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OPENDAY20 SBprnunBn 1.997 Skinish sce@riolor he Rfsian
The Socieryof Ancienh is hostiDgits entral cames Day at the Indid Fightsof Texas.Pan III
Conway Hall, Central l,ondon, on 20 September{Sa$rday), and Th. bst Uall.y Fi8ht, 12 Jul! 1674
eould be very pleasedif you wer€ableto altendandpuron a dhptay 18 DonDarden Napol@n didr't havenachine-guns
or gane. The Games Day aims to provide a showcasefor the wwII anri-to4kjre
wargming Societis, wift a fim emphasison participadonand the 2l AlexKine Panoneof a lookat PPS.D
chanceto meetcuoenred p'osparivemembers in amoe5pa.ious PostPurchateStretsDisordeB
dd relaxedshoq *here the.e is less bustling trade and more md 24 GaryHughs Wellingtonin India
Thefrerch CovEcrion
Those who attendedlast year will know how succestul this 32 NickDonell Fne & FuriaFrancese
fomula cm be. Last yed\ exhibiloBincluded- d well as the Atnendins Fne & Fury'for the
Society of Ancienrs' own selection of gmes , fte pike & Shor Eurcpeattheate
Society.Lace & Longbow Society, & Wargmes Devetopmerts. 36 SteveIsin Thean canpaignin lheEa$rn
All peenled their own style of gamesin their o*n periods(ed
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Othe. att aclionsincludedbook bulng opportunirieswith Caliver 40 N.E Laird knperiusMdimus
Book. Gareth Simon's Pallas Amata and Straragem/lvargames Qrick Fn colonial les
44 Mike Siggifis Wargamer'sNotebook
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NIPTNT OUT THERE!" As I discussedin the inrroduction I wantedto make the lemin both
lighl and edily ndagable, so decidedto utilisesomeold lntegral
SKIRMISH WARFARE Temin dles (two foot squde) Deanhad kindly given me.I hada lough
IN 19th CENTTJRYRUSSIA idea of the scenario:a group of Fr€nchstrag8le.s.attemptingto cros
a small srrem to safetyb€lorebeingcaugbtby the Cossacks.So al one
end I knew I iequired a stre3m featurc with perhapsa small hamlel
W Pa.ul Trickett aromd tbe bridge crossingit. Table sire sas kept ro a minimum, not
wdting playersto haveto stretchover the table to reachthei. figua,
INTRODUCTION so a six fool by four foot table ed opted for Firsr job was to lay the
two end tiles side by side dd Ddk on where the steam was to rut.
1996had b€ena very busy year for both myslf dd paloEr in crime ensunngthe two endsjoined.I wd fortunalethat the tiles alreadylad
Dean Whilehous€ in r€ga.d to our infamous Sikh Wds" gulleysformedinto them,so it wasjust a natterof extending lhemto
demonstiationgame. The gdne was sho*n at Wdgamer 96, Peis, the rile edge.First I tned to us a heatedloop of wire lo gaugeinto the
Newdk, Salute,t edsand SandwellSkirmish(althouShI doubtwe v€ tile, but iound this slow md gaveoff toxic fDms. so reve.tedto an old
donehalf asmanyasthe protific Mr TUcky).Afte. doitg showsall over breadknife wirh a seftattededge.This proved to be a lot better and I
oe couotry we havepick€d up someintercsling pointsto ponderove. hadthe frlt lengthof rheslreamdonein no time. To give a morcnatual
when organisingother demonslrationgama. effect partsof the pre-formedgulley bank were tolnded off' as lhesc
Firsdy and rnost jmportandy the size od w€ight of the lermin tendedto be uDnaturallysquare,I p.esumethis is due ro $e melhodof
bodds. For our Sikh gamerh€ table was nine foor by six foot wide,
beingmadeup of six threefoot squaretiles.The basicconstructionfor Afier this all the tiles were laid out and a difi rack was marxedon
eachlile was a trmber plywood basewith hills addedusing layers of in ihe desir€dposition from one end ofthe table to the other Then a
insulation board cut into the required shape-Roads and Fields *ere PvA gluewoodflex mixture \tas made,mixing in enoughPvA glue to
addedusing wall filler with details suchas wheel ruts being insciibed giveila creamycoDsistancy. I find thismixlu.edumbleandeven{het
irro rbewet fiU€i Finally erds andsandtexturewasaddedby pairling it chips doesn't show th.oogh any white, unlike standardnller
a thick layer of grasspaint and sprinkling sawduston lop. Wben the (although ir woDldn'lmanersomuchin this sitlationastherenainder
painr wasdry the top coarcm be addedusing standardeall emuhion- of If it: bodd wouldbewhiteaho. Themix $as thenappliedalongthe
To add shade and depth to ar€as of the bodds lhe hills can be road5and stram b.rks, road areaswerc then levelled off rc erve a
drybrushed with a lightercolourandcar sprayusedto givevdiations sDoorh finish, witb ruts being addedlsing d old brush handle.The
in rhe overall tone. As you can imagine this type of teEain board is dverbankswereleft'toughed !p wilh cal lilter beingaddedlo. small
heala, *hich is fine for using at homeor down the club but is a righr
pain wh€n you are carrying them dound from show lo show Bear in The next step was to glue cat litter to the tiles in vdious placesto
mind the tiles mrst be able to fil in the back of a car as well a! all lhe indicatewberethe snowhad beenblown off, exposingthe ground
other bns and piecer such as figures,buildings md packedlunchl we undemeath.In someres rc€dswere also addedusing clumpsof old
fbund that tbreefoot squareliles w€retoo big dd vowedthat we would brushhair.Bothoflbeseit€mscanbe glueddirectto the tilessurree
not usetilesofthis sizeagain. utilisingBostikor simila.Afterthistheroads.exposed areasdd.ivef
S@ondly.pr€sentadon,alwaysensurethat you carry a ldge cloth to were.painledand highlightedlsing darkbrcwn emuhion asa baseand
put onto the table beforc placing the tenain tiles on top. Thh givesthe sandcolourfor highlights. whiie can be brushedlighdy overlhis to
table a tidy unifom took md also enablesthe players to put stomge givethe feelingof fine snowo. frost.OriginallyI wasgoinglo build
boxes.figr.r€s.rulesand homemadecales awayftom public view.The up thewaterinlberi!e!usingvamish,bul afterreadinganold RichaJd
next thing is to ensurethat you have vell presentedand infomative Ma6h a.ticle I opted1orepresenta frozen sream utilising candlewax
hedouc. I peBodally f@l there is nothing beter $an to give oul The wax can be heatedup in an old saucepd,the saucepan mustbe
somethingtelling the individual gamer informalion about the game, heaiedby sitdn8it in a panofboiling waterNm directotto the heat
bow the figure terain were painted and what the opposing source. The liquid wd wasthenpouredinto theriver:andit works!I
forces arq eren better if you can give fe rule handouts out d well, was very plased with the etrecrit c.eated.
Books, posten and mapslocated at lhe s'de of the table can also be The snowibelfvas addedusingPolytexappiiedonlolhe tileswith
useful,to seethis type of presentalor you cd do no betterthat seekar a Lowel, in someareasI scrapedthe Polyt€x off 10eive the effecl ot
$e Victorian Milirary Societystdd ar a show- excellenlst!ff. B.as showingthroughthe snow:in otherareasrhe mix ws applied
thickerto representsnowbanks.On theroaddeasPolytexwasapplied
THE GAME in some blobJ' 1ob.eakup lhe brownreas a bil. Finallyfte rDshes
werepaintedddkgr@n.lhendry btushedwilh yelloei snowwd once
Anyway enougnofthe prearnble,whals plmned for 1997?Oler the
againappliedro the top of the rushes.
Christmasperiod we sat down in the local and both agieedlo lake a For buildingsI optedfor theeasyway out andboughltheexcellent
rest;rcalisingther€is no way thar we could put togethe.a gane which
Hovelt nnge of Edtem Europeanhouses,paintingthemin Tamiya
we would be happy with in such a sho.t pe.iod of time of fte same in Polytex.t didnl lotaUy
acrylics;thencoveringtbe uppersurfaces
scal€as our Sikn Wd game.Vr'ehad ageed to do the Viclo.ia Fan at
cove.rhe .oofs,*andng to retainsomeol tie excellentdetailol the
ChathamDocksusif,gou. gameftom last year.but apaftfrom this only Thelog bridgeis a MayhemMiniauresiren (a company
roof timbere.
two other showswerebooked- Parisand Smdwell skimishr so whal
{ell worth checkingoul for their resinmnge).TIE [r lreesweie a
sl.okeof goodfonune.Al frrstI wd goinglo usesone modelnilway
Deanwantedto sian on th€ 1998prcject so thk left me at a bit of a nollookingrighlagainstthefigures
trees,butfoundtbesemrhersmaur
loose end, not wanting to sidetrackhim. Therefore,I decidedon a
and buildings.Then at NewarkI bDmpedinto Gerrl Miller al lhe
small solo skimish gane, but whal?My dilemmavas solvedby
FoundrySlandwbo wassellingsone excellenltreeshe hadpickeduP
GuemseyFoundry releasingsomeexcellentCosack figlres *hich I
from the local modelshop,he had modified thernby inseningthe trces
fell jD love wirh at first sighi Knowing thar the public at Pariswould lreebases,malin8rhemheavyenoughnol to fallover
into Snapdragon
be Napol@nic biasedthe t8l2 Campaignse€medthe perfet setting at thesmallestknock.After somearmlwistingandplacingof silverin
for then. This also gaverne the opportunityto try my handat mating
his palmI wasin pose$ion ofmy Rusian *oods. FinaUyto givethe
somercalistic snowtenain, a nice changefrom the Punjab.
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troops somethine to bide behind, sone broken Sround was made !r a'2nc.brli*.-drilftdEdro..&4@|ffdrffi
utilising model milway sisal grass,cal litter and twigs, glued onto Minitudfi o"i..!: ar l5dd id'd26dm 6n@&turPanh:
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snall card o. MDF bes, Iregular Miniatures wattle fencing aiso
being add€dto createsmall enclosuresaroundthe village. Abandoned
wagonsdd casualtieswere then addedto Crvetke feeling of troops
M.chbo! vahicl.EiA rfrxi h.v.ni Fuiimi& Hat rm
passingthroughduring thek retr€at. Vld.€
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TIIE GAME Enqh.riComtGrwl{m6

Using lbe Bryan Arsell "Horse and Musket Skimish Rules" recently
Oaq M.n ilmr
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publish€din this rnagazine,the forcesusedin the gane are:
plu.xl.d.dttL.rron mnvoo'.rNbli.h6
Tdr.lirld.l D{lcd
16 x Cossacks(By a strangecoincidenceihe sane numb€rasthose X&MI@: Hdsl.in'h,; t#inlyMiric'yl@nt;Hitut o€'sn(o'dl:onFr
figlres avaitableh fie GuemseyFoundryCossacktug€) snopoF lu.rs.r (10.00.c5mpnt
l2 x FrcncvAllied infdtry scorting a supply sledge
I x Frcnchsupply sledge horseswerc usedto pull lhe sledges.
The FrenchstartenteriDgthe tabledown the roadon rheoppositeedge All the figures eere painled usirg HuDbrol Enamels and oil
to ihe sliem and bridge, their obj€ctive is 1o p.is over this to the pain(l'D airaid I still haven'tmadethe ransitionlo acrylics.)The
relative safetyof the West Baik. The Cosack fo.ce shall aEive ftom figurcs *€re finally finished with a coal of glossthen matt vamish to
the southeo end of the table, ente.ingwhenlhei. actior card is dcwn p.otet tbemfrcm lhe vigoroushandlingof skimisb8ames.
out of the FatePack.The skimish rules can be usedas they are, but
why nol adda litdebil of flavourwith soneextraruleamendDentsi a SOURCES
coupleof suggestionsarc list€d below.
The NapoleonicWarsand 1812Campaignare very well documented
'Tambi on Ice" - As you'll be awaremoving ac.osssnowand ice is
soI won't boreyou wift anendlesslist; bul somebooksyou might nnd
mo.e dificult, especiallywhen yoD'rc alreadyhalf slNed md ti.ed.
Therefore,iocreasethe French chanceof falling over Count them all
asRaw for ftis purposeie. two oneson the movementdlce me3nsthey Th. Diar! of a NapoleonicFoa, ,t llict by Jakobwalter

Napoleoi /8/2 by Nigel Nicotson

"The Flashman Option" - The supplystedg€canbe usedto transport UniJotM oJ I8l2 by Philip Haylhomwaitheed Michael Chappell
up to three'llen, including the drivei The sledgefully ladencan move
at th@ dice per move.buathis may be incrcasedby one dice for each NapoleoaMaeaine lssrc 6
manlessin thesledge. Of cou6ethemoredeviousof you maydecide
How to MakeWoBMes Ternta by Nig€l Stillmm (Gmd Workshop)
Io artemptlo pDshyou. friends out to increasethe sledge'ssped!
The Frencharc deemedto win the gameif they areableto get at l€alt
half their numberoff the table,overthe st ean. O$e*ise the RDsim
tbrce is declaredfte winner. Playersmay also incorpo.ale historical
'Hero' characlersinto lhe garnesuch as Marshal Ney and Platov, or
eveninsteadofa Cossackattack havea pack of hunting wolves?The

THE FIGURES
As alrcady siated GuemseyFoundry Cossacb werc used alongside
some caretully select€dWargarnesFoundry French Napolo'ics. I
know thar Dixon Miniaturesaho producesomeFrenchin g@tcoats
and campaigndresswhich also look very suirablefor the game.The
sledgeswere fron Bicome Miniatures, who also prod'ice numerous That's
lour lot, Mn Mi.! The lights go out and Thaophiletutu aw'r.
excellentNapoleoniclirnbersand equipment.Foundryequipment Obviousl! he Cossacktarc winnine!
 INDIAN FIGHTS QF TEXAS help,while R€dOfterand HuntingHo6e lried to sneakup to him ro
couDtcoup- jfthis wa nor done.the revengewoutdbe incomplere.
PART THREE The Rangeswerenow disnountedin the gully, wirh Major Jones
THE LOST VAIIEY FIGIIT courageouslysrandingin the open behind lhem to diect their fire.
They Danagedto drive back the rwo b.aves wirh their shootin!. and
T2IJLY 1874 eventually rhrceofrhem wentoured broughrc.as5in.
It was too lare for the woundedman.who soondied, bul lhe Kiowa
werenotsadsfied. A prcpercoupsrilletudedrhem.A firefishtfollowed
By Crrris peers in whichno one on eirherlde was hr. though r,n1 or ,rr. terrn;
borses. whichhadbeenterhered on theedgeof lhe gullx weretilled.
Not long ater the second6ght at Adobe Wath (seepan Two of rhis Thensuddenly, in thelaleaftemoon, theIndiansalldisaDDeared.tt was
seriesin WIl l8), rheKiowashelda SunDance.Thei.Drincioat c hordaydndrie Rangerwerenow verylhirury,"o r$o;. lhem. Mel
chiet
Kr(kinsBrrd.hadkeprhos(oirheh oul of,he w4,o f;, a; alrs rhe Porterand DaveBailey - decidedto go up to the c.eek tor water This
cerernonyinlendedto lead rhe ribe peacefirltyback to the rcservatio, eas conharyto Jonesorde6, bur they wentanyway,Baileystayed
a! Fon Sill,lndianT€ritory Buranotherof thechiefs,hneWoll had mountedandkepta lookour,whilePonerfrlledthecanLeens.
Ecenlly lost a son in a @id into Texas, and he made use of lhe The Kiowas,of cou6e,werewaitingforjust sucha move.Aboul25
or themhad hiddenin the treeson rhe ftr sideof the creek.As they
ea$enng to recruit a war pa.ty for the purposeof revenge.When the
p.on,nent medicineman,Sky Walker,gavethe expedirioDhis supDo.t cndgedoDr,Ponerlumpedon ha hose cnd rcdeno h-eAr rwav
. prcphesyiDg rhar'r wouldbe acomplere from his companions. bul alsodrredl' awayxom rhe tndidns.T{;
sDc.ess, andrhatno K,o;a
woiddbe killed, thewdiors tookup theideawith enlhusiasm. wadiorsw€Dtafterhim. Portertumedand emptiedhis pistolar lhe
On I I
August 1874 about 50 of rhem left the Sun Ddce camp and rode leadingKiowa, Talbone,mah,but missedhim. He ftrew the weaponin
sou|nwdds into Texas in semchof white scalps.Among them waj Tahbone,mah\ face,butlhenthewa[ior struckhim wilh his lanceand
Little MoDnrain, he of thefi6lbattteofAdobeWalhhee paftTVo). knockedhim otrbis ho6e.
Edlyihr nexrda)rhewarpanyloundir$tfonr ro.ky ridgetoo(ing At this poin! Poner'siuck changed.Com and Wheeler,rhe two
downinto what wasknown asthe Lost valley - the mile_widevalley of RanSers who hadearlierhiddenby thecr@k,sae wh4 wasnappemng
CameronC.eek, in an dea known ar Satt Creek prai.ie. nqr Fort and openedfire on Tahbone-Dahfrom close .anee.The Kiowa drove
Belknap.This lalley was alrcady partty settledby ehites; rhereeere or Ponefshorse,bDtwasunablero sropandfinishhin off ApDarenrlv
@cnes aI me eastemend,and a f€w caltteweregrzing lhere,someof lhe lancerhrurtsl'll did no. counta a roup.po er wasnol sedourt;
whichprovidedfoodfor thehungryInd'ds. hun He crawledro rhecreet.dd sqam dcro:sro jorn rhe lwo re;
The Kiowa! saw four cowboysin the distanceand wenl afre. rhem.
bul theTexanshad1oonuch of a start,andrheysoonlost aherrail.The TheotherTexan, Bailey,waslesstucky. He tnedto ridestmishlback
Indids thenrestedrheir hosq md regroupedon a ridge on rhe soulh r o h \ I n e n o si n r h eg ! t , y . d , o u l ew h n hr o o kh , mc c , o s r h a D a rohl
sideof the valley.This ridge*as coveredwirh mesquire the charginSKiowas.Lilll€ Mountainintercepted andunhorsedhim,
scrub.and
p.ovided effectivecover While they were confenjng,ftey spoltedthe dd anotherwario., Mamaday-te, leaptdownand touchedhin wirh
gljnt of sDnlighron a gun baret in the distance,rhentinv fisu.es his hand.T}en the Indids swamed around,and hackedBailevto
apprcachrng dlon8rhevdtle)frcm rhe.oDlh-sest. pieces.At lastLrne Wolf wassarisfied. To honourMamaday_e. who
Thesetumed;l Lo
bea conpanyof about25TexasRangesunderthefamousMajorJohn hadmaderhe.oup. he gavehim hrsown namr,dubb,n!h;m .Lrne
B, Jones, comander of the Texas Frontier Battalion. They were Wolf . Thenlhe Kiowb sdnglheir!(.on sonpandrodedar.IeavrnC
tollo*,ng lhe ftail ofsomeComanches who hdd(i ed a cosbovaLa thebateredRange6to makerhei.escape.
neub) tuch. As rhey pdsed unsu\pecringty brtow rhe nd8;. rhe
Kiowaschdged out at rhem_ RECREATING THE BATTLE
Tbe Rangersweremostly youngandinexpe.iencedr@Dirs andtheir
For rhelDdid player,his objectiveis rqdy,nnde. He nlst kill ard
first impulse was to flee north towardsCameronCreek. Major Jones
counlcoupor ar teastonewhitemm _jusrshootinghim is norenough,
mlliedthen nor far froD rh€ srream,but rhe Kiowa caushtuDwith
rhen and rcdedound rhen ,n lheir cusroma.y unlessthe body is actuallytouchedby one of the wario6. If any
$,de cir.t;. As u,Dat, Kiowasde killed in rhe fighr, of cou6e, rhey too wilt havelo bc
the whiteswercsavedfrom annihilation by the Indjansreluctance ro
.isklosses. avenged in the samewar The Texanscd be considereo ro navewon
Aft€rall, rherewa! no poin!in mounringa.aid lo avenge a if they suffer no losses,or give the Kiowas a severemaulingin
deathifil resulred in yet moreKiowasbein! killed.
exchangefor pe.hapsone or rwo dead.If WhiEs are killed bul no
Oneof the Texans,Lee Com, was shori;b€ arn, and knockedoff
his horee.He maged to crawl inro fte busheswhjch lined rhe creek, coupsde counted, nobodywiu be happyandwe canca ir a dnv.
As 'n prev'ousscena.ios, we wilt haveto buildinto our gamesrhe
accompaniedby a companion named Wheeler, who bmdased his
surprising inefiectivenessof shooling by borh sides. We a.e
woundand{ryed wiri him.The'e{ ofrhe Raneers soondecr;edrhal accustomed 10hearinS ofthe poorshooringoffte Indjds, but in this
ther exposedposition was too ddgerous, so Jonesformed them up
encounte. evenrheTexasRargersdid no beter.The conrEstwithh
md led a chargeat the weakestpart of rhe Indim circle.They brckeou!
PlumCreek(seePartOneofthis serjes), whererhcTexansdid terible
solthwards,in the direcrionof a dry eully not far from the .jdge from
which the Kiowas had launchedlben anbush. e"\eculion wilh lessmodernweapons by chdging10veryctoserange,
is stdkiDg.
As the Texms chdged, the Indiansfeu back beforelhem. Someof
In this casethe inexperience of lhe Rangersmusr be lakenrnto
theyoungwhiresdid nor know thal, apa.tfrom ruDningaway,he wosr
accountiwithout theleade.shipofthe vetemnMajorJonestheywould
thrng you could do iD Indian warfare was to pu.sue the enemy too
havebeenin evenworsetrouble.So all playersin this scenario should
rc(Nesly.They.hasedrheKiows backro rhebushes arlhe bo om oi
the ridge.Onewmior, RedOrrer,lost his horse,bur his friendsrescued beencouraged ro be caurious,andnot to get!o too closeranSeunless
hnn. Then, as they .eachedcover, lhe Kiowas tumed and fired at rhe rheyhaveoveNhelmingnumtErs.If thisis nordone.everyone wil go
leadingpu.suels. downin heapsin rhe riEt coupleof moves,and the nnere$rngpafl -
OneRanSerwashit andknockedto thesround.but
themdoeuvresud sFaragems - witt becomeimpossjble,
Umpfaawayro satery.MajorJonesftanlrcaltyodercd his;en bacl,ro The Kiowaswerea colourfulbuncb,paintedup speciay for rhe
thecoverof thegully.But uother nan, Williamclass,lagged behind senousbusiness in hdd. Ou.mainsource,ColonetNye,wasadually
md wasshotdown,morralty\rounded.
shownroundlhe batll€fieldin lhe 1930sby Hunlirg Ho$e.who had
The unfortunate clas lay our in the openfo. sometjme.yellingfor
takenpart in the fight as a youDgKiowa ea.rior Nye was ableto get
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details of tbe paint-jobs used, which a! Kiowa painting was well

orgmised and often hereditary. would be aPPropdaEfor myone
wailing to depict the *amors of this tribe in any Penod.
'"Io-hauson(ie Litle Mountain), cdied a yellow shield de.oded
;9
eith blue dots. His body above ihe waist \fas paintedto marh the
shield.Btack stripeswerepaintedon his face,runningdiaSonauyfrom
his eyesoutwdd. which madehim look tike a hugeraccoonTalbone-
mah wal striKng in sky-bluewith ddk blue dots. HDntingHorseeas
clay-*hite with scarl€tstreaks.Mahan'ti (Sky Walker,the medicine
man) dd his three apprentices...wqe colored purc white with Oe
figlr€ of an owl in blue on thei. chsts md backs hne Wotf,
Mamday'tq and Red Otttr, being in mouming, wer€ not painted
They wore their hair undoneand, like fte others,werc strippedto the
waist. All of the Indiansdecoratedtheir ponieJ manesand tails with
stripsof red fland dd gay calico.Wdios who were€ntitledlo wear
wd bonnet!had them on-"
It appearsfron Hunting Horse's accountthat pe.hapshalf of the
waniors had guns,ud th€ r€st bo*s. As both the men who struck the
fleeingTexansdid so with lmces, it seemslikely that a high prcportion
of theKio*as musihavecmied lhem.
As for the appearanceof the Te,lasRdge6. Wardin Gee note on
sonr@s)has a good reconstructionof Frontier Battalion troopersc.
1880. including a nattily-dressedMajo. Joneshinselt Ac@rding to
Hunting Horse, all tbe Texfls at this battle were weding tall white
hats,but otberwisethey would not be lniformed. Amament would be
the usual mixtu.e of rifles, caibires and pistoh apprcpnaieto the

