierce fighting raged until Cogswell'sBdgade came up to
bolsterMorgan. Thh Foved the turning point in the batde.
In the meantime the Federal left had been fortified bv
TweniiethCorps.Fivetimestheywereassailed by lroopsftom
Taliaferro's,Bate'sand Mcl-aws'commandswithoutsuccess.

r=--:FC
As dusk fell fighting died away along th€ front and the
Confederateswithdrew to the posirion rhey had earlier
occupied.At about9.30pmShermanfinallyrealisedthe extent
of the fighting at Bentonville while he was at Falling Creek tJ ll /'/' *
Churchsometwentymilesdistant.He knew his forc€ could
reachthe battlefield the next day and thai Johnstonmust then
fight twice the numberof Federalsor leavethe field. MAP4:MOWEB'S ATTACK
During the early hoursof the 20thHoward contactedHoke as
he advan€eddown the coldsboro Road, forcing him to
redeploywith his front bentbackon a north-southaxis.Both
flanksnowrestedon theMill Creek,with onlyonebridgeto rhe apparendy contracted a cold marching bareheadedin Sher-
rear.By thelateaftemoonSh€manhad60,000menon thefield man'sfuneEl procession.
asbothsidesconsolidated theirpositions.
On the 21sta major actionoccunedon the Federalright when
General Mower pushedtwo Brigadesaround the ConJederat€ WARGAMINGTIIECAROLINAS' CAMPAIGN
left flank without ordersandreachedwithin a mile of the bridse
The wargamerwho wish€sto fight his tabletopbattleswithin the
over Mill Creek. His advancewas haked b) rhe 8rb Texis
context of a campaign scenario will find much material in
Cavalry.InthisactionHardee\ sixteenyearold sonWillie was Sherman's tussleswith Johnstonin No(h Carolina.Sherman
mortallyrvounded. Mowerretreatedanddugin, bringingto an apparentlyenjoyed
all the major advantages, whilstJohnston
endthe majoractionof theday. madedo with a mixedforceof inferiornumbenanda seeningly
Dudng the night JohnstoD began to withdraw towards hopelessposition.
Yet, with better luck Johnstonmay have
Srnithfield.On the morningof the 22nd Shermannoved his defeated
SlocumandHowardin detail,for he formeda sound
force towards Goldsboro, directing Canefson's Brigade to tacticalplan,only
to bethwartedby theweatherandpoor roads
coverJohnston'sretreat. At BentonvilleCattersonclashed with at a critical j unctwe. The presenceof a largenumberof ranking
Wheeler\ cavalryin a stifffight, finally haltingat Mill Creek.
General officers in the field makesthis ideally suited to a club
This wasthe final fighting on the 22ndandmarkedihe endof the project,
with scopefor role playingthe chamcters,suchas
BattleofBentonville. Bragg.
The Confederateforceswill score a victory if, like Hardee,
they candelaySlocum'sadvance,following this up with victory
AFTERWORD on the 19th or 20th at Bentonville.The Federalforce will
Neither Averasboronor Bentonville were large battlesby Civil triumph if, like Slocum,they can ddve in Hardeeand then
War standards. Federallosses amountedto about1,527froman withstandJohnston's attackor. like Mower.tum hisflank.
engagedforce of about 26,000,Confederatelossesto about Poor communicationsand relations between commanding
2,606frorn an engagedforce of no more than 20,0m. Johnston generals shouldbe simulatedby the useofan umpire,who will
had no realisticopportunity to do more than annoyShermanin contribute to the Federal un€ertainty and the Confedente
thelongerrun; all he coulddo wasto slowhisadvance. He must commanddifficulties. The weather and roads ar€ crucial and
haveknown that Grant's 100.000men $ould soon move south shouldaho be so controlled. There shouldbe the oossibilitv of
to make further resistance pointless.On 10 April Sherrnan messages andunilsbeingdelayed orevenlosr.
