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THE MAXIMILLIAN 25mm(1861to 1867)(THEMEXICANWARS)

ADVENTURE,
MX Codesdesignedby Aly Morrison FP & lM Codesdesignedby Alan & MichaelPerry
Manyof the MXcodesarcsuitablefor otherconflictsandlhis is indicated
at theendof the description
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CH = 'Alaeia
Chlna&S.E.Asa' 1861-1870 GA = 'The llalianWaroi Unilicalion, i
Garibald l 868
: &OtherNorlhAfricaWars 1840-1871 FP = 'FrancoPrussian Wal 1870-1871
]T = IneFrencn tlalanuampaqn 1859 Cl'.4='Crimeanwar 1854-1855
FAENCH IINE & IMPEAIAIINFANTFY
MXl Advancino.lukil.shakolGAl Slandad bea€r. gBalcoal, standardpole
Mv\2 Advancin6, iu kil,@veredkdp (CH) srandad bea€r. tunic,slandardDole
MCs Advancino llqhlkil,k€p (CB)
MX4 Advancing, lht kt, @vercdkep (CH) FRENCHLINE & IMPEFIAL INFANTRY
MXs Advancino. rohrki. enbrero M^17 Fren.h Zouave.adlancno. 'oht [Ll tCM/FP/CN/T/ALI
MX6 Marchinq:rulfkcoveredkep (cH) V r 1 3 ' r q ' - V F , ' G - o - c e ' ^ - J { : a - o r . o d rr e p . r * o o
MX7 Marchinglul kii Aonneide Polce wlh atached.eckguard
MXB Ma(hino lohl [ir [eoi Fren.tuMexican ofiicef.advancnqkockmal, sombrero drawnswod
M r g A d D m ' i o , f c h r r dv,; t l e D ( A L C HF P C Mr T r Belaan Leon,nfanln. adlan.no lul lil
MXl0 Advancing lul liL v€sr .overenlep lCHAL) MX21 BerianLeion nianrd advancnarqhrI I coveredrep
M x l 1 a d v a n ( i nlqq h r r i i v e r c o v e r erde n i l c HA L ) r.pnr tfpcro vpr -o ' -ra.r'lna1. dd, qh,\iL op. v..r.rep
M v 1 2 A d v a n . i nl q h r l ' i v e s il o m b r e r o MX23 l m o e r a l M e r . a n ' n i a n i r y a
mdavnf u l i r I ' o c r @ a ls l r a w h !
MXl3 Advancino lqht kil,€pote coveGdkepiICH/AL) ldoerauFeoublcan Mexican inlanlrydan. adv irockmal, shako
MX'4 AdvaLinqlo'| (i. cr n lbFve. .o,-.n Leoi/C! C,A./FP Al ) MX25 lfip$auFepublcan Mexcaninla^lryman. adv lock mal, rc ed
M(r5 ChaG'nq:oh-rI'i,6oole {CMTFPTCHAL)
M X 1 6C h a e i n g , l q h r [vi i€, s ik € p ( F P C M C N / A U I T ) canMexcaninlanlryman
lmpdal/Republ lrockcoal,
advancn0.
M , ( 5 0M a ( h ' n 66 h r r ' i B o n n e i d e P o r .reG A C M ) Fr€n.h/mDedaoflcer
MXsl Advancinq lghl kil, Bonnetd€Po ce'
MX60 P,onevesl.coveredk€pi(CM/AL) Frencramoeriaoff.e' Trocl@ar somb'erodrawnq sword
Repubran lmperaoi1'.e,f,ocl .oal mvetedlepi
MX55 Conlrainranrryman
advanc ng
FP2b F rno.lu lkt. or€alcoal
banaon ch&gnq
Eqypiian
F P 2 d F r n g . l ul k t , € p a u b n e s
ripbna nlanrrymanEmpero,s Barialonadvanc
nq
FP3b Advancnolul kil orcarcoar aftacling,ghi kl r€z
Turcc'rzouave,
FP3c Advancini,
rohrkir- Turco/zouave.
anackinq, ghl kl. luban
FP3d Advancnglul kil epauenes Turcozouave.aftacknq.lull kl. lurban
Turcorzouav€,
anacking.widierkt
FP4b Deiendina,lukil,crcalcoal Tu(o,zouaverunnnqriqhlI i rez
FP4c Deleidno.iohlkl Turcozouaverunnnq liqhrlr rudan
FP4d De'endin6,
iri kir,epaurefies Turcozouave.runninoru kil lu6an
Turco/Zouave.
runnno wnterkil
trno lahl kl rez
Turco/Zouave.
rurcozouave.rrnd tiban,lahl kil
Torco/zouaveftng ruloai.lulkt
FP6a auobr reD lreakoai Turcozouave.lrng wnlerkit
FP6b Buglerkep, epaulett€s
FPTb sede.ni rur ri reb qEakoar,am oursk€rched
FPTC seroeanLlolrlliL k€o am oursketclred
FPTd Serieaniiul ri repl handro mouihshournq
FRENCIIENGINEERS
rulkl. q.eatoar
FP44bDrummer. lul drcss,poinln9swo.d
CM212OfiEer
cM213Drummer.tundress
FP55 0 smou^ted
Chasseur
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MXcav3T Fr€ncrrHussa,/Chasserrk€o IFP/T) WABGAMES FAUNDRY r9r.er 2tr.niy
MX23 Charcingcove,ed
shako Mxcav3s Frcnchcava ry n vesl kepi(FP/CM/aL Tl nanufactu'edatout u K t1.t..r ar. nBr
MXCav3g FrencliCavarv n vesl cover€dkep lCMrALl dr
beobtBinc.l rcctftan t 5 at tt ta.nr al
MX30 Chaeng.sh€ lack€t.sonbreo MXCav40 FrenchCavary n vesl sombre,o
she lack€l.mvercnkep
MX31 Advancinq MXCav4l FrenchChasseu.d Arroue (CM,AL)
Mx32 Advancinc,
she acker.kepl MxCa!42 FrenchForcqn Leqon Mouni€dCompany
MX33 Advancn!.sh€ lacket.somb@ro [rXCa!43 Fren.h Oflrcer smbr€ro
MX34 Advancng.
she lacket.shako Mxcav44 mp€ralRepub can cava ry. sombrero
Mx35 Advancnq.poncho.sombrerc
MC36 Charcnq.
smocksombr€ro Mxcav46 neduia,Mexcan cava |l
MXCav4TFeoiublcanrlmperalMexlcan Reauar Cavary. shako
FP65 F,ancTneu6marchino, m MXCav4SDismount€dnequla,Mex can Cavalry
FP66 FrancTireu6 marchrnq. muskelkep Mxcav6l F,edchOilcer lrmk coai sombrero""'
FP67 FrancTneuG marchino. m MXCav62 EmpressLancer""'
FP6a Franc.Tireurc marchna,muskelkep Mxcav64 aust an/RedHussar""'
MXCav6s AuslfanrRedHussarO{ice,
MEXICAN MUNICIPALINFANTRY
cM107 Oficer nspnido menwlh swonr FPcavl Frcnchslafi ofi cer
c M l 0 3 O f i c e rn c a b a nw t h p s l o .s t a n d n a FPCavs Fr€nchChasseursd Anque
FPCav6a French ancer kep'
FPCavl4 FrcnchNussarOfi cer
FPCavl6 F€nch ofice, Chasseu6 d Arique
cMlr2 nranrrymanadvancnq FPCavTgFrenchHussa n manteau
cMrr3 nlanlrymanharchin! FPCavsl FrenchchasseuG d Atrque n manreau
al lhe €ady
CMl1,1 nrailryman FPCavS6Hussarbuoer. seoaraream
FPcavSS FrcncbCh;sseud dAlique bualer sepaale arfi 9 6 F u e D e M a r c h ecAhua , o o _
CM116Inlanlryman oadng
cMl17 Inlantrvmanrun^naal lrretra BELG]UM
CMIl3 Deadidranlryman M ( H j M e ^ . a nr r s u l a , c a v a 4 h o 6 e q a l o p n q
CM201Ofiic€rIn cabanslaid ng wlh sword F P H r F € n . [ M e t . a n w a l n q l e g sg a r h e r e n ] O O Y E A F WD
1VNS& ASRT FB U T E F O R
CM202Ofiicerftina Dslo FPH2 Fre..hM€r.an qalopnq rearegse^iended SWEDEN)
FPH3 Fren.hMecan qalopnq eqsqalheren
FPH1l French/Mercatr .anrerng
F P H 1 2 F r e n c h r M e r c awn a k ' n g h € a d & e g s € : l e n d e d
CM206LnranlrynanadvancLno
cM207 riranrrvman
mardrna CMHIS MexcaniFepublcanpoiy slandng SWEDEN
cM203 Iniantryman
al rhe,eady C M H j 9 M e ' . a n F e p u b l . a np o n , q a o p n g e 9 5 e r e n d e d U SA.CUSTOMESS
CM209InranlrydanI.nq C M H 2 0M e , i . a n / F e p u b l . apno n \ q a l o p n q e q s q a l h e r e d
cM210 nrantryman oadrnq
cM211 nlanrrymanarta REPUBLICAN/IIIPERIAUFRENCH
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FPla Fr€nchOfice..kep wavnqp'slo
FPlb Fr€icfrOficer n capewlrr pslo
FPlc FrcnclrOficerwlrr b nocuars FPAdrr Standing'n rul kt
Oficerholdnq swod
FPga Ffench,'rurco
FPgb Frenc['aurcooficer holdnqdofiedkep ABTILLEFY FOF THE SIEGEOF PUEBLA 1361.1362
FPgc F,ench,'rurco
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FP70 Frenchlnpera Guad Ofi.er CM197 Aboul to assisl oadng ssc30 Frenchr2 pdrted gutrhowEer
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BA42 Cavali,me lhtusunosear ov6ram. marl.h.lm6l. (mb d:€sr'
Figur* ilsp Horsea60p RF.|i| Caed4me hrusdni ciFd owram. marr.hehel. oramroo@ '
RB44 c.vdrynd
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sMrd, mai, €rrusdi{n'.n
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squi@ b€41 plab,
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RR6 Hsrarvprin@ps,rhr@ingjavein. squ@ b€astsrare,m elonino l-ogionaryadvancingwilhsword,sque b€4ts al., anc helmet,side
RR7 Hadavpnneps,lho ng jav6lin,sque breap ala, anlrus FR51 Legionaryad%ncng winl sword,squr€ bredFlate, monielodirc
RR3 H6bti/pinceps. lhrwidg javelin,rcundbrcasFlale,monl€iodrc BF52 Hdrai/pnrceps.
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ARg H6lali/onnc4. lhrdino aveln.mail.monblodino h8lm.t BF53 L€gonaryadvanoag,_av.litsp€tr dFdm nair, Tontelonrno
FFlo Hdatr'bnneiF. &vano;b Evelin.souae brealorate
FF11 Hsrat/inn@iExra,i.dviiinq. iavelitspe* -^deEm, maI Bq54 Penallegorary€ovanchq, sped J.derar, cstrch€tm€t,
swod &
.lrus6, @inlhid hslm.l
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6dvdcinq,jav.lidspe$und.dm. Fal, dtus
FF'3 HacLii/prn€ps,4ian RF57 Oetan adnd| norchng arcw, shon Mld, smal shietd
FRr4 Tdai, kd6linq in r€$dq elrus, @nnthia h.lml
BF15 Velll6, tunning,Nlfskincape,lblnjaw in,rcu.d shi€rd !!!9 L€simaryeshgng de €,a. sgLar€bEAFt6i6, d6h6aded
HHw Legr@4rywm snov.r,e4r
HB60 L.gion.ry *.ker buc&t on [email protected], slum bE4tFlate, ba@readed
BR17 Cavalry,anic helmel,mlsic led curis, ound shield
RF1A Ca!€ll}frEn, atfic h€lreI, mu*l€d ei'G, Dund $i€ld, c6* FR61wadoradv&ono,E€trn,aflEhetmet, shretd
FF19 Cavalryman,boelianhelmei,mail,rcundshield FF62 Warior advsqna. s'newhood.shi.td
BA20 Ca!€lMnan, b@lian h€lmel mail,toundshield - FR63 Weor lhromnoiav.lin. b.$'n!r sh erd
BR54 WMior thrwna. s n4 hood.sh 6ld
GASAI E: NA(ED F I{ATICS RF65 Weior adv.ncilq, _avel'n,ound b€asl pr6r. b.eine! sl etd
BA21G63iae.runnino. shbld' FF66 Weor ao'anoni,sle amou'. ces€o. .en61. shi.to
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IBIBESflEN.AARECHESTED. IN 'FOUSEFS FF6A Wamorgandino,,atqta, basm4 sn.w h@d 5hi€d
RB23 Wanir advancinA,shied' BF69 WadDrcharana.l.lara. benel. shEtd
BB24 Warior charoino-ssod & shiold BB70w.r'or(hadDa tat@b,ba*,ner.aftc hetmet. shEtd
RB2s Wanor advaid-no Md & sh'eld FATr Cav.lryms,soearundedm bascn.t.shEld
RB26 Waniorsidndino,-sword on shdlder RF72Caealryman,
RH72 und€6m an(, hetmet.
sp€a und€cm hehet sh€td
sh€ld
RF27 Wadjor,slinger-withsnall shiEld RB73 C.valrym&, sp€a ov€€m rcLndbeasr prate,ocone! shBrd
a\ RF74 Car'akyne. sp€a ove6m 'oLnd bBdsr ilai€. crasledbe'net,
tntBEsrEft,
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RF28 Wdnior,€rrying standad, helmetI srcd nnzsiiiiirymo spea,
unoera-.*.re a-ou, c,esreo.
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RB29 Wanjor,bl@inq €rynx .4J.41
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CELTICNOELEABIIOUREOWARBIOBS BF3 Voi@anarcher. orawnodid
FR34 Watriff shdfm. mail, h€lm€t,d@rafiv€ bad. ssod BF32 Spema.dvdcro
FFA2 Spema I'nenadour.
advd6no.linen amour,het€ric h.lT€t, ou.d
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by lim Webster

I'd alwaysfanciedhavinga go at refightingsome ofihe battlesof The Nonhamptons

the Boer War. and when one memberof our wargamesclub Yr bn. Loyal Nonh Lancashires
tumed up one night with a hordeof 5mm Zuluswith Brits ro 2 coysThe Munsters
matchI d€cidedthat now wasmy big chance.As we hadsome
considerable experienceof using lrregular Miniatures5mm Naval Brigad€
Franco'Prussian to Wwl ruleswe were all readyin the rules 245strong,madeup of Marinesand Seamen
department.Theseallow you to representa British force of
10,0001o20,000 menwith no problemswhatsoever andyoucan Artillery
alsofight the batdecomfortablyin an evening. 4 naval12pdrs(Range3800ydt
Becauseofthis. andbecause I happened to havePemberlon's 2 field batteries:
Battlesof the Boet War availableI thoughtthat we wouldgive 75thRFA and18RFA. Almostcertainly15pdrs(Range4,100
theideaa whirl.Thebafilewepickedwastheearlywarbattleof yos,
Graspan,or Eslin. Graspanwasfoughtberweenthe battlesof
Belmontand Modder Riv€r and aciuallystronglyresembles Mounted troops
B€lmont. 900of these.drawnfrom the gth Lancers,Mounredlnfantry,
At CraspanMe$uen. the British Conmander.could call andRimingtont Guides.The Guideswerea locallyraisedunil
upon approximately10,000nen: and includedsometraitors.
GuardsBrigad€ Not knowingthe exactbreakdownof the forcewe gavethe
1 bn. ScotsGuards Guards'baitalions1100men. thoseof 9th Infantry Brigade
i bn. Grenadi€rGuards 1000,and madethe mountedunitseach300strong.
2 bns. Coldstr€amGuards The Boerswere muchweakerthan their opponents.lnitial
9th Infantry Brigade recceindicatedthat therewere400refugees from the baflleof
Northumberland Fusiliers Belmontwith a coupleof artillery piecesdug in in the hills.
King s Own YorkshireLight Infaniry However.duringthe afternoonprior to the battleon the 25rh
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November2000 Free State burghersjoined the delendels, intothreedistinclbreeds.TheAfricanderis nowemirely"red",

