WARGAMER'S

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NEWSLETTER
 With thiS' isS'ue of \'fa r gam er' s Newsletter end s Ollr f Ollrth
y ear of pllbl i cat ion. Be g innin g in April ' 1 962 wi th twenty-four
;'l'L1"ec~' i b~ rFl' thiS' mnga~ ineno w' goes' out regularly to gettirrg -on
tor iive- ht,md red-' readers in all parts of the wor-'l d. It is, r 'e-ad
in London I~« Liverpool, in New York and Florida, in Alaska,
Hono l'ul' U, Au S't~.alia, NeIV," ' Zealand, Italy, Spain, and goeS' t 'o
ser_v ing s oldier ,s in Aden , B orne a and Viet- Nam l
Tlie g r ,~I'1'th of w'a r g aming haS" bee-n mete ori 'c and fascin-atin-g - -
is' it ' perhaps too mllch to hope that the birth pangs a re ov er '?
(Jan the h obby- b e g in t 'o se ttle d own and r'id its-elf" 0:: the acri-
mo ny and the bickering that seems a peculiarl'y ap t acrc' ompani-
ment to our table-top ba ttles? Frankly~ I dOllbt itl
Even witliin the last fOllr days one very w'e ll known Vlar -
gam er has ceremoniously and curtly' "resigned fr om all' worgam i rrg
activities" . At the same time I am rel i ablY informed that the
maj or,i t y of the Memb ers of the tvl'O L on do n Wa r game-a clubs (NOT
the Hayes- g r~ llp)' are V Olllb ly cr itic al of the c ont ents an-d viel'.!s'
of this ' magazine and other pllblications of mine - alth ollgh fe~
of them a r e s-ubscribersl
Wha t i s' thel' e ab out IV'arga ming that enc oura g e" "bi tcn i n e s s "
and petii'y jeal OUsies? Wh~tev er it is - the s ooner ' i t is
eradicated the betta r!
Defin i te details of the mamm ot h HastingS" Wa r games Sumnre-r_'
appear within - please muster Bnd g i ve 81 1 p o ssible sllpport .
Th iS' will be wa r gnm in g 's- biggest b oo,,-t and \7'e vmn t the sh op
wi n d a \'I: tab e w'e 1 r d res sed !

Wa r gamera New'slett'er' i s pUbl ished by: -

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HASTINGS 1966
We ' are now able at last to give you some details of the
happenings at Hastings this coming ,spJ;'ing, summer and autumn. In
Last month l--,r"NewsUl"El:er--you were g iven the dates on wh ich the
battle is to be refought, now we want to tell you about how it
is to be done. I say ' refought' be cause I would emphasize here
what must be made crystal clear: that these oDerations are to
be r econstructions of the actual battle and not any old war
game which just happens to take place on the field of Hastings.
' In other words, within certain limitations, the battle will be
faithfully reconstructed. It may be that, if the Hastings
Corporation agree, some of the later battles will have built
into them possibilities of certain critical happenings going
a different way; but the first battle in June will fo llow the
exact pattern of 1066.
This is how it is to be done. We have divided the battle
up into seven phases, and calculated the time which each phase
will take up. This is important because the battl e has to start
at a certain time and ~ finish at a certain time. There is no
question of movement r ules, distances and ranges, and no dice
will be used to calculate ca sualties. The l atter will be done
, by consulting a chart, large copies of which will be hung on
the walls.
At the outset the Saxon army will be i n position along
the ridge, and the Normans will be deployed at the foot of
Telhem Hill. The first phase will cons ist of the advance of
the Norman bowmen, who will move up into range and open fire.
They will advance, firing as they do so, until they come under
fire from the Saxons, who will be using only javelins, throwing
axes etc. After a sho rt fire fight the Normans will retire,
having accomplished little.
The second phase will consist of an infantry assault.
The Norman infantry, in three bodies, will pass through the
retiring arc1)ers and mount the slope. As they close up on
the Saxon position they too will be assailed by missiles.
There will then be a period of hand to hand fighting, in which
the Normans will be severely hammered, and they will retire
in their turn.
In the third phase, the archers again deliver a volley
and then the cavalry make their first attack. By this time the
Saxon supply of missiles is used up, so the cavalry reach their
line pretty well untouched, but in the hend to hR..'"ld fighting
make little or no impressi'on. Up to this po int the Norman
casualties have been considerably higher than those of the
Saxons.
We now come to Phase 4 . The Norman cavalry begin to fall
back after their abortive charge: the centre and right retire in
good order but the l eft panics and gives way in confusion. The
Saxon right, almost in its entirety, thereupon charges do\vu the
hill after them; William wheels his centre in upon their flank,
and the Saxons, caught in the open, are · cut to pieces. Only a
remnant scramble .back up the hill.
Phase 5. Again the arrow shower, followed by a second
cavalry attack on the attenuated Saxon front. After a short
struggle the Normans again I"etire , but th is time their right
wing pretends to pani~, and the Saxon left is similarly drawn
do wn the hill, charged in flank, and cut to piec es ., 'The
balance of casualtie s has now turned badly against the Saxons.
Phase 6. Despite the loss 'of almost the whole of both
wings, the Saxon centre ho Ids firm. The huscarles clo se r B.nks
around the standards. The cavalry again charge, and about this
time Harold's brothers Gurth and Leofwine fall. Again the
cavalry are repulsed, and William now orders high angle fire
by his archers.
Phase 7. This consists of alternate volleys of arrows
and charges by the Norman cavalry, with their infantry helping
out here and there. The arrow fire takes heavy toll of the
huscarles, and in mid-phase Harold falls. In the final stages
the cavalry at last break into the shield-wall, and the
remnants of the Saxons break and flee back along the main
stem of the ridge.
Now we are well aware that controversies have raged over
several of these po ints - the feigned flight, the high-angle
fire, whether Harold was wounded by an arrow or not. But these
reconstructions are desi@led for the general public, not just
for military historians, and for that reason we have adopted
the popular versions of the battle as long as they do not
break any rules of military probability.
We cannot stress too strongly tl:\at these reconstructions
must be carried out in the manner and spiT-it laid down. The
bulk of the spectators will not be war g~~e rs but just the
general public, who must be impressed by the ~rganisation and
efficieney of the whole affair.
If y ou wi sh to take part in this Hastings project , please
retv.rn to t h e Editor the following information AS Ql;ICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. I';a.l!le , add r ess , age . The Hargamesperiod in which
you are normally i nterested . Do you have any obje cticn to
taking part In a wargame us ing flats? Dc you v·.d sh to b e
considered a8 2, warc;amer or a helper? HeInen: will be requir ed
as chart-n18.rkers, chronic l e r s, rUnneT[l, 8,s s i stant s for laying
out and putting awa:I of f igv.res . All participants vrill be
eA-pectcd to h elp in th e s etting up and trueing dovm of the
tcrr8.in . The dates on which the battle vlill take place a re
the 11th J1.;.ne ; 9th July; 13th August; 17th September and the
1st October. As an earl y mOJ:'ni.ng s tart is r equir ed a ll
persoIJl1.el will probably need to be i n East i:::lgs on the Fr iday
evenir.g, and will be available to l eave on Saturday or
Sunday mo rni ng . All reaoonabl e expenses will be paid .
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~B~I~~~~r_~R~-!~RGAM~
As hoped , l ast' month' s liI'J.8nt torl!J rd s this f8cet Df wa r gamin g
ho g: c8tlsed dis'Cu 5&ion amo n gst ' r eade r s' - and we tr~us t there i s; mo re
to c ome! Later: in this' edition wi l l be found crt i c l es by ex-
pe ri enced wa r gam er:s on this subjec t an d her ,e .:: r 'e ' a c otl ple of '
smaller: it ems worthy o f in c ltlsi on. Firs't ' P.Dtlnn of 41 Botlrnemou th
Ro ad , Folke stone ~ Kent (Inv en to r and ret n ile:::" of the II oval Ba t 't 'le
Games" 'WarlordS" ) wri teS' - ' '
" l7e ne ed a 'ome ev a lu a ti on of a rtill'er..y ' fire wh ich ': p'l ac ,e ,at l i t:1tl ' e
relitmce on dic-a : which i 's-' s-po e 'd y a nd wh i ch, wi tho~t tlsing' s:peci'aT '
op)?arottlS', vri l l t ake ' into e C'e;otln '1;<, as many as, possible of th'e v o Iti-
abIe S' e ,f fect in g f ire.
I oVer:e'n me th i s ' prob Ie m in re ga rd to n avD 'l g ,tlmf ir e by the tl S'e
of-- pT'ay in g cardS', wh ich cran g i Ve an unli mited ntl mbell' of ' a lteI'n n -
t 'i ve 6O at the c-ut of" a s ing le ce r d' . He re ia; one examp le fo r' l io nd '
' ar t i l l'e r y . In th i s- in s:-t:an t ' the ef:t"ect ' i s; f 'bl!' a 6 in crh l ond gun
firoi n W at-'t t'anks .
All Re d" Ca r d'-s ' - misse cr (she I T ' .Jide )
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Kg- ·..... 15 yds-' of:!' ' 25 n o h i t 'll' up teo 20 h its' E%it.c •
Fir,e - gunBJ s i.n gly ; or " in bqtchem of!' 5 ' S' £lnd JlIIult i p l y ef"ffe c't shown.
If o 552 o lt 'e rnot'iv-eso' a re re quire d: t 1:wo o-ards or,a d·rawn. If r ,e-o -
mi a;aed . If ' blacir - dr<ovr 2hd ,,-era- £ln a cheot l'i~Slt' f 'o!!' r "e,s,tl l 't .'"
Peter ' Gild,eI" ols:o ua-ed an i nterres-t in g ar,tilla-r,y f 'i rin g method'
i n the, past '. Ba6Oed ' on d i ce ' throws- - s:hovm in lef't - hand' c-o l' umn,
this< seems; se lf'" explanator,y . Tll'e :!'Figu re s: in each fLl'u'ce n-ep IJ e,s;enit
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A fa mo us" Dnd very effective un it ~n th e No rth r/es_t front:,i er :