SOURCES
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of OklalomaPress,Norman,Oklahoma,193?). THE LOST VALLEY FIGIIT, 12 JIJLY 1847
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Napoleon didn't have whenfiring...."Right,I'mfi.ing ar that231 anmuredca... hangon a

nrnute,whatyearis it?1940?Oh, let me checkto seeahat I canuse
machlne-guns with this gun.Oh, yonrPAK36is firing fi6t 's it? co o.e rhen- no,
youcan'tusethatammobecause ir only 'cameout in 1941... Nah,too
mesy. For tle convened,what I proposeis a new firing table - no,
by Don Darden lhreeactually.But first lefs lay our the evidence:
How simple do you lik€ your WW2 rules - or bow complq? Are you
Yeds Nationatities AmmDnilionTypes
a player tbatjusr loves to wallow in pageafter pageof minutiaeo. do
1939-40 Anerican/ Bdtish/ ceman Aq ApC Glandardstutr)
you preferto get on wirh the actuatplayjng and leaverhe flne derailto
194143 AmericadBritish/Ceman +ApCBC,HEAT(,43)
academics?Marrix Syndrom€seensto be a recentcondirionaflicting
t94t43 Cerman +APCpJTapeEd
BoGupns
a proponionof wargamerswho re sobusyrule,writing that theyrarely
194445 AmedcadBdLish -APDS
find time for a Same of Ludo never mind a majo. assaulrin the
t94445 Gernatr Ap,ApC/ArcBC
ewnion
194445 Russian +APCR
Anyonetakng tlle By way our od looling over rhecurerr crop of
availabl€rule sets should find one to their liking. Still, therc is one
The objctive is to inco.pomte the mmunition rypes in simplified
particnlarasp€ctof tacricalWW2 gamesystemsthat is opento a great
tablesso thal playersdon't hale ro be concemedwith (he njtry gdtty_
deal of int€rprebtion and er, guesstjmanor.It is the crucial arq of
koblem though:We U needaboura doren rablesto copewith rhis and
armourpenetratiorand eff@t. We've att doneit, haven'l we?you do a
a playsh@t thesizeof a MonopolyBoard.Solution:Simptifyir fD.ther
bit of research(?), jor down a few figures and come up wift the
so thar the b€st availableammo is auromaticatlyused_Takea look ar
dennidve,infallibl€ AP (abte.
Exceptthat no tableis infallibte b€causeit isnl actuallyre3l wefarc,
of cou6e (althoushfor someptayersir oftencomescloset) we all have
Cerman41-43
to acceptcompromtseswithin rhe rules, ard it is p.obably the d€gr€e
AP/A?C200h400m600m800n 1000n1200m1500n1800n2200m
of compromise,plus our pre-conceivedidss, that determineswhethe.
28msk!418 I 6 5 2 1 0 ,
we find a serof rules acceprableor not.
37mPA(36 6 5 4 l 3 2 t r
But back to WW2 amour penetration.yeds ago most playsheet
t 0 n n l 6 0 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2
lables reprsented it using fir(ed vatuesfor particutartsuN ar varyrng
1 5 n n L 2 4 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 1 t
rmges. In other words you'd havesoinetbirg like a num€ricalsrrjke
? 5 m L 4 3 8l 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 3
value whicn has ro overcone a taiget's DefenceVatue in order to
?5m170 12 It l0 9 8 7 6 5 4
incapacitateit. Therc's norhing w.ong witb rhar,but il like ne, you
88mml-t6ll l0 9 8
wml a bit Dor€ sophisticationyou can opt for the set thal includes
variouslypq of ammunit'on.Ah, but the trouble is we thenwill often
(a) enforcenore (unn€cessary)d4isions upon the player, (b) create The abov€simply illustrdlesan exampleof \trike values usingAp o.
APC .ound! (it is not intendedto b€ compamblyaccutue no. showalt
mo.e rule procedures and therefore (c) sp€nd addiaional $ne
gu ryp€s).The next table incorpo.at€sAPCR rounds for thoseguns
administe.ing playratberthd enjoyingit.
Lefs look aI this more closelyin a scena.io:A cema 50rnn
PAK36 anti-tankgun is concealedin a hedgein Nomandy awaidngits
pret a Churchill Mk.V At 400 mehesthe pAK opensnre and bits the
APCR 200m400m 600m800n 1000m1200m1500m1800n2200n
frcnt of rhe Churchill. Tal-ing some purely dbirrary figures, rhe Ap
28nmsDl4l8 7 6 1 2 I
vahe at zl00metresis ? and rhe ta* ha! Amour Valueof 8. rhereforc
l?mPAJ(l67 6 4 3 2 I
lt nar not automaically been pe.etmted. However,wirb a choice of
t 0 m l 16 00 9 1 6 4 2 t -
ammunition tbe German player would use the best type available
(A"CR) andincreasethePAK: AP vatueat the samerangeto 9, giving 15nn114 6 5 4 4 3 2 t t
75nmL43-3
12 ll 9 ? 6 4 1 2 t
a diffe.ent outcome.civen a choice.as def€nderyou woutd natu.aly
?5mnlm 14 13 tt l0 9 j 6 4 2
opt for the APCR {Amour-Piercing CappedRig'd) over fte sredard
88mn156 13 12 l0 8 1 5 4 1 r
Arc (Armour PiercingCapped)anmunirion. Sincethe corc of WW2
ruleslays in the gun veBusarnour cont€st,if rhis is found to be flaw€d
The 28mm and 75nm LU te unchang€dbur are included tor
then we coDld jusrifiably confine rhe rul€ set to the bin - or that
compeison.APCR roundsarc moreeffectiveat closeranges,but their
apboard coniaining rhe 50.000fi8ures amased over d@adesthar we
perfomdce rapidly taik off at greaterdistances.Finaltn a composire
haven't got arouDdto painting. By way of fi{rher exmple, a prayer
table is prcducedraking the b€st figurcs frcm the previousrwo tabtes.
firing a British 6 pornder ar a Pder INFI in a 1942gme would look
representing theuseofthebestavailable ammuDition wheneDgaging a
at his AP Tableand gleefuly selar APDS ed probablydespatchthe
|lnr wirh clativ€ ea$. Trouble is, the Brirish APDS {Amour piercins
Di\cffdrngSaborr'ound only b€.me ava'labtefor rhe6 pounde,r;
- ;o pleasepurrhalPanzerbackon rherabtel German4l-43
June19,14
Cmp6ite 200m400h 6O0m80On tooom
If this soundslike njr-picking to you rhenconsiderthis: By 19,14rhe
28nmshB4l8 1 6 4 2
Gemans had vinually Dsedup their stocks of tungsten-coredAPCR
l'?nnPA1J6
7 6 4 3 3 2 l I -
roundsbaause in 1942,due to rhe Brirish shippingblokade and the
t 0 m l 16 00 9 1 6 4 4 3 3 7
resuuartscarcityof tungsbn ore, cernany maderhe najor decisionof
1 5 n n L 2 4 7 6 5 4 4 1 2
ceasingproductionof APCR. Wbar litrte tungstenthe counrry cortrl
?5mL43-812 ll 9 7 6 5 4 l 3
refinewas givenov€r to facto.y machinetooting,wh'ch was vjewedas
75mn 170 14 1l 1l t0 9 7 6
more 'mponan $o shootirg the stuff at tie eneny and losing it
88mml56 13 12 l0 8 1 6 5
pemden[y. w}lat tlis mems is that asrbe war progressedallied guns
gained ne3r,parity with Cerlnan ones of a simitar or even hishe. Theconposite6ble is thennalformatftal wiltappea.inour ruleser.
calib.e. h qill cover all gun types for all rhe years of rhe war. Ap fire wiu
Ifyou'ehappy wirh yourrutesit's easyto app€nd ar,munn,on rypes thereforebe split into th.ee chronologicatsectionswith rabtes
and tne yeds they werc avaitable;you could crearea table to check
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cenl.e, or both for rhe leit nank. The Generalexplainedrhe dsperate
By AIex King ne€dfor this infomation dd wiab the loan of his own hors, a large
Thisis fte n.$ a of se.is of anicles,diligentlyresearched thorough-bredgrey, Lrighton set of with the lime edging towdds
into,to hetp
my wa.gamerelatedproblem.It is howeve.hopedthat they may be of l0prn.
generalinterestandevenhelp sone ganers, who may also suffe. from He knew rhe rea aheadwell and providing he stayedclose ro fte
whatI cau POSTPURCHASESTRESSDISORDER_ road he was unlikely to ger losr. Tle arca ahqd was mounlainous,
I hadbeuerexplain.You seeI am prcmiscous, intenpaced with ravinesed iargerollingplatqux.Ridingon with no
thatis in wdgames
tems. My waryaming interestsrangefromAncienr,to Napoleonic, undue concern a! he was still some way from the eneny lin€s he
up
to Colonial, strerchingon to World Wd Two. This vdied tuge is eventually rqched the milesrone, wherc he dismoDnted,sea.ched
fueledby too vivid an imagination inside the t.ee, md found the two hidden rcckers in good order
andfte growingavailability ofso
manygood, new wugames ngures.No soonerhaveI boughtsone of Continuing on hkjoumen henow t.avell€dwith a li le morecaution,
these,finishedthe@sedch,rhanI'D otrro theBrjngandBuy stdd at riding on the grass alongsidethe road, so as to avoid any noise his
some wargme show. Tl'ere I m greeredby people *ho strangely horse might make on lhe flinty gravel.Wanring|o tmvel evenquieter,
seen to know me, who la*e my boxesof half painredfigurcs from me he shortened hh sabrechain,tying his scabbddro his kn@. Still
pas making. s he rode along,
wilh a ery smile, dd thenatremptto sell themso I can.aisesomedosh howeverconcemedaboutthe Doiseshe
to stan yet anotherPrcject he tuiher ripped his hankerchiefin two andusedit to "fsten ro either
It was cl* that my P.P.S.D wN g€ ing to sucha point Dat firm heelof therevelof my spu6.whichothesise keptup a little tinkleof
acnor bad to be taken, I wa! becoming a wtuganes jurkr atways lheir oen'. Secu.e(he lhoDsht)frod any unnecesarynoise,he
lookjngfor my nextfix offigu.s. However,justwhatactionto take gallopedon, all the iilne fully alert for the slightestindicadonof rhelhe
was not all that clear. One option was to rcally try to stick with one enemy Coming to the end of a ldge plateau,the road now led down
penod,bry tbe figures,paintften up andjusr ger gming. Whilsl a evine and back up agajn the orher side. bur upon beginning rhe
painunglhou8h.o4erhoutdnor buy dy wdrgamrng descentany attemptat silence was losr, a! he was now fo.ced ro ride
rugzines or, go
ro any wdSame shows. so as to avoid any chanceof being on fte rcad.Moving a! warily aspossible"md coming to the bonom,
jIst aboutto spuron for the ascent,whenhe foundhieself
conuninaledby the allur$ ofey o$er rangeoffigxrcs.Alsodo nor he was
watchdy film, or readmy book that may d€f@usattenlionfron the suddenly confrontedby a groupof cavalry who seemedjust to srepout
pile of would be combatants,yeaming to be painred and patiently ofthedarkness b blockhis path.
"Why do you retum so slowly"
wail]ng, piled up on the desk. asked one of the troopes in m
Now this w&gming hibemationwa perhapsa lit e drasticdd for obvious unfriendly tone, butthen immediarely adding."Wharhaveyou
me at leastsomewhat imposible to achieve,so something seenanddid you n@t ColonelCraig?",L€ightonrealised thatlheyhad
ehe was
n€eded,moresuitedto my weakwargamewill power,So il wasthe nislaken him fo. one oi then and at fi6r thoughtto b€ Colonel Craig
dark room scenario, dd after several hou6, plus the odd liquid hinsell butchanged his mind.plump'ngfor theColoneltorderly.He
rei'eshmen'. a oecision wrs dgreed on wirh my conscience then laDnchedinto a story ihat would g.ace Dy non-ficnon book,
(overdraugho. I decidedrhat,d I was unableto stay*irh a period convincingrhe troopersthat he had b€ensenrby Colonel Ceig. to rell
longerthanElizaberhTaylor md oneof her husbands,rbeonly thing to GeneralFoFst Ihat the Fedemls appearto be ret@ting in heavy
do wasto buyfiguresfromall my favourilepe.iodsandjusrgetgarning massei'.Thet.oope6werekeento hearall hehadro sayandLeighron
with all of them-A bir expensive, you mightthint md hddly solving evenincludedthe Dseof the rocketsin his fake repon.Wirh his
my problem, bu! I decidedto buy just enoDghfigures to be able to convincing andpleasing story thefiooperswerenoweage.to helphim
gamea small scaleaclion from eachof them.The wdgameswereto be on his way to the General,and had torally forgotreDro ask for the
all suitable to get me staded,could be added10a1a laEr datemd did nighfspds wo.d.Oneofrhe troopeBtoldhim theway,informinghim
not requireme ro fill in a loan fonn. of a tunher picket alongthe road,and evenofTeredto ride wirh him for
Each potential game wa! lo be sDail enough not ro exceed 100 part of the way, Leighton bok up the grateful offer and they set off.
ngures,witb the majorityrequiringmuchles, and all shouldenable LettiDghisguiderideon a little ahead.howeveril dawnedon teighton
ne to finaliy paintupjust enoughfigurcsso d to eel rcundto having thatdy turlherpickehhecameac.osswouldbeunlikelylo iaiiin rheir
a waryame,before PPS.D. sets in. Tle .esearchedacrionshowever duty in alking for the countmign. His only hop€eas that if he rcde
jusl might hearit givenby him as they rode
despitethei small scale,may I hopebe of inrerestto gamerswho closlyto the glide, he
preferldger ganes aDdI shouldadd,lhat I do in fact favourla€e scate through the picket. It wa! not long beforc he had to put his plan inro
(at
skimish wdgaming, last I'm ouo, so the gmes tend io lend operation as, tuming a b€nd in the .oad,up abed wasdorher packer
rhemselves to skimhh stylegming. but sonrecouldbe enldgedto of cavalry ard as they app.oachedit, the Sroup of !.oope.s leveued
suitthoseofyou qith g.mderdesigns. their cdbines d the two apprcaching ho6emen- trighron s glide
So,havingexplained bow€v€rwas p.obably known !o the picker 4d pdsed through the
all rhar,herch thefist oflhe anicles,looking
at theproblemS of havingto acrbehindenemylins. troopeE so quickly ftal he wa! only able to hearthe first pa'1of the
countersign,that being"Ially." With only a few strideslefr to reachthe
picket,he frotically sedchedbh mind for whatcouldthe othe.half
THE TRUE STORY OF A TJNIONSCOUT IN THE be- Trying out severalveBions ud almost level with the picket, he
A.C.W. thought "Tally-tally may be best,and so now riding firough the men,
shoutedout 'Tallahassee",changinghis mind at the last second.
The FedemlGeneralRosencrmtzexplajnedto CaplainCbdles Leighton gave his horsean extE spur to try to outpacethe flre he
Leighton,thal he was neded for a mission,as his "trusty scour' tboughtwas cenain ro follow him, bur ro his
dhbelief, his *ild guess
Mackvo.th, had beenkilled last night rrying to make the very sane had proved coret md the picket
easedthemselvesback into their
mission.The Generalsimply wanredhitn ro ride6omefive mjles or so saddles.Tle two rode on a little
ftinher, with the guide lnawarc of
bebindenemylinesto SedleyMansion,on theRomneyroad,whererhe lEightont axiety. Saill keepingback a lide so as avoid gening into
Confede.aleGeneral FoEest had establhhedhis headquarrers.Once any conversationwith his guide, rhey
came to the spor where the
therc, he was ro establish the defensive d€ploymenls they were trooperindicatedhe would haveto
dismountand rhenclirnbup the
planning to meetthet owr attack at day-break,in particular,whefter
steepslope,so as to saw time in not having to ride aroundthe .idge.
Once climbed he would come to a famhouse and from there the mil$tone safely,wherehe quicklydismounred, fi.ed otrboth rockets
generals tent was but fiI1e€nminules walk. Making fasl hh hoBe\ io indicabtheRebJ planwasto masson theleft,thenfiredof hislast
bridleto a nedby tre, hiddenjustoli theroad,Leigtonbeganto climb lew remainingshotsat the Confede.ateswho we€ now brr 6fry yards
the slope, with his guide having ndden otr back to his picket The
climb washardgoing,but uponreachingthe top hecorld plainlySe€ Wilh no time to reload, he rcmounted,and managedto reach the
the fannhouse, whicbbe approached cau ously,almoston his hands safetyofhis ownpickers,hisgrcybeingDnmalched by theConfed€rare