bringing*ith them more artillery. although"red" variesthroughamberand dark brown.Males
stand56 inchesat the shoulder,females53 inches.They were
Bo€r forces. verypopularinrenotedistrictsastrekox€n-Thesecondt)?e of
2400mounteddflernen cattlewasthe Drakensburger. They wereknownoriginallyas
Vaderlander,andwereactuallytakenon the trek by Jakobus
Artilery Johannes Ulys,whowith hissonsoimprovedrhebreedingthar
5 field guns. the breedwereknownasUlysbeeste formany years.They are
largeblackanimals,with shortwhitehornswith darktips.They
I would suggestthese werc Krupp 75mm breechloaders, tendto be heaviercattlethanthe Africander.The third tvDeis
(Range 8000 yds) a Hotchkiss Quickfirer and a Maxin rheNguni.sho wererhecdlrleol lhe Zulu, Swa7i,Mat;bele,
Machinegun. and similartribes.They are smallercattlethan thoseof the
Now my list of Boer artillery doesn'tinlcudeany Hotchkiss Boen, but the main differencewastheir coat coloudng.Not
guns, so I wonder if Pemberton'ssourcesconfusedthe only is the skin pigmented,but the hairscomein a varieryof
Hotchkisswith the VickersMaxim Pom-Pom.Thenagainmy colours:black.brown,fawn,red andyellowanimalsarefound.
sourcesmight be incompletel ("Yellow" in cattleis morean unbleached linen shadethan a
To scaletheseforces down to table strength a battalion was primrosel)The coloursarefoundin sevenmainpatrerns,all of
four bases,whilst for the Boerswe used12 stripsof infantry, whichhaveZulu names.Thesepattemscanbestbe discerned
eachrepresenting 200 men. Each strip had a conesponding by lookingcaretullyat Zulu shieldmarkingswhicharemerely
mounted stdp, and horse holder strip. The artillery was thesepatternsno longerwom by their originalownerslThe
represented by 3 gun rnodelsfor the British,oneper battery. Europeanbre€dswhichshowsomesimila iiesin pattemto the
For theBoelswe hadl modelfor75mms,whichperhapsunder Nguniare the Gloucester, the Norrnandyand the Black-sided
represented them,andonepom-pommodelIor the Maximand TrondheinfromNorway.However,for painters.look for good
HotchkissOuickfirerwhich perhapsexaggerated their clout. picturesof Zulu shieldpatternsand paint them on the cow!
The Pom-Pomisn't specificaly coveredin Iregular's rules. We For rules I cameup with the following.
treat it as a machinegun with doublerange.
For figures the Brits are straight from Iregular's colonial Mov€ distance
ranges,the Boers are more complex.For mountedBoers Matab€le1d10cm
PWll, the settlersfrom the PonyWars rangewere suitable, Boerson foot 1d6cm
wearing slouch hats with varied dressand firealms. The same mountedon hils 2d6cm
Iangeaho hasPW9holseholders.Thishasonemanholdinga mountedon plains2d6+6cm
groupof 5 horses.A usefulbaseasyou canuseit for virtually
any pedod. I'd rccommendthat anyonewho everdismounts
cavalrytreatthemselves to some.Finallyfor dismounted Boers liring
I've used both ACW9. who are AmericanCivil war skir' Rifle fire 1d6per base
mishers,and CWS1who are Sardinianskirmishersfrom the tufle range 20cm
Crimeanwar. Both paint up nicelyas Boers. Cannon countsas 1 baseof riflemen with 60cmsrange
Whenit cameto fightingthe battlewe usedtherulesstnight Firingandreloadingtakeshalfa move.thoughanyunit that is
Irom the box. bui we soondiscovered that the Boerunitswere chargedcanalwaysfire a hastyvolley
"smallunits" under the ruleswhichgavethem a moraleo{ 3.
Thiswe foundmeantthat theyhad,in effect,a 50:50chance of 0 +2 to Matabelecheckdice
standingto meeta bayonetcharge.Thiswe felt wasunlikely,so 1 +1 to Matabelecheckdice
for the purposesof this game we gavethe Boersa morale 2 No effe€t whatsoever
modifierof 2 whenenemywerervithincharserange. 3 -l to Matabelecheckdice
Howeverthiswas all too simple,andonesma(Alecmadethe 4 -I toMatabelecheck dice.Score5,6 lbaselost
throw awayline, "What with all theseBoersandZulusI don't 5 -2toMatabelecheckdice.Score4,5,6 lbaselost
knowwhy we don't do The GreatTrek." That did itl I delved 6 3 to Matabelecheck dice.S€ore4,5 I baselost
throughthe booksandreadroundthe subject.Thencane the o 2baseslost
revelation,thereis a sho ageof "GreatTrek" rulesfor smm. 7 -3 toMatabelecheck dice.Score3,4, l baselost
There is also a shortageof figures. So we had to deal with this 5,6 2 baseslost
Droblemfirst. 8 -3 toMatabelecheck dice.Score2,3 lbaselost
For ligure\| lookedthroughwhatse had.Our 5mmZulu 2baseslost
figureswerejust aboutsuitablefor Matabele5mm.The Boers o 3baseslost
wereno problem.We ju$ usedthe figuresI'd paintedup for
fightingagainstthe British. 2 if eneny hasgoneto ground
Obviouslythere were a few extra thingsneeded,breech -1 if firing mounted
loadingartillery and pon-pomswere obviouslyout, but the -1 if morethan half range
Boersdid havethe occasional cannonwith themon the Trek. -l per volleyif firing a hastyvolley
AndriesPretoriusandthe Wen Kommandoin 1838/39 had464 +1 first voley. (Alwaysa first voley if therehasbeena long
men and a cannon.Any 5mm smooth-borccannonwill do. elapsedtime sincethe lastvolley.)
Otherthingsyouneedarecoveredwagons.IusedsomeHercics +2 if firing from wagonswith families to reload
andRos two-honecoveredwagons,whichI just happenedto
haveavailable,but Inegular do an ox-drawnwagonwhichis A Matabeleformationwill doubtless be firedat by severalBoer
moreauthentic.(IND6). You shouldmakeitplain youwantthe bases.The Matabeletakeall the casualties. They alsotakethe
largestminusto their checkdice, and the largestplus. The
Finallysomecartlewouldbe nice.I wouldreconmendPW6, differenceis thenaddedor subtractedto the checkdicetotal.
longhoms,walking.For figurepaintersof ary scalethe cattle This differenceis only usedon the moveafter it is inflicted.
usedbv the Africans.nativeandBoers.in SouthernAfrica fall Thereis a permanent- I on a formatiofl's checkdicefor each
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re-rarsed,thougi it is perfecdypossiblefor it to be smalterand P€nlneuladr*, .nd Rmtudon.ry p€nod'n bi@ru' rE*h Gud'd, Ln€ ('n
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AustaHunseia Uno drn GGnadioE and un'quoJaeg€' Ru$hn aid Fdndl
Thereis anoptionalrulethatmightprovidea bit of amusement. F€vdtu.ry fsuB, tor riar'M Mp.rsm.id ABrrirE
A&o PNi@, Spebh, Hiohland€E,Rifl€dn, H@vy Anirlo'y. May roue baed
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At any stagein the gamethe Boen cometo a point at which 25mm 6s€ l|!p individual fq!@,
thereis a possiblechoiceof routes.(e.g,whetherto crossthe
riverhereor furtherdown,or whetherto goeastroundtheridge
or westroundridge)thenif thereareno VisibleMatabelethere severalwidevalleys,andatleastoneriverthathastobecrossed.
will be a Boet'deepandmeaningfuldiscussion'phase. During When it comes to crossing riven, unless the Boen have
thisphasetheBoersbickerendlessly aboutthe choiceofroute. considerable time I suggestyou usethe followingsystem.On
The playerruining the Boer party stateshisprefered route, the enteringthe river the leadwagonownerrolls 1d8,the nearcst
otherpointisput by eitherthe umpire,theMatabele,or anyone Matabelealsorolls 1d6.lf the Boer winsthen he canget the
whohappens to be passing. Theplayerrolls 1d8,the opposition wagondowninto the river.To getthe wagonout ontotheother
rolls1d6.Ifthe playerwinsthepartystickstogether.lfheloses siderepeatthe procedure.Note that on ente ng the river the
half his force follows their own particular line of advance.They Boerplayerwinsdraws,on leavingit the Matabelewins&aws.
shouldideallycontinueunder a differentplayer.After harsh (Gravity assisteddescentetc.) If the Boer loseshe needn't
experienc€we would re€ommendthat you never let forcessplit move,butcanjuststaythereandtry againonceper moveuntil
down to lessthan 5 basesof effe€tive combat troops. he finalymakesit.Thisrepresents the nearbankbeingbroken
To set up this game I suggestyou balancethe sideswith an down and a track dugup the far bank.
avemgeof two Boer wagonsper Kraal. EachBoer wagonhasan
associatedbase of mounted troops, which also need a
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Thiswasmy firsl visitto Newarkto seePartizanandI waswell in Ym, lstm 20hs and 25m sc.les
pleasedwithwhatlsaw. Thisisa relativelysmall,onedaylocal I selectbr &dn &e KeysroneRange
show,with a very friendlyatmosphere. Edldl4E 2GZ5Db Fle
'Ratios' and 'balance' are words I often usewhen describing 33I PeasairsDweUinqClinkq ldll t6.9S
x32 Peasts DFetling,$one/Pbner t6.95
showsand conventionsaround the country. Most of the time I X39 Chuch srde-/PLner (Peni6!d wd) style
cDmplain about too few display and participation games, rBl0 RussianOnlodo: cheh
comparedwith competitiongamesand tradestands.No e of rodied@ 20bE WIVI| - Moden
this appliesto thh show. Here there were more display ganes fFl HastyBdicades 3 smal per pack i2.30
(fZ llasty Bdicades 2 med. Dq pack '2.30
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plenty of room to look round and studythe displaygames.The helfuq EaE!. Mili.tuE 25!u fiErr€. Fr.lch
displaygameshere are someof the bestI haveseenat any rtelct attdth
conventionin the country. This show,I am told, alwaysattmcts Il Revohtiona,ryinfantly lU "D&e of lor!' ?edod
manyofthe top displaygamesin the country.Oneofthe main Ill Iilalty ro epallettes lllfdty ai rady
F82 InGntly AdEcing lU2 OEcd mving sord
reasonsfor them comingto Newark mustbe the knowledgethat ru b&ntry Advehg itr heltna 3lr5 Cot at Eady
Duncanwill be therewith hiscamem,andthe chances arehigh rA5 Omc€r 1116Eneqn (0.50p)
that they will get a photo in the magl f86 SrarabrdDder Cast Flas Figres 45p ach unles pnc€d
(6op)
Someof ihese gamesI had seenbefore, but there were
Other dq6 hclude SevenYes wd PaiNlat Wd dd A6:W
enoughthat werenewto me to makethe dayvery interesting.
losl and Packhg lrtr ad 3FPo l2%% Euope^JsA 20%
The star of the showfor me wasa new gamefron Hull: "A Au$a,lia dd Asi. {0% ot dde! value.
bridgetoo far" wasa demonstration game,simulatingthe entire Chewes paYable to:
operation"Market Garden" of WWII. Fought in 20mn it I Copestake,
stretchedto an amazing35 feetof tablelength.The gamewas 23 Wylam Street, Craghead, Stanley,
packedwilb many small details,well researchedand very
County Durham DEg 6ER
accuratel!modelled.The painting and detail on bo1h the
Ea<le enqb6 eel@ne,
figures,vehiclesandtenain mustrank amongstthe bestI have
ren ar an) show.The5heer\izeofrhe gamewdsawe inspiring
andevenanyofDuncafl'sphotoscando no justiceto thegame. thenGrimsbymustbe a pleasureto visit on club nights.
The mostpopularparticipationgameseemedto be "Sepoy A classicgamethat I hopewill be seenat manyothershows
Tempest"run by the Derby WargamesClub. I haveseenthe wasyetonemoreput on by a groupof friendsandnot a "club".
gane at the Triples whereit wasalsoamongstthe most popular Thisgamewasatruly superb25mmMarlburiansiege.Thegame
atthatshow.Thisgamecatersfor alargenumberof playerswith depictedan attackon part ofthe defensivewallsof a rown.A
a greatdealofskill,allowingallplayers to haveanexcellenr,
fun large treflch systemwasbuilt into the telfain base.As rhe aame
game.Thelargenumberof lndianbuildingsandthefigureswill progressed lhe lrenchesgot closerandcloserto the wa[slThe
no doubtbe seenat somestagein thismag.The members ofthe progrcssionof ahesetrencheswas a pleasureto watch, even
Derby club have masteredthe art of putting on a well run, thoughtheillusion wassometimesshattered bytlrcuseofplastic
enjoyableand interestingparticipationgame. spoonsto dig part of the trench systemlThe gamecould have
6mmgameswerealsopresentin the form of two Peninsular donewith someform of displayinformation giving detailsabout
Napoleonicgames.The battles of FuentesDe Onoro and
AlbuerafromMay 18ll werenot put on by aclubbutagoupof This lastcrnicismmustalsoapplyto a numberof the other
friends.The terrainfor thesegameswasvery \rell madeand gamesondisplay. Agood, simpledisplayisall thatis neededto
mustbe some-of thebestfor any6mmdisplaygameIhavesofar help a crowd appreciatea demonstrationgameeven more.
Sornetimes it may not alwaysbe possibleto haveplayerson
A navalparticipationgane wasalsopresentin the form of a hand to talk to the public, so just a small b;t of text and
computermoderatedNapoleonicseabattle usingthe Battle explanationwill go a long way.
Honour'sgame system. 'Broadside".The two small fleers The convention hall was not well signed hom the town
beingusedwereboth fully equippedwith sailsand miniature centre,the first posterfor the showwasjust oursidethe hall!
rigging.EventhoughI did not get rimero watcha full gameit The parkingwasplentiful,adjacentand free.
had ils full cornplenentof ptayers,\,rhichnust be a good As I havesaidthe showis small(15 demogames& 10rrade
testimonyfor anyparticipationgame. stands)so I did not stayall day.Havingseenand boughtall I
The Grimsby wargames Society was well represented, wantedto I wentover to the aviationmuseumj ustoutsidetown.
havingtwo games.The GrimsbySocietyis wetl known in the Thisis a mustforanywargamerwith apassing interestin planes.
region for producing consistendygood and different display The collectionis welllaidout in the comerof an airfield.There
games.One gameon displayand seenat the Triples at the start is plentyof spacebetweenthe exhibitsto get good viewsfor
ofthe yearwasthe battleofGallabat.Thisshowsa Britishand photographs.A large feature is one of my a ,time favourite
Commonw€alth attackonItalianforcesin theSudan,partof the plans,the Vulcan.
EastAfrican campaign.Modelling a desertterrain to look good Partizanis a showwell worth a visit and a trip to the aviation
on the tabletop is very hard, but the Grimsby club have museumwill round off a greatday out.
masteredthe art of terrain making over the last fe* yea$. The
second game shown was part of the club's Marlburian
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PEACE:
THE l[AR OF HENTENLY
The TatptngRebellton,1851-1865
PARTTWO: THE ARMIES
by Chris Peers