of India \7/l s the Mule Ba ttery. In 1896 - one wOLlld see the men '
dress,ed in wh ite s:unhel met:;r , blue ' coots:, with white belts; li g ht-
kahki pantS" and dark blue puttees;. If the Bo tte-ry had n oitive
gunnell:S: then they wo ul"d be , dresse,d ' in' dark blue un ifor mS': \'I,ith'" r ,ed
collo r, a nd b r oa d red striped bwn the side of the tr,ou ser.s; dark
blue putt 'e es: bnd 0 red tur b on . The gu nners' wo re a leother' b(lndo-
lier:- Dnd be lt, the :formeIt'- slung a roun d them :f:tcom left t o ri g ht.
The gums; I'l.'ere- 7pd,r ' 2 .5" muzzle l(' ad in g aierew' g uns:. ,The re,
VlG.r-e t'wo B un-a; pe:rr aecti ~) rr ond1 S'ix per batte-ry. Th is mI!de up' f 'i 've
m,ulB .. 11oad13l Qnd the nx mule c,nrI)ied ' ammuniti on.
HQw ' about~ mak ing an Elephant Battery as' used in Indio in the
lott'er half of t h e nineteenth cent ury? The elephant W,a s us:ed to
pull S!iege g uns, of-ten the si 'x -gun bo tteny b ein g :f'oIlJTIed' :If f:Jur '
guns ' ond t 'w,o hOVlitz-ers' mount e d on the same type of' car:r i og'e . They
wer,e in later" yearso the Ar matrong -- 4'Opd r 'bll:eech l 'o oo-ing gun on
w;o od,en bl'o ck trail ca-rr,in g es and, 6.3 inch R. M.L. howitz,er:s, bot:h
S'-i milar ' in deSign, altho ug h not in S'-;ize, to the- old 9pdr R. M.L .
gun o:f the R.H:A.
The g un wheals; wer'S' f ive f~et in diamet'e r ,: but twiCB as; thi-o'k
ond - t\.ac-e as' bruo:d at ' rim - not unlike the old Brit o in_'s 4 .7 glm
:fEO wel l known in We ll'a photos; in 'LI TTLE wARS'. The li mbeIt' i ,m;
tli-e !rome as:'t<he Brit a i n-a- o:Dd style li mber:- but,' w,1 -th snof't,~ a: irrst'e-od
of" the pore. BQt h eTeph'O't'a; Vl'a-Jre hornea's 'e d, tande m, the h q rna-ss i63
f'1lrmeif :fn'D m" Q lor:ge wrt-' type stldd'le, w:ith" brand, g irth - passin g
undernenth just beli ind the fo re leg s, with a hug e qu ilted s a ddle
cl oth and , the shofts are supplemented bi ' chairi traces.
The ,?-tnan g un te am w'erre men of ' the R.G.A., wEXl ring th's old'
type of"fmn-helmet, bl ue tunics, khaki drill t-'r:otWs:a-:t!S" with bllue
putt'e e,s ' - tllmoa;l;-" th's same a Si the Britain's ' nU l 'a- t 'ec'm gimne,:t!l!t.
The nat'dve t-X'OOPSl were mainly concerned with tro ns-por;!;, t-h'eiIe,
bein-g- t 'w,s nty bulTocxkS" to ench gun f 'or ammuni,ti'on an'd', s:t'or1lS', al-
though th'e y we-n-e- S'omet ime s' uS'ed to li'a ul the g un-a; wlten the- e :t::epli1l wits:
wiae-ly refus.ed ' to g o near the :firing line!
Each elephant ha'd- it 'S' mahout, dc~essed, like the gunneIr$ but
wli th a ra d t urb a n ;.
The elephant'ffi are easily obt a inable in the ri g h't a era Ie , as
ther-e - ae e ·mS' to bern ::lr'e of the s-e a n im-a Is mo d e - for.' t ay-- z 0 a s · an d·
ot he rr g!lm eS' th-an a nythin g elsoe!
Mor e- inf or mat ion aan b'e obtain:ed i'rom th e Ar:my and Navy
Illus·trated 1 895/'7 and the - c ol'o ured <mr,d NlD .19 in Plnyel!"S3
Regimen 1tn 1 Unif o=s:' 5'eri e S'.
I f ' anyorre g et'$ arr:Jun-d to mnk'in g up on -e of thew batt'e ri 'eS3
:Hi I am dO i -hlB , I vl'ould be inter-eS't'ed t o h a ve hiS" ideaSJon rUle-Si
o:-ove:cin g their U&e in w.n r gomeS'·. It iso, \7:ell knol1!l to vlergO me-It'S>
tha-t' the VIa I" Elepht>-nts - in Tony Ba tll' so' Ancient' game )1-.ave l 'ong-
s-:pre a -d- terimr' anr.on gSit'- my t-r-oo p a; a nd I d on ' t \m nt a_ 1-9t'h Oen t 'uny-<
r:epeti ti 9n!

Geo r g e Gush writes: "I n ow have a mOd el-clUb gJ in g at th e

Sch'oc l whe re I teach; a D- day d i orama, us in g ma inl y Air f i x , is;
being built, and qu i te a n umbe-r of the boys- a re int e r ested in
s-tartin g a wa r- games- g r ou p - in fact I am curren t ly occ upie-d' in
evolving some - s'impli f i ed ma de-rn lVo rO'- game rule S1 wh i ch I'/'e- hOp'e t 'o
US'8- ne dt · t -erm."
Pa. t CDndr ay writes: " The Na ti on a l Capital Mi l i t ary - Co ll'e-c t :ors'
h a s l a tely been tryin g to or gan ise it " wargaming memben5' . Th ~ S3 ih
th!l wake of the 13 me mb e -lr meetin g at my h o u s:e l ast ' S'und 2~ ' t o launah
a l'fa p-'o Ie oni c-, European ca mpa i gn. I am not-, s ,ure wh-at pr '-'m pted a 1]
this;. I think that the long effort t o have a wa r ga mer ' t ou rna men t ':
to supple ment ': the f i g ure paintin g cDmpet i t i on s-- is s.t i l'l ' wi -th u S'.
There i s t a lk of h o ldin g a wa r games: c onventi om-in lIash irng ton.
IrumOU-T(' h:llS i t th-a t New' Yo rk I'In nts" the c'1lnvention-; Ph i JJade lph ,i .:r
wea n t ff- i t' ag-irin. I ha ve prop 0 s--e d the id ea 1 s o l 'ut i om _ t 'hr:e-a
conventi ons. The whol-e bUffineS38' may bIOI'!' ov elr complet 'e ly, but Wie
have hopes- or o:-ap it al-i s in g on the wtran g e - enthuaiasm, o ff our' non-
p -l ayin g fell-ow me mb erS" a n d s-o:r o un g in g up a be t :i1;er: than eve r :
conventi on. I have neve~ been in favouro~ a t o u rn a m en ~ _ I
a 1 m0 S3t', a T way-s ' wino; iny games-, but :- th-e r·e is ffometh ing ": consrt·r ,ucttiv·.e
about'- 11, tour,na men t. I &e e - big g e-r ' nnd b ett'e r: ang-umenta' OVS:O:- r _uIeSi,
lon ge~ o nd mo re b itter' ar g u men~~ dUrin g the game~ ."

Je ff ' P erren of Illinois tells me the intere s-t in g in f ormation

that a film is t o b e made entitled " Th e Ba ttle of Vlaterl oo".
Directed by John Hou ston (who als -o d ire cted the i mmo rt a l " Red
Badg e of Courage") . Th e - shootin g iff to si;art in Sept e mb er:.
The loc a le wi l l be in Tu rkey and th e Turkish army ar'e being us.ed
to repre s ent both Briti sh and French, a n d one pres'um es, the
P r u ssian s .
The report concl ud es by announc in g that Ri ch ard' BUri;on wi l l
play the part of Napoleon and P eter' Of T oole the pa rt of well'in g ton -
if the se two exchange the sa me so rt of air y conver.s-ati on - aa they
did in " Becket " one feels that th e re s hOU ld also be a p a rt in this
fi lm for t he Beatles! But th e n , i f Cha rlton Heston can pray Gen .
Gordon (in another f i l m) ttl.en -' an yth in g can happen!
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American military hist orical writin g seems f or the moment t o

have soettled into a rllt, for the maj ority of cllrrent books in the
field are still c oncentrating lin either'the Civil Wor: or' World War'
One, the e ID']lfj'alrisc still Ilpon the f ormer':. Dilring the la'srI; yeaIr, for
a fe'wI months-o, at least", writers:' tended t o dig into the rem'ot"e liY'~
ways' of military his,t ory f or their subjects. So f a r ' the best b oo kff'
have been Am erioan editi Dns of English w'OrkS'. Dr paperb a ck reprints;
of earlien' h a r 'dbound editi ons by American au thor s::. Them~' is) 0 '
resur g ence of inter'es't in the aCO'illlnts' of World Won" II fr om the ,
Japanese point of vie'w,; cnd a rathexr inten:esi;irrg devoti on to the
old r~exican Rev o luti on, 1'9 10-1917. Ther,e , have been no reall y good
acc:Dunts of the Am erican lVar of Independence since the, works- off .
Vlard (!!!.~_~ma:r;hQ§l~_8.~~£:DIl!,;h~, 2 vols-) and Lonca actal!' (!:£.2.!!l~ng t~
!.Q..l!i be !C!"y:' 1 •
PerhapS" the interest ' of Amer,ic a n ',s ' is; t-aken up' at the moment;,
by the Viet'n om action and the one book of value (r a ther' dub'i o llll1l,
perhspm) yet ' res'ultin g from thot acti on, Th~_Q£~~~_:!!.~~ts,by
Robin Mo on,e (N Y) available in both hardb o llnd a nd pape·rb"ack. So
milch has:: been writt 'e n about thi 's b'u ok that t 'o review! i t'· pen' 5'e
wOllldbe sUpar.:flllous. It is n o t milit a ry h ise,t ory in the ami-ct';
litense; and just how mUch o f i t can be adj ud-g ed' tr:uthful' ia a moot
point. The selections" in i t nemind me very mil ch'" of s 'ome o f the
hll!:rr!n in te r cs,: t ;f e e i;llJ;:e stuff o r:I& c Cl mbat cor!"e,s ;p ondents Ilsed t'n wr.r=ite
f -'o r · ext":r:lIP-C1lrri 'c lllo · $PllC-e rotes: ~if IV e · c o uld g et: it by the cens or.s)
f o r-,h ome neI'lSJl o per-:s-. -At be -$t it is; good Ernie PyX" with o tri ' having'-
the great'nascs of Pyle. II wargomer,$ or'e to devote , Qny a tt'enti om
tb the hit"-ond,:"'rlln jllng le kind of fi ght in g , tlt e b o ok might l7e-lll be
w'orth reading" affi on exa mple of cllrr.ent techniqlles, bllt th&' com..
plexi tie!!:' of jung le war-:fnr-e iln the ' games- t ab :1e a re well-ilIust'r oted:'
in the bO Ok.
II bGGklet "Unif or ms o nd Insignio of the TH ird Re ich " of 79
pages with bla ck c nd white illils'trotions is obtnin c ble from
Militaria, 2 Edgew 0 0d, Orono Ma ine, U.S.A. o t ~4.
K.G. Wy un of 42 Esh er Drive, Littleh nmpton , Sussex, con supply
8 t very re os on Dble pric es 0 good selecti on of milit 8 ry b :l oks c nd
printS',. Like i, rthur Johnston, Mr. \'ly nn is a s,ubSlcriber t o the
Newsletter.
Rober.t or Sullivan of Cork writes:-
" Wa r gam es- Terrain" was: very interestin g , Dnd it cer.tainly- ha s
snved me a lot of ? tr o uble. I hod intended making 0 l ,cng e a--and-
t "oble this summ'er' but I con Slee t -h n t, t-hnnlcs t o your bo ok , the-
c'ons-' woulCl olLt v ote the pr o s!"
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li§Y!~§ DIC[!li22li
With the Anatomy of Gl ory.and Gaa;s endi' s" Thlanua1' , for , ArtiJJJLe-ry
as the- authorities, the following inf 'ormation ttl Nap-ol!e onieJ' War:--
gam er~ may be of some u~e ' and to balartce dis~ance~, I have ,
o-ommented' on tille Mua;ke"t: and r~uS'ket ' oon.
The, 1777 Infantry Mus,ket' wa s modified in H~Ol and' was; app'rox.
5') ing-, in Hm gt h. It'S"' aim was' ac--o urate up to 1 60 yard-s and'
app-roximate' to 275 yards' . Th e hi ghest firing speed obta:inred-' was;
4' ~hoi;'s in - 3 minutes. Th e - 1777 CavaJ:lry Muske -i;'oon iasued, difY'e,red,
ft'om th'e muske t " in th'e l 'ength bein-g shorter ' by approxima't 'e lyv L2i 'ns.
A:fterc 1803 mus'ket oons; w'e re i8~ued with b'ayonets; o :f.[' a Iength \~h ich ­
ena b le-O ' the tr ooperS' to rna n oeuvre in thr,e e rank s .
The Firing rate of the 4 and ' 8 poundeNl" aver ,aged 2' shot:s; a
milnute- but', it r :equire,d a full minute to fire th,e 1'2' pounder'. A
4, pounde-r:' re qu ired 8 men including ? sp,eciall.~tS' i;'"o serve- it, an
8 pounder,' and 61ns. Howitz,e -r, I,) men with" B 81'eciali8Ot85 and tlte
1"2' pounder ', 15 men with B 3"Pecialist5.
G"as,s,endi's, Artillery Ma nual g ives; 860-9~O yards, as th-e- ette-c~
tive- Round Shot range fbr ' 1'2 pounders, with B50 f 'br'- th'e B pound'e-!':'s
and.' 75-0 f 'br the 4 p ounde rS';. ' Cannis. ter ' ranges vre ro- 650 YBrd s f 'o r '
the 1'2', 5"95 fo r ' th'9 B ana 435' for th13 4. Longen,' ran gsat were
l' 0 s-8 i b 1'e b,llt th e d i s-peral \V'a so' con si d erob Ie and wi th th 9 fu 11 gun
elevati ~ n ran g es of 1 9 5 0 ycrds for the 12, 1625 for the B a nd
1300 "
for
-
the 4 c o uld be' obt a ined. '
6"';ins hnwitzers fired 8 s:pp.e ric 8 1 shell f i l led wit h powder a nd
fllsed for explos i on a t distances of 750 t o 1 3 '00 yards whose burst
was d ange rous with in ~ r 8 dius of 25 yards. ' Ca'nn'is:terc' shbt VIas;
f;;ired at point blank ran g e '. The ah'e ll fuere burned' fo!':' 3'-4 second' s
during a tr,oje,C"f;ory of~ 650-875> yards, and craa- a holl'owed reed f 'ilJle-d:'
\"i-th s,t'rllnd's' of"' matc'h impr'egnat'ed O1i th a c ompound ' of" p::>o,der:, 8,a lt'-:-
peter;', s:ulph'ur ' and pi t 'c h.
A-C'8nn,on was loaded ,aa:: follcws-:-
1; The ven~ stopped.
2. The gun- pointed ' !;lith'eX': directly or by the r ,f\'an- Irlgltrt and'
elev~t 'or ' atCTe'N'.
3. The barnal 5:»,1 3bbed out. , O1ith a s;p onge and' a l 'e ng Ii'nndHrd '
bruah •
4. The cartridge and VlJad (zs;ualJly of haY'-) r .a mm'e-d- home by the
r a mme r '.
']i. The verr~ unst opped and C"l'eared \V i4;h a pn:iming wir-e and'
the ca rtrid ge piirced.
6: Prim'erc' into vent '.
'7. Ign it i on •
12J.£~!l!!..£'E1!' L£.Q Ll n ~!:!! !..Jl. 0 un dQ~ K'i E:"Ho I!.i!~!r
Le ngt'b:: 82'hns- 79 ins 62hns: 27 t ins
 We i g ht 2170 10Sl 1 z,e 5"" l os .-; " ;5'6 ::'1 b.:r T Ol) olio
Ca 1:1. beD: AiinSJ 3'h:ns 3-hn'SJ "lin-s
Ca=iage We i gh' it 2 1 90 1 b's:; 1 8'5'0 IlJ:s 1 45'5' 1:o-s 1 895: Ibs.

