Wargames Illustrated #127
Wargames Illustrated #127
Wargames Illustrated #127
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Fast Play Rules for Combat of dnorderedstdds Dd the effectsof losing the baggageEdin. It also
debmines whal rypeof die the playcrusesshen rclling for Cpts:if
duriog the ThirtyYears War the aml is sreadyhe gelsa D8, if amy n reeulara DG, if afry n
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MicrJael Peters 5. MOVEMENT OF FOOT, HORSE AND GENERALS
Ar the stafi of the gamethe playeE detemine who will be the Firsr (A) Fire is only possibleiffte td8er is in rd-qedd thereis a line-
dd the SecondPlayer The actualCamePlay Sequenceis detemined of-sight(LOS)betweenfie 6nng srdd md fte rdger.Closetuge is
bl .lrawingCdds iiom the Sequence Deck.(See13.The Sequence les thd 5 cm-Nomal rangeh between5 dnd l0 cn {inclusivel.dd
Deck.)Al the slln ofeeh gme lDm,the seqDence deckis shuffled, lon8 rd8e is ll cm or Dore.Gte maximumroge for fte difeftnt
ed when all cdds have been drawr, the dek is reshuftled. aDd srandsde given in the CapabiliryTable.)The LOS na) not pas
thrcugh woodsor own stands.Only stdds at the edgeof woods may
fire out of the woods.bul ar the sane dme ibey also may be fired at.
4. COMMAND CONTROL (A) slandin a w@d nay fire at d enemystandir thesaDew@d,
but only ifthar standis within5 cm rmee.Hilh blocktheLOSunles
(A) To movea singlestandor a eroupof standsthe playerdnst eilh the firing standor the ta':et is on rbe rop. Only mortm don l
expendControl Points (CPtt. when the sequencecard caus ibr lhe needanyLOS.
playerto movehisstands, heDustfirstrolladie.to seehow mdy CPts (B) Different sunds usedifferent rypesof dice whe. rheyflre. (See
he gets10usethistum.Movementof thegeneralatone n dways free. the capability table.) In order ro fire. fte approprialedie is rolled, and
(B) A grolp is any numberof ltdds, of fte sme rype(only foor or Ois the Fi.e value is compded 1othe Ran8eValue.The Rangevalue is
hose or unillery. or onl! foor and anillery: nole |ha( fool dd aitillery 5 on shon tuge, 6 on nomal ran8eand 7 on lone range.If the F;e
me fte onll rypes$ar cd be combinedin one sinSlegrcup).whose ValDeis hi8her thanthe Rangevalue the targetis ditordered.
basesfom a single, unb.okenfrcntage,dd whoseedge^ de in full (C) Tbrgets iD cover, i.e. in woods.behindwalls. hedgeor gabions.
conlacrwnh thenerr srandorsrdds. Eachstdd in a groupmustmole m givena savin8lhrowwilh I D6 whendiso.dered by fire:iflhe resnlt
paJalleilro or iollow the fint slmd in the group iha( moves.and Dove is 4, 5 or 6, rhe stDd is nor disordered.
the lane disrdce or nake rhe sme wheelin8motion.(A grcup (B) Adjaent fiE. \\'hen the sequencecard says thal sBnds de
rioling by road, through a gap or acrcs a bridge or a ford must, of allowedto fie "agrinstenemyslandsadjacenf.jr rnean!that stdds
course,movein colunn.) nay only ire at enemies thatde in baseconlact{'th then (regardless
(C) lr costsI CPl lo nove onestdd or grcup,Dnlesthe generalis wben ftey moved i.to contaco.Note thal lhis meansthar ltands nay
eilher deador in baseconlacl wirh a eneny stdd. or ihe movinSstand be allowedro fie twiceduringa gametum.
is over40 cm liom the geneml.in which caseir cos$ 2 CPts.The (C) Explodinggurs. Whenever a l" is rolledby an artillerysland.
generalalonealwaysmovewirhout any CPt cost. roll ld6. lf the resul1is another"l", fte gun hasexploded,dd is
(D) Foned March. If a Plaler spendsI ertm CPt on a unit, thal redovedfron play.
s'nelelnit ma) Dole doubleits nomal novement.(Triplemovesor (D) Grapshot- When aitillery stands(exceptMona.s) fire againsr
tbrce marchingwhole goups for I extra CPr is not allowed.) stdds adjacent. ld3 is addedto lhe die roll.
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CPr.
(A) A shnd nral_ntelee!trrk .nenie\ th theyarein basecontacl (B) Forpurpo*s ofdeDonlizationandwinrin8.lhegeneraicounls
with A singlcsrcndm.\ onh neleedmck onceperphase.but a stand d 2 sidnds.regddle$ of whetherarmy is ste.dy,€guld or Dmly.
maybc atracked b) up to fourenenies.oneon eachbaseedge-Attacks Once ana.ny is deDonlizedilcannolbe un demoralired.
ue al$!\s one on onc Diltrent srandsuseditrerenttypeof dice in
meleecoDbrr.rScc'h. CaplbilityTable.)In M€le Combarbothsides 12.SPECIAL TYPES
ollone dieofrh. lppropdarerype:lheonelhatrcllsthelowestnuob€r
is disorde.edA ric nccnsNo etrect. (A) BegBaSet ain. Each:my has its own baggagetrain, which is
(B) Terrain obstaclB.If anackinguphill or if Ho6e or Pikeare immobile. h6 no intrinsic combatability. but can be gaEisoned and
allrkin-e i! q oodsrhena de meds thai the attackeris disordercd. captDred by one sland.For purposesof demoralizalionand winning
(C) Flank allacls. A Flankauackis whena standis mel@attacked ihe baggagelrain counts as 2 slandsat the momentof elimination if
on rrvo opposnebaseed8esor more. Whed perfoming a flank attack amy is steady,3 if reguld and 5 if umly. RecapturinSfte baegage
ldl i\ ddcd to rheoriginaldie rcll. rrain will haveno effecton demoralizalion,but it will countagainstrhe
(Dr Supported pike. If pikes have another pike stand standing rotalloses whencalculating thevictory
diccdr.djacentandbehindit. facingthesamedircctior,tbenthepike (B) Reinfonements. Previously eliminatedstads bronghlinlo pla!
is Supponed. andld3 is addedto theonginaldie roll. again as rcinforcements still counl d eliminated for purposesof
(E)Gen€rals.Generals (andartillery)my nevermeleeauack.They winning, but not fo. purposes of denoalization.
delendwnh 1d.1.Generalswho themselvesde nor in baseconractwith (C) Dr.goom. Dngoons nay disnount . To do this, the standmay
eneDies.buLwho a.e in basecontactwith a friendly s€nd perlbming not be in baseconiact wilh enenies bd may no1 move the tum in
Dclee combat.nay add ldl to that friendly sta.d s die rcll. This cd queslion. At the end of their movementphde they are then simply
only be doneoncepe. frelee phse. replaced by a Dusketeerstmd. Once dismounted,rhe standmay not
(F) Retreats.Whenevera standis disoderedafter being nelee chang€back again.DismoDntingdoesno( reqDireCPts.
aracked,il mu$ rerre4 bek 5 cm. lf the attackerwas a fool stdd fte (D) Morta6. Mortds my nevermove,neverneeda LOS and may
slandmay elecrto advancetully into the vacatedspace,il ihe aracker only fire on lonSrdge. Srdds fired Dponby nona6 arenevefallowed
was a hose ndd the standmustadvancefully.
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Udlimited Healy Gun
!!:!-4!!!tjrA: ( K & Bl:Po l0', of or&r !rlu.. Itt'RoPE 25ooofordd lalue. ot, rslDE t( RoP! 50.. oi otdd lalue.