His attentioD wa ddwn to a ten! islolatednexttoasmall outhouse, His missionwasa totalsDcces,with bis.ocke$beiDgseen, andthe
wift a senry posteda hundredfe€tor so fron it, indicatingils likely resultingbatie a victoryfor theUnion.
usea! acomnandrenr Unableto getclosero rheseDlrywirhourbeing
s@n,he decidedthat "Boldnesswas my only chanceof safety,I WARGAMING TIIE ACTION
saunteedtowardshim with as free od asy m an as I could mustel'
He wd challenged as soonas he cameinro view'"Who goeslherc', The storycornesfrcm a rareb@k pDblished in 1886,cauedSrirans
'A f.iend", dswered Leighton, who was nor surprised
by the next EventsoJ Histott which cove6 a wide cnge of incidentsthrough
requestof "advdce and give the counte6igD'. Walking a! far a! he history. As to the qact merit! of the above story, no! being a rue
d@d, hemumbled'Tallahasee',still unsureof itsmerit.He ws nghr A.C.W buff, I could nol fo. cenain verify the nmes and places,blt
1otE wary as it proved1obe jlrsr for the pickels and not for ey one whalever,it nakes for an interestingstory,
approachingthe g€neral\ tent.The sentryquickly broughthis musker
up to fi.e, callingout That dswe.s tbepickets, bllt norDe"_He fired, TABLE
and al fifly yards distance was certain to b.ing his intruder
down,bDtluck s$ll favoD.ed kighton 3! themuskermisnred,wirhno For l5mm dd 25mm,the sBndard6fi x 4ft tableshouldsuffice.
nore noisethd a dull thud" d the hMmer fell on lhe niDole. allhougha longe.lenSth for 25mmwouldbe betterFo.layoutrcferto
Spnndngfovdd, trighton lung€dat the sentry g.abbinghis throarto suSgested map. You nay not havespaceto include a chaseback to the
stophimcallingout.A fiercestruggleensued with Leightonmanaging rcckets. so mayjust wmt !o concerlmleon gerling rhroughthe pickeB.
to kill th€ rnanwith the lenlryt own large bowie-knife,nor before he The scoulplayerhasto sticl to the road,d be is Dnsureof rhe way and
had mdaged 10bite deepinto Leighton,snght arm,forcing him to g.ir needsto make good time, otherwise he will jus! detour a.ound the
his teethlo srophimseu crying oul in pain. pickels,which makesfor a dher poor game.
Leighton lay there for a momenr catching his breath and looked
around!o see'fdyone hadheardtb€ struggle, burnothings€emed to FIGURES
stir.theofficerswithin rhe tent,now distinglishedby the light ofthe
ThereaJedozensof A.C.W tuges dound, with the mighty Diion
lamp -ithin, carrying on their discussions.He then procededto dcs
rege in 25rnmprovidingsomerice csual tr@peisfor your pickets.
rhe dead body behind tbe outhouse.took the mm's long overcoat.
You will ned a scout,nountedand dismolntedfigrre ed for rhe
exchdgedhiscapfo. tbesentry\ sombrero, taling up hismusker,and
Confederateside.around7 or 8 cavalry and l0 or so infotry,
then .esumedthe duty of the sentry. Marching back dd fo.th, wirh
eachum hemoveda liltle closerto rherenr,gening10withina fev feer
ol n. wherehe could clearlyhetr the discussions goingon vithin. RULE POTNTERS
Tating a last look around,he creprright up to ir, and usinga slight I Set a certain
numberof penodsfor lhe game,deperdenlon the
trenchdound thetentascoveahe lifiedup lhe canvas, wherehecould len8lhof yourtableandthe movesit wouldtakea gallopinghorsero
see six Confederareg€neralsseateda.ound a table studying a map. rravel from one end to the
other, adding a few extm periods for
Leightonlisrenedint€ntly,until theyappeared to finishtbenmeeting,
whereuponhe ran backto his posr,resuminghis watchfulsenlryacras 2 YoDmay want give
to the scoulplayera resonablechdce of
theomcerscameout olthe lenl.sloodfor a whjle,andevenrually split getingthroughthefist pickel,(which shouldbeno morerhan3 figurc!
up.wilhlwoofthem passing rigbtby thedeadsenrryandhimseltWith strong),andto possiblyreceivean esco.tto the nexrone,Dice ro see
everyone havinglett the rea, he slanedhis retumjou.neyalongby thepicketsreactionlpon fi6t meetingthe
Unionscout,
the fdohouse, back down the ndge, reachinghis horsewithout 1,2,34 - they ask as per story,with the scourplayer
adoptingthe
ordedy .ole. one of then otrering to showh'm the way.
Molnting again,he seton pasing thefiat pickerrith ease.ridine 5 or 6 - theyask for thecountersign, PROBLEM.The scourhasl'inr
on lowdds the ravine where he was fi$l stopped.and felr sure he moveandcaneithertryto rideotrth.ouehrhepicker.
or maydecidelo
would meetthe other picker again.calloping up ro the edgehe indeed shoolit out. If he plumpsfor flight, he
shouldmovean initial irot
saw the group of troopersbelow and nor wishing to sropro show any move.ashe is movingfrom a standingstan,(cand.awhis pistol).
concernby hins€lf. he stered down towardsthem.Pickingup hjs
pace.upon his descent,he called our Tallahassee, hoping it would save Dicelo s@thereaclionoiEACH oi thepicketif he ridespastrhem-
him for onelasrine. His call ihoughwasgr€eledwilh Haltoryou'rc 1,2,, stanled
a deadmm and fufther shout! irdicating rhe pickeB knowledgeof
bis trueiderlity,thesebeingquicklyfollowedup wirhtwo shors,one
oi whichgrzed Leighton\ l€fi cheek. 5,6,- fi.€shis pistoYcdbne.
Spuring on his horsedown the ravine,dmwinghis sword and Two shotspermovefor pistoland I percarbine,
revolver,vith no choicelefr to him burro .ide rhrolghthe picker,he lflhe scoDtplaye.decides on shootingit out, he shouldbe allowedto
crasbed righl into them. dnw his pistolandget offjust oneshot,for lhe first move,havingro
"Then I was in
their midst,shooling,stabbing.slashing.swearinS chcosewho he shootsat everylime he fires.
like a fiend".A troop€rslashedar him with his sabre,cuttinghim on Oncehe ha! firedoffhis one.ound,dicefor.eactionofeachofthe
lhe heada! hehinselfflailedleft andrighrwith hissab.e,fi.ingofhis picketusingtheabovetable.
pistol at wiU. His downwdd chargemanagedro ca.ry hin on and I - woundsandmissesshouldbe dicedfoa againusinga D6 andyou
throughthe pickerand he speedup rhe othefsideof the mvine,hi! maywantlo givethescouta betterchance at hittinghisB.getsandless
hose taking'r in ils slride. potentialfor .eceivingseriouswounds.Arm woundsfor the scoui
The shoutsandyells of lhe troopeAfilled the ravinebehindhim dd wouldbe a disadvatage and shouldhinderhim in fidng lhe rockers,
they were.eforming after the stom that hadjusl passedthrcughthem, usinghis weapons,not to mentionriding his ho6e. It is up to you
so he knewthey would soonbe afte. him. He managedto the reachthe whethe.you includehorsesin any woundcalculations.
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his sword may be a good tip, but as in the story you will haveto stop
cor@t pdsword to get through the second,untesshe d@idesro tjght the sentrycallingout. Usesomedice roll or meleerulesto seeif hc
bis way through.Havew.inen down 2 or 3 choicesof names,or A,B,C calh out md for resull of the grapple.
d possibl€ choi@s for rhe paswo.d, with the Confederateplayer 7 - If the alarmis given,then the geneal Vfmhouse men should
havingwntten downone of the threeon a bit of paper.The scourplaye. comeinto play,with thegane lhenresultingin a racefor thescourto
thenhasto guesswhich is tle corect ore. If rhe scouttajls in his get avay a besrhe can-Il however, the sentryis dispatched withour
choice.hecanget off againjust oneshol fi6t, asit ; assumedhis pisrot anysound,thenthescoutplaye.shoulddisguisehimsell app.oach the
would havebeenholstered.The secordpicket (of trouDd4or5 figures) tenl andlistenfor a set numberof pefiods-If yoD de feelingrealty
od tle g]lide, should then dice lite the lst picket for their reaction hateful,you coDldturthe.tesrrhescouisluck,with perhaps oneoflhe
usingthe previouschan. lf any of lhem fire, a ninus factor for 6ring atSenemlj nen from the farmhousecoming out to spenda pennyand
a moving targetshouldbe rakeninro account,d in the srorythe scout dicinglo seeif theynoticerhenew senrry.Oncethe liseninglime is
player is expectedto be galloping palt !ben. up, thegenerdhnen shouldcomeout ofthe lenr,againdicingto see
If it d@scometo blows,the scoutplayerhasrheprobten(if he is if theynoticeeylhing wrong.
not blown away),of oDtdistancingfte picket.As it is ni8ht, he should 8 ' Thenifallgo€s weu,thescoutplayershould.erunto hishorc and
just be able to get round tbe bend in the road, dd be able to hide thenon lo fte fi6t picket,with the diceweightedin favolr of a clean
behindsomet@/bu!h. The picket should,upon.idirg rear, dice ro s@ pas. Howeverfor lhe s{ond picker you may wdt the dice weighted
if they see him, taking inb acconntthe darknes. The scour player in favou of a challenge.
shouldfire fist if discoveredor, if nol, fte pick€t shouldride on back If lhe dice goesagairst the scout player. he will fire first, bur nor
until heis withina chargemovef.om themandyou maywanrto give
5 - lf all goeswell and the secondpicket is cl6ed, lhe scout playe. hirn a movementadvdrage, due ro his good ho6e.
shouldclimb the.idge dd arive at rhefam house.Tberc shouldbe an Ifhe doesget pastthem,rhenit is downlo a chase,with the scoul
infantry pickel of 3 or 4 meDin the f.rmhouse and rheycan cone into needingone move. to set up rhe rockersand one to fire eachof tben.
play if ar dam is sounded. You will haveto deide, as in the slory, how many rocketshe needsro
6 - The aclion of the tent sentryshould be diced for, as the challenge fire.
gilen by him a! the scout player approacheswill be, as p€r fte srory Thepickelshouldhaveiheusualreduction for sla.ringrhepursuirup
wronglymswered,(Unles you wantro do someguesschoicet. $e ravine bank and none for rhe scout if he chargeddown
the ravire. You may also wantlo havesomedisorganisedmovepenalty
lnconectreplyto thecounE6iSn,sentry'sacrion- appliedto thepicketilrhe scoutplayercharged rhroughthem,asit may
takethema movero refofin.
1.2- sks again Now all that may be a hle dice o.ientated.(and bloody
conplicaled),but theyre but initial scribbles. pre-gamed, dd do not
cover every eventuality,but hopefuuy give you a few jdeas.One last
point,you may wantto usetwo Unionscoutsro increase the chances
If thescoutis not seriouslyhit, it is up to hih whd he d@snext.IJse ofihe nission,incrcasing theConfederate numbeBslighrly.
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WEumrcroN n{ INDrA completewhat should havebeen a five day voyage,and atl on board
were slrickenby dysenterywhich killed 15 of rhe men.The regiment
Tnr Fnnxcn Coxxpcrrox reftbed Madrasin nid September,and werc narched inland whenfit.
WellesleyrcDaiDedin MadrasconcenrraringoDsraff work fo. ihe next
two monlhs. He was esp€ially concemedwith improvementof rbe
By Gary lluglts comnissdiat. The Brirish hadbeendefeatedin l79l becauseof supply
problems, whilstin 1792Comwallishadbeaenltpu\ field my only
The Frenchexpeditionro Egypr beganwirh iDpressiveobjecnves,and
to haveto abmdonmo$ of his artillery andmuchoI his baggagewithin
briefly lookedto havea g@d chanceof succes.With Malta md Corfu
sight of Seringapatam becauseof food shortages.
under rhe RepublicanTricolleur dd the demi-brigadesseeminSly
WeUsleyhadtGvelledextensively overthepaslrwoyears,andhad
uBtoppable on the banks of the Nile, fte Eastem Meditermean
studied as mmy actions and campaigrs a! possible,and decidedthar
seemeddoomed to becomea French late. p&isid engir@6 we.e
the best solutioDwould be to adaprto local condirionsand pmctices.
already consideringthe possibilities of p.oviding a deep-draughred
Merchantswere contactedto organisetravelling bazaa6, dd
canajto the Red Sea,via Suez,a! a meansof restorjngF.enchcolonial
wholesalegEin merchantswerc conlractedb supply rhe De.chanrs
influenceon the Indian Ocee, a plan which could havehad a profound
md also to povide bansporiaDimalsio rhe amy.
influenceupontheFd E4t. Any mees of reinforcinglhe Frenchnaval
Newsof rh€ Fr€nchinvasionof Egypt .qcbed India late in Ocrober,
lquadron at Mauritirs without having to pass through the srorny
and the possibiliry of Frenchtroopsrerching Mysore suddenlylooked
watersof the Cape,andthe Brirish forcesstarionedin the CapeColony.
more rcal than any ediier speculation.wirh only fte shorr voyage
could havedramaticallytilted tbe batanceof power
acrossthe Red Searaiher than round the Cape.Napoleonenteredinro
Nehon\ destructionof Brueyt fle! completelyw.eckedrhe plms,
co..espondence with Tipu and looked ar rhe possibiliry of crcsing to
and,crucjally, seemedto confino Napoieonand hjs veterd army to a
Mangalore.
tutile foreign station wherc they couid oo longer influence the
Wellesleywas rushed inlsd in Decemberfollowing rhe deaft of
continentalwd. Allhough Napoleon'splms to presson to India via the
ColonelAshtonof the l2rh Fool,who hadb€enmo.ratlywoundedin a
Red Sea were shelved.he insreadconsideredrhe possibility of a,
duelagaiBtMajorAllen,alsoofrhelzth. Nowtharheeasin lhe field,
oveded .oute, by eay of Syria and rhe apparentlyjnept Oroman
Wellesleyconcentrat€don drill od t.aining, and for the fi6l time was
Empirc. Again, $is came to nought nilitarjly, tdgely becauseof
able ro put iDto pdctice rheories that he had evolved about 6eld
British navalinterference,andFrenchmbidons in India wer€confiDed
commdd. EastIndia Companybattalionsalso beganasembling dd
to polilical actjviries, and rhe prcdationsot a iew roving prjvateeB
plying the seaImes of the Bay of Bengai_ brigading togeter, in nany ca.esfor the first time in severalyears.
Most sepoycompanies hadbeendeployedas individualgarisonsfor
The Bntisb had anticipated RepublicmFr€nchdesignson Egypt.
rhe pastsix years.andba alion-strength drill was complet€lyout of
and despatchedthe 12thRegirDentof Foot ro Madras,ard the 33rd ro
p6ctice. Musket drill and targel praciice w€re revised,md soonthe
Calcuttain the springof 1796.The 33rdk colonel wasArthur Wesley,
fonrard units qere begiming ro operate as a coherenr force. Hjs
a1 this time relatively uDknown, but later ro becomerhe Duke of
independence cane to an end at lhe closeof January1799when
Wellington. Tle voyage took ten gruelling months to complete,
General Harris and the slaff arived f.om Madms. The assenbled
bringing lbe 33rd to their new srarion early in 1797. Shoftly after
forcesnow amountedto mo.e thm 20,000men,wjlh 5 field Diecesand
disembarkation,news arived rhat SDainhad attied with the French.
43 sieSeguns at theirdisposal.Morethana quait€rof thetroopswere
The 33rd we.e assignedao a military o(peditjon against Manjla, a
Eurcpees. They receivedtheir narching orders al the beginning of
Spanish colonial possssion. Howevea this polenlially h^zardous
Feb.uary,whilst the covemor Generalserr a final ultimarun to l]pu.
mi$'on wa! cancelledbeforeir rea.hedrhe objecriveandmeretyted 10
IfTpu acceptedthetermsofferedthe expediion could be hahedbefo.e
th€ 33.d beingcoopedup on rrosport shipsfor severalmonrhs.
it crossed iirrohis leFitory,bu ifnot, the Brilishknewrhartheywere
The French no long€r held colonies in India, but they still had
operating on a pe.ilouslyshorrtimetable: Senngaparam wouldhaveto
considerable influenceanongstrhe Indianprinces,many of whon
betatenbeforemid-Maywher themonsoon season woutd ctosein and
employedFrenchofficeB to lrain then sepoyarmies.It wa! runourcd
preventdy tunhermilitaryoperalions for six month!.
$at the French might a empt to send troops to India, alrhoughthe
joumey would be fraught w'rh djficultis. Mysore and Hydenbad The amy was joined by a substanrialallied condngenlf.om
posed$e grcatesrnat've threatto British securir, specjally Mysorc. Hyderabad on 18 Febnary,comprisingsix EIC batralions of sepoys,
3600 other infetry 26 field piecesand 10.000inegDtd cavalry.
SDlte Tipu of Mysore had lost lenilory to the &!r India Companyin
Overallcommad fell upon M@r Allum, p.incipalminisre.to the
1792, md deeply resentedthe encroachmentupon hh soverei8nty.
Nizam of Hydeabad. Wellesley wd promptly appointed as Meer
Perbapsnore signjficanily. he had be€npersonaltyhumiliatedby rhe
Allumt advisor,md the 33rdFoorwe.e atrachedto .einforcerhesepoy
defeat, and nurtured a growing hatred of lhe British. However, he
ba$alions.LieuEnant,GeneralStuan was to lead a turrher amv of
realisedthat they could not be driv€n from India by Mysorealone,nor
6.000menand20 lieldgun.roJornlhemtromrheMa,abarcoa.t.we.l
evenby a confederationof Indie allies, bu! he would requne foreign
dsistance. He tumed to Ftuce, sending his ambassadorsfi.st to
The march$rough fte Baramahalwas laboriously slow, wirh huge
Maoritius-The Mysore pon of Mdgalore could otre. a safe berth fo.
numbels of non-combattartsand prodig'ous numbers of transporl
ey Republice vesselswhich did ventureout frcm Europeor north
animalsaccompanyiig lhe anny,progress waslimitedto tenmilesper
day.Mostestimates givetwo adherenbper combattar.whichwould
Further polical chdges inftuenced the course of events.Anhur
amountro 100,000md the supplytrainis generallytakenashavinSa
Wesleywasjoined in 1798by his two brofters, Rich&d and Henry,ar
simild numberof animals,so a rare of ten miles pe. day should
which time he chmged his nme to welleley. Richad Welledey was
probablybe looked upon as m achievemenlTofuriher impederhings,
appo'ntedGoverno. ceneral of India, Henry was his peBonal
the armystayedin campon oneday in three,bul despiteall this.lhey
scretary, dd the three brolhen were to prove a fomidable team.tn
crossedrnto enemylenitory ar rhe startof March,with light rroop!
July they begm prcpararionsfor war againsrMysoc. Troops and
p.oceedingaheadof fte main body to take rho border forts.
equipDentwec moved inro the .egion known as lhe BaraDahal,the
Hmis had receivedinformationthat fipu was concentrating his
direct roadto Seringapatam, Tiput capital.The l Tth fool movediDlard
eifortson defendinghis capital,and knew that lhe ionificaionsof
80 mil€sfrcm Madrasto Amee,andthe 33rd were orderedsoulhfrom
Se.jngapatamwerebeingslrengthened6 the advancep.ogrcsed. llpu
Bengal to join them. The joumey was very nearty a disajter, as the
had aho aakendelivery of new anillery recenlly, and had targely
\tditn?'] Fnzwillidn, c ttying $e colonel md half the regiment,ran
strippedhis oudyingrcgionsof defenca.In 1791,Com*allis had
onto a reef sho.tly after leaving Calculla. It took thr@ weeks to
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takenthe town of Bangalorcod usedit d a foNed bde againsttbe
sultan,but Tipu hadd@idedlo adopta sfategy of d€fendingthe capital
wilh narimum force, andenbarked upona scorched'e.rthpolicy.The
lown Bangaloreeas largely dstoyed and the defencesdemolished,
and a wide bmd of teritory was scouredof arything that nighl be of
use to the altackers.Harris's army ca.ried considerablesupplies,but
werc relidl upon local fodder for the huge number of dGDght
buUocks,mules dd cmels tl'at plodded alongsidethem. The road
towardBdgalore was rapidly Fansformedinto a banen wildemess.
Tiput cavalrywe.e sigbtedsoonafter crossingthe border,andkept
warch for opportunities to h36s lhe invaders-The amy *a! now
movinga a hug€rectangle of th.eegiganticcolumns.with Hnis md
his annyfoming the left column,Mee.AllnmandWellesley eith the
Hydembadarmy as the right column, dd rhe baggagetdin in the
centre.The counlrysidewasldgely open,ideally suitedto cavalry,bur
therc were scatte.edgrovesof trees which affo.ded somecove. The
advmce had coveredonly 15 miles beforc it came under concerted
cavalry.The allied anny pressedon, with tie baggagein fie centreand
Tle Hyderabadcolum was atlackedf.om front, Jlark and rear,but Brilish md HvdeEbadamies at eithe.side.and a screenof allied
not in sumcient strengrhto caosereal concem until 2.000 Mysore cavalry md light infdLf pickets deployed in advance-The ca%Iry
cavalry einerged from cover The Hyderabad rearguard was were supponedby horse artillery locally desiCnakda! ?allope6",
monenhrily caughtotr gMrd, and one EIC half-companytook h€avy 6 dislinct from the majo.ity of the artillery which was d.awn by
casualtiesbefo.e the Mysoreanse€re driven offby a combinationof bullock and could not move faster ilan the infantry but th€ guns
volley fire. gmpe-shot from a pair of 6pd. guns, and a cavalry lhemselveswerestandardsix-pounders.As fte ad ncedguardneaied
comterchargeled by Wellesley. British casualtiesmoDnted to 20 fte village, they cameunder incGasingly heavy long-rangefire fron
killeded 3? wounded, mosiy EIC infantry.Mysorean casualheswerc Tlpu's€nillery andthenha.assing attacksby paniesof Mysoreliehl
cavalry dd infdtry amed with rockets.
Tipu's cavalry wirhdrew and did nol auempt any funher anacks By now ir was latein the aftemoonmd thercw@ probablyno more
against the majn army, but continu€d rhei. observation,and thana coupleof hourstull daylight remaining.Hanis sentorders10his
concentratedtheir effortN on p'cking off st.agglersand smaU brigadecomnandersto engagellpu in the field before he had chance
detatchmenls.Although ihere werc numercusMysorc cavalry in the to withdmw,and fte alli€darmy rapidlydeployed.If fipu couldbe
area.Tpu dd his main armyweretempodily pittedagainstStuan defearedin theopenit mighteliminaretheneedfor a cosrlysieeelater
The Bnfsh army deployednrs! but was hinderedby roush sround,
Al the outsetof op€rariors,Stuan's force wasjudged to be weak in andadvmcedasa wedgeor v sbapedformaton of th.eebrigades,wilh
calalry, so he had beeno.derednot to movedown onrothe flat Mysorc Baird\ Europeanbrigadelqding. Wellesleyadvancedthe Hydeabad
plainunil Harits :my mived, but was to ecDpy d dea of high infarFy and th€ 33rd Foor as an oblique line of colufrns ove. sligbdy
grcundknowna! the WestemChauts".He foundthisdifficull,d the c,earerterrain ro lneir left, and had rhems*ing from column to line a
Weste.nGhautsdid not havea foruard arcasuitablefor his eniire amy they approached the low ndge where rhe Mysoreanguns were
to camp,andfte roadrhroughrhemwasa l0 mile longwindingpass.
He posbd rwo bartalionsof sepoysdd a half-dozen6 poundersat rhe Ipu\ amy seemed to remainstaticon thecrestad continued with
fosaJd end of $e pa!s, and waited with the rcst of his men I 2 miles rheirbombedmenr, alrhoughrrcop\may havebeenmovingunseen on
tunher west in a morc secureposition.Tipu s a.my arrived beforerhe the reve$e slopes.As wellesley's infantry recommencedtheir advarce
passon 5 Mdch, the sahe day asHarriys varguardcrossedthe border up tbe slope,a colomnof 2,000 or 3.000Mysoreinfantrystan€d
md Stuart sent anotherbatralion of sepoys|o reinforce the fovard tushingdowntowddsthe33!dFoot.The Britisbhalted.lookaim.and
posilion. The Mysore infantry a acked eady the following moming. loosed a cmshing volley at a dislece of only 60 yards wbich
but werc held at bay by fte superior firepower of the defenders, de%tated lhe headof the column andhaltedits adEnce. As the smoke
sp@ially by the aitillery liring gmpeshor Ahhough Tpu's nen had cleared,the 33rd presed fosa.d with bayonetslevelled.supponedby
managedto inliltrate lhe .ocky heightsand atack fte sepoysposition unitsof alliedcavalry, andthecolumnwasrapidlyputlo flight,leavinS
trom all sides.they still madeno headwayWhen Stuan mdched up perhapshalf ns original numberon the field.
rhe pass eirh a fresh Europeo battalioD. aftiving in the edly Whilst Welledey faced off the atacking collmn, Baird's brigade
afternoon, the Mysorelroopswithdrew,leaving2.000deadbehind foud itself attackedby ldge numbersof Mysorc car€Iry supponed
by infutry, but after a brief, and largely one-sided fireight, the
Allhoughthe positionhad beenheld againstoveflhelmingodds, Mysoremswerc driven off in disorder Hadits troops had caried the
Stuan wirhdree back doM rhe passto his nain iorce and a morc field qirh few casuallies, bur Tpus army had wi$drawn into the
secureposition. Tipu wirhdrew rowdds rhe easr.and re-deployedto gathenng duskandfallenbackon thecapiral.
Despite tunher efions a! delaying fte Brifth advance, using
Haniscontinuedon the roadtowardBangalore for anotherweek. scorchedeanh tactics, the allied armies were within sight of
but found increasingproblemswith the lack of fodde. for his supply SerinSapatamby 4 Ap.il. Tle toM was large and strongly fortified,
animals.md larye scale pilferjng, posibly by discontenleddrovers. with valls ofsolid gmnireandnuoerousguns.Il vd alsobuillo. d
On 19 March, he tumed the anny otr the Bangaloreroad and head€d island in the fork of the river Cauv€ry,which closely flankedthe north
djrecrlytowardSeriDgapatm.Withina few miles,theamy suddery and *est of the lown. The southdd eastwerc turther strengDenedby
found tmcts of untouchedland with plentiful forage.Aheadof them outlying eanh\rorks and redoobts.To the south of the river wd a
lay a 20 mile wide stretchof denselyforestedland, which might have turtherline of enkenchnents. now largelyganisonedby lipu's field
fo6ed m easily defensible obstacle,bur lh6 eneny did not appear any, and to the wst a line of entrenchnenBand somesmall forward
againuntil fie amy cleeedthe othe.sideon 26 Mdch, deployedon works protectingbridgesacrcs lhe .iver Beyond this lay a winding
low hiltsoved@Kngthevillaeeof Malavelley. aquadDct whichcouldbeutilisedasa turtherlineof defence. The riler
'IipD had a nunber
of field piecesin position,posibly b€$ l8 wascurentlyfordablealnostanywherc, but ifTipu couldjustholdthe
pounde6, supportedby infmtry dd elephmn, md nDmerouslight anackersar bay unril the staJtof the monsoonsqson, lhe swollenriver
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woDldnale the site impregnable, This gave tbe allied amy d exellenr foNad position.The
The fonifications, although *ell built 6d exrrenely sLong, were aquaduclafforded .easonablecove., and wa, in places,only 1,500
nol very weUlaid out. Unlike EuroDean"Yauban"fonre$es with their yards from lie waih of Seringapatam. T$o 12 poundeBwere
cderully pluned deular design, the majonty of guns on fte wals positionedbehindthe enbankmentat Shawes postro begina spohdic
werenot sitedto give enfilading fire againstaltacldngcolumrs. Haris bombddment. Howeve.Wellesleytpicketlineon theopenflanknow
recognisedthe urgencywirh which he neded to succeed,and viewed exEndedfor almost I I miles, md requiredalmosrhalf the Hydeabad
a direct assaultagainsrrhe iown as being the only courseavailableto
him. The mo$ dirst methodwouldbe an alsaulragainstrhewesrem Hanis despatcheda large force of cavalr), inlantry and anittery
walls of thetown. Therewar no poinrtrying to sunoundrhedefend€rs, unde. Lieutenant-GeneralFloyd rc neel up vith Stuan\ amy od
so Haris's amy campedto rhewestof the rownwith oneflank sec!.ed escortil acrosstheplain.Theywerefollowedthrolghourfte joumey
by lhe river and some rough ground prorecting thei. red. The by groDpsof Mysore light cavalry, watching for ey opportuniry to
Hyderabadamy wa! canped alongsid€.bur wirh an open fldk thar attack,bul arrivedsafelyon the l4rh. They weregiven a day to .esl dd
necessitated a long line of foruard pickets. re-provision,
andlhennoved fodad to @cupyfteir siegepositions
The allied forces begm to ser e into rbei. siege caDps on the
aftem@nof th€ 4th, dd HMis immediarely comrEnca ope.aoons H€ftis s fo.ces had spentthe days between6 April and 16checking
by asigning Baird, d brigadecommdder of the day, ro reconnoilre and soning storcsand aismbling siegeequipmenr.F@d tookedro be
towdds the town. Tbe evening was b.ight and moonlil, and Baird in porentially shon supply:rherewas only enoughto lasruntil mid
encountercdno oppositionon the adlance.atthoughhis force 80! tost May ifthe almy ws put ontohalf-mlions. Fo.aSingpaniesweresenr
in somewoo.Uand andnedly blundered jnro'ItDu\ entrcnchments.
A out Io fnd wharcould be obtainedlocatly,dd on his retumwith
group of inquisitive Mysorc cavalry were easily b€atenoff on the Suran,Floyd wa despatchedback ro fte Bamnahal ro b.ing rorwa.d