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R~~OLEONlQ _~l~LERr :

:ex..
l~t~~~£~~~~~£~~h
B . O' Bi-i'en ' Sl o nti c 'l:e in the Feb r .uory NeI7:S'let;iterc ...."OSl f u ll) of,o ,
g-o o o io'e 'o5l' . But ' if' you Slocrifice S'ome of ' t h 'e f 'i nerc p~J int Sl Dc si::nml: JJd,l!'
ef~c-i;t; ([on" b'e,· pr,: oou'aed wi 'th IT nru-c:h S'i mp rer ' system. It': ti. D r;o av'o i 'd]Sl
th'e , ' 9lo vin g' th'r ow', a d'evi c-e whh:h I pers Dna lly d i sTi ke.
Ta'r g et'S3 a ne· d i v i ded int o thr'ee' ca te go r 'i e 5' affi f o :tl:.uw'$:
A Infontr.y in c o ]Jumn~, S3quore Dr nny form a t i on deepe r ,' tli'an s-in g le
r ank .
E "- Infantry in £jing le nank , cavalry a n d gun teamSl (h or aeso).
('J; - Inf'anrt 'r y ' inc open o:rrde ir, in a.;ing l e :rmn'k beh in d w.a lJ:S" or" l'l-edgeSl ,
ih~ w:ood"s; or in h o u_s' . Gun o'r:e w13' (g unn·e·r:s). ' ,
One dice i s' th' rown e.och time a gum f ire a;. Ctlsouol't ie so i tnfJJi'c-t -
e d' or:e the foll o wing firea o:;t i 0 mal o f ' t lie nu mb e:r ' t'h r ':o t7n :
A:tc c 1 o aoe rung e o~ imilrtt: A' tD r ge its' -, z/3
Att C"l'o Sle nange g a ih;s1;'; B t 'a r g et'Sl
a "- .:L,
2
Att- ccto ae ronnge· o ga i Tll'$-t;" (J'; t ,t! r g et'a; :.. 1/3'
At',
Ait
l'ang ' rrnnge against': A t 'o r.g'e 1;s-
long r ang e a go i n 'st " If' t '.o r g e ·t 'S!J
-:... .:L,
2
1/3
A'tt l o n g ' nnnge o g'o i rrSft': cr t a r g ets) 1/6
(In w:or king o u.--!;'· the numbBn' of " otl5'ua ltie Sl any f'l'octi on off 11 ODe
m,oIle C'ount"S) /1$ ' one, ThU'fi' 1 /3 of" the thr ,o w: g i v'!l-iil 0 mis s; f 'or: 1' , on e·
o'!l,S'uolty fbr:- 2- 4', ond it\V:o c8S'uo l 't i eS) f or ' 5 to 6". )
Wh'llit nboUtt~ C"o uni;"e·r~ oatt:-el!¥ f 'ir.B? I o w of ' ttie $ch,ool' t'ltott
tthlin-k& of" o' g UIlD oS' Il:&preS::entirrg~ 0 ' boi;'t'er,y on,d i;bioi;'; i;herefoIr€l i 1t
S'h 'o ur'd ne,v'eD: he kn oacked ' out·. But, 0 ' g um ,.i tli~, l'es:S' t hon th'r-e,e g ,unrrD-l!'s
ren;: moy" on l 'y r oo d' Q!r f 'iree , eoo-h move, not't bo1;h'. Simii l b rcIy; n g).lm
• wottfu n'o g'unner:m le;f ,t moy lJe Ibad ed' !2.~ f ir;ed' by" n t ·; leeast' 4' i tr1f1lnt'irtY",,:
rme n ".
Tli i '9': leaveSJ no S3pecial provis'ion's' f 'or hO'v.lit'ze IHlf; orc'hea v y g un' s .
Th i 'ffi is': p'c r ,t 'l y bD-(}Xluse my o wn w,Q !'gnm ea or-e fo i 'rly " Slmo l1l, l'I,i th onl"y
2' or: 3' g un,S'l per' s ide, c nd pn !"tly' beanuffe whole b'o t ::t':.el1,i es of" howitzers:
wer:e '['.Ilr,e in Nh ,y ole'oniil; t i mes'; . If y o u' th'i nk of" a gum 0 s: r epT:e-:s,ent:~
i n:g ' 0 bo t t:c ry Y'o u otlnn~ot provide a 1:intt'ery wi :t h , 0 thir:d' on' a Clua ,m ,er:-
o f ° i t '$ pe i 0'8 Ef' h o wi t z e r s '. Howe wen-, tll-ene , o r .:Oo scD-Vle·l!'O l ' ways' i'n w:ht<rli',
is:pe,O"i i:l l ' pieae$' cou l 'd be pro:fiided' f or_. Mo'ximu ll!l minga- c:ou])d lJe in.-
=--eoaaed: for, h'eoV'y g un'S' onB ' r :educed ' f'b r howii;'zoor-s . Hsovy g'urr61 e'o uld
b'60 aT1Lo we d ' to fire , on i ruf1lnt r .y unden' c over as!J ll ' t 'a nge,t 's . H'l:>wi itzel!'Sl
0':0 u])d,' h'a V'e : a s i mi 10 r.c ad ya n't '!) g-e 0 n d b'e 0 11'0 we d" teo f'il',e on, trro 0 pa: b & -
h'in"ll,' ho u s;eflt on- W'o od,S' ODe on nevers-e a:J. op e,S' , pr.ubablY' os (!l: ta:r:l:ge,t 's; .

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 NEW YORK WARGAMES SOCIETY REPORT
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Before I d:elve into my battle report, I ivould like to intxto-

