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'Lion Of The North' (E) Di*ipline leyels.Amies haveDisciplinelevels:ftey de either
Stady, RegDldor Umly. The disciplinelevelinlluencethe ollting
Fast Play Rules for Combat of dnorderedstdds Dd the effectsof losing the baggageEdin. It also
debmines whal rypeof die the playcrusesshen rclling for Cpts:if
duriog the ThirtyYears War the aml is sreadyhe gelsa D8, if amy n reeulara DG, if afry n
by
MicrJael Peters 5. MOVEMENT OF FOOT, HORSE AND GENERALS

(A) The distancethedifferemtypeof standsmay mole is eivenin

1. INTRODUCTION
(B) Ternio etfects.Srands
'Lion of the North t.ies 10 refle.t the tacticd conb of fte Thint staningmd endi.gon rcadsdoubletheir
nolemenr Slandsenteringsoodsmuslimmediately stop,andin each
Yea6 wd, but cd eriily be expdded lo cover ofter conflicts dound
fouowingnrovement phdsetheyshn in woodsrbe playermustrcll.
theDid- ITth centuryThe rulesain ro givea quick8me wnh simple
ld6 if foororgene.al,and2d6ifhone. dd subtEcttheresultfromthe
mechanics, thal can be esily menorised.(Lrng lists of die roll
srands Dovenenr allo{ance. Only foot standsor geierah may entera
nodifieB m thereforeavoided,insleaddiffecnt d'ce are used.)They
nmh. witb tle procedure being the sme as for woods. Srdds
haveevolvedduringsomelime.andusesomecrucialideasbomwed
enteringa fordmuslsrop,md in thenexlmovement phasetheyrou I d6
fron otherrtrlesers,dong oftes theubiqDitous DB^.
and subfacr rheresuli frcm the stard s movemenlallosance. No s1and
nay dos waer ixcept by a bridge or ford.
2. BASING (C) Movidg tbrcugh slands. Slands nay nove ftrough friendly
stdds,disordering,bul neverdest.oying lberhin Lheptuces.Generals
All figuresm pur on basesor stands,standedizedaccording10 may movefeely Orou8hfriendlyslands.withourdinndedng$em.
Sreds maynevermovethrou8henemystands

Typ€ Bs frctrt g€ D€plh

Infer] ,l0nm 20m
6. MOVEMENT OF ARTILLERY
Calalry ,10nn 30m 3 (2ifLi8ht)
(A) Regimental Gunsnole 8 cm, dd can fire lhe sametum they
Anillery 30nn 35nn I gnn+ 3 {2 if LiBhror Resinenral)
20nn move.LightandMediumGunsaho move8 cm.burcanonlyfirc when
General 20mn I
emplaced.Light andMedium Cunscanslan fte Gme eiiher emplaced
Bag8aee 90mm 60nn 2 wasons
+ 2 or3 ormore
or mding, but cu only changethal slatusonce.i.e. if rheysGnedrhe
gme moving. tneycunot moveagainonceemplaced,and vice vena.
This is a su88eslion,
bDrneitherlhe sizenor lhe rumberoffi8ures Cuns can nevernole inlo conlact with an enemt or moveoff{oad in
m crucial.d long as fte playeBuseidenlicalsets,as combatis by
(B) Healy -guns.
Or-qrn-quns
andMonas may nevernove.

3. GAME SEQIJENCE 7. FIRE COMBAT

Ar the stafi of the gamethe playeE detemine who will be the Firsr (A) Fire is only possibleiffte td8er is in rd-qedd thereis a line-
dd the SecondPlayer The actualCamePlay Sequenceis detemined of-sight(LOS)betweenfie 6nng srdd md fte rdger.Closetuge is
bl .lrawingCdds iiom the Sequence Deck.(See13.The Sequence les thd 5 cm-Nomal rangeh between5 dnd l0 cn {inclusivel.dd
Deck.)Al the slln ofeeh gme lDm,the seqDence deckis shuffled, lon8 rd8e is ll cm or Dore.Gte maximumroge for fte difeftnt
ed when all cdds have been drawr, the dek is reshuftled. aDd srandsde given in the CapabiliryTable.)The LOS na) not pas
thrcugh woodsor own stands.Only stdds at the edgeof woods may
fire out of the woods.bul ar the sane dme ibey also may be fired at.
4. COMMAND CONTROL (A) slandin a w@d nay fire at d enemystandir thesaDew@d,
but only ifthar standis within5 cm rmee.Hilh blocktheLOSunles
(A) To movea singlestandor a eroupof standsthe playerdnst eilh the firing standor the ta':et is on rbe rop. Only mortm don l
expendControl Points (CPtt. when the sequencecard caus ibr lhe needanyLOS.
playerto movehisstands, heDustfirstrolladie.to seehow mdy CPts (B) Different sunds usedifferent rypesof dice whe. rheyflre. (See
he gets10usethistum.Movementof thegeneralatone n dways free. the capability table.) In order ro fire. fte approprialedie is rolled, and
(B) A grolp is any numberof ltdds, of fte sme rype(only foor or Ois the Fi.e value is compded 1othe Ran8eValue.The Rangevalue is
hose or unillery. or onl! foor and anillery: nole |ha( fool dd aitillery 5 on shon tuge, 6 on nomal ran8eand 7 on lone range.If the F;e
me fte onll rypes$ar cd be combinedin one sinSlegrcup).whose ValDeis hi8her thanthe Rangevalue the targetis ditordered.
basesfom a single, unb.okenfrcntage,dd whoseedge^ de in full (C) Tbrgets iD cover, i.e. in woods.behindwalls. hedgeor gabions.
conlacrwnh thenerr srandorsrdds. Eachstdd in a groupmustmole m givena savin8lhrowwilh I D6 whendiso.dered by fire:iflhe resnlt
paJalleilro or iollow the fint slmd in the group iha( moves.and Dove is 4, 5 or 6, rhe stDd is nor disordered.
the lane disrdce or nake rhe sme wheelin8motion.(A grcup (B) Adjaent fiE. \\'hen the sequencecard says thal sBnds de
rioling by road, through a gap or acrcs a bridge or a ford must, of allowedto fie "agrinstenemyslandsadjacenf.jr rnean!that stdds
course,movein colunn.) nay only ire at enemies thatde in baseconlact{'th then (regardless
(C) lr costsI CPl lo nove onestdd or grcup,Dnlesthe generalis wben ftey moved i.to contaco.Note thal lhis meansthar ltands nay
eilher deador in baseconlacl wirh a eneny stdd. or ihe movinSstand be allowedro fie twiceduringa gametum.
is over40 cm liom the geneml.in which caseir cos$ 2 CPts.The (C) Explodinggurs. Whenever a l" is rolledby an artillerysland.
generalalonealwaysmovewirhout any CPt cost. roll ld6. lf the resul1is another"l", fte gun hasexploded,dd is
(D) Foned March. If a Plaler spendsI ertm CPt on a unit, thal redovedfron play.
s'nelelnit ma) Dole doubleits nomal novement.(Triplemovesor (D) Grapshot- When aitillery stands(exceptMona.s) fire againsr
tbrce marchingwhole goups for I extra CPr is not allowed.) stdds adjacent. ld3 is addedto lhe die roll.
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(ableedge,withourendjngadjacenr ro a enemystand.it costsjust I
8. TTELEECONIBAT
CPr.
(A) A shnd nral_ntelee!trrk .nenie\ th theyarein basecontacl (B) Forpurpo*s ofdeDonlizationandwinrin8.lhegeneraicounls
with A singlcsrcndm.\ onh neleedmck onceperphase.but a stand d 2 sidnds.regddle$ of whetherarmy is ste.dy,€guld or Dmly.
maybc atracked b) up to fourenenies.oneon eachbaseedge-Attacks Once ana.ny is deDonlizedilcannolbe un demoralired.
ue al$!\s one on onc Diltrent srandsuseditrerenttypeof dice in
meleecoDbrr.rScc'h. CaplbilityTable.)In M€le Combarbothsides 12.SPECIAL TYPES
ollone dieofrh. lppropdarerype:lheonelhatrcllsthelowestnuob€r
is disorde.edA ric nccnsNo etrect. (A) BegBaSet ain. Each:my has its own baggagetrain, which is
(B) Terrain obstaclB.If anackinguphill or if Ho6e or Pikeare immobile. h6 no intrinsic combatability. but can be gaEisoned and
allrkin-e i! q oodsrhena de meds thai the attackeris disordercd. captDred by one sland.For purposesof demoralizalionand winning
(C) Flank allacls. A Flankauackis whena standis mel@attacked ihe baggagelrain counts as 2 slandsat the momentof elimination if
on rrvo opposnebaseed8esor more. Whed perfoming a flank attack amy is steady,3 if reguld and 5 if umly. RecapturinSfte baegage
ldl i\ ddcd to rheoriginaldie rcll. rrain will haveno effecton demoralizalion,but it will countagainstrhe
(Dr Supported pike. If pikes have another pike stand standing rotalloses whencalculating thevictory
diccdr.djacentandbehindit. facingthesamedircctior,tbenthepike (B) Reinfonements. Previously eliminatedstads bronghlinlo pla!
is Supponed. andld3 is addedto theonginaldie roll. again as rcinforcements still counl d eliminated for purposesof
(E)Gen€rals.Generals (andartillery)my nevermeleeauack.They winning, but not fo. purposes of denoalization.
delendwnh 1d.1.Generalswho themselvesde nor in baseconractwith (C) Dr.goom. Dngoons nay disnount . To do this, the standmay
eneDies.buLwho a.e in basecontactwith a friendly s€nd perlbming not be in baseconiact wilh enenies bd may no1 move the tum in
Dclee combat.nay add ldl to that friendly sta.d s die rcll. This cd queslion. At the end of their movementphde they are then simply
only be doneoncepe. frelee phse. replaced by a Dusketeerstmd. Once dismounted,rhe standmay not
(F) Retreats.Whenevera standis disoderedafter being nelee chang€back again.DismoDntingdoesno( reqDireCPts.
aracked,il mu$ rerre4 bek 5 cm. lf the attackerwas a fool stdd fte (D) Morta6. Mortds my nevermove,neverneeda LOS and may
slandmay elecrto advancetully into the vacatedspace,il ihe aracker only fire on lonSrdge. Srdds fired Dponby nona6 arenevefallowed
was a hose ndd the standmustadvancefully.

9. DISORDEREDSTANDS r. THE SEQUENCE

DECK
(Al Disorder.d stands na) not melcc arlrck.*'he. disordered Tle Sequence deckcontnin\9 card\:
slandsfire or delendrgainsrmel.clrucks rhe\ u\e onedic rrpe kNcr I \ " P l d t e r I m c l e . i - IxPklerlmelees'
thannomDl ' e.!. a disordered hu$ff sranddefend\$nh dl(J insrcad
of dl2 bur ne\er lcss rhan Id3. rNorerhll rhis cln meln rha. fire I r "Phle. I ires to mlly' I r "Player2tnei ronuy
soneimesbeconeinetrecturl.) If ftey de di\orderedagainasa resulr
otnelee or fre theyaredesfoyed.
(B) Capturing artillery. The aboveappliesto aitillery as well, sith
this exceprion:if a disorderedAnillery srdd is dnorderedagain s a I x PlayerI rclh for CPbandthen I x ?layerrolh for CPtsandthen
resuliof melft. roll ld6. If the rcsultis 1,3 $e gun is spiked,i.e. noves.Player2 tbenfies a8ainsr noves.PlayerI thetrfiresagainst
deslrcyed.4-6: Thegunis caprured. Capturedgunsfunctronasnomal, enemystandsadjacent: eieiny sundsadjacent:
wilh oneexception: theymayneverbe moved.
(C) Disordenns s€Derars.whenever generalssuffq a disordered Ix Roll ld6. l4 = T]letun continusrdrawanoth*card.5 = Consuh fie
result.theyarenot disorderedpel re (andftey subsequentlyneverneed tudon everrsrable.rien dFw anoth* card.6 = nre tm ends.Resufilethe
10cuyelcl. insteadtheowningplayerrclls ld8.Aresuhol1,5 neans deck md sDn ove.again:
No effecr a resultof 6 ? neds that rbeCeneralis wounded:frcn now
on hismovem€nt allowance is locm perrum (andifwounded.Bainhe r4. VICTORY CON'DMONS
is killed):a .esultof 8 memstlat theGeneralis killed (andremoved
(A) The sidethat fi6t eliminates60E of his opponenfsloral numbe.
or stnndswins. The level of victory dependson the winning force3
10. RALLYING loses: ifhis own loses m lessftan 30,1it js a MajorVictory;if his
loses e€ 30% or more,but les than.10%ir k a Minor Victoryi if his
(A) During the Rally Phasebolh playeremay arenpr ro mUy their lossesde 40% or moreit is a Pyrhic Vibry.
disorderedsradds,but only those rbat are not in bse contact wirh (B) If thegme endsbecanse of sunset.witholt my sideinflictinS
enemies. Roll 1d8io. eachstand:if .my is urruly diso.deedsrands 60% casualtieson the other, dd both or none of fte amies de
a.e.alliedon r roll of 7-8, jf arny is reglla. on a roll of6-8, dd if demo.alized. then the banle is a draw If one of fte amies were
am! is steadyon. rclIof5-8.lflheir own geneolis in baseconlacr deno.ilized at sDnset.fte opposiDgplayer hasscoreda Minor vicrory.
*ith thestandthedie roll is nodifiedby ld3. RalliedstmdsfDnction
15.RANDOMEVENTS

TI. DEMORALIZATION When called upon by fte sequencedeck the randomevenrsrableis

(A) Whenan amy haslo$.10%(fmctionsrcundedqpwddo of its Die Effet

rotal number of stands.n is demorali2ed.Dilordered slands in a l. Bd.l tisibilitr: Only 6rc a1shon rangeallowed.All Conlrol
demomlized armyFlly on a roll of 8 if rheamy is umly, oDa.oll of Pointsdie rolls re nodified by L At the slan of next rum roll
7-8 if regular.andon a rollof 6-8 ifsteady.Ifan amy is demorali2ed ld6: l-3 = Bad visibilirycontinues. testagainnextrumi4-6 =
it costs2 CRs, to moveone slandor grcupi unlessrle generalis Nomal \isibiliry re\rord. no mor re\b needeo.
eliminaled or adjacentlo a eremy srand,o. rhe mover is over 40 cm 2. Srrpr: The gme will end in asmanytumsasshownon 2d6.The
iiom lhe general.in which caseit costs3 CPts.Thereis one exception fist rime this occurs,it can be ignored,but only ar fte muual
(o this. If fte moving standor grory movessrraighltow&ds their own consenrof both playe.s.
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3. SIMPLE DIE SUMMARY Mrynr mh. dkl.

Comand pointsmI: Steadyamy uselds. reguld ld6, umly 1d4.
Rangevalues:Shon.dge 5. nonal ranee6, longGnge7-
If above= targeldisordeftd.
Rrnges:Shortm8e is les than5 cm,Nomal is beNeen5 aDdl0 cm,
Longis l0cmormore.
Stands in cove.: Aie alloweda savinglhioq of ld6. If4-6 standis nor

flank anack: Attackirg slandsadd ld3 to meleeroll.

GEpe shot: Artillery (except Morttus) add ld3 when firing upon

TerEin: If attackingDphill or Hone or Pike at&king in woods:

tie = attackerdisordered.
Supported pik€: Stdds add ld3 1onelee roll.
Gene.ar adjacent: Standsadd ld3 to meleeoll. sp.or norndl
General disordercd: Roll 1d8: t 5=No Effecti 6-?= GeneralWoundei
8= GeneralKilled-
Rrlying: All useld8. Sbady3my stdds mlly on 5-8,reeulu on 6
8. umly o. 7 8.
 BARROSA 18T.T. THE BATTLE

4l On the momiDg of 5 Mrch fte Spanish vangua.d encountered

villatte s divisiondrawnup in posnionneartheoutskiruol Cadiz.La
Daoe Broun Penadecidedto leaveGnhm on the Barosa R'dge (a5 fti! featue
coveredthe red of the Allied amy) dd attackthe Frcnch*'th hi5
fosdd division.ta Penaexperienced somesucce$with his a11ack
THE CAMPAIGN
(alsistedby a sonie frcm Cadiz)bul desiringBridsh asistace ordered
Theactionat Barrola*as theresullof o Anglo Spanish altempt10I'ti crahaD lo Ieavefte Bmsa ridge and join hirn. Gdnm was
thesiegeof CadizdunngthePeninsuldWd. SinceJanuary l8l0 over extemelyrcluctantlo expose$e alliedflank and rear to a posible
20,000well suppliedSpanish.Bridsh dd PortDguese trcops had been French attack. but La Pendinsnled. Grahamdid howevernanage to
undersiegeby Meshal Victort lst Corps.InJduary 18tl Viclorwa persuade bis coDmanding oincerb leavefive Spanish battalions and
forced to prcvide rcinforcementsro Mdsbal Soull and lst Corps Browne3 flank batlalion 10 hold fte rid8e, before mdching tojoin up
etrectivesdropped to little over 15,000. The allies saw thb as the
opportunity to a11ackand plannedro send d expediriondy force to Almost immediarely French calalry reported to victor that fte
land fDnheralongthe coaslbehindFrenchlines.Fron herethey woDld Bmosa ndge had beenabandonedandthe B.ilish were now mdching
attackand force Vicb. lo abddon the sie8e. to join La Pena.Victor saw the chanceto seizefte Bmsa heights
Expedition command was given iothe SpanishGeneral Manuela La virtually unopposeddd stike the British while they werc strDn8oul
Pena as the Spanishconiingem was to be the largest at somewhere on the march. He orderedRuftn ro the Barcsa .idge and Leval ro
dound 8,000 den- UnfonDnalelyfor lhe atlies La Penadid nor have atrack the Bntish on rhe mdch. Ruffin imediately moved oul atd
the highesl reputation.Even his men nicknaned him Madam quickly approachedfte ridge- On sighling the apPoachingFrench$e
MdDela ! Secondin co'mdd was Major CeneralThomasGralm, Spanishinfanfy posidonedon the ridge madeno aneopt to hold their
lhe Anglo-Ponuguesecounoder He was an extenely capable ground and reied somespeedlowardsLa Pena\ nain force. The
general,evenhaving servedwitb the Ausldansin the ltal'an cnnpaignl accompanying Spanishcavalry under a Ceneralwhitin8hm (a
His divisionnunberedabou 5.000 and consisledof two intand-y second{aleEnglishofficerservine in rhcSpaDish am}) alsorookone
bdgadesunderDilkesdd Wheatley. AttachedwereColonelBemardi look ar the French fore and joined in rhe retreatlThe sole unir left on
flank batralion(nade up of fte iight companiesfroD 20lh Partuguese, the ridge was now Brcwnes battalionof fldnkes. Browne.not
47thFootand95ft Rifles).206menof the KGL 2nd Hussasand l0 surprisinely, retired on GBhmt Dain lbrce. The French Dnder
sunsunderMaior Duncan. GeneralRuffin thus seizedfte posilioncoDplelelyunopposed dd
s@n had a battery placedon the heights.
Graha6, now idormed of the French advmce.rode out to observe
GRAIIAM'S DI\TSION
lhe liiuarion. He saw Ruffin\ men seizingfte Bmsa rid8e and
Wltea{ev's Bisade Dilkes'Briqade tf,lal s mennanoeulri.-qrhroughlhc woodslo hit left. The situatjor
lsr Batialion,28th Foot lnd Batlalion-lst FootGudds *as critical wilh La Penaengagin-e Frenchforcesup ahead$e mival
2nd Battalion,67ftFoor A composilcbattahrnlion offunher French nnces to the flrnk and rcd speltpotentialdnarterfor
:nd andlrd FootGudds the Allies.Grahamdecidedhe mu$ anackimnediately.He orde€d
2nd Banalion. 871hFoor 2 Companies 95$ Rifles whealley rvith fte leadbrigade.ro pushthroughthe woodsdd attack
Leval s dilision, while Dilkes wirh the Guardswa\ to atEck RDffinod
Ccldg RovalAnilen - Maior Du@ drive him iofr the ridge. Dmcan s guns were to lbm tp berween
King\ GemD tigion 2ndHusa6 2 RA BaneriestoBlli.e 10Cuns. wheatley and Dilkes. In order ro 8ai. the time neededfor Wheadey
od Dilkes ro deploy from line of mtrch Grahamorderedthe flank
In late Februaryrheexpeditionset sail andcme ashoreabout50 Diles barralionsof Browne and Bemardlo enga8ethe two enemydivisions
behlndVictorlines.HereGrahaDwai reinforced by ColonelBrowne\ ed hold them up at all cosls.Thns BmaJdt banalionadvanced
flankbatralion. consistingofthe lighrcompanies ofrhe 91hFoo1.28th srraightat Leval while Browne! bar€lion anackedbackup the Barossa
Fool and 2nd /82nd FooL 11then r@k severaldays for the expedition rideelo asaull Ruffin.
to organisei$elf as fte Speish werc landed a1a differenr locdiion.
Once aslenbled the allies ndched o. the Frenchbesiegersiiom lhe BROWNE'SATTACK
So Browne\ nen seroff backup the slope.Advancingin closeorder
By the beginning of March Mmhal Viclor was well awarc of the
to the cry of 10 Blory we steerl rhey were met by lethal nuskel fire
allied movements, but could aford only 11.000men ro meet the
fron $e Frcnch.losin8 aboDt200Den inthe 6ls1fe{ volleys.Funher
attackingforce. The bulk. of this force consistedof Rufin's Isr
volleyscausedmoreloses and forcedBroane\ banalionto deploy
Division[],0001andr.evah 2nd Division[3.800].
into skimish fomation in ord€r lo renain d effecdvefightinB force.
Tbe F€nch djd not follow up then strccess.posibly becausei1
Rtrmp's lslJivision If,vah 2nd Division appededasil rhe) hadd.rrroyedrl"earDckinBtorce.
2nd BatBlion.qh kgere. lst& 2ndBallalions. 8thLigne.
lst & 2ndBatralions.24tn Li8ne. I sr Battalion,45O Ligne.
DILKES'ATTACK
lst Batblion,96ft Ligne. I s1& 2ndBaltalions,54lhLiBne.
Brownes men had boughr enoDghtime for Dilkes 10 deploy Dilkes
fomed up just to lhe nghr of Browne\ shatlercdbattalionandatacked
Also arailablewereVillate\ 3rd Division[2,500],the lst and 2nd with his 1,400againstRtrffin\ 3,000 nen. The steepground panially
DragoonRegifredts[700] and two batteries. hid hisapproach andsoDilkesreached lhe sumit wilh litde los. The
firsr French unils they encounb€d were two weak battalions of the
Vicror decidedthat attackwas the besl fom of defenceanddevisedtbe 241hLigne deployedon RufEn\ left fldk in column of divisions.The
st alegyof blockingLa Penat advdce on Cadizwith \illntte\ 6en 24th Ligne were o.de€d lo anack,bul the; advancercok them inlo a
while keepingRufiin\ and Levah divisionsout of sight in thick virtual semi circle of British Gudds deployedin line. The at&kin8
forests.Frcm herethey would be in a posidonro attackthe allied flank French unils suffered heavily frcm the well aiDed volleys or the
onceVillattewasengaged. Briiish Guards.This causedthe 24ib ro falteredand begin a desDltory
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retum fire. On s@ing this setbackMarshal\tctor penonaUyordered Casualties:Allies - I,740. French- 2,400, I eagleand4 or 5 guns.The
the supportingbattalion of compositegrenadieBto asault rhe right eagle of the 8th Ligne was the tust to be capturedin the Peninsular
side ofDilkej line. The grEnadie6madesooewhatbetterprogiessbut Wd. Mastesotr receivitrga colmisiotr for his action.After the batde
they too were eventuallyforced to hatt md a one sided tuefighl in \lctor issuedordersto retire and giv€ up tho sieg€.La Penahowev€r
which lhe British were to always have the upperhand,ensued.With lost his neryeand gaveup the expedition,despiteGGhmt objections.
most of Ruffn s force now enSagedVictor ordered his last two So the cmpaign erded a few days tater when Victor w6 able lo
banalions, (the 1s/96th Ligne md 9th If,gere) foruard. As they reccDpy his abmdonedsie8eline. The victory at Bdosa had been
attempled io manoeuvreinto posidon lhe gallant Colonel Browne
seizedthe opportunityto €ngagedtheseFrenchunits with his depleted
banalion. The Frcnch werc greatty hinder€d in th€ir deploymentby BARROSA. TIIE WARGAME.
Brcue's &tion and wec unablelo eive supponbeforc the 24th Ligne
andGrcnadiersbrcke in the faceof continuingBritish loleys. Both the Bmosa was recreatedby the nember oi Loughtonclub on our usual
24th and the Gretradie6fled to the ed carrying the reinforcing udts ThuEday night. we usedGererol de Bdsade rutes6 theseinsist on
wilh them. The jubilaDt Gua.ds.accompuied by Brownes fiankes, proper brigade fomations od orde6, suiting ihe ndtue of lhe
secucd the sumit of the ridge, captu.ing two artillery piecesin the engagementvery well. As the bade wa,i fairly sfrall it wa posible b
rcpresnt all units at l:20 scate,especialtyas the French divisions'
wee in fact litde larSertbd nomal brigades.
BERNARD'SATTACK ORDER OF BANLE FOR GENEML DE BRIGA.DE
BRITISH - C-in-C CRAHAM.
Duing Dilkes' etion wheadey wd attempdng ro deploy againsr
lst Brieade - Bmme 2nd Brigade - Bemr.d
Leval\ divbion coveredby the secondflanler batalion underBemdd.
Bemdd s battalionadvdced thJoughthe woodsin skimish order ed Light Ba(talion.24 ngms. Elite. LightBatlalion.40 ngurcs.Elile.
quickly brcu8ht tbe fo dd French units under exfemely etr*dve
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nf. kval s units werc conplelely suJprised,having beencaughrout 3rd Brigrde wlrotlev 4thBriqadenD k€s
of fomadon wilh no skimishen deployed. Benard's sldmnh fire 28th Gloucesters.24 figures.Line. l$ Fmr Guards.40figm. Guard.
causedsuch contusion in the Frenchrank! lhat severalunit! lhought 6?1h Huptonshne.30 figues. Line.
themselvesnnder attack fron cavalry dd fomed squarelEventually 306eMs. Gndd.
Irval mdaged to reorgeise his shaten division in(o somesemblance 81h P.inceofwales. 30 figues. Line. 951bRifles.Skimishes.
of order and evenually droveotr Bernard'sflankeG. l06gures.Elite.