TIIE TAIPINGS althougharmiestendedto be accompaniedby a horde of local

bandits,campfollowen andother hangeE on, who were not so
It wasaccepted evenby the Taipings'enemies thattheirarmies restrained. There may be some truth in the claim made by
were very different from the usualrun of banditsand provincial European sympathiseEthat the overall quatity of the Taiping
rebels, theh motivation and discipline being of a very high forceswasdue to them being conscriptedfrom a[ walks of liJe,
order. Details of their oryanisation were set out in a decree in contrast to the fugitives and criminals who enlisted in the
issuedat Yung-anin 1852,layingdownstrict chainsof command Imperial armies-Promotion in the junior mnks of the Taiping
ftom squadlevel up to that of an army - "A corporal commands army was theoreticatly on merit, but too often religlous
four men. A sergeantcommandsfive corporals . . . his flag is fanaticism was confused with military ability, and at higher
2% feet in length and widt}", and so on up to a general,with a levels the Heavenly King tended to reward his r€latives and
flag6 feetby 6 feet,in commandofan armyof 13,155men.A friends with the commandof armies. Some, tike Shih Ta-k'ai
tableof organisationgivenby Lindley (seeBibliography)for the and Li Hsiu-ch'eng, u/ere very able, but most were not, and
1860sdiff€rs only in minor details: exceptwhereanexceptionalmanwasin commaDdthe discipline
Anarmy,orien, of13,125men,wasmmposedof5 divisions. of individual units often contrasted with the slownessand
A division,)ing, of 2,625men, had 5 battalions. passivityof Taiping tacticsandstrategy-The rant-aDd-filecame
A battalion,ler.,of 525men, had 5 mmpanies mostlyfrom provinces,Iike Kwangsiand Honan,with a long
A company,lJd, of 104men, had 4 platoons. maraialtradition, but as the war went on and lossesmounted it
Lindley's "platoon" presumablycofiespondsto the 25 men becamenoticeablethat the majority ofTaiping troopswerevery
under the commandof a sergeantin the earlier document, young, often only 15 or 16 years old. There were also entire
althoDghother sourcesstatethat the Taipingshad no namesfor battalionsof women,who had a greatdealof equality and were
formationssmallerthana battalion.Everyplatoonhadits own subjectto the samemilitary call-upas the men, althoughin
flag,however,givinga total,in the 1852rcgulations, of656flags practice they remained a small minodty. Another minor
per army. Thesewere carried on twelve-foot polesby standard etementconsistedof a number of westemerswho took service
bearers,often of high rank and describedby Lindley as "the with the rebels,suchasAugustusLindley, who commandedthe
bravestmenI haveeverseenin my life". Thecolourofthe flags Faithful King's artilery, and a former English pilot named
was uniform within each army, red, white, yellow and blue Savagewho helped to repel ward from Singpooin 1860.
being attestedfor different armiesi in theory they were Burgevine,ward's second-in-command and later commander
supposed to bearinscriptions givingthe mnk andnameof the
of the Ever-Victorious Army, twi€e defectedto the Taipings,
officer of thei unit, so that for example the Assistant King's the secondtime aJter it must have been clear that they were
standardcarried the message:"Shih, the I wang, Commanding losing. He was captured in 1865 by Manchu forces and
Generalof fte Left AImy of the Taiping". Horvever,eyewitness 'accidentally drownedwh'le beingferriedacrossa river.
accounts suggest thatthiswasnot alwaysthecase.Eachdivision Taipingarmiesconsistedoverwhelninglyof infantry.They
alro had a black flag, which was only unturled for major neverhad access to the horsebreedingregionsof norlh China
assaults,wasneverallowedto retreat andcouldonly be stopped andso wereunablelo field nore ihan a few cavalry,although
by the deathofits bearer.Everyonehadto followit on painof theseseemto have been fairly good. They had few pistols,
death,swordsmen beingpostedin the rear to kill any soldier relying mainly on heavy swordsshapedlike the Turkish
who wavered, and Lindley says that the Imperialists seldon
tataSfian.sometimesthey wieldedone of theseifl eachhand,
withstood a black flag attack. inplying a high degreeof skill in horsemanship. On the only
Each of the five sub-unitsof a battalion or higher formation occasionon which Taiping cavalry encounteredthe Ever
hadthe title of company,battalionetc., of the right,left, front, VictoriousArmy, at Waisooin March1864,they succeeded in
rcar or centre, but battle accountssuggestthat this wasnot used breakinghastily-formedinfantry squaresand inflicting 320
as the basisfor battlefieldd€ployment.Insteadeachdivision casualties on two regiments.Lindleysaysthat whenhe joaned
wassplitinto three"brigadej', oneof veteranswith at leastsix the rebelsthey had no field artilleryat all, but he suppliedthe
yean' service,one of men with three to six yea$, and one, FaithfulKingwith threeFrench6'pounders. Otherwise theonly
usuallythe largest,of new recruits.Within eachbrigadethe best artillery used by them were the obsolete garrison pieces
menwereemployedascavalryor musk€teers, the secondbest capturedin cities. The infantry was not padcularly well-
equippedwithjingalsor halberds,andthe restwith spears.An equipped,and no morethan a third hadfireams. Thesewere
almy alsocontainedabout 7,000non-combatant cooliesplus genemlly ancient matchlocks,lvhich were slow to reload and
officers' servants,who often reloaded their guns for them in useless in wet weather.Accordingto Lindley, wheneverthe
battle.In additiontherewere guardunitsoutsidethe normal Taipingsmet Englishmenthey would bring them gunswith
army stru€ture-For example,the FaithtulKing in 1859had a broken lockswhich their own craftsmenwere unableto repair.
bodyguard of5,000,allvetennsftomKwangsiandmostlyMiao Thejingals heavymatchlocks firedfroma tripodor restedon a
tribesmen,who were distirguishedby their very long hair, wallin sieges werecrcwedbyup to fourmeneach.Inthe1860s
whichtheywoundaroundtheirheadsandnecksfor protection. someunitsgot hold of moremodemweapons,eithersupplied
The flagsof this unit were green. dircctlyor capturedfrom the Imperialists;theseincludednot
Discipline,asmentionedabove,wasvery strict,maintained only per€ussion musketsbut Mini6 andEnfieldifles andeven
by €onstantdecapitations, andlootingwasin theoryforbidden, Dreyseneedle-guns, but thei effectivenessin the handsofmen
 not Foperly trained to use them must have been limited. The smallishrivercraft, eithersailing junksoroar-propeledgalleys,
Drcyse rifle in particular was unpopular with the Chinese but someof the old paddle'wheel ships,drivenby meninside
becauseo{ the fragility of its firing mechanism.Men hom the the hull operatinga treadmill,mayslill havebeenin useon the
northem prcvinces often preferred bows, which $ere both Yangtse.They werecetainly seenin rhe southby the Bntish
faster-firing and mote accurate than matchlocks. Other duringthe Opium Warsand attracteda lot of attention,beins
weaponswere short swords carriedby all infantry- traditional wronglyrhought ro becopies of European paddle,reamen. A
halberdsand bamboo spears,often crudely-made,with shaJts rumberofChinesegunboats, flat bortomedrivercraftabout40
between8 and l8 feet in length. In siegesand shipboardfighting feet long and propelledby a sweepover the stern.were also
other traditionalChineseweaponswere popular, especially capturedfrom the lmperialists. Theseeachmounredonesmall
repeatingcrossbows,fire-lances,fireuacken (usedto startlean 6-o' 9-pounder in rhebo$< Taipingeffonsro acquire wesrem
enemyor createa divenion)and smokebombs. steamshipsdid not comero much;rheyseemto havehadtwo by
Normal Taiping unifom consistedof a shon jacket, usually about1863.but I know of no recordof their usein a€rion_
red, with black trousersand a silk sasharoundthe waistholdine
the sword and somerimesone or more pistols. Unlike th;
Imperialists, whoshavedthehont of theirheadsandplaitedth€ TIIE IMPERIALISTS
hairat thebackintoa danglingpigtail,therebelsgrewthehhair The armyofthe Ch'ingdynastyin the early1850sconsisted oI
longandwoundthepigtailaroundthehead,tyingit with a piece two separate forces.The firstwastheoiginaleight _Banners",
of cloth in the form of a turban, the end of the pigtail hanging or Manchuarmies,which had conqueredthe Ming in 1644,
like a tasseloverthe left shoulder.In summera strawhat was €omp sing a rotal of about 200,000Bannernen.Thesewere
worn, often dchly embroidered,aswere the shoeswhich came descendants of the Manchuconquerors,compelledby law to
in a wide varietyof colours.In winter,fur jacketswereoften serveassoldiels,but no longerbyanymeansan6lite.Halfwere
wom over the uniform. Guard units had distinctive uniforrns, staaionedaroundPekiflg,half in garrisonsin the provin€es,
such as the force of 500 elite musketeersemployed by the whereidlenessunderminedtheir moraleandencourased them
Faithtul King, who werc dressedentirely in black silk. The to neglect therrrrainrng. Howeverrhesecond eleme;rot rhe
colourof theturban,like thatof theflags,wasuniformwithinan army, the nativeChinese"Green Standard"troops.waseven
army, and we hear of different armiesbeingknown by their red worse. Fear of rebellion forced the Manchusto keep the
or yellow turbans; the edges of the ja€kets could also be Chinesesoldiersscatteredaroundthe countryin smallgarri
embroideredin a uniform facingcolour. Silk patcheswere sewn sons,eachwatchedoverbyasmallercontingent ofBannermen,
to the front andbackof the jacketsbearing€haracteNgivingthe and wheninsurrectiondid break out the forcesassembled to
mnk and unit of the wearer, a practi€e also common among dealwith it consisted ofmen from differentregionsandofficers
Imperial forces.High-ranking Taiping officerswore long red or whohadneverworkedtogetherandwerejealousofeachother.
bluerobes,with a silk scarfor hooddecoratedwith ajewelfixed Fewunitswereup to strength,owingro the corruptpracticeof
to the front. Lindleysaysthat only the veryhighesrrankswore officersclaimingpayfor moremen$an thcv hadrecruitedand
yellow,but the illustrationsin his book showthiscolourbeing pocketingthe difference.Brine (see Bibliography)givesa
wom by quitejuniorofficers,aswell asby everyonepresentat suspiciouslyexact total for the Green Standardarmy, as
one of the Faithtul King's councilsof war. The robesof the follows:
Wangswererichlydecorated with dragonsandothertraditional Garrisoninfantry 320,927
Chinesesymbohof lank. Mobileidantry 194,815
Tactics were quite sophisticated.The rebeh could deploy Cavalry 87,O94
npidly from column of march into line of battle, screenedby
Total,excludingofficers 602,836
skirmishers, and usually formed up in successivefour-deep
lines, with the worst troops, armed with spears,in front,
musketeers behindand the €avalryeitherin reseweor on the He admits,however,thatonlyabouta tenthofthisforcewason
flanks.Lindleyhasan interestingaccountof their methodof activeserviceat any one time, the restfollowingtheir civilian
resisaingcavalry,not normally a srrongpoint of Chinesetroops. tradesuntilcalledup, anda.y provincewouldbe luckyto have
The filst line would form hollow circles of speamen, facing 20,000troopsavailablewhen needed.Comparedto the total
outwards, and the second consistedof halbediers in similar populationof China, about 400 million, the proportionof
formation, th€ir rings blocking the gapsbetweenthose of the soldien was thus very low, so local militiasof very variable
fint line. Within thesecircleswere placedeither jingalsor quality had 1o supplementthe regulars,especiallyin the
musketeenthe latter forming a second,movingcircleinsidethe outlyingprovinces.
speamen, runningto the front to fire and back againto reload, Thereis little that needbe saidaboutImpe alistequipment,
thus maintaining a continuous fire. The spearmenknelt and as weaponswere basicallysinilar to thoseof the Taipings,
braced their weapons againsi the ground to protect the althoughthe organisation and tacticsof the regularswereless
musketeersfiom the Manchuhorsemen,v./howould be fired on strictlydefined.Onlyin artillery- mostlyheavy,immobileand
from severaldirectionsif they attemptedto dde round the rings. usingpoor-qualilypowder and cavalrywere the Manchus
At the batdebfHu-kanthistacticforcedthe enemytofallback, superiorto the rebels. Even so very few fietd guns w€re
their retreat being tumed into a rout by the timely inteflentior availableandmuchof the Imperialistartillerywasprovidedby
of 2,000Taiping cavalrywhich had been held back on the right inaccuraterocketswith arrowheads attached.The bestof the
wing. Taiping infantry werc also trained to firc disciplined cavalry was recruited from Moneolia and referred to as
volleys on command, but seem ro have fallen short of the "Tarta$" by the British; they were, however,kept under
desired standardsof a€curacy,Lindley describing how their centralcontrolin the north andonly usedagainstthe Taipings
standardbearers,leadingthe atiacks,werein asmuchdanger whenthey threatenedPekingin 1853-54- They foughtmainly
from the _*ondertullyeccentnc \hootingof lheir own menas with bowsandlances.Similiarlyequipp€dManchuandChinese
cavalrywasmorecommonlyencountered, but generallylacked
There wasalsoa Taiping nary, mostly mannedby the menof fightingspiril. Althoughin theoryall the ManchuBannermen
Honan Province who also provided the crewsof the Imperial had to practiseriding and archery, in fact most had to fight as
gunboats,and severalquite largebattleswere foughton the infantry due to shortageof horsesin the south.It is likely,
Yangtseand the lakeson its tributaries.Vesselswere mostly however,that bows,whetherusedmountedor on foot, would
 have been more €ommonamongthem rhan in the Taiping thatthe Chinese occasionallyacquiredEuropeanshoesin order
to trick the rebels,by leavingtheir footprintsin soft ground,
Until 1860the Bannersand GreenStandardforcesformed into believingthat they were opposedby foreigners.As was
the bulk of the Ch'ing armies, but gradualythe obvious usualanong Chinesearmies,flagswere usedin extravagant
superiorityof the methodsusedby TsengKuo-fanled to the profusion, as much as a psychologicalwarfare device as for
generaladoptionof hissystemof organisation. In 1853,afterthe communication purposes. Manywereadornedwith picturesof
Taipingshad passedthrough Hunan, he had organisedthe tigers, dragons and other ter lying creatures, but abstract
"Hunan Army", a forceou$ide the regulararmy,whichlater pattemswerealsocommon,thoughwrittencharacters wereless
becamethe model for the "Anhwei Army" and others. A so.Onebelongingto anlmperialistgeneralwasplainredwith a
/t/rg'lirg or genemlcommanded up to a dozenbattalions,
each largewhitecirclein the middle.Like thoseofthe rebels,flags
of 500 troops and 150 labouren; the fighting men were wereusuallytriangular,and couldbe very large.
organisedinto €ompanies of 100,each$th 10 platoonsof 10
rnen. Each officer picked his own subordinates, who were The ImperialNavyalsoplayeda largepart in the suppression
replacedor transferedwilh him, thus buildingup very close ofthe rebellionalongthe greatrivers.The mainstayof the fleet
personalties which resultedin a high degreeof discipline, was the force of small gunboatsdescribedabovein the section
loyaltyand communication betweenofficersand men. lt also on the Taipings, whi€h often supportedoperationson land by
helpedthat, in contrastto the GreenStandardarmy, all the firing grapeshot. Theyeachhada crewof aboutten men.More
troops were from one prcvince and understood each other's significant,however,at leastonthe lowerYangtse,wherethey
diale€t. Promotion was on merit, and pay, even for the workedin conjunctionwith the Ever-VictoriousArny, were
rank-and-file, wastwicethat ofthe GreenStandards. Thiswas the iron paddle-steamers acquiredfrom the Europeans. There
paid for out of local revenues,which prcved to be a far more wereno morethanfourofthese availableat anyonetime, but
efficientsystemthantheoldoneofsendingthemoneyto Peking Wilsondescribes themaseachbeingequalto 3,000men.As an
andthengeuingit backagain,with officialstakinga cutat every example,thellFor was90feetlong,24feetwideanddrewonly
stage.The HunanArmy, includingcavalry,eventuallyreached 4 feet of water.Shehad a 32-poundergun at the bow and a
a strengthof 132,000.Tacticalsenseand disciplinewere far 12-pounderhowitzerat the stern, with a clew of about 40.
superior to those of the traditional Chinesefor€es, and Wilsonsaysthat the captainsof thesesteamerswere mostly
especially in their approach to fodfying their €amps and AmedcaDs."who handleriver-boatsof this classbetter than
undertakingsiegesthe new armiesgainedthe respectof the Englishmendo". On occasionthey caughtTaiping forces
most uitical European observers. Andrew Wilson's opinion moving along the river-banks in closeorder and inflicted very
(seeBibtiography)is worth quoting;"As sappers,the Chinese heavylosseson them,asfor exampleat Quinsanin May 1863,
are equalto any Europeans.They work wetl; are quite cool, whenabout4,000Taipingsaltemptingto breakout ofthe town
fromtheirapatheticnature;and,howevergreattheirlosses, do alonga causeway w€re massacred by fire ftom the flyron.
not becomerestlessunderfire like Europeanj'.
Weapons, however,remainedprimitive,especialyin Tseng's
ownarmies,althoughhiscolleague inKiangsu,Li Hung-chang, THE EVER.VICTORIOUSARMY
equippeda propodon of hismenwith modernfirearmsandset The role of foreign troops in the suppressionof the Taipingshas
up arsenalsto manufactureamnunition. Eventuallysomeof usuallybeenexaggerated, especiallythat of Gordon and the
theseweaponspercolatedthroughto Tseng,but it is unlikely EvervictoriousArmy. TheLondonandChinaExprcssof lqth
thatmorethana fewplatoonsper battalioneverreceivedthem. October186,1 evenwent so far as to boastthat "The Taeping
Li. however.wasableto field wholebartalions with Enfieldand monsterhasbeencrushed by Britishskillandvalour".In facr,as
Dreyse dfles, trained by Bdtish and French officels, by 1863. even Gordon admitted,his troops, averagingabout 3,000,
Somelightis shedon thepeculiarproblemsofChinesercgional couldneverplaymorethana minor rcle in a waron thisscale.
armiesby thesupplyarrangements of Tseng'sHunanArmy and Nevertheless they provideda very useful"cutting edge"for
Li's Anhwei (or Huai) AImy. The former, consistingof men theirImperialistallies,mainlythroughtheuseof theirartillery.
from the rice-growingprovinceof Hunan, was found to be The Chinesesharedthe nineteenth'century Bitish attitudeof
unableto operatein the grain-farminglands north of the totalconfidence in theirsuperioityoverotherpeoples.andthe
Yangtsebecause the troops€ouldnot digestbread.Li's men, opinionsof each side on their allies often make amusing
however,camemostly from the borders of the rice and wheat reading.Li Hung-chang, for exampl€,couldnot rid himserof
regions,in Honan and Anhwei provinces,and so could eat the idea that his allieswer€ simplypdvilegedservantso{ the
bread,noodlesor rice. They *ere thus ableto fight over a much ChineseEmperor,sorhatwe find him apologising to the court
wider areawithoutsupplydifficillties.I havecomeacrossno for not havinggot round to making ward shavehis head,
similar informationfor the Taipings,but it would not be describingGordon as "quite obedient" and assuringhn
surpdsingif ihe lack of rice in the north wasone of the reasons supe ols that afterthewar "he maynot causeanytrouble,or if
for thefailureof theirKwangsitroopsin thePekingexpedition. he does,your o{ficialcan rein hin in sharply".On the other
Information on the appearanceof Imp€rial troops, many of hand, the British communityin China was on the whole
whom were uniformed, is relatively easily available (see for unhappyabout one of Her Majesty'sofficersservingunder
exampleIan Knight's Osprey title listed in the Bibliography). foreigncommand,so that the relationshipbetweenthe two
Blue was the most popular colour for jackets or surcoats,with forceswasalsoprecarious. Li's opinionon the Ever-Victorious
yelow and brown also common; the Victoia and Albert Army, that it was "not really reliable", and, apart from its
Museum has a jacket lvom by an infantryman from Li artillery,"of no use", was nevertheless suppo(edby several
Hung-chang's amy after the end of the rebellion,when the Britishobservers. Gordonhimself,agreeingto the proposalto
armywasstationednearPeking.It is nade of brightbluehemp disbandthe forcein 1864.wrotethat "I considertheforceeven
clothwith awideredboder, pipedinwhite,at hem,collarand under a B tish officer a most dangerouscollectionof men,
cuffs. On the front is the usual disc with charactercgiving the neverao be dependedon and very expensive.In my opinion
man'sunit and rank. Trouse$ werc usuallywhite and hats morewould be done by a force of Chineseunder their own
.black. Mandarinswore long rcbes and straw hats with red officen, who do not want for bravery when properly in-
plumes,and Impedalisttroops could often be distinguished
ftom Taipingsby their highleatherorfelt boots.It is recorded The root of the probtemlay with FrederickWard, who had
u
recruited its officers ftom amongthe European and American
driftersofthe Shanghai docks,manyofthem with no rnilitary XCDo
experienceand no liking for discipline.They had set a bad
exampleto the troopsunder their cornmand,and Gordon's
attemptsto imposeproperstandards provokeda rnutinywhich <nao'.goDs
hadto be put downby {orce.Evenafterhe hadrestoredorder
the armyremainedbasicallyan irregularforce,usetulfor swift peoloc1cXtoDs
assaults but lackingthe patiencefor prolongedsiegewarfare.
The mencouldnot be persuaded to entrenchtheircampsasthe
Imperialisr! did or to undenakean) kind ol engineenng or
construclionwork, and were apt 10 desen if deployedin a TI{EEVER INCREASING SAMURAI
locaiitywheretheysawno chanceolplunder.Nevertheless the
TheonceDixon'slsmmSamurairange,isfindingnewsuccessin
Ever-VictoriousAImy did have strengths;its guns, the
it's newdesignerlable.Thals why this yearit's beenexpanded/
steamenwith whichit operated,andthe desperate braveryof wiahthe following;
someof its officen. Thesewerea mixtureof British, French,
American, German, Spanishand Scandinavian,only one SAMCAV7Htd.W ior Monk,withbow
SAMCAV 8, Mtd. W ior Monkwirh Nasinata
Chineseofficer beingappointed,but the men were natives, SAM3t Ashigaru, kneelingwith
Yari
mostly from Honan Province.Ward had originally relied SAH +0 Comnander,charginswith WadanandKatana
heavilyon "Manilamen", Filipinosfrom Shanghai, andafterhis SAM+2 Ashigaru, chargingwirh Katana,
andConchshell
reorganisation of 1861still employeda numberasbodyguards. SAI'I50 Ashisaru, runningwithBow
Both Chineseand Filipinoswere fairly good troops given SAH52 W ior Monk,charging withTetsubo
reasonable leadership,but were taughtonly the rudimentsof Alsocomingsoon
Europeandrill-asdescribedabove,theonlyoccasion on which SAMl3 Wa.rior Monk/wirhNabqrityp€Banner
theyhadto form squareagainstTaipingcavalrywasa disaster. SAM,14Wario. MonkCommander, charsingwirhWarfanandKarana
The total force consisted of six infantry regiments, each SAM5l Ashigaiu, kn€elinsholdingbow
SAM5{ WariiorMonk,atrh€readvwithKarar
supposedto have 500 men divided into six companiesbut SAM55 Ashicaru, in strawruincoat
wirhKatana
usually understrength,four batteries of siegeand two of field
artillery.In 1863therewere altogethertwo 8-inchhowitzers, tor DeGil,
anda catalosue, wnh5 sampksend f2.00 tol
four 32-pounderguns, three 24-pounderand twenty-two Two DragonsProductioff
l2'pounder howilzefs,eighl 4%-inch mountain howitzers, 70, Luck tane.
fburteenmortarsandsixtocket-tubes. eachpie€ewith upto500 l.{arslL Huddersfiel4
Wen Yorkrhlrs HDI 4QX.
rounds.This force was usuallytranspo(edby boat and was
extremelyfornidable by Chinesestandards, notjust be€ause of or phoneto484l4%767. Wecanrakeallmajorcreditcards.
its numbersbut alsobecause $e bestmenwereconcentrated in
the a illery, whose performancewas of a high standard,
especiallyin siegeoperations.The infantry were equipped
mostlywith smoothborepercussion muskets,but about 1,000 CommanderL. Btine, RN. The TaepingRebe ion in China,
Dreyseand300Enfieldrifleswerealsoin use.The menwore JohnMuray, 1862.
brown uniformswith greenturbans,and red and geen flags TheCambridgeHis@ryof Clrra, Vol. 10,CambridgeUniversi-
were carriedfor identification.Ward, Gordon and many of ty Press.
their officersfought in civilianclothes,the two commandeE J- Chesneaux, et al-, CftrraFrom the OpiumWarcto thetgtl
usuallyarmedonly with a cane;in accordance with their ideas Revoldor,. HarvesterPress.1977.
or discipline,it may be assumed that the appearance of most C- Hibbert. The Dra]on Wakes China and the West,
officers would have been fairly scruffy. I 793-191 I, Lor,glri.an,1910.
L Knight, QueenVi.toria's Enemies(4): Asid, Austalaia and
theAmericas,Osprey"Men-at-Armi' seriesno. 224,1990.
TIIE REBELLION AS A WARGAME A.F. Lindley ("Linle"). Ti-Pins Tien K\|oh The Histoty of
It will be obviousto anyonewho hasfollo*ed the storythisfar the Ti-PingRevolution,Day and Son, 1866.(Don1 take any
rhat the TaipingRebellionhasa lot ro otfer d\ a wargaming noticeofwhatWilsonsaysinhisbook seebelow- Lindleymay
period.Any setof "colonial"rulesshouldcoverthe weapons have been a rogue,and is ce(aidy biasedin favour of the
involved (except perhaps the firecracken and repeating Taipines(his book stans, "This work has been wnren rn
crossbows?), althoughthe rebels'combinationof sophisticatedaccordance with instructionsreceivedftom the leadersof the
tacticswith primitiveweaponrymay be difficultto fit into the $eat TiPing revolution in China"), but he is a valuable
conventional "nativehordes"stereotype. As for figures,several eyewitness and the book is greatentertainment).
manufacturenmakeBoxerRebellionrangeswhichwill do for F. Michael,Tre TaipingRebeion: Hittory and Documents,
the Imperialists, andwith a little conversion ofheadgearlorthe Univenityof Washington Piess,Seattle,1966. (A three,volume
Taipingsas well, but in 25mm.the new WargamesFoundry workin whicharetranslated all the imponanrdocuments issued
"Chinese,1839to 1900"would be th€ bestbett their lndian
by the Taipings,religiousand civil aswell as military).
Mutiny range includes some B tish offi€ers for the Ever' J. Spence, Zo Chanqe China - Westen Advisets in China,
VictoriousArmy, and togetherwith rhe Crimea rangewiu 162r-196r,PenguinBooks,1980.
provideBitish and Frenchregularsif required.Therecanbe A. Wilson,TheEvetvictorroar/4rny, WilliamBlackwoodand
few more colourful possibilitiesfor the figure painter than the Sons.1868.Reprintedby creenhillBooks,1991.(As biasedthe
armiesof thisDeriod. other way as Lindley is for the rebels,but a detailedand
fascinatingcontemporaryaccount. Even lists the wounds
sufferedby the officersin a wayalmostreniniscenrofHomer).
BIBLIOGRAPHY And, lastbut not least,F/dd,manandtheDragonby Georye
M. Barthorp, The BritLthArmy on Campaign,1856-1881,MacDonaldFraser;fiction, but an ideal introducrionto the
Osprey"M€n-at-Ams" seriesno. 198,1988-
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WttDBonnCmsr
TnrGnrnrRrcrruoNT
1841
30 fANUARY,
by Guy Halsall

INTRODUCTION
whilstworkinginthe archivesinMetzin Summer1988(and,as
rny friendswill know, my researchcouldnot be muchfunher
renovedfrommid'nineteenth cenluryFrenchmililaryhistory),
I came acrossrather an amusinganecdotein Verronais'
Statistique de LaDapa ementde I.t Mosele. This, I insuntly
realised,was a naturalsubjectfor an 'afteFdinnergame'andso
I offer for your delightand delectationthe Great Richemont
wild-Boar Chase.