As rhe allied aimies consolidat€dlheir cmp and nade turther B.itishsiegeworksvere beginningto advance, wirh furrherworks
prepdationson the 51h.]jpu begd redeployinghis arny. Recognisi.g being raiseddound the aquaduddd more glns moved fo$ard. The
lhat the main Brirish threarlay to the *est oflhe rown, he wi$drelr nexloffensive movecamein theev€ningoftbe i7lh, wirh sruarr,s men
mostof the troopsfrom the foedd enrrenchments andredoubtsro the taling a ruined village md old redoubtnofth of the river. and Ma.jof
south east. dd seft some ro hold forued posirions alongsidethe Macdonaldleadinga battalionof sepoysto takethe lor*ard tributary
aquaduct. From $erc, they wereabteto fire rockelsinto the British oftheriver Bothaltackswentsmoothlywirhonly tok€xr€ssance,oo
canp du.ing fie aftemoon. Hads gave Wellestey,as bngade the roops promptly beSd lo dig in. A sap wasdug froD Macdonald\
conmdder of the day. the talk of cl*ing the aquaducr,and two posiion back to the embarkDenr, and further troops werc moved
fufiherobjectives: tbe villageof Sultoperah,and rhewoodedgrove forward.Three hundredyardsin liont of Macdonaldt position was a
where Baird's men had run into trouble the night beiore. Wellesley fo( buill aroundd old powde. Dill. This wa5 amcked the following
choseto use the 33rd Foot and two sepoyba$alionsfo. the task,aDd ni8ht, and a batteryrapidlyconstrucred aroundit. Wo.kingparties
two of Heis\ sepoybaltalionsplus the 121hFoot under Lieutenanr htrfied to add funhe. sapsand paellelsunde.coverof darkne$to
Colonel Shawewere lo support(be action from the north. The lirle connet theposirions. On thefroming of the zlsl, a barreryof six 18
columnndched out asrhesunsel.with Weltesley ridingar thehead pounders wasbroughtintotheDewbarteryed commenced fire against
otthe33rd.
The aquaductwas on a .aised enbankment, and was boundedby StuanconsoUdated his positionand addeda ba&ry siiedto fire at
nunerous small nelds and inigation dirches.As the cotumn the nonh-*e$ comer of rhe rown walls, bur iound himseli unde.
approachedthey cameusder sporadicrockertire. but rhe 33rd quickty increasinglyheavyfire. As rhe eveninggrew dark a ldge force salli€d
canied the posilionwirh 6xed bayoDers, Ir was at this poinr rhar oui from the town againslhis positjons,Ied by Lally,s baftalionof
Wellesley realised that the woods werc on fte far side of lhe Frenchveterans. Thesoniewaseventually conlainedandrcpuhed,but
watercoune,which in some placesreached6 feel deepand 15 feet not without serious hand,to-handfighting anongsr rhe British
wide.Silbouetted againsr theskylineatthetopof theembankment, the entrenchmenb. Mysoreanlossesqe.e heavy.Lally'svet€rans who ted
33rd again came under fire, dd were forced to advarcedovn into rhe attackhad beenin fipu,s servicelor 20 years.but were ltill
relative ddkness. As they did so, they found fufther fields, inigation vreorousenoughto tale rhe B.itish emplacements md were onty
dirches, grovesol bamb@.md smaugrcupsof Mysorelighl infdry. repulsed by conce.ted bayoner charges.
Wellesley plunged a,headwnh the flank comptuies who Gpidty Furrherbatenesand pdallelsweredug ove. the next few nights
b@ome more dispersedby the remin and lh€ir opponenB.Eighl wilhout incidert, dd a prolongedbombardmenrbeganon the rnoming
grenadies were captured,and anotherdozen,including their offtcer, of the 261h.The British l8 poundesasigned ro the bombddmenr
killed. The 33rd blunde.edabout in lhe confuseddarknessfor some provedhighlyetrectilein ften task.od enjoyeda noriceable degree
time before.ecrossingthe aquaducrin disorder The wood .emainedin ofaccuracy. Slllans gunsfoundrheaddedbonustharmostshotswhich
enenyhanG.The sepoybattalions badnotcomeinto acdonatall,but went over their tdget actuallyldded fudher along rhe wesrem
had waited for orde6 at the far side of rhe watercouse. When defenceswirh grearereffecr than could be hopedagainn the gunson
Well€sleyevenually found his way backto the force,nesavcoruec o rhe nonhemwall. Neady all defendinggunshad beensilencedby
hold the enb.*ment and retDmedto campto.epon having faited in noon,o. had at leastabodoneddy prerence of coDnrer barre.yfre.
his mission. Shawe\ force had reachedthe aquaducrtargety Mdy of thedefending gunsweresimplyremovedfiom lheirpositions
tnopposedapan from somei(jlating rocket fire, bur in the darkness to be savedfor later need.
his sepoybatlalionshadeachmistakenthe otherfor enemyforces,and Wellesleywasroste.edfor duty ar noon,dd w6 giventhe taskof
had entercd into a wildly inacurde firetighl. Therewere,fortunatety, clering rhe remainjngforward defenc€sro the wesrol Seringapatam.
few casualtier.arthoughtbe commanderof one of the bairationswas He recognisedthe enon he had commi(ed in auackingthe aquaducr
killed, possiblyby his own men.Shawwaspoeerlessro stopthe fracas withourproperreconaisance and withoul b.iennghis subordinates,
dd had to wai! for it !o abateof irs own accord. andnadea poiniofcarefullyplming thecomingaction. Hehadmosl
The bngadecommandrora sbetchedfor 24 hou6 from noon. so ofthe foruard Britishunitsar his dhrrosat.andinnialy assigned two
Wellesley w6 still on dury the following moming when Hmis columns,one of four Scottished four sepoyconpaniesand rhe
dehiled fresh units to take rhe aquaducr,rhreeba alioru of infarlry secondof iour compdres of rhe TJrd F@r ed four moe .epoy
(one European.two sepoy).four 12 pounderguns, and ca!€try units companies, to assauh fte Mysoreentrcnchmen$ wirh fixedbayonets_
supponingthe fla*. Tle daylight anack went withoDlany problems, The dsaults met vinually no opposition,manyof the defendes
andIput forwad units withdrew acrcs the rivei simply left thei. t enchesand wadedback ac.ossrhe riler ro rhe town
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walh, dd Wellesleynow sentforwdd his reserveunits.rhe 74thFoor,
lbeRegimenlde Meurcn,andseveral sepoyuniB,ro suppo.tthealtack
againstth@ tunher posirions:rhe Ravelin, the Cncubr Battery,and THE FINAL ASSAULT
lbe StoneBridge. The attack again prcceededwell, and rhe 74th and
fte Regimentde Meuron followed the let eatingMysoreansalmosts Bairdwasassigned to leadtheassaDlt
forces.Thesewere10iom two
fa. astheSedngapatam wallsandtheMysorecare.Ir wasat thispoint colunns.eachwirh then own commandqand objectives. The left
lhat the attackbegu to faller. column.underLieutenanl-Colon€l Dunlop,consisedoffte l2rh and
Both lhe Ravelin md the Circular Battery were open backed.and 33rd F@t, six Europeanflank conpanies,ed ten sepoy flank
lheir design having b@n influenced by Fr€nch advice. were direcrly coDpanies. Therc wer€ also 50 adillerymenmd 150 gun la.ca6.
overlooked by adilleryposilionsin themaintowndefences. Theguns Pioner with bamboofa$ines and scalingladdes compleEdfte
in the town may also havebeenloadedand ained duringdaylight force,givinga toralof 3,000men.The righrcolDmn,led by Colonel
ready tor any night fighting. Whateverlhe case,Wettesley\ foNard Sherbrook€. wasmadeup ofthe ?3rd md 74thFoot,four Eurcpean
unils sooncameunderheavyand accuratefi@ ad *ere forcedto flankcompaDies, l4 sepoyflankcompanies, and200pickedfren from
withdmwto find coverW€llesleyrcnewedhis attackat sunrise.with fte Hyderabadamy. Again, dere were 50 anillerymen,150 gun
all mennow issuedwith either a pickaxeor a shovelso that theycould lascds,plus pioneers with bamboofascinesandscalingladde$.The
d'g in and consolidateany ground tajcn- The oule. works were finaUy riebtcolumnhada btal ol 2,800men.Eachcolumnwaslo be Iedby
secured by 10 a.m.Wellesley\loses mountedlo 72 menkiltedand a forlomhopeof 38 voltnteen.
226 wounded. Another19werelistedasmissing. The two columnswereto moveup to fte Bririshfrcnt line under
Hdis concenfatedeffortson the conslrucrionof breachingbareries cove.of ddkness,md rmain concealedin the forwardrenches for as
at a distanceof under400 ya.ds from the main walh. The fist baltery long as posible-UponBandt signal,whichwasplannedfor I p.m.,
wascompleted on the 28tb,md on lhe 29thwas occupiedby sir l8 rhey wereto rise frcm their posilions. fom up and c.os the river and
poundes which commencedflre at lie nonh-wesren eorncroauons. go up into lhe b.each.Oncethroughthe breach,thecolumnswerenor
Fufthe. batlerieswere addeddunng the next tpo nidts unil all 39 of lo enler the city, bur were to Drcceedarcund the otrter defencesin
Haris's siegeguns,plusa numberof howitzeBmd largerfietdpieces oppositedirectionsuntil theymet agair ai the fd sid€.ln this way it
werc in use.On 2 May, nre was shifted ftom secondarytargersand was hopedthat the enti.€defences couldbe talen in one go. As the
concentrated againstthe walk ftemselves, until a pradicabtebreach columnsadvanced theywereto cleareachbaiion alongtheway and
qas declaredon the 3rd. Hdis commenced plansfor the assaDlt. leavea Europeancompanybehindro hold n. The aniuerymenwere
bopingif possible,to succeed on rhe first attempr.The siegecamps prcsumably ro ldle possrslion oley capturcdpraes.
wererunnjngperilouslylow on food. alrhoughFloyd was bringing Wellesley was giren comnand of a reservelorce of 4,400 men,
moresupplies, but lhe chiefconcem.emainedthe monsoonsedon.It conprisingthe Regim€ntde Meurondd follr sepoybatralions, *ith
was already 3 May, dd rhe nonsoons would start ar some lime instructionsto supportthe two attackingcolumnsas required.To
betw@n 15 and 25 May, probably aroundrhe 20th. Haris neededro avoidovercrcwding theatack,his forcews to remainin rheirrrenches
iake the town with one overwhelming alrack,and decidedlo alsign until lhe two columnshad crossedthe river and rhenhe wasfre ro
vlrtually every availableunit to the taik. He neededthe altack to be precedeusinghis own judgenent. The B.itish gxnscontinDed lheir
slrong enoughto succeed,bur wirhout having so mdy men that rhey bomba.dmenl throughoutthe morningof Ap.il 4th to pr€ventany
would be cmmpeddd hamperedin then progres. He also neededto enemyrepai. work around the brqch ed to keep the walls clear of
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trenches.One of Tipu's oflices, who had beenrained by the Bn&h, some yeffi, md was intent on rcvenge,but bis order not to tale
guesed what was happeningdd wamedhis commmdei prisonersws p.obablybded upon military principles:they would
As Baird's watch reachedthe appointedrine he gaverhe signal ior havehampered|he inovementof thetrmps on rheconllnedouterwalls,
the assaultcolutuIs to fom. The anilbry cont'nuedrhek supporring dd *ould haverequi.ed*orts to tale thembackto B.itish lines, He
fire whiht theydssed their ranks,but ceded d they beganro fod the was, accordingto Wellesley,"gallant, hard headed,lionhearted,but
river, which was fou. feer de€p at this point. The forlom hopes had no tact,ard had srrongp.ejudicesagainstthe natives".By the time
scEmbledup the rubbleahed of them,to b€ Det by a tusiladeof shots that oder wa! restorcdto the city, 9,000 of rhe gadison had been
and a countercharge. The columnsalso b€ganro.eceive artillery tue killed.
ftom towe6 turther along rhe wall. Tbe fighting in the b.sch lasred
only six or sevenminules beforc theaftackerssweptrhrcughby weight AFTERMATH
or numbeBaDdsheerferocity od bega to deploy for their auo ed
1ask5,Dunlop was badly woundedby a Mysore swo.dsmanand rook The palace w€! securedfrom looters gering in, and from Mysore
no fnnhei pan ir the altack,blt his menwereweu briefedand caried t.oopsescaping, by rhe 33rdFootstandinggudd overir, but fo. tbe
next two days rhe rown was looted dd plundered.Wellestey wa!
At the top of the brqch, Baird realisedthar rherewa an imer eal delailedto resroreorder,which he rapidlyachievedby haneinedd
aDdditchfilled with water,bu!.athertho dive( f.on his colrse,he floggiDgdissidents,andwasmadetempooryconmmdantofthecny
corfinued with the ag@d pld dd tumed south wilh Sherbr@ke's Tipuwasbu.ied*ith full milira.yhonouAon theeveningoi5 May,
colunn, along the couse of the west wall towardsfte lowes and midsr a sudderviolentthundeGtorm whichflooded$e .iver for 48
healy defencesof the Mysorc cate. hou6. Severalof Stuarr'sofficers and menwerestruck by lighrning.
Dunlop\ column proc@dedajongthe waUsto lhe nodh, andaround Floyd arrived with his sDppliesor the l4rh. a veek befo.e rhe
the nonh we$ comd wirh few difficultia dd rhen .an into serioDs monsooDb.oke in emest,
opposition. ln Ao ofthem a frenziedgroupled by a sho.tfat officer Bairdt conductin the afhath of the assaultis occ$ionally
defendedevery mve6e and $*er wirh a hail of shot,and the column conmentedupon.He wasenraged whenHads appointed Wellesley, a
ground to a hrlt. Tne officer himself kept up an accu.atefire. and junioroffcer,commardant.
picked off seve.alofljcers using hunt'ng weaponswhich were loaded
dd passedro him by serants. They wer€alsounderflanking nrc frcm ORDER OF BATTLE
$e inner wall, which they could nol effectively rcspondto. The wal
was weUconstructedand aFo.deddeenr cover to the defendeF,and Mad.as&my: Lieutenant-General Harris
couldnorbestomedat bayoner poinrbecause of thewartr filleddilch.
The assault wastemporarily hanginS in rhebaldce. LieutenaDnceneral Iloyd
Captai. Goodallof lhe l2th Foot saw the obviousdange.in the l91h& 25lhDragoons
siluationandlooked for a soturion.He found a nmow coffedan brck Ist,znd,3rd,& 4th NativeCavalry
towaidslbe brceh, and ied his companyacros in singtefile. The
oppositionwar caugbt off-guard, and gradually,after a fierce melee, Major-Gen€.al Brids4
thecompany stablishedirselfatlheftu sideandDroceeded to clearthe l2th & 74thFoot.Scobh Brigade"(lare.94thFooo estimated
ime. wau of defenders,and rhento pour rheir own flanking Ureonto 2,100
ylst, l/6rh, I/8th. lnzth, 2/3rd,& Zlnh MadrasNatile Infamry
defendeBon the outerwall. The column,f.eed from rhe crcsfi.e.
npidly gainedmomentum againandswepron aroundtheouterwall.
Boil columns werc now proceedirg according ro plm, although
the.e *ere still isolaredstrongpointsand areasof fie.ce resistan.e. MqioFcene.ar Popham
including the Suilan Batlery, the defencessulroundingTjpu,s 73rdFoot,Regimentde Meuron
dungeons,and rhe Waler Gate, a long tunnel through ar earrh and tsl,znd,& 3rd BengalVoluntee. hfanry esrimated3.000
masonrywall,whichwasclearcdby a combination of plaroonvoleys Z5th. & Z9rh Madra! Narive Infanrry esrimared2,000
ad hand'lo,hmdfighting-The two colunnsmet as plmnedat the
Bangaloregateon the ftu side of rhe towr.
The oute. walh and gatesq with regularBdtish The fo.cecommenced operations with 56 field pieces:
conpaniesposted10holdeachore, bur perhaps a halfofTtput men 2xl8pd6, 8x 12pds, 38x6pd^. 8x3pds
had still not ben commined.Somewere outsidethe walls in the
fortifiedcamp,andtherewasrhepossibilitytharOoseinsidemightuse 22x4pdls.30xl8pdrs,8xl2pdrs
'Ijpu\ palace
as a final line of defence.The 33rd werc already The-ece'e also7 howrlztrs.4 for field useandJ lor leee
mountingan auackagainstfte palace,bur werecalledotr and offic€rs The train was mannedby 60Egunnes dd I ,433lasca6.
were sent in 1o negotiatesurerder lerms, The commanderof the Finallytherewde a numberofengin@s andpioneers, supported by
Seringapatamand two of Tipu\ sons.eadily ag.eed,but Tipu himself almosl1,000pioneersepoys.
wasnot in the palacs he hadbeena! rhe foreftontoi the fighli.g on the Total infantrystrengthanounledto 3.650Europeans (presumably
nonhwall,lh€shonfat officerwilh rhehuntingrifles. includingofficersfor nativebaltalions)and 10,695sepoys,which
Wellesleyh resedeforceplayedno pan in theasaun,no assrsrancewouldgivem average batlalionstrergthof?0Oand1000respectively.
seemedn€cesary. Postingthe Regimen de Meu.on in the breachto Tlte Regimentde Meuronwas originallySwissin ihe serviceof
preventhis sepoysfrom lootingthe town,Wellesteystoodhis nen Holland,andwasentirelycomposed of Eu.opean t.oops,ahholghnot
down and went in ro flnd Band and rhe otier officers garheredat the acuallyBritisb.
palace.As night fell. they werc led to the water galeby ore of'Itput
offcqswho knepwherehewas,andfoundhisbodyamongst rhepjles BombeyArmy: Lieutenant-Gene.al Stuart
of deadin thelongtDnnel. The barrl€wasetrecrively over
The assaulthad cos! 389 csualries,including25 officeBand 43 Lieutenanl-Colonel Montresor
membesof rbefodombope,buthadreapeddisproportionate toseson 1/2, l/4. & I/3 Bombay Infantry toralstrength1,988
lhe garison.A! the commencemenr of lhe assaultthec were13.?00
troopsin the gmison and a further8,100outsidelhe walls in the LieutenanFcolonel Dunlop
fonifiedcamp.Bairdgale insrrucrions notto rakeprisonesduringthe ?5th & 77th Foot, Bombay Europeans (laterl03d Fooe
attack.He had beer chainedup in fipu's dungeonas a prisonerfor tolalstrengrh1.454
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Lieutenolcolonel Wisemm nunber of attacksby cavolry on the ve, rear and flank guards.The
115.212.& A3 Botnbayl^fetry roralstrengrh
2,055 ldgesr of thesewd th€ a(ack by 2.000 cavalryagainstthe @rguard.
Wellesleytvanand red 8uardseachconsisted oi a half compmyof
Lieutenhrcolonel Lawmm the 33.d Foot plus l0 half compdies of sepoysand a pan of six
166gunners & 344lascars
with 20 fieldpieces
totalstrcngth510 Poundets. Givrn thartheave€eesfienglhoirhe.epo) comprnies w..
I00 men,andthe33dcouldmanage 78 menrhiswouldgiveanaction
Lieutenant-Colon€lSanorius with 539 infantryagainst2,000cavalryAs this wouldonly give 13
Engineersand pionee.s total strength423 against50 al a ratioof 1:40,I would suggesrusinga ratioof l:10,
which would give a .edonable force of infantry.Two hundr€dcavalry
figuresis probablymorethanmostplayerscould field,soinslead.
field
Niam of Hyde.abad's Army: Mee. Allum advised by Colonel as manyasyou have,atrdusea Ho.des"sysrenqherebyfrsh unirs
aniveon thetable'sedgeasfasrasenoughcaslalliesnaveamasseo ro
33.dFoot loralstcngth?88 TheTput fieldamy rgainstStuaitwasbahp€redbt tenain.SLuan
i/10 & 2:/l0BengalNaliveInfanrr rotalstrength2,001 couldcomfo(ablydeployonly lwo ba alions,allhoughhe reinforced
I 11l, 2l1l ,42, & U4 Ma&at NativeInfantry lotalst€ngth4,m5 the posilionwith a rhirdimmedialelybeforerhealtack,whichwould
142gunnea& 3l8lascaGwift 14field pieces btal strength 460 amountto 2,000fren in total.Tipu wasablero altackfrom frontod
rem,andto a limitedexrenrfrom theflmks, bul is generallytakento
Hydembad infantry rotalstrength3,621 outnumbe.rhe attackers by 4 or 5 io I. At a l:40 ratiorhiswoutdmean
Hydembadcavdry esrimared10,000 50 figuresagainst200,againa high numberfor rheatbckerlo field.I
Naiiveanillery: 26 gunswith gunneBdd lascarsrotalstrength 350 sugeestcar€fuluse of the terrain(it was the end of a verl ndrcw
mountainpass)to hqvily restnctdeployment. This shouldgive the
Mysoreforcesare difficult to estimate. opportunilyto use hordesof altackersor to try dd co-odinale waves
The main dmy was that bded at Senngapatamunder commdd of of attacks.Stnart'srelief marchdivinS in rhe aftemoonwas 700
SultanTjpu himsell On the momingof4 May rhisnurnbered 13,73? strong,andshoDldhavean elementofchdce attached ro its tiDing.
withinthecitywalls,wirh a furthef8,l00inlhe fonifiedcampouiside. Tipu\ field a.my when deployedat Malaveuy was largcly
There had alrcady b€€nnumerouscasualriesinflicred upon this force unengag€d. only a columnof 2-3,000menfeatured against wellesley\
in the rwo main field engagemerrs,prcbablyin exces of 2,000at qch, line,pnncipallyagaiDst the33rd.butastheyd.ewclose.alsoatiracting
md doubdessnmy more du.ing the bombardmenrdd fighting for lhe attentionof sepoyunits and cavalry canled rhar rherevas
outer works. Most were light infantry There wa! no shodageof spomdicfire, especially by anillery againstrhesupporting unirs,but
muskets, ]lpu hadaround90,000ofthemsrockpiled, jnctuding13,000 thesewerenoIpaniculadyinvolvediDtheaction.Sinilarly,on Ha..ijs
ol British manufachrre,althoughthe conditionof manywas desc.ibed flankthe acrionwas largelylimited to d atuck againsrthe leading
Eu.opedunit.qhich in thiscde wal rheI2rh & 74lhFootandScorch
A large proponion of his lroops were amed with rockers.These Brjsadc.2.100srrong.Civen rhatTipu's amy weretargelyunseen
were rairly lighlweighr prcj@tiles,more akin ro jet-poeeredjaveljDs becaus of the crestof ihe ridge, units shouldbe atlowedhidden
thu the usual Congreve-slyleatIiuery alsociated wth Napoleonic movemenland tigures only required wh€n acluauy deployed
rocketry allhough therc may have be€n{ome heavierryp6. Therc ofiensively. It will be in the Britishinterestio b.ing the mainforces
were certainly son€ very long-rangeones, although accuracywa!
The attacksagainstforward works at Sedngapatammight eoally
Mmy of his infdtry *ere swordsmeD, dd may posibly have be suiledto skirmishganing,and Baird'sandWellesley s nightraids
cmied buckle6. Giventhe naturcof siegewarfarerhesemay well have on lhe aquaductmay be moresuirablero onesidedplay whercthe
'ncludeddismountedcavalry pnncipal obj€ctiv€would surely be ro 6nd a safe way back i.om the
Posibly his bestinfslry w€reamongstLally\ Frenchbattalion. woodedgrcve.Mostof theactionsduringthe siegewerequitelimited
There were 287 cmon mounledon the walh, and a turrher 929 in scope,dd shoDldeasilyaccomodate a high figure.atio,perhaps
l:10. Eventhe Rnalalsaultwould be a conrender for a ratioof this
In addition,therewerc at lealt lwo indepedent conmandsof note: level:allhoughtherewerelargenumbersassigned to the attack,they
IpD's son, Futteh Hyder aided by Purne.h, wirh a mixed force verc employedon a very naftow frontage, the videsr poinl in the
including ar least one field piece, vas opqaring close ro rhe lown_ assaultbeiDgthe acoal breachin the main walls,and that was too
NumbeBcanonly be guessedat, but they werein sufilcienrstrengrbro nanow for the atrackersto deployprcperly.Many of rhearackeGwere
attackSluan\ positionson 3 May. detailedto simplyfollow up th€ asault and holdgroundafterit had
CummerU Deer led a largeforcein punuirofFloydt derachmenr b€entaken,so would not needto be rcpresenredin a rec.ealionof the
soeKngsuppliesfrom the Balmaial, althoughneverwith nifficienl
confidenc€to facen in an openenga8emenlnoyd had atl rhe rcguld
cavalrywift him pluslhreesepoybartalions. civen $ar a largebody FIGURE AVAILABILITY
of Mysorc cav.alryhad followed hin when he wenl to escon Stua.t
fromthemountains. it couldtJethatthis wa rhesameforce,in which Oddlyenough,therca.enot manyrdges whichfearureIndid troops.
casethe strenglhwas probably2-4.000light cavalry I had.alherexp*ted a few Clive in hdia" rangesalongsideSYW
Both subordinateforcessurende.edon l0 May. figlreswhichmightbavebeenpresedinto seNice,buralhoughmost
manutachrreB happilyproducefiguresfor theFrcnchandIndianwa6
GAMING OPTIONS in Carada.theyseem1ohaveoverlooked India.
Howeverin 25mmrn.Redoublhave .edressedrhe balanceby
Altboughtle forcs involvedin thecampaign*ere quireprcdigious, releasing a 6ge specifically aimedat this period- the Weilington\
nost actionsinvolvedonly a small po.tionoi rhe oveall number Indian Baltles"mnge,featunngBdrish,,EICrroops.sepoys.India
available, so shouldbe quiteeasy:oponmywith a Rguremlio of l:40 naire forcesand equipment. Anotherone ro look for, and I suspecr
somelimesoverlooked,is Falcon Minialures. a fairly small
manufacturer whichmainlyprodlcesl5mm. bul theydo haveasmall
Ibling the actioN in sequence rangeofEIC sepoys andMaha.albnalivelroopsin their"wellesleyin
The Mysore cavalry attack againstlhe Hyderabadcotunn fealu.ed a
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 FIRE A]\D FT]RIA admtags of b€ing weU Fained md disciplined, in the caseof Elite
trcops; while l€lf troops de troops with low combateffectivenes,
FRANCESE who in addition are not motivaledto fighl.
How are thes€ new catagoriesof troops to be depicted. In F&F
'Gren'units beome wom
after 2070standloss and soenrafter 40%.
btt Nick Dottell For'Vet€ran'units it h 25% and 50% while Crack are 30% and 60%.
In all caseshalvesare roundeddown ed fdctions Fearer rhe a half
The Erropeln conflicts of the Mid-Nineteenth Cenrury prcvide d are roundedup. So, by qtension, I bave set 'Elite' at 35% od ?0%
inteeting serissof conllicts. It includesmdy major conflicr! suchas losses,while 'lrvy' tMps cd lose 15%^nd 30q..
|tle Crineo War and the FtuccPrussian War. The wm of the em
establishedthe decline of sone powe.s, such as Aust.ia,Hugary; ThusEliteating givesthe followingunit srarlls:
while two major Emp€an Powerserne.geddu.jng $is dme, nanely 7t5t2 t3t8t4
Gemany and ltaly. The penod saw an increasingEchnologicatimpact 3U- 8t5t2 l4t9t4
in warfde ed ihe various combatarts' attempb to rcact to these 9t6t3 t5t1u5
chmg€s.Similarty the numberof 6oopsinvolvedcontinuedto incrcase 5t3t- 1U6t3 16/10/5
as populanongmwth and hdustrialhation enabledlargerarinies to be 6t4t2 Im3 1'7t1u5
deployed. tuu4 18/1/5
As yei ther€ are fcw setsof rules rhat eMble la€e scai€Nineteentb
Centuryhistoric galB to be played.riz dd a!/, (F&D is jusr such ldy ratinggiresthefouowingunirsrahs:
a sel of rutesfor the Anericm Civil War. During a F&F gameat my -t-t2 7t6t5 13t1v9
local club. we beganwonderingifthese excellenrru16 could be used -1312 8m6 Mt12!10
for other conflicts. The followine are a set of proposatsdsigned to 4t-t3 9/U6 15/13n0
simulateMid-Ninerenth CenturyEuropeanws. They are not meant 5l4B tUSn 16t14t11
to b€ harddd fast,but oruy suggestioBwhich can be ignored,alt€red, 6t5t4 tt/9t8 17/14t12
etc... The F&F system is used a ir stands. with the followins t2^u8 l8/15/13
modificatioDsand additiotrs.
CAVALRY
SCALE AND T,IMT LEVEL
European cavalry still p€rform€d their duties mourted and .mely
I proposetwo ngure and ground scaleswhich give unirs in the sane dismountedDnlike their American counrerpans. Thus European
son ot rangeas F&F. The original rules also havetl'o direrent scales, car"lry must remain mounted,unlesstbey de specifically altowedto
but do not alter novemenr Et€s dd mges. Thus I do not prcpose disnounl. This is denotedby rhe unir having a D after its srattls.Thus
changjngthesefactorseirher but if desiredyou could alterrhese$ates. a 4t312'. ldry may not dismounr, while a '?V3,2D unit may.
Fi$t the large scale fron the original rules: I stand= 200 men or 8 Dismount€dunits needhorseholdeB as in F&F.
Additionaliy cavalrymeles de mo.e likely in Europewith a greater
Allematively a proposedldger scalq I stand= 300 mm or 12guns, I " vdiely of types of cavalry involved-Therefor€ in cavalry vs, caklry
= 90 yards. m€ls the b€ttercamlry shouldget the bonus.
lf you use the fiist scalethen you.'units' will rcpresenrregimenrs.In This should be judged by the 'weight or the quality of rhe cavalry
ttts scale the brigadi€N aE ignored and tle 'unit command€rsare dependingon tasle and / or your opinion. For c\ample a crack light
reginental colonels instead. Thus all references ro brigade car€|ry unit fights a veteranhearf cavalry unit. Tbe heavyunit would
comrnandersshould be re.add egimenral commanders.Usiog rhe get a +1 di€ modifier if you a.e using weight, while the light unit would
seconds.ale tle unitscanbe eith€rreginents or brigadesdependingon get il if you de usingquality. I pref€rthe qualiry definition, buryou can
pr€fer€nc€,availabiliry of figur€s or other factors_If you are using choos which you feel is important. Inde€d it could b€ dgued that
regiinentsa! 'unit!' then you could us€ the brigadie$ as an addirional Europeancavalrysholrldget a +1 meleedi€ modifier vs. othe. cavalry
link in the commandchain.This could repr€snt the ben€rorganhation pe.level differ€nc€. So a cEck unit would get a +2 die modintr vs.
of Eurcpein armia, conparcd to AmericanfotB, if you rhink this is g@n cavalry All die modifieB e in addition to ihe mounredcharge
appmpriate.On balanc€I prcfer to iFore then. bonusdd de only applicablewhen mounted.
So in l8?0 a'typical' tull strc.gth Possian infantry div'sion would
LIGHT INI'ANTRY / SKIRMISHING
FiBt $ale (l:2m): I Divisional Comnands, 4 lnfanrry r€gim€ntsof
12 stdds, I Cavalry rcgimentof 3 stands,3 gxn 'barteries'/ stdds. +
Mdy armie, had lighi infdtry battalions or regiments as brigade,
2 Brigadecornmanders(if used) division or corpsassets.Theseposea prcblem a-9they are roo small to
Secondscale (regiment): I Divisional Commander,4 infantry matercaonablesizedunits,e.g-4 or morestmds.Multipleunit light
rcginenB of 8 stands,1 cawlry r€gitnent of 2 srards (bdgaded atinfotry fomations can be presentedin th€ normal way. while the
Corpslevel ?), 2 $tr'batteri€s / srards- stands rep.esenting single units can be added to other 'unit3' or
I fel that small cav.lry units, such as above,are g€neraltybetier
brigaded at a higher level of comndd. So in l8?0 rhe French
poft"yed as a combin€d 'unif at Co.ps level. Thh is not absolur€ly
generallyhad I light battalion of2 or 3 stand! p€r infantry division. J
n€cessary&ough, for smallunit siz6 wiu ensu.€a historical,rlctically
Thse could be addedto one of the units' in the divhion making a 6
negtigible rcle for cavalry. For anillery md machineguns rhe spre
strong (l:300 regimenDup to d 8 stronS unit. Alrematively two or
pi€ces should be carri€d up ro tbe nexr level of conned. Smatl more baMlions could be b.igaded' at corps level as a 4 or 6 s!rcng
idantry 'units' , typically light infanfy battalionsor regirnenrs,witl be
'unit'. Yet
thesew€re specifically detailed troops who were tmined to
dealt with in the definitions below. skirmish.So insteadthey could be deployedas a sepamteunir'of
skirmishers.Indeed the Austians in 1866, for exalnple. had a light
DEFINITIONS/ TROOPTYPES battalionpe. brigade.They sometinesdeployedthis to screenth€ rest
of the bngadeasit advancedin column of attackagainsrrhePrussids.
E[t€ md l^vylhoops If you wish light batlalionscd deploy in to skimish formation.While
Tb* are new levelsof experiencefor rroopsed repres€ntEuroped in sKmish fo.mation $e unit receiv6 a -1 when fired aI and a -l in
units. Thse rcpre$nt lh€ b€tter Eurcp€d foops who als have rhe nel@. A fomation chdge is neededto enterthis fomation dd takes
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l2 a move.To rep!*nt lhe 8@rer m, occup,edandrhegenemy They rcDain in rheir originat fomation wirh alt fte advantagesand
DeuerrhootinBb) skim$hen rhenumberot \randsin a 'llnil \hould disadEtages this brings.Whilst pronerheyreceivea ,I modiRe.when
beincreased by 50%.Sorheeffective fieuc 6!ios arc I sland= l3Oor hred at. They may nor moveif pronemd i akesl/2 a moverc
200 h€n. lf using rhis secondoptjon rhen Dnitsallowed ro skimish eerour
of prone fomadon. In addirion rhey may only do so if they can
shouldbe designatedL, wirh their skimishing raring ,n brackets.For achieve a 'change formation' resulr on rhe Danoeuvrc table. The
exarnplea brack Aust.id Jage. baualionwould, in t:300. be a ,3/2,/_ reluctanceof unirsio movewhenproDeis turther representedby units
L(4t3/r'_ gettmga,l on the Danoeuvre cha( Unitslhat ee involvedin a ctose
combat automaticallylose 'prone!shtus if they get a xeAatrve o. a
SIJPERIOR AND POOR LEADERS contiDuing combatresult.While still proneuniB get a -2 modifie.in
'catch close conbat. Pronelniis do not affect line of sight and may be fired
Superio. leadersare a aI, categorydenoredby a ,S, afrer rhe ovq. If prone
leader They could, for s\ample, ignore th€ tacricaldocnne Dres a unil is armedwirh SMs or MLR,Sit may no! fire,
rsee othe.wise it can. Prone uniis should b€ denotedwith d
below)or be paniculdlyinspiralionat in a meleeor whenattached approp.iale
ro a
unit dicingro move(givean additional+l). The paniculasof then narker suchd a lying down figure.
superiorityshould be defined by rhe scenarioand individual
SQUARE
Poor leadeGare denoredby a 'p after the leader.Theseleaderqive TheorcticallyEuropeanunib could form squareto rcpufe calarry
a -l ro movemenr dre rcth and sive no bonusir arrached
In me;es atiacks.This h a fomation changemd taks l/2 a move to enter.u
They can rhoushbe usedro untimberan, ery. Trerefoe a p@r tales onotherfomation chmge to exit. r'vjrh l/2 a Dove neededro
bngade.ommander*ill give a -l ro mdoeuvft A poorHisherlevel cnangeto colum and a full movero chmgero line. Unitsin square
commmderwill g've no modifieruntss arrached whenit wi sive a may not move. They give a +l modirler when fired at and have no
+ | . P lqde,s RpresenlrhoseincompeGnL tead€6who serc inc;able flarks. In close combd rhey receive a +3 modifie. asainsr nouDled
oI exe,c\ingcommdd. tn additon rheymay rcprerenlstatroficeru opponen8dd d -2 againn orhers.Plsqe nole lhar rhi" is a si v
dd may be hed ro gire anilterygrcarerflexibit,ry.For examplea lomalioDro be in. ar rhis rime.t havepur ir rn jusr in casr any or;
Frus'd .orpsof l E70shouldhavea p teaderin addnionro rhecorps
commmoerro rcpresentthe grealerttexibitily of rhe prussianarriuery
a rt h i sr i m e .
IMPETUOUS TROOPS
WEAPONS some tr@ps werevery aggrcssiledd are ratedas inpetuous.denoted
by an I alter rbe unit_Thes€ unib receive the same benefirsthar
F&F ha! a number of weaponcatego.iesbut for Europennconflicrs
Confederareunirs get in ctosecombat.a +l nodifie.. An exampleof
new cat€goriesare needed.To .efl€cr the ditrerent weaponsI suggest such
troops would be French Zouavesand olher ,Af.jcm, lroops. An
the following sDall ams categoriesl 'mpetuouscracKFrenchZouaveregimentof I 8?0 would be a 6/?V2I.
Smooth,boE Musket(SBM) at l:300 scale.As an oprionsuch rroopsshoutdalso,if the close
Muzzle Iaading Rifle (MLR) combatresultallows,be obligedto follow up successful
NeedleGun (NG) - the D.eyseNeedtecln m€lees.
lst genqation B.€e.h kading Rifle (lBL) - MLR conve.ledto b.e€ch
loaderdd eady bre€chloades ASSAUI]T TACTTCS
2nd Gene.ationBr@h LoadingRifle (2BL) _ the Cbassepor Rifle SomeEDropeanarmiesusedassaulrracticsin bat0eduring this pedod.
For qalnple the Frenchuseddsauh racticsin column of a$ackdurins
For artillery the following caregories: borhI heCrimeanWd andrhes ar o, I 859.Assauttracrrcs Eiveunil\ ;
Smooth-boreArtillery (SA) + I in .losecombaB.normatlywhenrhe' arern a Daflicut; formarjon
Rifled Anillery (RA) usuallycolum of anack.A unit capabteof atsaulrretics is denoredby
BreechLoadingAdiuery GLA) d A afle.rheunirdesigna(ion, While thefomarionsthatthis bonls
MachiDe Guns(Mc), Mirailleus is applicablefor shouldbe definedin the scendio notes.Thus lhe
Rockets(RO) aboveFrcnchZouaveregimentin the wtr of i 859 woutd be a ,6/4/2IA,
'With
the following fire factoc: andwouldge! a +2 in closecombat.