5th B.i8ad€ - Ducsn

WIIEATLEY'S ATTACK
9p.li RA Battery.3 model guns.Line.
Bemard\ stunningskimish altack had given enoughtime for 9p.li RA Batery.2 modelgDns.Line.
Wt€adey to deploy his 2.600menin line on the edgeof the woodsdd FRENCH- C-in-CVICTOR.
he now advancedagainstLevaIS 3,800 Frenchmen.The sight of the 1!l Brisad. - Ruftn 2nd Briprde - IrYal
Bndsh advance somewhat Dnnened the already shaken French; 9tn Lighr. 30 figures. Line. lsr/86 Line-30 figEs. Line.
y
apparen ihe lenglh of the advancingline createdthe impressionthat ls/241h Line. 24 figues. Line. 2n.V8th Line. 30 fiBms. Line
the British outnumbercdthem. The Brinsh Ine continuedto advance 2n.Y24thLine- 24 figms. Line- lsl/54th Line. 30 fig@s. Line.
until at a ratrgeof 60 yeds they openedtue. causitrgdrcadtulcmage. 961hLine.30figures.Conscipt. 2n.Y54thLine.
The Frcnch l st battalion,SthLiSre t@k the ftI force of the volley md 30 figues. Conscipt-
alsocme underetrectiveanillery tue ftom Dunce. This brokeihe I st Grenadiers. 30 figures.Elite. 45lh Line. 30 figures.Line.
/8th, which then rclreatedinlo the ranks of $e 2nd8rh causinggrbat Grenadiers.24 figures.Eliie.
confDsion-Siniltuly the F.ench 54th Ligne w6 volleyeds it tried to
deployinlo line. (Appdendy n wa fte only Frenchunit ro deploy into 3.d B.i@de -A illen
line.) The British now closedin on the stoggling F€nch mases Md 6pdr F@t Battery.3 model guns.Line.
the gallmt Ensign Keod of the 87th Foot seizedthe eagleof the Sth
Ligne in the eDsuingmelee.The Frcnchcolour gudd felled the gallmt Key The unil designationis listed fiBr followed by fte nunber of
ensi8n md rctook their imperial stddard but rhe eaSle wN again figures in the unit l:20 lcale. finally followed by iis mo.de ndng.
seizeddd this tiEe beld by Sergeat Materson, also of fte 871h-As Eachgun nodel is crewedby four figures.
the defeaiedFrenchunits fell bek tEval lhew in his resefle - fte 45rh N.B. All British light conpdies were detachedand fomed $e
Lig.e. At this point Wheadeywasin rcal ddeer N his battalionswere fldke. battalions.Sinilaiy all the Frnch grenidier and cMbinier
still attemptingto rcfom their rdtr ud in no positio! io rcpulse a cofrpanies were detachedand fomed the Crenadierbnmlions. The
fomed attdk. Fortunatelyfor the British the sight of fellow Frerch cavaky on bolh sides was ignored- Tbe KGL Hussds were
unils rcEeatingcausd the 45th Ligne to falter ed afte. a few volleys coImdded by the incompelenlWhittinghm duing the baftle md
fton the diso.deredB.itish line they gaveup their attackand feu b&k retired wilh him. The Frerch dragoonswerc posted on the French
with the remainderof lhe division- Ody the French Grenadie6 now extremelefl flank dd played no signincdt part in tle batlle.
renaiftd facing lvheatlel Theseveterans,perhapswisl, electedto
coverthe withdlawal mther than engagethe British, TIIE GAME
The barueopenedat the point where the Banosandge hadjust been
CONCLUSION OF TIIE BATTLE & CAMPAIGN
abandonedand GEhm nade aw@ of the Frenchassault.In order to
Bolh Rufnn\ md liv.l's divisions had been soundly defeatedby simulare Graham\ ininal situation the umpirc allowed the Frcnch
Gnhm's aggressiveaflacks,despiE their superiornunbers. and were player to startthe gamewith all brigadesunderorde6. The FrenchC-
forced to retire in sone dkuay. But therc was no pu6uit. Gmhmt in C ordered tf,val to move up through the forest md engagethe
men were too exlausted after the rigous of the dayt batde.t2 Pena, enemyforces.while Ruftn, playedby Kevin, wN orderedto scre the
having edlier forced Villatte\ division lo retire. remnined in a Barrosaridge and hold the feature. However the British player was
defensiveposition until the conclusionof lhe acdon and offered no only allowed to have bis flanke. banalionsunder orde6 at the start.
This forced the Brinsh C-in-C to ord€r his flanke. units foMud to tw
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to hold up the French.When ntinE Generclde Btisode rh. C-in-C may ranksandwasforcedto retrcat.B.owne s battalionwasactuallynedby
only issueone new b.igadeode. per lum, so il rook a few uhs before butsriUin skjmishorderandthereforc unablelo assisltheircolleagues
rest of lhe British force wasunderordea, very much whathappenedin s theydid historically!ShortlyafleNa.dsDilkesfailedhis b.igade
the actual battle. Howeverihe remainderof rbe wrgame was to run morale check and lhe entire b.igade clicd back down the rid8e in a
somewhat conlraryto hismryl mannersomewhatunbecomingof CuardslWheatleywas now lefl
As expectedthe Frenchwerefte fint to reachthe Banosaridge and se.iously outnunrbered.losin-qheait rapidly, ud in no position to
Kelin deployedinline to faceanexpected Brilishattack.Its not ofien engageborhFrenchdivisions.The fareof Dilkej Brigadehadsealed
you seeBntishaltackingin Napoleonic war-qames andir lrakesr ni.e
chdge! MeanwhiletheBritishflankcrba(alionsnofed ourro en-q.ge A fe\ tufrs laterit wdsdecidedby fte umpne(frel) thaiihe Frcnch
the Frencbin skimnh o.der Rutln. nor $i\hin: ro \cakcn his hadNon. Almosrachievinea conplerereve$rlofhislory, especially
battalionsby sendingour the \olLigeurcompanies. decidedro deploy asoneBritishunit Ioslits colourdurin-s
ameleelAllin all ir wasa very
the9th Leere nno sklmishoiler to counterBroane-sflankers.Leval enjoyablere-enactment.perhapsshowing aboveaU that fomation is
deployedhis lokieeu6 foNed as the brigadeskimnh screen.Eacb extremely important in Napoleonicconflict and eventhe best troops
side's skimish screenengagedthe olher, bur their fire was fairly can becoDeunstuckif badly deployed.
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The British C in C ften orderedDilkes ro assaultRufiin s men
holdinSthe ridge,while Wheadeywaso.deredto engageLeval,hoping
10 tie dosn that Frerch division.Whea(ley,comnandedby John,
decidedro adopltheploddin8approach 'I m ournumbered md I donl _34!$e94'tsEEs-
Iikeitl-andBerelyengaged in fairlyhalf heaitedsKmish md anillery
fire.He clain€dhesould exploitanysucceses by theGuardsbrigade
On receiviqghis assaultorder Dean, whose was comdding
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Dilke\ Gudds b.igade,decided10deployboth Cudds battalionsin
colunn and left lhe 95th sldmish companiesto the red. He then. for
reasonsonh knownro himself,chdgedstaiehl up tbe ridgeat the G*rlrr;;fE;-l
Frenchunits deploled in line wailine 10 receivehim. This was
somelhing oi a .eversalof hisloryl!The Gudds tookheftycasuallies
in theircharge.butlhehighmoEleofthe lsl FootGuardsensmd the
barBlion chargedhome.Howeverthe secondGMJds battalionfalrered
and,now in an unformedcolumn.beganan inetrecdle firefight against
Lhe French unns. Unfortunaielyfor Dean his succe$tuI Gudds
baltalion,havingdefeatedits Frenchline opponentin melee,was
subsequentlysrruck by French reseNesbefore he couid refom his
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INTRODUCTION of seNice.including the Na\a and the Air Force.
The unifoms of the British and other volunreer inslructors. who
TheVolunreer Amy (VA.) hadits originsin theRussian Amy of the liequently parlicipatedalongsidetheir studenls.weresrandardissDefor
Creat Wd. The organisation and orde6 of battle for ir v&ious those nationsduring lhis pe.iod and can be easil) .esedched
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Comand becameacutelyawde of tle pdlous conditionof muchof reprcsentatives of $e lessweu-knownfomations-lt is a fact that
the army.As rhepreess of denocradsarion"took a fimer and fimer nenbershipof a ColouredRegiment did not automadcally enti e
holdandtbewill ro Dndenake oifensiveactjonbecame proportionalely oneb weu thedistinctive uniformor badges suchprivilegeshadto
weaker an experimentwas ried on the Soutb-WestemFrcnt. at the be won on rhefield ofbattle.
suggesnonof Statr CaptainNiezhintsev,to createa mir of volunteem The€ is alsoa bnef sectionon Oe ams andequipment used.asfar
thdt would aci in much lhe sme way as the Geman StonnEoops- d posible thosecolouGhaveaho beenincluded
leddingatlacksandgenerally acrineasa goodexample lo rieir fellows.
Theseunits wereto baome known as ShocUsom" or (moregnmly) UNIFORMS
''Death Batralions. In facl rhereis a simil&iryin fte Deaningsof the
wordsin Rusian, the choicedepending on the enphasisthe writer lnevitablyfte des of the vA. drervheavilyon rhe stylesmd
wishedto conveyat thelime!Theideapoved to be popularandquitc colouBprevrlenrin theIfrperial'fry lnd nssuccessor theamy of the
quicklylherehademeryedseveralsDchunnsincludingwoment and Provisional Govemnenrshich. dlnng: i$ eightinonthsin power.had
sailoB battalionsd well d rhoseoffte lmy ilsell Thereeerc at least inirialed sone chdges.
lwo Siberid "Dea$ Batalionj and an unspecified numberin the From 1907 onward! ftere had been a variely of regulalions
introducedthat Dadealterationsto the field dres of the Amt dd 1oa
To createfte impression,for the sakeof lheir WesremAllies, rharfte grealeror lesserextentthesewereall srillin force$rcughoDllhe Civil
Eattem Front would cary on as before rhe Revolutio.. these war plus lhe modificarionsmadedurlng rhe Gre Wd. Thercforeir is
lomations"ere gnen pubLjcir)Lha,ttu ou qeirhedrFe,,,mponance perfecdyacceprable to painrfigure\in fte unifom of the Greatwd
EmilyPankhu6twasfilmedreliewingoneoffte *$onen \ Baxllions and use ftem for rhe Civil $d period.Essemidll!the regulation
of Deaih - and nuch hope was placed in ften codfibution to fte changes hadaddeda brea$pocker,slighdyalteredlhe posirion!of the
fonhconingoffensive of July 1917. chesrbutlonsand nalgi.ally chDged the size of 6e field cap.
To fosbr their senseof beirS pdl of aDelite they qere given the best All branchesof senice worc the sme field unifom which consisted
available equipDent in lavish qudtities including imponed itens of the following items:
suchs Lewis LMGS and Sloket tEnch monds plDstne lalesrFrench English RLcsim
'Ad.ian style steelhelmeh (not a popDlr
nem with Russianinfantry
at the time who regaidedthen a! very huch a cowdd\ hat). However fulasl'ta (peaked),A.*r:tria (peaness)
they were also given a pafticula. set of badees10wee on their tunics.
Il was thesebadgesmorethe dyfting ehe that narked themout from Shin Gv,nasralra (wom b]' aUnon-commissioned
the rest of rhe Ru$id infdlry- rmks and many officert The tunic for O.R\
When the mistice was signedbetseen the Soviergovemnent and was fte R/baJntu, shich wds cur in the sm€
the CenEalPower duringthe fi6t w@k of Decemberl9l7 and fie style.The lwo werealmostinterchangeable.
demobilisation of theRD$id amy begd in emesr it.apidly becane N.B. I havetrseda-mrze?.ka throughoutas it is the most generally
clear that Civil Wd wd Boing ro breakou on severalftonts belween
the Soviet governmenrin Sr. PeEBbDrglPetograd and ftose opposed
to it, of whateverpolitical hDe-The f61 seriousnon-nationalis/anli Br@ches Shaturari
Soriet force arcsein the city of Rostov in |he Don Cosack lands, it
wti io be known as the volunteerAmy- Should€rboeds Pogoni
When,in tbr 16l weeksof 1917.GeneralM- Alexeyevcalledfor
menro comeforuordaqdjoin theVA. the fi61unit that wasfomed Grearcoar Shinel
was baseddound n cadrc of one of the original "Death Battalions"
from the Sourh-wesremfronr. They wore badgesthar we€ almost rr?/ (here was also a style simitd to the
idenlical 1othosethat they had beenissuedback in the edly summe. British tunic namedthe "Frencb" alter Sir John
monlhs.The Dnir had also beennamedafter GeneralL. Komilov fte Frcnch,B.E.F commander 1914'15)
commdder of fte South-Wesremfronl at the time of their original

From the outsetfte hddcore of the VA. w6 detemined io slmp Camel-haircloak ,ra*a (this wasu item of Caucaid clothing
nself on fte minds of its enemiesas a force to be feded md respected adopredby mmy of the VA. du.ing rhe
and the most obvioustmner in which to do rhis was by way of their legendary"Ice-March".Theybecame
symbolicof a veteEn and were much prized
Wnhin a fes w@ks of lheir initial oBanisationthe original unils of possesions-)
N.B.Theborltz wd nol slanddd
ihe VA. were dafting their dre$ regulations.With hindsighr rhis
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P4palra(thesewere the sldddd issuewinter the Gst Wd. It wd cul in the slyle, and ro rhe length, of a "@f€i'
jacker, double'brcat€d with blek bqttons.It w6 wom with no orber
d€@€tion thm theloSoai,
As f& d posible, suppliespennitting. the Othq item of ts-d. wereas for orhe. rants.
Russiss favouredthejackboot but CsYslry
a*le'hrls werc wom with putteesin the 'Ihe
ts.d. for Guardand Line (rcn co$ack) cavairy was much the
sme a! tle infanFy ottEr $u io otreor two details.
The Srnerrerla was slighdy shorterin th€ skin, as was the rftDel.
Orieinally issuedto TmsporvAii Force However the cavalry wa often to b€ seenwearing items of pmde
peBonnettheseb@me de rigeE for young drcss in combat These could include ttE colou@drf6r*u, saiped
officeE on the sraff ed elsewhere-They worc JrdDrari md ev€nin sone ins&ncestunics. However,the latter @
not exclusivelyRed Amy garb. unsuppo.tedby photographicevidenceother thd for someRed Amy
Infetry field senice dtB
Fieldsedicedftss(ts.d.)in 1914,asin 1917,consisted oil uarika. Cosack "Hosts" srch as the Don and the Kubd fomed theii own
8!dkastpr^a. 'hinel. shotuwri.bashtyk. b@ls Mtl posoni. mies whicb were gene.ally sepdate ftom the VA. md do nol fall
The colour forJqrror/'rr, ddrll md d,a.rvat was a grey-brcwtr within th€ scopeofthis work.
khaki. The sria?l was a grcyer tonemd the bootsw€rc black.Onlythe Arlill€ry and t€chdcal btuchB
Guardsand somespeialisl foot soldien worc any piping at the curs The ls.d. fo. thesebmches of seflice war asprcviously de$ribed.
or down the openingof the Sturasre.ta-
Unit and mnk identification were indicatedon the pdsd,i md the ConEaryto the populd myth not all RussiansailoB werc Bolshevik
colle tabson the Jrin?l colld. Thepasrrt werc rcveBible,on one side or S.R. in political affiliation. Cenainly men hom Oe Black Seafl@r
khaki wift mnk only indicated,on the olher colouredfor the brdch of providedartitlery crcwsfor the mval gunsmoDnredon arnou.ed tmins
seflice with mnk and othe. infomalion.The posori werealso wom on and were Eainedby the British 1oopemteihe variouslanks that were
provided in the time of GenerarA-Denikin ( l9l8- 1920).As with their
Th. Itnnaste*a was ptodtced in couonfor summe.we& dd w@l Red count€rparts,the White sailon look a pride in their bruch of
for the winter The sumer venion had loosecutrs, the winter venion sewiceand continuedto we& then navalunifoms. The cut wasthat in
hadtwo buttonsanda tighl cDff.The sumer veEion, due to rheaction use in all the Eurolem navies of the dne, other $an the very long
of sun dd washinS.had a tendencyro fade very quicHy to d almo( nbbon-taitsand the blue ad while stipped vesr.Petry-Office6 were
whiteshade.BolhveBionswerecDlin a simiid fashion.It ws single- known by the rank of corpo.al dd vo.e a/zratrl@, the ordinaryA.B.
breanedwith a stud up colld which had two buttons,the front opened woe a ,est .,.*2. The srinel for othe. rankswd the samed the amy.
to the waist dd was faxten€dwith thee bunons The bu[ons were The sDmmerdres wa! white with blue cutr ud colld stripes.There
metal but replacedwith wood or hon durin8 rhe wd. SomevcEions wereno ctrff srripeson the winter dres, only the whire md blue ones
had one or iwo red.ngule p@ketson the chesrwift flaps, othe6 had

The S/uDva'i €ndedjust below the kne and ruckedinto the b@r The Russid Air Force had begun life a! a sub-bmch of the
or werc wrappedinro rhe pun@s. They were genemllynor st.iped. Engineersand had underyonea rapid €xpdsion during the cou6e of
Thetladr*a had a black leatherpeakthal wd often painreda non
rcfl@tive shadeof green or khaki- It did not bave a chin-strap.Tbe However,suchwd its condidor by the lime ihe Civil war brokeout,
mostprominentfeatureof both the Inperial Amy andthe VA, wasthe il is hddly worth desc.ibingin detail. Inded dujng rhe campaignsof
c@kadeqhich was colouredwhite, omge md black - the Romdov t9l9 many of the pilots were volunteeB fton rhe Air Forcesof the
colom frcm outer to inner WestemAUiesdd worc their own unifoins.
The th.ee items of foul,we^\et n| boshryk,shinel nd papaha, The grcund crew wore slandrrd amy ts.d. with the appropriat€
werc alwayscaEiedon aclive sedice poSoni but the air crew,as befirEd rheir role, woe prctectiveclothing
The /apatd ws madeof anificial astckhan wool od was a dull against the low rempeanures,a French-sryleflying helmel dd i
shadeof Dndyedwool with the crown coloured for the btuch of doubre-brcdtedjacker with slnnwn and jackb@rs o. punes. A
seflice dd the cockadeat the frcnr ftough n wd often ditrculr to serice cap Gimile to thar wom by the Bntish 'my during dd afler
W.W2) known6 a Pilo*a ' wasin widespHd use,6 w6 the l@the.
The rha?l wa .olled eouDd the body ov€r the lefr shouldei The rceferjacket as notede&lier
mosrcomon versionw6 rhe m.l88l whicb wa! fasrenedwith h@k
and eye-The m-l9 I I had five buttons.It wa cnt rojusr below rhehe BRANCH OF SERYICE COLOURS
and exceptfor the collar rabsdd rhepaSoni it wa! undecoEted.Tle
cutrs wee tum-back. Oe coat doublebreasredad half-bettedar the Thesew@ the be colou. of the colouftd side of the poard.
IDfeary
The ,osnl:yt was long dd hada noticeablepoitrt al the crcwn. Ir ws
For Lin€ regimentsin the fiEt brigadeof a divirion Red-
wom cros*d overthe cheslmd appedsto havesometimesben piped
For Line regimentsin the s@ondbrigadeof a division Btqe.
in the reginenhl colou.
For all non-GuardGrenadierrcgiments Yellow.
Thmughoutthe cEat We, oflicers worc rhe drcs descibed above
For all non'GuardRifle regimenrs Cdnson_
cut wirh grater refinement,plus their own distincriveitems.
For all non-Gutudartillery and engin@runits. Sc&let.
The r(r:kl wa a tunic qilh a standup colle, two r@tatrguld br$sr
pGkets wirh pointedflaps ed integnl slash-p@ketsat the hips.Theft
Gu.d CorF
were five evenly{p&€d metal (or olher marerial)butto$ f.om below
the colld to the waist. Piping wN d€pendenton the Egimenr. bfantry.
Tbe rftadra.i weregererally plain, but sometineswom wiih knee- The pogoni were rcd for all rheseregiments,but pip€d in rhe
lenglh gaiterswith ar*le-boots insleadofjackb@h. apprcpnateregimentalcolour. The lhati side w6 also piped in lhe
Tletrarhnz had a chin strupdd a slighdy moreomat€c@kade_ rcgimenlal colour Furth€more, the peket flaps and the liont of rhe
The rnndl ws of a considemblygreyercolour, lined with rcd cloth syMrrs./@, fiom the bonom of ibe collar to the low€st bunon, werc
a,lsosimildly piped.The cur piping indicaredthe division of which rhe
The leaft€r jacket w6 more dd more comon lowardsthe end of regim€ntwd a part oi
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N.A Again I hare Dot includedCossackrcgiments.