SCENARIO
The historicalbackgroundto this gameis brieflytold. On 30
January,1841,towards5 o'clock in the evening,a pack of
seventeen wild boars,havingcrossed lhe riverOrne,burstfrom
the woodsinto the villageof Richemontin Moselle(on ihe left
bankof theMoselle,not far northof Metz).Onewasshotdead
andanotherwoundedby a localfanner,M. F6lixBertrand,but
the restbadto be chasedoff'a coupde sabre'by troopsofthe 3 3. Move chasseurs and/orM. Bertrand.
emeChasseurs d Cheval,who happenedto be cantonedin the 4. Evaluateany sabre-cuts, firing or goringby rhe boars.
village.I think youwill agreethat thisis a worthysubjectfor a
gameofthe same'after-dinner'genreasthosepresented in the
pastinthismagazine orits predecessor, (on the subjectsof, for DRAMATISPERSONAE
example,Napoleonicfox-hurting, theEstonianhorserace,and
Lhehunr lor the Greal Boar of Calydon).BeforeprogressrngThe Chaiseuru
(givethemeacha suitablyFrenchname)you
anyfurther,I muststatein advancethat manyof the ideasfor For eachchasseur
will need a record cardfor the rider and his horse.Eachrider
this gamecome,howeverindirecdy,from the articleson the
needs a horsemanship factor, a swordsmanship factor, a
subj€ctsjust mentioned,and others by the likes of Arthur goingtousethefire armsoption)and
the fact. shooting factor(ifyou are
Haman, and I duly acknowledge
a numberof hit points.Theseare determinedasfollows:
Horsemanship: the scoreon I x AD.
THE GAME Swordsnanship: I + the scoreon I x D6.
Shootingi The score on 1 x AD.
You will need:
Hit-points: 6 + the score on 1 x AD.
Sevent€enwild boar figures (I think lrregular Miniatures
producesuchmodelsand I m sureihey are not alone): Ifyou like you canhaveseparateshootingfactorsfor pistols
I suggest tenchasseur The
figures. 1841uniform is illuslrated andcarbine-
in its'full dress'form-I doubt whetheranyooeproducesany Their Hors€s
suchfiguresspecifically(thoughthesedaysl m not sure).but Horses need three fa€tors: speed, agility and hit-points,
theremay be troopsin very sinilar uniformshiddenawayin determinedas follows:
variousmid-nineteenth-century ranges.In any case,however. Speed:Throw 1 x D6. I or 4 = a factorof 4.
thc roops involvedwere almostcertainlyclothedin various 2 or 5 : a factorof 5.
undressuniform.particularlyforagecapsand.giventhetimeof 3 or 6 = a factorof 6.
year, greatcoats.NapoleonicchasseurswiU probably do, Agility: The scoreon 1 x AD.
especially if they are in such'campaigndress'.If, by anazing Hit-points:10 + the scoreon I x AD.
coincidence. youhaveNapoleons llth Hussarsin1813uniform
(with the tall shako) these will look pretty well id€ntical M. Bertand
(particularlyif theyarc wearingthepelisseasa jacket,or not at F6lix Bertrandsimplyhasa shootingfactorof 5-
au):
One farmerBerirand figurei The Boars
Terrainas shownin the mapi Give eachboara hit-pointratingof 6 + th€ scoreon 1 x AD.
I x Averagedice(AD). 1x D6. I x D10.
Pensand paper.
I umpire(who alsodetermines
elevenplayersfor the chasseurs
how the boarsact)andup to
and M. Bcrtrand. 1he Toliage 1aclory
TERRAIN& PAINTSFOR
S€quenc€of Play THE MODELI,ER& WARGAMER
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2. Determinewhetherthis causesany horsesto rear and/or Grenoside, Sheffield S30 3R.'.
boh. Telephone Dave on (0?42) 46108?
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MOVEMENT - up to 4 unlts
The hones (and their riden, if aboard)have four kinds of At the gallop up to 2 units
movement:walk, trot, canterand gallop. lfthe horseis tumedby morethanrhisit rn.y fall or rear (see
'excessiveturns' in 'StayingUpright' below).
= 1xthe horse'sspeedfacror (incms.).
Trot = 2xihe horse'sspeedfactor(incms.). Men on foot may walk up to &m per move and run up ro 8cm
Canter = 3 xthe horse'sspeedfactor(in cms.). per move.They may not run continuously for morethan five
Gallop = 4 x theho15e'sspeedfactor(in cms.) . movesunlessa boar is after them,
'Ihe
boarsmoveby dicethrows.Nomally they will moveat
Thusa horsewith a speedfactorof 4 canwalk up to 4cmper 10cmper movein the directionshownin the map.Oncein the
move.lrol between4.I and8cm.canrer berseen8.I andI2im, built up area.or if puriuedby a human.rhet witt moveas
or gallopbetween12.1and 16cmper move. follows:
Throw I x D6 per boar: I = stop dead
Changei in sp€€dare permitaedas follows: 2 : slowto 5cm
A horsemaymoveup onelevelper move.Thus,ifthe horse 3 : 10cmDermole
in our exampleaboveis trottingat 6cmpermove,it may,in one 4 : 10cmper move
move,moveup to the canterand increaseits speedto up to 5 : 15cmper move
12cmpermove.lnthe followingmoveit mayincrease irs speed 6 = 20cm per move
againand gallopup to 16cmper move.
A horsemay slow down in a similarway, by one levelper Throw l xDloandconsulttable2 for changes in direction.lf
move.The only exceptionto this is stopping.A horsemay be a boarchanges directionandcrossesa horse'spath,*ithin 2 cm
reignedin and stoppedat any speed,but if it is canreringir $iI ofthe horse,the horsewill rear.See'suddenstoos'in Stavins
rearon a scoreof5 or6 on 1x D6, andifitis gallopingir will rear Uprighi below. The horse witt, in addirionland afieithi
on a scoreof4, 5 or 6 on I x D6. See'suddensrops'in.Staying resolutionofwhetherornotthe ridersrays on) boh on a scoreof
Upright' below. 6on1xD6.
Horsesm.y tum as accordingto rable 1. A holse may thus A bolting ho^e movesat ful gallopin the direcrionin whichit
tum twiceasfastin an anti-clockwise direction.Thisis basedon is facing, attempting to jump any obstaclein its path (except
the(quitepossiblyeroneous) assumption that,with reinsin left housesand other linear obstaclesdesignedas impassable of
hand and sabrein right it is easierto tum the horsein that cource).See'Staying Upright below.Everytime it tumsmore
direction(Frenchchasseurs werenot BadmintonHorseTrials than the amountallowedto a gallopinghorse(though you may
finalists). count all tums asanti-clockwisetums) test to seeif it throws its
Eachunit turnedcountsas lcm moved- rider (see'StayingUprighf below).A horsemay be stopped
Therearelimitson theamounrbywhicha horsemaybetumed: ftom boltingby throwing I x D6. addingthe dder's horse-
- no limit manshipfactorands€oring8 or more.Only oneattempttostop
- uP to 6 units the ho$e is allowedper move, and the attemptcan only be
 n
madeafterthe derhasthrownto seewhetherornot hestayson
the horsethat move(see'StayingUpright' below). 2:Boar[hanqes
of Difection.
Linear obstaclesare classifiedby the umpire as'easy',
'medium','difficult' or 'impassable'.For men and horses,if
crossed,'easy'obstacles countaszcmor the physicalwidth of
the obstacleon the table,whicheveris th€ greater.'Medium'
obstaclescount as4.m or the physicatwidth of the obstacleon
thetable,whichever is thegreater.'Difficult'obstacles€ountas
6.m or the physical width of the obstacleon the table,
whicheveris the $eater. In addition,horseand rider haveto
cross,for which see 'linear obstacles'in 'StayingUpdght'
below. The umpire may decide that certain obstacles are
passableonly to mounted men. Obstacleswhich require
junping by menon foot arecrossed on a scoreof 4, 5 or 6 on l x
D6; otherwisesimply deductthe movementpenalty. Some
obstactes(mainlystonewalls)will be impassable to boa$, but I
suggestthat streamsandhedgesdo not slowthemdownat all.
Hones needa 5cm'run up'in a straightline beforetheycan
jump something.
horseattemptsan easyobsta€leafter only moving3cm in a
Ic€ Patches the difficultyis increased
straightlineupto theobstacle, fron 8
The umpire may nominate certain areas of the table as icy to 10).
patches.Any horsecrossingthem will skid on a scoreof 0 on 1 x
Dr0forawalkingholse,0or l on 1x D 10for a trottinghone,0, 'Ice Skids'
I or2 on 1x D10for a canteringhorse,or 0, 1,2 or 3 on 1x D10 Difficultyratingof 7 for a walkinghorse,8 for a trottinghorse,9
for a gallopinghorse.Thensee'iceskidJ in 'StayingUpright' for a €anteringhorseand 10 for a gallopingholse.
Throw 1 x D6 and add the hone's agility and the rider's
horsemanship factor.If the resultis equalto or greaterthanthe
STAYING T]PRIGHT difficulty rating the horse and rid€r stay upright. lf not they go
(see'Damage'below).
In ceftaincases,theremaybe a chancethata horsewill throwits down
For a nder to stayon a boltinghorsethrowI x D6. If theresult
riderby rearing,or by failingto crossan obstacle.Inthe latter factor,hestayson.If
is equalto or lowerthanhishorsemanship
caseit may fall itself.Sucheventualitieseachhavea difficulty
not he falls (see'Damage'below).
rating.
'SuddenStops'
If the horsercars,a difficultyratingof 8. Sab.e-cuts
For a riderto cul at a boarwithhissabre hemustendhismovein
'Exc€ssive tums' base-to-base contactwith the boar,with the boaron his righi.
A difficulty of 8 + I for every extra excessiveunit tumed, after Then see'Damage'below.
thefirst(e.g. a gallopinghorcelurnedthrough,l unitsltwo more Shooting
than are allowedlfacesa difficuhyratingof 9). M. Bertrand'strustymusket(or rifle) hasa rangeof 30cm.
The chasseun'carbines(if you equip them with such)havea
'Linear obstacl€s' rangeof 15cm.
Easy difficulty rating of 8 The chasseufs' pistols(if you equipthem with such)havea
Medium difficultyrating of l0 range of 5cm.
Difficult difficulty rating of 12 Take the shootingfactor of the firer, add or deductaccording
to the direction in which the boar is moving in r€lation to the
If hones have not moved 5cm in a straight line before firer (seetable 3), andthrov,/I x D6. Deduct two from the score
atiemptingthe jump add I to the abovefor eachcm lessthan if firing mounted. If the resull is greaterthan 8 then the boar is
5cm they did movein a straightline beforejumping(e.g.if a hit (see'Damage'below).

3,Shooiing.

.1

1
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Boar Charges Add 2 to the scoreif, for whateverotherreason,the manand
If a boar is in a siluationwhereit cannotmoveexceptto pass boar remainfightingfor a wholemove.
within5cmofa human,it willchargeon a scoreof4,5 or6on 1x Woundedmendeductthenunberofhit,pointstheyhavelost
D6. Ifthe humancompletelyblocksits pathir will chargeon a so far, from their score.
scoreof 3,,1, 5 or 6 on I x D6. Otherwiseit will move as If the resultis greaterlhan 8 deductone hit,pointfrom the
a€cordingtoa dicethrow,exceptwherethe humancompletely boarfor everypoint by whichthe resultexceeded 8.
blocksits path, whenit will staywhereit is.
I{chargeda holsewill rear.asusual.Ifthe riderstayson, he Example I
may avoidthe chargeby addinghishorsemanship factorto his The greatestswordsman in France(swordsmanship factor:10)
horse'sagilityfactor,throwing1x D6 andscoringmorethan11. ends his mov€ with a boar on his right hand side. He is
Ifthe boarcharges home,he will inflict 1x D6 hit-pointson the thundeingalongat 24cmperrnove.whilstthe boaris travelling
horse.A scor€of5 or 6 will bing downthe holseandthrowthe atonly 5cmper move.He throwsa 6. takinghisscoreup to 16,
rider. A scoreof four will causethe horseto buck (throw as but the{actthatthedifference betweenhisspeedandtheboarh
according to a rearinghorseto seewhetherthe riderstayson). is lgcrnpermove.forceshim to deduct7 frornthis.givingafinal
A horsewhichgoesdownandsuffen5 hit-pointsmaygetup the scor€of9.9 isonemorethan8 soon€hit-pointis deducred from
nextmoveandbolt off. Ifit sufferedsixhit points,however,it
musttake one moveto set to its feet-
A dismounted manmayavoida chargeby throwinga 6on 1x Example2
D6. If he is armedwithagun, he mayfire at the boarbeforehe A chasseur with a swordsmanship factorof 7 hasbeenthrown
triesto avoidthecharge,butmustdeduct2 from hisscorewhen from his horseandsuffereda two hitlpointsworth of damage.
decidingwhetheror not he hashitthe boar.lfhe failsthe boar Theboarchargeshim. Hefailstoavoidthecharge. Hethrowsa
inflictsI x D6 hit-poinrson the Inan. 4 on thedice.Addingthisto hh swordsmanship factorgivesI 1
After a successful charge,throw 1 x D6. A scoreof 1 or 2 We must add two for the fact that the man and boar are in
meansthe boarrunsoff. A scoreof 3 or 4 meansil retumsto combalfor rhewholemove,but alsod€duct2 for the2 hit points
attack the man (woundedor unwoundedman on foot, or of damagewhichhe hassuffered,keepingthe scoreat 11.He
thrownrider;iftherewasno rider,it runsof0. A scoreof 5 or6 inflicts3 hi1-points (i1 8) on the boar.The boar (or rarherthe
meansit returnsto attacka horsewhichhasgonedown,or (if no umpire),throws a 5. which inflicts a further five pointsof
horsewasinvolved)a woundedman {if no horseor wounded damageon the rider.
nan is involved,it runsoff). Horseswhichhaveto staydo*n for When a man, horseor boar has lost its total numberof
a move,thrownridersandmenwho havesufferedfour or morc hit points he/it is dead. Horseswhich have lost yr of their
hit-pointsofdamagemaynot avoidthe charge,Woundedmen hit pointsmayno longergallop;thosewhichhavelost'[ of their
may still shootif their gunsare loaded.Men with sabresmay hit pointsmayno longercanter orgallop.Menwho havelostya
alsodefendthemselves. of their hit'pointsmay no longerrun.