duce myS'elf and mY , friends to you of England - the stalwant "Old
GUard" of Wargaming. Althou,g h our club is' «uite informal, WET tr,y
to get together: at leaS't once- every two weeks. AI] of us, being
students" in New York City, have many !rludies, etc., that mU$!; come
be':for'e our hobby.
I regre-t to aay (ac'cording to H.J.C.Gernys' column last is'sue)
:t-hot, the majo:r: portion off ply" colTec-tion deals in Airf:ix figure"".
Althou'gh I am slow'l y buirdillg'up a ~B ritah;ffi' and 'MerbeTen,a' coll'o,c-
tion, I h-ave to rely on Air,f ix at' the moment, as' a studentcs" m:on'e,;;,;,
(even a workin-g S'tudentS" money) uS'u"lLy goes- t o o f 'a st" to be sipent
ent ire lyon a h'nbby.
G'e tting-- bacrk to the report, the concept wa S' a bat;1!;l'e-, on a
relatively narrow front, during the Amenican Civil War,' oetw'e en W.
He,ths' ConfedeIYat'e Division, and F.Barlows' Feder;al Division, with
su pporting lwitS" for e a ch side. The $cale of the boar,d and '
slO l'die-rs- was; -!a" ~ r yd '. All: of - the regimentEl' inv o lved ' _"ere baaed
on the' Divisi on 's" make-up ' in 1863. Their troop numbe])1!'; var,ie,d as;
in r 'eelity. A typical re-giment might', h'8ve 1 Officer" Z MJ:!,geants,
Dnd 20 men. The numbers o f tr oo ps gnve the Confederacy " super ,ior~
itY" in Infantry; Qnd Cavalry, but the Federals ' had superiority in
nr,tillery. Unlike usual' gameffi we carried this one out by d'ra vrirrg:-
2 slips: of paper per' pe-riod from a box cont a ining aIr Jf the'
r "egimentg,' names on slips ' of paper. Thus, we obtained an "Ordaxr
of Arrival" g8me, l1ith regiments' entering the board contirru 'ouslY"
until" the entire DivisionS" were formed.
The sides:' wer'e droVffi up, with myS'elf and Johnny von Ruffite-n a$
the Federnls' , Norman CIDr:iua; and Bob D' JDbngelo as the Confed'enat'e-s;.
The rLllesc u '$ed vrere a conversion" of l'hili-u Bar,kel1:s ' r-ule51 in:'
Octobe'ltw' is-sue of the N'e w3"lett"e-r:, with changes thua; adapting them
to the Civil' War·; -------
The game went aa; followg,:
• 1. The Confederates, enter~ng from the S D utH~ qui~klyto o k
positions' upon hill (A) and then advancad up the road. The Fede-ralJ:~
f1'c-om NE took up pos::ition b'ehind ' a ffitone waD] (E)
2. The Conf'e derates:-, for a feW' turns \vena S'Stisfied to se-t up-
in a-kirmish order' in the woods' (F) ond to finally JJauncrh an attack
towarda; House (B). By this:: time, a good'part ' of v on Rusten'sc Br,i gade
hac1" $et"up f e> r1l1ed positiona in woodS' (C) and near Rocky T",rr,uiu1 (D).
My Br,i gade :'!:;'It up behind Stone Wall' (E).
, 3. When Fe,derals received Artill'ery and the Confede'rates- had
none, ' I s:et ' them in Battery f ormati on (4'-guns Hors .e Artilllel'Y) and
began" to con centrat e he aVY fire on f orwa rd con c 'e nt rat i on S' of ttr ~
Firdng 'canisi;el':', Bnd cutting ' down in s'ome c8'seem almost 80% oas:ual- '
ties:: (as'in the 4th North Car.olin8). The Confederf.ltes «uick'ly" with'-
drew' to the woods and S'&t ~ in skir'mis'h order' again.
 4. When the Cavalry arrived and alm ~ G:t the entire nrmys" of'
b oth sideS" were drawn into battle, the Conf ederates Inahed out
aith a comparable "Pickett~! Chnr~6u down the road, in the centre,
(G) and t o the extre.me ri g ht fHlDk. The Feder111s ' 11e1'.e , forme-d be-
hind the variDus St one Wall's: (E) ' and (H). Von RuS'tens'! Brigad'e
recei'Ve-dl the brunt of the attack. Five ConfederAte Regiments
(ab oulf; 3/8 of the Confederate- Army) charged (aD) a nd the r oa d. The
Federalk we re sever:ly mauled but fE>'l l back to the , St one WrilJl a -
r ound Church. Th is' left" a gap in the Fede ral Ri g h'-t Flank. The·
Conf eder'ate·, then Ibunched maS's;lv e Cav a lry atta ckS' aga irrst' tits..
Federal' s;, a nd aever:s- losses-, again were· de-alt t o the Federals. The ·
Feder-81s; atruc'k back at (I) with Cavalry andfomned in:f ant ry' behind'
the WalJl and ' cut dovm many o:f the Ct, valrymenn • The Conf"eder ct'e
In'f antry foll'uwed, ond wer'e soon over-w!1:'elr.lE>d. In the centre,
mOs;30ed Artill'eny fin-e- silenced a major portion o:f this threo't, on
the Right F lank, h owever, a lthough c.nly mean t t o be a diver.:ai on,
s -oon enupted into ii major, Con:Feder-at'e vic-t :l ry. But ' the s'ituati on
V1'D S ' SlO on t o chan g e.