lst DiYisior Pogori Shirel tab Cufi piping lca DiYision

P.eob6j€nski. Red Red GYa'd
rsr Brisade 9beq'lj:
lst Brigade
Semeoovski LtblE Lt blu€, edgedrcd 2trd Brigade EmprcCs Cuiasi6, Empes s Cui6si6

2rd Brigde 2trd Divisiotr

White While, edgedred Wlile HorseGreoadiers
Empres\ Lae6
2nd Division 2nd BriSade DEg@n Guard,Emperols Huss
Red R€d.odgedwhile Red
lic€my ofPohtrd's Gu.d
lsaBrigrdc EDpercr's laceB
GrdadierlLi Ltblue Lt blue Red Grcdio Hussm

2rd Brigade R.ghdr Iu..6bL B.d B.d-Dipbg BriD-piping lroe.5liF

Red OFvrli.r \rftic R.n qAiE R.d R.d
H@Gu.!d Wnic R.n whiE R.d R.d
C\i@ic6 {rlis) $,l'iE try.llo
3.d Division ctriKid o{ds) whit
Litovski Yellow Yelow Yelow
t:lE6 (Hes) De blu.

lst Brigde
Lt y.llw L.yeIw u,rld
Kexholmski Lt blue Lt blue, edgedomSe Yellw rlx.s (Hit D* hl@
CftdmHss DkGEn *niE DkGl6 vvhio whiE
zrd Brigad€
StPeteBblrgsK White White, edSedotuge Yellow
Simildly the poAort dd the @ff piping w€rc not of tbe standard
Volyitrski Gen G@n, edgedordge Y€llow
patteh. The cavaty apFd not to have had pipirg on their psket
flaps
Office6 freqmdy wore their paradetrasrka on active seNic€. The
basecolour for all regimetrtsws dark gEn, wirh a black p€ak ud
R.gnmr pipilc
Po€oniolour Poeonl Cln Sbiel L!
O,evalir Blek Red Eain R.d

Cap bdd Band pipirg Cmm pipirg

cuilNieF (His) Black
PreobFjenski Red Red Red
cuilNi.6 (Hs) Brtrk Mid bru. nain Mid blu.
Senenovski Lt blue Red Rol
GEnidicc Ren Dk c@n R.d R.d.ds.ddtsEn
Iznailovski wlite Red Red
ljn6(Hc6) R.n Red.dspd
Jagerski Gren Red Red
D'rsm Ren Re!.d8Ed
Moskovsld Red Red Red
Hlllsm Red Pltn
Grcnadie6ti Lt blue Red Red
r{eB (Hi)
PavlovsK While Red Red
Finlmdski G@n Red Red
Litovski Lt y€llow Ll yellow Ll ye'low
K€xholnski Mid blue Otuge Otuge Gurrd A.tiIerJ ed lhchrical unias
St Petesburyski White Otuge OrdSe Th€Fr6rla w6 drk gren with a black bandpiped red md with red
volynski Crcen Orange Odge brim piping.ThepoSori werc rcd and the rftnei tabswerc black piped

The fourRifl€ battalionsoftheGuardwere alsorcprcs ed in theYA. Therc weretbe foot artillery brigadesed one of ho6q lhe b.igade
Their distinguishinefeatws werc asfollows: cutr piping was as follows:

Furashl'a For all battalions w6 dek green witb bdd md crown lst Brigade
piping. Only the lst battalion had a cotorcd band; itw6 rcd 2nd Brigade BIU€
Pogoni For all ba$alions were red: wi$ khaki, piFd red. on rhe ld Brigade

Pclet flap For all batralions$e piping wa.!omge. Artillery officen t adidonally *ore dmk gr€en tuDya" with a red
Cufrpipirg lst Bn - omge; 2nd Bn - yellow; 3rd dd 4th Bns - plain.
Shirel tab lst Bn'redi 2nd and 3rd Bns-gre€nedgedorange:4th Bn'

Therewere 16reginen$ of grenadiersorgdised into four divisions

N.A. Tbe basecolou for ofEce6'pdAdni in the lsl md 2nd GD&.ls eachof four rcginents in the lnp€riil Amy. All wore yellow posori
divisions wa gold ; in lhe 3rd dd tbe Rifles batialionsil wa silvd. ehich werc piped to indicate the division thal the reginent belonged
to, the piping was as follows:
Cawlry
The regular Guad cavalry consistedof €ighr rcgimentsdd the se lstDivision Red
caled "\,i@rcy of Polmdt' or "W6aw' Gudd, which compriseda 2nd Dvision Blue
singlebri8ade.As thercwa Inde in tte way of slandardisalionin lems 3rd Division
of colour eachrcgimentis b€st deall with individMllr. 41hDivision
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The rftd.l tabs werc coloured regimentally ed €pealed for eeh H rbLGE* Rrcn
i*ff o"'""'*
talttl'tS
trr* rrr ?"1T1,1;?
lsl Regt A u€! dt<fu d6p qdi.' qdi. ud d P€tj6d,bdditrd
d &4.roil!!g hn?J+a erid6rqdtd6t.ji!6bftui&
2nd ReSt Blue
3rd Regr iAGNETIC l.lAtEfilAfs: rEftodt pd qd &ry d 66 b
HPbPfglFlrthfuddidd
4rh Regt or''El,oa6163tErudodv!|6

N.& 11is unlikely that my of the rcgiments of the 4tb Grenadier

Division fomed pan of fte VA. N they we€ a pan of theAmy of the
Caucasusmd 6 sDch sp€nt the Grcal Wd lighling the Tu.ks in
Westem Anatolia dd probably dis$lved during tfie chaos of lhe uaMtft n4nd. sh*
withdmwalfom |h thealr€duringl9l7'18 dd ro sinply retumedto
tdwidl.@Ed!nb.h d6
.|o'@:dbsdodq
Lire irlalry STEEI PAPERfiAXGE
The p,ao,i s noted edlier were coloured for the brigade in the ha@|nbi|e'!4bB!4trc.,'fu6ffin'4ddb:rttd
(n6 nDlEe m&d i rh. aE 6t 6d) b
division. The colourcd&rorrta wa ddk g@n with lhe cap bed dd d 4n3 tut b e hitri
the droel tabs coloured to indicate which regiment it wN in the
flii kr P+rohm6kr e m!4 rr ircn^ld! 5oE)
lst Regr
2nd Regr Blue
BdEdGorsG|hFrdb{eei.ah.6qnG6!e!.ijod'
3rd Regt
4th Regl vqkd d
Fr6r mqtftrt bniFqpiryrd+b6&. tuh6iE]l&4eqn
etudddorPt(.frtur4d
6En$JAFdsnffddl6nlEomn
The crcwn dd the bandw€rc piped in red. the regimentalnumbermd
dy 'hononfic' decorationon the poSori. such as the Tsr's o. otber hr['!E!dod64nd
Colonel'in-Chiefsnonogram,{ould be stencilled in yellow.Office6 i6Favin']onamgdA@.P
poaa,i wouldhavelhc pipin8for lhe klaki sidethesme coloDrasthe aTRrar PAc( (.onbhhs tur.he
brigadeindicatorMachineBunncupipcdaroundlhelopsoflhei.cufls ir nnsa) n inir,ba r r2.s0
in cnmson.InfantryscoDlspiped dound the ropsof their cufis in cheqE Gcd ns onr, *idt ddei
F4?brc 6: lrafledc onpE j
ln the ImperialAmy foDr nen per conpdy sere rained a scours. Rai 6I whrld +201 per ord€r
bd by m officea they were usedro caJryout reconnansancework.
Tbey weE somelimesgroupedwilh orher sinilm unirs to underlake
particuldlyhu ddous missions. proper,but wason theroll of borhtheA.F.S.R.md Wrdgel's Rusid
Office6 rnalrrari were gene.allykhakir Generah'blue wilh n pair Amt It is includ€dherejust in case.
*2. Seenotein the O.B. of lhe VolunteerArmy. I co find no refeEnce
lo the Viten cavalry battalionin rhe lmperial Amy ORBAT'S.

The v&iety of facing colous usedby the ImFrill Amy is a study in Ihe coloured reBimentsof rhe V.A.
itselfl The detail here refe6 only to lhose regimentsthat were known d.R All Dniti of the VA. wore on the left sleeveof their gnrart?*a.
to havebeena plrl of the VA. AgainCo$ackre8imenrs hrvenorbeen ktt./ or. rinel a chevronin thefollowingcolou6:white,blueandred-
Ar rines rhe size vried. bul n was a feature of all v.A. dressftom
be8inningro end.This chevrcdwasaho wom by unit of fte Amed
R.gnd! rurubr, Bud Pipirs cbm lioibs Sh.rcqri Plping Forcesof SouthemRussiawhich cenainly inclndedall the fomadors
R.d Btnc.eny R.d noted above. It was also used as a recognilion symbol on aircnfr,
Bl!!grc, Ral mourcd trains dd A.F.V.'S.
(t:nge Orugc Bl!.sr.y Ydt0.l
Dkc'h LrgEi LtgNr TIIE GENERAL KORNILOV REGIMENT
The Komilov units woreblack EJnnasterkn andshatutai.'t\ese wete
piped while on rhe collar. bredt and pocket flaps, cuffs and touser
sems. Fz'arftla were red with a bl&k band, pip€d in whire - d wa
the crown. The capswerepealed for ft€ officers, bur not for lhe other
ra*s. During the larerperiodof the Greatwm theTsaristcockadehad
been replaced by a skull md crossbonesin the Stom battalions.
During the Civil we the cockadere-appeared.
The badgeswod od the left sle€ve.near the shoulder,were light-
lV.R Line calalry did not generallyhavecutr piping. blue, somelimesblack, in the shapeof a shield wift crossed-swords, a
The "Simferpol Cavalry baftalion" (*2) possibly eqnateswith the old skull dd crcs boneswith a red flming genade under the word, (in
"KomilovsK'. There wer vdiations on this badge.but Oe
Inperial Ady unit known 6 lhe KriDsK Dmg@ns for which I have Cyrillic),
no unifom detail other thanlhey would prcbably havewom blue-gry desiSnwd baically the sme.
The posoat were split horizontally, the end nea@stthe colle wd
I have no infomation on the units which fomed the 2nd Cavalf colourcd in black, lhe shoulderend in rcd, the whole piped in white.
Badgesof rank, in eilher gold or silver, werc disp'ayedon lhe posoni
wilh black md red piping ar fte relevdi end.
+1.The lzth Cavalrydilision was not definitely a part of the YA. Someof the more 'veterd" membersof rheunir eore rheblack over
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ftd che\mn of the original l(omilov Sh@k Battalion. This Q6 .re.lart was either klaki m a shadeof grey frcm pale to almost
Egeded by sone of the men.of the VA. as a symbol of the d@lh of black. A row of cetridge toops deconted €itho brcdt of the
th€ Rovotutionar the haDdsof eitherlhe Provision.l Govmnt G the cherkaska.TlE poeoni w.rc black with shite pipinS, dd the pdpal,a
Bolshdiks ed their fellow travellen. ws generallyblack with a black top with whitecros<ords.
Th€ c)rilic le6er K !/as displayedoo the poaoni in either silver or Thepqpara could alsob€ whit€ or brom wilh a white top dd btack
gold.
The Po8oai for the Komilov anillery units were coloured black, N.A Kube Cosacks only cdied swordsand carbinestthey drd not
pip€d red, witb a gold @ss€d cdotr abovethe letter K.
Buttonsfor th* uif' wtre silver or white melal. N.A On€ of the original Mdkov Dnitswa madeup of sailoB who
Srincl llbr *ere a5the pogoii md edgedio wbire. would havewom then oM un'foms.
lV.R Komilovt units did not wer white 8yMr.r*a or tunics.
TEE GENERALALEXEYEV UNITS
A pan of the Kofrilov regimentduinS the winter of 1917 1918wa
youlh of lrEy of the original memboGof theseunils
fomed by men fton one of the St. G@r8eh battaliotrs.Thes elite Beds of the
their affetionate nicknme w4 '!\lexey€v\ gad$trs".
unib wore a drst'nctive unifom which it is apprcpriatelo desc.ibe
They wore €ilher black or white 8y@rre.*ar with thatj or blue

ardtttar weE whire with a ligh! blue b.nd, piped white dd the
TIIE ST GEORGE'S BATTALIONS
crcwn wd piped light blue.
The origiml battalionwd fomed in the sutuner of 1916hom holden PdSaatwee liSht blue piped white ud featuredthe c)rillic lenerA.
of tho St George\ Crossfor bFvery a d honou gudd for the Frcnt On the white afnrart?.ta the breastdd ctrtrpiping werc light blue,
H.Q.s. on the black they we.e white. ,t/udva.i werc strip€d white on som€,
By June l9l7 there were unitr at Kiev, Pskor Minsk md odesa. lighr blue on the najonty.
Howeveatheir mle wa! by this time io Lain the newly-fomed "Sh@k Slnel tabswerc light blue, pip€d whit€.
BanadonJ'. In view oftheir shtus they had beenaccordeddistinctiotrs Alexeyev\ cavalry regin€nts were distinguishedftom the infdtry
on their unifontrsthat were similar to thosewom by the Guards. by the colour of theJa/odrta band and $en pasdut which werc liSht
red, pip€d while in both cdes. The poso'i displayedno letter
Other Rflrks rv.& Thes units did nor wou black shmvdi.
Pogotrl b.$olou. Plpiq Cutt pipils BEan ShNvri pipiDg
O. C. Bl.cl Omge GENERALDROZDOVSKYT'NITS
lDlrrtrt
Pipln€ CEMDIpbB
Tbe unifom that thesen€n worc was ba-sedon the fomer Rifle
regime s of rhe Impqial Amy. with crimson ai tle facing colou-
N.R ,tlir?l tabswerc omge edgedbl&k
Their slMre'tu werc khak without piping and the rtaDr4n grey-
N.t Woud sbip€swereorange
blu€ with a thin rcd stipe. HoweveasomeofficeB worc white piping
on the br6t flap dd at the cuffs of their aln@rrerla.
Ofrcen
P o g o . i P i p b g curf Brei p.drd (oli6 onlt)
Thetrarnk wa c.imson with a whrte bald pip€d crinson, wilh
while piping dound the crcwn.
Al finl theseunits wore Russim unifom, but by 1919 they were
weding British clothing.
F!'ad*a war a! for olher rants.
SnaDvari strip€ was yelloe or gold for pmde wtu
/.4. Sfiinel tabssere oruge smp€dand edg€dblrck. CrYrlrt
1V.8.WoundsEiFs w€rc gotd. At its great€stsEeDgththere were two rcgimeots of Drozdovsky
The cockadesa in the style for ihe appropriatetuk with the St cavalry.The Ist.eginent worc blue rrratuvan with a white stripe, the
Georges Crcss sup€rimposdi possibly this wd done following the 2nd red shaavan with a yellow strip€.The 2nd may havewom a unit
abdicationof the Tsd in Mdh 1917. badg€on fte left sleeveabovethe chevrcn,in black with white Eim

TIIE GENERAL MARXOV I'NITS

Art lery
The unifom for theseunits w6 much the sam€as th€ Komilovsk, The only notabledeviatioofrcm stardarddresswerc the rnanvari,
excepttha! thetrorka wd white wift a black band,pip€dwhite wiih which werc blm with a yelow saipe.
Tte pdpdl,a for all theseunits was eitherbl&k, whito or broM *ith
The /oso.i were black with white piping dd nnk indicatoB, the a crimsonrop, crcss{orded in whit€.
clrillic letter M was sewnonro the pdSdni aftq the deathof Mdkov The drir?I was either grey or British khaki with fiinson colld tabs
(26-6.l8) in his remory-
The cavalryunit wore mnch tbe sme unifom 6 the inJdtry- DrczdovsLy'sunits did not wear black clothing.
The anillery worc blackp,aari with red piping dd a gotd cros*d
RANK MARKING
However,it wd only the lst Battery that had the distinctive M on
Th€seweie displayedon the poarni md the rnnel aolld tab.
The rlnei tabswereblack pipedwhilq the bunonswercgold, silver
o. white,/yellowmetal. Rar* MarkiDg
The Mar*ov units did not wed blue rirrmran, but did wed white
s/earkr,tar with black piping. Singlehorizon$lbm acros ai thecol& endb wbile
Tbe,6ntl w4 bl&k with a white nek cord dd tass€l. Corponl Twohorimntalbas rcos a! thecolar endin whn€
The Mdkov calatry Dit ws Eised ftom mongst tbe Coss&ks of Sdgeant ThE hdimnlal baBams atUe cole endin whito
the Kubd who worc a dislincdy Caucasim uniJom of .ft?*ata (a Posoriin eithd silveror goldwith rcgimetrtdpiping
long kaftan-fikeSment) dd b.shrct (^ AMeerka like shitt).'nF witb a sinelevenicalstipeed tE slas.
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Seleted Rul6 re haY€in stek
Dunng lhe CMt Wd womd badgeshad beeninroduced to be wom
on lhe lefl cuff of the JrDel or olher gamenl. ThesewereEd for other
ranks6d in theregimenblbuttoncolour(gold or siher) for offi.ers. For Napoleons wd (For plat Nap) !3.25
all mks theywerercclaguld in shapedd abonr3 ' by I". Srlvo Fia (w],ll Navd) !,1.50
Dsdnolght EEwwl Naral f,1.95
Yellow recrdgles to indicatethe werefs numberof monfts d fte
Front werc also wom in a similu mDner and positioD.
NapoleonicPrinciplesoiwd !8.00
Ru$ian military schools, colleges and academiesall had tbeir Gmd Mmner Napoleonicrules!?.50
distinctiveJ?tbn. Thesewerewomlike medals, agaiDsomeof tbeVA. f9.95 Mainly Militry 6 & l5m
fomanons designedtheir oen. GeneralDe Brisade(Nap.ru16) f8.99
Unil lbe wiftdnwal inlo the Crimea during the Sp.ing of 1920 Scnrios for abovenles f8.gS
medals,othertha one ro commenonto the legendary"Ice Mdch" of Fire& Fury(ACW) !13.50
RapidFiE Rules(W'WD !9.95 H & R & Navrd l/3OOnLrnls,
early 1918.werenol gilen by the VA. It wd deemedbad fom to
Supt I (Europ€1944/45) !8.9s
award them during a civil wd. Bravery wd reweded by promodon skyhx r/3ood Tants? anclt
unlil the crealionof the RussianAmy by wrangel shen medalswere RapidFoicesI (Genn/Bd, f8.95 HumbrolPainrs& Brusbes
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FLAGS AND PENNONS ChainEun(helicoprercombd) !r.75

The VA. units designedthen own rcgimenlal flags and compey

pennons,the lattorbsed on Imperial or ProvisionalGovemmentAmy t€ater straps, bells and poucheswere in brcwn leafter, which
designsbut in the appropriaieVA. colous. A very good selectionof v&ied through the shadesof brcwn from chestnut io chGolate.
tbesem availableliom B. aDdB. Miniatures. Guards'waist beltswere wbte, exceptfor the Rifles units which wore
Former Regul& cavalry units. though not on fte sbenglh of tle
"official" VA., carried fte pennonsof the Imperial Amy
on ften Gasmaskswere a nece$ary ilem of kjt dunng lhe GrearWe, but
l s c e " w h i c hm a l ea nd n r J c r i vl e - r u Eo n r n y 1 " u , . . seennot ro hale provednccesaryduringthecivilwd.
The pennons*ere swalloFtailedin designand rhe coburs $-crc lnelnably,asw'th soldiesthroughour theages.peBonaladaplarions
ddged in fie I triangles ftDs fonned. *ould have been made.paniculdly dDringa wm such s rhis,
consequenllyallow someleewayin this dea.
Omcers
During fte early monthsof lhe YA- s enstencemy weaponwas a
cb*:iier llira CurdJ Cnnsor good one dd any pieceof equipmentfell into the sme category.As
Hn Mnj€nyr cuimsi.a Yc N lhe supply situatiod inproved officeE onc€ again begd to cairy
Hs M3jes!-\ cuiNi.u Bruc binoculds, map'casesandwearswordsin the tEdinonal nmner They
wereexpecledto wearthe bFc€s crosed at the backdd st aighl al rhe
The Cu,,d.\ier rcg'menl. de otten erened ro froni . The backcrosing wasa rcsponselo the RedAmy which forbad
Cuira$ien" or the Yeuow Cuira$iers fo. obviousrerlonsl this rcvisionisC'pracdce.All leathe. was brown of vdious shades.A
N.B. Thesepennonswerecmied into action. whisrle was cdied wilh iis own holster" on the front of ihe lefl