marched out of Goldsboro for Raleigh, forcing Johnston ro The four Corps of Sherman'sarmy averaged 13,000men
evacuateSmithfield. On 13 April Shermanoccupied Raleigh each-While the strengthof Divisions and Brigadesvaried, we
andon the lTth hemetwith Johnston at theBennittHouse,near can take a figureof 3,?00and 1,300respectively. Johnston's
DurhamStation,to discuss surenderterms.Thesewerefinally unils varied so widely tlat arbitrary decisionsneedto be taken.
concludedon 26 Apdl, bringingthe war in the eastto a virtuat Hoke's Division had about 4,800 men; Taliaferro's2,000;
Mcl-aws'3,200.
Shermandiedin New York City on 14February 1891andwas I haveprovided a number of mapsto aid in th€ seuingup of
buded in St Louis. Johnstondied five weekslater. havins eitherthecampaign or theindividualbattles.Troopsarereadily
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READYREGIMENTS
The National Army Museum opened its new gallery, The Erch Redy ReAimentcompris€s 30 figures in assortedposes
Vi€.orianSoldier:The British Army 1816-1914, at the end of giying an au$entic and varied appearance.
November.The new displaytakesup the story of the Army RRol InfinnyinCrpddSack RR07Infanry in Capdd Shon
wherethe highly successfulRoad to waterloo gallery left off. Jackcr skimi!,tring
RR02 lnfrn[t in C'p dd Sack RRoa l.fanr.y in Slouch Har
Clearly, this spanofvery nearly a century coversan a\r'fuIlot C@t Skimishing
of ground,and that is, in many ways,the themeof the new RR03 Lhnry ir Crp md sa.k RRo9 Irfmry in slou.h tiar
gallery.Itstresses the €hanges that took placeoverthisperiod,
RR04 Inhnt yn Clp dd Frck RRIO l.fanr.y in SlonchHar
foomthe poslNapoleonic splendourof the Cdmeanwar to the
drabforerunnerof modemconflictsepitomisedin the Anglo- RROShinny in ClP od Fdk RRr r ZouaE Admcing
Boer War. The exhibitiofl follows the broad thrust of uniform c@tstimishing RRr2zouavesldmishing
yinClp odShon
andweaponchanges acrosstheyearc,andsuggestssomethingof RR06 Inhnt Adv@cine
Jacket
the very different theatres of operation in which the Bdtish
Ftrc: 1ap. Rsdy Regts: 45.50 plE Isr & @4klng.
soldier was called upon to fight. Once again, the most READI (EGIMENTS PAINID BY I]NITS TO r.f,MIES 435.
eye-catchingparts of the display are the life-sized figures I 5% uK 30X Eu.optu, 50X Intcmational.
provided by Gerry Embleton's'The Time Machine'. Five For lat6t iotor@don .eSardtlg a.ldtdc to rh€ tugc,
exampleshave been picked out to representthe period: a ple@ telq,hone q se.d a slaoped.ddt6sed mElop€.
splendid93rd Highlanderfrom the Cnmea. examininga V.tch rhts rc fo. ou NE"!VAMERIC.IN VAR Ol
bullet-holed Russian shako; an in{antry naift from the East naDEPE\DElicE RANGE detSned by Mrcbael P€rEy.