N. acccpr\ IS.\ & \1.{STERC.1RD Ch.qu.s mde patlbl.l.: Old Clofi Cqroralion (-drdtJ€xs I l 00 plus lrgd S.\E $ irh 50psramppl.6.
I'ICT'RT'S (]OT'.Ur LI'-ID :{OT STIITABLD FOR (IHILDREIi
retum fire. On s@ing this setbackMarshal\tctor penonaUyordered Casualties:Allies - I,740. French- 2,400, I eagleand4 or 5 guns.The
the supportingbattalion of compositegrenadieBto asault rhe right eagle of the 8th Ligne was the tust to be capturedin the Peninsular
side ofDilkej line. The grEnadie6madesooewhatbetterprogiessbut Wd. Mastesotr receivitrga colmisiotr for his action.After the batde
they too were eventuallyforced to hatt md a one sided tuefighl in \lctor issuedordersto retire and giv€ up tho sieg€.La Penahowev€r
which lhe British were to always have the upperhand,ensued.With lost his neryeand gaveup the expedition,despiteGGhmt objections.
most of Ruffn s force now enSagedVictor ordered his last two So the cmpaign erded a few days tater when Victor w6 able lo
banalions, (the 1s/96th Ligne md 9th If,gere) foruard. As they reccDpy his abmdonedsie8eline. The victory at Bdosa had been
attempled io manoeuvreinto posidon lhe gallant Colonel Browne
seizedthe opportunityto €ngagedtheseFrenchunits with his depleted
banalion. The Frcnch werc greatty hinder€d in th€ir deploymentby BARROSA. TIIE WARGAME.
Brcue's &tion and wec unablelo eive supponbeforc the 24th Ligne
andGrcnadiersbrcke in the faceof continuingBritish loleys. Both the Bmosa was recreatedby the nember oi Loughtonclub on our usual
24th and the Gretradie6fled to the ed carrying the reinforcing udts ThuEday night. we usedGererol de Bdsade rutes6 theseinsist on
wilh them. The jubilaDt Gua.ds.accompuied by Brownes fiankes, proper brigade fomations od orde6, suiting ihe ndtue of lhe
secucd the sumit of the ridge, captu.ing two artillery piecesin the engagementvery well. As the bade wa,i fairly sfrall it wa posible b
rcpresnt all units at l:20 scate,especialtyas the French divisions'
wee in fact litde larSertbd nomal brigades.
BERNARD'SATTACK ORDER OF BANLE FOR GENEML DE BRIGA.DE
BRITISH - C-in-C CRAHAM.
Duing Dilkes' etion wheadey wd attempdng ro deploy againsr
lst Brieade - Bmme 2nd Brigade - Bemr.d
Leval\ divbion coveredby the secondflanler batalion underBemdd.
Bemdd s battalionadvdced thJoughthe woodsin skimish order ed Light Ba(talion.24 ngms. Elite. LightBatlalion.40 ngurcs.Elile.
quickly brcu8ht tbe fo dd French units under exfemely etr*dve
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nf. kval s units werc conplelely suJprised,having beencaughrout 3rd Brigrde wlrotlev 4thBriqadenD k€s
of fomadon wilh no skimishen deployed. Benard's sldmnh fire 28th Gloucesters.24 figures.Line. l$ Fmr Guards.40figm. Guard.
causedsuch contusion in the Frenchrank! lhat severalunit! lhought 6?1h Huptonshne.30 figues. Line.
themselvesnnder attack fron cavalry dd fomed squarelEventually 306eMs. Gndd.
Irval mdaged to reorgeise his shaten division in(o somesemblance 81h P.inceofwales. 30 figues. Line. 951bRifles.Skimishes.
of order and evenually droveotr Bernard'sflankeG. l06gures.Elite.
to hold up the French.When ntinE Generclde Btisode rh. C-in-C may ranksandwasforcedto retrcat.B.owne s battalionwasactuallynedby
only issueone new b.igadeode. per lum, so il rook a few uhs before butsriUin skjmishorderandthereforc unablelo assisltheircolleagues
rest of lhe British force wasunderordea, very much whathappenedin s theydid historically!ShortlyafleNa.dsDilkesfailedhis b.igade
the actual battle. Howeverihe remainderof rbe wrgame was to run morale check and lhe entire b.igade clicd back down the rid8e in a
somewhat conlraryto hismryl mannersomewhatunbecomingof CuardslWheatleywas now lefl
As expectedthe Frenchwerefte fint to reachthe Banosaridge and se.iously outnunrbered.losin-qheait rapidly, ud in no position to
Kelin deployedinline to faceanexpected Brilishattack.Its not ofien engageborhFrenchdivisions.The fareof Dilkej Brigadehadsealed
you seeBntishaltackingin Napoleonic war-qames andir lrakesr ni.e
chdge! MeanwhiletheBritishflankcrba(alionsnofed ourro en-q.ge A fe\ tufrs laterit wdsdecidedby fte umpne(frel) thaiihe Frcnch
the Frencbin skimnh o.der Rutln. nor $i\hin: ro \cakcn his hadNon. Almosrachievinea conplerereve$rlofhislory, especially
battalionsby sendingour the \olLigeurcompanies. decidedro deploy asoneBritishunit Ioslits colourdurin-s
ameleelAllin all ir wasa very
the9th Leere nno sklmishoiler to counterBroane-sflankers.Leval enjoyablere-enactment.perhapsshowing aboveaU that fomation is
deployedhis lokieeu6 foNed as the brigadeskimnh screen.Eacb extremely important in Napoleonicconflict and eventhe best troops
side's skimish screenengagedthe olher, bur their fire was fairly can becoDeunstuckif badly deployed.
inetrecdvecaDsingfew problens for the players. PS. Tel 0181 559 0721for questionsor coMents on Genenl de
The British C in C ften orderedDilkes ro assaultRufiin s men
holdinSthe ridge,while Wheadeywaso.deredto engageLeval,hoping
10 tie dosn that Frerch division.Whea(ley,comnandedby John,
decidedro adopltheploddin8approach 'I m ournumbered md I donl _34!$e94'tsEEs-
Iikeitl-andBerelyengaged in fairlyhalf heaitedsKmish md anillery
fire.He clain€dhesould exploitanysucceses by theGuardsbrigade
On receiviqghis assaultorder Dean, whose was comdding
I
i)-lr'Xl*i?
'''",aa-".,_-**""..s
Dilke\ Gudds b.igade,decided10deployboth Cudds battalionsin
colunn and left lhe 95th sldmish companiesto the red. He then. for
reasonsonh knownro himself,chdgedstaiehl up tbe ridgeat the G*rlrr;;fE;-l
Frenchunits deploled in line wailine 10 receivehim. This was
somelhing oi a .eversalof hisloryl!The Gudds tookheftycasuallies
in theircharge.butlhehighmoEleofthe lsl FootGuardsensmd the
barBlion chargedhome.Howeverthe secondGMJds battalionfalrered
and,now in an unformedcolumn.beganan inetrecdle firefight against
Lhe French unns. Unfortunaielyfor Dean his succe$tuI Gudds
baltalion,havingdefeatedits Frenchline opponentin melee,was
subsequentlysrruck by French reseNesbefore he couid refom his
,f n/
t9
//rn /ds, r,.1',rr",ii li,' r,. 'i.. r. 1/, .., il ' .,i,
From the outsetfte hddcore of the VA. w6 detemined io slmp Camel-haircloak ,ra*a (this wasu item of Caucaid clothing
nself on fte minds of its enemiesas a force to be feded md respected adopredby mmy of the VA. du.ing rhe
and the most obvioustmner in which to do rhis was by way of their legendary"Ice-March".Theybecame
symbolicof a veteEn and were much prized
Wnhin a fes w@ks of lheir initial oBanisationthe original unils of possesions-)
N.B.Theborltz wd nol slanddd
ihe VA. were dafting their dre$ regulations.With hindsighr rhis
2l
P4palra(thesewere the sldddd issuewinter the Gst Wd. It wd cul in the slyle, and ro rhe length, of a "@f€i'
jacker, double'brcat€d with blek bqttons.It w6 wom with no orber
d€@€tion thm theloSoai,
As f& d posible, suppliespennitting. the Othq item of ts-d. wereas for orhe. rants.