DAMAGE RESULTS
Whena horsefalls,throw 1x D6 andhalvethe result,rounding Wlen a boarentersthe woodson ahenorthemtableedseit is
down.The hone suffersthis numberof hit'pointsofdamage. deemedro hrve \ucceededIn rr. task. fhe boarsscore10.
Whena horsethrowsits rider.orwhen it falls.throw 1x D6 The chasseursscore20for eachboarkilled:l0foreach boar
and halve the resull, roundingdown. The rid€r suffersthis wounded;5 for eachboar forced to leavethe table by the
numberof hit-pointsin damage.ln addi.ion,if hewasthrownin eastern,westemor southernedges.
failingto cleara difficultjump, add 2 to the result.lfit wasa Theylose50for eachhorsekilledand75for eachmankilled.
mediumjump, add 1 They lose10for eachmanand 25 for eachhorsewounded.
Whenaboarhitsamanorahorse.orwhenamanhitsa boar These high scoresrepresentthe unspeakablerage of the
with a musket,carbineorpistolshot,throwI x D6. Theresultis regiment\ nar6chal des logis on hearingof any casualries I
the numberof hit-pointstakenoff the victim. sufferedin suchan idioticventure:'En chassant dessanglieF?
when a rider sabresa boar, throw I x D6, add his Imb€cilesl'( Chasingboars?Idiotsl') The rest is unprimable.
swordsmanship factor,and,if rider and boarare both moving M. Bertrandscores20 for eachboarshot dead;l0 for ea€h
addor deductas below:
Dillcrenc€in speedb€twe€nboarand Chasseur lactor In theoriginalengagement,
then,M. Bertrandscored 30,the
boarsscored300(assuningthe restall escaped
no h). andthe
+2 chasseurs (assumingtheysufferedno losses
andhit a thirdofthe
i".p",,nou" + 1 boad scored50.The boarswerethusdeclaredto be the €lear
0
-l In addition.youmaywantto addupscoresforeach chasseur
-1 individuallyand have an individualwinner; if put on as a
-2 participationgame,you night want to giv€ an overallwinner
awardto the teamwhichscoreshighestduringthe day.
-3
-3
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
You mayaddto the abovebasicscenarioin a numberofways:
12cmpermove 1. You nay arn the chasseurs with fire-arms.In theorythey
13cmpermove -5 couldhavea pistolanda carbineeacb,but I wouldnot give
6 them morc than ten fire'arms(of all kinds)betweenthem,
l5cmpermove 6 otherwisethe boarswill be blownaway.
locmpermov€,or more 7 2. You maydecideto adda little risk to the obstaclejumping,
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CLASHWITHTHEKHALSA
JOHNCOMPANY'S
WARGAMINGTHE ANGLO.SIKHWARS1845.1849
by TedBrown
Firins (sma[-arms,then a illery).
INTRODUCTION Melee.
The two warsbetweenthe British East India Company- "John Morale.
Company"-and theSikharmiesof the(raba -"the pure"-in FreshordeN and objectives.
1845 and 1848-49were perhaps the toughest fought by the Comnandersand ADC'S movement& casualties.
Britishduringtheir long phaseof expansionin India.
In the Sikhs of the Punjab the British faced a European TROOPTYPESAVAILABLE
fained and equippedforce of great disciplineand courage. British
Manyof thosewho trained(andin somecases led)the Sikhsin Bdtish regular infantry (Queen'sand Company's);British
battle were French officers and other veterans of the regular cavalry (Queen's);British regular field and horse
NapoleonicWars. artillery (Queen's).Queen'sunits are those of the British
In wargaming terms the Anglo-Sikh wars €an provide Army. Company units are the European troops of the East
interesting, colourful and well-balancedactions,especiallyfor India Company.
the Coloniatand Napoleonicwargamer.The battleswerethe
largestactionsfoughtby the BritishbetweenWaterlooandthe Indian
CrimeanWar. Indian regular infantry; Indian regular cavalry; lndian regular
In generalterms both the British and their Indian Sepoy horseartillery.
troopsandthe SikhsusedbasicallyNapoleonictactics,with the Indian infantry includesIndian and Gurkha sepoys.Indian
Sikh Army nuch influencedby French military thinking. cavalry includesall Indian sowaE.
Exceptin relativelyminor mattersthere waslittle to choose
betweenthe two sidesin weaponstechnology. Sikhs
Likewise in mattersof momle - and purc guts the two sides Sikh regular infantry; Sikh regular cavalry; Sikh regular
werewell matched,gaininga mutualrespectthat showedafter artillery; Sikh irregular infantry; Sikh irregular cavalry; Sikh
thewarsin theraisingbytheBitish of manybattaltions of Sikhs irregular light camel guns (swivels).
in the Anglolndian Army; battalionsthat all stayedloyal Includesnon-Sikhforcesin the Sikh Army.
duringthe Mutiny of muchof the Bengalforcesin 1857.
The one respectin which the warscan be saidnot to showup COMMANDERS & ADC'S
quitesowell, from a wargamer's point ofvi€w, is that muchof
Each arny should have a C-in-C figure and other command
tle generalship was not of the highest order. Some Sikh figures for divisional, brigade/regiment comrnands. C-in-C
command€rswere suspected- not without reason - of figures are permiued up to five ADC figures. Divisional
treachery,andthat braveold lion Sir Hugh Goughwascertainly command figures may have
up to three ADC figures and
no scientific leader. Even here. however.one cannotoverlook
brigade/regimentcommandfigures one ADC figure.
the classicbattle of Aliwal, in which Sir Harry Smith fought A11commandenshould be rated: Excellent,Averageor
what the historianSiI John Fortescuecalled. "The batrle Poor. (Base this on real commandersperformance,or,
withouta mistake."
especially on the Sikhside,diceforit). Excellentcommanden
So, the eight major battlesof the Anglo-Sikhwars have may issueftesh orde$ every two tums, Average commanders
much to offer the wargamer.The lollowing set of rul€s is one I
every four tums and poor commandeisevery six lums. Note
hopeprovidesa fastmovingandrelativelysimplewargame that
that for historical accuracy most commanders should be
still retainsthe major featuresof the campaigns actions.
To issueftesh orders thesemust first be written ard then an
ADC figure musttravel from the commandfigure concemedto
THE PALTANSOF THE PUNJAB: the formation or unit concemed.The new instruction may be
WarsameRulesfor India 1E45.49 actedupon on the turn after the ADC figureanive<
Figurescale6mm (for 15mmor 25mn doubleall distances). ComrnandandADC figuresalwaysmoveat the Double/Trot
One figure = 20 men. One gun model = three guns. rate of the troop or transporttype they are (i.e., ho$e, foot,
Cround.cale:6cm - 100yardr.All disrancer arein cm. elephant,etc.)
CommandandADCfigures maybecome casualties:Foreach
tum they are within enemyartilleryrangethrow threenormal
GAME SEOIJENCE six-sided dice(D6)- a scoreof 18rneansthefigureis a casualty.
Work ou/write game scenario. Within small-arms rangea threeD6 scoreof 17or moremeans
Lay out terrain. theyb€comea casualty,andif involvedin a meleea scoreof 14
Deploy forces(with or without sone kind of hiddendeploy- or more meansthey becomea casualty.An army losingits
ment). C-in-C figure must throw a D6 on each tum after losing its
write initial objectivesand oders. cornmander and orly a score of I allows the next senior
"Thank God! Now I can be at them with the bayonet!"(Sir commandfigureto iake over, until then the army concemed
Hugh Goughat the batdeof Sobraon,10thFebruary1846). must€ontinuewith its lastordels.

MOVEMENT
TURN SEOIJENCE Movementis subje€tto randomadjustmentand is basedon
Formationchanges, three rates:Normal,Double/Trotand Charge.Units ableto
Double/Trotmayonly do so everyothertum. Units may only
 31
chargeif the chargewill bring them into base-to-base (or Targetin extendedorder -1.
base-to-obstacle, if enemyis behindentrenchmentot barri- Then.lhrowone D6 per firing group and adjusrro give final
casualry scoreasfollows:1.2 1
Double 3,4 no change.
Nornal /Trot Charge 5 ,6+1.
Britishregularinfantry 4cm 6cn 8cm
Sepoyregularinfantry 5cm 7cn 8cm
Sikh regularinfantry 4{m 6cm 8cm All firing is by one gun model. Only howitzersor mortan may
Sikhirregularfoot 6cm fire into deadgound, or overfriendlytroops,unlesson higher
Bntish regutarcalab ?cm 10cin 15cm ground..Artilery,includingSikhcamelguns,|naynormoveano
Indianregularcavalry(sowar& Sikh) 8cm llcn 14cm nre ln tne sameturn
Sikh inegular hors€ 9cm - l4cm
Field artillery 4cm Cannister Range Ere.(iveRangeExtremeRanse
Horseartillery 1cm I*ry"
(.amel8un 0-l5cm12) -25cm(l)
Sikhiregularcamelguns 6cm Holse gun 0,i6cm (DO -a2cm (3) _s+. 1rj
Elephants 6cm - 10cm field gun 0,18cn (D6 + 1) -50cm (4) <0". izi
Oxen 3cm Heavygun 0-22cm(D6 + 2) ,50cm (5) zo"* izj
Randonisation Howitzer 0-16cm(D6 + 1) 50€m(4) _Se"miZj
Throw one D6 per unit movingand adjustmoveas follows: Mortar - 0,60cn (5) _6acma3i
British& Sikhregularinfantryand allregularanilleryD6score:
I -zcn. Basiccasualty figuresaregivenin brackets( ), adjustasfollows:
2, 3, 4, 5 no change. First shot +1.
6 + zcm. Targetmountedunit +1.
-1.
Sepoyregularinfantry,Sikh irregularhorse,foot andguns: Targetin €over
Targetin extendedorder-1.
2 -zcm. ThenthrowoneD6 pergunmodelfiringandadjustto givefinal
3, 4, 5 no change. casualtyscore as follows:
6 + 2cm.
British and all Indianregularcavalry: 3,4 no change.
5,6 +1.
2 -Zcm.
3,4 no change.
5+3cm.6+5cm. HAND TO HANDFIGHTING(MELEEI
(Treatelephantsas inegula$. Oxenhaveno randomisation).Hand.-to-hand fighringlakesplacewhentno or moreopposing
Crossingminorobstacles takes50%ofa move,asdoesfording five figure groupscomeinto base,to-base (or, in the caseof
shallowstreams/rivers or climbing- rarein rhe Punjab- steep figures behind an entrenchmentor breastwork.base-to-
hills. Cunstake one tum to limber/unlimber. Horsementake obnacle)contact..for edch tive figure group lake lhe basic
50% of moveto mount/dismount. meleelpufe as lollowr:

FORMATION CHANGES BritishandSikhregular

infantry 4 Britishregularcavalry7
Throw on€ D6 for each unir wishingto changeformation: Sepoy regularinfantry 3 Sikhregularcavalry 6
British may do so in one tum for a i)6 Sikhirregularfoot 2 Indianregularcavalry6
scoreof 3 or more.
otherwisetwoturns.IndiansandSikhsmaychange forrnationin 3
Sikhirregularhorse 5
one tum tbr a D6 scoreof 4 or more. orhenvirerwo rums.
Units ir squaretype fornation - i.e., anricavalry- may not Adjust this basicn€le€ factor as follows:
Infantrycharging+1.
Nonlancercavahycharging+2.
FIRING (SMALL ARMS) Lancerscharging+3.
All firing - including that of "Ut.irtret" lnfantry in squarefacingcavalry+2.
i" in fo" g.oups' of S Static cavalry charged
figures.Only the firsrtwo ranksofa formationmayfire. Units by €avalry -2.
maynot fire overthe headsof friendlytroopsunlesson higher Infantrybehindfortificatior/fietdwork +1.
ground.Only Anglo,Indiantroopshaveparcussron Unit attackedin flank -2.
muskets. -4.
Only Anglo-lndianrifle units haverhe B;unswickrifle. Sikh Unit atta€kedin rear
irregularshavematchlocks. Infantry in line chargedby cayalry-2.
Sikhgunners+1.
Weapon Clos€Range EffectiveR.nge Long R.ng€ Unit outnumberedby morethan 50% -2.
Percussion nusket 0-7cm(6) llcm (a) lacm (1)
Brunswickrifle 0-9crn(6) lacm (a) 18cn (2) Then lhrow one D6 with the foltowing €ITect:
Flindockmusket 0,6cm(5) 11cm(3) lacm 0)
Matchlock 0,5cm(4) 10cm(2) 12€m(t) 3, 4 no change.
Cavalrycarbine o-acm (4) 8cm (2) cm (1) 5 , 6 + 1 .

Basiccasualties aregivenin the brackets( ) adjustasfo ows: Resultis casualties

caused. Hand to-handfightingmayonlylast
First volley +1. twotums,afterwhichthesidesuffeingmostcasualries musrfall
Musketarmedtroopsin extendedorderfiring -2. back. (Note, only the first two ranksof a formationmay be
Targetis mountedunit.+1. countedas fightingin a melee).
Targetin cover-1-
 MORALE Irregular infantry was not very common, but came in units of
Basicmorale factoN are as follows: roughly 200-800divided into up to eleven ,sral's (groupv
companies/batteries/etc)- There were three main types of
All British5.
regularcavalry:Lancers,GrenadiersandDragoons.The latter
All Indian3.
mightfight on foot. RegularRairna"r(regiments)had 100-600
All Sikh regulars 4.
Arl Sikhirregula^ 2. or so men dividedinto eightRira/dr(troops)if largeenough.
Most regularunits seemto have had at least300 troopers.
When testing morale adjust as folows: lffegular cavalry was made up of DerdrN of 500-700strong,
divided into n4irals. wl le iffegular €avalry was available in
C-in-Cfigurewith unit +2.
fairlylargenumberstherewereno morethan12regular€avalry.
Divisional,brigadecommandfigurewith unit +1.
Unit attackedin flank -2.
Rajmans.
Unit attackedin rear -3.
For each25% casualties -2. Sikh anillery consistedof rhe Topkhana.Iinsi (field anillery)
the Topkhana,4rp, (horse artillery) and the Zambwkhana
(camelmountedlight swivelgunt . Excluding swivelsthe Sikhs
Then thrcw one D6 and sdjust as follo*s:
1,2 t. had over370gunsftom 6pdrup to an 80+pdr! Howitze6 and
3,4 no charge. mortars were available.Battery size (and gun tlT'es*ithin
5,6 +1. ba.teries)variedagooddeal,but batteriescouldhavebetween
.i] andtwentyfour guns.w'rh eight ro filteenbeingcommon.
Result is final morale factor. Ref€r to briel tabl€ below, The lpdr swivelscamein large batteries of about 50-100guns
FMF 2 or more: Carry on. Continueas ordered. each and were often attached as fire suppon to the irregular
piece(were
FMF 1: Halt. Stop advancing,may fire or meleeif attacked, horceot Ghotchwn\. Many S'kh field afliller)
may take advantageof fl?arb) natural cover (lf within heaiy and hauled by oxen,makingthem lessmobilethan much
British artillery.Sikh gunstendedto haveslightlylargercrews
10cm).
FMF 0: Retire.Withdrawtowardsthe rear at nomal speed, thanBdtish suns.
may not fire, but may meleeif attacked.
FMF -1 or less:Rout. Move at chargepace towards the rear, IJIIIFORM DETAILS
may not fire or meleeif attacked,once off British units tended to weara form of undressuniformin the
tablemay not return. Sikh wars: Forage cap or, more rarely, shakowith white or
grey-btack coverandneckcunain;red jacketwitb regimental
Check morale facing;anddark'Oxfordmixture',paleblue orwhite trousers
whenaboutto charge. l-eatherequipmentwasblack for dfles and white or buff for
Whenabout1o be charged. other units. SepoyuniJormfollowedthe British pattem but
After each 25% losses includeda peakless blackshako,althoughsomeregiments seem
'pork-pie'caps.All Bengalsepoyfacings
onceeachturn whentryingto lally from Halt, Retireor Rout to havewom white
& at no other time. were yellow- althoughBombayand Madrashad regimental
Note that anyunit suffering75% casualties,n retire from the facings.Leatherequipmentwas white or more rarely buff if
trJr
field. uncleaned,trouserswhite or grey-black.Cavalryunits too wore
undress tlpe uniforms with white cotton cap covers, white
'turbans'. lndian
coveredforage capsor even makeshift white
GENERALRIJLE NOTE cavalry wore low white or off'while turbans or tallish rather
Whendoingcalculations involvingnumbersof figuresroundaI conicalblackcapswithoutpeaks.
numbersup to the nearestfive. Sikh infantrywore dark blue turbans,red jackets,bla€kor
(lessoften) red-brownleatherequipmentand dark blue-grey
trousels. Paltdrr had their own facing colours on collar and
UMT SIZES & ORGANISATION cuffs.In summeran off white uniform wassometimesworn with
facing colour turbans. Each Palran had its own colour but few
British atrd lndian units detaitsof Sikh flags survive.Regularcavalrywore red or
British and Indian regular infantry units should have ten crimsontunics,dark blue trouserswith afairly broad red trouser
companies(eight battalion,two flank) eachof 60-100men. striDeor the seamsand crimsonor red turbanswith a brass
F.ifle unitsmayonly haveeightcompanjes. Britishand Indian 'hatf-moon'badge.Redsaddleclothswerewom with blue and
lregular cavalry should have two to four squadrcns, each of whiteedgestripes.Gunnerswore whiteor red turbans,a long
10G150troopers.British and Indianartilleryshouldbe in six btack coat with white or dark blue-greytrousers.Iregular
piecebatteries,of five gunsand one howitzer. 'uniform' was along the lines of infantry summer dress with
Two to foul (nonnally three) infantry battalions,one of variouscolouredturbansand steel helmeGand sometimes
whichwouldnormaly be British,madeup an infantrybrigade. roundshields.The Sikhnationalflagwouldseemto havebeen
Ad-hoc divisionsmight havetwo or three infantry bdgadeswith very much like the French tricolour in colour and desigr.
oneor two batteries.A cavalrybrigadewouldhavetwo, three
or (rarely) four rcgiments and again at leasl one would be
Bdtish.A batteryof ho$e artillerymightwork with oneor two FIGURX AVAILA}ILITY
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THEBATTI.EOFNARVA
20th November 1700
by PeteBerry