IndiaCompany's BengalArmy on the eveofthe GreatMutiny,
donninghisuniformwith the assistance ofhis rvife;an officerof AL CHARLES
the 1870sin blue patrol jacket; a Sudanese soldierfrom the
Anglo-EgyptianAImy; and finally an Australianbushman Al Chades of Sidelin€s, l0 Nurs€ry Road, Wsball W€st
duringthe latter stagesof the Anglo'BoerWar. Thesehavea Midlrnds WS3 2BY has produced a new and inspiring lange of
terific visualimpact,and are intendedto showthe changes in 40mm figures which will be popular in the UK, but I would
uniformacrossth€ €entury,althoughonemightarguethat the imaginethat theywill go a bundlein the U.S.A. The rangeis a
mid-Victoianpenodis ratherunder-represented; it mighthave mixtureof charactersand troopsfrom the Alamo. They are
beenniceto seesomeof the interestingmixturesof red tunic specificallydesignedto be usedas a diorama,or perhapsa
and improvised field dress which charactedsed the Cape skirmishgame,and to ac€ompanythe figuresis the front of the
Frontier Wars in South Africa, for example,or the Indian churchcastin resin.when completethe rangewill run to 25
Mutiny. ln addition to the figudnes, there arc a number of figuresrvith infantryfor both sides,a bombardandcrew.The
fascinating artefacts from the period, ranging from Captain armsof somefig$es are separateallowing a variety of posesto
Nolan'scloak("There,my l-ord, are yourgunsl")to a pair of be assembled from one master,and they eachr€tail aa11.95,
breecheswom by anofficerof theBechuanaland BorderPolice, thoughstandardbearenwill be f2.50. OverallI wasimpressed
who waswoundedin the seatby a Boer duringthe Jam€son with the range,the castingswerevery mobileand all the key
Raid;thebulletholeis still visible.Onemightalsogrumblethat characters from the actualeventwereclearlyre€ognisable. AI
the shiftof emphasis in the newdisplayhasreducedtheamount the castings were very clean and paint up easily. My only
of informationaboutindividualcampargns, andthat thereare criticism, thoughthis is a minor point, is that the figuresneedto
ratherfewer artefactson showthan in the old Storyof the Army be basedasthey mme with pegson the feet . . . I am surethat
gallery; nor is therevery muchon the different groupsfought by this will not affect diorama builden, though it rnay be a little
the Arny over this period. The Maori are representedby a off-puttingto some.The churchfront measures 15"by 6'and
tornahawk (albeit a particularly intriguing example; it was retails atf17.50. Certainly a rvelcome new range and onewhich
found in a bumt-out settler'shomesteadafter an attack,andthe Ithink will do well.The churchhaspotentialfor convertingto
handlestill bearss€orchmarks!),the Zulusby a spear,andthe otherperiodsandscales.
Mahdistsnot by a typicaljibbeh, but by a distinctlyun-typical Mrrtin Hackett
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files of Dixon Miniatures Samurai (formerly under the 16714Cl,in'ievDnr, D€arbon
generahhip of Mark Copplestone,figure designer& painter We,* Yorkshire Heigh6,Vnhigan 4El?lUSA
extraordinaire) anda mercifullylight 35mmcamera. HDl 4QX England. Vaqamei lnc.,Boxli8, Rouk40Eat,
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or Teb (04841426767
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cursoryviewing!In ten yearshe'spainted32,000figures- but 24 feet long, rvith beautifulterrain especiallymade for the
thafs onlyabouthalfthecollection ! Shrewdpurchasing at Bring battle,cenainlywakesyou upl The gamewasstagedat Sam
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We thenrepairedto the excellent'LambandLark' for a few coffeehelpedkeep eyelidsin the uprightposition (Later he
rounds, beforc rounding off the eveningwith three very large broughtout someraie to promotethe Japanese flavourofthe
bmndies. game!)Samalsohad an answerto the'Lamb andLark': 'The
Retiringat 3amandgettingup againat 7amisn'talwayseasy, Wlite PostInn' was our lunchtimewateringhole (thoughI

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LMRP(X)L WARGAMESASSOCIATIONis looking for nos,
membelsto joiD them at their meetings,held on the lst Floor,
38A Mount Pleasant,Liverpool, on Thu^days 5pm to 9.30pm;
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Saturdals- 2pmto 7pm and Sundays- 2pmto 7pm. Al periods
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CRAWLEY WARGAMf,S CLUB PRF,SSRELEASE. Cmwley H60SbbleBloltwif' ste0o€dsableends,
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JohnDal€ (MembershipSecretary)on Horsham(0403)257843. H52NofthqateHauqoumont,
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GULF CRISIS 4 MEGAGAME takes place in Offord on and Display Miniatures Games, Military Modelling and a
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