Russiss favouredthejackboot but CsYslry
a*le'hrls werc wom with putteesin the 'Ihe
ts.d. for Guardand Line (rcn co$ack) cavairy was much the
sme a! tle infanFy ottEr $u io otreor two details.
The Srnerrerla was slighdy shorterin th€ skin, as was the rftDel.
Orieinally issuedto TmsporvAii Force However the cavalry wa often to b€ seenwearing items of pmde
peBonnettheseb@me de rigeE for young drcss in combat These could include ttE colou@drf6r*u, saiped
officeE on the sraff ed elsewhere-They worc JrdDrari md ev€nin sone ins&ncestunics. However,the latter @
not exclusivelyRed Amy garb. unsuppo.tedby photographicevidenceother thd for someRed Amy
Infetry field senice dtB
Fieldsedicedftss(ts.d.)in 1914,asin 1917,consisted oil uarika. Cosack "Hosts" srch as the Don and the Kubd fomed theii own
8!dkastpr^a. 'hinel. shotuwri.bashtyk. b@ls Mtl posoni. mies whicb were gene.ally sepdate ftom the VA. md do nol fall
The colour forJqrror/'rr, ddrll md d,a.rvat was a grey-brcwtr within th€ scopeofthis work.
khaki. The sria?l was a grcyer tonemd the bootsw€rc black.Onlythe Arlill€ry and t€chdcal btuchB
Guardsand somespeialisl foot soldien worc any piping at the curs The ls.d. fo. thesebmches of seflice war asprcviously de$ribed.
or down the openingof the Sturasre.ta-
Unit and mnk identification were indicatedon the pdsd,i md the ConEaryto the populd myth not all RussiansailoB werc Bolshevik
colle tabson the Jrin?l colld. Thepasrrt werc rcveBible,on one side or S.R. in political affiliation. Cenainly men hom Oe Black Seafl@r
khaki wift mnk only indicated,on the olher colouredfor the brdch of providedartitlery crcwsfor the mval gunsmoDnredon arnou.ed tmins
seflice with mnk and othe. infomalion.The posori werealso wom on and were Eainedby the British 1oopemteihe variouslanks that were
provided in the time of GenerarA-Denikin ( l9l8- 1920).As with their
Th. Itnnaste*a was ptodtced in couonfor summe.we& dd w@l Red count€rparts,the White sailon look a pride in their bruch of
for the winter The sumer venion had loosecutrs, the winter venion sewiceand continuedto we& then navalunifoms. The cut wasthat in
hadtwo buttonsanda tighl cDff.The sumer veEion, due to rheaction use in all the Eurolem navies of the dne, other $an the very long
of sun dd washinS.had a tendencyro fade very quicHy to d almo( nbbon-taitsand the blue ad while stipped vesr.Petry-Office6 were
whiteshade.BolhveBionswerecDlin a simiid fashion.It ws single- known by the rank of corpo.al dd vo.e a/zratrl@, the ordinaryA.B.
breanedwith a stud up colld which had two buttons,the front opened woe a ,est .,.*2. The srinel for othe. rankswd the samed the amy.
to the waist dd was faxten€dwith thee bunons The bu[ons were The sDmmerdres wa! white with blue cutr ud colld stripes.There
metal but replacedwith wood or hon durin8 rhe wd. SomevcEions wereno ctrff srripeson the winter dres, only the whire md blue ones
had one or iwo red.ngule p@ketson the chesrwift flaps, othe6 had
The S/uDva'i €ndedjust below the kne and ruckedinto the b@r The Russid Air Force had begun life a! a sub-bmch of the
or werc wrappedinro rhe pun@s. They were genemllynor st.iped. Engineersand had underyonea rapid €xpdsion during the cou6e of
Thetladr*a had a black leatherpeakthal wd often painreda non
rcfl@tive shadeof green or khaki- It did not bave a chin-strap.Tbe However,suchwd its condidor by the lime ihe Civil war brokeout,
mostprominentfeatureof both the Inperial Amy andthe VA, wasthe il is hddly worth desc.ibingin detail. Inded dujng rhe campaignsof
c@kadeqhich was colouredwhite, omge md black - the Romdov t9l9 many of the pilots were volunteeB fton rhe Air Forcesof the
colom frcm outer to inner WestemAUiesdd worc their own unifoins.
The th.ee items of foul,we^\et n| boshryk,shinel nd papaha, The grcund crew wore slandrrd amy ts.d. with the appropriat€
werc alwayscaEiedon aclive sedice poSoni but the air crew,as befirEd rheir role, woe prctectiveclothing
The /apatd ws madeof anificial astckhan wool od was a dull against the low rempeanures,a French-sryleflying helmel dd i
shadeof Dndyedwool with the crown coloured for the btuch of doubre-brcdtedjacker with slnnwn and jackb@rs o. punes. A
seflice dd the cockadeat the frcnr ftough n wd often ditrculr to serice cap Gimile to thar wom by the Bntish 'my during dd afler
W.W2) known6 a Pilo*a ' wasin widespHd use,6 w6 the l@the.
The rha?l wa .olled eouDd the body ov€r the lefr shouldei The rceferjacket as notede&lier
mosrcomon versionw6 rhe m.l88l whicb wa! fasrenedwith h@k
and eye-The m-l9 I I had five buttons.It wa cnt rojusr below rhehe BRANCH OF SERYICE COLOURS
and exceptfor the collar rabsdd rhepaSoni it wa! undecoEted.Tle
cutrs wee tum-back. Oe coat doublebreasredad half-bettedar the Thesew@ the be colou. of the colouftd side of the poard.
IDfeary
The ,osnl:yt was long dd hada noticeablepoitrt al the crcwn. Ir ws
For Lin€ regimentsin the fiEt brigadeof a divirion Red-
wom cros*d overthe cheslmd appedsto havesometimesben piped
For Line regimentsin the s@ondbrigadeof a division Btqe.
in the reginenhl colou.
For all non-GuardGrenadierrcgiments Yellow.
Thmughoutthe cEat We, oflicers worc rhe drcs descibed above
For all non'GuardRifle regimenrs Cdnson_
cut wirh grater refinement,plus their own distincriveitems.
For all non-Gutudartillery and engin@runits. Sc&let.
The r(r:kl wa a tunic qilh a standup colle, two r@tatrguld br$sr
pGkets wirh pointedflaps ed integnl slash-p@ketsat the hips.Theft
Gu.d CorF
were five evenly{p&€d metal (or olher marerial)butto$ f.om below
the colld to the waist. Piping wN d€pendenton the Egimenr. bfantry.