PERSONAL EQIIIPMENT Fromlale 1918eely l9l9 iremsof Bridshof6ce6 belts.etc came

inro use. but not on a large scale as the preferencefo. Ru$ian
equipment wasconsiderable.
Eachmd wa supposedlo havebeenissDedwilh Oe following Kt:
a waisrbeltwith 1wopouchesfor 30 rcundseach,ftom which was WEAPONS
suspended a Linnemannentrenching rool (usDallya small shovel).
Slungoverrherighr shoulderwasthe ca.vaskirbag,gene.allya grubby Despnewharha! beentakenasa facl for d@ades the Rusid amy
whire in colour, rhe rolled rnrre/ went over the left shoulderwilh the
having nofting to fight with excepltheir flesh and bl@d the RDsid
mDnidonsindust y undeMenta productionrevolutionduring the crear
,ar/'hk folded inside A one sixth section of gey-gften lhelter tent
was stnpped ro the s,tn?/. Aluminium. dulled 1o prevenrreflecrion,
Wd. The€ had beenshonagesduring rhe eely yem, bDtthis was not
celeen and a dull bronze mes tir were attachedor slung where uniqueto Russiaas the Bntish 'thell{risis of 1915proves.The
unprecedentedconsumplionof matenal bd to a huge shortfall in all
A turther 60 rounds we.e storedin a cmv6 bddolier dd another kinds of munilionsHowever,by $e end of 1916lhe Russimshad
of their problem md th€ STAVKA wN looking
foMald, wilh somerelish, to fte offensiveG)lhey would be able to
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launcb,beked up by mountainsof shells and olh€r necessdies.The crewedby GDdds Riflemen, wa.ti:re loann zlatoust" .
relafve trdquility of the Eastemfrcnt frcm Jouary to July l9l? dd Tanksalmostwithout exception were aUsuppliedby Britain during
continued munitions production led to vdr st@kpiling. Ir was l9l9 and consistedof nk Iv s and somemk I\ with the pair of
primdily thesedomesncweaponsthat would be usd, plus stockslefl sbenng whels at fte reu. The mk. I s we.e u5edby wrogel's forces
by the Cenfal PowersdurinS their speedyrctEat from Russiaduring during the break'out fton tle Crimen in 1920.Tle mk IV's were
winter l9l8-19, plus considerable Allied equipmenl(mainlyB.ilish presentat the captureof Tsditsyn in l9l9 when the British instructoB
iiron Salonikaand the Middle,Edt), io fight the Russid Civil WaJ. fought alongsidetbeir Rusian pupils, unofficially of couse. The tanks
wercpaintedgrey greenor kh.](ji/brcwn.I qould think that the chevrcn
The most widely-Dsed rifle was the Russian7.62mm-m.l89l
Mosin-Nagdl, de carbine was the 7.62Im. m1908 Mosin Nagml
which wa issDedto the cavalry andarlitlery With Duch hddlinS they Thesevdied in quality fron fte puQose-buihnonolifts amed with
tumed a dark, almost black, colour with a khaki sling. Also common I52mn or 203mD navalgunsand bristling with Dachine-guns,10lh€
were fte 7-92mn m.lE98 Geman Mauserud the 8Im. m.1895 pldk and sandbagextemponsedflaFca6 carrying a field gun. when
ADstrim Mdnliche. The .103 L€e-Enfieldwas aho available. possiblerhey were paintedand markeda! De other A,F.VS with
Pislols were either the 7.62Im. m.1895MosinNasdt or the p.ominenrchevronsb ensure€pid identification.
Mauserwith the woodenstockholsrer
Edged WeapoG The naif converted at Iedt two larSe bdges into floaling gun
lnfantry ofice6, reguld cavalry dd anillerymen generallycmied pladoms for use as anillery sDpponfor the lmd'forces They we€
the m.l88l Dragoonpaned sword.SomeofficeN,notablythosefrom amed wirh two l52m- navalguns.powe€d by a dieselengine,
the Kuban,favouredtheir lraditional sword which had no hond gu&d. muned by the navy,openred on fte SeaofAzov md one was called
The Kiryal, a long dagger,wd u$d by machine-gDnnendd aniUery
O.Rs.The swordhandlew6 coveed with black lealherand the gudd During the advanceon Tsdtsyn Wrmgel rotes that his force was
was brass,d werethe finings on tl'e black leatherscabbaJd. sentrhe 7th Infantry Division which "worc British issueunifoms dd
HaUof eachcavalryrcgimentwd amed wi$ the Russiann.l9l0 steel h€lmers (p.109 A!$id r Whne Ctusddet. A- Wrdgel, tro
lance which was a hollow metal tube, in Rn.sid khali, with bom C@per,t ndon1990.)
leather loops to haDSover the am md at the stinp. The British Unfortunately I m unawre of the O.B. of the 7th md cmol
suppliedIndian:my bmb@ ldces dDringlhe cou6e of 1919.The speculateasto the Russim m&Kngs lhey would havesponed.
Bndsh also suppliedsaddles,but thesewereDnpopnlr, beingregarded In the VA.. as in the Imperial Amy, moDntednu6es followed
s uncomfodablein compdison wilh the Russianryp€. which were cavarychdSesro give li6r aid. They worc while aprcnsdd head.lress
madeofbrcwn leathe. with a red cros on the bib over a grey dftss md shin. Howeve.. I
The bayonet qd of the trian$iar Russianpatt€m and was fixed would suggestrna@uai andsrnr4rrerl, asnore appopriatewhenin
when on duty or in the combatzone.
It war not unknown for women to fight alongside their men, as
The 7-62nm. n.l9l0 Mdin on its Sokolevcdiage (two 12" severalcasesteslit, in ordinaryunits wedng the usual (mare)
wheels)wasthe "weaponof choice . Mounting it, cdiage ed all, on unifom. It is quite posible thal some of the sunivon of the
the well'spnng famers cariages gave .ise io the legendary Provhional Govemmenl\ women s Battalionsdid just rharduring the
"Tachunkd". Gnn nd 1'ochurl@both apped to havefadedro a blrck-
brown. Therc de Red Amy dchlara that were painred witb mn
mdkings, thereforc ir is likely that the Wbtes did the sde. The FIGUREAVAILABILITY
m.1915trwis gnndd !trip-fedm.l914 Hotchkiss weE alsoavailable.
Araillery As I write this, October 1997, the nnest rdge of figms on the
The 76.2Im. m-1902 Putilov field gun ws the nost comon Mket that coveB this period is producedby B & B Miniaiures of
dtillery pi@e.During the l9l9 Sumer otrensive the Gudds artillery Hull. They prcduce infantry, cavalry (including Cossacks)&
wereissuedwith the Br:tish 18poundeabut munition re-supplyw6 equipmentincluding a melloDs lacbunla dd a splendidamoued
a poblen - addedto the fact that the brels werc pasttheir besr.
At one slagein 1919,the Gudds ho6e aniliery was equipp€dwith IT Figurese producingvery g@d GreatWd subjectsod theytoo
two batteriesof 28Im. mounbin gunsof unknowntype md vintaee. de "noving ea,iC'which will prcvide eveDmorc v&iety to spice up
The heavier guns included the 107m, md l20mm. howitzeB Gorry) m R.C.W collection.
m.l9l0, madeby Pudlovto Frenchor Gemd designs. PeterPig is aLeadyestablishedin the GrcatWd, a de treguld who
The .nillery sefrs to hav€ weathercdto a black brcwn colour havepossibly the widest rangeof artillery figures and equipmentfor
cmouflage or my painling hada low p.ionty for obviousrcasons.The $is $eatre in a spreadof scalesthar shouldcarerfor all requirements-
GreatWe colour scbene wa! gey-g.een Thereis a rumour Oat oneor otherof the Foundryswill b€ bnnging
oDtm R.C.W mge in fte N€wYear,plus an extensionto its GreatWd
Alotrgside such domestically prcduced machines.! the lrbed-l2 .mse that will include rheEdrem Frcnr-
fidter dd the Ilya Mmmets bomberthercwasa sel@tionof Westem
inpons suchasthe SopwithCdel. the SpadVII, dd the Nieupon 17.
CONCLUSTON
F.mm and Nieupon bombeB were also available. However, fte
divenity of types does not rcfl€ct the tiny number of machinesrhar
Tle VA. wa mde up of a cros section of men dd women
opposd to the Bohhevik led Govelment. They took a 8reatpride in
TaDk! ard Amour€d cars
their unifoms od in the onils that they represenled,be they newly
The Imperial Arny liked moured cds dd had by fd the ldgest
fomed or with centuriesof tEdition. It is very likely that duing the
numb€r of vehicl€s of any b€tlig€rcnt during the Grcat Wd. Auslin
next few yeds tu.ther info will becomeavailable.Should you wish to
chdsis htd b€€ninported in large numbes od mourcd at vdious
be kept up to date thetr why trot join the E4tem Frool Aseiation
factori€sin Russia.TheseAustins, alone with Fiats dd olher makes,
1914- 1921. Funher detaih can beobtainedby \r,riringto the secreirry:
continuedir use with the VA. Tfiey were painredbattleshipgrcy dd
N.H. Comish. RiversideHouse.Riversid€ Chdthd, r. Cdrerbury
displayedthe Russim chei'ron, as describededlier, on their tlrets or 'lel.
Kent C'T47XI 0122773a327
hull. Tbey were also given nmes by their crws. One such wA
'"Irusry". Anolher, naned for a batdeshipof the Black Sa Fleet, but
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bw eound Pt4aergmes is who reatly won the draw.Piqler games
Piquet's Charge de seldombalanced.one sideusnally hd the edgein Mo6le Chipsor
A review by Dnit quality. But th€n,when wd wd everfair?
Piqrer is playedin a seriesof Phes, which in rM @ divided into
Pat C,oflrtor 20Inpulses. Play beginswith both sidesrolling a d20.The wimer of
the rcle hd the differencein Impuls Pipsto play with and the numb€r
Very occdionally a set of rules otre6 a f.esh penpective on of remainiDglmpulse Pips in tbe Phae is reducedby the samevalue.
wdgding. Piq!?r'r author Bob Jonesnot only chaUengesaccepted This regulatesthe nnmberof Pips that cd be won at any one tine.
praclicerhe buis it without t'ace, The actionprogftsseswith tle sidewith the ImpetDstuming over the
Piquet hss lxen available for a while, but until fairly @ently cdds in their SequenceD@k, at one Pip per cmd.As cardsde tumed
appearsto haveb@n very mucha nicheproduct.Recendyhoweverthe over lhe conEolling side cm either chooseto act on fte cardor i8norc
enthusiasticband of Pi4ler playeB ha beengmwing. paniculely in it. Units cu only movewhena movecdd appmpnaElo tl'e lrooPtyPe
the UK. adillery, cavalry or idfDlry is tumed ove. Fomation chdges
This is a seriouslyditrercnt st of rules, not lea$ for the aulhor's require a Deploynent cardi mil, which havefired nay only tue again
attitude to them. Bob Jonesdesribes Pi4ler as a toolbox", which after a Reloadcdd. Enchmove,reload,fomanon change,mmoeuvrc
players use to create individual gmes ud senuios. He activety
encouagesplayeB to adjustor add lo the mecheics. This requiressomevery radical changesin atlitude by the players.
It is inevitable that Pique, will attract nore thd its fair sh&e of For exmple, in nost conventionalrules you cd calculatehow lotrg it
critics. The, app{enl, lack of player control will not sit well with will takoenemycalalry lo reachyou tines andignore themuntil then.
Eaditionalists,while the inabiliry to gudmte rcsults by calculating Piqaer cd be a htud lMter: a few lost Impetusrolls, tlE .i8ht move
the factoB h advuce will upserthe dlelawyeB. As Bob Jonessays cud! and fte cavaly cu be in amongyou helplessinfantry.
Pt4ler takesawaylhe comfort blanket. Pi4ler is not tudom, it s all aboqtloowing bow to usethe Seqqence
The rules come h a boxed sel containing the coE rules plu! a Deck- Ignore tbe cdds you donl need, get to the ones you do dd
snpplement,togelherwith a setof six dice,movementcalliper,Imp€tus .emenber which cdds havealreadygone.
Clck dd tbreedecksof cards. The mechanicsof tuing, mel@ and moralem very simple,bur like
The supplemeDts tailor the main rules to suit specific pe.iods.The the rcst of the rulesqnite novel-Eachunit hd a tuq meleedd morale
supplemertsavailableto dareale Hoqotu.d Gmutul f6 the Aneican dice which cd be a d4, d6, d8, dlo or dl2. Modine6 re usedto
Civil Wa/Fmco Prussian War, lzs Gtugnd/ds for Napoleonic, chang€the valneof the dice. For exanple a unit with a fire dice of d6
Catozclp fo. the Mdlborough/SevenYearsWd period, Arcltor for finng on the flank of a tdgel has m Up 3 modiner taking its tue dice
Af.cieirs, Poiht ol Attack tot World Wm Two ed Dii d/Batde for the to a d12.ln tuing the largetalwaysrclls a d6. If fte firing unit wins the
Colonial period. Futre ples include English Civil we/Thirty Yeds rolhtr it idlicts one hit on the tdgel for eachpoift differenceon the
Wd, Medieval Cnnean/Mexictu AmericaDwar, skimish md sieSe dice roll. Tlrce hits rcDovesa sland,hils de nol cmied over,bul ca

Ar $39-95for ihe corc rules plN one supplementatrd $19.95 for Melee ed morale de dealt with in a simile fashion.ln meleethe
additioml supplements($24.95for PdD, a/Afld.t) the rules are nor rollotr usesthe meleedice of the unit! in combat,while in norale the
cheap but, tatjng into account the production costs of $e vaJious Esting udil\ moraledice is rcUedagainsla dice determinedby $e hns
elemenls.it is not unreasonable-
Piqler hasno setgameumi insi4d at the heartof the sysEmme (wo The rcll-otr m@hanicco lead to extremeresulrswith whole uni$
SequenceDecks.Eachsupplementcomeswith two loGcard Sequence dissolving in one fE or melee.That nay not be to everyones lasles,
Decks. Typical cuds include Reload,InJdtf Move in Open, Melee but it does crcate tensiotr and certainly forces the use of histoncal
Resolution, Deploynent, Mmo€uvrc, Brillidt tf,ader ed Heroic deptoymentand reinforcemenh.
Monenl. Eachsupplementaddsperiod sp€cificcdds suchas Machine Pi4r?r is a very simpl€ systemto plat Within a tlw gmes thereis
Gun Jamned for ACWlFtuco Possio and Sneata Healhensin the seldomdy n@db refer lo rhe nles or playsheetsand ne* playes de
Colonial period.Wlat a unit can do and when is diciatedby the cards, quickly into the mechdics. Aimed at tactical ratherihm 8md tactical
allhoughthis is fd le$ @dom thm it miShl app6. games,Piqret works best al divisional level, bul will confortably
One of rhe most elegot spects of Pt@er, ed this is a v€rf sle€k hddle mund 30 units a side-Using two SequenceDecksper side and
systemind@d,is the wny the SequenceD@ks can be usedto model lwo impetusrclls can accomodate lalger gdes.
dy :my, nationality or historical battle. By varyine the nunber of Bob Joneshasbuilt the Piq!?r mechmicsromd the meanra$er than
panicule cards in an armyi SequenceDeck very sub e nationa! the avemge-This hs a profound affecl on the gme sryle. In rule
chdacteristics or battle conditions cm be introduced-For example systens where all the factors havebeenavenged out you polentially
British Napoleonicarnies tend lo havemorc reloadcdds. while their end up wilh a gme wherc neither side cd gain the uPperhmd. The
poor old Spanishallies hav€ ll Dres Line Gland dound and do momenh of crisis dd decisionmaliing d laken awat ln Pi4ler the
nothing)cuds to deal wio. player is constody facedwith new challengesto deal eith.
Unit and Of6cer quality is mdomly generatedfor eachgme, with For myone looking fo. sinple, enjoyablemecheics which caPrue
ditrerent nafonalilies gainine a ptus o. minus on their dice roll. In the fel of a period dd producehistodcatly accuJateresulir Pi4!?t
Pigsd eachgme is unique od involves thinking about the type of meetsall of thoseneedsusingnew ed exciting gase nechdics. This
game,lhe *entuio md how to modetit with fte SeqDence Decks. may well be the Fendfor the next geneEtionof gme desiSn.
At rhesbn of the gde eachsideis dealra numberof cdds frcD the At the mometrtPiq&eris only avaitableftom the United States,bul
Colnmdd Deck dependingon the size and qDalityof their amt The Bob Jonesis in discussionwith a numberof disE butorsin this countf.
caJdsdetemine how mdy "Morale ChipJ' (morc of them latet an r therc is one conplainl about Piq!?r it is gelting hold of a copyl. It
army ha or intodDce morc imponderablessrch a heroic sp@ches, co taketoo long to gel the nles sentover but hopefDllysomeec€nt
hiddensnipersor terab featurcs,flank marchesor impoved moraleor discussionson distibution methods for ovenes delivery should
fighting capabilities.
Eachtine a unit losesa staid, routs or anemptsto nlly requiresthe Prqe, cm be obhined by contactingJeff Valent at 165 Cheles
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Starting Wargarning? Ha.dwre o.ientatednles favour weaponsdd other hedware of war.

It mners whethera md is canling a 15 or 16 foot pike or wees
Part 3 - Rules leather or bronze greales. A tok wilh aD LR67B gun wilt have a
complelely differem ne lAble ro a lank wilh an LR67G. Hddwee
by rules sometimes€ad like encyclopaedia\of all the world s boring
Peter Tanner
YoLt may have gue$ed that I m a softwde supporter mysli
Lisreningto two hddwde WW2 fdatics woDd dnve ne 1oboredom
INTRODUCTION very quickly md it $ems that it\ from this penod onwardsthat most
Here is pan tbiee (of fou.) of Dy very peFonal introductorySuideto hardwde fds come. Howeler it's not long ago that WRc s Ancient
wargames-Ir is aimed newcoden rc the hobbyblt will,I hope,have ruleslook hddwe fdaticisfr bek to ftis eraand the very conceptto
points of inlerest for the seasonedveremn.This part takes a genersl new heigh$/depths.Wargamershad to differcntiare between li8hl
look ar rules.The fin6l parl will coverscen&ios- infdry. nediun infuFy. lishr-mediuminfmtry and so on!

TYPES COMMERCIAL OR DIY?