weapon 0to4" 6toE" 8to12" TACTICAL DOCTRINE

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MLR 1 l I
Du.ing many of this periods waJsthe wious amres opemle{l wlth
N C 2 I
ditrerent taclical doctrineson the battlefield.paitty theseoocnnes are
tBL 2 I ; covercdby the proposedole modificarions.This sectionis desisnedro
2BL 2 2 I encoungeplayeRro usehistoncattomat'ons.I popo.e Lha.; unirs
I
de not in theirhistorjcatfomation rheywilt sDffera penalryro thei.
mmoeuue roll. This would be a -l for somenatons that de srill
4 to 16" 16 to A" ea\onablytle{rble.A -2 or J would be moreapprcpnalefor lesr
U to 32"
SA 12 3 2 fleribledrmia. In addirionrheauachmenr oia teadr!m,ghtbeneedeJ
2
P ' A 1 0 4 3 1o eoable a unit ro change oDt ofwhat doctrjne dictatesshouldbe its
2
BLA IO 5 4 fomation.Thesemodifications de in addition ro thenomal ons. e.c.
2
MC Io 8 the -l Io' being'n columnma) be reccivedIn addirionro poren;l
Rockeh count as anilery with a rangeof 32,,.you decide a .ockefs deductions f.om hclical doct.ine.
ta.8el and ihen roll rwo D6. Their fire facro. is the diference berw€en So dunng the Crimea War it should be appropriateto give all the
malornatonstadicaldocrrine modificatjons. Du.ingrhisconflidrhey
werestjll usingthe tacricsrheyhad usedin the NaDoleonic wars.So
Britishunib wouldgeta,l ifnot in line andFrcnchunitsa _i ifnot in
PRONE
columnof attack.WhiletheveryinflenbleRussiaDs shouldsera _2or
Infantry unils may go prone ar dy time dd at no movememD€narN_ 3 , f n o ti n . o l u m no f d t r a c a
k d m a ) r c q D ' raet e a d er ro b e ; d c h e dr o
changeformalion.Thesemod'fieKarenol appropriare lo all unilsin
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VICTORY POINTS I bopethat you will lry rhesemendments to F&F for this pe.iod.As I
haveindicatedabove$ey shouldnot be viewedas 'writtenin stone'
SmaUlight infartry unih, normally a battalion. shouldnot count as a dd shouldbe alteredif needed-I woDld like lo thanl ail nembeB of
tull unit for victory d€termination.Insred rhey shorld give half rhe my local club, Wyre Fores!Wammes Club, for their help wiih advice
nonnal points,e.g. I point if'sp€nf. You may wish to do the sarnefor and play testing of these modilicarions. ln panicular Ross Owens,
all cavalryuniB and othe. udts of les rhd 5 stmds, s they tendto b€ Andree (Spong) Wbafton and Kevin (M. T) Townsend who all
of lesse.combatlalue than largerunits. contributedgready,in vdious ways,ro this article.
If you haveany questions, suggestionsor criticismsplqse w.ite ro
PLAYSIIEET MODIFICATIONS ne at Flat 3. 2 CaslleRoad.Kiddeminster worcs. DY I I 6T5. In tuture
anicles I shall gire a Cuide to the armies of this lime using these
modifications. In addidonI will providesceneiosror usewith lhese
-l In prodefomalion modinedF&F BIes. Sladingwith the Wd of 1866betw@nAusl.ia
- I , 2 or 3 Not in lactical doctrinefomation

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The air campaign in the Britishl3 x Fairey Swodlish813ed 824Squadrcns FAAalitude6000fcer

Easteffr Mediterranean Ilalid 4 x Fiar CR 42
4 x FiatCR 32
l62a Squadriglia
l63aSquadnglia
allitude seeb€low
altitudeseebelow
1940-41 The Swordfishenterfrcm one tableedgemd a.e placedfour rufts of
movement frcm theairfieldrarget(Maritza),whichis in thecenreof
lhe rable.The Italian ai.cmft ente.in 1wogroups,from one of the orher
b! Steue Inoin of leading Edge lh@ table edges,chosenat rmdom by dice throw. The Iralians are
Miriatures placedfive movesfrom the rarget,rheir altitude is deremined by rhe
owniDgplayer The Swordnshnust bonb the airfield from 6,000 leet
Tlis campaign,which was foughr over rhe sea lanes rn ne easrem dd rhenreveBetheir couse to dir the rable.
Mediterde3n,is not wetl known.It wasfoughtbetweesBiidsh md
Italie navaland air forcs. The clalhes rhat occured wereon a snatl
scaleand as a rcsult it mrely ratesDore thd a couple oi lines in any Four Swo.dfish*e€ shotdown,four akcrewwerekilled ad eighr
generalhistory of WW2. However,rhis doesnot meanthat it is withour eere madePOWS.The Italids sufferedno lossesin combat,but lhey
rnterst to the eargamei lost thre€ akcmit and pilots in accidenls-On the ground r\ro aircraft
Initially,the Britishsought10containthe l@al Italie forcesthat weredestroyedmd sevenweredamaged,sevemlpemonnelverc killed
might otbeMise havethreatenedthen strategicinlerestsin the eastem
Meditermnee. Then long re.m plans involved the conque$ of the
Italio colonialpose$ionsiDthea@. The next t*o scendios arelinled and shouldbe playedas a pair
Once ltaly had declded *ar on Cre@e,rhe Italids a[empted ro (2) 4 Septembe. 19,{) - or the coast of Rhodes
interdict the Brirish supply convoysthar sailed fiom ESyprto c.eece. On lhe sameday Faircy Frlma6 from 806 Squadronwere patrolling
They also tried to containey expesion of the nititary basesthal the dd they encountered fou. SM79 t imotor bombers,which they
Britishbadsetup on Crete. engaged. Halfan hourlaterod havinebeenjoined by rheihnd aircmfr
Tbe snall scaleofthis canpajgnandits relariveisoladonfrom the in yellow sat'on, the Fulmds met dd anackeda pair of aircraft f.om
widerelentsof thewd, meansrhattheseactionsarewell suitedto the 20la sqDadnglia.
waryamerlooking to re,enacta seriesof linked hisroricalscenarios.If
you wish,it canalsoberun asa smallcampaign. Moreover,
sevenlof Bridsh2 x FakeyFulma.806Sqsadron aldrudeseebelow
the scenaJiosinvolve the use of Fairey Fulnm. What more could Italian 4 x SM79 20la Squadriglia? althude7.000fet