Tbe rftadra.i weregererally plain, but sometineswom wiih knee- The pogoni were rcd for all rheseregiments,but pip€d in rhe
lenglh gaiterswith ar*le-boots insleadofjackb@h. apprcpnateregimentalcolour. The lhati side w6 also piped in lhe
Tletrarhnz had a chin strupdd a slighdy moreomat€c@kade_ rcgimenlal colour Furth€more, the peket flaps and the liont of rhe
The rnndl ws of a considemblygreyercolour, lined with rcd cloth syMrrs./@, fiom the bonom of ibe collar to the low€st bunon, werc
a,lsosimildly piped.The cur piping indicaredthe division of which rhe
The leaft€r jacket w6 more dd more comon lowardsthe end of regim€ntwd a part oi
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N.A Again I hare Dot includedCossackrcgiments.
lst Brigde
Lt y.llw L.yeIw u,rld
Kexholmski Lt blue Lt blue, edgedomSe Yellw rlx.s (Hit D* hl@
CftdmHss DkGEn *niE DkGl6 vvhio whiE
zrd Brigad€
StPeteBblrgsK White White, edSedotuge Yellow
Simildly the poAort dd the @ff piping w€rc not of tbe standard
Volyitrski Gen G@n, edgedordge Y€llow
patteh. The cavaty apFd not to have had pipirg on their psket
flaps
Office6 freqmdy wore their paradetrasrka on active seNic€. The
basecolour for all regimetrtsws dark gEn, wirh a black p€ak ud
R.gnmr pipilc
Po€oniolour Poeonl Cln Sbiel L!
O,evalir Blek Red Eain R.d
The fourRifl€ battalionsoftheGuardwere alsorcprcs ed in theYA. Therc weretbe foot artillery brigadesed one of ho6q lhe b.igade
Their distinguishinefeatws werc asfollows: cutr piping was as follows:
Furashl'a For all battalions w6 dek green witb bdd md crown lst Brigade
piping. Only the lst battalion had a cotorcd band; itw6 rcd 2nd Brigade BIU€
Pogoni For all ba$alions were red: wi$ khaki, piFd red. on rhe ld Brigade
Pclet flap For all batralions$e piping wa.!omge. Artillery officen t adidonally *ore dmk gr€en tuDya" with a red
Cufrpipirg lst Bn - omge; 2nd Bn - yellow; 3rd dd 4th Bns - plain.
Shirel tab lst Bn'redi 2nd and 3rd Bns-gre€nedgedorange:4th Bn'
The v&iety of facing colous usedby the ImFrill Amy is a study in Ihe coloured reBimentsof rhe V.A.
itselfl The detail here refe6 only to lhose regimentsthat were known d.R All Dniti of the VA. wore on the left sleeveof their gnrart?*a.
to havebeena plrl of the VA. AgainCo$ackre8imenrs hrvenorbeen ktt./ or. rinel a chevronin thefollowingcolou6:white,blueandred-
Ar rines rhe size vried. bul n was a feature of all v.A. dressftom
be8inningro end.This chevrcdwasaho wom by unit of fte Amed
R.gnd! rurubr, Bud Pipirs cbm lioibs Sh.rcqri Plping Forcesof SouthemRussiawhich cenainly inclndedall the fomadors
R.d Btnc.eny R.d noted above. It was also used as a recognilion symbol on aircnfr,
Bl!!grc, Ral mourcd trains dd A.F.V.'S.
(t:nge Orugc Bl!.sr.y Ydt0.l
Dkc'h LrgEi LtgNr TIIE GENERAL KORNILOV REGIMENT
The Komilov units woreblack EJnnasterkn andshatutai.'t\ese wete
piped while on rhe collar. bredt and pocket flaps, cuffs and touser
sems. Fz'arftla were red with a bl&k band, pip€d in whire - d wa
the crown. The capswerepealed for ft€ officers, bur not for lhe other
ra*s. During the larerperiodof the Greatwm theTsaristcockadehad
been replaced by a skull md crossbonesin the Stom battalions.
During the Civil we the cockadere-appeared.
The badgeswod od the left sle€ve.near the shoulder,were light-
lV.R Line calalry did not generallyhavecutr piping. blue, somelimesblack, in the shapeof a shield wift crossed-swords, a
The "Simferpol Cavalry baftalion" (*2) possibly eqnateswith the old skull dd crcs boneswith a red flming genade under the word, (in
"KomilovsK'. There wer vdiations on this badge.but Oe
Inperial Ady unit known 6 lhe KriDsK Dmg@ns for which I have Cyrillic),
no unifom detail other thanlhey would prcbably havewom blue-gry desiSnwd baically the sme.
The posoat were split horizontally, the end nea@stthe colle wd
I have no infomation on the units which fomed the 2nd Cavalf colourcd in black, lhe shoulderend in rcd, the whole piped in white.
Badgesof rank, in eilher gold or silver, werc disp'ayedon lhe posoni
wilh black md red piping ar fte relevdi end.
+1.The lzth Cavalrydilision was not definitely a part of the YA. Someof the more 'veterd" membersof rheunir eore rheblack over
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ftd che\mn of the original l(omilov Sh@k Battalion. This Q6 .re.lart was either klaki m a shadeof grey frcm pale to almost
Egeded by sone of the men.of the VA. as a symbol of the d@lh of black. A row of cetridge toops deconted €itho brcdt of the
th€ Rovotutionar the haDdsof eitherlhe Provision.l Govmnt G the cherkaska.TlE poeoni w.rc black with shite pipinS, dd the pdpal,a
Bolshdiks ed their fellow travellen. ws generallyblack with a black top with whitecros<ords.
Th€ c)rilic le6er K !/as displayedoo the poaoni in either silver or Thepqpara could alsob€ whit€ or brom wilh a white top dd btack
gold.
The Po8oai for the Komilov anillery units were coloured black, N.A Kube Cosacks only cdied swordsand carbinestthey drd not
pip€d red, witb a gold @ss€d cdotr abovethe letter K.
Buttonsfor th* uif' wtre silver or white melal. N.A On€ of the original Mdkov Dnitswa madeup of sailoB who
Srincl llbr *ere a5the pogoii md edgedio wbire. would havewom then oM un'foms.
lV.R Komilovt units did not wer white 8yMr.r*a or tunics.
TEE GENERALALEXEYEV UNITS
A pan of the Kofrilov regimentduinS the winter of 1917 1918wa
youlh of lrEy of the original memboGof theseunils
fomed by men fton one of the St. G@r8eh battaliotrs.Thes elite Beds of the
their affetionate nicknme w4 '!\lexey€v\ gad$trs".
unib wore a drst'nctive unifom which it is apprcpriatelo desc.ibe
They wore €ilher black or white 8y@rre.*ar with thatj or blue
ardtttar weE whire with a ligh! blue b.nd, piped white dd the
TIIE ST GEORGE'S BATTALIONS
crcwn wd piped light blue.
The origiml battalionwd fomed in the sutuner of 1916hom holden PdSaatwee liSht blue piped white ud featuredthe c)rillic lenerA.
of tho St George\ Crossfor bFvery a d honou gudd for the Frcnt On the white afnrart?.ta the breastdd ctrtrpiping werc light blue,
H.Q.s. on the black they we.e white. ,t/udva.i werc strip€d white on som€,
By June l9l7 there were unitr at Kiev, Pskor Minsk md odesa. lighr blue on the najonty.
Howeveatheir mle wa! by this time io Lain the newly-fomed "Sh@k Slnel tabswerc light blue, pip€d whit€.
BanadonJ'. In view oftheir shtus they had beenaccordeddistinctiotrs Alexeyev\ cavalry regin€nts were distinguishedftom the infdtry
on their unifontrsthat were similar to thosewom by the Guards. by the colour of theJa/odrta band and $en pasdut which werc liSht
red, pip€d while in both cdes. The poso'i displayedno letter
Other Rflrks rv.& Thes units did nor wou black shmvdi.
Pogotrl b.$olou. Plpiq Cutt pipils BEan ShNvri pipiDg
O. C. Bl.cl Omge GENERALDROZDOVSKYT'NITS
lDlrrtrt
Pipln€ CEMDIpbB
Tbe unifom that thesen€n worc was ba-sedon the fomer Rifle
regime s of rhe Impqial Amy. with crimson ai tle facing colou-
N.R ,tlir?l tabswerc omge edgedbl&k
Their slMre'tu werc khak without piping and the rtaDr4n grey-
N.t Woud sbip€swereorange
blu€ with a thin rcd stipe. HoweveasomeofficeB worc white piping
on the br6t flap dd at the cuffs of their aln@rrerla.