Most rule setstendto coverthe 4Ms of wargming in discreelchunks. I ve yet to meet a waJgmer who's tolally happy with any set of
comercially availabledles ftar he hirnself didtr\ writ€. ft won t be
The 4Ms are: Movement, Missile, Mele and Mo.ale. Iong before even lhe absolutebeginDerhea6 we use the Dealh and
(As a point of interesr'Missile" soundsa bir forced. why not rhemorc Maiming rules,3rd edidonwirh housenodifications . This is probably
commonly used firing"? Well, stictly speakingyou can only fire a becauseDo one hd beenin a batde dd had the wargamefs point of
gunpowderec or morc advmced weapon-Before that you have ro view.Evenelaliveswho havebeenunluckyenoDgh to havebeenin a
'\hoof' s there\ no involvemenlof fire at all. Enough real wd bad a limjted view of $e son of ftings aargamers needto
of lhis 6ide.)
Lefs havea look at how mosl rule setscoverrhe 4Ms. know and if sensible kept their headsdown nosr of fie riDe anyway.
Rules will be accepledby a wdgme. *hen rhey fir his idea of
Generallymovemenais so mmy ceDtiDetresor inchesper movewift reality.This is purely subjectivedd har to be whenwe get rulesbefore
deductionsfor bad ierain, fomation chdges. firing or shooringerc. the 20th century.If yoD don'l like a set of dles. becausetheir reality
The fun slans when a unit wuts to crcss an obsracle.Rules oflen sal isn t you6, thenwritetoDr own-YoD'lldoubtlelshearwhingesfron
'rakes 1/2 move" or'tosts l00mn". Neither works perfftdt Imagine
othe. playeB b lhafs life. Your idea of realiry will only vary from
tn a unn only re&hes tbe obstacleafter it\ gone 3/4 of ils nove, their\ becaDse you'le readdifferent books(or seenditrerentfilmt bnl
Doesit haveb wail till nexr nove to cms and lhereforetosethe rest it\ unlikelylo be les valid.
of this moveor des the l/2 moveapply rc fte moveleft to make?This Bewue of pulting experience inro a ser of rules. The dcher,
Dakesno senseeither way and would .esuh in the time takento cross fencer,re-enactor,TA memberor the like will often wne rules from
o obnacle being dependenton when in a move rhe obstacle was his "wom3 eye view . Thesede almosrwonhlessexpenences.Even
reachedlAn absoluBcost,say l0&nm can rcsulrh a unit bomwine" without the thJearof personalinjury or dearh the experienceis too
Dove disrance.i-e- rhe mir's place on rhe table b wherc it will be al ndow to be medingful. lmaginethe enphasisin a se1of ruleswritten
somepoinlin the flture!All thisin a nonscience ficlion gme. There by Andy McNab!
d@snl sem lo be a soluion to lhis problem.but il hardly evermatten
so is no morethd a poinrto ponde. DE!TLOPMENTS
Missile and m€le tend lo be much of a muchness.Tle number of
More recenlcomdercial rules havetried 10gel awayfrom the 4Ms. To
figures involved in cross referencedto a factor nd the rcsulling
menrionjDst a few of thebetterknown which b.in8 out ihe mainpoints:
nDmbe.of casunltiesreadoff a table.The factor is often a basicfor the
tr@p type modi6ed by what both combaranrsde or ft doing. Fo. Fire ak l Fut! Mo\emenr nd Momle is combinedwith the resuttthat
exampleplus for being elite. uphiu, behinda wall etc-and a minDsfor moraleb etrectivelytesredeverygo. Tle plus dd ninus factos which
theenemy'scoverdd so on.Thereis almostinevitablya diceroll in affec1th€ die roll de very simple dd de soon lemr oii by hean.
there somewhereto male snrerhar the resuli cannotbe calculatedin Becausethe moveDenvmorale of the testing unit is necessdily
sinplified it isn t aff€ctedby that of units mund iL Yon can ger a
Morale is surelythe most boring and tine consuDingpoint of most 'bowline alley type outcomewherebywhal a unit doesis complelely
tEdilional rules.Untilrecently the systemwas ineviiably 'take a basic withoul regard to whafs happeningto eilher side of ir Despitethis
factor for the resters,add o. subtmctpoinis for relevantfactoB frcm a ftese rulesarewidely acceptedandeive a g@d, fat pacedgamewhich
long list and add a dice rcll: readoff $e result on a table which rm
ftom somethinglike "wild, unconmlled chaJge to run away"-TiDe
trken with morale testscm be excessivedd newcomersoften find it DBA (De Bellis Antiquitotisl - Tlese rules were lruly radical when
the most loatbsomeaspectof the hobby. No-one denies norale is they cme our sode eighr yems ago and arguablystill &e. They we€
impondr ftough md so a comprcmiF is often reached.For a unir in originally laDnchedby lhe WarganesResearchGrcup (WRc) asbeing
faidy nomal circumstancesobligedto take a moralelestjust makethe sunablefor $e Dsualsweepof history that they claim for all thei rules
dice roll ed only botherwitb the full tesl if d exrefre is rolled. but redeemedthemselves,in ny eyes.by adding that anomalieswere
Expeden.eqrft therulescd cur oura torol $a\redrine. aloided if d amy only foughr opponenBof its own era-(No mention
Tne o$er big Oine you ll noiice aboutrules is th ftey cb be splil of geognphy,bDtir\ prcere.s.)Anyway, the onginal rules claimedto
inlo rwo camps. These re 'toftwde orientaled" dd 'hardware cover 3000 BC to 1485AD. There havebeen1woDain developments
oriemated . The words hale probably beeniifted fron rhe world of sincetheserulescme oDt.Firsdl peoplelikedthemso muchthatDB
computers but they fit wa€mes rules. dd indeed wargamers. yon nme-it appemd on the scene.(JustIook ar backissuesof rhis
maeaine.) Secondlythe rules werc madeDore derailedad cme our
Softwde orienrated rules de big on comDand od contrcl dd atDBM (De Be is Muhitu.lirir. ) Theseseemedto be a sop to playeB
mo.ale.Whd maneEin a battle is rhe soft stuff rhe men.Theserules who consideredthal DBA wereso simple theycouldnl give a Ealistic
tbuow Nnpoleons naxim tbar the 'moraleis m rhephysicalas thrceis gde dd were d appnlling mashbetveen the usualWRG rules md
DBA. So whafs ditrerentabout DBA? well, leis k€epit simple:
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changingfomation and other minutia havegone. wdgam€whichis stillsometimes plaledbut is oftenseenasbeingon
* The general(you) can t alqays move dll fte troopsthat he wants. the lunaric fringe or restrided to the memben of wD, wegme
* Melee and misile re combin€dinlo one tombat system. DevelopDenls- (which is oftenseenasbeingthesamething.)
* Morale is kept at a very basiclevel,Yo! stan with 12units and when
you v€ losr4 unilsorthe generalhiDselfyou'velost-
If you havenr tied DBA thendo so. (I1\ alsocheapto raisemies l) WD again. This idea, originally from the USA, askedwhy numbeB
werefte driving fore in wdgmes. It look the ndical stepof trying to
Cfursfp So new that al the time of wriring I've hedd a lot abour replacenumben with wo.ds. The result is inieEstinsand worth
ftese rules but havent had a chanceto play theD. The bottom line playingat leastonce.l've seentoo manycriticswho havent really
leems to be fta1 there are no move dislancesor ranges! For more known what they re ralking about spout off abour how it isn r real
infomadon I can do no betet than polnt yot ar warganes tllustrate.! wargaming.11\ ditrercnt, that\ all.
123of Decenber1997.
CONCLUSIONS
OTHER POINTS TO MENTION
I guessthatthe ultimaterule deciders for whatwill suityou canbe
sumarised as follows:
Every goup of wargmeB has d exmple of ftis obnoxiousbreed. Whst do you like or believe ib?
They study the rules and then useevery misplacedcoma or unclea
pbmseto suit themselves.They've no real interest in what's on ihe
rableexceptthat it gives them a chancelo achievesomethingin their
sad.€mptylives.Tbeywill insiston soDethingbappening, no malter Who do you thiDk you are?
how obviouslyabsurd,becaus€ page 15, paragraphd) says it * As a wdgmer m you one mm on the table (he C in C) or de
happenj. Tney will neversay "Irr's forgetil. It wouldnt happen.' you everyone?Somerules placeyou in a set position and all ehe
Should you find youBelves playing againstsuch a creahrrethen be is minor (DBA do a soodjob of makin8you (c in c.)
pr€pred to los€ wilh as much graceas you can, then Dake a mental Who/whar typ€ of gm6 do you phy?
noteneverto wargamewith thal player again.If you N a ruleslawyer * AE you a competiiionor competitiveplayer
thenyou re onein a million.No-oneeveradmitsto beinglike lhis,but * Do you play with f.iends dd the intenlion is to havefur ud etrjoy
look dound you at ay compettion- fte action in an historical conl€xt.
Think aboul lh€se.They not only will guide you lo a set of rulesbut
Fre€ Kriegspiell will show you why yoDre intercsiedin tbe hobby at all.
The onginal wdgaDe had no rules. Military men would look at a
situationand decidewhat would happenbasedon their experience.A Almosl there:Nexttime il: my final anicle on scenarioc.
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Readers'Irtters scales and rhe newconer is lost belore he\ slaned.Can this really
compte ro warhahne\ or conpute. gmes sDchas Doon?
BANISH TI{E EDITOR! Wargmes trades now needto provide the completep@kage to
atract future recruits-This must inclMe prepded dd paintedmies
Having just finished .eading fte JanDdy editiot of Wal8dftA so enabling gmes to be played straight nway. For a generationlhat
/11rrmrc4 deeribed by youBelf as an aus€rjty issue".I m wriling grew up with Airlix models to take up painting figures dd prcgres
to demmd morc austerityin tuturel into historical waigaming is a natural prcgresion. To expecr a
It is Dnusualftese daysfor me Io readany publicalionfrom coverto Beneralionlhafs grcwing up on D,r,r to do likewise is to expecl too
cover I think most of us take the bils we wmt dd leavethe resl. No mtrch.I feel that manyof Wargaming'tfDrurerecDits will cone froD
suchthing in this cnse.A real Chnsmd hmper of.iticles. Special olde. stock maturing lads that havegmwn Dpon computergames,
mention must go. in no particular ord€r, to StephenSimpen, Mike movedoverto fdlasy andfinally, hop€fully.into hislorical waJgming.
Mefla. David Smith and Richdd Cldke. Four really excellenrpieces, Finally, Gane oJwar.I ^Eteewith Sigsins (sorry.I nust be honest)
none refl@ting my main are6 of interes! bur all well prcsented, - if mylhing it wasa goldenopportuniry warted.The useofcounteB
infomativeandinspiralional. Thelatr eveninj*dng a suilabledouni on the map wd a necesity I would arsumethal the majority of lhe
offestive humourinlo what wd an excellentanicle, evenny wile read audiencewa. nol fmilid wilh the concep!of wmganes.Blue md red
tharone!Asfo. Mike Siggins,well hiscolunnfailedto annoyme,but countersarc easy to disdnguishmd comprchend.BUT wbat should
Daybe $is *as becauserwo ftnds of ii was writter by someoneelse. havebeendone (and Lod knows why il wasn't), was lhe opportu.ity
Sad tholgh it may be Duncan.it *otrld seemthe more time you 1oirclude shotsof the gamesbeing played in lrue waJgamesstyle on
spendoveBeairhebeuerrheqDaliryof rheUK wargaminS pres. If this beautifulterain usingglo.ious25mn figDreslAs the gaDegol under
coninnes Io be fte caseI will happily let you havemy free air mjles way a shortclip sho*ing fte sme aciion on the figure wargameslable
would have greatly enhancedthe progrmme. I seeD to r€call Peler
Gilderdoingsometing sinild in the SelentiesseriesAdfilesrc@d.
What bettersight thanhundredsof 25mm Frenchcui6ssie6 stoming
up the ridge ar watedoo? SFely the likes of Mike Ingham and Gerry
Elliott ar the wdgames HolidayCente woDldhavegiventheireye
[well, t've jusl head aboul a cotuertion in Ualporaiso...] teerhlo get their set-upon ndtiona!Dlevision what an advenisemenl
for lhe hobby that would bavebeenl ljnfonunately we must contenl
ouselves that to get a programmeon al all is someihin8 of an
SIGGINS,ABSOLUTE BEGINNERSAND achievement.Maybe next time.
GAME OF WAR
ln responseto r€centleue6 I should like to nai(e the following points
on SigSins.absolutebeginneBand the Gameof wd".
Fist thar chap SiSgins okay so he\ somewhatopinionated,bur
then so de mosl wargamers.Howeverthere is a Dajo. diffe.ence in MTSTY MEMORIES OF THE SEVENTIES
\ o i c ' n go P n i o no r e ra p i n rc h e ra c l u bE d m ea n d\ o i c , n go p , n i o inn a
nationalwdgaDes magazine.Despitethe fact Mr Siggrnsocca.ionally Rollon Hmish Macsi$ins of GlenSiggins I I'venevermelthefeliow.
sratesit is only his opinion, the printed word can and does have d yer nlreadyhavea sneakingrespectfor hh provocntivetaleni.. He hd
effect on others. It is nomally called advertising. For instance - (eell. wift a wee bir of help from somechap called Eardley) spdked
condnuallyspoulingthat Fou.dry figuresm greatwill do wonden for off debateand .liagged a number of pontificating mchair genemls
Foundry while deridingother productswill do lben a degreeof h:m. frcm their rccking chairs,ar leasrasftr s the typewriter,ud evokeda
lf Sigginsis ro do personalreviewshe shouldar leasrtakethe lime and €sponse entircly comDensume wift plngging the aJoremenlioned
effon 10producea review of subsldce dd nol just a couple of lines chais into lhe mains.t ng mayir condnue.
th do no juslice to himself or the prcduct. I haveenduredtheanblings of a numberof writeB within the pases
As fe as his opinionson otherwdgamesmare6 go - that's fift - he of wI. I remain fascinaledby the lack of communicalioDon
does stimulatedebareat the very lesr, My only worry is rhe ivory wdrgming- I havesen few anicles on how to painr to rhe stdddds
tower approach-Can anyonewho hasadmi ed they havenoi artended shown in WI. On how a paniculd wegane w6 fought. it is afier all
a club in overtwenty yeds really be at the forefront of the hobby? The nore rewading ro adaptsomeoneelse s efforrsthan follow soneoie\
appeddce of new columns by Ray Lucas and Tony Hawkins ar€ a directionsto Oe leter ' no rcom for manoeuvre-And wheredoesthn
€freshing addilion to the magazine,especially as both appeal b be leaveour beginner' losl dd oveflhelmed I would suggest.Jusrlook
reguld club membe6. at fte pdgesof WI dd then think back to your owtr beginnings,ring
Secondly, 'beginneB . I havenr Inel very ndy beginnes. The few
I have Det tend to come from the Fdtay getre dd m ufinS out Those of us brcu8ht up. in the edly 1970\, on a diet of
hisro.ical ganes as a chdge - nomally it\ a very short lived change. Feathe6tone,saving throws and Chdles Gtut Snr inspired l8th
If h;mncal gamersthink we cd attnct new young blood into the Century plaslic :my warfare, nay well have proS@ssed10 mor€
hobby througha few lhows or club gmes we'rc very much mistaken. metallic andexpensivehorizons-How-ever, irespective of lhe periodor
First look what we de conpedng against "Gmes Workshop fanlasy scalethe hobby still rcmainsthe wargme dd its enjoyment.
and conputer gmes. Gmes Worksbop hd laken over the fantasy So what can we offer to the newcomer?Well, you all run the
ma*er ftmugh a single-ninded dd all embEcing approach.They publicationand haveaskedfor ideasso 'de you sittin8 comfortably?
provide the conplete pekage. md m excellentpackagetoo. Gmers The oldermongst us (l'n not collectinSmy pensionjust yeo will
gei everything they ned: g@d quality figures, coloufful exciting remenber eagerlyaeaiiing i.stes ot Miltary Mo.lelling incoryorcting
games,rules.backCroundhistory - the lot! It appealsto youngkjds no Battle lor waryanets. This naguine included a plethora of
reseech or building up annies over the yem - instdt fun. Compde departmentsfor wdgamers alongsidethe most wondertul articles on
ftis to hisroricalwargaming,apartftom the new starterpacksrecently military figure producdon.Onecould l€m to paint to a comrnendably
broughl ou( which is a step in the right direction young newcomers hiSh standddfiom following the adviceBivenfreely frcD within these
ger alno$ norhing. lf they atend a club what re lhey offered -
nomally a c6wd of older blokeswrappedup in theAoM gaDes.often There was a depannenr called 'Gene.alsKnowledge which
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providedexpertadviceon rcaden' wdgming quenes:from the raDge
of an ECW sake.o. the or8misalion of a Bndsh WWII Mechanised
Batlalion lo the locationof the nede$ we8aming clDb,for exampte.
CharlesGr&fs sries of TableTop Teders. now d erceltenl book
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'warednes kenatios provided
, sup€rb srartiDs poinB for many SATURDAY11th APRIL
gmes. The greatdifferenceberweenTTTt dd qhar I readin todav\ ConbowHall,Halesowen
maSuines is rhat C S Grdr's battleswere accountsof w&8mes, nor (otfjunction
3, M5) 10am-4pm
an account of what someonehad read in a history b@k wirh a
wdganing afterthought/note.One ctunor readabouthow a batrlewas
wdJgamedunlesssomeoneactuallydoesit and subsquently produces a Demonstration
Games
d article abourlhe wegame. Ir also p.ovidesan excellenropportunity t Participation
Games
lo evaluate v&ioussetsof rulesin theplaying.
The 'Modelling workshop' provided tips md advice on how to +
produceall thos wondertulcreationsrhich ir seemedonly the likes of Bring& Buy
lhe late and greal PeterGilder werebom with rhe talenrfo. civen tbe
TradeSlands
standed of the many vigneues and dionmas (don t fret Mr
Macfdlde, I U. Mile il for you Ed: Theseare rcal warsone')
reSDlrly seenin the pagesof WI I do nor believesucha departmenris Forfurlherdelailscontact: Keith(01384)257719
beyondthe curenl edirorial expertise(gtove one to floo. one - move Ashley(01384)561389

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called 'Pics of the Monrh . This gave rhe anisically ratenredan not Gomething a little more detailed tho a Yes or No, would be
opponunnyto otr showrhei. modelsby meds of vdious phobgraphic
techniqDes.Ha this |dsfercd direcrly ro fte pagesof wl? Every
pnolo appeaBb be a enrry in 'Pic of rhe Month not a .Sunday Matthew J Hood
aflenoon gameon the dining room lable. shot in si8ht. How can the
supenor b€ings of the fictional and phoroCuphic world contirually
tgrore thosein that wonderlandcalled realiryt would WI lower irself [Ed: I wasintrbuedb| youtphrase \oua nthepubtication-who
to regDlarlyfeaturing phorosof a htrdbodd lable paintedgreenvice are thesenrthical nuhitu.les? I w point.d out olen enoughthat wt is
aforenentioneddining .mD table wirh greenfeh cover,adomedwith a @e-ndn bah.!,so no nee.lto do that asain!
hand-cutw@den contouredhills, nay books even. lichen trees, The ol.ler anoaB us vill retnenbet B^tte fot WtEMets beforc il
cardboedcDIour buildin8sdd plastictr@ps?Wbar?Men in whire vas incorpomted in Militty Modelling. h had a circulation at lean
50% gtuatet than WI (DunEeons& DeAons hddn\ sttipped awa! a
Anotherdepanmentwa!. Unifomlnfo' which. as its nde sugges$ ldtge pa of he hobb! at that hne) aad was oened b\ a larBe
prcvideddswe6 to readers questionson mihary uniforms.Onecould .onpan)", so I hadld tnorefnan.iol clout. , ||6 in.orpordted into
paint ones entirecollecrionfrom infomanongleanedin rhis quite MiliGJy Modelling beeuse it Nast\ hakin9 aoueh proft (quote
excellentdepartoent. As I nuse,rheMay ?9 issuein frcrt ofne. an one ol the dirc.tors). Gndua r the *aryanes content oJ the
inquiryfrom d idividual abourthe drcssof Prussian Dragoonsand atnatsanatedpubli.atioh dwindledaw\ to atnost nit..__
Line Lances of the 1806army.The answeris coDpletewi$ line Th?prcsentwryatftes nasa.ines rnar ldcklocus: the\ do la.k funds
drawingsdd lists of regimenkl facingsby regifrent. The mo$ blling ( enoushto hok ah\onefu--.) oa paper I could afonl to tak on a
point abourthis inqdry is the last line , ,beingonly sixteenI cant fu fine assistantand prulu.e a better na4, but let tne telt rou aboul
atrordexpensiveuniform bookJ. Quireexcellenl,andthereunderyour a special se^irc we prcvidefor a large part ol the varyanes hobb!
verl nose Mr Editor lies tbe answer b p_rcvidinga forum for trade....Wear. in fod a kntd of nerclant banklor a tarye nwnber of
wdganer to shde infomation dd nunure the newcohers.I an no a^EnXets & stotkists.The\ co ?ctiwtr owe us (otedue) enough
expen on lhe pEcticalides of pufiing ftese ides inro acrion. but if I non4lo totattrfu"dJow orfte isluesoJwt. This isnt a potic! oJ
were to p.etend these were my own idear lhe anempt would be onrs, it s o coia.iden1 of unilatetul decisions tak?n b said
imDedia(ely transprentif notdkbonest.I thDsnake nosuchclajn bul adteflisers etc. If ee Eol heot! serenot eiqht of then coutdBo ort
do strcngly suggestthar the sEaregyof providing forums fo. readersin ofbusinessorentisht. Mort anusins eyuse sofar has beeh "Mr wife
which they are able to benefit froD othe6 knowtedgemd expe.ience & I both ovn our can thrcush rhe busines and I ve just had to par
is lhe way foNdd (is myone prepmd to Bivefreely or doeseveryone two lots oJ tuad ld - so t conl pa\ ,-ou this tnonth. (Do"er your
cading fth see a comnercial angle!:). Spouiing otr poinis for hea,1bteedJorEtu?)
individualsdo providesomennusementvalnedd altow an individual. OneoJthe reasok!| tnded ot 37 .onvenions last teor eds to nake
howeverbdKng mad,ro havehissny.butgentlemen. aD I theonlyone up for su.h shoncoiftinss . bn I'at oI.ou6e lakes avar trne Jntn
qho thinl,.'har$e,e b morero sargamnerhd op,n,on NorkihS on nt 'noea.ine- I could so on & on - but na\be lou re
rn sumDary.rhe p.esentwdSmes fragazinesm lacking in fcus. besinninq1oget thepicture. ne ersat. Mw hasabout 85-90%oJour
Individual issues appear to provide linle nore ftan fulfilling a sales ar.] lessadrertisine: PW h6 a0-50% ol ot.sales atu far less
chil.lhood fantasyof sculpturedremin and havine all one\ fi8ures adve ising: so lvrc i r a 8rcenetside to this hill.
painredby the mm Gilder himseli Thereis litde nr aunblpublishet oJ N^poleonic Principles of War /ud a /el
berweenwargmers. a monrhly spoudngoff poirt haslinited valuein paEeadvn i" wlt21. Odob.. 1997,pase 60_A left.r b hnr woakl
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monthiy colums specifically nmed nnd designed for answerin8 o9o - qui.k.t llnn anr naga.in. coluni couu ohswerit.
beginnersand experiencedwd8amen quenes alike. A.e rhere still Aslot pdinrins tips, I once6kd Joh, Blan he ( unsurpassable at his
wargahing expens out there or does everyonejusr talk abour n peak.sarel.r?)hov I night 'natch his resuhs_"Jusrpaint t0.000lgures
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INide C.M. Condons bank the oudawshad bagged$4000worth of
THE COFFE"WILLE cah dd silvea bur when Crat ordercdthal the burglar pmf safebe
opened,the cdhier bluffed thar it was on a timer r€leasemd although
MASSACRE 1892 they would only have to wait a turther l0 minuies, rherewas itr frct
nothinS of wofih in the safe d the bdk was awaiting a cuency
b,t delivery laler that da} crat qd Dnconvincedand begm io lose his
temper,he was in the preess ofarguing with the cashierqhen rifle 6re
CRAIG ROWLINGS tore thrcughthe ftont windowshitting Broadwel in rhe arm. G.ar ed
Powe6 respondedby openingup with their Winchesbrson rbe srrcei
As with manyoutlawsofrhe time, the infmous Dallon brorhes started oursideand so bege the
Battle of Cotrelaille-
oDt as lawmen.The eldest,Fmnt. had beenbrutalty slain by whiskey Bullets ratded ftrough the bank rmwly nissing the outlawsmd
runne.swhihl worKnS asa M6hd in tbe noloriousOklahomaIndim lhe terifred cusloners
cowe.ingon the fl@r, the oplion of a backdoor
Teritory and following his nurder his brotheB Bob, crat ed Emmen exit wd not available
to rhegangmd sotheyhad no choicebul to leave
soonlook up the tin std, working fi6t as Mdhals then lare.joining lhroughthe f.ont
door, into the sightsof tbe alsenbled lownsfolk_
the lndian Police for the Osagenation- Mmwhilq at The First National Bank,Bob andEmett Dalton had
Their cdeen howeverdid not lasl long. Bob was dismissd fiom successtuUyterorised the sratr
and customeB inro hdding over a
senice having allegedly raken a bribe, whihl Emett Dd cmr l€ft laJgeslm of cdh md gold.
As they wenr io leave Bob forced the
under suspicionof rustling- Soon aftevdds Bob ad Enmett were crshiersand cusromeB walk
ro aheadof them so as to act s a shield.
bein8hDntedin connation wilh the holding up of a fdo gme in New but 6s rhegroupcme oDiside
onto the pavemeni,two rownsmenin the
Mexico od in 1891Cmt, this time along wirh anotherbrother Bill. doo$ay of a nedby drug slor
opeled tuq forcin8 the oudawsbac*
ws dested for alleged invovement in a Eain robbery in Alia.
Califomia- Bill wa later equitted. but crat eas sntenced to 20 yea The rcwnsfolk had b@n sDppliedwilh weaponsfron rhe town s
imprisonment.Both fren vehementlydeniedrheir gu t. stores and had taken Dp posidons in the streets dd buitdings
The remaining brothe6, indigndl al whar they saw as fahe surmundingrhetwo b.nks. Fonunately
for Bob md Emetr rhercwas
accusationsdd blatant manipulationof c.at\ guilty verdicr by the a reai exit iiom The Fist Nationnl
Banl ed tbey maderheir way into
railroadcompaies, decidedto take rcvengeby way of ourlawry.Their d alleywayat the backof rhe
building. Heretheycme afioss a youDg
specialityof couae would be train rcbberies. clerk amed with a revolver who had come from the rear of tshm\
By July 1892the Daltons,including the recentlye$aped cmt, and Slore'nextd@rAshe d
1owddthemBobcurhim downwith ashot
m asembledgdg of noto.ienhhadway laid numerous tnins, netting tiom hjs rifle. He dd Ennelr thenran out of the alley onto adjoining
upwdds of $47,000ftom the nilroad companiesthey so desphed.h 8th Streetiftom hererheycould seeoneof rhemenfrcD the dng, slore
their wale they had aho lefi $ree mendead.By Octoberof that same still traininShis nfle
on the ba* entrdce, four shorsfrcm the Daltont
yee the Daltons werc ready for their most deing, if not their most
Wincheee6 killed him instddy. Anotherrownsmtu.havingwirnessed
his neighbout deathfrcm ne&by, dg.ily fircd uponfte outlawswith
his shoEun,only to be bldted to deathin reslonse.
..\[E'LL OUTSHINE
JESSE JAMES . HE NEVER A cahier prcviously pan of ihe hunan shield fron The Fist
TRJED THIS !'' National Bek had taken up posidon ouBide Ishd's Store wirh a
newly acquied rifle. As he t@ mistakenlywaited for the Dalbns ro
The town of Cotreyville, Kmsas was home ro iwo banks:The First comeour of the banl s fronl enlrancehe ws shorthJough
rhe faceby
Nationaland C.M. Condon& Co.sBank,The bDildingshousingthese Bob, who hadcaughtsiehtof him ftom the top of Union
Slreet.Having
establishmentsIay oppositeeachotheron the rown\ plaa_ lefi this Eail of murderbehindOem,Bob md Enmelr racedeound the
On 5 October1892fte Daltonspldned to ride inro Cotreyville nnd back streelstoward whererheir ho6es werc telhered.
mat€ hjstory by robbingboth oflhese banksal the see time.Thrcugh Acrossthe plua at C.M. Cotrdont, a despemrefire fight had broken
this on€ raid they hopedb becomegrealereventhantheir hero€s.the out betwen the oDdawsbd the surounding rownsfolk.Momentsafier
Jmes gane.At lhis 1i6e the Dalton gde consisredof Bob, crat dd Grat, Powe6 and Broadwell bad run out itrto the sfeer they had come
Emet Dallon, Dick Broadwell and Bitl Powe6. bur aslhey rcde into undera hail of murderoustuq bulletsthuddedinio cnl dd poweB
as
Coreylille ftar crisp AurDdn moming what didnl seen to perturb the thiee men madetheir way 1otheir ho6es in lhe place ftar eould
tbem wd rhe fact rhar theiJ wantedposterswere plasteredacrossrhe s@ncometo be cau€dthe 'Alley of Dearh. Powe6 m 1ohis
ho6e, but
Statedd they wereall well knom to the townsfolk. Neverrheless they received a fatal shor in the bacl before he coDld mount up. crat
were expectingto discreedyride into town, sholl inb rhe two bdks scmbled alonglhe alley 1oa bm just shortof the ho6es.
Herehe was
and rcb then right underthe loses of the residenis. lenpotrily safeunder cover of a staiNay from one of ihe buildings
which blcked the townsfolk s line of sight. Brcadwell, for his part,
"TIIE DAI,'IONS ! TIIE DAITONS!" took cover in a lumber ydd where he laid low' having reeived a
secondbulle( woDndin the back.
Onginally the gdg had plannedto hitch Dpfteir ho6es outsiderhe On the south side of fte plaza, three townsmen,John Kloehr fte
two bdk\ but workmenrepairingthe town\ streetshad rcmovedrhe livery man, Cey Semen fte bdber, md Chrles
Connelly the iown
tie dils. leaviDgthe ourlnwsno choicebut to leavetheir horsestied to Mdshal, left theA cover deciding to make their way
tbrcugh fte
m iron pipe in a back alley someydds ftom rhe ptaza. bDildingsmd back ydds of 9rh Strer so d to inre.ceptthe retreating
Nor surprisin8ly,the ganghadn t got lery fr into town beforethey gmg. Kloehr and Semen ran thrcugh SlossonsDrug
Storc md took
were recognisedby a local. H€ watchedthem as rheycameout of the cover in the back ytrd leading onto the alley. Connelly
mn acro$ a
alleyway.Orat Broadwell and Powerswent into C.M. Condont bek. neighbouringvacdt lot dd chdged strai8htinlo the Alley of dealh'.
whilst Enmett and Bob ran inro The First Nadonal. The townsmd Winchesterat lhe readl Tragically he failed to norice
Gm1Datton in
watcbed transfixed as, rh.ough the wide plare glds windows of the aUey direcdy behind him, leaning woDnded
againsr the bm.
Condons,he saw the three outtaws dnwing rheir Winchesten and Comelly neverstooda chanceascrat qeatlt raisedhis rifle ed
fired
leveDitrg them at fte cdhie^. Finally, recovering his lenrs, he into the back of rhe Mmhal who fell mortally wounded
ar his feet_
soundedthe dam shoutingout The Bank s beingrobbedt Very s@n In the meantiDeBob md Ertunetthad uived. As ftey enteed rhe
the cry'The Daltons! The Daltons! wd speedingrlrcugh rhe town .tley ftey cameitrto ihe sigbBof townsmenpositioned
ar Ishm s Store
like wildfre md townsfolk ran in all dirccrions to ger themselvesa who ler loosewith a fatal volley Bob w6 caughttull in
rhe chest_He
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staggeredfor a few momenrsthen slumpedto the grrcund.Propping
TIIE TOWNSFOLK
himself up he beganfiring wildly at the storeto no etret od while h€
sat conremplatinghis situation he spo(ed Jobn Kl@hr and C&ey Once the townsfolk hav€ rccognisedthe Daltons, Oe lown player
Semen lurkjng by $e rd fenceof Slosson\ DnB Storc.Bob vainly rceives D6 amed figuresper tum to deploy whetver heor shewishes
attempteda shor,but ear loo weal, raising himsef to bis feet hebegan aroundthe lown. lnitially, noneof the toMsfoll may be placedinside
ro stumbl€ roward his horse, As he tumed 1o deter dy would be either bank or wilhin 6 inches of the front d@r. Once a figuft is
pusuers however,he was hit in the brealt by a shot from Kloehr. deployedhowever$eie is nolhing 1ostop them then moving on itrto
BleedingprofuselyBob fell dying to the grcund,
Gal Dallon chosethis momentto make a bMk for it. He left his Therere 20 townsfolk in toral(excludingbankcNtomers md slaff)r
cove. and mn for the horss dd s he did so he tumed and nised his I 0 de amed wilh rifles, 5 de :med with shorgunsand 5 wilh pislols.
winchester ar Semen md Klchr. The responsewas swift and bnlal Once bail statr dd customeB&e no longer underthe control of the
and Grafs life of ou awry was ended with a bullet through lhe Daltonsthey tak€one tum to 8et a weapon,following which they cd
thrcat.Sensinga lull in the firidg. Broadwel m out frcm the lumber be usedthe sme way as lhe other townsfolk.
yard, r€achinghh hose he nounted Dped rcde awaybut his escape The shoolingmd fightitrg statisticsofthe Cojieyville citians should
was quickly cut sho( as fie two townsmenopenedfr. tuddled with rangefron low 1oavenge.I leavethe exactdetailslo whicheversel of
lead Brcadwell clung to his ho6e for half a nile beforedrcpping dead rules you use, lhere are howevera numberof cilizens that standout
ftom the rest-Tlese individuak shouldbe seend h@es or leade6:
Upon enteringthe 'alley of death EmmettbadquicKy run for cover. JOHN KLOEHR Above av€rageshootingskill md borale. Kloehr
now midsl his dead ed dying comades he opted for a I6t dilch is amed with a Winchesternfle.
ariempt to escape.As he ran down the alley bullets flew 6on all CAREY SEAMEN - The town barheris amed with a shotgunand
direcrionscutting down all but one of the teoered hoses. Struggling ha a high moFle. He is nho a competmt shor,
aiop the sufliving animal Emmenreceivedtwo woundsto his left hip MARSHAL CONNELLEY ' The Mmhal cmies a Winchesterwith
a.d right .m. Snll clutching the p.ocee.li liom The First National which he k highly competanl.His mo€le is also higb.
Bank he tumed and headeda Iittle way back into fte alley lo get Bob. All of the abovehavea leadeship ability md can b€ placedin the
On reachinghis elder brother he reacheddom to ljft the injured md rown at rhe begiming of $e scendio.
into tbe saddle.It was no use. Bob was too far gone and a! Enmet
ledt over C{ey Seamenfired both barels of h's shoEun inrc tne TIIE DALMNS
youngoutlaw\ back,hurlinghim iiom iis horseand inlo a blmdy
heapnext to his dying brcther There e five outlaws, each sporting a Winchesternfle and two
pistols. They shouldall be classedas veterds, though Bob Dalton the
."THEY'RE ALL DOWN!" leaderof the gangwill havea higher shootingability thd the othe6,