5. F in a l ly , v on Rus'tens! Brig a de stlirted to adVance and dlrove

the r .enrainin'g RebelS' O'aC'k to their woods, the Rebel's ' suffering moo ny
caSluoltieB:' on the wny .
Since it w:n s 'd'e'cided th a t '· the Con:federntes- wer,a on the o:ff en-
sive f r om the be g innin g ,~ nd n ow b oth s id es "e re t oo weak t o a tt'ack ,
ii" wa s- decided t o b e 0 ~Feder D l vict ::;ry .
After c o su o lties l1 ere listed, o t the- end of the b o ttle, i t
W,08'observed thnt both sides ' lost ' mo re th nn h ", lf of t heir f orces
and ge inin g n o thin g . Feder n ls being 5 8 .5 %' and Confederate-IF 69.2%.
Ou'r pruiS'eIF to !.lr , Barker. ; on a gr'ent way to r.:.eS301ve batt'leIF as; a;
fine time wa s: h 'od - by olr.
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Dear Mr .- Feothers1;on e,
Sinc::e the arriv a l of Mr.Ch ar leSl DiC'k nt· Will'a: Hall woe hi'o ve
:f'f;, nme-cl a Ha ll s1lC'iety' kn :lI7D as ' VlilJla, Wars '. 5--0 :f-Sl!:' we liave· aboutt'-
t 'w'e nty m-embers , and it is; S'urpriaing how many peopl'e ar'e showirrg '
in t 'o Te Slt • '
Af ter : pr-elimin-any or gan i Sla ti on l a st" ter,m, op&-r!ltiona, lh.we,
coml!lle·n ced ' 'th i s month wit'h the Batt'le o f Kristi ansun'd o f:fr the
Norl1.eg ian O'oast early in l'9lf l, in which :f ive Britis:h' CTuiIlJelts: o 'e o.tt
tl1'O hea.vy Ge r ,man cruis;er.g· and a poc-leet' Bat'i tTes:hip, playirrg' to the
Flet'C'he ,]!' Prs ttt rul'e Sl.
We have once and have o rdered another- o:f the Ava 'l on ' llJilJJ ga meSl
and: ore aboLXt" to s-ttlrt ' :l rr ' a" li-omem(1de s-et ofP 'Dipl o mo<Yy' Qouble t :,1 1e'
s:,iz-e of" the c-omnrer.oi.al pxrod uo<\;', .
BE>fCOr,e tho e-nd o:f Mo,rch, we hop'e to b'e in Cf positi om t 'o s,tnrt·
an American Civil' Wo r e' c:nmpoign with 20mlll t 'r oo p-s-.
Alll, here a re lookin g :fonwa rd t o the publ'i C'Jlti on o:f ' your ' b'ook '
on- Ail!' wargomes.
Mnny'people in BriatoJl Univeraity ar,e exprreBlSing' intezre Slt i:n"1
Wa:t1gomingo:, inc 'ludinrg the Ji iS';t or :y department, which :ls' d'ueto s:t'arit
a one y"e'o rc' cours:&- on m il~tory hiatory in-, th ie- Sles's:i ow 3J966-7. WE!'
a re' a 116'0 contocting the loc al bronch of tire- Hilye8' clTo in. 17ith beSlt,
w.isheSl :f o r " all y o ur pr:Djects .
Tjur$ s inc·er.ely, '
J . C . Opie B . M.S.S. ( Secreto ry).
 Th iS' s-ubject is s;1;ill brin g in g in view's ' and argum entBl. Pe -t:-erc
G'oulllesbrough S'ilYS3:
"I VlO s most interest~ed by Fr:ed H . Viet meyeIt" :S1 examp les; in-, the
February NeVl,s -leitfteorc of the r -epulse ') f Nap o le Dnic " cayalr.y by
in fb nt'llY in line. It oc-ccurs to me th at a n oth err excimp le 'O f the-
s:uccres"s; of ' infl:lntry in ' mi xe d" ord er" i SJ the t of " crole,l s Angn)-
Po rtug ues::e div isi 'O n at'; Albuera. It ' repul:s:ed four. reg imen'~$ of·:
French dra goons when formed in line with one battnl-i on in scquarce
on each fronk . (Joe WeI Te-r, Y!~!..l:!:..l!.&iQ!:.-:!:..l!._th~]el!.:!:.~£;S9.., pp.
17 9- 80.) Un:f ::>rtunately my o wn W:Dl'gomes-' ore on too SJ:la l]J a fro;Ole
t o alrow' auch ' mixed, order:s:;'.
Therre- is- one more , problem ' of 'infantry aga ins,t c:ava lr...y' th a t'c
aomeone may C''or'e to c omm ent :m. ShOUld nUmber.$ -be t'.oke n into
consideration whe n caval'r ,y a t t'-ack inf a ntry in , srquare? My p reSlent
nule Bl o ll' ow fbI" a l'l'ei ght in g in fllv Dur of '-either: side for s:upe-nioIt'
nu mb er:81 ( countin g t h ree in f nntny men aSl equ iv alent t 'o one C1lvalry-
ma n) •
H . J . C .Ge r _ry writes -:
" I am g l ad the Oct ober.. "Cav a lr y Special''' of tho') NiHJ:s let't'cer,
has:- S'timulo ted s'uch a number of comment's ' a nd a r g ume nts. The g re!l\t
v a ri e 't-y of'v iew.'ff. expr:-eS'5:e-d seems to pot'n t t o the , di f ':f1culty of P
::>bt o initl-g reully full' on d det'ailed infor ma t1'(m on a Buf':fi ciently
o l'o r ga nu mb er: 'Of c'avalry venaus in fo ntry sc-tion31 t o clT::>\1I' US:: t ' O
f 'urmuI'at'!3' our. ' ruTeso ero 003 t o be spp r opr i at e to the pel1i o d. We,
obviouacly draw up our r ules' in amro rd a no'e wi th which of the
contemp-rary le1:t"e·= : ~r_' re po rts:' we happen to heave a ctually r ead .
As:.- re ga rds the Na p o l eonic peri od , the situation rs' f 'uIItheI':'
c omplic-a t ed by the different ab ilitieS' of the difife:o:ent, O'rmiEH'I',
O',nd oy d,if f erent level S" of pro feff-'S'i onal skill wi th'i h the IHlnr8 ,
a rmy. For -' exa mple, i1;-- see-ms thst+ g ood: Frerrch in f1rntry' reg i ments '
could c op e aatia::E(!)ctor,i ly w,i '!t h cavDD:,y ' even, s"O metim.es', unde-r: un-
ftnr 'o urable conditi::>nSl. One r ,.e g i ment ;m the nrn rch wh i ' ch iin erson-
w'O 'lked-' in smon gst ', an ene my O'U irn$s,ie-r:' unit ma n ag ed t o s;urvive a-s
the me n a 1:' onc-a formed in to impro mpt-'u s:q uad$ Dnd srto od a nd fo ug ht' .
The- c:avulry sv.e -pi;<, uop t'hOIre who cnuld not 1'0= up in tim,e , but,
c,Xj ula mak e l '1 ttle i mprescsion on the b l ocks ' of inf tlnt r y. Ev emt;' u~
ally ' the r "e g im'9nt', (one of Dti voltrt; ' g,) ma n ag ed- to r ,e-ti-r_e s;l;ilJ1 with '
fiv'e-- s:i xth's' of ' i ~s:: st'ren g-th.
The FiJ:enc'h" v o lti g eur ' companies:, !tad' even gneat-ar' corrfidenc'e
in 93tt mdin g up to caV'o lry. With their :' g reDte:rr a g il'it!y and be -tt-ttE!cI':'
marokffil11snS'hii? they e-vident ly· liDd' s'uc'h tr.us;t in one a not-lier ' tha-it
th'ey w<n uld s:t-and up to q uite , heavy C:nva lr y at'tDc-ks on the m. In
the fi g hting ' befbre Vitebs'k in 18 1 2 , three comp a nies; of ' v o lti g eu=
WE ,re chorg ed- by the Rus:'S'i 'a n GUa ril Loncers:: w:hen in a n uns'upported '
pos'iti on, but put up S"uch Q ' fi g ht f 'r bm s om e slu mps; of b ushes: Po nd
r1lcks:: th a t the l ~ ncer_-g, gav e up lV ith s 'ome loS'S' and withdJre-w;. An
evan mo l:'fl srpeotacul'ar affa ir oc C'u rred" bet-ween )30 ro d ino a nd' M::>ffia::O '1;,
wh ene- 50 V'Dlti g eurs> sC'Tambled up s -orne ri S'i ng : g r J und to har:ass th'e
RUs:;s:'i a n l'esr- g uord, in f::>r::ce along the rid g e. Thi S3 seee-ms t "o \tn~e. .
been sheer cheek, as the voltigeurs' were far in front of their '
supports, A couple of RUssian squadrons came down the slope and
enveloped'the French, and it s '&e-meil all overr with the rash
attackers', But when the dus-t died down after the hect'ic m&lee i t
wla ff th e era v aIry wh i ch had ret ir:ed,
I supposce the whole thing depend 's ' largely on confidence -, If
you know' that the lads on your right and left (and behind you-)
a:i:te going to S't'a nd there and gua:rol you fr:-om anything but frontal
as'gault, you th'e n hol'd YOllr ground aSc well, and i t i 's - probably--
veery h'aTd to make a fri g htened- hOT's9 go intro a wall of flashing
poin tor and spi titin-g mus:ket31.
Incidentally, in one or two recent articl&ff the ques-tion was
ra i 31e d' as to why CYa'va Iny s 'ud dien ly b El'ca me so ef'lf&ci; i ve aga in' in
N'a:Voleonicr days-, A' few' we&ks; ago I crame aC'=309 a long articl'e - on
cava lry in an encyclopedia ,vhi ch thr_ew' out a remark about, the-
introduction of much mor,-e effective sw'ords: in th'e , l '780 's:. Mayibe
thi80 was' one factor-:~ Does' anybod,y have any more d-e-tl:lil'$ om this?
I have not'" s:e-en it'" mention-ed ' elffewher'e .
Eri c Kn ,) VI le-8- sa y s-:
The <revalry ver13US' infantry - c-ontr:ii ver:sy has ' certainlY" evoked
much fe&lin g and eVe'n mJ re uffeful data. This iff the S'ori; of-
f\'t 'uff VI,e need ' in our!.' hobby. Too ma-- ny of " DUll:' youngelr wa rgamerff
s-eem to fight battleS' "hich ar:e unr,eal'i s:ticl, and thelrefore dis-~
appointinw; d-ue t 'o a lacic of ' know'led g e ;)f" the wE>apons, tactic-s,
tl1aining- method-ff and formatiDns" etc., of :' the period th'ey' are 0
t 'rying to =eat-e -. In such o-i=-umffitance s; wh o o:an s;a)/:' th a t'; mor,e,
r.ef:e-rence material and resear ,o-h is, not neede ,<l', and-' y o ur ]itt'le
ma-g'a Z'ine mQre th'an jus-tifies: i tff mod-e-s ,t pr,ice.
As:-- a pe=on who earns - his livin g in the l:'_es'earch librEf l.'y of
our large'st n at ional aa iIy new's paper:', I can as.i$ure you, I know,
value f 'or :'mo ney in refer_enc'e dtlta when I s'ee it.
As to the _valr y ve,r ,S 'us' inf 'antry controversy, alI I w'illl
say- - i 5~ t h i~. There i~ ' l:!o do~bt t hat by the onlsBt '.)f the mUfPket-',
and, late-r ' tH e pcrcussL:m cop ri fl e, cavolr)T sHte Qrli ly dec li n e- d in
theil:'" efi"ective-neS"s on the so-tua!" fi e ld of bot t le- as a sh o Gk arm,
but-'- c--erLt "oinly'their m~bil ity ' maintoirred it s; value. Cav'a lry v
infantr y e t" ~., or -- in n l ct the superiority of any orm V'-e-E'Sus:a-
n othe·r ' is 8,ti m-ul ot in g t o the mind, but. in the end prov e s ' nothing,
All warfare hus-- cvU's;is:xe d of t11e cDm'b in s ti on i n vo r ,i o us: for_m s, of '
mis'sile, shock action and mobil ity, a nd wi l l always d o S-D vlhnt-
eve--r the shape or eqUipment of the vari ous ar ms. Wha t is-, mU'chJ'
mo re important is tD realise, that ' in masi; periods re-enacted on
our <'jIarg o mes:- t 'a bles it is the underst Dndin g of how to combine YOllr
v'arious srms to g ether' eff'e ctively, agoinS't the enemy wh i ' ch counts.
It is: the cloS'e and combined' Vlorking, and bol'd' deployment of horse,
foot and ar:tille:rw, together,:' which achie-v e-s, r :e sult,s :. I tr ,ie'd' to
de ,mon$trate' thi", at ' the Vlote-rloo War Game, in March last year, and
as YOll knoV/', the results:-- I achi&ved with a relatively,. ffillYall but~
balancea f:)rce of rifles, light c-nVD lry and horse artille-ry, in
roll'in-g~ up - fimy Both I S''' ' lef-'t flank, wera-- neilll'h e-r ' ineffectiVE> nor
un-noticed. The sUbffequent orgllments' in the new'slett:;e-r' on thi;$
 mat-~-me- - m'uch ,a mwrement-, om why- ar-g'1l9 like bridge- _
p la yerl>'? I f e 1 t , ira n e'e-d t:i d af en d my act ian 31. B ab" G,Q.uld l&f4;
me nothing to rdd'. ' Anyway, nothing suca:eeds- like succ-ess-!
My final Lomment, on the arJW$ vers-us' armff argument, ia' t 'o
quote the Il:'on Iluke's f1:tmollS1 reply to a rady who ask&d him who
wene the beat itOlaiers. llThos:e w'ho win batt-les, rna 10 m! II
Tony 1If.a's" ; ena write ~ :- , . ,.
, 1II:f Peterr Gouldesbrou g h is' l!!ill waitin g for an example- of"
ip.fantry in line repulsing cavalry, he doe.s? not'" h::ave- t-o ' look
furtherr thanthat~ l>ame field of Quatr,e BraS' wh&re the , 69t-h w&r-e
r ,id'd'e'nthl:'olVgh by 90 0 cuir:t!9'siers. Earlier' in the day, Pir,e' s
lancer.s, following in support ' of the chassears- pur:suing" rout"ed
Brun~wick cavalry, char g ed, pa::ft the right flank of ' the- 42h:d' foot,
wh a w'e re in'line; the lancer:s, realiain g they \V'e re th'rough' tlre-
British rine, pulle~ up, wheeled ' about and charged b oth the 42nd
ap.d: the - 44th, next in line, ' t~EL!~~_£,£~!::' To o rat'e, they w'e re
re'co g nized as- Fr.ench cavalry! and th'e 4 2hd w'eIre caug ht in the- act'
of formiirg ' S9:J.uare - as' a,s,-penate a' Slituation as- eve-r there \Va's; :f1lr
inf !mt-ry. But in a 'pite ofe los-seS', they compl'et"ed" tli-e S"quare-" and
killed - or captured every lancer trapped' inside it. The 44tli,
st'i l r in line, c a l mly f a ced their rear rank a b out, turned th 'e
charge a nd raked the lancers with fire as they sped the len g th
of the line.
It is interestin g t :J a<pecula te \'I h:!: the 69 th f a iled t o st :J P
the lat 'e r, charg e of ' the cuirassierao, for hene we have a- clean'
in31;anc-e ' of e o-av a lry riding :straight through !)-, srteady rirre of '
infan-try. We am)- told the 69th f 'ired at ' 30 y'ards rllnge, and" one,
wou'ld t h ink c (m c-en t-ra te d" mus-ket" fir:8- a-t th'Bt range wo uJJd be
aoufif"icient" to stop almos,t anythirrg . But,' even at this; s:hor,t c
diS<tanc-e t1e cuires's' and he ,lmet would afford c onsiderable pro-
tecti6n to the rider; the thing to d o , theref o re, gas t o hit the
hores'e. But one of" the beS'ettin g sins of the marks man iff' t o aim-
to o high, and in this case it was very difficult f or the 69th' to
avoid this ', since t lD e rye was so hi g'h th a t they c n urd pr,obably '
har,dly se'e the h ors'es" at' all; - "a m::> mentary glirrrps,e of ' gll.n-tin-g"'
br.east-pl'a t-es- over," the- tall rye" was all! they had. I " s 'us;pe'ct
therei' ::> r-e that a lot of their sh ota: vl'ent high; hod even holf th'e'
muil>ket'S': f'ound thei'x ' m~rk on the horaes I b 'elieve tlie leading l ,in"e-
must have crashed ' to _ r,th at the fee-t of the 69th, a nd ' I o::>uibi;'
wh 'e,t -he,n- the , second line- co ula h 'o VIe got ave-x: the piTe- up. ' Re-memb>e,n-
• t -oo that-'; t ,h:ia- was a moat des:percte and determined- ch'c:rrg e -, le-d by
Kellermcnm in pers",n, and the 69th' vrer'e encounter,ed at' the mome-n1;,
the ch"Qrge h'od , reached ' its full" '& peed ond th& s'qucdr,ons , still
under:' full' contr o l. And if t he 69 th c o urd n ot s_ee the- o-uinnssie:c's ',
the latter equa 1 Iy", could no t see- tliem until olm :J at : upon them, 6;0
there was nQ deterrant e:f-:tfect of " a waiting mt.:a--ket l:Lne.
I mus;t c :J mment Qn Pet.rls re mark th a t a fr ontal at1;a ak wo uld
tend t o turn int"o a flank ott'ack becouIl'e the cav a lry WJ.uDl ,rwenv&
round the flanks of the line. It is surely an anxi om that you,
c;:mn:Jt change the directi on of oharge, of !l f o rmed b ody by more
thon !l fe,w' degre-es; if ' you are , g oing t o s:vl'enve thr o ug h a right
angle tlten all' illtl?etuS'! !!lUg! be 1031; ', and the, covlaryman iff' re-
duced to gtandstill fencing with the infantryman, when, as ' Pot
Condr'oy remar'k ed, the f o rmer.' is:, ot s dia.advsntage."
Any::me who has read the neglected works of Ma j or General
John Mitchell', wh 8 wa 8 writing in the fir 8t half of the 19th
century a nd wa g a contemporary of Sir William Na pier,' (allth or '
o f "Hist ory 'o f the War' in the Peninsula" ) rl i l l' f ind his view!g
::In cavalry and their uges: hi g hly stimulating. I have been
readin g extract'tJi fr"m Mitchell's work in'The EdllcatiJn uf an'
Army:," ( British Military Th ::> ll g ht, 1815-1940)by Jay Luvaas-:
Pilblighed in Englend by C-a ss'ell and in Americu by the Univer, ~ity
of Ch i,pa go in 1964.
He W'!:)'S one - of the few in England wh::J continlle,d to believe
that in fa ntry a rmed ~ nly with muske,t and bay onet - c o uld not; wi :t h-
$i;and e ' determined m:ounted attack . M::J M Britis-h goldie-r.s, r ,e-
membe-red the relative i mpotenc1l of c's valry in t-he Pe-nin:wu'l a;
even Nap"o le :! n' s elite c8valry had failed t o bl'eak the in fant ry
S'quares ot Vla terloo. So f ormidable did the s1J.uar& appear: to moat
3:o 1diers" in fa ct, th nt'; the initi a l proposoalso' fo r a pp-lying $l;eallPi
t 'o figh ting un rand wer ,e mot iv ated by the nee,d to find s o me w,a y
t o br'e,rk the infantry s'quare.
Mit-'chelr did not ha rb or such fear :;f the infantry soquare.
If the Fre,nch cavalry had n ot s-uc-c-ee-de<l' at Wate rlo :l it did ITot ,
neces-sia rily mean th'at c'ava lry a$ S'llch VlQSf inferi or, t 'o ihf'ant,ry;
tiav::> l'tl on's - C'svalry may Si mply h"aV'e- bEl'&n inferior cavalry, and '
Mitch'ell ingigt"ed that this" inde-ed \Vas' the case. 'l'he pr :) po:t1:'
cr,o llrae fDr " cavalr,y t o take once the f 'i ring' com me nce SJ \'lOSC to hu!!'ll
itS'e-lf" en mas'se ~, n' the infant'r y formati::>ns, relying upon s:-peed,
and ahQo-k t J win", the day, but" at VJoterroo the Fre-n c'h had: alJlow'e if
tliem31e:tve$ to be d-ef~ated bef or _e a ghat had been fired. TheY"
broke ronksc -end rode -, "with b'rnnd ,ighed aobr:e$, in '- wiTd cJn,f -Ugi:on
r ,oum'l'th 'e 3:qunre, ins;tead,- ::> f " lTuahing d':lI'7U upon i t',"
A s 'quall"e' with s::pesrs bris;tling fr o m every side "DU ra o--e- a-
notheIt'mat-t-er, but at'- Wate rloo "n ot Q single one of the - enemy's;
hor'Sle men perished on the ' b' ayorYe t 's ' of th'e kne 'e Ting- r ankg ."
Mi t'chel r c:lnt 'e nded tha t " cavalry, properly uS'ed, couJ!d n ot' f a i l'
t "o pr:oduce 0 breaoil in any infantry 93qUare. Th at it di'<1' nQt: do
ffiO at WaterToo and in countless; othe,r ' actions:, d uring th~e ,
Nap'oleonic -- Wn= meant only" thntt cavalry had - det'eronmted since
the days of Gus-tavuEf' AdolJph us ' and Fr,ederick.
The mo re recent accountS" by Oman and Fortes-cue seem t "o
support Mitch ell's' baSlic c-ontention, which he b o lsteD-ed'- f -ul1thel!'
by taking ::>the r exampleffi from the Napo leonic Viara;. Mitchelr
a nalyzed the experienceSl ::>f Britiah covalry during this peIJ:iod '
o n d ' d,i SlCOV er'ed that' of ei g ht re g ul'a r charge s- re cord e d ag ain's;tt-
welr-for mea' Fr'ench inf a ntry, five suc"C'eeded' "c omp letely' ," t:cwo ..
faile<f owing t::> unllSJual ciIt'cumstances:, and " one ol:one re main-s; t eo
cDns-ole, the uph o lde!!$ of ' the de ,lectable aystem of ' mo dern tnciic::s."
He cited nUmbe!lDUS" c ombat"a ' in which cavalry hod' ovenc:nme infant'J:ly '
by s-hock tactiC'sc, alth o ugh here it shoulO be n::>t-ed th'ot - hiS' views;
neso;1;ed' ::>n', detcacched, exa mples; ond that jllffi;, aSl much eviden 'c e, if
not-' mo r ,e, could be mug-t ered t c d o cument the crase fer infantry.
Mitchell' cont-ended, how8'ver, that it _was; not necessary t 'o de--
mon(ttrlllte that cavalry had alwayS'; defeated infantrydr ami up- in
a a;quare; ,it ' wa$ sUff3.cient merely to show: th'n t -' on oerca ai on it',
ha(}-' done so, on d under-: mo de= condition-S' ofc ambat-"
T_w::' pOints - about Mitchelll ts thoughta on ca-volry deaenve--
comment--, Firat, he aSffumed that c-av o lr,y wou l 'd be fCacin-g infantIty: -
arllled - with th-e - S<TIroothbor:e lJr'uer.J<:et: and b'a;l"onet: and not tlte needle
gum and Minie rifle, both of w,hic-h appeored' aft-eI1:' h'e ' w!l:'Ot:e his;
t -rea--tis,e , RifE tal'<Set was' the trainin1j riranuala ba$ea. upon t -li-e-
w:ea-p-ons- of Waterloo, and' some of his' obj'ection--s: we'n-e va'lid.
WhY'; ,he demanded to know', "mualt" cavalry c'har-ging - "at ful]_ sopee,d
e ga in-ffft:: a IIDqUare of ' inf'ont'ry, being exposed to ~ nly a single,
volley'of ' mis'e rBb'le mu sket-ry •••• quail befibre th at' one dismh o rge
of ill- a i med fire-clrms" when at the s:-ame time infontry; marrching
wdth sloped' armm in nEi'atly oXlnayed l 'ines- at one li-und'r :ed and:'
ei ght paces; !l' minute "are expected'- to pre-s's on against all' the
voll'eys:- that-'- cnn be fired at' the-m?" It shoul'iI - al'so be emrpha'S!i.zed
th-s,t;: Mi t 'che 11 d-i d not re ga rd c-avolry a s inherent l y;' the at:r onger:
or-m. Ireplo ce tlte b-ay onet l1 i th the $pear, in S,-1;':r:l:tlC-:!; tl1'e ' a;oJld ien-
t 'o fir_e ao-ocurately with a - nifle in plae-e of th'e musket , a nd!
itlf n n:t 'Il,y' II rrru3't at--- a 1]_ ti mes:- be able ttl nes-i:rl a:avolry." Iff he
was mi S'g uided in- hiS' zeal f -o r the or'me blanc-he- it wa s noit: be-
couae he- mrs oblivious; to the value nf ' firepower ,: he Iile :c:el)/\'
f -E:l:tt c~ntemp't for the inf1lntry t:actic;$ of his own day.
-----Uai'i-l)oIqlinolii'i--wl'J:"es-'::-,.1'J:nning::,1'6wu,.-1ly-artIIl'ery:- --'!n - ---
modercrl wa r, much firepow,e r' is aimed, not at-- destroying tar g e-v
but': at persu-ading your opponent to keep his head ' dovm! I use a
battery fire rule which allO WS a batte-r:y to 'pin"'dow,n' ene my in
an are'a : s'ay one foot squ s re. Rang ing -on is' more difficult than
maintaining the barrage and the odffs shOUld allow for this, like-
wise they shOUld increase with rang e and the effectivene s-s off
O. P 's. All ene my within the box ar. considered pinned d own and
whill s,t the ba rra g e 1'a -s:ta, th 'e y may not move or fire. If they
do so, or wish to move throug h the area they los-e a p,'e r-centage,
I1h ich v arie s-' wi t 'h the type of tr oop 8', s 'oft- ski nned tran sp ort or'
armour go moving. Percentage can be increased ' by inore as ingr
the number, of gun's- firing into the barrage area et 'c ,
... - - .---------- . -.-~ -- .. .. .. _-- -----_._-------------------_ ... _---- .. _--------
Char les Gr a nt wri t es:- " . . . the situation a rose where a
re g iment of heavy cavalry charged and broke an enemy in fant ry
unit wlios,e morale cracked SO that, on the followin g move, they
had to flee. strong forces of fresh enemy caVcalry were approoch-
ing f rom either f l -a nk but at s.lfficient distance for the h e avy
cavalry to withdrar in time. In fa irness, it seemed that ftit~ .
the heaVy cavalry sabring g lee fu ll y in the midst of the runn~n g
infantr,y, they'd be unlikely to notice the thr-e a t to their ow!n
frank and rear: and would probably continue tli-e pur:-s-ui-'t. So t-he
fre ah h or'ae w'a s: ab,l e to f ling itself up on th e exha u st 'e J heavy-
e-av'a l -ry and reduc-ed them to ribbonS-. So now w'e have a rul'e -
i - f a ' pTayer-'wisheft to dis'engag e - cavalry aft-'e r ' the first move of'
a charge, he musrt-' throw ' a 5 0;11' 6' , other wise the -m_e lee centinues'.
Plenty of, precedence for" these runaway clr-argeS' - the Un ion
Bri gad'e at ' Wa terloo, Rllp-ert' ff' li-or se at ' Ed'g eh ill etc.
 •