Ofrcen
P o g o . i P i p b g curf Brei p.drd (oli6 onlt)
Thetrarnk wa c.imson with a whrte bald pip€d crinson, wilh
while piping dound the crcwn.
Al finl theseunits wore Russim unifom, but by 1919 they were
weding British clothing.
F!'ad*a war a! for olher rants.
SnaDvari strip€ was yelloe or gold for pmde wtu
/.4. Sfiinel tabssere oruge smp€dand edg€dblrck. CrYrlrt
1V.8.WoundsEiFs w€rc gotd. At its great€stsEeDgththere were two rcgimeots of Drozdovsky
The cockadesa in the style for ihe appropriatetuk with the St cavalry.The Ist.eginent worc blue rrratuvan with a white stripe, the
Georges Crcss sup€rimposdi possibly this wd done following the 2nd red shaavan with a yellow strip€.The 2nd may havewom a unit
abdicationof the Tsd in Mdh 1917. badg€on fte left sleeveabovethe chevrcn,in black with white Eim
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One of rhe most elegot spects of Pt@er, ed this is a v€rf sle€k hddle mund 30 units a side-Using two SequenceDecksper side and
systemind@d,is the wny the SequenceD@ks can be usedto model lwo impetusrclls can accomodate lalger gdes.
dy :my, nationality or historical battle. By varyine the nunber of Bob Joneshasbuilt the Piq!?r mechmicsromd the meanra$er than
panicule cards in an armyi SequenceDeck very sub e nationa! the avemge-This hs a profound affecl on the gme sryle. In rule
chdacteristics or battle conditions cm be introduced-For example systens where all the factors havebeenavenged out you polentially
British Napoleonicarnies tend lo havemorc reloadcdds. while their end up wilh a gme wherc neither side cd gain the uPperhmd. The
poor old Spanishallies hav€ ll Dres Line Gland dound and do momenh of crisis dd decisionmaliing d laken awat ln Pi4ler the
nothing)cuds to deal wio. player is constody facedwith new challengesto deal eith.
Unit and Of6cer quality is mdomly generatedfor eachgme, with For myone looking fo. sinple, enjoyablemecheics which caPrue
ditrerent nafonalilies gainine a ptus o. minus on their dice roll. In the fel of a period dd producehistodcatly accuJateresulir Pi4!?t
Pigsd eachgme is unique od involves thinking about the type of meetsall of thoseneedsusingnew ed exciting gase nechdics. This
game,lhe *entuio md how to modetit with fte SeqDence Decks. may well be the Fendfor the next geneEtionof gme desiSn.
At rhesbn of the gde eachsideis dealra numberof cdds frcD the At the mometrtPiq&eris only avaitableftom the United States,bul
Colnmdd Deck dependingon the size and qDalityof their amt The Bob Jonesis in discussionwith a numberof disE butorsin this countf.
caJdsdetemine how mdy "Morale ChipJ' (morc of them latet an r therc is one conplainl about Piq!?r it is gelting hold of a copyl. It
army ha or intodDce morc imponderablessrch a heroic sp@ches, co taketoo long to gel the nles sentover but hopefDllysomeec€nt
hiddensnipersor terab featurcs,flank marchesor impoved moraleor discussionson distibution methods for ovenes delivery should
fighting capabilities.
Eachtine a unit losesa staid, routs or anemptsto nlly requiresthe Prqe, cm be obhined by contactingJeff Valent at 165 Cheles
player to give up one or more Morale Chips.You re atso requiredto Street, veslel, New York, 13850 or his e mail addr€ss is
play a Morale Chip to force your opponenllo chek morale.Onceyou IMACl00@aol.con.
run out of Chips yolr amy is in se.io s trouble.As a rcsult Pi{!e,
gmes have a begiming, middte and end. One discussionyou donl
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Most rule setstendto coverthe 4Ms of wargming in discreelchunks. I ve yet to meet a waJgmer who's tolally happy with any set of
comercially availabledles ftar he hirnself didtr\ writ€. ft won t be
The 4Ms are: Movement, Missile, Mele and Mo.ale. Iong before even lhe absolutebeginDerhea6 we use the Dealh and
(As a point of interesr'Missile" soundsa bir forced. why not rhemorc Maiming rules,3rd edidonwirh housenodifications . This is probably
commonly used firing"? Well, stictly speakingyou can only fire a becauseDo one hd beenin a batde dd had the wargamefs point of
gunpowderec or morc advmced weapon-Before that you have ro view.Evenelaliveswho havebeenunluckyenoDgh to havebeenin a
'\hoof' s there\ no involvemenlof fire at all. Enough real wd bad a limjted view of $e son of ftings aargamers needto
of lhis 6ide.)
Lefs havea look at how mosl rule setscoverrhe 4Ms. know and if sensible kept their headsdown nosr of fie riDe anyway.
Rules will be accepledby a wdgme. *hen rhey fir his idea of
Generallymovemenais so mmy ceDtiDetresor inchesper movewift reality.This is purely subjectivedd har to be whenwe get rulesbefore
deductionsfor bad ierain, fomation chdges. firing or shooringerc. the 20th century.If yoD don'l like a set of dles. becausetheir reality
The fun slans when a unit wuts to crcss an obsracle.Rules oflen sal isn t you6, thenwritetoDr own-YoD'lldoubtlelshearwhingesfron
'rakes 1/2 move" or'tosts l00mn". Neither works perfftdt Imagine
othe. playeB b lhafs life. Your idea of realiry will only vary from
tn a unn only re&hes tbe obstacleafter it\ gone 3/4 of ils nove, their\ becaDse you'le readdifferent books(or seenditrerentfilmt bnl
Doesit haveb wail till nexr nove to cms and lhereforetosethe rest it\ unlikelylo be les valid.
of this moveor des the l/2 moveapply rc fte moveleft to make?This Bewue of pulting experience inro a ser of rules. The dcher,
Dakesno senseeither way and would .esuh in the time takento cross fencer,re-enactor,TA memberor the like will often wne rules from
o obnacle being dependenton when in a move rhe obstacle was his "wom3 eye view . Thesede almosrwonhlessexpenences.Even
reachedlAn absoluBcost,say l0&nm can rcsulrh a unit bomwine" without the thJearof personalinjury or dearh the experienceis too
Dove disrance.i-e- rhe mir's place on rhe table b wherc it will be al ndow to be medingful. lmaginethe enphasisin a se1of ruleswritten
somepoinlin the flture!All thisin a nonscience ficlion gme. There by Andy McNab!
d@snl sem lo be a soluion to lhis problem.but il hardly evermatten
so is no morethd a poinrto ponde. DE!TLOPMENTS
Missile and m€le tend lo be much of a muchness.Tle number of
More recenlcomdercial rules havetried 10gel awayfrom the 4Ms. To
figures involved in cross referencedto a factor nd the rcsulling
menrionjDst a few of thebetterknown which b.in8 out ihe mainpoints:
nDmbe.of casunltiesreadoff a table.The factor is often a basicfor the
tr@p type modi6ed by what both combaranrsde or ft doing. Fo. Fire ak l Fut! Mo\emenr nd Momle is combinedwith the resuttthat
exampleplus for being elite. uphiu, behinda wall etc-and a minDsfor moraleb etrectivelytesredeverygo. Tle plus dd ninus factos which
theenemy'scoverdd so on.Thereis almostinevitablya diceroll in affec1th€ die roll de very simple dd de soon lemr oii by hean.