ln the monthofSeptember1700theSwedish troopsgarrisoning an!'wherc in fact where the Swedeswere not about to arrive,
the town of Narva, a small but stmtegicallysignificant andunderpretextofvisitinga moresoutherlyfor€eof soldiers
settlementnear the East Baltic coastline.found themselves sentto headoff the Swedes,Peterleft the campso quicklyhe
undersiege.The besiegenwerethe soldiersof TsarPeterthe abandonedhis jewels and his personalcaseof €harnpagne.
Great.The Russianmonarchhaddecidedthat at lastthe time Behindhim he left a Frenchman,the Duc du Croy,to oversee
wasripe to capturehis "window on the West" - a meansof t}le Russianforces.This worthy had only beenpresentat the
creatinga Russianpresencein the Baltic. siegeas a neutralobserver.He spokeno Russian,had liltle
Tothisendheenteredintoa triplealliancewith Denmarkand regardfor the qualitiesof the Russianpeasantsoldier,andwas
Saxony,two other stateswith much to gain at Sweden\ unwillingto undertakethejob. Peterhimselfhad to "pe^uade"
expense. All three powers wereconfidentin theiractionsasthe the noblemanto undertakethe task.andwhenPetertheGreat
Swedisharmy wastiny comparedto their collectivestrength, under the influenceof severalbottlesof brandy personally
and the Swedishmonarch, CharlesXII, was a teenager, penuadedyouto do somethingitwas a verystrongmanindeed
inexperienced in war and statecraft.Here wasstealingcandy who wasnot pe$uaded!
from a babyon a very grandscaleindeed. So, 70,000Russians, adrnittedlyill-equippedandill-trained,
The Swedesgarrisoning Narva were as aware of this as the stood behind their defencesand cannonand waited. What
Tsar,but theygrimlydefendedtheir positions.Theycouldsee professional officersthey had spokeGermanor Frenchonly,
the Russianforcesdaily buildingup, andthe siegeworksgrew andweremistrusted.whilenativeRussianofficerswerenoted
moreextensive andmorecomplete.Narvaitseflay in a bendof for drunkenn€ss orstupidity,or both.Butnumbe$andposition
the river Narova,on a bridgingpoint whichconnected it with weresolidlyon their side.
the old citadelof Ivanogrod.The Russiansiegeworks took the But what of the Swedes? CharlesXII had led his Inenin a
form of a vastarc bendingawayftom the town, with its ends punishingmarchto reachNarva,with little rest,no foodandin
restingon the banksofthe river. Afler the initial circumvalla the teethof the Balticwinterelements- The sheerhasteofhis
tion had been built to keep the defendersin, the Russians breakneckmarchhad had its loll. and the Swedishforcerhat
tumed to defendingtheir own lines.To guardlhe main road reachedNarva on 20th Novembernumberedno more than
into Narva a raisedplatform was constructed,fortified and 10,500men-Evenwiih the besrtroopsin Europe,whatcould
providedwith artillery.This bastionwas duly dubbed"Fort Charlesand his generalshope to do to the massiveRussian
Troubetsky" in honour of ils commandingofficer. To guard defences?
againstany attemptsto raisethe siegefrom the east.a line of The answerwas reachedfairly quickly.Sittingon the hill
contravallationwas raised, reinforced by deep trenches, overlookingthe Russianpositions,the Swedessaw the lwo
panpers, chevaw de frise and palisades.To the south of Fort major weaknesses in the Russianpositior. Firsdy,the sheer
Troubetskythe two lines of fortificationsran more or less numberof men packedinto the constrictedspaceof the rwo
paralleltoeachother,with a distance of30to 50metresbelween defensive linesmeantthat Russianlaleralcommunication and
them.To the northof Fort Troubetskythe lineswereiflclineda manoeuvre wasalmostimpossible. Secondly, the Russianshad
little to the west,partlyto takeadvantage ofthe l;e ofthe land only one escaperoute to bomesoil - the pontoonbridge.
andpa(ly to protecta pontoonbridgewhichhadbeenthrown Contemporary militarypractice,asconductedby gentlemen
acrossthe river flear the village of Kamperholm.As the in morc southerlyclimeswould havemeantthat the Swedes
permanent bridgeacrcssthe riverNarovawas controlledby the should have begun a lengthy siege, digging saps and
garrisonof Narva the pontoon bridge was the sole line of approaches. However,siegesofthis t)?e wereconducted when
communicationbetweenthe Russianarmy and their home the attackersournumbered rhe defenders, and not vice\er.a.
€ountry.By the time of the climaxof the siegethe besieging Moreover,asreadersofmy earlierpieces on the Swedisharmy
for€enurnberedover70,000men and 180suns. ofthis periodnay remernber, the Swedish monarch\tempera,
By Octobera strangerumour beganto sweepthroughthe mentwasnot fitted for patientspadework. The onlyoptionwas
Russianlines.Incredibleas it seemed,the Swedes,insteadof inmediateattack,and plansweredrawnup accordingly.
suingfor peace,hadactuallytakenup thegauntletandin a bold Two principalpointsof attackweredecidedupon,oneeither
counterctroke hadinvadedDenmarkandforcedthe Danesout sideof Fort Troubetsky.The Foot weresplit into two groups,
ofthe war.Perhaps a little moredisquietingwas therumourthat and formedinto deepcolumnsof atrack,the right handforce
an armyofthe samemadmenled by their boy-kingwassailing under General Otto Vellingk, the left under GeneralCarl
acrossthe Baltic to raisethe siegeof Narva. GustavRienskiold.The artilleryundermastergunnerJohan
Huddledbehindthe rampartsoftheirmassive siegeworks the Sjobladhwas alsodividedinlo two groups,one to engagein
Russiansbecame moreuneasyas,on November18thand19th, counterbattery fire with the gunsof Fort Troubetsky, the other
a steadystreamof beatenand frightenedtroops beganto to supportthe attackofthe infantrycolumns.To facilitatethis
straggleinto €ampbearingtalesof how an unstoppable force dual role the artillery was formed into on€ large body, and
waspushingin a of theoutpostsandpicketsandwaslessthana placedin betweenthe two groupsof Foot.This useofrnassed
day'smarchaway.Thesemayhaveonlybeenrumours,but they infantrycolumnsand atillery supportwould seemto betong
certainly had a dramatic effect on one pa(icipant in the siege. moreto the ageofNapoleonthanthat ofMarlborough,but, as
PeterI Romanov,Tsar of a the Russias,was at Nafla to in everythingelse,the Swedespreferredto be the exception
overseethe final stagesofhis triumph.However,uponhearing ratherthan the rulel
about the nearby presenceof the swedes, he decided The Horse reserveunder Johann Ribbing wasplaced to the
precipitatelythat he wasneededelsewhere. "Elsewhere",was rearofthe left handinfantrycolumn.Theirtaskwasto exploit
 the initial breakthroughand by riding throughthe breaches escaperoutefor some70,000Russians.
established by the Foot, sweepto the rear of rhe Russian As often happensin thesesituations,individualsand units
positionsand cut off the linesof retreat. foundsomer€solve,and a hastydefencewasnow conducted.
The two nain bodiesof Horsewereplacedon the extreme The Semenovski and Preobrazhenski regiments- the Tsar's
flanks of the infantry columns.Th€ir initial task was to Cuards,andthe besttroopsin the army,built a makeshiftfort
demonstrate alongthelengthofthefortifications,attractingthe out of overtumedwaggons,and beganthe most tenacious
attentionof the defenders,and at the samelime preventing defense of thebattle.In fact,in termsof Swedish casualties
and
them from makinga flank attackon the columnsby salling length of resistance,this and General Wiede's stubborn
overthe defenceworks.This tumedoutlo be an unneccessaryresistance in the southmark the real battleof Narva.
precaution,as the Russiansremainedresolutelyattachedto Sogreatdidthe Guards'resistance becomethat Chadeswas
their fodfications. obligedtosendforVellingkt commandto reinforcehisattacks
Charleshad thusdeployedhis armyso asto concentrate his on the barricade.A holding for€e was left to ensurethat
num€rically inferiorforcesat two narrowpoints.The Russians, Wiede\ commanddid not get up to any mischief.Fort
deployedon a longandconstrictive front wereto be unableto Troubetsky had to be stonned, and it was the eventual fall of
concentEtetbeirvastlysuperiorforcesto countertheirenemy. this strongpointthat saw the resistancefinally begin ro die
In efiect,the sheersizeof the ill-trainedarmywasto be used down.Evenso,it$as not until 8 o'clockin the eveningthatthe
agarnstrt. surrender of the Guardswas obtained.andWiedeheldout until
At 2 o'clockin the afternoon.the attackcommenced. With two houn after midnight.With the fall of this lastforce, the
the grenadiers formedasthefrontofthe atta€kingcolumns, the SwedishtiumDh wascomolete.
Footbegantheir assault.Equippedwith fascines, theywereto When one ionsidersth; odds involvedin the battle. the
stormthe Russianpositionsin the fashionthey had leamt so casualtyfigures for both sidesare also truly impressive.Total
well a point blankvolleyand a chargeto finishthe job with Russiandeadandwoundedmayhavebeenashighas20,000,an
cold steel. of the remainderbeing taken prisoner.All of the Russian
As the attackwaslaun€hedit seemedthat the Swedeshad baggagetrain, supplies,artillery and waggonsfell to the
recruitedtheweatherontotheirside.A suddenandheaiysnow conquerors, aswellasvastamountsofcolours. Againstthis,the
beEan,with the wind blowingdirecdyinto the facesof the Swedeslost about 700 killed and 1200wounded.
defenders- The Russianartillerytriedto bearonthe advancing A dramaticvictoryindeed.Theresultswerenany andvaried.
columns.but infli'rtedfew casualties. The blankwhite wall of Certainly it madethe restof Europe sit up and take noticeof the
snowconspiredto hidetheheadsof theadvancingcolumnsuniilboy-kingof Sweden.Fromthispoint onwardsuntil hisdeathhe
theywerewithin30metresof theentrenchments. At thh stage, wastreatedasapotentialally anda fearedenemy bythe restof
both bombardien and musketeersattemptedto stop the Europe.By 1707,both Franceandthe MaritimePowenwere
bluecoats,but in their agitatedstatesfired high or wide- attemptingto swayhim into aligninghimselfwith thern.The
Loomingout of the snowfall,the Swedescheckedslightlyto interventionof theSwedish armyat thatstageof theWar of the
deliverasingle devastatingvolley, andwith shoutsof"Fall On!" SpanishSuccession wouldhavebeendramaticto saythe least,
and "God our Help", charged forward ro the extreme and is surelythe basisoI a fascinating "what if'campaign.
discomfortof thosebraveor foolishsoulswho still held their Tothe Russians, Narvawasacrushingblo$.Yet, it provedto
be a temporaryone. Peterrebuilt his army. and even leamt
The breaches in the Russianlinesweremadewithin fifleen from his mistakesand failures.Betterofficerswererecruited.
minutesofthe startofthe attack.andin lessthanhalf an hour soldienweretrainedandequippedmorethoroughly.It wasto
the Russianlines had been so badly ruprured that all be a long time beforethe Russians wereto bestthe Swedesin
transmission of ordersbecameimpossible. The Russianhigher battle, but the lessonstaught at Narva were usedto bring about
command,alwayssuspect,wasnow totally non-existent. CharlesXII'S eventualdefeaton the field ofbattle. But that is
However,that wasnot to saythe Swedes hadwon thebattle.
Far from it, for on a man-to-manbasistheywere still heavily To theSwedes, Narvanarkedthebeginningofawhole se es
outnumbered. Promptanddecisiveactionwasrequiredto keep of militarysucc€sses andtriumphs,whereto bringan enemyto
the advantage.Accordingly,Vellingk led his columns of battlewasto beathim, nomatterwhattheodds.Unfortunately,
troopersthroughthe breaches, andthenobliquelyto the right, the very ease of this extraordinary victory proved to be
thus outflanking.he nain body of the Russianleft wing. self-defeating, in that it seemedto give Charlesa feelingof
Rhenskioldon the left executeda similarmovement,channel, contemptfor the Russianarmythathe wasunabletoshakeoff,
ing the movementof the Russiansback to their sole line of and insteadof taking the opponunityto finish off his most
retieat,the pontoonbridge. implacableopponentcausedhim to waste the next years
In the south.it wasGeneralWiedehRussians who took the thrashing hisenemies in SaxonyandPoland,thusgivingPetera
brunt of the atta€k,being forced away from their original much-needed breathingspaceto recruitanddevelophisforces.
positions,eventually positionon anareaof
to adopta defensive
high groundbehindthe lines.The RussianHorsewho were WARGAMING THE BATTLE
positionedto his rear took one look at the advancingSwedes, No matterwhatscaleyouchoose.thisbattlewill be spectacularl
anddecidedthat they would bestsefle Mother Russiaby saving The Russianlineswill needa LOT of roomto showthemoff to
themselvesto fight anotherday. ln their panic, manyattempted their bestadvantage. The river Narovashouldbe impassable
to swimthe Narova. Unfortunately for them the river provedto exceptat the bridges,andcareshouldbe takento ensure1hat
be swift and dangerous.One €stimateplacesthe lossof life by unitshaveto deployproperlyto be ableto crossthe pontoon
drowning in this singleincident at ovei one thousandmen and bridge,thuscreatingsomenicebottlenecks. A simplemechan-
ismcanbe broughtinto playto decideat whichpointthe bidge
To the no(h the Swedishadvancewent as plannedand the maycollapse,perhapsdependentuponthe amountofuse it is
panic-stricken Russians were herdedthroughtheir campand gettmgrn any one move.
towardsthe bridge. With all military organisationfast dis- The fortificationsprovedpassableto the SwedishHorse,
appearing. the pontoon bridge was soon choked by a massof aftertheywerestormedby the Foot,somountedtroops should
Russianpeasantry.The inevitablehappened,and the bridge beallowedto crosssuchobstacles with little orno penalty,once
collapsed, drowningmany, but alsocuttingofftheonlypractical a brea€hhasbeeneffected.However,Swedish Horsewereable
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to crossthe lines, once the defendershad abandonedtheir
posts.Perhapsthis could alsobe allowed,but at a far slower lst CONPSIS MUSTERING
movementrate?Fort Troubetskyheld out longerthan other An qiting mge of 25mm
sectionsof the line, so it shouldhavean increaseddefensive A.C.W. figurines
value.The Russiancampprovedto be well providedwith the lndepend€ntly produced md
materialfoi buildinga last ditch redoubtcapableof holding desiSnedby a n€w comPany
severalbattalions,and again provision for hastily erected
wagonlaagersshouldbe made.
For the Russians, thereshouldbe a restrictionon the range Initiel cast ngs tetielu.t b!:
'Fmtastic'
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Swedes, reflectingthe effectofthe snowstorm. An umpireis a Mac Waren B.illi4q reallynice'
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must for this type of game,as he can rcll a randomweather Bill Gaski!................-..............................-.......................
effect,whichneitherplayercandependon. Oncethe Swedes RoBe.Needbd Awesome
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arethrough,the Russian's only chance to win is to con€entrate Watch for our next advertl
his unwieldy{orcesupon his smalledopponent,remembering
thalhecanafiordroralecas all|esataraleof.eventooneina
battleofattrition.However,hisshakyrnoralenay meana more
subtle approachis required.Again. the lack of an overall 21, CricketersClose,
commandstructurecan be reflectedin a randomroll at the Ockley,Dorking,
beginningofeach turn to determinethenumberofunitshe may Wargames Srrrey. RH5 5BA
Tel. 030679796
actuallymove.At the linal reckoning,a total victorycanonly
comeby killinga largeamountofthe attackingforce,orbetter
thanthat.killingCharlesXII himself,whilsta noralvictorycan For the BEST in 10nn (1/200th
be obtainedby gettinga largepart ofthe army awayfrom the Napolconic BririshPenLnsular. F**r. Sp."l"r. r*.g".-.,r*oa*
battlefield withoutbeingcaptured. wwll e h A r m \ D.\l I'dlnn Frlh Ilelenn.BL'
quality, $hermaihr. f:lk.hnmjager. American;.sovie6.
The Swedesmusl make useof their advantages of
leadershipand sorprise.The initial attacksmustbe quick and
Mod$o llnrnrsirhs.\r0\
incisiveifanyheadwayisro be made,andtheycannotaffordto
lose the tempo. lf the game bogs down into a simple NEW: Ext€nsiverangeofAmericanCivil war Iigures
confronlation,the weightofnumbersrangedagainstthemwill
soontell. A total andcompletevictorycanperhapsonly mirror
the historicalresult-Every lossover that, and everyRussian
who getsawaycanonly detractfuomthat result.ln actualfact,
neithersidehasan easyoption.
As anolheraltemative,becauseof rhe staticnatur€of one thesewould have canied a pike, and most of the othersa
side,Narvais an idealsituadonfor soloplay,ora Ponywari' matchlockmusket.Uniformscouldhavebeenofanycolour,the
stylegame,wherethe player(s)all play the Swedes,and the IamousRussiangreenbeingonly a twinklein oneofthe tsar's
Russianhorde is controlledby an urnpireand somesimple ordinances, anddueto thelackofsupplydifferenthuescouldbe
pre'programmed responses. whicheverwayit is played,it will foundwithin individualregiments.Overallqualitywaspoor at
be a fascinatinseame. best.apartftom thetwo Guardregiments. who provedto be of
THE ARMIES far stronger sruff than lhe rest of the army. The Semenovski
regimentwore a basicallyblue uniform, the Preobrazhenski,
The Russians darkgreen.Thes€uniiswerenumericallystrongerthanthe line
The Russianarmyof this periodis a shadowyorganisation at reginents,and may havehad four or five battalions.
best. Of the 70,000combatants, 30,000were peasantlevies. A final pointto noteto any$ould-berefighterof Narva:the
Theirmilitarytrainingandusefulness wouldhavebeenlimited. Russianarmymaybe very,very big, but at leastyou canpress
Voltairegivesusan ideaof the appearance ofthesesouls: "The
into actionanysparetricome-cladfiguresaroundwithoutany
restweresavages, torn from their forests,clad in the skinsof problen of nalionality- in the Russianarlny,anycolourgoesl
wild beasts.somearmedwith bowsandanowsandothe$with
clubs."(Renindsme of somewargames conventions that I've Tbe Svedes
attended. . .). Strongarmsfor diggingditches,but of lirnited andappearance ofthe Swedeswasdealtwith
The organisation
use.I wouldnot guessat theirorganisation, unlesstostatethat in rnypreviousarticlesin warqameslllusnated. ArNaNa,batrle
unitsofabouta thousand orsoseemsto beasgoodasanyother. wasjoinedwith 2l battalionsofFoot,48 troopsofHorseand39
Within theseirregulars,therewouldprobablyhavebeena fair guns.Theoretically.this would haveneant that the Swedish
sprinklingof cossa€ks, but asto whatproportionI leaveup to armycontained12,600infantryand6,000mountedtroops.As
the individuals.Theseshouldnot be tbe 'extra light, mega- the forcetotalledonly 10,550or so,thisgivesyou sorneideaof
morale, multi-armed super troops of many a wargamer's themarchto thebattle.
thehardships sufferedby theSwedeson
feveredimagination,but a bunchofinebriatedmounteddugs, the pres€nceof sucha largenunber of artillery
Incidenblly,
who would quite fearlesslyjump half their own numberof meansthat the Swedishplayerwill havea very rare€hanceto
opponentsftom behind,providedthey werc agedunder ten,
usethis arm of service.Despiteits excellentquality,artillery
mortallywounded,or evenbetter,alreadydeadto startwith. provedoflittle usein the Caroleanart ofwar, asit wastoo slow
The restofthe Russianarmywasmainlyinfantry.Peterthe
to keepup with the rapid and hardmarchesof the mair field
Greathadonly a fcw dragoons, andifwegrant that he hadtwo
regimentsat Narva, totallinga maximumof 2.000men, this
leavesapproximately 38,000foot soldiersto represent. Nothing
wasslandardised in ihe Russianarny of this period,but is is
reasonable to assumethat an infantryregimentwasorganised************
'nto iwo battalions,each500to 650strong.About a third of
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TheGreql PoroguqyqnWqr
1854-1970
PqrfFour
by lohn Sharples
Although no major military actionsfollowed the battle of lines.Lopezfearedaerialbombardment andtheuseof airbome
Curupa)ayfor some time, there were constantsmall scale poisonsby the Allies and orderedhis gunnersto concentrate
clashes.Paraguayan raids on the Allied camps,patrolsand their fire on the balloons,whilst his infantrydaily built huge
supplytrainswerecounteredby the coflstantbombardment of fir€sin front of the linesin an attemptto maskthei positions
the Paraguayan positionsfrom both land and water by the with smoke.
Allies. The military arsenalin Ascuncionwasalso a hive of activity.
Life in bothcampsfolloweda similarroutineofimprovement AJter gathering together the nation's €hurch bells and copper
on the defensive works,intenuptedby intermittentsnipingby pans for smeltinga large number of new guns were cast,
both armies.Supplies, asalways,wereshortin the Paraguayan includinga twelve ton, 10" cannonwhi€h was narned"The
camp and the soldierssupplemented theh diet by colle€ting Chistian", and a ten ton rifled piecenamed"The Creole",
'rnexDlodedshells and the sDlintersof those which had whichfireda t50lbshot.Largenumbersof existingpieceswere
exploded,fo. whichtheyreceiveda rewardofacupofcornmeal converted ftom smoothbore to rifled and even more from
or maizeporridge.Suppliesin lhe Allied camp we.e. in cannonto morta$ and howitzers.
€ontrast,plentiful and the boring army mtions were easily lntemationally,representatives of Great Brilain, France,
supplemented from the luxuriesavailablefrom the largesutler Italy and the United Statesof Amenca each in their tum
encampment which had grownup at Pasola Patria.Here the enteredPamguayto arrangesafepassage throughihe line for
troopswho had the money,were able to attendshows,play their nationals.Lopezhowever,althoughallowingthe with-
billiards,get drunkandavailthemselves of the pleasuresofthe drawalof a few non'combatant dependents, refusedto release
flesh. thoseengineers andtechnicians whomheconsidered viial to his
The rnajorshadowlyingoverbothcampswasthe scourg€of war effort. Thereis little doubt in my mind that he hopedfor
cholerawhichhadbrokenout in the Allied campearlyin 1867 Great Power interventionto end hostilities.and that those
andquicklyspreadto the Paraguayan lines-The disease wasto foreignerswbich he held mightencourage suchaction.
eventuallykill rhousands of militaryandcivilianpersonnelon CeneralFloreswithdrewto Montevideo,takiflgthemajority
bothsides.At the heightoftheepidemicoverfifty Paraguayanofthe suflivingUruguayantroopsin orderto dealwith growing
soldie$perdaysuccumbed in the militaryhospital.The Allied Blancoagitation,andto renewenthusiasm for a war whichwas
losseswerc alsoheavy,but unlikethe Paraguayans thei losses gowing daily more unpopular.The increasingnumbersof
werereplacedby freshdraftsofBrazilianconscdpts, including Braziliantroopsand wanhipsin the regionwere fanningthe
increasing numbers of da!esrelea<ed for milita4 service. embersof anti-lmperialfeelingin the River PlateRepublics.
The defeatat Curupayty,andthe attemptsby the Argentine It wasJulv 1867beforethe Allies recommeflced tull scale
governmentto forcibly conscript fresh troops from the offensiveoperations. Leaving13,000mento garrisonthe main
Provincesled to a seriousrevolt againstthe Bueros Aires carnpat Tuyuti,Caxiasled 30,000menacrossthe Bellacoand
governmentin the Andesregion,aswell asa numberof riots constructeda new fortified camp within sight of Humaita. On
andminorinsurrections in numeroustownsandcities.General August 15thAdmiral lgnacioled ten ironcladvesselsup the
Mitre wasforcedto handovercommandofthe Allied armiesto Paraguay river and suc€esstullyran past the batteries at
MarshalCaxias,and at the head of 4000 troops retum to CurupaFy, anchorirg in sight of Humaita which was now
Argentina.(This AImy of PacificationlEjercito Pacifi€ador] subjectedto dailybombardment. Most of the heaq gunshad
eventuallycrushedthe rebellionat the battlesof SanIgnacio beenrcmovedfrom Humaitato strengthen the river batteries,
and Pozode Vargasin April 1867.) buttheywerequicklyretumedandColonelThompsonwaskept
A mor€welcomedeparture,from the Allied point of view, busy constructing earthworks to face the Allied threat from
wasAdmiralTamandare. who wasrelievedofhiscommandon bothlandanddver.Braziliancavalryunitsbypassed Humaita,
December21st, 1866 and repla€edby Admiral lgnacio. cut the telegaph linesto Ascuncionand blockadedthe main
Marquezde Caxias,fomerly Marshalof the ImperialArny, Paraguayan supplyroutesfrom the North.
hadbeenappointedcommander ofall Brazilianforceson 20th On September24th LopezorderedColonelRivarolato{eign
Novernber,1866,and Ignaciowas orderedto adopt a much an attackon a regularAtlied supplyconvoy,in the hope of
rnore aggressive posturein naval affairs.One result of the ambushingthe supporttroops.The initialattackwassuccessful
increase in navalactivityrvasthe lossofone ofParaguay's best andasthe Parguayans withdrewto concealed positionsbeyond
soldiers.GeneralDiaz was mortally woundedwhilst fishing a streamthe Allies advancedfive battalionsof inlantry and
from a canoein January1867.The fatal shell(firedfron a 13" threeregimentsofcavalryin pursuit.The infantrywerehalted
gun) may be taken as evidencethat Bmzilian gunnerywas by the volley fire of two entrenchedParaguayan battalions;
lmprovlng. rushingtosupporttheircornrades theBraziliancavalrycharged
A numberofmilitaryinnovationswere introducedto the war in columnonly to turn and flee ignoniniouslywhencounter-
zoneduringthis period-Over 3000Brazilianinfantryarived chargedby a thin line of poorly mountedParaguayans. The
armed with lhe PrussianDreyse needle gun. (But their Alliesran from the field, abandoning some200deadandlarge
effectivenesswas to prcve far below expectation).The amountsof food and ammunition.
Braziliansalso introducedthe use of observationballoons, On October3rd 1000Paraguayan cavalry.und€r Colonel
which for sometime causedconstemation in the Paraeuavan Caballero.routedfour reeimenisof Brazilianhorseandtheir
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supportinginfan.ry,who hadattemptedto ambushCaballero\ The Allied Iossesamountedto some 1800casualties, with
commardastheygrazedtheirmounts.On the 21stolthe same Porto-Alleglehimselfbeingwounded,havinghad two horses
month 5000Braziliancavalrywere sentagainto the grazing killedbeneathhim. Vastamountsof supplieswerecapturedor
areasin ordertosurprisetheParaguayan cavalry.Oneregiment bumt, includingthe personalbelongingsof GeneralMitre.
advancedon Caballero'scommand,retiring when the Para Further losses were to be incurred when the caDtured
guayan's rode1omeetthem,thusleadingCaballerodeeperinto Whitwodh.tiringunexploded Altiedrounds.opened6reon the
the ambush.Suddenly,Brazilian lan€ersattackedthe dis- Allied fleet, inflictingthirty foul hi.s in just one afternoon!
orderedParaguayan force,emergingfrom foldsin the ground In DecemberLopez abandonedhis forward entrenchments
andfrombehindthestandsofpalmtreeswhichdottedtheplain. andfell backtowardHumaitawherefurthertrencheshadbeen
Surounded,Caballeroiumed hisforceandchargedtheenemy prepared.Military actionwaslimitedto raid andcounter-raid,
blockinghis line of retreat A runningfight developed,with supplemented by artilleryduels,with Lopeztakinga particular
fiercehand{o-handfightingcontinuingfor over three miles, delightin overseeing the operationof the capturedwlitworth.
until the Brazilianswereforcedto retirein the faceof fire from On January14th,1868GeneralMitre wasforcedby restlessness
the Humaitabatteries.The Paraguayans lost400deadand130 at hone to relinquish conmand of the Allied army to Caxias
prisonerslall wounded],havinginflictedsome160casualties on andretum to BuenosAires.It wouldseemthathe wasnot sorry
their attackers. to leave as the Brazilianshad continuoudyfiustrated his
On the 2nd November a small force of Paraguayansstrategyby refusingto allowtheir troops,the major part of a
despatched to constructan earthworkat Tayi waswipedout by total force of over 50,000,to be used to crush the remaining
a largescaleBrazilianattack,whichin its tum cameunderfire 15,000Paraguayans. It is obviousthat Caxiaswishedthat any
from threeParaguayan steamefs. The Alliesbroughtup a large benefitsof victoryshouldbe reapedby the Empire alone.
number of field gunswhich sar* the Olimpo a 25 de Mayo. On Februarv13th. 1868threemonitors.constructed at the
Their crewswere €ut down by rifle fire as they attempted to Imperial nilitary dockyards,ardved at Curuzu and ran the
swirn for safety. batteriesat Curupaytyat night. These were twin sqewed
The followingday GeneralBarrios,commanding 8000men, vessels,their hulls covered with 4" armoured plate, the
dividedinto four brigadesof infantry(eachof four battalions) revolving rurretswhh 6'plare.andarmedwirha single64pdr
andtwocavalrybrigades(eachofthreeregiments) andstormed Whitwo h gun.At 3.30anon 18thFebruarythe Allied flotilla
the Allied campat Tuyuty. The main aim was to cap1urca openeda furiousbombardment at all pointsolthe river, anda
numberof 32pdrwlitworth rifled cannonwhichwerecausing numberofinfantryunitsengaged theiversidebatteries.Under
someproblemsfor the Paraguayans. Tragically,Lopez also cover of these divercionsthe monitors ,4/dgodr Pdfa, and Rio
orderedhis half-starvedtroopsto loot the enemycampand G/afld€,eachlashedto a largeiron€ladwere towedpastthe
bring away what they could. At dawn the attackersswept balteries at Humaita, cutting the dver supply line and
forwardin doublequick step and were in the Allied forward threateningAscuncion.
trenches beforethealarmwassounded.Panicoverwhelmed the The foltowingday, 19thFebruary,in MontevideoGeneral
Allied camp and four Brazilian battalionsabandonedthe Floreswaisriding unescortedin his cariage. In a narrow street
secondlineoftrenchesandfledtowardthe river.Beyondthese hewasambushed by a bandof BlancoconspiratoN, thecariage
defences the Pamguayans burst into the Comelcio,or sutlers wasovertumedandFlores,whilsttryingto freehimselfandhis
township,and all disciplinedissolvedaseachmanengagedin swordarm,was hackedand shot to death. The murderous
looting and burning. Porto-Allegre,the camp commander, politicsof Uruguayclaimedyet anothervictim,a sadendfor a
exhibitedgreat bravery.He gatheredtogethera numberof courageousand talented soldier-
scattered andleaderless ffoops,fel backto the centralredoubt On 22nd February thre€ ironclads hove to near Ascuncion
and poureda hail of shot into the now totally disorganisedandcommencedtobombard thecity,whilstothervesselsraided
attackers.Eventually Argentinian reinforcementsfought their the rivenide to*ns and destroyedsmallcommercialvessels.
way to Poto-Allegre, who led a counter-attackwhich sweptthe l-opezdetermined to isolatetheseshipsandto capturethemfor
attackersfrom the sackedand buming camp,butchedngthe his own use. He was cetain that suchvessels,mannedby
wounded and stragglerc. Paraguayans, wouldbreakthe riverblockadeandallowhim to
Meanwhilethe Paraguayan cavalry,commanded by Colonel take the offensive, raisingsupportamongstthe Argentinian
Caballero,hadchargeddownonto the Braziliangun emplace- rebehanddefeatingth€Alliance.Duringthenightof March1st
ments,wherethey dismountedand clearedthe positionswith twenty four canoes,eachcanying twelve men, slippedfron the
sabreandlance.As Caballerotriedto carryawaythe captured riverbank in order to captve the ionclads Heftal ar]dCabnl.
guns he was attackedby two divisionsof Allied cavalry, Armed with cutlasses, handgrenades, and Congreverockets
supported by two Argentinian infantry regiments and the (for pushingthroughportholes),the boardingpartiessilently
Paraguayan Legion,who had rushedto reinforcethe camp. sliddownstream. Thecanoeswere tiedin pairswith ropesabout
Heroicallythe Paraguayan cavalryrepeatedlychargedthese twenty yardsin length, the idea being that passingon either side
{reshforces,engaging in hand-to-hand combatfor overan hour of the ironclads bows the canoes would be anchoredin place.
againstoveiwhelmingodds, coveringthe retreat of their The attacke$werc not spotteduntil they were alongsiderhe
infantrywho wouldotheruisehavebeenslaughtered. Brazilianvessels.Although somecanoeswere sweptdown-
The assaultforcecapturedthreecolours(two Brazilianand stream by the strong curent, Captain Xenes immediately
one Argentine)along with fifteen guns of variouscalibres, ordered his mento board.Most ofthe terdfiedBraziliansfled
includingone of theprizedWhitworths. Vastamountsofuseless below deck and locked the hatches.Those few who attempted
articles,includingparasols anddresses werecarriedbackto the to do their duty were cut down, includingthe Caprainof the
Paraguayan lines,alongwithtonsoffood, coffee,teaandsugar, flotilla division. The Paraguayanstried to for€e open rhe
andlargeamountsofgold.silverandjewellery. Thehumancost hatchwaysand to climb up to the bridge.The Cabrul\\as in
had beenheavywith over 1200men lost and a tu(her 1500 imminentdangerof capturewhentwo furtherironcladssailed
wounded.The 40thand3rd Battalionsmusteredonly 100men alongsideand sweptthe deckswith grapeand c-anister. The
the foilowing day, whilst the 20th Battalion, whi€h had attacke^ were ddven into the river, losing over 200killed and
commenced the action460strong,retumedto campwith only ihe rest wounded, including Xenes, who lost an eye.Brazilian
76 soundmen. casualties numberedlessthan50,with onlyminimaldamageto
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l) Bmzil - Zouaveof the Bahian Regiment- an