Th€ SM79s enter, a5 a group. from one table edge. They mDstfly
Histo.i@l brckground acrosslhe tableand exit from the oppositeedge.The Fulma6enle.
At the outb.eat of WW? the British Meditenaneanfleer was basedar from one of the other three table edges,chosenat randomby dice
Alo(andria, in E$/pt. Britain togetherwitb he. ally France,controlled throw.The allitudeof theFulmaBis chosenby theBritishplayerThe
the Levantine coasl as lar north as neutral Tb.key. Supply convoys SM79sarc loadedwith bombs.
which werecarrying suppliesvital lo the British war econony. passed (3) Whenthe first groupof bombeshaveleft the tablerhe iollowing
through the Suez canal and then had lo travel the lengrh of the aircraft fly onto the table.
Meditenanean on theirway (o Britain.As longasItaly remained alooi Brir'sh I x FaiEyFulmd 806Squadron
frcm the El]rcpeo yd and CreeceremainedneuiJal,Bridsh control Italian 2 x SM?9 201' Squadnglia altitude7,000feer
overthe easremMeditemean was guarant@d. The SM79stollow the pathofthe originalquaner.The rhirdFulmar
However.the enry of Iraly into the war comptetely shifted rhe ent€rsthe tablemdon y, as above.Playe6 will needto carefully
balanceof power in the Meditenanean.The large Italiar fleer could recordthe anmunition exp€ndnureof the Fulmars.
dominate thecentnl Mediteftanean. In addition.ifthe Italiansbasedin
the Dodecdesechoseto expandtheir militarycapabilities o. if they
could gain contol of Crete, their aircraft could posea considerable The fi6t four SM79sqcaped,alrhoueh rwo wercseverlydamaged. Of
challengeto British naval operationsin rhe €astemhatf of the ibe secondpan, one was shot down in flamesand the olher was
Meditemnean a! well. damaged. Therewereno Britishcasualries.
As pan offte settleneniofrhe lrato-Turkish war of l9ll-12,Italy Navaland air attackscontinueduntil the middleof Octobe.ard
hadgainedpossessior of the Dodecanese islods. Theseislandslay in includedan arnbiliousaftackby RhodesbasedSM79son theStmdard
rhe southemAegem, nonh of Crele.The fou. main islands- Rhodes, Oil CoDpanyinstallations in Bahrein.This wasa rcundt.ip of some
Scarparb. Stampaliaand Castelorizzoall had airfields on ftem (fou. 2800milesand it involveda retuellingstop ir Erit.eaon the retum
in lhe caseof Rhods). The majority of rhe 85 aircaft availablero ihe journey. However,ftere werc no mo.e clahes berweenthe opposing
Aeronautica dell'Egeo,vere bsed on Rhodes.
Italy d@laredwd on Britainon lO June1940.However. afterrhis
On 28 October1940llaly declared war on Greece.Workingon rhe
principlethat "my enemyt enemy is rny friend Brilain offercd
her strategicpalicy was, for polilical reasons,defensile. On rhe otbe.
hdd. Britaint was not ed from rbe ou$reak of wd rhe Roy.l Navy immediatemilitarydsistance.Tnis includedhelpingto garisonlhe
sught lo assenits control of lhe watersaroundC.ere.However,aerial islandof Crete.Thisactionmeat thartheGreekscouldwirhdrawmost
clasheswere few lntil e{dy September1940when rhe Bntish fleer, of Cretes gmison to thenainlandandir allowedtheBdlishto secure
which inclDdedthe cmie6 HMS /ll6r'io6 and HMS Edple. sonied thei.controlovertheEstem Mediteranean.
ThelBliansrespond€d to lheseBritishmovesat once.Aircrafrfrom
Rhodesbombedand stmfed the fi61 British convoy ro mive al Suda
(l) 4 S€ptember1940- Clash over M.ritze Bay. However,afrerrhis fte Iraliansallowedrhe B.itish build up of
In the moming, Fai.ey Swordfish fron 815 dd 819 SquadronsFleet forcesto continuelargely unopposed.This was partly for the reasons
Air Am (FAA) mided Catato dd Caduna airlields on Rhodes-They of policygivenaboveandbecause of a shorlag€of suitableancran.
bombed and made their exit unopposed.They should have been AllhoDghlhelialianshadsome80+aircraftin theDod€canese onlyrhe
accompaniedby Swordfish f.om 813 and 824 Squadrorsbur liese 6 xCR42 fightersol l62asquadriglia ddthec.24 x SM79bombers ol
were delayed in their departurefrom HMS Ca6le and when they 92r and 344 Gruppi could operatein dallight, in rhe face of fighter
anived they found the lblian defencesalenedand fte fightes waiting opposition,with much hope of succe$. Acco.dingly,the ReSia
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Aeronautica unils based in Libya were o.dered (o suppon
ftose lfa hit is obtained,consuttthe foltowingtable'n order
opeBring | rcm Rhods. Howe\er.wirhoneexceprion,trute ro a$essthe
reatsuppon oamagedoneto rhe ship.
wa ronhcom'n8. Tlis arEckprcvidesus wuh our nexrscenno dd
the excuselo examinesomerules for torp€doanackson sn,ps.
di..4t(*) r,r 9.t6t7.?42rl2 13404l_49 5e$ 59j? 63.757644Sa9?9!IrO
14)3 Decernber1940- The torpedoing of HMS @ru3. 22 25 23 3l 34 l? 40 13 ,t6 4y 5' 55
Ctar8d,
rro SV79s.flown by Cap.Erasrmd Ten.Buscaglia. new trcm El If-th€ anrckjng inflich more than 90 poinc of damageon
Ad€m"nd anempted asrprise arracton Bdrishshipprngin SudaBay. HMS Glarsow ?laye(t qru
wnen rneyamvql rheychosea 6.cruiser. Ht4S ctaslow. then\he sirk lnfli.rrng.over50 porn6orddage
as inen will leale hercdppted.
Ir6i'aD 2 x sM79 278aSquadnslia ahtude(eebetow Historiql outcome
Bnrjsh HMS Gr,r8& at( udesealevet: The ltalianj audaciousanackacbievedtoral
HMS c/6sow is placedon rhetable,aroneend.The Italian ptmes surp.ise.They mdaged to
fly rcrease$eir torp€doesinside the antirorpedo nets and borh
on.from_the oppositeendof rherable.Then attitudeis chosenby the scored aircraft
hits.TheBritishwerelucky.Hadshebeentorpedoed amidships,
Iblran playe Howeve!,on rhe tum rharrheyr.leaserDer
rorpedors in hq machineryspaces,shenay well havecapsizedd British
|neymusthaveno*n \rraightand tevet.ar an allrrude cruisets
not ex.e€ding hadapoorrecordin rhisrespect.A\irwa\. roryedoed
150fer and at a speednot exceeding200 mph. foeandatr HMS
(,1680Bwar badlydamaged. herbackbe,ngbrclen.Shemanaged
At the beginningof tum two, dice to s€eif the Italiansare spotted. ro
. A etum lo Eglpl. but rhedamage tookninemonrhsro repair
lh'ow of I on a d l0 dd the Bnrishde aleded.openrngfire in rhe
Iirc Despitethis succestralid aircraftdid Dotretumlo Crereunril 22
pnaseorlhaltum In anyonerumtheptdyerconlrc rng
HMSCf6Sow DecenberMeaDwhite Brifth carie. basedairciafrmadea knes or
can maxeone roll on eachof rhe fo owing rabtesThe
chdce oi snall scaleaiack on Iblian airfields. Tne fir$ Bntish
sconnga hil on rhebombers anddamagrng aircraft ro
rhemis gl\eDin rherables adve in Crele(fourFaireySwordlish
of 815Sqdn.FAA) did so at the
end of Deember Desuhoryarrackson the Italianheld islands,
The groundscaleusedis l" = too yards by
Wellin$on bonbers basedin Egypt, conrinuedthroughourJanudy
Light AA (quad2pdr.) and
R"oge 0-6. 7"-8' 9'-t4" The repeatedraids by Weltingtons on Iralim airfields eventuay
Chance1ohit 30% ZO% 10%
provokeoa rcsponseand sevemlaracks we.e madeon Hemklion
Ifahit is scored,roU ld6 to dereminethe numb€rof damage and
points Malemeairfields.As a resulrof this rhreeFai.ey Furma.s
losr by the ai.daft fired at. were floen
to Crelel to prcvide a Rshterdefence.
The nrst clashs wth Italian aircraft occured imDediately and
HeayyAA (twin4' gus)
wilhin tbree weeksthe B.irish were reinforced by srx more r-uhas
Range }-tz" t3"-24"X"-36" J7"-48 49'-60' 6t"- 72" arda nighrofrhK
Chance B'ewsrerautratoestrom805Sqdn.FAA.Conrtu'
to hit tOE U% 20Vo to% 570 to populd b€lietrheBuffalopitorsdid nol rcqueslthecptacemenr
of
their aircmfr by Sea c'adia{o,s Neirherwe,e lhey simpty pdked
If a iit is scored,roll 2d6 to detemine De nDmbe.of damagepoints
arcundthe airfield a. decoysfor attackingAxis akcrafr.The Buffalcs
lost by $e aircmft fired at.
wqe well likedby thei.pilots.....adelighlto flyt,tt waj a shonage
EdchotrheSlvlT9s is abteto Mreve 2?damage poinB of
, before being sparcs whichlimiredih€iruse.The nextscenado hasa..whatif,option
derlroyed The % chanceoi an SM79 abandoning an duck aiter because ir represenrsthectosesr frat m FAA Buffalocane ro hng Is
re.etvtng damageis gjven b€low
DamagepoiDtslost G2 3_4 5_6 7-9 10-13
% cbmcero abodatrack tO% zoqa SO% ao%
tN% (5) 19 Ma.ch l94l - 0ye. Suda Bay
This was fte first occasionon which Cretebasedaircon ctashedwith
The SM79semed dr lorpedoesch.H6ro.ically.rhe) were
usDaly a Ia€e numbe.ofAxis andaft. In lhis scenario thenumberof SM 79
dropped up ro 2500yardsawd, fromrhr l2rgel.Tle r,,n,mumorsrance
is reducedto nve (frcm ren).This is the nDnberof boDb€rsactualty
rhr torpjdowouldneedro rravelin Lhewaler,betoreI Decame
amed, attackedby the British aircGft
wa( c.400)dd( I e.4 . Ifd wa droppedclo"erro rhe
rdgetrhd thrs
Inerorpeooqoutd norexptodeevenrfa hit qcs qcored.
Brilish 3 x FaireyFulmar 805 Squadrcn atnude 8000f@t
The efect of rhecruise.'s4.5" belt armou.canbe o$regarded,
asrhe I x Brewsrer autrdto 805SqDadrcn alrirude8000leer
lorpedoeswould be set to run at a depthof 10,_5,. Therefore
the Ilaiian 5 \ SM79 t4 and92 cruppi at udeoOUo,eet
torpedo€s wouldhit rhehull beneath rbeamour. IralianconBcrprslols 5 x CR42 162Squadriglia alritude8000fet
lor lheir torpedo€swere well nade and very sensitjve.They would
exprodeevenon very fine rrackanstes.
The lulims arc placedon tbe table,by one table edge,in two
Ome a plaler ha! d(ided ro d,; rheaercplane:torpedolhe range
-to rhetdBer fomations.Oneof fighrersandoneof bombe6.The Iratia;smusrfly
F neasu,rddd a Daker |s ptaceduponrher"bte.Thr
acrossrh€ table ed exjr frcm the opposileedge.Tte British aircraft
rorpeoorravets.,na sraighr tine snd it,t pdres lhroughrhe
raryel entet as one fornation, from the tableedgeof then cnorce.
consuu $e diagram
9syo
below for the scores
rcqur.edto obtain a hit. The Fulmas evadedrhe CR4ZSand atrackedthe bombers.ln rhe
€Dsuing combaroneFulma!was lost dd its crewki|ed. Il hadshor
These scores arc for a down one SM79 and damagedtwo
others b€fore collirting wirh a
toryedo droppedat 1200 founh.A secondFutmarclaimedto have
.<€a@> damaged dorher sM79.All
25yoyards. For every 100 of the damag.dSM79sretumedto Rhodes.And rhe Buffato?Ir tumed
ya.ds (1") beyond rhis back with engine problemsjust
b€fore the Iratjds were engaged.u
reduce rhe chancero hit crashedon ldding and was writren
off
by 57a:e.g. at 2500yards From now onwardsthe rempo of operatjonsquickened,as Crere
an altack fron direction beca'iteincreasinglyimporldt as a sragingpost
for Brjrish convoys
(a) hasa 30% cbanceof betweenCrc@ and Egypt.
9s% Both sidesregularly aflackedeachorheCs
airfieldsmd shipping.The last scenariois d€wn from mrs penod,
38
before rhe British on Crcte were ovenvhelmedby fte Luft*affe
followinS lhe Gemd attackon Greece.
t(L)o
(6) rB April r94r - Corvoy AN-27 or?:o'goDs
Blenheimfightersof 30 Sqqadronwereoperalingout of Malemeftom
the begiming ofApril- On this day one of fteir aircmft was patrolling pRoo(/,cxioD
over a convoy,nonhboundfrom Alemdria A Fulnar patroll€d at a
higher altitude.

Bdrish I x BristolBlent'eim 30 Squad.on akibde l0O0feet

WARRIOR5
Of THEDARK
ACES
l5nd 14!6 d6igrd byfin H3lrn
I x FaireyFulnar 605 Squadron ahitude8000 feet
Italian 2 x SM79 Cr".Fd""mo 28I Sq adnglia allilude se€below l\nnon rrflai')r%ttt?nn thti rtr{.rt sn F i wn-ir6
vtortuhl d6i.t, tldoil rtu1rnirriott hdw ntnd. tlti' nti( on. nt6t Plnkl
3 x SM79 Gomb :mo 34 Gtuppo allitude 8000 f€e1 ot{drlridRwtth\rJ E etrrln witl' 1t fsn6 tu nL *nr rnt
Mnnan nN., lt ttlftanr Nantur cMtrJ.3 lilt kwtrr t'16n.nt?d
A groupof counteBis placedin the cotrc of the tablelo repres€ntfte annnnd Shtlx nt m '1;lJiatt tu*ttty.
sr,Sopr.$ on,3rdr 30dt,.t 8ty:otr!!
convoy.Tle Blenheim IF and $e Frlmar are placedanywhereon the
rable, at the B.itish player's discrction-Wher tbis is done lhe Italian 5{X0N5
ai.craft ent€r,ar two groups,from the table edge(s)mostfavounble to ANll (5) A,t!il.dHusrilsintirt hqeeL
them.The ltalie pld6 musl fly over the convoy beforc they ce exit ANl2(S) l,\rildheol5p6nlin, Hsddtru5tint@samt
Ai,lll (5) l,\edirnlpdmd ii dql, efr op,tt ftrr.
th. tablo.Tho ro.pedobombersmust not drop their torpedoosfrom an
ANl4(5) l,\rdirm sFmrn h hdmrt, ir ftr
altitudeof morethan 150f€er or at a speedin excessof 200 mph.Once
ANl5(5) Mrdium bound,rrd.fiiS rpdt drownon'8dnd.
they havedonerhis theyde @Dside€dto bavecaded out fieir altack,
If you wisb to gamethe actual attackson the convoy,you ce do so dl rlr.ibft F.k ol l0 -@ I] l5 Fl Fd (.10t pStl
Dorll0rXd0!r find ^{ir |2l nqfr (. orr ol€d, 0120ld | 316)51i id
,rml3 &b *.dtld oiloFr fn drtuilr

ro, N(JdriLrlndlnNnfl nFnkiotlqtrd)Il00 tu tr{p64ro nr

The Blenheim shot down one of the SM79s bul ro1 beforc it had
torpedoedone of the shipsin the convoy.Tl'e Blenheimdmaged the T1{O DRAGONS PRODUCTTONS
l8 Lip..omh5ueer,M'ln5brids.,HuddeEneld,
secondSM79,but jl wa! hit by retum fire andhadto retum to Maleme. l v e { \ d r k r h i d H D l 4 P F .T e I , 0 4 8 4 5 4 1 1 7 4
The Fulmarwa! successfulin breakingup the aMcks of the 34 Cruppo
machinesand their bonbing attack failed.
After th€ Geme conquestof G@ce in late April. it wd inevitable
TWODRAGONS
lhat fte attentionof the Ceman comandeneould be drawn bwards PRODUCTIONS
rheBrilish baseson Crele.The British and then Cretd hosr3would be
subjectedto atlacksof increasingferociry until the Germanassaulton
20 May. However,that campaigr is bestconsideredseparately. WARGAMESFIGUR.ESPAINIED
to collector'sstandards.SendSAE or two IRCSfor pricelist
NOTES to: D. Seagrove,
THE LAST DETAIL
1 Fo. the backgroundto theseeventsseemy articleon the air wa. over
196ParlauntRoad,Langley,SloughBerkshireSL3 8AZ
GteEce.WaryMes lll6tuted numb€rs106and I07.
2. Brilish and Italian sourcerdiffer a greatdeal in th€ir descriptionof
this atack. Britisb souces suggestit wasa surpriseattack.On the other
hed,Italim @ords statethat the two ltali& pilors cadied our a series
of feinr allacks.just out of range,for sorne45 ninutes beforeauacking
the ship from opposite di.ections. As I cmot Eoncile these two
views, I have used the Bntish veGion of eventsbecauserr makesa

3. Ten. Buscagliawas to b@omea "ro.pedo ace" and roseto the mnk

of Maggiore. He went on to commard ihe 132 Gruppo.He was shor
down dd madea POW in lare 1942.Tlis latrer fel *as unkrown to
the authorities in Rome who alsumed he war dead. As a hero of HMS Glarsot scale-l:2,100
Fascism,an ANR iorpedo-bomberunit was namedafter him. When,in
August '44, it wasdiscoveredthat he had beenkilled in a c.ash,whilst BIBLIOGRAPFY
flying a Martin Baltimore with the Co-Bellige.entAirforce, the urit
was rcnmed! The circumstancesof his death remair controversial, The ab '|ar lor yugoslavia,Greecea.d Cratp by C.Shorcs,B.cull &
there is good rcason10supposethat he k'lled himsrlf be{auseof his N.Malizia;pubcrub Stieet
despairal the siuation in which he found himself after the armistice. The GreaI Ctutd.le by H.P.WlllDotl; pub.Michael Joseph1989
Air war ltal,- 1944-45by N.Beale,F.D'Amico& C.Valentini;pub.
4. HMS GlarSaa SouthamplonClassCruiser Airlife 1996
displac€m€nr 9,100to6 Naval weaponsoJ WW2 hy John CampbeUipub. Conway Marilime
lensth(w.l):584feet Pres 1985
bean:61'8" WorshipsofWW2by H-Tjanton; pub. Ian Alien 1973
draught(mean):l?' ALIthewo sft.Bhtkgsnbsi922-1946;pub.ConwayMantimePress
12x 6" 8 x 4" AA(in fou twin mounts) 1980
8 x 2pdrAA(in rwo quadmounB)
Finally, my thanksgo ro ChadesMarklss and Mauo De Vila fo. thei.
helpandadvicein prepdingthisarticle.
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IMPERIUSMNilMUS so in $c,h a way tlat no irdividual elemaf arc€€dsilr rErmal mo,€ dis
tarEe. Secodly, no ehrn€.na or unit may clossdle fiont of an oppon$r's
byNF lljrd
toop6 ifbe is clo€€tdun 2m p€c€s.
TEse ruks couldbeslblided'DeBeIis Colonias"6 rheywerEplarm€dfor
Elemen$\4secombin€dinloconnnaidsofvaioossizes.InNati!€annies
usewilh hegular Mhiatlr€s' ?[d lteroics ad Ro6'sColmial mngesof
wargarEsfiglllEs AI unilsarcon a b6sefiDolageof 3,0mn tlro6ecommffds $/se l&gerard lessflexible inEumpe.an
anniestlE suo-
trB ofDvisio$, Bngades,R€gim€ntsandBattalionsstDuldbercflect€d.
Manydil€ne triDp tnes qr€refield€daI oEtE wort4 sofor t.e puipoce
of dEseflles fte folowing are usedfor simptficalionard clarificatiorl Ore !DoF6arealocat€dto d|en past mir tlF6e elenrnts mu$ main
Ho$elEr nary of tle exanplesarefowd on rheAiicar codin€nr wi6in comnard radii.
Fcr a Batalion Do elern€rt cin rnor€ mo€ dlan 3m pacesftom its
CominandinsOmcer.
DE'INTTIONS
Fcr a Brigadeno elerMt m nDve mcie lhan6m pa.€sfrom its Brigade
Arlil€ry TIQ
Sepafdt€d ino Eeld andHeaq.
Eeld anilery arcLilnbqEd guns,C4rlinggunsand Fcr a Dvisic'r no elenEntcan move mctreihan 12m p6 fioln fte
DivisionalHQ.
Montain Baleries.
fftoops aresep&?tedfiom a parcntunit anextram pointwill be n€€ded
Heary adiXeryarEgunsemplacedin fons,on capilal
navalvesse4dismomt€dNa!"l guN andArabsiege to initiaEIInr€Ing)L h aiHirionit will rnve towads ib poMtuitunless
grlls.
BaCCage Al tlE In tdal need€dby anannyto cstinue its
For InECulararniesm elenEntcanbe mole flan 6m pacesfiom tle unil
opemlionin dE field. Ii is to beprolededasit
includesfoo4 anmudition medicalservices, urts
andpackanimalsb carryihn. Obsacleb r!o![
crossngI
METIIOD OFPI.{Y
Carnelry Unitsmountedon calnels,sdnetimesdisllrounrineto
Eachplayerdicesforinjtaliv€. (AD6 is ahvaysus€d)ol|e dieisoll€d for
fighL TEy ar€fasieroverlongerdi.shnc€s thm
etr G€rFralpEs€rtontheopposingsid€s.In a nuni-play€rgame0E unal
Ca!"lry Regdarmolml€dtoor6 Fained!o fighrald for al fE C'ersnls on €achsideis addedtogdller to Fovide dE scorEfor
eachside. Rdain f[se dice scor€sas dEy arEynirPlPpoinB for your
kF4ular Cavalry t!o!6 for dlat rnrc. The wiming playertEn MovEs,Shoorsad Figh6
B€lle! armedmou €d la.?h rr)t Fainedto fight asa
ary combats,Playert\ro d€n Mo\rs, Slnats ard Eghs his combats.
Light Ho$e Rifle arnEdtoo!6 who dismour to file artEir
opponents, e.g.Bcrs SHOOIING & COMBAT
Nad!€ Rifles Nad!€sannedwilh iifles,h{ with lirle or m Fainiry
ard &ilL E& Abyssinians, Maoris,Zius
ReCulaE Troopsarmedwitr riflesandbayondi \ltlo are Ilea\aAnillerl 20m offi
tained to fight ard fire in fonnarions.e.g Am€tica$
FieHAnillery 12mDac€s
EuropeaqChirEseEVA ES/plian,Jap€rEse. Indien
CadinsCuns 6mpe
Infanty.
Rifle Fi€ 6OJpacesCl00paces
ifAfrican,E$rptian,
Nativ€sanrEdwifi closequari€rv?eaporis - spea! C'hinese)
swonl,club - \l+lo6emaint .tic wasio rushand
o!€rwtElrn lh€ir€nemy.Eg. Boxes, Fzy Wuz?ies, &EhelerEnthrsashooting arcof45degr€€stoitsftonr
Maorisandtuhs
TorEsoiveshoolingadco;baB"*tt"F*t " gl*n Uro* ",,4uaarro"
toadierollmadefo. eacheleme'rengage4
rl|enljsed|eCombar
OutcorE
MOI'EUn{T
The rDveinent distancefor tE ditra€nt Eooptypesis givenbelow. Tf|e
groud s&le is r00 FEcesto aninch +5 (EgDtian ard ChirEse{)

5m Daces. Lisht tiol:e calneta

Cavalry
3m paces Wa$and.NaIi\€ Rifles,hgine PowerEd

2m paces RegularsandAnilery in goodgoing,

lm pa.es SailingandRowingboals,Ox DraBn

Indiandoopscomt 3sESdi.n or Chinesetoops whenshoodnsor in
wasons.Unit rccoildi$arre.

R€ducliorEro rnovem€nt Add imrl hdns.