As the cry went up the townsfolk came out Aon ft€ir respecnve ROBBING THE BANKS
vantagepointsand gatheredaroundthe cmage thal lay in the 'altey of
death'. In all, Coifeyvill€ had lost forr of ils citizensin the shootout The layout of the ba.ks should be representedby fl@r plms. only
and had b.oughrdown five oudaws.Emett. lyin8 wounded.plead€d one floor is needed,consistingof a counter,a backmm, a pDblic rea
parhetically for mercy d ihe townsfolk spoke of Iynching. He ws dd a managels office. fte nnin windoqs of each bdk should
cdied to a nedby hoiel wberehis injuries werc lendedto. laterhe ws
senBncedto life imp.isoment for his c.imes. Pardonedin 190? he Upon enteringa bank lhe outlaw player rolls a D61o detemine how
went on 1o become a prospemusbuilding conrracror and later a mfy people@ inside.Half of this nunber de clNsed asslatr md @
Hollywoodnovie consulldt. He diedin 1937havingspenl30 yeds placedbehindtbe counter It takesone moveto bnng ihe cuslomendd
vehemendyspeakingout aeainstcrjne. calhiers under conlrol (basically buddling the figures togetherin the
Kl@hr wenr on to be electedchief of Coffeyville\ police in 1900 comer).In oder ro gainacces to the safe,the teller mus!be pesuaded
aDd until his dying day he nodestly shtugged otr his rcle in the to gile fte combiMtion. This is doneby roUinga 5 or 6 on a D6. Only
doMfaU of the Daltods. one anemptpe. tum is pemitted md the oudaw mrking ihe anempt
The Dalbns had inded found the lstinS notoriety they so crav€d cd do nothingelse for that tum.
when they enteredCoffeyville that fatetul day-However.if they had For the purposeof this scenmiotherc is approrimtely 54000 in
pe.hapsconsidereda simile chapterin the ce€eB of their heroes. C.M. Condons saf€, divided into 4 bags.The Fiist NatioDalBankt
nnnely fte Jmes geg\ raid on Northneld.Minnesota,thenthe town safe yields $10, 0OO,divided into 6 bags.A figm cm either carry 2
of Cofieyville wo d nor havehad io moum for ils deadcitizns, baesdd maintah the ability to shoot o.4 bagsdd be unableto use
his weapon-The bagsde not heavyenougbto affect movemeni
WARGAMING COFFEWILLE For a Iitde extra c6b, Oe outlawscm rob the ba*'s customes. It
takesone tum, for one oltlaw to rob ooe cDstomerFich victim hands
The pnnciple aiD of the Dalionsis ro ob the lwo banksblind md to
Dake Oen escape.The ain of the dgry iosnsfolk is to preventthe
town\ hdd emed csh from being slolen md to bring the Daltonsto HIDDEN DANGER
justice. The nles de pDrposelymbiguotrs so as to be adaptablelo
Customersdo not takekindly to robberymd thereis a possibility of
a fieure producing a hidden pistol and opening up on the Daltons.
STARTING TIIE SCENARIO Every tum roll a D6 for qch cashierud cuslomeaoD a I they come
uder the control of tho town player dd ce beernblzinS away sith
The scen{io beginswith the DaltonsentenngCoff€ylille. when fte a pistol. only one customerp€r bdk ce fight back.Until a I is rclled
gm8 de placedon the edgeof the toM roll a D6. This is the number the peoplein the bank are controliedby tbe oudawplayer
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hashappenedtley can set up an mbDsh. VICTORY CONDMONS
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is the back alley showtron the nap. Altematively a gang menber cm Obvioudy ft€ townsfolk win if theykll or captuE all of th€ Daltons
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townbuildingsand a good seletion of clutte. sucha! ourhouss, ware.
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targetfor wodd be ourlaws. I C.M, CondonsBank
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6 Barn
REFERXNCES 7 Crty Jail
8 Slosson& Co's Drug Storc
Janes D. Ho@, I/E Olduws Gm€rcy Books 1977 9 Klo€hr's Livery
Jmes Crutchfield, Bill O'N€al, D,l.e Walke\ Izsends Ol The West Horses
PublicatioN Intmational 1995
JosephG. Rosa,/8. O/Itu C@fsrre' SalamanderBooks 1993
40
'A Bold Dash to Caen' Ov".laid by Md HatinSs
Mottt's Imn Sdides(Ftun The Notua.l! Beaches To Brffid Wth The
ARapid Fire Jrd DivNt ,) by Pafick Delaforce

Normandy Scenario
by
Colin Rumford.
i1,lia A-r^
I \- -;/ i-
INTRODUCTION
Tbis is a bngadesize acdor which i@k place on the aJtemoonof D €*
Day (6 June1944)whichcd be gmed on m 8'x 5'tabledd fought
lo a conclDsionin aboDt3 to 4 hom. It incorporatesa nnmberof the
German FunnieJ that nade uo the strenclhof 2l sr Pdar Division.

TIIE PLAN
TtEe main ridgeslay betweenthe seaand Caen,whjch iBelf lay in
a vailex due south of the invaion beach. Half a nile south of
Hemmville (fte assenbly mea)was the iirst ridgei two miles turlher
BRITISH FORCESARRIVTNCO\ TLR\ I
southlay lhe secondridge wift the village of Bieville on ils sumit.
The $ird ridg€ wis a funler I'l miles beyond(dd 3 miles nonh of The Stafordrhin Yeonanry
Caen'.,oqnedby rlil q oodrmd de villdgeof tf,btey. A Squadron 2 x Shemm75m, lx ShemanFirefly
The task of 185 InfanFr Bngade (3rd British Inftutry Division) B Squadron 2 x Shemd. lx Sheman Fircfly
imediaely following the seizure of Sword Beach was 1o capiure
Caen. After landing. 185 Brigade Gupponedby Staffordshire 2nd Battalion KiDg's Scottish Light hfmlry
Yeonanry 1ankt were to advanceftom Hermanville to hbney dd HQ CO + 7 ngDres,PU!T,2" morttr
thenceto Caen.2nd Kine\ ScouishLight lnfanFy were 10lend. wirh 8 figures (nding on the two A
2nd Royal WNicks on the rieht dd ls! Royal Norfolks on $e left. SquadronShennan75nm links)
Ir was d overly optimistic plm. 8 figures,2x Brencader
In reality mosl of the Statrordshires tankshad becomeembrciled in 8 figures
fte vat tainc jm on Sword Beachad this createdcrilical delaysfor 8 figDres
fte alsault The Norfolks ssjfered heavy casDalliesas they lried to
bypassthe Gemb Hillfrb' srongpoint b€hind Ouisbehd dd the
stubbomnessof a hddtul of enemy positions funber reduced lhe lst Batlelion Royal No.folk
strenglhof the British pushinlmd. HQ CO + 7 figures,PIAT, 2' Dorlar
Gemd self'propelled guns engaSedtl'e KSLI until they we@ 8 figures (riding on lhe two B
bealenotr by the Statrordshire'sShemds which by now had calgbt SqDadronShemd 75lm tankg
up with the infanlry. The advdce resumed, bDt as the B.ilisb 8 fieEs, 2 x Brer cmier
approachedL€biseywood (3 niles shon of Caen) they encounrered 8 figures
the Panzergrcnadie6of2lst PanzerDivision. It was here.late on fte 8 figures
eveningof6 June,thatAlli€dbopesofreachingCaenfinallyvdished.

TIIE GAME 20th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artilery

B Trop lx M10 tankdestroyer
The B.itish objectiv€in the gameis to sinply dnve fte lengft of tne
table overcomingGeman resislanceon lhe way. The defendeGare
33rd lield RegimenaRoyal Artilery
drawnfrcm a selectionof units that werein the dea on the da} For the 2 x Priestself prcpelled 105m gun,
Gemans to win theyhaveto halt tbe British advance.The chartsdetail Bren cdier obseflation post
the units rbat can be deployedon the table, the 6sers available,nd
rhe tums during which attackeEand reinforcenenll anive. whilst rhe
scenariohas beendesignedfor Rdr'fi Fire ftere is no ftaon why n
BRITTSH FORCES ARRIVING ON TURN 8
can r be adaptedfor otherrules. The StafTordshireYeonqnry
HQ Squadron - Shemd 75Im. Shemd moured
MODEL AVAILA BILITY
-2 x Shemd 75m, tx ShemanFirefly
The teEain. buiidings etc in our demo eaDe have been mostly
scratchbuilt.Figuresand vehiclesare ldgely Britannia" Bw Models.
Royal waNicks
with Skytrex,an odd resinmd scratchjob in support.S'nceskning the 2nd Battalior
prcjectRaventho.pe HQ CO + ? fi8ures.PIAT, 2" mortar,
havealsoreleased a superbmge of 2lst Pmzer
'ex Frcnch half-tracksbasedon the SPW Pl0? chssis. The T)phoon CMP l5cwr tdck
is Airfix witl' a pan of rocket mih courlesy of Brilannia (the pbnc 8 fiBures,2 x Bren cmier
model only being suppliedwith bombs). 8 figures.Bedfo.d QLT tock
8 fisures. Bedford QLI truck
8 fi8ures,Bedford QLI truck
SOIJ'RCES
3 fignres,3" mortd. 6pdr dti-taDk
Two readily availablebooks providedthe inspirationfor the gme: gun, Bren cdier, Lloyd Cffiier
20th Arli-taDl RegimeDtRoy.r Ar ery
D Troop 4 gusers, l7 pdr anti-tankgun,

36thField regimertRoyrl AniU€ry

BaEery l0 gumers, 2 x 25 pdr field gu,
2 r Quadprimemover.Bm Cnie. OP
2trd Middlesex Machire Cur B!(alion
CO + 12 figu.s, 2 x MMG, PIAT,
4.2 norld,4 x BlEn Canier, Wasp

CITHER BRITISH ASSETS

2 x rocket firing Typhoona:rccft (8 rcket,4 i 20mm @non) - rhee
,re availablefrcm nrms3 dd 10.
2 x navalsalvos(eachcomprisingsix l50nm sheus)to t'e caltedup by
one of the OP rehicles (dunng the tum OP anempisto dir@t the nawl
lire it camot do anythingelse, tlrow 3 x d6 ayoiding ls, ro makea

GERMAN DEFENDERS ON THE TABLE

A batialion fmn 736 lDfantry Reginent
HQ CO+3figurcs,Panzdshrek
company I I figurcs, MMG
Conpatry I I figue, MMG
Company I I figu.es,PAK 40 (75Dm) eti,iank
gun, Op€l BliE truck prine mor€r
8lmm trackednortar canier

R€sinolel HQ fmn Psnzer crcnrdier R%inelt 125

HQ CO + 3 figus, PAK 38 (50nrn) mti-
lank gun, 2 r SPWP107half-track
8 figuEs, PanErfaust,4 x mororcycle

A battelior fmn PsEer cEtradier RegioeDt 125

HQ co + 3 fi8xrer, Panze6;hrck,
SPW PIOT(3?mm)half-rr"ck
Compmy ll nSures,MMc, SPVr' Pl07
half-track
Compdy I I figures,MMc, SPWPl07
half-tmck
Company I I figures,PAK 40 (75nm) eriralk
gun, SPWPl07 balf-track
Pnne mover
Company Sonua PAK 40 (75mm)half-tEck,
SPWPl0? Flak 38 (zom) halftEck

Support Compdy f.om Pa@r crenadie. Regine r2S

Somuamulti-barcl nodar half-rack

Arti-Trnk BsttdioD 200

6 gunnqs, 2 x PAK 43 (88mm) anti,
tank gun, 2 x Sdkfz 7 prime mor€r

PrnzerArtilery Reginenar55
Company 2 x LoraineSchleppqsetf,propeed
l05mm,HolchkissOPiarl