elite unit of lighr inlanttj. whirh abo setveda'
narines duting rhe early staScsoI the wt.
(Adap@dtom an otiginal sketchby a Del Pino
Menck).
2) Bruzil - First Seryeantof light infaniy in

3) Ary ina - Otfi.et ol th? ravaby rcsimenl

'uenerul'an Marln .

4) Argentina- Trcoper of theEscortsquadronof

Generul Miie. (Nos 3 and 4 fron oriqkal
sketchesb, J Balaguer).
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5) Utuguat - Infantryman of the Battalion 6) Lt Colonel Thonpson in the uniform of the

Floida h field uniform. Note the Frcnch sryle PatuguayanEnginee$.
fofige capan.l whik moccasins.(Frcm a contem-
pot@ryphotograph).

7) Patuguayan
infantryman. 8) Paraguarat cavahy tooper of an'Elite mit',
possiblethe' Acavetu' or'Shining heads',adapted
ftom a conrcmporarywoodcu. lNos5, 6 and 7 by
kitd pennissionof El Doruda Magazine).
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With the positionoutflanked,Curupayty,sceneof the Allies WARRIOR MINII{TURES
bloody frontal assaultrvasabandonedon 22nd March. The 14 Tlverton 4r,., Glasgow G32 9NX Scodand.
artillery and garrison withdrew to Humaita. On the sameday
y8&rei New catalogue - f1.25 + S.AE. Please state int€resti for sample.
the steamers and fdcrari were lost, the former through T-t O4l-7aa 3426
enemyaction,the latterbeingscuttledto preventirscaptureby 15@ AAUIESo' y !9.95 + 1.30p6r 25m ARl,llES
the Allies. With the Allied fleet at lastflexingits considerable Bntr4l,Fb.h Nap.l6nrc, Nap.ledi.ImpiG !1695
Roh.n 1srC. AD, ECWBo!,alid + f2.50
nilitary muscleit wasclearthatthe Paraguayan positiononthe ECWPdrndMlaina ACW(Jnion.ACW Bndsh,Frn.lr, Pr6ian, R6ian, DGr
lower stretchesof the River Paraguaywould soon become C.niedftt€, r8d C, FdEr Go.4 46r.6, SD.nnh.
Fanbr Evil,Zulu Wd - Zius, Briiish. SuDsl00Ani6 fr8.50
untenable. Leaving a garrison of 3000 invalids, under the F€rloaddtoab@-tuld€r.il,horalos@ + 12.50p.6r
commandof ColonelPaulinoAlen, andreplacingmanyof the NEW:zfim l,tetm Sdn@i, NorDnsmn, L.ndsknehE
Ful tug€ oI fgs. Ir addlo aboue-
heaq gunswith woodenQuakerbatteries,Lopezordereda '@r v'lu'l
withdrawalfrom Humaita nofhward to a newsedesof defence Ju4 e@ at ou woduct tu@
works constructednear the confluenceof the rivers Paraeuav 25t|m Mfllukd. ACW. Mtuedonian + Puni. Wm. Ws ol rhp R(g.
Lb.lsk ahls, RelEMme, Gaul5,Dd,t tua, Nomdre, Sammi Romans.
and Tebicuary. Md.ots, AW, M|-X-AM Wd 6|.;bq Jdobi6, 4,
r5'm Mo5l paiods Isnrir equipndl ECw, Acw
Whenthe Allied fleetnextatt€mptedro sailnorthalongthe Vi.a/A.:'j6d@Fed. Td.hdquM6L,utd.
river they 'rame under fire from concealedbatteries,con-
structedunder the supervisionof the inexhaustible Cotonel
Thompson,at a rangeofonly twentyyards.Thesolidshotfired
fiom the Paraguayanguns shatteredon impact with the SIMON'S SOLDIERS
armouredplatesprotectingthe Brazilianvessels,but large A pbfessional painting seNic€ lor wtugdd by a walgder
numbersofcasualties andsomedamagewascaused by splinters AI scale caiered for (qp to 1 10m) bur 15l]m a specialiiy. with a
ftom the woodenlining,andthe flotilla withdrewto the south. n6bq oi stdddds avanabb to slil yo6 taste ad tou pocker.
With the fleet repulsed,the Allied armysettledthemselves For a l5!m s4ple hd €r.so to 14 Cae FfFnon. BFc&la,
down to a steady bombardmentof the entrenchments Bttdg6d, llld. Glam. CF31 2HG d codtact
at
sidon Charlryonir on O65ti 768556 tdr details
Humaita.alreadyknownas'TheSouthAmericanSevastapol .
Thegarrisonofthe fortresswascompletely cutoffandalrhough
somestocksoffoodandlivestockhadbeenleft bytheretreating fire into the packedranksof the surprisedattackels.Osorio
Lopez(alongwith promisesof earlyrelie0,it wasclearrhatthe requested immediatereinforcements to presshomehisassault,
meagre rations availablewould soon reduce the fighting but Caxiasrefused the request and Osorio courageously
capabilityofthe sickandwoundedlefrto holdHumaila.Secure directedanorderlywithdrawal, du ngwhichhisholsewasshot
in this knowledge,Caxiasordered only limited operations fromunderhimandthreeofhis aideswerekilled-Althoushthe
againstthedefende^,but eventhesewereto meetwith failure- B'aTilian armyofrendisplayed rankcosardicein the t;ce of
On 30th April General tuvas led 1200 Argentinians, attackitmustbesaidthatrheindividualbraveryanddevotionto
supportedby 2500Brazilians,to completethe isolationof duty of manyof.he Allied officerscannotbe challenged. The
Humaitaby marchingnorth and constructing a fortifiedcamp assauhforce lost over 2000casualtiesinflicting only 47 on the
betweenLopezandthebesieged garison.Theywereambushed defenders. Caxias resolved to settle do*n to a Drolonsed
twice,first by ColonelCaballero,who inflicted300casualti€s, bombardmenrand alloq starvationand disease16 cono-uer
and then by 200 infantry from Humaita, who annihilated the Vafliner's command.
ArgentineVolunteerLegion, whosesurvivingofficerswere With all food gone Martinez decided to evacuaiethe
chargedwith cowardiceandreturned,underarrest,to Buenos remaininggarrison.Duringthe nightof23rd July ahesickand
seriouslywoundedwere ferried over the river by canoe,
On Julygth Lopezordered blsCueryodeBogantes (Corpsof unchallenged by ihe patolling ironclads.During the following
Paddlers, volunteeisskilledin swimmingandthe useof canoes eveningthe majority of the garrisor followed, whilst the
to boardAlliedvessels) to againattempttwoBnzilian ironclads rearsuardand regimentalbandsbuilt bonfires,dancedand
andso breakthe blockade.The attackon the Rio Grandeand generallyseemedto make merry in celebrationof Lopez's
the Baroso wasa failure,beingalmosta carboncopy of the birthday.deceivingthe Allied picquets.Onceawayfrom the
previousaltempt.The attackersinitially gainedsurprise,but river Martinezs command,carrying their canoes,trekked
wereunableto gainaccess to the bowelsof the ironcladsand throughthe Chacoto the LagunaVera which they hopedto
eventuallywere sweptfrom the decksby supportinganillery crossand join the force of the newly promoted General
fire. Caballero.Pressedby pursuingland forcesthe Dunkirklike
With thefailweofthis attempttobreakth€blockadeColonel opeiationbegan,the canoesrunning Ihe gauntletof Allied
Alen. commanderof Humaita- fell into a black mood of ironcladsand entrenchedbatteriesas well as the fire of
despair,and, with starvationfacinghis command,attempted entrenched riflemen.On 28thJuly the Brazitiansattemptedto
suicide.The attemptfailed, but Alen was immobilisedby a assaultthe Paraguayans still waiting evacuationbut were
bullet woundto the head and so commanddevolvedon his bloodilyrepulsed.However,on 2nd AugustMartinez.having
deputyColonelMartinez.He orderedthe evacuationof all successfully evacuated over1000men.with hiscanoessunkand
noncombatants to conserve the dwindlingsupplies,andduring his remainingtroopsdyingof hungeragreedto meet General
the nightsof July 13thand 14threportswere receivedin the Rivas, and on 5th August surendered his commandwith
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Caxiasorderedan assaulton the seemingly desenedfortress exampleof militarycourageandloyaltyto both his nationand
on the momingofJuly16th,aftera preliminarybombardment soldienwasto bedectared a traitorby Lopez,andfor hiswifeto
which lastedthroughoutthe night. General Osorio, riding be arrestedand suffer torture and humiliationprior to her
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silentdefenceworks. Cavalryregimentsgallopedforwardand of costlysiegewere1300starvingprisoners,150a illerypieces
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infantrycolumnsmountedthe scarpedfaceofthe defences the
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DUST.
AncienrEnrpnei hasquicklybecomedre
srandddblr*hich all otnernrleslsrenstor
n'uaturesae neaured. And now ee hlilrhc
Eiumphal entr@ of Cacsd.' Inside ftis nodutc de
Julius Ca4d s greatestbaules. A@uraElyrcqeare Cacsds
cmpaiSDs i! Gaul, Cemdy, sdBritain, lhe S@ondRona Civil Wd, rhe
Akich, Spdish,6d Parrhid Wds, dd muchmore. So ter
Anciem Enptes ud rheall ne* Caesd catDre your
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Galic infantry cannotusephalangiteformation.A complete