Reguia$in combatin badgoing -l
All !oop6 clocsingat a ford,or qaasingilE edgeofa rdvirc do
so athlr speed
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Wargarrrer's Notebook Miniatures canalwaysbereliedon to keepthe old slyle'Napoleonics
aliveandwell.Theyput ona supe.ganeserin Poland1807usingthe
big batlal'ons and Crand Manner formula, proving that this
fut Mike Siggins combinalion is still a stapleofthe hobby.
The daywascomingto a closeandI sill hadsevealstandstovisir,
There arc times in any hobby that make you sil bek and say, ,.tt oDe of which was Tim cowt WD game on WWII
d@sn'tget any betterthar that.'I expe.ienced one suchday at the nghdng.Now lhis isn'r my periodscalea! all, and I canlive witholt
recenlPartizanshow in Newark and it was good enoughfor me lo set relatingto individualsoldierswho arecut downastheycrossa road,
aside d entire Notebook in c€lebration.I cannot envisagea show so Ijust watchedthe gane andlookedcloselyar the systems. And il
otrering more in the deparrmentsof impressiveskilh, enthusiasD, was actuallyqDiteclever.The bais is a pack of cardswhich a.e used
vanety of approach,ftiendly presentersed inspiration. I cd neve. ina PIayYourCdds Righf nanne. resultingin tbeptayersshouting.
iEcallhavingspentsomuchrimeat eachtablecba ing awayabouirbe Higherl Lo*erl as their t.oops €dged forward. cood stutr I should
game,the showand rhe hobby.Ir was tnty a ctassic,and I cd only think could be usableelsewherc. and ir was .oundedou! with a
hopeto se manymore like it. Therewill a a resultbe no Cameof the fascinating chalwithTlm andBob Cordery
Monih this tine since there were no les than a dozen outsranding As ii allthal waln't enough.e excitedDaveThomascameoverro
Sanes at Newdk, any one of which could havecaried otr rhe pnze, me and said. "Do yoD wdt rc see some of rhe besl painted tigures
so,in no particuldorder.... ever?' Somethingof a dafi questionI'd have thoughl,so I duly
We stanwith the t eagueof Augsburgwhicb, despiteevidencelo lhe followedhin acro$the hallto whereDaveAndrewshadleft a box of
contraryis comprisedof just two hard wo.king individuals.Once medievah.Just a handtul of infantry, somearches and four moDnled
again lbey put on one of their wonde.tul games,featuring the crcat kDights,but Oh My!Wlthoutdoub!theywerearl6td goodaDave
NonbomWd asDsual.this time beked up by a cotournoteb@kpC hadsuggested. TheshadiDg md coiouGw.re amaziDg, theposingdd
which wd running a slideshoe of infomation and frequenrly asked mimadonsomethinS else,and the derailin the heruldrywas quile
questions.A clever,if somewhalrisky, development.The gde looked unbelievable. Trulybeautitulfigures.
splendid,and both Phil and Barry werc more than k@n to chat about Aner all lhe excellentgames,the taders almosrseemeda secondary
terain, figures,ftose incredible flags, life, WI, conlrov€rsyand even attraction, bul aseve.therewercsomenew md interesring prodlcts.
how they designedod built some of rbe b€srlooking redoublsI've WCF hadtheir.angeof ligureslomg€cabinets whichhaveremovable
dmwe6whichcanthenbe slotted'nto marching carryingcasesfor the
They may be MAD but lhey put on a damngoodgame.Mosborcugh lugto theclubor show.Theworkmmshipwasimpressive andI cannot
andDistricfs 'Somewherc in Spain'hadstateof theart figuresli*ed imagjneftallhecabinets wouldreceive anythingbuta thumbsup tron.
to Banf Edvard's Pla)'ark Napoleohic Warya,nestutes. I know I shallwe say,the DomesticAatheticsCommittee. My only commenl
donl get to anything lik€ every show,but this is rhe firsr non-perry is thatI like by figureslo beon displayaswell assafelyandstylishly
gme I have seen to use Foundry Napoleonicslh.oughout and en stored.and a! thesecabinetsa.e solid wood,you needto openrhe
masse. And theyrully lookedgood.Nicepainrjobs,andthoughltully d.awersto seerhem.Still, tbisis waybetlerrhanmy cuftentsystemof
baled. which hadev€nthe 'Foundry haveno novement anddon't look box files and WGF will also build display cabinetslo your
goodin unils facrionadminingthattheylookedrhepan. specificaiion- Ponlandworks,RandallSlreet, Sheftield. 52 4SJ.(0114
Bill Gakin put on one of his fou. bodd Peninsulamasterpieces, this ?765505.)
tine faturirg a coqpleof redcoarsquaresunderanackby someFrench Not or shoe at Newark,bur wonh bringing to you. atrentionis rhe
light cavalry. In rhe backeround, tbe 95ft (dd some srrargely Exactoscale nng€ of dchitectDralpapers.Unlike the usualcoloured
ShaQesque figue) heldotr m onslaught of voltigeua.Because Bi is brick papersftat you can buy at your local model railway shop,rhese
sutrering with a dodgyback.thisgamewaseffectivety astaricdiorama. hayetwo majoradlantages. Fistly,theyae sticky-backed. soapplying
evento the extent of flocking in the bases- bllt the ids was 10show them to a building or wall is very qsy, but evenberler, lhey hale a
how to setup a gamefor pbotography.Excellentwork, andit wasgood small amomt of relief providedby lhe specialinls used.So the
to seeBillbackon rhecircuit. minuscule bricks,boaidsor tiles standoutjust enoDgh 10makethem
Nexlup wastheSi Helensmd Ashtonsocietywho put on a l/300th look reaL,but relain the advantagsof paper over plasticard,
game enrided Normedy 44. Now this reatly was something ro inexpensive,easeof painling and weathe.iDg,a huge nnge of styles
behold.Nor only were the tanksjust ngh! (all cHe s .emarkable and fte abilib/ to use gouache,watercolous or even chalks on the
models,and exquisitelypainted)bul the tenain wd Temin Maker suface.Higt y recommended. ListsfrcD Exactoscale, 29 Couchmore
hexesand the ovemll rault wa! rather impresive. A long chal with A!e, Esher,SuneyKTl0 9AS.
Gra€me Sp€nc€rensued wherein he advised me abour usirg and Well,Sharpey is no more.Thefrnalseries waspreuyrcpey(Trouble
buildingthetenainsystem. howit couldbemaderolookcloseo. open. at fnill. Mr ArkwrighlD,and whilelhe Vr'atedoo episodewasn'tbad
theproblems with t ees,andhowdifficulti1wasro storc.Havingbeen (pennedas it was by the wdre( of CharyeaJrheLight Btieade), tr NAs
.ecentlystired by a re-readingof Ndmadr (theTeftaiDMakerbook), pe.hapsnorall it couldhavetEen.The surprisingappeardceofsome
I rhrnl,I mrghrbe puBuingrhrsroureon a tarEer".ate Nasauersand Dutch-Belgian lighr dragoonsalongwith somevery
The Pe.ryTwins anda smallamy of friendsput on a massiveFranco good vignetleswas ternpered by a bluring of La HayeSainleand
Prusian game yhich had huDdrcdsof ngures and someof the besr Hougoumont,lhe now expecredfifry men posing as a rcgiment, and
tenainoftheda, cenrringon a nalsile sheltedout buildingthatdrew somereal howlerstha! would get the lrainspottingf.aremity (of which
many admning glances.Derby oiTeredcuadalcanal1942. with I am oDe)Dpin ams. But s muchas I havemoanedaboutsone of
wonderill sea bodds and some delicately modelled and splendidly lheseprogrammes, the.emust haveb€enupwardsof len episodes
paintedships.Viva Francowd put on by Ray Mccanr od featured, whichwerequitesupe.bmd we wouldallbe a lot poorerifthey hadnl
you ve glesed, the SpanishCivil War. Excellent arid te.rain, some beenon at all. Congratulations ro all involvedandI hope,in time.Mr
wonderfullyev@ative biplan€sanda lelectionofbuildingsrbatwoutd Beanleamsto act in oolher accent.iPresunablySeanBean, not
nale most peopledribble wirh envy.Aho rarhergood was a massive RovanAtkinson?Ed.l
Gunsof Navdone gamepresentedby The Bunker,coBpletewifi some I was .eadinga recentcopy of Narrolern magzine and sporcd two
greal ieEain right out of th€ film (but sadtytacking rhe farnoustheme inrersting bookson the FrenchNapoleonicdmy publishedby the
music...).Cettysburg wasLeedsWargame Club\ conldbulionad jl iamousnuseuDat Les hvalides.Volumes6 and7 in theNaDoleon er
would be true to say that rhey had some of the berler figures and sesSoldalsseries,th€yfeaturethe yeds 1804,1809 and 1809-1815.
buildingsondisplay.To lry andcapturcsonerhing of a barted big ar The booksconsistof pageafte. pageof black & whire photographsoi
the Burg h no qsy tsk, but rhis Samemanagedjr in style.Elire @l weapons, insrruments, stddards,Dnifoms,shakos, beltplaresand
conremporary ponts.jnterspersed with rnanycolourpictures, mosrof Ab^'e drd belN: Dare Andrews Lle.lievats_ Are th^e
wn'.n adorn,he qrlls oi rhe mu\cJF. Tnel sonrz at tu
b o r ! s o u n d e d best Wi etl (preeanbl\ \qryan1es
modthsarenn8 andl ras resren"drobor, a tJle ho,eIn -) wJ|fl dnd a1d ) f1ures evef _ ot hav ,4so
an eftned Dave Thohtds letl soheehat stpttered lives?
nav'ngto vait until my nexl visit to pa.js.But Nancy
Ki*han of What 6 ccrhtn t! ttd thos?^olt. bphid !hc.haryntF
Hersdnr'.oundedo-r d ned perrecldry ar \ena,\ bv hdvrng ^n4h$ rhr
lh" e\rcl a . a n t o n p \ t F n t a a b , n r t r \a s \auv. ?t,r s.,t th,\:,i
same.vorum oe
- sr h e\ h e l i a . " \ e - y f - i r t n - e . B o l hw e r es n c p p eudp .
aroitable lroL Speciat vehict. Forc" - see ttvt ad an pase
Dd theydid nordisappoint. s of tasl
 games saysquite a bit about the qisting folrut. I have always felr
Convention uncomfonableat shows where the entrant is provided with a large
Round-up plastic shoppingbag d part of the packprovidedat lhe dooi
While may orgmisers cannot mmage the cost, either in tems of
mooeyor peBonalcomnittnent to do a two day shoq the rradeevett
BEER 'N' PRETZEI,S 1997 shouldnot be fte only style of show.Tbe Smes o.ientedapProachis
extremelyattractiveandwonderfulfun. It als occursto me thar peoPle
Some@dqs nay remembermy commentson the UK showcircuit in
aresooflen goinSon aboutlhe hobby gettlngolder (which is not really
wl #116.I bave recentlyattendeda showwhich very definilely breal$
the casein iny experience).Can I suggestthal a gameso.ientedday or
(bene.,) weekendis an id$l vehicle for catching dd building the
This show is Beer 'n'Pretzeh held in Bunon on Trent by Phil
rut a enthusia$ of rhde lessexperiencedmembe6 of the hobby?Ii seems
Boothesbneof Spiril Games.Not onjy doesPhil successfully
gamesshop that is one of the few tbat surives in the lhe face ofthe me that youDgergme6 havemoreftee time. Perhapsthe hobbyis too
much dominaredby us old salts who now hale litlle lime dd ldge
showcircuit.but whenbe chooseslo do his own show'it is ilself a
colletiors?Think backto whenyou fi$t got into gaminS.Whenwas
remarkableand innovativeevent.
your lNt all-niglt garning session?I bave elen hedd about hobby
Bdicallx Phil has had the "nov€l" idea of focusingon the games "black holej' wherc virtlally alt garneB have rctreatedinto hone
themselves.rather than Oe trade. lf you do come to hade you are
rables,old mates,establishedrule setsandlaJgef:g!rc collections.Tlis
expectedto presenta gamefor playing throughoutthe weekend.The
could b€ an expldalion for the weaknes of th€ shows in fte
showis a two day affair with long hou6 andlots ot interesting gmes.
Nonhwest.(I except the very commendableeforts of the 51 Helens
All face$ ofthe hobbyare on show,miniatures(histodcal€nd fantasy),
'
boardgames, fanlasyrole playing andcdds, even"family gamessuch
This "gamey' style of show is perhapsbetter suited to the
ar Mo'dpory. The w@kendis long enouehto d.ift dound and get in
o.goisation of a local gamesshop Ihat to the capaciliesof a club. I
rnorelhan a few good games,or try somethingne* fo. a chdge.
doubtthat it is a coincidencethat Phih Spirit Gamesis one of the few
The lmde wa not totally unrepresen€d.with about 11 tmde$,
shopsto buckthe powerof the establishedshowchcuit andthat heruns
prov'ding a respectablecrossseclionof suppliesavailable.The t ading
Be€.'n'Prctzeh. But I think tbe show circuit ha. drifted lo a
daysare 1ong,wi$ slowish salesso that most tmderssinply played
srereotypedfomat that is nol sufliciently questioned,and even less
in a gde md brokeoff momentarilyto makea sale,thenquickly back
subj@tedto expenmenl.
The show's venue is also excellent. The Bunon Town Hall is a
gorgeouspieceof Viclorid gjnge.bread,fitting a town gmwn nch on John Laibs
the brewingofb@r in the l9th century. Tlte ceiling is wood panelled,
supponedby omatecast ircn arches.A ddk wood balcony sunnounE
FIASCO I
wainscottedaids frmed by polychrcmadcbrick dcbs. Neither arc It was *ith sone lrepidanonI set out to FIASCO this year.After ldr
lhese architecturalglories at the expenseof pncticalily, a! entry and years superb show at th€ Royal AmoD.ies Museum, lhe Leeds
exit are a flat run to all rooms wirh adequatevehicle accessoutside. Wdgames Club had lo nove the show back to rhe p€vious Arml€y
Tbe Town Hall s€ff re also notablyfdendly and ready to help. If lhe venue.well. I neednot havewoded.
evenrgrcws.morercomvsp&es 6vdiabrefor expm(ion. Havinghaddifficultyin parkinghercin pastyeas I wasplased to
lf I havea complaint, ir is onearisingfromtheverysuccess of Beer seethat there*as a new,l&ge overilow cai pdk.
'n' Prelzels.1997wa! itseighthyearof life. I fearPhilis Soingto bave Visitorswercmadewelcomefrom the sun, fte.e wasa largedispla)
to invest sone morc lime dd etrort into pdor organisationin futurc stdd in the entmncewith excellentdirectioneound the showand
yearsa! there was a shaip if brief "bble crish" dunng set up md I much oiher useful information. The prcgmmmefolded out to gile a
suspect somegamescoulddo wilh morepre-planning. I witnessed one planof thewholevenD€-
p€son eaSeiro do an AD-D gamefor whjch no take6 could be found. As ever fte teeds warsmes club displayed rheir own gamejust
Perhapsa progamme lo allow poiential panicipantsto cone knowing inside harl on€. This year's etrort had some stunningly painted
what gameswere available?No! that my of this seriouslyaffecledthe Napoleonicships.Nert lo lhis was the ever-peenl beginne.s'comer
enjoyment of the eventbul I wonderifthqe smalldifliculliesmight Thisis e dea which,in my opinion,shoutdbepresenled in sometom
not grow into bigger onesin future. at everyshoq lt showslhe newcomer,or cauaL visitor manyaspeds
This year was somethingol a reconnaissance for me and p.ior of the hobby in a quick dd informative way. If we are to arhct new
conmimen$ meant thal I only could be there for the salDrday,but blood then we must make them welcome dd not make the $ow
therewis siill a good crowd al about6pD, that looked set1o8o on for accesibleonly to established playe$.
sornetime. For thosewho choseb male a weekendof it, hotelswerc Therewd a crosssectionof periodsand figlre scalesrepresentedin
inexpensive,dd Bu(on is a goodtown for a bit of bd'hopping (home the display and participaiion gam4. There was hard competiion
ofboth Bassand Marslonsbrewerieg and with a goodmngeof middle beiweenall gamesfo. lhe bestof sho* dd in the end therewerc only
a few points covering tbe 1op few games.Manchesterwon fte besl
Beer'n' Prerals epresnls a seriousaftemptto ptsent a showthat participationgame wilh a wonderful pi.ate game.This will prove a
is different in focus to the vast majority of the cunenl crop.The focus very popular game aroDndthe shows and I for one look foNard to
is clearly on the gamesthemselvesdd much les on the tradeshow' eolhe. game.The BunkercaDea closesecondwith then Cunsof
aspecrA much snaller proportionof gaDersleft early,clulching bags Navmne. Harrogae dd Ripon came third. All three were fully
of purchasedgoodies.Insteadmanystayedon to enjoy holn of games b@kedaUday, which sFaks well for the haJdwork and effon pDtin
that perhapswere ne* to them and playedwith gamersftom another by all the club memben.
club or town. I think lhal the trad€rsin attendatceenjoyedlhe relaxed Sr Helens and Ashington came top in lhe display game category,
atmospheremd the chmce to enjoy lheir hobbl with their well p.epeed and presentedmicrc arnour game- It says
I willno!lay all sho*scan,oughtto,or should.followthh example. much lor lhe game rhal Lhisscalecan prcduced $rnnrnggme
There is an important place for tmde show events.I quite undectand ColtishallCowddscamesecondmd Rotherham dd the Lanceand
the commentsof Jonatha Crcwe in wl 118.Sometimesall you watt LongbowSocietyfinishedequalft'rd.
is a quick shoppingtnp to get somefrcsh toys, then back home.The There were stalc displaysof large scalefiglres by the White Rose
fact lhat Mr, Crowe coneives no other entenainmentat a show save MilitaryModellingSocietl The localbratchifthe I.P.MS displayed
''Bring and Buy, Ihe pasty counter, the bar, and the pa.ticiparion
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somefine exanplesof modeh,as did rhe Knkteesmodet
boarclub.
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largeswinming pool fo. an hour over lunch time. This prcved
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Desp,telheexrraqargamq rladeflASCO ha\ nor taltenin,o
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be able 10 ger into FIASCO II on productjon of Concessionairesf,I.00
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prcCnmne.Fd{her. by showingrhe FIASCOIt programme App'ox.l8.oo0sq/fiThreerimesrher/e of tasryear.m,rrng I
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^Foms Jou canget n on a reducedlareon an) da) in November. Brmrngham-s biggeslsbowr
r,AJ u I j q,u havea ditferenrblendo, Lmde6anddi{ptargames.
- Ber{eent0-40Trade SDndJ. appor.2t Demodnd pdricipar,on
It wil not bea cloneof then6t showaranattemative venue.I amlold udms,
rh?tflyes andadvertsfor the showshouldsrartappcdng Lken"edBr/Catererir ptusmtu\i\e bnngJnd buy
snonry,so w e a l s oh o p e , oa d da m i t i r e )m o d ei n eI n c m e .
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are spde r@ls md 4 eallon petrol cans*hich cd be usedd stowage
REVIEWS on lhe finished nodel. Orce again,the fil of pans h very Soodud a
liule cale will sult in a striKng model tbat is a welcomeadditionto
my edy wd desertforce.
THE ARMOUR.ED CAR MODELS OF TOMMY M-39 c.ebs This HungarianAFV saw sewice tbrcugltoutWW2. This
ATKINS is a simple Kt to construct atd capturesthe @npact, businesslike
appeaianceof the original vehicle.
C. A. "Iommy" Atkins has b€en producins nodeh for many years. After the bas of the body hasbe€nfixed in placeandcl€anedup the
However,as he nainty makes 1,200 scaleaircraft modeh md 1/35 resl of the hull is earily assembled,ody the mudglards provedfiddly.
scaleAFvs for the collectors'markethe iNprcbabiyunknownto most As wirh mostofTonmyt kits, the rel hatcbesd€ sepamteto allow
$argamers.This is a shameb€causehe prcducesa growing rangeof a crewmanto be fitred-
exquisite lt6 scale armouredcar models which would gmce The other vehiclesin the rangeare Daimler Mkl. Lancheskr MB[,
Indio pattem wheeledcdier. Humber MkIV AEC MkIII and
The modelsde cdt in a high quality pewbr alloy, which Tommy Mmon Henin$onMk.lL
himself prepafts. Th€ maters, down ro the smallest delails, are To summarise,a rangeof armou.edcd modelswhich ar€ secondto
nachin€d from solid b.as md basedoDthe most accurat€avarlable nonein termsof accuracymd quality. Then gealer numberof Parts.
plans.U you are only usedto building so called 'wargams quality" when comparedto some other kits, meansthat they take longer to
mod€h the resultingkit pill come asa revelationto you. construct-Having said rhat,to build one of rhesemodelsshouldbe no
The kir! anive in a plBtic bag, togethe.wirh a sheetdetailing the mo@ than an evening\ work. The models are also competitively
vehicle\ history specificadonand the assemblyinslruclions. priced.All of ft€ modelscost!8'00 each,apanfrom the AEC, Fordson
when you spill the parrsfrom the bag their quality is irnmediately ed the sdkfz 23v232 vhich e !9-00 qch. Tle modelsare available
obvious-Tbe partsarc clea.ly mouldedand their edgs arc shep and from Mr C.A.Atkjns.l7 AshboumeAvenue,B.idl'ngton,Y0l6 4PE,
crisp. Us€ lhe plans and assembly instructionsto idenlify the paru. UK.
Before you assenblen, washthe kit in warm soapywaler to remove
tbe mould relqse agent.After rhis assemblyh very st aiShtfoNd4 S. M. IrwiD
whether you use glue or solde(
The following tre a slection of models from the cunent rmge of BOOK R.EVIEWS

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OA vz 30 Originally these armouredcan w€re used to equip the Thk 32 pose paperbackSiees tules, ed ll scewnos, for a.tions
caralryunitsof the Czechoslovakid "Fastdivisions- Followingihe
JuturinE Ihe kench ForeignlzSion in North AJrica durinS thep,iod
dismembermentof the Czechstatein I 938, tbey equippedlhe Slovak
r890-1925.
FastDivisionard wereusedin the fightingagainstHungaryin 1939 "Baltle Game with
The rules come in a choice of two levels, tbe
and larerin Russiaagainstfte Soviets. "Skirnish Gme with a onero-
oneflgurer€presenting 5 men,or the
This hTonmyt mostrecentrelease. It is alsothe simplestof all of
one ratio.Giventhat unitsin the BattleCamescenarios a.e seldom
hiskits.Ii buildsinto a delightfulreplicaofthissDall.C4ch arnoured
ove. 30 figlres strong, and morc ftequently 20 or unde( n is Prctty
car. The frodel is quickly and edily assembled,tbe parts fitting mucha sKmish'odented systemdyway'
togetherwith the minimum of fuss. The rules de fairly straightforwald md cleady laid out, qith
examples where app.opriate, and are inlended for 25mm figlres.
White-Lamy Tl)is hrge Frencharmouredcar is depict€dafter it had
althougi l5mm or 20mmwould bejust a! good.There de not a huge
beenmodemised in the mid'30s.In. May 1940somewercstill in us
nDnb€r of then, a task madeeasierby the limiled numberof trcop_
in metropolitm F@ce but lhe najonty eere deployedoveaeas,in
typesinvolved,andthey shouldbe easyto pick uP.The rules taaturea
nonh Africa and the Levanl. ''quality dice" sysiem,wb€re each figure is valued in tems of a die
Assenbty is srmighr fon ard, making it a good model for people
type ranging from D6 to Dlz, similar to lhe system usedin GZCI
with litde erpenenceof metal kit!. The .esult is a largeandimpressive
D,nsid?. I think ihat this systemhas a lot lo be said for i! and suspect
model which dwarfs the eight wheeler I only encounlercdone small
that it may begr to featuc in more rules soon.For anyoneunfamilid
problem.Th€ two lugs for locating lhe bumperwele loo shon and I
with the concept,tbebasicprinciplerevolvs arcunda qualityroll to
replaced$em with bra$ rod-
achievea setscoreto performa chos€ntask.ln torr o/rhe Derdt these
Sdklz 23ll132 Theseeight whel moured cds de weUknown and tasksinclud€obsenatioDof hiddenunits,controlling galloping horses,
the.ede sver.l Kts of tbemon the market.Ho*ever, this modelis by andshooling.Civen that the requiredscorcro achievethe taskremains
fd the b€st.The fit of partsis very good.Only aroundthe red grill did constant,the chanceof achievingit will vary accord'ngto lhe lype of
I hale to use a small amount of nlle. All of the stowageis cast
separately,this allows you to customhe"your model . Breathtakingly simple? Well, cenainly it makes life faidy easy,
althoughthe detraclionmay be the n@d to roll loB of dice in cenain
Autoblinila AB41 Tlis well known Italid vehicle h beaurifitly circumstan@s, slch as shooting,bur given the snall numbenor
depictedby this kit. Assembly of the hull parls is sraightforward but fig!.es involved. I don't think that it will be much of a hindrmce to
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a dry run is essential,
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sidesof the hull whilsl I stuck lhem together.This kit is very having 10roll for everyfigrre.
conp.ehensive ed includessuch tiny items as towing eyes,cast Firing is straightforward,but only .eally effective at close ranges,
separately.Theseare probablybesl left off a model lhat will seea lot and reqDi.es a quality roll. The scoreneded is dependenton nnge dd
a feq modirying factos. Any roll abovetbe numberneededresllts in
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 Battle at theaddilionofjDsta few units,terVichy Con atlendees
8 hour slugfestthis pasrFebruary.
hada rcusing

Remagen Brtdge As rcgardssc.le. the engagemenr is small enoughro fighr at t:1. We

used20mmnguresand everyrhing fir nicelyon rwo 6 x4 rablesset
slightiy off cenEr As you can s@ from the nap, we foughrrhe
by Dauid Menick engagement lengthwhe.Any rulesserthal altowssmaltunit actions
witl *ork. For ou. gamewe usedR4pid f@ wilh sone adaprations.
One of the chauengesof wargamingis ro take hisbncal actjonswhere Oneofthe nicestthingsro happento thehobbyin rhepdr f€wyears
lhe oddswereoveshelningly one sidedand tuming theminto tun is theincreasing availability
ofqualirybuildingsanddjommas.Forrhe
hbletopencounters. It is fascinating
to seehow liltte twqking you .ngagement, in section A of fte map we used Scenic Effects,
needto do to tale e encounrerlike RemagenBridge from a srro in Monallery Hill (WB21), for rhe villaee ScenicEffects,buildings
the pdk lo a real donDybrook. (WB10,11,12,&13), dd for thecanalbdk ScericEtrecrs,\ryB 2?.tn
the centerwas the piecede resistance Scen'cEffects lalesrcreation.
IIISTORICAL BACKGROIIND Renagen Bridge (wB26). In area B we used Scenic ErfecN'
trenchlines (W823).For themihoadlunnel,w€joumeyedro our local
On 6 Ma.ch, 1945Amedcan forcesenleredCotogne.The Altied frcnt milrcadhobbyshopandboughtan HO nikoad tunnelwhichwe then
along fte Rhine now stretchedthe bener pan of 100 miles betw@n modifiedto visuallyfit in wirh rhe stunningrenainwe atreadyhad.
Cologneand Nijmegen.Unfonunately,all the b.idgesin the dea had Afier a quick sropat our locai gocery srorefo. kirly litte. (makesgrear
rubble.thoughyoDhaveto lock ourrhecar),we werereadylo go.
Wilh the c(man 15ft Army defeabd Field MarshatModelt lines The modulardesignof theter.aincomponerts madetor easyserup
weresevered.Wilhout skipping a bear,Allied forcesDoved to o(ptoir ad tale down.Only lrl, hous belbreand after the gamewe.e needeo.
thisopening. The U.S.VII Co.psadvecerton Bom whilerheU.S.IIl
Corpslo th€ .ight wd orderedto take the crossingsover the Ahr Tle TIIE OPPOSING FORCES
III Co.ps commanderassignedthe taling of rhe Ahr cro$ings to
Major-GeneralJohnLanard and his 9th ArmoredDiv,son. We divided the US forces into six coninandswith no ovem
Bngadie.General Hodge,in commdd of CombatCommand..B', of commander The US fieldedrhrcecommands oi3 Shemanseach.two
the 9th Amored Division.wa! infomed on rhenomisg of 7 Mdch infmLf companisofl0 soldieGeach,and
anenginee. company of l0
thattherailroadbrjdgeat Remagen wassriuiDtacr.Decidingtofollow sith a suppo.tingShemd and bulldozer Each of lhe irtanry
the spint of his orde6, ceneral Hodge decidedto ry and tale rhe companies andfte engineercompanywereaho given2 HE & 2 AI
bndge intacl. SecondLi€urenart Karl Ttmmermo *as rhe fi6t ro grenades and fte "g.oDndpoundeB weregivenhalf,tracksro make
dive al rhebridge.The cerman guardimmediatetyarempredro blow gettingro the fight moreenjoyable. variety
For feel kee to useChafees
the bridge. They bad waited too long thoDSh.The commerciat andPe6hingsas theywe.eboth
there.rhoughthe ShemansDorerhe
explosivesusedwerenot up to thejob andrhedamageoonewas mrnor. brunlofthe racero caplure
thebridge.
Without time lo (ry againRemagenBridge fe inro U.S. possession. For the Cermanswe gol a little creative.We Dlaceda unir of l0
Hitler wasenragedby this and immedialelyorderedlhe executionof Volksnunnanda Dnilol l0 HitlerJugend
amed wirh panzerfausts in
Major Sch€llerod three orhe.s that he felt were responsiblefo. rhe thevjllagealonewith HansFnnz, sniperexlGordinaire.
On rhebridge,
success of the Am€ricm surpriseattack.Addirionallyhe oidereda weplacedtenengineeBand on thefa. sidenealrheraiiroadrunnel, we
batteryof lTcm gunsto openn.e on thebddged well asan andV,2 placeda Luft*atre companyof 10.To
makelhingsmoreinteesting.
altacks. Under Ihis concenedattack rhe bridge collapsedon March we gavetheLufiwaffecompany panzerfausls,
2 a mediumanda heavy
l7th. By thenfourdivilionshadc.ossedtheRhineandanother bridse machine8un,andtwo 20nm AA guns.