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING

ON TURN 12
PaMer Regimeot 22
4xPezqM(?5mm) Ittp:/,/\r"w"w.chlltc.n ir"cb.co.uvguardroonr,/
 over tlhe ImiskilliDg Reginent of Gustaru Hdilton, not that of
THE ARMIES OFJAMES II G€orge-Howeve. Irwson also statesthat th€ rcgimnt wa nised in
Ar\rDwrLLrAMm (1685-1702) 1689 md disbdded in 1692. This is closer 1o the history of tfid
Georges regiment which had cenarnly b€n dishdded at the l.lesl
Paf,t II: Officers' Dress 1694 dd had b€en previously led by Thomd Lloyd. So I have
rcor8eisd thes so that the rcf€rcrces to l6q) apply !o t rd Gorge
by HmiltoD's Regimenr (ex Lloyd's) and lhos for 1692 apply to
Mark Allen AbrahamCrcighlon's Regimenl (ex{ustaws HmiltoN), both these
reginents having b€er nised in Inniskilling on 20 June1689.As lrrd
Pan on€ covercd the dress of th€ Eok and file in the lEching' c@rge t@k up his post in March 1690 dd GNtavus otrly left tns
rcgimentsof thesetwo 'illustriouJ mon@hs. Otrce6'dros w6 also rcgiment in July 1690 for about sl(ten nonlhs, two of the th@
comrted on, but only if lherc w6 some consideEble ditrercn@ IrDiskilling regiments were comanded by unrelated men called
betwen that wom by the ofica dd the unifom of his men. Ilamilton!+ To confusemattes fufther, following this entry, hwson
Examples of this miSht include Henrf Comwall's o. Gustaws thendescrib€sthe Egiment misedby Sn RobenPeytonmd takenove.
Hdilton\ Regimentswherc the men worc Ed coatsdd the ofrceG by Gustaws Hmilton three weeks beforc he raised his tnniskilling
bluei or t-rd Lisbmet ReSimentwherethe rcveBewd the cN- It is regiment. Hmilton commded Pelton\ old regiment until April
arsocenainly the ca!€ that reginents like tnrd KeMUir's, who may l?06 b€coming a Major-General md Eceiving the title Mscount
haveseryedat Killielaantje in their ev€ryday hoddengrey'clolhing, Boyne.Whilst Gustavnswa ofmixed Irisb dd Sw€dishdacent, Lrd
would have fi€lded officeB, if not in regimenbls, in somelhing Geo.geHamilton (1666'1737)ed a Scot. being the fifth son of the
approachingthe con@ptof gendeman\ ani.e', not in 'hoddengry' ! Duke of Hamilton- He seded in Iielmd frcm 1689 to 1691 and
The critical poi rcgarding the unifom wom by thoseholdinS the coMded the Royal Fusilie6, ftom 1693,at Stenkirk and NaDu.
Kingt comision is th n wd not to be perceivedby their peeB 4 (where he wd qounded). rn 1695he was createdth. Ed of Orlney
nnifom. The whole idea of weding a coat of nnifom cut dd style, sefling MdlborcuSh loyally d a Lieulenut Geneol andlaterGeneral
fac€dwilh the rcgimenirl coloun \meked' of livery to the gen elm (l?ll)- He wa prcmoledField Mmhal lhe yed beforchis dearh.
of the late sevent nlh cenrury dd livery ws wom by fmtmen dd Finally it nighr be usefDlto lisl a few moreHamiltonswho might crcss
o$er seddt\ not by personagesof tbe like of therelves Offices the pathof thok studyinSlate sventeenth centuryhistory:
would therefoft wed a coat in a shadeof ed diff€renl to that of their Sir G&rge Hmilton (d. 1676)
men,tumed up with a color simild 1othat of the body of the coat, or Insh Carholic mercenaryin French seryice killed at the battle of
perhapsa nelllal colour that could nol be misoken for facings.A qDick Sevemein 1676.Had previouslysened tb€ enbd Chdles II-
perusalof officeF portaits dunng $e penod id question shoes & Rich{rd Hrmiltor (d. 1717)
geneElly sobe. dd consmtive approachto clothes and, even in Irish Catholic. 5th $n of the above.Possiblyth€ besl of the Jacobite
civilid Iife, gaudycutrs md decorationwerethe exceptionEther thm Sene€h. In FEncb serice until 1685. Comndnded reginenh of
the nom. This contrdts with muchof what wd being wom in FEnce DraS@nsdd HoEe in King Jmes amy. Major Genernlin Novenber
al the lime with a muchg€ater €mphdis on the coloM of the cloth. the 1688-DesenedKirB Witlid for King Jmes, bavingb€ensentto
contral of the ctrtrs, the later often wilh decorativeembrcidery,md convinceTyrconnetlto side with tl'e Williamites. Foughtfor Jacobites
the ribbons- Plate A sho*s some exmples from contemporary in heldd inflicdng defeaison the NorthenPrctestattsat DrcDore and
al the 'Fords' beforc De.ry. T@k ov€r the siegoof Derry afte. Oe lwo
Note: Stuad Reid, in his excellentb@k on KilliekEnkie, discuses French engineeB (Maumont and Pusigno) upplied by rnuis XIV
the possibility of Scottish offtceB wedirS somethinSapproachine wee killed in a sonie by the gmisotr. FooShthen@aly at the Boyne
rcgimentaludfom. His poinl is tbat s Scots infdry, for the mosr commdine the HoBe ai OldbridSeafter King JamesandLauun had
pan, wore unifoms nhed up' with plain qhite mterial this would moved1ocover Rosndee.Ld chdges to allow the rest of the :my to
not be thought of as the colonel\ livery and could be wom withoul reFeatbfi was woundedand capued- Exchmgedin 1692md joined
fed. Another considention is the relative afiluence of fte English the lrish Brigadein France.when fte possibilily of d invdion of the
office. cl6s in compdison with thosein Scotland,the argunent being British hles wasrenoved after the navalBatdeofl-a Hoeue.herctired
in favour of erceptmce of a nore unifom dres for findcial rcaons. lrcn rhe amy, dying in poveny in Pdis in l?l?-
However lwo poinb nirigare againstthis rhory; fi6dy Childs hd Atrihony Hmilton (d. 1720)
shown that bDge ntrmben of Scots took comissions in English Youneerbrolher of Richard.JacobiteD€goon Colonel (later Geneml)
rcginents, wherc they presumbly retusedto weff rcSimentals,alonS in Iiehd had his coIM&d scatteredby the Inniskilling forces in an
with their Englishbrother officeB- Seondly if my glow wa to need mbush al Lishakea. Seded at the Boyne. Becamea gendemanof
to.esort to this methodof avoiding the ouday on clothing it wd this lete6, dying at the Old Pretender'scolrt at St.Ge.mainin 1720.
goup of Scouish of8cers in Eoglish rcgiments 6 ey Scot with Johr Hmilton (d. 1691)
influenceor limcial clont' wd able lo purchNea comision on the Youngestof the Heilton brorhe6. A Colonel of Foot dd an ally of
ScordshesLablisbmenL. Tyrcornell againstthe itrtriguesof PaEickSmfield {who believedhim
Someadditionalinfomation eleoed frcm tiwson includes: to be a traitoo. A MajoFcene.al in 169l he sened at Aftlone, where
fEncis Comwau's Regt his coveringfo.ce failed to rep€lGinck€l's final atlack,dd alAnShiim
1692: Office6. blue coats lined blue with gold loops, gold hat lace; wh€rc he wa nortally woundedand captured-
caps, pouches,cartoucheborcs of criNn velvet enbmidered wirh Claud Hamilton, Earl ofAber.on
Bold md silv€r for the Captainsud 2 Lieutenmts of Crcnadie6. Irish Catholic.Supponerof King James,nising a rcgimentof ho6e for
The Maryuis of WoE€sle.'s Regt his senice. After the JacobiE defeat his esialesverc forf€ited dd
1692:Gilt buttonsfor the ofr@6' coats claimedby his bother Charles(who b€cme a Prcleslanled later 6th
Sir williaE Clifton's Regt EdD.
1690: Offi@6'coat scelet lined red ! rcd coat with plate buttons C€orge Hamilton (d. r7r5)
mde up (6 a pattem) 3 bemkiN fo. the Colonel dd 2 CaptainJ' (? sconish. Seded in the Anglo-Dutch brigaderetmiog to King Jmes'
fo. Housitrss)- 3my in 1688. In Willianite seNice, pronoted to Colonel, taking
Note:The neit reginent listed by t2wen pos6 eme difficulties- It commd of Sir Jmes Moncrieff s Regiment.A b.igadier in Dutch
is desnb€d 6 tid G@rgeHanilton's Imiskilling Regt howeverhe seNice by 1704, he Ms badly wounded at Malplaquet. In 1714 he
g@son to list Col- Ab6ho Crci8btotrd lhe colmdder ftom 1692. join€d the Jacobite .ebeh in Sco{dd dd wa capnEd, lried md
Whilst CEighton wd a Colonel of Foot, ftom 169l-96, he bad tal€n
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Thonrs Emilton refened to a! a cmelet "Fo. tbe b€der distinclion of Ou. sveFl
Sened in theAnglcDutch BriSade-Comanded the Grenadie6of the officeB s€ring in ou compuies of Foot and Troops of Dra8oons,
ScoGFoot Guardsdd by 1691 wd Lieutendr-Colonel- ln FlddeB ow wilt ud Pledft is thal all captains of Foot dd Dng@ns wd
169l-94. Bftvet Colonel 1704-Had retired by l7l0- no other corslet thd of gold, all Lieutenanrsblack coslets studded
lAurhols note: On completing this section of the text md having with gold, and the EnsignscoBlets of silver.." The Gorget at the time
checkedas much as I cotrld fitrd oo the Hamilton' $th my souces t of the Civil war had still povided u elemeft of prole.lion evenwhen
found the folowing in &'ss in Confiid- me Rewtuno@.t wor in wom without the rest of the back md brcast ptate, howeverby the
IrclanddndnsAfiemth,editedbyWA.MaguiE:'AnotherHamilton, 1680sit size had diminishedGeeplale A, figurcs H & l) to the poinl
G$taws (not to b€ conJusedwift the GustavN Hamilton who was *here iis use wa pNly decoraiive.It wd no.mally held in place by
govemor of Emiskillen), wbo had led the stoming of Atttlotre, got ribbons securedto the holes in the top leadingedgesdd tied b€hind
3,482 Iiish acrcs;he fought under Marlboroughmd later becme.he tbe neckofthe we@r tn the eighteenthcenturythe ribbonswereoften
first Vis.ounl Boyne: Sitrce Hding lhis I hale checkedneely 20 in the facing colour dd this may havebeenthe cale e&lier
diffeftnt bookswhich rcfe. fo Gustaws Hmilron in the texl ed none Whetheror not the walmt of 1684was medt b aPplyto the F@t
menlionseithe. i. lext or in index thar therewer lwo menof lhe sme Guardsreginents. in 1685in the First and SecondFoot Guards: the
nme sering the Williamite causedd frost refer to the Imiskjlling Caplainshadgorgetsof silver platedouble-gih theLieutenmtsonesof
Colonel a! being createdVi$ounr Boyne! I am rot surc what to steellolished and sangDineddd studdedwith naih of gold, fd the
conclude. If anyonereadingthis hN my turther infomation pleale lel Ensigs onesof siiver plate."These6nIk distinction may havedied out
me know,via the edito. Finally despitehis enlreatiesnot to contuselhe ar edly a 1702 ed during the eighteenthcentury gorgeis were
two Hmiltons WA. Maguivet own index mages to do sol orderedfi611o mtch the offic€rs'lace colou {8old or silvet andthen
Now: back to Lawsonatrd lhe rcferedces1oOffces'drcs...] in | 796 thar they all sbouldbe gitt.
Inrd C€orge Hamil.on's Regt (ex Lloyd's) Sdhes werc, for the most pan, made of silk net od coloured
1690:Fo. Lt.Colonel Hoden\ coat, fraiz (frieze) 15 ydds gold dd .rimsotr or soDe other tone of deep red. They werc often d€coaled
silk twist, 6 dozen bDlions,gold thsd. Captaini c@ts scmler with with lace ftinges and it is nosr likely thesefringes that ate refeied to
silv€r loops, ha$ laced silver, silver buttons, pair of gloves, pike, in the individual reginental cares lisled above.There are ca.es of
powde.pouch.Lieut€nint!' scdler coatswith silver l@ps od hat lace. different colour sashesbut thesewe€ Dsuallywom by p'kenen dd
rmly by oftcers. The c6e of Michelbumes regiment.I'sled above,
Abraban CrEiehton's R%r. {ex'GustavusHanilton's)
1692:OfficeN'coatsscdlerlinedscdletshall@n,120oitedskinsfor
waistcoals:gold and silver buuons,Sold dd silver l&e fringe, bealer NOIES ON PLATE A
hats aDdcdtor hats,gold and silvd lmps lace,ud hat bands.crinson
A. Perhapsthe most famousponrajt of m officer, not of field rink,
Gurtaru Hmilton's Regt (ex Sir Roben Peyton\. laler 201hF@0 in lhe hisrory of the edly British amy. Hawley was Captainof the
169l: Office6 hals with Sold edging and band!, silver for subaliem CrenndierCompdy of the lst Foot Gu.rds al the beSinningof King
ofncers, scaiet coats lined scelet and laced with gold for slperior JaDet reign Fansfe.ingto JohnBe*eley\ Dngoons in the July 1685-
officers and silver fo. subaltems,buttons lo malch, gley aoaled Threeye!6 laterhe was Lt.Colotel and w6 killed ar Steenkrkin
st@kings.Blne suno coalslinedblue.1692:Coarsad sunoDtsd 1692.sis cap is tumedup with mediumblue-eten lelvefdd laced
b€fore, gloves leed gold dd silvcr 6 hoNe5for lhe Coloneh own with gold, the bag at rbe red being likewise blue'greenmd the base
gold. He is shown.with his om hair gown ro middle length,without
Sir HeDry Behsys's Regr oate.22nd Foot) a peri-wig dd his delicatelam cErat is de.oratedin gold. His coat is
1692rOfEce6' cnmon coalslined crimsotr, gold laceand gold fringe. madeof deeprd velvetwith the buttonnolesErnned in gold. Both lhe
Silver and gold lacedhats;grey waistcoatsand bcehes. cufs and the belting @ the same blue-gleen velvel N the cap,
Lord Cutrs' Regt. d@oratedwith gold lace.
1691: Office6 coats crimson lined crimson, faced bun whil€ B. Portrait of a naval Flag officer showing the very simple
st@kings-( The facing colour wa also describedas dove grey or a! nndecorated styles wom by Englishmenal the tum of the seve.teenth
Lawsotr puls ii a wim yellowish grcy colou called Isab€lle". The century. Apart fton gold bDttonsandbuttoDhole drco.ationstbe whole
specificDenuonof f&ings d weu 4 lining implies thar Ctrtls' officen coat is plain red velver wilh a corselet(prcbably a srDdioprcp) wom
wore $e rcginenlar facing colou. on their coats).
H€nry Rowe's RegL (ex hrd Kingstotrs) C. This omcer weds a fine wool coat of a bright sc&let hue,
1692: Officers, SDrg@n dd Qudtemaster, coaB oifrson lined decomted with silver laced buttonholes and cuff lmps. His small
c.imson, la@d gold dd silvea hats l@d gotd and silver, while tricome is also lacedsilver
D. A 6eld of6ce. posingby an artillery baneryin one of Jd Wyck\
John Micbelbme's R€gt many view! of the banle of the Boyne. Hi! black hat is laced 8old,
l69l:40 Oftce6'laced coats,40 OfnceF'suno coals,strip€d calico beneath which he wed a d{k colour wig- His medium8rcy coat hd
waislcoats with silver od gold bu$ons, dimsoo stckings, white ju$ a sm.I mounr of gold on the curs, rogelherwith gold bunons
sl@kings, l@d hats. thre beaver bats for the Field Officers..., 30 which .lso decoratethe waisrco which is also grey.His br€echesde
gorgetsgilt with gold md silver, otuge net sdhes, gold and silver dek rcd atrdhis b@ts blact. The colou of the saddlehousingis not
lacedgloves...-.,1 s&l€t cloa.k,4 setsof new housingsdd holstercaps. cled, but app€s to be dar! bown decoratedin gold. The hone is
Richdd Cmte's R€gL (ex-Lord Lisbhe's)
1692:Office6 coatscrimson lined crimon dd laced with silver, 13 E. English Colonel frofr a black ad white illushatron in a sale
sets of silver loops md buttons for C.pIains, 26 sets for lhe catalogue. The coat is probably sc&let simild to C with gold or silver
lace d@oration.The waislcoat is surprisinSly silk and very heavily
d@orared(nayb€ an of dury moment.
GIORGETAND SASH F. Red coarwith a siher shoulde.knot. Ddk wig.
G. Mitre cap from a black and white iuustmnonfiom the National
The only two otrcial items of drcssthat werc wom by otrceB of Almy Mus€umexhibitiotron the edly British :my- Colous unloom.
Foot were the gorget dd sdh. The gorget was the remains of the but neu app€msto be ddk-
coBeletor backand brcdt plat€ that had previouslyboenwom, inde€d H. Outline of b?ical subaltemor captainsewing on foot- Pike sban
in the official linguage of the rcyal wmnt of 1684. the go.gel is still natuEl w@d sith a sleelhead.
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PRINCIPLES" producea goodlookinggame,I optedfor a figureEtio of l:10-Thal
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When a new rdge of figres is rcleed, the soamble is on to find THE BATTLE OF RIDGEWAI 2ND JUNE T866
excusesto buy yel morefigures.Personally,I like to testnew figurcs in
a new wd with new rules. Ir gives me a feeling of getting value for This has alreadybeencoveredin wll20. b bnefly $e hislory is a!
money-Foundry\ Old west rangeojlered a supply of non-unifomed follows: Feniansgatheredat Cleveland on 29 May. Whed General
Vicrcrian-era conbatants- This coincided with my interest in the Lynchfailedto put in an appeamnce. Lt.Col.JohnO'Neill assumed
Fenid raidson Canada in 1866and 1870.Id onlyjust startedto paint command.He led a force of around 900 men acrcssthe Niagra aDd
my two smallmies whenan anicleon the Gidsappeffedin WIl20. caried extra weapons wi$ which he expe.red to am Cdnadian
At the dne I fiought ir ws rhe fi6t wdgaming articl€ on the raids,bulsupponeN.EncaDpednear Ridgeway when infomed of advancing
funher researchfound anolher This helpedjustiry my excuBion into mililia, O NeiU set up a defensiveposilionat Ridg€wal Fenian
obscurc wN. In this aitjcle I hope to expdd on $e unifoo skimishea weE driven backby the Caadios. But the sight of Fenid
informationgivenby DavidAllen Smirhin WIl20 aswell nscovering scouls or officers on horsebackcausedthe Ceadids to think $ey
the history up to the invasion.an outline of the two most intercstingeere about lo be aMcked by calalry. In andcipation, ftey fomed
"battles as well as infomation on flags dd figuft choices.My focus squaie.rhtrsgiving rhe Fenid nflenen ideal largels-Realising then
wili be on an accountof gmes played basedon the batdesas well rs minake, the Cdadids tied to refom into line. But confusion serin
quickly mongst the militia dd soon they were in full retreat-The
Cmadids lost l0 dead.six laken prisonerand 37 wounded.The
HISTORY Fenims €tumed io Fort E.ie expectinSto be reinforced.Instead,rhey
encounlereda small force operalin8 from the tug W?:R br. The
Fenianisn grew out of the Young Ireland movemeniof lhe 1840h. A Fenianshadro cled therownby housero housefiehiing,but mostof
failed rebellion in 18:18led lo leading revolutiooariesbeing the Ceadids nDaged to get ro fte safely of fte ndrr. As they sailed
inp.isoned. deponedor forced ro flee lbe country.Someof thesemen down the Niaga, the Caadids had to tun rhe gauntlet of Fenian
tbunded the lish Republica Brotherhood in 1858, the Americm muskel fire from ihe riverbank.As they did so, a crowd of onlookeG
equivalent being the Fenid Brctherbood. Hence the tem Fenim, cheeredthe Fenids fron fte Anericd banl Leking suppliesmd
inspircd by a bdd of wdiors in Pre-Chnsdanheland known ds the wnh a force of regularsclosing in on him, O'Neill \ras persuadedto
Fidna. (Curendy. the lem Fenianis nost likely to be €ncountecd
whenusedasa rem of abuseby UlsterLoyalists.) Theg.€a1faDineof TheCanadians had840Den at Ridgeway.
the Feniansbelween850
1845-49led lo rnassemigGtionfiom lrelandand gavethe Fenio and 900. For lhe purposeof rhe -qame.I took bolh sidesto be 850
movemeni in Americaa Dassivesupplyof mensho $ere deeplyand strcng.whichworkedouar 17cohbarsrands perside.Theditrerences
berweenrbesidesde toop quahy rnd officernunbe^. The Fenims
The Americd Civil Wdr providedan opponuniryfor largenunbcF had a lor of officeB, bur lhe Canadianswere short of officeB, had no
of Fenids ro be tained in the an of wu. PrcmineDtFenianssuch as statrandaUtheirseniorofficeBlackedcombatexperience. Only half
Michael Corcord had beencou.ted by rhe Federalauthoritiesat the of lhe menof lhe Queens Own Rifles hadfired a Bu. beforeRidSewat
stan of fte wd in orderto get their supportand encouragelrishDen to All of the l3rh Banalionhadfiredblankammunitionin tFininS.with
enlisrin theUnionamy. Sinceso manyenlistedin grcups,regimenrs abouthalf having nred lile rcundsalso.The 5th compdy Q.O.R.was
becamed'slinctly lrish. This not only allowed men ro be bained, bDl the only Dnil lo be issuedwift Spense.epealen.Tbey'djusr been
also made the spreadingof revolulionail thoughreasier Plds aere issuedprior to the baule.A leven-shotweapon,enchmancaried only
laid to sendtmps and materialto Irelandju$ rs soond 6e wd 28 round!. As a resDh,$e 5th mn our of amnunilion enrly in fte batle
bereeenOe Staleswd over But rhe FenianBrotherhood did what and had to rerire. In contrdt. the Fenims relied on 0-58 Springlield
revolutionaJy movementsdo best. it split- One faction favoured mnzzle loading rifles. bul their experienceled them 1o be able ro
inBdention in lreldd. anolherfavouredan invsion of Canada.Their sustain a BreaterEte of fire $an the Canadids. After tbe battle.
idea wa 6at teftitory gainedcould be held in excbangefor the liberty Coadians swore rhar rhe Fenians had all canied repeaters.The
of lreland. At wo6t. sucb an invasion could draw off tmps ftom opposineforces at Rideewayde as follows:
kelod. feililating an uprising there-As it was, a Brilish crackdown
ensuredthe hsh rising of 1865was a non-event-This resultedin the FINIAN, C-in-C: Lt.Col. John O'Nein. ( Aver"g€ )
scenddcy of the Fenianfetion that favouredan iNaion of Canada.
Brigadierceneral Thonas Sweeny,s FenianSecretaryofwar wa Butralo,7th RegimentlrishArmy of Libention.(veteran)
to oveseethe invdion ples. As n colonelcorlrranding a brigade,he d O/C: Lt.Coi. JohnHayes( Average)
distinguished himselfat Shilohin 62. risingro conndd a Division l s r c o y .( 9 )
durirg the assaDlton Atlmta. April '66 saw a damp squibin fte form 2ndcoy.(15)
of a Fenid raid on Compobelloisldd on the Maine/llew Brunswick lrd coy.(14)
border Thh led to the Cdadies seeingtulm threa$ of invarion as a 4th coy.(18)
joke. But in JDne 66 the Fenids were lo laDnch ihree raids inlo
Canada,one each frcm Chicago, Butralo &d Vemonl Hopes were TeDnessee, 13ft Regt.( Line )
high thar disatrectedIrish dd French,Cdadi&s wonld suppon rhe O/C; - ( arerage )
Isrcoy.(ll)
As it tumed oul ihe Chicago nid failed io develop, rhe Buffalo 2ndcoy.(16)
Fenids underColonelO'Neill hadlimited success.whilst theVemont 3!d coy.(12)
Fenilns of Genecl Speirweretumed backon the border Tbe decision 4th coy.(13)
by the USA to closethe borderensmd that the raids woDldullimately
fail. Kentuckr lTth Regt.( line ) O/C:Ll.Col.OwenStd ( Alenge )
Two "battles . one each hom fte BDtraloand Vemont fronts are l s t c o y .( 1 5 )
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The numberof offceG availableto a unir equahthe numberof figues
on its colmdd sttud.
II A slaod must fom sque if nounrd Foops come wirhitr 12',
tl pmviding the unit is not al@dy engagedin hand-ro-hdd combator
defendinem obstacle.This is automatic,requiritrgno ofi@r iniliative
tdt
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if an officer is arbched.
Firc ro half etrect if in squde.
: .9si 'lR for firing.unit if tuing al squde.
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fro ,f
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Onceone stdd hd fomed square,otherstandsrest.Teslingis done
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+! if over12"from srad in sque
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Resuhgreaterthm or equalto foua my do s desned.Resultie$ lhaD
or equalto thrce,must form sqDm.
2ndcoy.(t4) If a cotunand sland is within 12" of cavalry nnd hs not more thm
3rd co} (13) lwo tuendly standsbetweenirself dd cavalry it will order all stdds
4thco}(lt) nndercomand and within 18 to fom sqrare.
So I went to do batle, leading my CanadiansaeainstJelT
Ohio,181hRegt.( line ) FitzsimonJ Fenins. Initially things went snoothly, asJetr decided10
o/C: Lrcol. Johnc@e (average) keepmostof his forcesbehindthe fenceline. But then he cameout to
l s l c o y .{ 1 1 ) fight- His temin wds good going, mine rough- That allowed him to
2nd coy. ( 7) deploy quickly. My advancestaDdsofQOR werehit hard.The 6th coy,
3rdcoy.(13) rcducedto a sEengthof I , roDted.The 5th wr! shaken,wirh lhe Trinily
4ti coy.( 8) College company sutrering bul srady. Ar lhis point Jetrt cavaLy
appeded ai ny other flank and I wd forced into squre. Fortunarely,
Indianacompany(veretu).strength(17) with d atachedC-in-C, I was ableto refom line befo.e I sutrercdtoo
much.However,the l3th Battalionwd slowto anive.Fcak die rolls
CavaL/scouts(veterd),srrength
(10), medt all my ofnces were killed before I nanaged to come into
conhcr wirh lhe Fenians.Wirh conmdd brokendown, I wa forced ro
rerent having suffered33 casDalries.
CANADIANS The result was not unlike the rcal battle.The gme la$ed underrwo
hours, not bad consideringit was the fnt time DsingPOw rules. In
C-in-C: LrCoL Alfrtd Booker (poo.) hindsight, I should hwe ben more aegresive, bringing !p lhe llth
qDicke. ud arbcking the Fenid line. I should also have nade my
l3th Bat6lion VolunteerMiliria Infanry of Eamilton (miliria) sldds expendpoints in order to fofr squ@. They m&aged ro get
o/c: Major Jmes skinner (poor) back into line t@ easill Bul that was in part due to the lucky
lslcoy. ( 9) placementof my C'in C. trssons lemed herew€rc to be pur to usein
2ndcoy.(10)
l.d coy.( 9)
4tn coy.(12) TIIE BATTLE OF PIDGEON HILL,9 JUNE 1866
5tb coy-(11)
6th coy- ( 9) Bngadier CeneralSaduel B. Spem wa to colmrd Oe Feniannid
Anachedindependentrifle compdies (milida) ftoD vemont. BDt U.S. aurhoririeshad seizedweaponssroredby lhe
CaledonioRifles(14) Feniansdd Spem could only securc400 rifles Dd no mnunition
York Rifies ( 8) uponhis uival at St. Albds on 3 I May. Wlen ceneal Sweenyanived
ar St, Albans on 6 June he was aresred. Spe4 knew thar iine wd
2nd Battalion Queen\ Own Rifles ofToronto (Normal/*vet€ran) dnning oul. He felt that the invasionwasdoomedmd that he would be
lst coy.(12) lucky to hav€evenas minor n succe$ d Ridgewayto his $edit. He
2ndcoy'(14) would be happy enough to raise the Orcen flag in Brirish North
3rd coy. ( ?) Anerica. H€ met wilh Geneml Malntr ar FranHin md c.ossedinto
ath coy.( 8) Cbada with 700 menon ? Jnne.The counry,side wd desned andrhe
5ti coy.*(18) Feniansfound il dilncull lo get supplies-Spem sel up his H.Q. ar
6th coy.(10) EcaleJ Fam ad raised the CEn flag on PidgeonHill. This act of
?th coy.(10) defidce did causemetrtojoin the Fenie cause.ThoughSpem ended
Triniry Collegecoy. { 13} trp with not morethd 1,000men, largernqmberswere assemblingin
UniversiryCoUege coy.(11) Vermotrt.Bur time had tun out, Spun€dinto action by Ridgeway,rhe
Trearall except* as poo. IrksDen. Canadimswerc moving againstSpem with a mixed force of regulars
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CANADIAN, C-in-C : Lt. Col. lY. Osbome Snith ( Averrye )

25th King Own Borderes ( line )

lst coy.(15)
2ndcoy.(t2)
3rdcoy.( 8)
4th coy.(13)
5in coy.{ 8)

tncal militia; Ca ain C.W Caner ( poor)

St-Amand compan)(13).nrksmen
Frelighsbure company(15),ndksmen
Gnnby company(16).ndksmen
Waterloocompany(l t). n&krmen

kince Consodt Rifle Brigade(militia)

O/C:Lr. Col. Devlin( poor)