there somewhereto male snrerhar the resuli cannotbe calculatedin Becausethe moveDenvmorale of the testing unit is necessdily
sinplified it isn t aff€ctedby that of units mund iL Yon can ger a
Morale is surelythe most boring and tine consuDingpoint of most 'bowline alley type outcomewherebywhal a unit doesis complelely
tEdilional rules.Untilrecently the systemwas ineviiably 'take a basic withoul regard to whafs happeningto eilher side of ir Despitethis
factor for the resters,add o. subtmctpoinis for relevantfactoB frcm a ftese rulesarewidely acceptedandeive a g@d, fat pacedgamewhich
long list and add a dice rcll: readoff $e result on a table which rm
ftom somethinglike "wild, unconmlled chaJge to run away"-TiDe
trken with morale testscm be excessivedd newcomersoften find it DBA (De Bellis Antiquitotisl - Tlese rules were lruly radical when
the most loatbsomeaspectof the hobby. No-one denies norale is they cme our sode eighr yems ago and arguablystill &e. They we€
impondr ftough md so a comprcmiF is often reached.For a unir in originally laDnchedby lhe WarganesResearchGrcup (WRc) asbeing
faidy nomal circumstancesobligedto take a moralelestjust makethe sunablefor $e Dsualsweepof history that they claim for all thei rules
dice roll ed only botherwitb the full tesl if d exrefre is rolled. but redeemedthemselves,in ny eyes.by adding that anomalieswere
Expeden.eqrft therulescd cur oura torol $a\redrine. aloided if d amy only foughr opponenBof its own era-(No mention
Tne o$er big Oine you ll noiice aboutrules is th ftey cb be splil of geognphy,bDtir\ prcere.s.)Anyway, the onginal rules claimedto
inlo rwo camps. These re 'toftwde orientaled" dd 'hardware cover 3000 BC to 1485AD. There havebeen1woDain developments
oriemated . The words hale probably beeniifted fron rhe world of sincetheserulescme oDt.Firsdl peoplelikedthemso muchthatDB
computers but they fit wa€mes rules. dd indeed wargamers. yon nme-it appemd on the scene.(JustIook ar backissuesof rhis
maeaine.) Secondlythe rules werc madeDore derailedad cme our
Softwde orienrated rules de big on comDand od contrcl dd atDBM (De Be is Muhitu.lirir. ) Theseseemedto be a sop to playeB
mo.ale.Whd maneEin a battle is rhe soft stuff rhe men.Theserules who consideredthal DBA wereso simple theycouldnl give a Ealistic
tbuow Nnpoleons naxim tbar the 'moraleis m rhephysicalas thrceis gde dd were d appnlling mashbetveen the usualWRG rules md
DBA. So whafs ditrerentabout DBA? well, leis k€epit simple:
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* Movementratesare still fixed but becauseof the scaleof the game chanceelement Day or may not have been introduced. A lure
changingfomation and other minutia havegone. wdgam€whichis stillsometimes plaledbut is oftenseenasbeingon
* The general(you) can t alqays move dll fte troopsthat he wants. the lunaric fringe or restrided to the memben of wD, wegme
* Melee and misile re combin€dinlo one tombat system. DevelopDenls- (which is oftenseenasbeingthesamething.)
* Morale is kept at a very basiclevel,Yo! stan with 12units and when
you v€ losr4 unilsorthe generalhiDselfyou'velost-
If you havenr tied DBA thendo so. (I1\ alsocheapto raisemies l) WD again. This idea, originally from the USA, askedwhy numbeB
werefte driving fore in wdgmes. It look the ndical stepof trying to
Cfursfp So new that al the time of wriring I've hedd a lot abour replacenumben with wo.ds. The result is inieEstinsand worth
ftese rules but havent had a chanceto play theD. The bottom line playingat leastonce.l've seentoo manycriticswho havent really
leems to be fta1 there are no move dislancesor ranges! For more known what they re ralking about spout off abour how it isn r real
infomadon I can do no betet than polnt yot ar warganes tllustrate.! wargaming.11\ ditrercnt, that\ all.
123of Decenber1997.
CONCLUSIONS
OTHER POINTS TO MENTION
I guessthatthe ultimaterule deciders for whatwill suityou canbe
sumarised as follows:
Every goup of wargmeB has d exmple of ftis obnoxiousbreed. Whst do you like or believe ib?
They study the rules and then useevery misplacedcoma or unclea
pbmseto suit themselves.They've no real interest in what's on ihe
rableexceptthat it gives them a chancelo achievesomethingin their
sad.€mptylives.Tbeywill insiston soDethingbappening, no malter Who do you thiDk you are?
how obviouslyabsurd,becaus€ page 15, paragraphd) says it * As a wdgmer m you one mm on the table (he C in C) or de
happenj. Tney will neversay "Irr's forgetil. It wouldnt happen.' you everyone?Somerules placeyou in a set position and all ehe
Should you find youBelves playing againstsuch a creahrrethen be is minor (DBA do a soodjob of makin8you (c in c.)
pr€pred to los€ wilh as much graceas you can, then Dake a mental Who/whar typ€ of gm6 do you phy?
noteneverto wargamewith thal player again.If you N a ruleslawyer * AE you a competiiionor competitiveplayer
thenyou re onein a million.No-oneeveradmitsto beinglike lhis,but * Do you play with f.iends dd the intenlion is to havefur ud etrjoy
look dound you at ay compettion- fte action in an historical conl€xt.
Think aboul lh€se.They not only will guide you lo a set of rulesbut
Fre€ Kriegspiell will show you why yoDre intercsiedin tbe hobby at all.
The onginal wdgaDe had no rules. Military men would look at a
situationand decidewhat would happenbasedon their experience.A Almosl there:Nexttime il: my final anicle on scenarioc.
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INide C.M. Condons bank the oudawshad bagged$4000worth of
THE COFFE"WILLE cah dd silvea bur when Crat ordercdthal the burglar pmf safebe
opened,the cdhier bluffed thar it was on a timer r€leasemd although
MASSACRE 1892 they would only have to wait a turther l0 minuies, rherewas itr frct
nothinS of wofih in the safe d the bdk was awaiting a cuency
b,t delivery laler that da} crat qd Dnconvincedand begm io lose his
temper,he was in the preess ofarguing with the cashierqhen rifle 6re
CRAIG ROWLINGS tore thrcughthe ftont windowshitting Broadwel in rhe arm. G.ar ed
Powe6 respondedby openingup with their Winchesbrson rbe srrcei
As with manyoutlawsofrhe time, the infmous Dallon brorhes started oursideand so bege the
Battle of Cotrelaille-
oDt as lawmen.The eldest,Fmnt. had beenbrutalty slain by whiskey Bullets ratded ftrough the bank rmwly nissing the outlawsmd
runne.swhihl worKnS asa M6hd in tbe noloriousOklahomaIndim lhe terifred cusloners
cowe.ingon the fl@r, the oplion of a backdoor
Teritory and following his nurder his brotheB Bob, crat ed Emmen exit wd not available
to rhegangmd sotheyhad no choicebul to leave
soonlook up the tin std, working fi6t as Mdhals then lare.joining lhroughthe f.ont
door, into the sightsof tbe alsenbled lownsfolk_
the lndian Police for the Osagenation- Mmwhilq at The First National Bank,Bob andEmett Dalton had
Their cdeen howeverdid not lasl long. Bob was dismissd fiom successtuUyterorised the sratr
and customeB inro hdding over a
senice having allegedly raken a bribe, whihl Emett Dd cmr l€ft laJgeslm of cdh md gold.