The fa mous" baok "The Armies~' of ' India" by Sir ~ Ge 'l . M cr~unn is'
gr.eatly Eroug ht for i t'S' wonderful 'coloured platea ~f Indian
unifomna~. But it ' ia' very difficult" t o find and very e, xpenS'ive~
wh'en you dol The Army Musoeum at Cu mberley, S:ur,r..ey, can now'
s 'upply , thes:e pla'tes' in full c o l 'o ur a g , post C'OrJJ s, at 6d. ea eh.
A;t the $ a me est a blishment it. is:, al&O pos>s'ible t "o buy bo oks: and
~,I1E' flll]) mnge of met'al tank ealf'l;in€1s: by Denzil Skinirell. The
I(,u s:eu m itffelf is well VI:or:th a whole day's in ,s ;pection.
Last month wns' m1entioned a kit ~ of four, 30mm vlagtic guns;
and limberg, that are obtainable from C. H .Johnson of U.S.A. for
~) 1. 9 5. I hove n ;) w mode up thes:e f o ur g uns: () f the AmeriC"Qn
Rev :l lilt'i 2nary period a nd I am mo at i mpreS'sed with them. The
kit s; that I had wer.e a bit mixed up, partS" of one kit wer~ e irr
with others; and I felt that two or three- parts were, mis' sing~'
alt og ether:'~ At ' the price, these guns' are , very goo d value and
i t': w'culd be interestin g to know if' any other ' peri- o ds:: ar,e avniI'-
ab Ie.
Joe Mors'chauser wri tew :- "I have at 10 at f 'lund ~ a ut where-
I con ffe-Cl.lr~e 0 ' W'o lkeX'ey :lh-t-yle $un' h'elme ,t (a re a l one, n ot': o'
pasteb:)(] ,ril copy-rut ag e- mJPY) and h a ve ordered one- thr o ug h
Aberccro mbie a nd Fitch, a rather" po$h a:\; o r.e on Ma dison ' Avenue.
Th'e y hod, some ne we -r ' type - sun-helmets in th e wind 0 .1 one day. I
,.topped in, looked at ' one and disC'over;ed that " tiley:: \V,er~e made
ffil'e 'cially f or the a-t"ore by ' the Imper,i al Hot Co mpany:: of Lond un.
I gyea,t i onede f'ir:s:t a' cleci<:, then a , S'1.lpe-r,v is:,or:' and b uy,er:' ab:) ut',
what ~ other, st y leS' mi g ht be avail'able a nd sure e n o ug h, the
Wols:eley ' h'el met' im artill made by this fir m a nd go es: f o r ab o ut;
15' to 18 d011'a rs::. They-aTs;o m ad ~e a nu mbe-l):' o f other~ s't :y les" too.
(Just a bit of infor mn ti un for Yj U in C8 se y o u ever h ove a ny one
write YO ll a b ,l ut s a me). , ersi s tence p a ys off I g uess." "
, '
,- , , J ohn Hald on w,T ites:- "A p 'o int of interest ~ t o wa r gam e= in
Bir min g ha m i IE a s mall sh op' on Br oa d Street' ne a r ' the Ha l l ofF
Me mory - I The F ormat Co in and Medeal Co ., I which, a s, VlIe-ll' as::
&:SITin g med a ls' , coins, milit a ry arm o ur ,and w'eapons ' ols'o $elJ]
books:: on" wo r g a mes' , model Slo ldiers and a:r:& ' offf1 cia l~ s:t 'ockiats of'
St o dd'en Militar y Mini a .t ures; and Brit a in's."
A lett ~er' fr :Hn the Avulon !til], Com pany SaYS,:- "I wa nt t>:o
<mIl' your o:t;'tentiDn to the fact that becaus-e the Blit'z'krie w-
gnme v/'eighs' c onsiderably more til"an the other:S" in ~ our ' line, the
$utill ere parcel poS'ta g e fbI' this ' g ame will' be 12s.6d. ' inst'eaa of
e::r. g d. Ple a s:e- take this incres se in p o S'tc g e ~int :) a C"Count' ow
all' S'Ubffie'luent ' orderS" f o r our Blitz-krde.g g a me."
There appears to be a mistaken impression a ro on g s't some
people who have ordered these Avalon Hill Ga 'mes' that ' I keep a.
ffito c k of the m in this country. This is n ot'. the case. AI]]
orders are serttby air mail, i mm ediately on r e ceipt, t o Avalon
Hill' in Ameriaa, wh o then despat ch the g a mea b y s~ea mail. All'
people who order these g ames shOUld appreciate that there is a
delay of a t lea st ' 6 t;) 8 wee,ks- :Brom t1me of th 'e ir ordering to
receipt of the g ame itself.
 , J3.Dh-~ '~n -n- -nrorl'-in1;<l"lTas;tin g report' of " 0' vi$it
t o the Toy" ~'oir.' at Brighton. ThiS'; iso, of cClurse, Q Tnude nfffair
but', there o're !!lany itemS' on view! of" g reat value to oLlr.' h obby.
Bob li8;t'$ the following:-
Air;fix - Sh :J w'ed scet '. ;)f Britis:-b Truopa' , of" 1'914"/15 ' ..iiili',
Sel!'Vice Caps", !l2i' t 'in hat 'S', including
Vi cke rcffC mo chin e g un- and t enm. d i t ,to t:nen cr.h
mo:t\tal':', and IV'iririg team - no inf'ormatiotf:
un Imleo lI'e ' dn t e.
B):'i ttlin s - Now' hnve the ilmeric!ln Civil, War:' GLln wiithl
completi'e fo ur h ors:e teo m and,li· mbe~.' wi:i;ilil
fiVe ridin-g gUnn'em>' - price aboute 3 Os' . -,d.
I think. illa,o Q reiss-ue ' of- ,Trojhn ' V10I'cr:LOllCS
1 hors:eman and five foot ' p'Ds:itions;.
Appear ' to s.p 'e cinlise in src-ene-ry eitc., f "or,
4 Go $t1'e Str.8 et, mode ls,' of l'nil'w oy and Q'Pr:' tr.vck syatemso -
GIi the:rroe, ' have full ' rJ!lnge of !llJl the comtiJlcental'
lin n (YO ah ire-. maker,s ' in thi;S" fielC! - anyone inrte:rrerte 'q in:,
r ,e alisi;ic t 'errEliUl sh o uld write f ior ' thte±':nc'
cutalogues - I "'Dula think errclosirrg Bl~A .E.
Mo del Hobb'y , - Wliut appeolr"s' to be the complete rQnge of"
Prod ucj;so Ltd. (?) Roc:cy,o 1/90th.A.F.Va. anill etc. to en-
able on'e to ""t up any mode rn array.
Gnta lo glle ovuiloble - - soend 3d-.
Mec'cano - Dinky - Aut Qm odel&1 are now! tne sole U.K.ogent'so t "or.-
Fra-n ce. the Dinky F r ,<ln ch mode Is" wh i ::ch in clud'e a
go od- ran g e of modern A .F.V. types.
It is" hi gh l" poss'ible thnt w.o r gamerSl IVDuld like informati on
abourt;:: s . nel'll and ingeniolls' bottle-game CO MBAT. This' gome is ' pro-
d uced in Gl:reot, Britoil11' and ia spons-,Dred by Sir - Br i on Hor ,:r ~ cka.
Bob OtBrien wr ite Sl: -
"Sir Brian t ,; ld me that the rea s:,on that he is spons-oring '
th:i:'s-- game is th a t it" is:: the fir.<rt time he hog; 5'een any gome of'"
thiso kind on the ge neral marke-t " wh ich pllts the emph:asia: om €i.r.~Q.l19.,
ond the proper:' c o mposit i :m '" and dispositi on of fDrcea to sou±'t th a t
gr;,und.
I h 'a ve exam ined the wh Dle game Qnd played a lit-11,le whil'eo at.'
the Fair~ The rule-a:: a re n 8thin-g oUrt:: of the o rdirrary, and inde'Qdl
i t is not th'e rules; that will oppeal tD warg om er,s (th'ey:' wilTh
make their - Dwn Dr uS'e differ-en,i;" pieces:, ony wa y). It is i'h'e f1':\ct'
that the terrllirr, can" lYe ch'ongea" f r 'Jill go me t ;) go me ,.,i th out any
rest'ricti ons, that is" the att'rocti J n and it S'eems to me that Dny
1Wargomer coniructin g any sort of campaig n game wo uld do well t '!)
have one of thea-e beside hi m.' Any bottle map Y J U care, to name-