2ndcoy.( 9)
Battt€ of PidgeonHill. Opening posiaions 3rd coy.( 7)
;2 :-: rll,.tr
5th coy.(13)
|l &@c
7$ coy.(13)
and militia. On 8 June Spea$ led mosi of his nen acros into the
U.S.A. A force of 200 remained1o put up a token resistance. A
bdicade wds erecEd neal the border As tbe CanadiansaEived. the Majo.A.A. SBvenson\MontrealFieldrnillery: I gun
Feniansopenedfire. But, seeingthe futility of resistmce,they fled as
rhe Canadiansstarted to deploy then adillery. The Montrcal Guides Montreal Roynl Guides
chdged with sabresdrawn and managedto capruresomeFenias. But o/c : captainD. Lome MacDougall
neifter side had sutreEd ary casualti€s.whilsr Fenian ofticeN were strensth(9)
aftsted as rheyre1u6edro U.S. soil, mostof the meD*ere allowedlo
I decidedlo lry to modify rhe commandand contrcl elemenlof POW
This set up ofi€rs the potenrial for a minor banle. In 1870 the inspiredby fte cdd systemusedin Foundry\ Rxler Witr No Na,fe. I
Fenians did acrDally do batde on the same ground. For ganing opredfor a card baFd mov€mentsysiem.Olher elementsof the rules
purposes,I decidedlo slan with.U forcesotr-lable. thenenenng rrom would be as per POW.but movefrenrworld be contolled by drawing
eilher side in & orderdecidedby die rolh. The identity of Fedid Dnils cards. Each combat stand had one cdd. with eacb comnand stand
is unknown.For rhegme I reusedmosl of my Ridgewayforce. having as mny cards as it had fig$res. For average,lhal was 3, for
poor. 2. Single standunils haveno cofrned simd. Grcup movenent
FENIAN C-IN-C : BRIGADIER-GENERAL SAMUEL SPEAIIS woDldbe allowed,burin rharcaseonly onecombalstad cardfor that
( AYERAGE ) group could be includedin the deck.Once individualaclion wd
desired.rhebalanceol the cardscould be introducedon the nextpha.e.
coDmand stdds could iniliaie grcup movementfo. any eJotrpDnder
O/C = GeneralMahon Den comrol dd with which rhey arc in bdie to bar contrct. In this
lstcoy. ( 9) aay. I dispensedwith dicing for an uncenainnumberor points.
2ndcoy.(10) Eachcommardernow kn.w the movementpotenti.l of his :my, bul
3rd cor (12) he did nol know in whal order he d be able1omovestdds.
Each commmder threw dice to detemine the miv.l time of hB
znd Regt( Line ) troops.The resDhswereas follows:
O/C I Lt. Col. Timoty O'Connor ( Averaee)
l s t c o y .( l l ) UNIT DICE ARRIVALTIME
2ndcoy.{ I5) IST FENIAN Dl MOVE4
3rdcoy.{ 9) 2NDFENIAN D4 MOVE3
3RDFENIAN D6 ON BOARD{T START
3rd Resl ( line ) 4TH FENIAN D6 MOVE5
O/C : Col. Coutri ( A!@ge ) GENERALSPEARS D4 MOVE2
I st coy.( 9) CARTER'S D4 ON BOARDAT START
2ndcoy.( 9) BORDERERS D6 MO\'E 3
3rd coy.( 7) PC,RIFLES DI MO\'E 3
4th coy.(16) ROYALCUIDES D6 MO\'E ]
MONT,ARTILLERY D6 MOVE6
4th Regt( line ) COL,SMITH D6 MOVE2
O/C : Col. Grnce(Average)
lst coy.(ll) As before. I comnded lhe Canadians.Jetr the Fenids. Caneis
2ndcoy.(10) meksmen int'licted considembleloses on the 3rd Fenids, befo€
3rd coy.( 9) deciding to move inio close combat.Utrfortunately,when fte Guides
4tn coy.(16) decidedto chargethe 3rd Fenim's exposedflank, theycameundernre
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Baatleof Pidgeon Ilill. Final stag€.Vmov€7 BRINSH OPERATORS FOR AIL PG RANGES
D2a 2B tishsraffofii.eE
(th€tuotyF 80p Po.t E Pa*lng
0x t0%
from the 4ti Fenims ed were wiped ont. On my left, some of ny BRITISH PARAS (FieuEs 33p) E!bp. 20%
Rifles pimed his 2nd Fenias, ThenI crosed fte nver with lhe balance osA 35%
40%
ofmy Rifles and attackedhim frcm the retu My 251hwere by Dowin
[1C20 llarhing should€ftd
clos€combatwith his lst dd gelting the berbr of il. As h; 4th noved v€aPon(sepamre weaPon)
to get in a position ro fl.nl my 25th, ny anillery was ar lsr jD a AC2l llarhins v€aponat tdil 4427 Trc.tlew Tcri.cc
posirionto fiE on them. Sinceboth his flanls werelosl dd his cenEe lsePalat€weapon) RocKord lL 6t lO9
1,1C22llarching slug w€apon
abourto becone tie focus of ny ailenlion, we called ir a nighr,
Tcl: 415 474 5351
The fact that the Ceadims got on the boaid earlier rhanrheFenians 11G24walking lle high po
wd a major factor in their victory But they were also better qDality
AC26 kcoftspondent 50p SheflieldTdples,Sahte,
lroops than had fought at Ridgeway.evenif they still lackedoffceB. f\G26aRadioop wi$ typ€ 19*t 50p Harogate 6 Partizan
My only regretwd lhat my Guidesnevermdaged lo pur a Fenid 1o
nighl beforebeing wiped our. The cdd systemworked well. it
cerlainly broughtus into conlact edly on in fte game.This fusion of
Pnnciples of War & Rules Wth No Nane I nned Rnl.s with No C H E L I F E RB O O K S
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The Fenian rank and file mosdy wore civilim dres with belts wom
over them-SomeiteN of Union dd Confederareuniform were wom. MILITARY BOOKS
Otrce6 favoDredUnion unifoms. Alftough seen unifoms werc Boughland Sold Sendsaelor catalogue
recorded in the 1870nid, noneexisredin 1866.By cdefuUyselecting
figures froD Foundry'sOld Wesl dd Boer wd ranges,d well as the Indian Mudny nalive liehr cavalry is ideal. reqDiringthe hal to be
shirt-orderof Redoubt\ A.C.W- rege. you cm build up a dedicated filed round.A fuu dres officer cm be madefrcm Foundry'sZulD wd
FeniD amy. Butrhereis norhingstoppingyoujusi givingyourA.C.W Nalal MountedPoliceofficer with a Milliput plume.I usednon
reguiaisan outing acrossthe boder, unifomed ACW artillery men along with a hors aitillery officer ro
Canadianunifoms m a bit of a prcblem since they were al a representthe Montreal banery. Bul for those le$ conmired. ften
tnnsilionalphase.From 1863Dnicswerero sponAusEid lnoE on whateverlndim MDliny/Crime& wd figuresyou poses may be used.
their cutrs. Contemporaryphorographsshowa mixture of old dd rew (Despiteall this meniion of Foundry I m nol now' no. have I ever
tunicsin us. This is hddy frcm a gmels pe6p{dve, sincerhe been,Mike Sig8inl)
nedesl figuresde froD Indid Mutiny/Crimeardges. Shakossem 1o
have beenmore populd than pillboxes, with officeB wetuing forage R.EFERENCES
caps. The Queen\ Own Rifles were dresseditr green, faced red. A
photoofthe 5fi coDpanyshowsthemin shakoswith a few pillboxes. Victotim CanadianBattles.David Alien Sni$, WIl20.
Ctrtrs appearb be of the Austrian lool vdiety. I used nSuresftom A" Incidentat Lck No.4,Notien Blek, Min. Waryanes 42,
FoDndry\ Indian Mutiny mnge, in pillbox and Brandenburgcurs. To Canatiian Catnpaisns1860-70,Ross.Tller & Scollins. OspreyMetr-
make ftings easyon mysell I left out lhe loth Hi8hland Comptuy,
who wore kills. For Oe two independentrifle compoies, I opted for Ih. Fenia"r.MichaelKenny.Dublin 1994
ADsfian knot cufis. The Hamilton batlalion was unifomed in ed A HistoryoJI tkh Flass,HayesMccoy,Dublin I 979
tunics. raced blue. and blue trouse6. A survivinSunifom has Trcublooslines in canada: a History oJthe FenianRaidsof t866 &
Brandenburscuffs, soI let all my Hamilton Battalionwetr theb. Some /870, JohnA. MacDonald,t ndon(r) 1910.( A repnntedednionis
of Foundry'sZulu Wd infatry fignres we€ Dsed:officers in forage still available.)
capsmd bmheaded infanlry. The Austrianknol was filed down and a The lnst h|asio" oJ Carada, HerewaJdSenior,Torcnto 1991. (The
Brandenburgcutr painted on jnsteadto make tiem fit in. An officer besl book on the .nidt
trcm the Sikh War cnge was Dsedas a commder figDre-Cavalryde Canadian Military Helitose Uol.lL /zt-1821. Rene Chartrand-
ea'e. The Ouidesworc a shortjacket md pillbox md Foundry\ Modtreal I 995.
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Ruleswith no p.inciples,key to colourillusrrations. 5: A conjecturalrepresentation

ofa Fenid flag.ThesurbuBtdevice
waslery populdamongADcricanFenians.
r: Trooper.Tl'e Royal Guides.No. .r Troop, MontrealVolunrer 6: Thisfl.8 beds32 \tars.represcntinSthe12couniesoflreland.It
Cavalry wascaplurediron Fenians durinea nid in Dublinin 1867.
2: Otlcer, l3th Batraliodof lnfantryofHamilton. 7: This is knownasthe FenianEnsien"andwasflownby ! ship
3: nae caried by 71hBuralo Reginent.11is basedon a flag in fie operatingour or NewYork in 1866.The four bdds rep.esenlthe
Fon ErjeHistoricalSociety.It is of greensilk, ninefoorbl six. fourprcvinces of Leland.thecantonis asper 6.
The sunbu.slin thecdrcn is a typicalFeniandelice.It is 8: A drawingof ftn designwasfoundon a Fenimdested in Dlblin
inscnbedBuffalo71hReg! lnsh Amy of Liberarionin gold. in 1865.
Bat1lehonouBfor Ridgeval & Fon Erie ue addedbelow ( bu1
shouldnt beon the flag ofyou. unit).On thefly is a funher Whileno evidence exisls,thereis no reasonto doubtlhal flagssimild
inscrlprion : PRESENTED/ by the / FENIAN SISTERHOOD/ r o r h o . ea b o v ew e r e . M e d b ) s o m eo f r h e F e n i d u n i . a . u r e I n
of / BUFFALO-/ MAY 61hI 866' Cdada in 1866.
4: Basedon a ftaSillusLaedin a prinrof lhe Bat e of Ridgesay
published in 1869.Iris fte erliesr.ecordeduseof rhedde 1i,1
54

fiIE MARCH TO THE SEA Rt'LES

American Civil War
*
Plav bv Mail Matrix Game - The cmpaign representseight nonths ofcanpaign action. dnd
lastsfrom May I 864 lo DecemberI 864.
Summary of the Campaign ' Ea.h more'epre.rnr.onemonrholcampaignJcrion.
by
*
Bob Cordery ThebasicmatrixinclDdes
rhefollowingacion, resull.andeason

THE REASON WIIY

AMBUSH MOTIVATION
SoDe tiDe ago lhe editor of The NuEBet- the joumrl of wdgame ANGER OPENBAITLE
Developments wassenrto Bosniaaspan of the IFOR sraff Becaure ATTACK PREPARE
he would not be ablelo tale pd1 in my recreadonalwargnning whilst BATTLE CRY RALLY
awayfrcm home.sode of the other membeBof wD decidedto try out DECREASEMORALE RECRUIT
an idearhatve hadbeendiscusingfor sometiDe a play by-mail DEFEAT REST
Mafix OdDecampaign in whichhe couldtale pait- TheresDltwas DEFEND RETREAI
''The March To The Sea . DESERT ROUT
The onginalcampaignqas devisedby ChrisEngleasa play-in-a' FATIGUED SHAME
day eme, bDtir wn! ideallysuited10PBM,especially aswritingthe FEAR SKIRMISH
orde6 for each move could be done easily by our "ove6eas player FORCEDMARCH SMALL FORMATION
And now,on to fte game... HALI SUPPLYLINES
INCREASEMORALE SUPPORT
HISTORTCAL BACKGROUND INSPIRE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE
LARGEFORMAI]ON TERRAIN EFFECT
The yed is 1864. The war betweenfte Sbtesis threey€a6 old, but LOVE VICTORY
this yee decisiveacion will lakeplace. US Cranlis in chargeof the MARCH WEATHER EFFECT
US Amy. His planfo. victoryis simple. While he grindsup ke\
Amy ofVi.ginidwirh theAmy of thePotomac, Sherman wiu capture
* PlayeNmay addorher"prcDpts to thebasicmalrix. Tbeyare
Georgia. OnceAllanla is captured,the Amy of the Tenneseewill be only limitedby theirown imagination.
able to destrcy the Confederacy\ abilily ro wage wd. This is the
* No playernay subnirdore thanonesetol ordersperho!e.
beeinningof lotal wdl The cmpaign beginsin May l8tr andends
* Ea.h \et of o.de^ shouldincludeone Action. one Resula,and
in December after8 month-long noves.
Lhee Rqsons (eg .-TheAmry of the Tenneseeqill MARCH
(Acrion)liom charan@eainlo cssville, wberethey will AnAcK
Uda!! (Resull) any Confedede forces. They can do ftis because(Rearon
l)TheAmy olOhio will be SUPPORTing ftis move,(Reilon 2) the
TheAmy of lheTen.esee(GeneElWillim Tecumseh Shemd) Confedemleswill haveb DEFEND this posidonto stop my advance
I Anillery Battery(151hOhio) on Addta. dd (Reasob 3) my men e INSPIREd by the recent
I CavalryRegimenl(25thIllinois) licbries achieved by Unionforces:')
3InfmL.y Reeimenc(38rhIndiana,22nd lllinois.and47th
+ AU unilsmaymovefrom onedea to another eachmove.
The Amy of fte Obio (Genenl John Schofield) + Unitsmay moveanydisrance by railroadat no los ofcombar
I Anillery Bat(ery(2.1ftMichigd)
I CavalryRegimem(5rh Indida) L friendly unitscontrol bothendsof the seclionof railrcadbeinB
2 InfantryReginenrs(42ndIndimadd 35rhKenucky)
2. fte eneny hasno unitsin an areathrcughwhichthal section
The Army of fte Cumbeddd (Gene.alGeo.geThofra5)
I CavalryRegimem(29th Michigan) x Inhntry and Cavalryunils may FORCEDMARCH from one der.
2 InfantryReeimenr (l6d Ohiomd I9ft lllinois) ac.ossanotherare!. and into a secondea if so ordered,but at .
Poss i ble Rei hforcehe" ts: .o\r olha\ing a -l penalryon rhencombarefte(r'\enes.
Any desroyedunir. maybe re ai\ed in \dhville * CavalryunitsmayFORCEDMARCH fromonearea,acro$ two
Confederacv deas, and inrc a third aiea if so ordered,but ar a cosi of havine a
2 penaltyon theircombatetrediveness.
TheAmy of Tennesee(GenemlJosephE. Johnston) * Combateffecrivenespenalies m cumularive.dd can o.ly be
I ArtilleryBanery(l2th Geo€ia) removedifa unirRESTS.
4 Infanry Regiments(14rbTen.e$eq 25th GeorSia,:l3rd + Combaletrectivenes penalries caDsed by FORCEDMARCHing
Alabama.and36thMississippi) de removedat a dle of I per REST dove.

Bedfords Raide6 (GeneEI NathanBedfordForesl) + All combalsde esolved by the Umpire Dsinga nodified SCRUD
I MountedInfantryRegiment(l5th Tennesee) (SimpleCombarResolDlion UsingDice)systen.
I CavalryRegiment(SthAlabama) + CombatetrectivenespenalriescaDsedby combatee cumuladve,
andcanonly be renovedifa unit RESTS.
Morgan'sCavalry(GeneGlJohnHuntMorgan) * Combateffectivenesspenalliesde removedat a rateof I per REST
2 CavalryRegiments(41hKe.tuclq md 33rd G@reia)
PossibIe ReinJorce'ne
nts: * DeslrcyedUnion unils nay be reiaised in Nashlille asa rclulr of
a REST move.
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MOVE r: MAY 1864

Frcm:GenealGeo€eThomasUSA(USAmy of theCunberland)
I shall, dnnng fte Donth of May, fain and pGparemy forces,wirh
lhe reslrlt that &eir effecriveness againsttbe enem! shall be
inproved. The reasonsrhat I am ablero do rhis de as follows:
I . I am curendylocatedat a Dajormilhead.so I shallnorwdt for

2. I was rhe saviou. of the Union Amy at the Battle of

Chickamauga,Iastyed. so ny valuableexperiencewill iDprove
the elTectivenesof ften mining.
3. Theyare inspiredby the facr tha1.afier 3 yeds. fte ride hastumed
dd ftey are finally b.inging fte war to the hean of tbe eneDy.

t { From: General Nathan Bedford Forrest CSA (cOC Bedfordt

f My forces will raid into Nashville wilh the resDlrrhal fte Union

v-
forceswill be drawr frcm Chartdooga to reirforce N$hviUe. We
will be successful
because:
L We de a nobile fo.ce supponedby ceneral Mo€m and his

2- We hale the elementofsurp.ise.

3- Thereain\ no Nonhemboyswho canholda cddle ro lhe

7ta4z e.4a4 tu .4

From:Genecl Willim TecuDseh

Shemm USA (US Amy of ihe

PERSONALBRIEFINGS The Army will marchto Casville id supponof the Amy of the
Ohio.whichwiu engage cene.alJohnsron's
.my whilstwe envelop
jts fl.nk. This wiu be accDmplished
b€cause:
U!ia!
Gen?nl W lliah TecuDfehShentan L TheAmy is wellresGdandin goodheait.havingalrcady
Your peronal goalsre: deiearedrherebeharLookoutMounlaindd MissionaryRidge.
i . Aloid all frontal rslaults 2. There de amplesuppliesin the foMard depots.sufficie for
2. Bum Ceorgiafron Arlanta10thesea threemonthscaDpaignat leasr.
3. Male commenlsabouthow wa is bell I L We ouhumber the rebelsdd fte opemlionsof the Army of the
AeneralJoht S.hofekl Potomacundercener.l Meadewill ensurethal no
Your personalgoalsde: reinforcementswill bedespabhedlo theiraid.
',t&444 ?.4,1 Sizw
L Make at leasrone frontal asauh
2. Keepyoursupplylinesopen
l. SupponGeneGlShemrn wherever posible From: GeneralJohnHunr Morgd CSA (cOC Morydi Cavalryl
G?n?nl GeoreeThonas My forceswill raid inlo Nashvillein supponof ceneralForest,
You. peronal -qoahare: with theresultthatUnionforceswillbe drawnfromChamnooga 10
L Neverrcrear in fte face of the eneoy reinibrceNashville. Wewill be successfDl because:
2. Repeatedlyrefer ro your exploitsar rheBattleof Chickamauga L We are a muoally supponi.g mobile torce.
lart yeal whereyou clain to havesavedtheday for rheUnion 2. We de veryexpe.ienced in thistypeofopemlion,havingbeen
3. Reterto GeneralSherman as"UncleBilly doing it for 3 yea^.
3. we usuaUy raid wiih impuniryso fte Yankees
will havelo diled
Confededcv larsetorce,ro prcre.rrher supplyl,ne..communicaLion..
GeneralJosephE- Johnston capt!redbooty,er.
Your pesonal goalsm:
l. Fighta delayingacdon
2. Forcethe Yankeesto ma&efrontal asauh on you. positjon From:Gene.alJohnM SchofieldUSA (USArmy offte Ohio)
3. Blme sonebody else if rheYankeestake Adanla The Amy of $e Ohio will mdch froD Chattanooga ro Casville.
Gaenl Natltun BedfotdForcst where I will amck rhe Rebel amy. My trmy will be able to
Yourpereonal goalsde:
accomplishthis for the following reasons:
L Raidinto Nshlille (Tennesee) at leasrtwice I . The Army of fte Tennessee will be supponin8this advance.
2. Mainlain you tumy d a fiehring force 2. My dDy is inspn€dby the appoinrnentof cranr asLieulenant
3. MakeconmenKabourrhepoo.qualityof Ydkee cavalry Ceneralmd Ge.eral-inChiefof fie US Amy. Our otrensiveis
GeneralJohnHunt Moryah thenajor thrustin his new.overallslntegy,vhich will win the we.
You.peGonatgoalsm: 3. The momleof lhe Rebehhasdec.esedfollowinguEr
l. RaidintDCharanoo8a at leasronce ignoDiniousdefealat MissionaryRidgeandrheEmovatof
2. Bng rbouryou. exploirsin raidingKentucky,Indiana,ad Bcxton Bragg.
Ohioerlier in thewr
3. Mate conmenlsabourthepoorqualityofYankeecav.lry
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 From: G€ntral JosephE JohnstonCSA (Army ofTennessee)
The Army of Temess€e will ambush the ya*ee aggrcsors,
eulling in the shameof rheFederatsI This wilt succed becauseof: Anschluss goes Medievall(Again
L The superio.motivatior of th€ hero€sof rhe Sourh. Y6, asainl
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Campaiqn & Batll€ of Bosworth €5,50 + P&P
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Her.ldicBanne60l the w.E of rhe Rosesvo c9.00+

CAMPAIGN EVENTS
The ConfedeEt€ nids inro Nasbvi e disrupted lhe raining Dd
prepa$tionsb€ing undenakeby rheAmy of the Cumb€rland,and for
a tine it looked as if Sheman would haveto move rhe Army of the
T€messeeinto Nashvilt€ to supportThomart coDmard. Tlis was
not nsessary, ud tbeywereableto advmceinto C.ssvile on lhe flant
of theAmy of theOhio. However,Johnsront Army ofTennesseewas
laying in wait for sucha move, and was able ro ambushrhe Amy of
the Ohio before Sheman\ troops were in place 10 oulfldk such a
move, In a seris of short, sharpacrions,Johnsrons troors itrflicted
casuartiesupon severalof Schofietds units.

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l5lh Kenluclq hfdtry Regimenr 0 I

5lh IndianaCavalryRegimenr 0 0
24thMichigarAnitteryBa(ery 0 0
The Afry of tbe Cumbe.l&d
l6rh Ohio Infanfy Regimenr 0 0
l9th Illinois InfankyRegiinent 0 0
290rMichiganCavalryR€gimenl 0 0

CoDfedera0e
Tmop Stnngahsrt the erd of Mly lE l

Baic Combat Alleration to

Etrectiveness Combar
at the slan Eff€ctiveness
of May dirring May
Union Tl@p Str€ngtb at the erd of May 1864 The A.my of Tennesse
l4th Tenn€sseInfa ry Reginent 0 0
BasicCombat 251hG€orgiaInfanry Regimenr 0 0
Efectiveness 43rdAlabma Infanry Regiment 0 0
al ue start 36fr Mississippilnfanr.yRegiment0 0
of May du.ingMay lzrh Geo.giaAnillery Bariery 0 0
Bedford'sRaiders
The Army of the TeDr€ss€e l5Ih Tenness€eMomred 0
38thlndianalnfanby Regimenl 0 0
zhd Illinois Infarky Regiment 0 0 EthAlabamaCavalryRegiment 0
47tbWisconsinInfantryRegiment 0 0 Moryan's CaElry
25 r lllinoisCaulry Regimenr 0 0 4$ KertuckyCavalryRegimenr 0
l5rt OhioAnillery Battery 0 0 l3rd ceo.gia CavalryRegirnenl 0
The Amy of the Ohio
42ndIndianaInfanrf Regimenr 0 -l Next Montb: The CampaigncontiDues
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