GAME FLOW
THE WARGAME
To keepthingsflowingsmoothly.
it helpsto havetwo peoptetunning
Theeventsat Remagen bridgelendrhemsetves nicelyto re,enacment the game.we had one pe6on runninglhe acrion in the village
on $e labletopbecause
ofthe relativelysmallsizeofthe forces.With (especially
necessa.yasweusedhiddenmovemenr fo.thecemdsin
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the village) ed rhe other handlingevenb at fte bridge.The key wo.d
to runnin8 the game is flexibiliry. Keep a feel fo. how much fun is
beinghadby all md whenyou sensea lull inrerjectsomething to pick
{ft msnrwrr$u,rss.ccEssotrss
4ft@
Occasionally,as rhe US players would get bogg€d down in the
village we would havea player acringascenerarHodgecomerunning I5w:rn Biblicq"I
over screaming, cet moving_I wdt that bridge yesterdayt" We grr:lER
placed two ruined Geman lanks in the village dd at one poinl an RAN-S'ES tNSL(IDE,
25NI1\,I EI 'IIOPE:A.'I
energetic veterarof rheCrcatWr camerunningout oia buildingand IsMM & 25MM GENER,{L PURPOSE
junped into one of the wrecks.Seeingrbattherewasa roundin the ISMM ANCIENT & DARK AGF-S ( INC. ROMAN )
breachheauempted to fire,Unfortunarely hedidn'tnolicethedamage 15MMSPANISI|& MEDITERFiANEAN( INc. RENAISSANCE )
to the barel. Sadly,all he did wd blow himself md the rankup. I/]OOTIJANCIINT / SPANISE/IIIROPEAN / MIDDLE EAST
As for $e bridge and setting up the demolirionchdge, we nade it For cabrosue sad a hle S.A-E+5Op
up as we went along. By being c.earivewe were able ro ke€p to the ( OVERSEAS plase sdd 3 x step&l I.R.C'S) to:
histo.icalnodel, whilear thesametimeablero inrerjectdiatogue thar STE\€ BARBER MODELS, I AVON PLA(E. I]AWKSLADE,
keptthe suspense going,Eventuatly, the cermanplayeron the bridge AI'I-ESBURY, BUCliS. lIP2r 9LR of TELlFAX1 OI2gb 434059
vas so cr€arivewirh ho\r be was sertjngdemolirion chdges that we
allowedhim to blow it. Don t be afraid ro inrqject a hrte role_ptaying
toweK-Deteminedro quicklysecurethebndge onesquaddashed
across, braving detemined Oeman resistgjce. After ratine heaw
TURNST TO 4 lose( the) werc rorcedback a.'os lhe bndge. Medwite, rh;
enginees had broughtup the butldozerand beglln fiUing in the crater
In the beginning,th€ ce.man playersbeganto worry norc ed more
The cerman defendersat rhe far towers hung on Gnacrou$y.
as fte US forcs beganpouring onrofte board.Admcing down both
Grenadeswere flying left and right out rhe tower wjndows. Thek
roads,ir s@medljke nothingcoutdslopthemdd tharthiswasgoing
20mmAA gunson the bitl enreredthe fray, chewingup lhe half-tracks.
ro be a shortgame.On fte orhe. side rhe US playen be8anro feel rhat
Finally facedwith insurmountableodds,they begd ro fall back.
nrnSswerelust too ea!y.
TURNS14TO 17
TURNS 5 TO 9
The fight for the bridge quicuy tumed into one big turball. cernan
The Ame.icm advanceslowedas rhen nervolsnas compoundedas a machinsgun
fire from the far rowers,coupled with the AA gun fire
.esultofthe Iackofopposilion.Oneof theAmencanprayeGsoppeo fiom thehill, pinned
downrheAmerice adrance. Secunryunm on he
on Monastery Hiil, openedhis cupola,dd decidedro look thingsove. b.idge laid down frerce suppon
fire for the enginers, who were
throughhh binoculars.Hds Franz,sniperexrraordinaire, couldn't desperat€lytrying to finish serling rhe cbees oeededto btow lhe
resistsucha delighlfulta€eland immediarely pul his firstshorofthe
dayinto rherightlens.Scratchonelieurenmt. Faced wilh a spinted defense.American tank commmders lhrew
Qn thelett, rh€advmcetumedinto a maelstrom ofconfusion.Firt cautionlothewinddd beganfi.ing at rheceman unitson thebridse.
a lankexploded andthenanotherwasheavilydamaged. Anemptingto In rhefiry e),cha8e.an Incidentrhsl woutdteadro coun maniataor
avoidthembush, onemoreranl wastmckedasit veercdoffthe road the tank
commander,the Shemes did what the cerman engineershad
andcrashedinto a building. crenadesard panzerfaustswereexploding beenunableto
do. MissingrheinlendedrarSetrhesupponfire hjr the
everywh€.e. Havingsutre.edhealyIosses andnotbejngabiero seelhe bridge se{tion where the cermans had earljer arrempredto blow rhe
enemy.Anencan forcespulled back to r€group. bridge. Unknownto bolh sides,the bridge had beenweakenedand rhe
Meanwhileon the rigbt,Ame.icarforcesdrovewirhinydds of tbe iire from
the tanks was enough lo finish rhe job. ceneral Hodget
bridgeonl) ro be stoppedby m ambush.LosinganotherL,eutenanr, response
uponhedingollhis wasreponedasbeingso 'nveclivetharir
thar advdce fallered md boggeddown. For the Cennans,lha! was a nade Geneml
Pattonappemsaint,like.
good rhing as they had lost just abouteveryoneblunting the advance_
Facedwith no easyway acrossthe river, tunericd forceswithd.ew
Nor vantinS ro take my chan@sthough,rhe cermans deronaledthe to defensiveposirions
ud waitedfor night As night fell Ceman
mine under the approach10 the bridge. In lhe midst of aI this was engin@6finally
foundasolutionto theirdernotition prcblems.while
GeneralHodge. Get me thal bddgetMove,move,movetThis is no sea.chingthe basement
of one of rhe b.idge rowe6 rheyfound a cache
of satchel chdges.Underrhecoverof night,rheyplacedrhemoverrhe
explosives alreadyin place.The deronation ofthe sarchelchtuges
was
TURNS 10AND 11 enough 1o set off the orher chargesas well. Just before Didnight,
Remagen Bridgecollapsed into theRhitre.
Rejuvenated by GeneralHodge'sverbatboot ro thebuftocks.Anedcm
forcessnapped out ofrheir indecisionandadvanced on borbflanls in
eamest.
CONCLUSION
Relumingnre,theyquicktycurdownhalfof rhedefendenin
the village md ciearedthe approaches to the bridge.During rhis A lempomrywin for theGemes, but neverrheless a vin. Unde.coler
exchdge, the Gemans sutreredtheir fi61 commandlos whenCaprain ofnight $e Americans b.oughrup riverboars.The followingmoming,
Ma{ wascurdownby the50sof lhe supponingAmerican half,tracks. undera heavysmokebarage, they madeir acrossthe rive. Howevef,
Du.ing Ihis period cemar engineersnade their fi.st a(empr to il would be a weekbeiorethe bridgewould be repairedenoughro
blow the main bridge spd. When norbtnghappened,they wonderedif allow vehicularrafiic.
r! wasfte qualityof thecomme.cial explosivesrhalwd 10blame. Remagen Bridgewd a tenificallyfun simulation. The torceswere
smajl,allowingthegameplayb moveat a lastpace.The useoihighly
TURNS12AND 13 derailed renaincoupledwith theflexibitityoflhe gamemasteB, hetped
to pull the playeGinto feelingrhat they wereactuallytherear the
The Amencanadvanceon the lefr picked Dpspeed6 they drove from b.idge.Intheend
though,thesmileson rhefacesof eleryoneplaying
the cenlerof the villageto fte waterfront.On the .i8ht, the action
developedinto hand,to-handfighting as rheybeganro clearrhe brjdge
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readatt his columns(andnissedhim
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of the irnaginarion, he gives the
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on topical issues,a brcadbasedlook arnew p.oducts.a coveageof the maldngbuildings,yespleaiet!Thepictures
ofrhe pegs$ brideecab
shows, md possibly a look at relevant publicarions and the ideas rnprcvrous issues, theAmhemgame,andthebuitdingsin lhis month\
therein.Naile? Well this wd what we were prcmhed iD the opening magzrne accompanyingrhe
RaprdF E scenariode Dourh ealering _
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do it?
severalmillion miles shon of rhis wonhy goal. Wha comme here 3/ Re enacro6:fo. what it s wonh I m vith rhe dri\, I buy rhe
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FoundryNotebook'. Sorie examplesfrom rhe t6r few edirions: brillimt, bul appearto be lackinga few rhingslCan we havea li$le
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represent excellenr work....as
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wl lll on Wodensfeld Miniaturcs..ch&itablydescribed a! bdic...I butwouldlike 1oknowifl'in on therighrrrack(md ifthesear indeed
can t honesrlysay that thesefiprcs arethe b€s! in lhe world,,. thewholetules.or a digestfor the magazine!).
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WdganesFoundry an fd ruDing oDtofsuperlatives (again),But d@sn1 haveto wory aboul rhe calculationsand the reco.d keping.
hesrill manages roscrape'ogelherrh.,o oqrng.ski . tdlenl.berryer. jDst rhe gme. I'm cunenrlyw.idng a WWII
Skimish programin
De.lecl.magnifr cent,incrcd'blygood,superb.conde.ful,e\quisite, VisualBaic for the PC, rhatwill storederails
on aI unirs;how and
magnifi centragain).bdttiani. whenthey'vemovedfircd.morale,weapons,suppo.tweaponvcrew,
WI I 17Old clory'...completelyundeflhelmed...gawky...unusabte...I I.ansport,toeed weaponserc_yel the rule mehanjcs themlelvs we.e
am Dappyto pay more and wail yea.sfor the peFies to sculpt sone, . ''borowed" in their infdcy from
the man who srarredne otr in rhe
This last k, to my mind, the ultimateinsulrto a figxre designerTheir bobby,DonFeathe^rone! Proofindeedlharold andnewCAN coexisr.
produclls apparently sobadlhatyou shouldwat eons in thehopethat 6/ Onlyoneg.ipe,canwe havelessofthe amaeurhisrorians plqse?
\omeoneehe p,oducesan atremat'\rtlt Mr Siggins,( unabte;osay Then only excusefor
beinSpnnFd in rhe naguine is a single
something goodaboutaproducr heshoutdkeephis mouthfimly shut, paragraphat the endthar sayswhereyou cm buy the figures[ d prefer
ar 16, *hen h,ssbgeis rhehobb' s lead,ngpubhcd,on. themto sendin thebanleor campaignrcpods(renemberrheons in
WhrlsrI Dnde6landlhal Mr Siggin,..ommerrsreUecL h|s views the old Waryane6 Newldterl\)
ratherthanthe publishels I do feet ftal this argumenrtosessomeor ilJ 7/ Can we have morc anicls on rule n@hdics, and gaming
weight \rhen the colurnn js a regl]td one which ro aI irlenrs and methods?As anexample, Dy gamingopponenr (DariellCarvood)and
puQosesappem to be sancnonedby the WI politb!.o (i.e. Duncan). I are cuftnrly r.yirg ro
ngurc our how we can put in m elemenlof
IActuallymosrof the figlresin ny collerion de HinchliffeModeh_ swpnse b the Cod@d Dec6,br,/Sp?a./padWWII rules_Sonehow
thoughI wouldnl cal rhemthe bestin thewortd.Edl theserulesdon r cove. (to ou. satisfacton)how you kep a unit
Shorid the colutrtrr sreer more ctosely along the couse ongiDaly "hidden"unlil you'veactually
spottedn in gaDeterms- qhich can
declaredat rheoutset,I for oneeould applaud.A regularfeatureof tbis leadto somefairly anificial scenarios.Do
any of your reaoeEnaveany
lype would eohanceour publication, bDt tet us see ir refleclinc rhe thoughtvideatnechdics on this?
orcadchurchrhati5ou hobby.ad noriusrrheinte,qLsof Mr Srggins. Enoughrambling, thanksagainfor rhemaSuine,it\ improveda
Snll, I supposewe werewamed_In rhefirst anicte lhe fo|owins words 10070in tbelait4or5 monthssokeep
it up.Chee6.
appeded lt rhrscotumnconrinuerfor ey tenglhof ume.y;u $,tl
quickly leao that I am a dyed in the wool 25nm man and Wareames Sleve Hick
Foundrys biBgesr lan . Sadly'r ha5.anddont we btoodyknow-,rl

Richard Clarke
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TAKE A BOw' SIGGO
The.eseemto havebeena numberof tettersbdhing Mike SigginJ
I'LL TELL YA WHAT I WANT, WIIAT I REALLY, 'Wa!game.'s
Notebook' colunn since it begd. Can I just say rhat I
REALLY WANT.... think his columnis one of the bestrhingsto havehappened in the
wdgamesprcssrn .ecentrimes,md Dsuallythe fir$ rhingI readin
ThoughtI'd purpento paperto congratulaie
youon theJuneissue_ ir's W.l.?Reviewshavepersistenrly beenthe worstthing in rhe ,glossy,
wargames press.Ldgely becauseof tle tnall world'. advenising HoweverI disagreeei$ S.W Eardley'simplicationsthatexorbitant
rey€nue-dependent nature of the business.they have gene.ally been iigurecostsarc a najor problen.t-ookingat evidence, basedon my
uncritical drivel extolling the excellenceol everything.This is not own s(penence,I believethat figurc cost is a small part of the overall
helpedby the habit of baving one revieper, or, at best a very small costof collectingan amy andparticipatngin olr hobby.
team. cview everything; someonewho can lell the accD.ey of m Six monlhs ago I retumedto wargarning,my hobby for ihe last 25
eighteentb-o. ninet€€nlh-centuryuniform is unlikely to be ai well yems,aftera two yearbreak.Looking for a freshst.rt I decidedto stan
infomed on €ighth o. ninrh,centurystuq or fifte€nrhor sixteenth.So, a newperiod,l5mm Ancients;a nee amy, Alexandnan Imperialand
having someoreprepar€dto stick hk n€ck out dd poinl out cmp for a newruleset.D.B.M.I boughta basicpaintingguideandacoupleol
what it is, dd, maybemore so, having an edilo. with the grts to print hislorybooks,andasmyoldenamels hadddedupI hadto bDyseveml
theseviews, is a real change,and for the befter in my view I dor't new pots ol acrylics.I aho bought2 brushs, kniie bladesand a
necessariiyag@ witb everythingMike Sigginssays,and the Foundry toolbox.To conpletethe amy I needed39 HeavyCavalry/Cenerah,
pdegf.ics do gratea lit e at rims, but heis neve.shonof ideas,very 16 Light Ho6e,80 Pike/HeavyInfantry,24 Light Infantryand 3
ofteno.iginal,usDallywell-informed, occasionally a bit 6h, always Elephant!.This workedout at 26 packetsat a cosrof!39.90. I could
lhought-provoking.The numbe. of outraged letters ed threats to have r€ducedthe cost by up to l0% had I bough! a _ReadyMade
cancelsubscriptionsare line bstimony to all this. Armt and pc-odercd before a show- I do nor believe rhal this
I enjoyed the first of S.W Eardley's recenr pair of anicles. lt shoppinglisl is extravaSmtor untypical,neitherdo I beliele lhat
capturcdwell the spirit of childhood and adolescence, wber Beatries, buying wdgame magdins, aftendingshowsor paying club lees
and tboseRoco Tanks they had, s@medlike Shangrila,the first five rcprsentJ excessiveexpenditure.
Hinchlitre 25trm ECW figu.es you bought were like a dreaD come The costsofowninglhis annyandeargamingfo. thesix monthsit
true, andyou could htrdly wajr for the next issueof Balle, I .emembe. look 1opaimbreaksdownasfollows;
rcaUywell ihe excitenent of fie ft6t issta ot Mi"iatute Woryanet.
Wberc, indeed,did all lhat go? Tle s@nd anicle nissed the point. Figllre Cost !35.90
As the leltersin WI 117 sbow'it is simplydelusionto denylbar r 9.90
figures,in all scales.dd 'n plastics(to which I retaina peculiu PaintingGnidedd HistoryBooks t29.44
attacbmenoar well as metaj, de much belter rhd rhey were then.as Paints,Brushes,ScalpelBladesetc. t34.45
de rules, lisls od books.Even if I nov tend to shelverhemDentally Bases. Flock,Textureandtoolboxetc. €1?.50
for later studt ratherthan readtheminmediately with the e"{cilement Six rnonthsof WargaDesMagu ines !30.60
wilh which. nearlylwenty yearsago,I greetedtheumpteenthanicle on Six rnonthsof Club Fees !18.00
Marston Moo. or Waterloo, anicls by lhe cunenr genemtion of 'Vr'dgme
Shows,Travel md Entry €35.00approx.
wdgames w.iters, like Chris Pee6. de infinilely bener, and better
infomed. Things havenol got wo6e. The toth, Mr Eardley,h nlrch Total !210.79
morc disturbingi we havegor older
As (perhaps)one of the writeB condemned by S.W Eardleyas Fromthisil canbeseenthatthengures,whicharel€ls faceit themost
''emineDlbul borinS jmponanlpartof a wargmeslmi actuallycosllessthan30%of the
historianJ (an outmgeousslur; there\ no way I
could be consideredenineno, ii is only to be exp€ctedI think thar totalcostof buildingthe amy. This equates to aslittle as l77oof the
wa.gmeso.iented hisrory is essentialin wargamesmaga.ines,and Iotalcostofwargamingove.lhe6 monthpenod.In short.theevidence
what is peripheral !o walgameB is nol always peripheralto hisrory does not support the argurnentthat figure cos$ are unreasonable.
(how lorg, for example.did it take 1o fllbr rhroughrhar the Brit'sb Furthemore, the boxesof unpaintedfigures that residein Dy attic md
amy was NOI the major opponent of Napoleonic Fmce?). The on manya bdngandbuy' stallalsoindicatethatfigx.ecostsareless
Frdco'Prussian War, iDdubitably,in, say, 1980, se€nas the sorr of ot, prcblemrhdnS W Lardleybeleves lf frg!'e' wercsoerpensive
insignificant bbscure' period which Mr Eardley condemns,could then I am sure wargame6 would linish one army befo.e they buy
baidly be claimedto be of minor historicalimpo.tasce.The way
foodd is not to retumto games.epons, the blighrofthe wdgams Now I afr awa.ethar ny a.glment add.e$esa rclatively small
pres everywhere.I foqnd them rivetting dd inspi.ing, erciting even. lmy basedon l5mm figures md that S.W Ea.dleys aryunents were
in 1977;I wasthirteenat Oe rinei rhetwo Doinrsarenorunrelated.If mostlyaimedat 25mmflgurcs.Unfortunately, I do trotcoilecr25mn
we do wanr to protect ou.selvesfrom Polirical Conectness (as we fiCures,not becauseof the cost bul becauseI did nol havethe spaceto
mighthayeto) rhentheway forrard is not,asMr Eedley advis€s, to dealwith themin ldge quantities. I am the.eforcunableto commen!
play up the game- il h rhegme bit that suchpeople(invariablyill- but I wouldimaSinethatthe generalprinciplesofthe aboveargurnent
infomed aboutlhe hobbt to somedegree)object lo. As Mike Ho.ah, still apply,andthal figurecostsarenot significantwhencompared to
in his aniclein Wl 117.says,the way forwardis sarelyto tale the the cost or waryamingas a *hole.
'qd more seriously, to rcspect history,
and ro lrse wa.gamesro I would however,be mosl inrerested to seederailsfroD a figure
exmine aspectsof it. Tlat way we can have more interestingand maufacturer showinghow much of the cost of a figure goeson ra*
imagrnative gameswithout pitchingaliensagainsrPdzer divisions materials,producingthe rnastes,staff cosrs,advenising.research,
(nothing wrong witb that, but, a! Mr. Horah says.it doessem to be interestrepaynentsto the bank,stationery, postand packingetc. as
taling over), Bnd provide the inspi.ing .eading maledal for roday\ opposedto lhe amountlhar goespurelyin prol'ir.I think that th$e
thirteen-yed,olds.But, then.I think that Watetues l6\ateddrcaAy detaih would rcveal a picIDrefd removedfron S.W Eardley\
provida that.As far as lhis magzine is concemed, one might ask, 'Americanbusinesspactices."My expedenceof helpingrelailes
unload at tbe local show is that mosl mive in Fo.d Transn Vansor
MoftisMino6 ratherthanBMWSandMercedes. AlsoI haveyetrosee
Guy Hrlsa[ flashsuitsandmobilephonesbecomestandard dress.
London It is possiblethaloncethe mdgins ofthe figuremanufactueBee
.evealedlhat the fundamentalquestion will chdge fron Are we
paying too much for wargamesfigures" to Are we paying suflicient
COSTA DEL ARMY for our wa.games figures10ensurequality,continuityolsupply anda
futurefor our hobby?"
I haveenjoyedreading$e recentanicles ard readersleuerscovenng
the stateof wargamestoday. Such a debalefocuseson the good and
bad sidesof our hobby and cm only lead ro a b€tler, strongerfuturc.
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w e c o u l dh . v e r d j k e dt o , h o u , sa b o u rr h e , C o o d
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wargaming.Like Mike s. the friend I took witt me wasmorejnrerested
m,lhe,krrdnftd rtE gdm$. He\ io* gonebrck ro,trainspoftinS.,as
a nobby,burhe drd sayOat he sawsomegoodhi s ro
copywhenhe
burrdshrsnewrailwaylay-our.
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rurnedfor me
now Dy youngslers. silh Ocir innovarrve \krmi(h sryterutes,rhal

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supposedlygive a mo.e accurate,,periodf@t,,.
Talkingof youngsbrs,at Salureonealkedme if td like play
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g;nes
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