. c:on be , s-et up in ) five minutes, and os; the board is in two port&
the pneliminory dispos-iti on of forceffi con be made Soecretly •
Tn e te-rrain f 'e atures ore s roma kind 'J f th in transporeni;i;
p'lagtic on which the variilius' featUres ore pointed. These plastic::
piec'es: con then be presaed down on the board and wi l]1 remain,:
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th-eN'- i.n-<l-rlin-±+e--Iy-
, " -ut-- C'lHl-- b-e- -_.El.B a:Lly pt,_ le d :lff and can be u 8'e-d-
ove r and o ve~ a~a in.
The usea: to which this ' can be put in wa r gaminE 8 I!'8 :lbviou & -
tw'o c-om e t o mind ri g ht awa y , to f i g ht out those - act i ons in a-
oampa i g n g ame wh ich one doe S'> n ot wan t t o put on the wa r games:
t 'able-, but do noi;-'- want to res o lve juS"\; by one dice throw, and t o
:r;epresent part of -the ca mpai g n map' for a particul n r :' a rea wi -th
~n a:g reEl'd no of &quares on the Combat - b::>ard representing t 'he
w-arg ame ta b le area as a " s-ide table" t o the wargames:, table,
wheI'_e the terr,a in can be a copy" of the table and where "c onne-alSed"
m::>ve so can be made by cDuntGrS repr ese~,tj,rrg uni ts-' on th ,e mni n
board but nssumed ::>ut~ of - s:c g h t , of th e er!emy. "
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headbo a rd t o my wargames b ea r d; thi s- co) nsists el f a ce ntral w:ind
indi ca t -'o r -f or - wind driven ship ga mes'; ab:lve this i s! a mava,
i n d ic a t ::> r, s om ething like a cri cket scorebo a rd. The- n i g ht/d oy
in oic-oto r is als::> s itua ted here, as i s' the end, co mpasoa: l abe l.
Flanki ng th is is' e- r ule p ::>Clr e t (c :mtaining t l7::> of 6 2 ch set ' ) ,
a nd - a battle rep a rt p::>c ket . Th es-e ';l.re fnmke d in - turn by paaka'
of " casua lt y a nd ch'onae c o r d s, on d boxes, of - c ::; tt'-o n \"-::> 01 s mok e -.
I h'ave - recently been bll i l d ing up a Nap ol'e oni-cc outfi-t -, and'
in the midd'le of co ll'e atin g th e neveS's a r y fi g ur es I re,a d t 'he
Gourd- art icle S' in" " Tr nd i t i 'J n", a nd decided to ' use- the oI1:ga n'i Sla -
ti ::>n out lirred- there; but after- re- forming in 30- man re g i men tt31
the h'endb o ok on NapoIe Dnic 'a a rrived, and I decided to use a d'a.p--
tati onrEr' Df" yourr fuIes. The r e -o rgbnisn tiol1l ' re qu ir_ed her _e VI as;
moss!; " of:E'-puttin g . Anyway , the u1'8'hot of [] 11' th1::s i s; - WHY DON 'T
WE ST ANDARD IS E? Ag reed, r eg i ment Sl VOlly, in ar mies', nsti anali-
ties, a nd perio d s, but wh en our re g i ments are S O small anyway,
realistic nu mb erz!proport ions a re not wort h the ef f or t, except
in campai g n and battle reconstruct ion s, wlh ere f or ins t 'a nce , the
F rench MUS~ f ire in three - ranks.
I think that mosi; me mb ers o f the Hayes- Club have b een caug ht':
out on more than one OCC'll gQ on wh en putting on a spec i a l gam e-
.her_, t o make up numbers, membe r s have offe re d to br ing arong
8'0 many "re g i ments ". We hav e had re g i men tS' as: :ra r g e aSl 80
g;t; ron g and as s:mal!' as one token mevn on a s 'e ction t ,r ay br ought
al on g , and afte r a while we- stand a I1:-dised on the 1 8 men + 2'
o ffice-r ' unit; with s-t a ndards, drums etu., extr-a . Cava lr y a re-
h'a lf , th1's , and gu ns' have c rew s- of f our. Vie f ir _e - in vol:r~eyS! oj):'
5 f 'o r line and the fact that all re g im ents-' first vall -e ye< have
a "bonu's " of tw o men (the of:l!'i ce rs, who cannot fire) t ake s ccare
of steady , Ca re f ully p r epared fi r st v olre y .
Th e d i v ision, corps, batt-ary , brigade et'c., organ isation
f ollo ws that o;f B ob GOUl d ' s .
C . N . Harv e y of 30 GorViay - R'oad-;---Walaall-;-- Staffs , desperately wa nts
a "P la y - by - mail" oppo nent f or the Aval on Hill Game " BL r TZKRIEG "
He has-' full eqUip me nt and would like anyone inter e-sted to stat e
h i s p rellerred rules. Mr . Harvey would be p repsre d to act as-
Aval on Hi l l" op p onents c o-o rd in at or f or Britain i f re qU ired.
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L OOKIN G AR OUN;Q,