As they wenr io leave Bob forced the
under suspicionof rustling- Soon aftevdds Bob ad Enmett were crshiersand cusromeB walk
ro aheadof them so as to act s a shield.
bein8hDntedin connation wilh the holding up of a fdo gme in New but 6s rhegroupcme oDiside
onto the pavemeni,two rownsmenin the
Mexico od in 1891Cmt, this time along wirh anotherbrother Bill. doo$ay of a nedby drug slor
opeled tuq forcin8 the oudawsbac*
ws dested for alleged invovement in a Eain robbery in Alia.
Califomia- Bill wa later equitted. but crat eas sntenced to 20 yea The rcwnsfolk had b@n sDppliedwilh weaponsfron rhe town s
imprisonment.Both fren vehementlydeniedrheir gu t. stores and had taken Dp posidons in the streets dd buitdings
The remaining brothe6, indigndl al whar they saw as fahe surmundingrhetwo b.nks. Fonunately
for Bob md Emetr rhercwas
accusationsdd blatant manipulationof c.at\ guilty verdicr by the a reai exit iiom The Fist Nationnl
Banl ed tbey maderheir way into
railroadcompaies, decidedto take rcvengeby way of ourlawry.Their d alleywayat the backof rhe
building. Heretheycme afioss a youDg
specialityof couae would be train rcbberies. clerk amed with a revolver who had come from the rear of tshm\
By July 1892the Daltons,including the recentlye$aped cmt, and Slore'nextd@rAshe d
1owddthemBobcurhim downwith ashot
m asembledgdg of noto.ienhhadway laid numerous tnins, netting tiom hjs rifle. He dd Ennelr thenran out of the alley onto adjoining
upwdds of $47,000ftom the nilroad companiesthey so desphed.h 8th Streetiftom hererheycould seeoneof rhemenfrcD the dng, slore
their wale they had aho lefi $ree mendead.By Octoberof that same still traininShis nfle
on the ba* entrdce, four shorsfrcm the Daltont
yee the Daltons werc ready for their most deing, if not their most
Wincheee6 killed him instddy. Anotherrownsmtu.havingwirnessed
his neighbout deathfrcm ne&by, dg.ily fircd uponfte outlawswith
his shoEun,only to be bldted to deathin reslonse.
..\[E'LL OUTSHINE
JESSE JAMES . HE NEVER A cahier prcviously pan of ihe hunan shield fron The Fist
TRJED THIS !'' National Bek had taken up posidon ouBide Ishd's Store wirh a
newly acquied rifle. As he t@ mistakenlywaited for the Dalbns ro
The town of Cotreyville, Kmsas was home ro iwo banks:The First comeour of the banl s fronl enlrancehe ws shorthJough
rhe faceby
Nationaland C.M. Condon& Co.sBank,The bDildingshousingthese Bob, who hadcaughtsiehtof him ftom the top of Union
Slreet.Having
establishmentsIay oppositeeachotheron the rown\ plaa_ lefi this Eail of murderbehindOem,Bob md Enmelr racedeound the
On 5 October1892fte Daltonspldned to ride inro Cotreyville nnd back streelstoward whererheir ho6es werc telhered.
mat€ hjstory by robbingboth oflhese banksal the see time.Thrcugh Acrossthe plua at C.M. Cotrdont, a despemrefire fight had broken
this on€ raid they hopedb becomegrealereventhantheir hero€s.the out betwen the oDdawsbd the surounding rownsfolk.Momentsafier
Jmes gane.At lhis 1i6e the Dalton gde consisredof Bob, crat dd Grat, Powe6 and Broadwell bad run out itrto the sfeer they had come
Emet Dallon, Dick Broadwell and Bitl Powe6. bur aslhey rcde into undera hail of murderoustuq bulletsthuddedinio cnl dd poweB
as
Coreylille ftar crisp AurDdn moming what didnl seen to perturb the thiee men madetheir way 1otheir ho6es in lhe place ftar eould
tbem wd rhe fact rhar theiJ wantedposterswere plasteredacrossrhe s@ncometo be cau€dthe 'Alley of Dearh. Powe6 m 1ohis
ho6e, but
Statedd they wereall well knom to the townsfolk. Neverrheless they received a fatal shor in the bacl before he coDld mount up. crat
were expectingto discreedyride into town, sholl inb rhe two bdks scmbled alonglhe alley 1oa bm just shortof the ho6es.
Herehe was
and rcb then right underthe loses of the residenis. lenpotrily safeunder cover of a staiNay from one of ihe buildings
which blcked the townsfolk s line of sight. Brcadwell, for his part,
"TIIE DAI,'IONS ! TIIE DAITONS!" took cover in a lumber ydd where he laid low' having reeived a
secondbulle( woDndin the back.
Onginally the gdg had plannedto hitch Dpfteir ho6es outsiderhe On the south side of fte plaza, three townsmen,John Kloehr fte
two bdk\ but workmenrepairingthe town\ streetshad rcmovedrhe livery man, Cey Semen fte bdber, md Chrles
Connelly the iown
tie dils. leaviDgthe ourlnwsno choicebut to leavetheir horsestied to Mdshal, left theA cover deciding to make their way
tbrcugh fte
m iron pipe in a back alley someydds ftom rhe ptaza. bDildingsmd back ydds of 9rh Strer so d to inre.ceptthe retreating
Nor surprisin8ly,the ganghadn t got lery fr into town beforethey gmg. Kloehr and Semen ran thrcugh SlossonsDrug
Storc md took
were recognisedby a local. H€ watchedthem as rheycameout of the cover in the back ytrd leading onto the alley. Connelly
mn acro$ a
alleyway.Orat Broadwell and Powerswent into C.M. Condont bek. neighbouringvacdt lot dd chdged strai8htinlo the Alley of dealh'.
whilst Enmett and Bob ran inro The First Nadonal. The townsmd Winchesterat lhe readl Tragically he failed to norice
Gm1Datton in
watcbed transfixed as, rh.ough the wide plare glds windows of the aUey direcdy behind him, leaning woDnded
againsr the bm.
Condons,he saw the three outtaws dnwing rheir Winchesten and Comelly neverstooda chanceascrat qeatlt raisedhis rifle ed
fired
leveDitrg them at fte cdhie^. Finally, recovering his lenrs, he into the back of rhe Mmhal who fell mortally wounded
ar his feet_
soundedthe dam shoutingout The Bank s beingrobbedt Very s@n In the meantiDeBob md Ertunetthad uived. As ftey enteed rhe
the cry'The Daltons! The Daltons! wd speedingrlrcugh rhe town .tley ftey cameitrto ihe sigbBof townsmenpositioned
ar Ishm s Store
like wildfre md townsfolk ran in all dirccrions to ger themselvesa who ler loosewith a fatal volley Bob w6 caughttull in
rhe chest_He
38
staggeredfor a few momenrsthen slumpedto the grrcund.Propping
TIIE TOWNSFOLK
himself up he beganfiring wildly at the storeto no etret od while h€
sat conremplatinghis situation he spo(ed Jobn Kl@hr and C&ey Once the townsfolk hav€ rccognisedthe Daltons, Oe lown player
Semen lurkjng by $e rd fenceof Slosson\ DnB Storc.Bob vainly rceives D6 amed figuresper tum to deploy whetver heor shewishes
attempteda shor,but ear loo weal, raising himsef to bis feet hebegan aroundthe lown. lnitially, noneof the toMsfoll may be placedinside
ro stumbl€ roward his horse, As he tumed 1o deter dy would be either bank or wilhin 6 inches of the front d@r. Once a figuft is
pusuers however,he was hit in the brealt by a shot from Kloehr. deployedhowever$eie is nolhing 1ostop them then moving on itrto
BleedingprofuselyBob fell dying to the grcund,
Gal Dallon chosethis momentto make a bMk for it. He left his Therere 20 townsfolk in toral(excludingbankcNtomers md slaff)r
cove. and mn for the horss dd s he did so he tumed and nised his I 0 de amed wilh rifles, 5 de :med with shorgunsand 5 wilh pislols.