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DMPIRXS
T3jffif1T,1fTii:I'"T*l.T,,'J,'i."".H;:$
'n' (Empire Napoleonics,Star's Bart will note certain
by Stevelames sinilarities in the structure of Ancient Empires. Ifaders are
ratedaseitherSuperior, Excellent,Good,Mediocreor Poor.A
superior€ommanderhas a commandradius of 20 inches,
mediocreand poor have5 inches.To changeor receivene\r
Topic:CrandTacticalandtacticalAncientrulesfor miniatures
orders.a unit must be in commandradiusof its commander.
designed by Greg Pittsand ScottBowder. Commandradiusbecomes criticalespeciallywhenyourarmy's
The attractivered box, containsa threering binderenclosing
"Hannibal" Irontage in one of the Hannibal scenariostotals 11 feet. This
the 90 pagerulesbook, a 52 page nodule, three restrictive commandradius createsa situation in which. once
thick, colourcodedreferencechaft, 200die cut coufltersfor
two opposingarmiesareengaged,little canbe doneto control
orders,unil statusand terrainaids.
everyaspectof the battle. Thercfore, a commandermustdecide
which sectionof the battle he wishesto influence.The rules
Scales: providea detaileddesdiptionof "commandstructure".The
I Hour per tum.
orders a commandercan decreeare M:rnoeuvre,Deploy,
For 25mmfigures,groundscaleis 20 yardsper inch.
Fodfy, Garrison,Pursueand Withdraw.OrdeNare executed
For 15mmfigures,groundscaleis 33 yardsper inch.
by Major Units. A major unit may consistof from 6'8 tacti€al
1 figureequals60 men, I elephantequals4 animalsplustheir
units.Eachtacticalunit variesfrom 500-1000 men. No orders
ndels.
canbe writaenfor the individualtacticalunits.What thesecan
1 chariotequals4 vehiclesplus crew.
do dependson what ordersthe major unit as a wholeallows
1 ballistaequalsten machinesand their crew.
themto do. Orderscanonly be issu€dat the beginningof the
hourly round, and are subjectto "Order Activation". The
Fifstly, why depict Hannibalin moduleform? The premise
higherthecompetency of a commander, the greaterthe chance
behindhavingseparate modulesreflectsthe designencredence for
the order to be rec€ivedand instigated.The ability of the
tharno onesetof rulescanrealisticallysimulatetwo thousand
yearsofwarfare.For thisreasoneachmoduleis customfirted commander,plus the order activationtable representthe
to conceptof "commandand control" quite superbly.
their parti€ulartime frame, designedto be usedwithin the
frameworkof the AncientEmpires lesvehicle.Someofthe
forthcomingmodulesofferedwill be JuliusCaesar,Alexander
the Great, SPQR. The Greek Suc€essors
TACTICAL COMBAT
and The Classical
Greeks.The modulemngewill eventuallycovera periodfrorn Movementbeginswith GrandTacticalnovement.This is the
the early Egyptianto the late Blzantine Enpire. The logic maximummovementtroopscanmovein I hour of real time.
behinda three ring binder permitsaddenda,errataand new When units are within 8 inchesthey stop and are consideredto
scenarios to be easilyinsenedwithoutthe publishers havingto be in tacticalcombat.Tacticalcombatis not thesameasmelee-
reprintthe completecontentsof the rules.This in the longrun Meleeisdefinedasbeinginbasetobasecontact. crandtacti€al
will savethe consumermoney.The first sectionof thh review movementis simultaneous. During tacticalcombat,the sequ-
will concentrate or the rulesvehicle,folowed by the "Hannib- encechangesfrom simultaneous to move-counter move.The
al" module. sidewiih initiativemovesfirst. lnitiativeh dependent on three
things chance,commanderrating,andthe units'operational
ordels. Each side rolls percentagedice, addsthe respective
BASINGSYSTEM modifieE - the highestnumber goesfirst- The tactical combat
phaseis divided into three stages.The numberof stagesh
AncientEmpiresuniquebasingconfiguration bearsno resembl, calculated on the "Activity Level Table". This
best can be
anceto basingconfigurations usedby thei competitors. Wly? described by example.The Carthaginian army has won overall
Becausethe basing dimensionsof the comperitorsignore
iniliative.A major unit of Libyanspeannan in the Carthaginian
historicalaccuracy.By employingtheir own historicalbasing
army rolls "activity level two". The Roman legion facingthem
configuration,Ancient Empires has exposedthe unique
rolls"activitylevelthree".On thefirstphaseof combat(activity
characteristicsthatdistinguished the militarydoctrineexercised level three),
the Carthaginians can move or attackwith any
by eachnation. But I stronglystate,rebasingyour existing
units with activitylevel three. The Libyan spearmancannot
armiesis not essential,as the rules comewith a convenion (being
activityleveltwo). Becausethe Romanshave"activity
system when using other basing configurations. Fictitious
levelthree". the initiativeDasses to them.
terminologysu€hasSuperHeavyCavalry(SHC),ExtraHeavy One play of Ancient Empireswill quickly reinforcethe
Cavalry (EHC), Light Mediun Infantry (LMl), that has importan€e ofinitiative.AlthoughI stress,havingthe initiative
plaguedancientwargaming, thankfultyhasnot beenadoptedby doesn'tguaranteewinningthe game.Tacti€alcombathasits
the designers. Instead,An€ientEmpiresclassification h drawn own movementallowanceand tenain penaltiesseparatefrom
directly from ancient sources.The troop typeslisted are Light grandtacticalmovement. Theabilityof unitsto performvarious
infantry, Close Order and Phalangiteinfantry. Cavalry is functionsisdefinedas"actions".Infantryunits
havetwoactions
either,Unarmoured/armoured or Light cavalry.Followingthe per phase,cavalryhas three. All actionsare selecledfrom
above,are basesizesfor elephants,chariorsand ballisrae. tables.
Thisdispenses with the needto write a lengthysetof do'sand
don't\. "Disengage fiom melee"isveryeffectivewhena player
MECHAMCS choosesto withdraw a cavalry unit from melee and rcplace it
The use of fomations in Ancient Empiresis of the utmost with arother unit. Provisions are rnade for "oDoonunitv
importance.Formationslisted are "Line, ExtendedOrder, charging.evading,rerrograae movemenr,clangingionnarioni
AttackColumn,Phalangite Formation,RoadColumnor File". orfacing,reorganising, counter-charging, rec€ivingthe charge,
Certain formationscan only be utilised if the {ormationis and breakingformation".Units wantingto evade,must fiIst
compariblewith the trainingand categoryof the troops.€.9. undergoa test.The chanceof successfully evadingdependson
52

the unit's formation.eg. Units in Road columnhave a 5% Resolvingmeleeis calculatedby cross-indexing the weapons
chanceto successtuIyevade. The decisionto evade must be classagainstthe enemy'sdefenc€class,to determinethe CAP
weightedcaretuIy, becauseany unit that evadesmust turn its losson the enemyunit.
back to the enemy and keep evadingif in chareereach of the Othermodifierseitherincrease ordecrease theCAP loss.If it
enemy.If thishappens, the evadingunit couldbechasedoff the soundspredetermined, itisn\- For ea€hCAP inflictedthere\ a
ba|llefield. porsiblylakingthepursuerwirhhim. 5% chanceofeliminatinga casting.There\ alsoa randomdie
This tacticis well worth venturingif you commandRoman roll to indease/decrease the CAP level.The most interesting
cavahy. Another rule that allows units to perform as they did suryriseconcerningmelee, isthatitcan beleamt"off by heart".
historicallyis "To counter-charge, a unit mustbe chargedby an The meleeand moralemodifiersbrutally persecuteany unit
enemyunit". This rule allowstroopssuchasNumidiancavalry attackedin the flank or rear. This is how it shouldbe. Rules
to approachwithin mhsile range of an opponent and skirmish goveming"disordered,line of attack,elephantsand chariots,
(which \{as their inherited tactic). The opposing player may overun movement,and considerableexamplesof melee",
chargethe Numidianswhenhe hasthe initiative,in whichcase comDletethe chaDter.
theNumidians mavcounler.charse. e\adeor relire.
MORALE
Moralegradesare listedin the individualmodules.Moraleis
TACTICAL SHOOTING calculatedas a percentage, which canbe further increasedor
Tacticalshootiflgin AncientEmpiresis simplisticbut precise. decreased by situationmodifiers.Eachmodifieris expressedin
Just doss referencethe number of figures firing with the step steps.Eachsteprepresents 4%. The moraletabledisplaysthe
lossor addition modifiersto determinethe percentagechanceto stepsfiom -60 to + l.g. Simplyaddor subtractthestepson the
hit. A hit resultsin the targetunit losingcastingsplus CAP. table to determineihe new momle rating. The difference
Examplesand diagramsfoi overheadshooting are given, plus betweena unit'smoraleandthe roll ofthe dicedetermines the
rangesofvariousweapons. Theuseofbatlistaeweapons suchas
stonethrowersand dart throwingweaponsis alsoextensively MoralepenaltiesconsistofShaken,Disordered,Brokenand
Rout. Routedunitsar€immediatelytakenoff the playingarea.
In otherrules,for a unitto engage theenemy,a chargetestmust
bemadeby everyunit.In AncientEmpires,a chargetestisonly
MELEE conducted whena unitis beingchargedby elephants or chariots.
"The tx,o nain bodiesh ed thensebesupon oneanotherwith This I feel is good designphilosophy. Should a situation arise
thegrcatestadow andfury. Sincethet wercequallymatchednot where troops did historically refuse 1o fight, Ancient Empir€s
only in numben but abo in toutuge, in warlike spirit and in hasthe capacityto incorporate a rule governingthat siluation
v,eapons,the issuehung in the balan&". into the scenariodealingwith that particularengagement.
Otherruledesigners makeit a standardruleto beusedby every
TheancienthistorianPolybiusdescibing Hannibal's wtenns army. The merit for comrnittingthemselvesto the module
and the Romansat the Barle ol Zana. systemhasfreedthe designers from the impossible positionof
makinga set of rulcs to coverone aspect,only to discoverit
It hasalwaysbeena constantandfamiliarpracticeby ancient sabotages other aspects.Wlether le\T troopshave1o take a
rules designenthat when fighting melee,a result must be chargetest will only be known when a modulethat has a
obtained immediately. Embracing this doctrine automaticaly contingentof leviesin the army is released.
destroysthe notion that "the issuehung in the balance".To
overcomethis major problem, the designersof Ancient
Empireshave taken an innovativeand positivestep by the THE FINAL CHAPTERS
introductionof "combat attrition points" (CAP). All units
receiveoneCAP for eachcastingin theunit.Whenaunit'sCAP Morale is followed by anothermovementphase.This extra
level has beenreducedto zero, eachCAP lost thereafteris mov€mentphase allows a playerto activateanyreserv€unitsto
takenoff asa castingcasualty.How long a unit canstandbefore oudlank the enemyor reinforcea threatenedsection ofthe line.
it startsbemmingbrittle depends on its Iormation,the number Units that did not shoot missilesin TacticalCombat. can do soin
of figuresin the unit, andthe qualityof its soldiers.The CAP the Non-TacticalShootingphase.This phaseis most usefulif a
concept b.illiantly achievesthose words uttered by Polybius, playerchooses nottoshootin taclicalcombatasthepercentage
"the issuehungin the balance".Now, whenopposingamies chanceto hit a targetin the Non-ShootingPhaseis doubled.
"Fortifications, Building/
ergagein m€le€,unitsarenotpushedback, destroyedorrouted Another chapter deals with
immediately,but are locked into a titanic strugglewhose Dismantlingfieldworks,Camp tower construction,Ditches,
outcomeremainsunknownto both playen until well into the Palisades and Mounds,Tearingdownpalisades, TacticalUnit
game.Also discarded bythe designers arethoseall too familiar formations in fieldwork, Camp towers and defence. Without
and monotonoustroop classifications of RegularA, B or C, going into detail, this chapter is a winner and highly recorn-
"RallyingTroops". Units
IrregularB or C etc. AncientEmpirestroopsar€ gradedby a mended.Another chapteroutlines
"Weapons and Defence" classification.There are seven that fait to raly are removedfrom the gamingboard. Units may
weapon and defence classifications. The ratings for ea€h recoverCAP pointsto the numberof castings available.Thisis
"RegainingCAP
troop-type ftom class1 to 7 are statedin the An€ient Empires determinedby a die roll and consultingthe
modules.Roman pila armed legionaries/Spanish S€utariare LossTable".At the endofthe hourlyround,playersmustroll
Class2, while Levies,regardlessof weaponryare class6. forleader loss.An armythat losesits commander
"CombatWorthinessTable".Thiscouldcausethe armyto
mustroll on
Elephantsandchariotsare class7. The lowerthe numberthe the
"shaken"or at worst,to "withdmw".The higherthe
better. Defenceclassifications fall into Armou.ed Cavalry become
(Armeniancataphracts), CloseOrderedIdantry/Unarmoured geflelal's rating,thegreaterthe moraledeclineof hisarmy.The
Cavalry (Greek Hoplites), Auxiliary (PersianCardaces), last chapter of the basic rules vehicle deals with hidden
Warriors (Gaulvcermans), Light lnfantry/Light Cavalry (ve- movement, off board movement,scouting,the numberand
liles, Nunidian Cavalry), very Light Infantry, (Cretan positioning ofhidden units.And finallyat the endofthe rules
archers),L€vies (a[ levy troops resardlessof armour). vehicleis thanktully,an Index.
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TIIE MODTJLE structurewi improve drasticallywhen using either Marcellus,

As aLeadystat€d,the 52pageHannibal module comeswith the Fabius or Scipio AJricanus. For the Roma.os,time is of the
rules vehicl€.The module exclusivelycentreson the 2nd Putric ess€nce.Their infantry must rapidly engagethe Cartbaginian
War (219-202B.C.) and containshistorical background,6gure infanry andbrcat them beforc their cavalryflanks are stripped
andbasemountingdetails,tacticalunit composition,major unit away.The weaknessof the Ca(haginian army is its Gallic and
composdon, troop andleadermtings, necessaryrule modi6ca- Spanish infantry. Its strength lies in its cavalry, Libyan
tions, plus scenarios.The basingconEgurationfor the Canhagi- spearman,andits superiorcommandsfucture. The strict guide
nian army is id€nticalto the baseslisted in the rulesvehicle.The lines designatingthe type of fomation troop'smay or may not
only deviationfrom this configuration is the Manipular Roman adopt alsohasafurther bearingod tactics.A basicktrowledgeof
legion - a legion organisedinto madples of 120 men for the the armies is not a prerequisite, after a few gamesone will
hastat'r/pdncipes, and60menfor the triarii, andtq/omaniplesof understandand graspthe fundamentalsio utilise one's army to
60 menfor the velites. Repr€sentiDgthis fornation, requned a the utmost. ln otfter wo.ds, the nrles teach you.
new basingconfigurationto be introduced. And in doing so, the Four scemrios are provided, two are intoduction games,
Manipular Irgion is portrayed in its historical form. Every fo[ow€d by the Trcbbia and Cannae. The Caimae scenado
other set of rules or army list, either ignoredit, or gaveit some consistsof 8 pag€sdetailing deployment,unit formations, and
halJ-heartedbrush-overby simulatingit with a few basesinstead commanders.Battl€ maps complete the Trcbbia and Cannae
of lhe 40maniplesdemanded.For att€mptinga difficult subject, scenarios.Also supplied are organisationcharts for both the
the designendesene ful credit and accoladesfor successfully Roman and Carthaginian armies. This will be useful Ior
aclomplisingit. Now for the first time, a player can deploy the designingyour own scenarios.
Manipular legion in its checker-board formation, form a There are some fault with Ancient Empires. The rule
reserve, adopt Varm's formation as used at Cannae, form regarding elephant monle could be more concise. In some
tactical units of velites to intenpers€ wiih atrd st.engthen the instatrces (trot many) a witten example would clear aDy
cavalry, or usethe innovative changesof ScipioAfticanus. All ambiguity or misinterpretation by the readet.
thesevarcus formations are dealt with in detail under tactical Although not considereil a fault, Ancietrt Empires is not
atrd major unit composition. A major unit can be a legion or intend€dfor soss playing armiesof different time periods, but
5,000 Libyan speannanwith its 2,0m nan Atic-an skirmish this does not siop you. But why should you? I've never seen
sc.een. Major units are discussedfuly in th€ module and it Napoleonicplayersrecreatingbattles againstSevenYear War
would lake a lengthy description for this review to explain. Am€rican R€volution or Marlburian armies.
Surmiseto say, the concept of najor u ts tunes a play€r to If you truly are interested in ancient history, and wish to
thinl and opente in lalge groups of troops mther than create histodcal batdes built on the i omation of atrcient
independentcommatrdounits, allowed by other rules. Each historians, and have a set of easyto leam n es that in a shorr
aimy hasits own quick r€fer€nc€chart, giving morale grades, amount of time eliminates the need for the rules book,
weaponand defenceclass,Iormations, movementratesetc. By ing€niouslycaptulesthe flavou of the period, and leavesyou
focusing 52 pageson this period, what is the nett result? A hungry for the other modules, then these are your rules.
superb set of rules that stongly capture the flavoot and
variabilities of the Roman and Carthaginian amies, together
with their strengthsandwealnesses-For tbe Roman player, his CONCLUSION
cavalry and commandstructureis the weakness.The designers To be irmovative,riskshaveto be taken. Th€ designenopt€dto
have not down-gradedthe Roman cavalry, there just isn't be innovative, and in the processhave Foduced a set of rules
enoughof it. As the historical backgroundinformation states that are iDfinitely superiorto all contendeG.Their easeof play,
"they hadneglecledthe other edtitiesoftheir army, panicularly dbtinguishesthem from any available miniature flles. Thes€
their cavalry.Whenthe Romansmet Hatrnibal, theypaid dearly rules are imperative and essentialto anyone who wishesto
for their negligence". The problem with their command discov€ror rcdiscov€rwhat ancient battles wete about.
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