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Containa' a very comprehensive article by Chris Ellis
" Mode llin g the Red Army"; This- deals with conver"Sions' of" exis,t -
in g Aiffix figures ' and equip ment and is ideally suited to war-
g a min g . Another' article tells- hoWl to mot'oriSFe the LCM III -
mechanical w~rgaming, anyone? Two tank - mode·l photographs; hold
intere·s·t · fer: us. warship modeller.s have an article on l!II.M.S.
Cumberland and there are a numbe·r ' of l 'e t't 'erS' containing;- valuable
information.
~~M~£~£~_~Q~~~!I!_~_;Q,~£~~be~_!~£~.
ThiS' is a "Waterloo Year" number and makes, very g ood'
reading-. Articles· deal with a tour of" the battlefield; the·
Rembrandt Hote ·l Convention'with a' description of the w-srgame
be-tw.ee-n Peter ' Gilde.r and W. Pear,je, and an article by Peteclr
Gou'lde'sbrough on I'/argames ' moves'. Together with other: articleS'
on uniforms., equipment, his,tory etc., this isgue shouI'd make
a ll' non-me mbers of the B . M.S.S. change their mindl
!HE_~~£~~TC~_~_! o .2 4 .
As usual, full of interest ' and assistance, with de~ail9' o~
mode ls, plates and ptlblic-ati ~ ns. Th ere iffi never an is-s,tle oj"
De,s·patc·h that does- not c::m tain ffome valtleble sotlrce that leadS' me
t o rtls-n a let·t "er" of''ff - s nd my gains have· been ' c\)ns-d.del!-able as a
restllt!
THE GENERAL - Jantlsry 1966.
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Dealing wd. t h Aval::m Hill Gomes, thi 'S' is; a mago!Uine for the
s<pecioli&t who f i g hts wa r gom effi in a manner: pr::>bably more c o mp le ·x
tIt-an anythin g w.e do "lith m:Jde l soldiers. In th'e pOatt I ha:ve
$(3id th at an Avalon Hill game can tls'e ftlil y be e mp l 'byed ' t D fill
in gaps of time when a table-top batt'le ends e-ar.ly. Vlith the
advent of the lQrgerc' g8mes , silch as> BLITZKRIEG I think the
positions; mtlst be r .e ve-r.&ed l
2!.2DE!!::~~~~_~!:Q_!:!.2;Q,~!!_~.2!1. TS _~_~eb!:.!O§..~L1 966 .
Contains details- and plan of const':rtlct'i~n of an ll-}" a 11-
me·t-a 1 land ing craft. Ther:e 0 re !J 1's-o plan sand d eta i l 'g; of ttl'a
huge Javanes-e battleshi'p tYA MATO '. los:t in 1'945.
SLING£~.2!_!~~2~_~{~~£~~Ll~££·
Another ' a ttrllctiv·e magazine of the Society ::if ' Anc ients·.
Pock ed'- fr:Jm cover t :J c:)ver ' with ' itlfor mat i ,)n us.ej'tll t:) those · war ..
g'a me r .s; wh :) s 'a tr 0 :JpS; Il se b 0 l?'S a nd arr 0 VI'S: et c. Ther e a 1m art i cle s,
on wargaming m:) r ole ; bottle rep or 't ;:,n Cannae; onothen' ::m a WOl1'-
game by Banry Edwo rds; deta ils' :Jf Anc ient Jopanes'e a r mies: (0
n ovel wsrgames: lpcriod'). TJny Bath Vlrites In th o se useftll
acc'esa:>ries ' - mov e ment tr a ys . P I Dtes :; f nnc i e nt tr 8 ops, b a ok
a nq figure re v ie ws etc.
 .!?.2.f;l?IER r1iA GAZI NE - F eQru a ry 1 9§.§...

ModerJ! slant-" beaut -i full y illustrated f :> r ' th :> S'e- wh o are-
in teres-ted in t :> day's equip ment . G:>'od b :> ~ k re v i ew's .

TA BLE TOP TALK - J a nuary 196 6 .

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Ame-ricn-n cQunte-l:':p art of Wangame rs News letter. Has' b ::> ok
revie wi, unif or m det a ils; wB r go mes in f or ma ti on; o ~ ganisat i o n
of a r mie s ·; a wargames' toctical p r ob le m etc". Sh ou I d not be oVe ':rr-
l'ooked- by all' wh :> consider_, thems'e,lvellt enthusiasti-c war,g 'nmel:':S: .
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The Br 'i tish f or ces uaed rocket g uns: at ' the b a tt'le- of' Atbar'a
du ring t he Egy ptian Ca mp a i g n, a nd S-ir:' Winst on Churchill' makes
re :f er.rence t o them in hia b ook 'THE RIVER WAR':
"Explosion f ollo wed explosion in q ui ck succ-es s i on ' unt'i]] all
f o ur batt-'e rie $ Vler:e bus il y eng a g ed'-. The cann-,orrad'e g rew 10 U1]' a nd'
c ontinu o u's '. The rocket detachmen t be g an to f ir e, and the srt;'r :an-g-e:
pr o jectire:; h i s-sed and ' scr e amed ' as' they left the troughs. and!
jerked erl':at ic a lTy to wa rds' the za ri ba ".
lJur-in-g the Br i t i sh Expedit ion t o Abyas:ini a in t 'he 18 6 as
the ro cketS' wer e uS'ed aga in s t the Et-he opi an t 'r :oo pSl wh-en they
stormed' a Bri tish squa re (See J oh n Wood wa rd' s - $eries on ' th'e
' Blue- Nile' i n the New Yorker ) . I aI's 0, 81lW aome woo d"c-uts' sh ow'-
in g these rocke-t-1o troug hs- in acti on in a copy of the I l liugi;rated
L on d on Ne Vil!' f or - 1 8 6 - s'Ometh ing . -
The rocket g un looked I -ike a re ctang ul a r b ox on Vlhe-el's,
p r :ob' ably ott's ch e d to S'ome s ort o f l i mb e-r ', on t op of the b ox " 'as
a sp ott':er' a per ch but those sh own i n Ill'usi; r ated Lan d on New,S'
10 o,ked-' li ke simple tr o ug h s- on a trip a d. Then Jack Ri mer c'am!! up-
wi th s-ome det-'B i l's:- c ont a ined' in AR MS ANlJ EQUIP MENT OF THE CIVIL
WAR by Jac)e Cogging; whibl1 g ave s-ome in f or ma-t ion e b ourt t-he Hal ie -
r oc'k et Laul!lo-lll-ellc end tUDe .
The sizea' of the ro cket 's'us;ed - we-r:e zi "; 61b and 3 i ":1:6 1bs .
Ra,n g es:- a,t-" 5 - degrees! elevation, 500- 600 yard:>; at 47 d,egr,ees
n il l '76'yda a nd 3i " 22'00 yds . Li ght' iron caffie. War:heads- \V:en-e
ffiolid -, expl o s ive a nd' in c ;end'i ary . UsU Ql ly fir 'e d- fI' _om tube ,s; or--
ri g llt-, ()'!l r,r~o g e- s . The T'ounche-r-' ha-fF a m.o de-I'n look ab out- i 1;'" w'i th
Q ' t \vlin-le g tri pod on th e - f r on t " wh i c'h w,'a s; ad j u si;a b l e and it:: hln-d'
s:-i g h't '$ - it' l'11a' $ 5ft ', long. The Ha le roc ketc waS' am i mpr ovement::
on the Con g reve r Ocket , be ing sp in st a bili'zed by r ,ot a ,tion, c'!! usedi
by 3 met'al van e s- inserted i n the exhaust n oz zle. Fl ig-h t fla s
er1'1It-i'c, S'ome-time S' end 'o n g ering the c re \,111 <:
 I shiluld like to make a point or t 'w'o in connecti a n with' the
1/1200" acaDle shipS', !lnd also D:f sourcceS' :for ' u~e:fur in:fDrma'tion,
though I ap:irr e c i o t~ no book can ever be en t',i rely up t o dotle , at;;
publication.
(1) £QQ!lCE.§..!.
a. E.1:L!.'!2..!:!;:!!.!!..1!.llY..£.1.J:!i b r~~: TVI'D year S' old - b aired on the
nucleuS" o:f a n ava l collection g iven to the City but now eJcp'onding
rapidly. Hag- al l the JaneS' Fi g hting Sh ipS2, James' Wa r : Game·· Rules;,
s:;eve!':~rl th o usand other volumeS', and is supe~vise·d by an ex R.N.
man who w'e lcomes enquiries :from anywher:e,.
b . Macd onald' s - PocketP-ictorio'ls:: Vol. I . Jap~aneS!a-
Battfleships:-;nd-Cruis:erS:-196'5-:--vof:"2'. Jo pa ne·se A . Car.!'.i en's; and
Deartr Dyen.s- 11)64'. Each 1 5s. -d.
(2) 1L1200 _2li1R.§
a . Pyro; (dis::tributed b y J.L.L.RhndQIJ:, o:f Pott:erl$ Bar:') ar.a
'c·er.tainly- obtain ob le in a number: a:f mode ,l shops:. The r .e ar'a- 12
s-hip'S2 in all - Japanea·e and Americ c n, though the n tt:r",,'t; VP-- h " v:ea:
a re mis:1eadin g in that there . n
the· s:hip83 e. g . MUS'aS'hi/ Ydmat'c "' - , - ~~" <.li 1", ",,,,,-o,a . e'I):.
Py ro Plaatic'a Corporaticn, Union; 11 e \71 Jer:sey, admitted t h is. whe n
I wr ote :fo r a c a talogue recently,
b . Use:ful :for ' cl:lnnibnl i sing ' are the kits ' o:f the Lindbe'r g
Line '(Lindberg ProdUcts> Inc., Skokie, Illino is ) eal'ecial~ ' the
li g ht-G>Iwi&erC' U.S .S . " Biloxi" wh i 'c h i a jUat about 1/1 2'00 S'CU l e.
c. Alth otrgh EagY'e KitS', are rDpidly becoming un-nbtainnble,
my :f~iend and I kn::.w' o:f mo ny still aVailable in Devon ' and'
C'orn wa ll1 a nd can :fo!':Ward addresaeir i :f re<J,uired (e. g . pilI!!lr,
NeV1iS'O g ent"· and Toy Shop', Tovis:tock , Devon).
Desp ite Ea g le's :final adve rtisin g campsigna', it seemrs' un-
likely · that·, they ever s:Jld a ny o:f the ir It a li'an :fleetc - nor , the
Sfchedu led Br itis:h s:hipfF " H:lod", "Jama ica", " Ne ls on", "Rodney ".
But'·, the " Gn eiB'ena u" !ii!i c om e out snd omon/:a;!; ou r 400 odd' ships"
we , h ove just one- tra cked d JI;7n - L:md on.
I am writin g at once to Authent i c'Oat and to Ham ley's-, ab o ut
p'oS'!Sible 1/12 00 Sltocks, but lVould ap pre ciate any :further' in :forma-
tion :from y ou and your c o ll'abol'!'lt,Jrs an this: al!l ~uch a' 8'c11 1e i lll
n:l\1 proving very haza rd o usc ( , Minic' are now dis'cont inued, ) . Almo,
d,o any o:f your oorr,'Bspondents recal l a wartime ran g e o:f Dinky:
T,by:,' ships; o:f this S3cale - I re ,me mber ' havin g the "Nel'son", I am
qU ite /!lure and nould like to track SOme &o wn.
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SEA \'lAR i s " not' simply a met h od o f s h i p f i gh tin g . I t i s:' fu l l I>cal e
Naval' w'a rfare wi t h Ho melan dff' and a v ital Wia r e fffort. The- game-
feature-a; ship' bu i l d in g and modernis at ion prog ra mm es, and the-
t 'ran s 'p ortation of steel, oil and g ol d from overcs "eas in Transp orts
and Tank er s . Th e w'a r ca n be won by c:ripplin g th e ene mies s-uP'P'i y '
route,s' , and h i tt'in g ' h'i63 e-xpansion pr 'o g ra mm e. Th e b attle s:ys:te'm~
are c-ompl e x and d etail e 'd' and h i gh l y te-chnic-al. AIi,- SQch, Se-awaIl.'
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