winchester ar Semen md Klchr. The responsewas swift and bnlal Once bail statr dd customeB&e no longer underthe control of the
and Grafs life of ou awry was ended with a bullet through lhe Daltonsthey tak€one tum to 8et a weapon,following which they cd
thrcat.Sensinga lull in the firidg. Broadwel m out frcm the lumber be usedthe sme way as lhe other townsfolk.
yard, r€achinghh hose he nounted Dped rcde awaybut his escape The shoolingmd fightitrg statisticsofthe Cojieyville citians should
was quickly cut sho( as fie two townsmenopenedfr. tuddled with rangefron low 1oavenge.I leavethe exactdetailslo whicheversel of
lead Brcadwell clung to his ho6e for half a nile beforedrcpping dead rules you use, lhere are howevera numberof cilizens that standout
ftom the rest-Tlese individuak shouldbe seend h@es or leade6:
Upon enteringthe 'alley of death EmmettbadquicKy run for cover. JOHN KLOEHR Above av€rageshootingskill md borale. Kloehr
now midsl his dead ed dying comades he opted for a I6t dilch is amed with a Winchesternfle.
ariempt to escape.As he ran down the alley bullets flew 6on all CAREY SEAMEN - The town barheris amed with a shotgunand
direcrionscutting down all but one of the teoered hoses. Struggling ha a high moFle. He is nho a competmt shor,
aiop the sufliving animal Emmenreceivedtwo woundsto his left hip MARSHAL CONNELLEY ' The Mmhal cmies a Winchesterwith
a.d right .m. Snll clutching the p.ocee.li liom The First National which he k highly competanl.His mo€le is also higb.
Bank he tumed and headeda Iittle way back into fte alley lo get Bob. All of the abovehavea leadeship ability md can b€ placedin the
On reachinghis elder brother he reacheddom to ljft the injured md rown at rhe begiming of $e scendio.
into tbe saddle.It was no use. Bob was too far gone and a! Enmet
ledt over C{ey Seamenfired both barels of h's shoEun inrc tne TIIE DALMNS
youngoutlaw\ back,hurlinghim iiom iis horseand inlo a blmdy
heapnext to his dying brcther There e five outlaws, each sporting a Winchesternfle and two
pistols. They shouldall be classedas veterds, though Bob Dalton the
."THEY'RE ALL DOWN!" leaderof the gangwill havea higher shootingability thd the othe6,
As the cry went up the townsfolk came out Aon ft€ir respecnve ROBBING THE BANKS
vantagepointsand gatheredaroundthe cmage thal lay in the 'altey of
death'. In all, Coifeyvill€ had lost forr of ils citizensin the shootout The layout of the ba.ks should be representedby fl@r plms. only
and had b.oughrdown five oudaws.Emett. lyin8 wounded.plead€d one floor is needed,consistingof a counter,a backmm, a pDblic rea
parhetically for mercy d ihe townsfolk spoke of Iynching. He ws dd a managels office. fte nnin windoqs of each bdk should
cdied to a nedby hoiel wberehis injuries werc lendedto. laterhe ws
senBncedto life imp.isoment for his c.imes. Pardonedin 190? he Upon enteringa bank lhe outlaw player rolls a D61o detemine how
went on 1o become a prospemusbuilding conrracror and later a mfy people@ inside.Half of this nunber de clNsed asslatr md @
Hollywoodnovie consulldt. He diedin 1937havingspenl30 yeds placedbehindtbe counter It takesone moveto bnng ihe cuslomendd
vehemendyspeakingout aeainstcrjne. calhiers under conlrol (basically buddling the figures togetherin the
Kl@hr wenr on to be electedchief of Coffeyville\ police in 1900 comer).In oder ro gainacces to the safe,the teller mus!be pesuaded
aDd until his dying day he nodestly shtugged otr his rcle in the to gile fte combiMtion. This is doneby roUinga 5 or 6 on a D6. Only
doMfaU of the Daltods. one anemptpe. tum is pemitted md the oudaw mrking ihe anempt
The Dalbns had inded found the lstinS notoriety they so crav€d cd do nothingelse for that tum.
when they enteredCoffeyville that fatetul day-However.if they had For the purposeof this scenmiotherc is approrimtely 54000 in
pe.hapsconsidereda simile chapterin the ce€eB of their heroes. C.M. Condons saf€, divided into 4 bags.The Fiist NatioDalBankt
nnnely fte Jmes geg\ raid on Northneld.Minnesota,thenthe town safe yields $10, 0OO,divided into 6 bags.A figm cm either carry 2
of Cofieyville wo d nor havehad io moum for ils deadcitizns, baesdd maintah the ability to shoot o.4 bagsdd be unableto use
his weapon-The bagsde not heavyenougbto affect movemeni
WARGAMING COFFEWILLE For a Iitde extra c6b, Oe outlawscm rob the ba*'s customes. It
takesone tum, for one oltlaw to rob ooe cDstomerFich victim hands
The pnnciple aiD of the Dalionsis ro ob the lwo banksblind md to
Dake Oen escape.The ain of the dgry iosnsfolk is to preventthe
town\ hdd emed csh from being slolen md to bring the Daltonsto HIDDEN DANGER
justice. The nles de pDrposelymbiguotrs so as to be adaptablelo
Customersdo not takekindly to robberymd thereis a possibility of
a fieure producing a hidden pistol and opening up on the Daltons.
STARTING TIIE SCENARIO Every tum roll a D6 for qch cashierud cuslomeaoD a I they come
uder the control of tho town player dd ce beernblzinS away sith
The scen{io beginswith the DaltonsentenngCoff€ylille. when fte a pistol. only one customerp€r bdk ce fight back.Until a I is rclled
gm8 de placedon the edgeof the toM roll a D6. This is the number the peoplein the bank are controliedby tbe oudawplayer
of lums it takesfor the lownsfolk to recognisethe oudaws.Onceftis
hashappenedtley can set up an mbDsh. VICTORY CONDMONS
\\,lEn the Daltonsarive, the only plnceavailableb tie W the hoBes
is the back alley showtron the nap. Altematively a gang menber cm Obvioudy ft€ townsfolk win if theykll or captuE all of th€ Daltons
hold otrto lhe hoses our in lhe streetlo ensurea quick getnway- or if the Daltonsfail 1oslealdy moneyyet all escape.
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brotheG in a shootou! tends to take the edge otr a *indfaU but not
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INTRODUCTION
Tbis is a bngadesize acdor which i@k place on the aJtemoonof D €*
Day (6 June1944)whichcd be gmed on m 8'x 5'tabledd fought
lo a conclDsionin aboDt3 to 4 hom. It incorporatesa nnmberof the
German FunnieJ that nade uo the strenclhof 2l sr Pdar Division.
TIIE PLAN
TtEe main ridgeslay betweenthe seaand Caen,whjch iBelf lay in
a vailex due south of the invaion beach. Half a nile south of
Hemmville (fte assenbly mea)was the iirst ridgei two miles turlher
BRITISH FORCESARRIVTNCO\ TLR\ I
southlay lhe secondridge wift the village of Bieville on ils sumit.
The $ird ridg€ wis a funler I'l miles beyond(dd 3 miles nonh of The Stafordrhin Yeonanry
Caen'.,oqnedby rlil q oodrmd de villdgeof tf,btey. A Squadron 2 x Shemm75m, lx ShemanFirefly
The task of 185 InfanFr Bngade (3rd British Inftutry Division) B Squadron 2 x Shemd. lx Sheman Fircfly
imediaely following the seizure of Sword Beach was 1o capiure
Caen. After landing. 185 Brigade Gupponedby Staffordshire 2nd Battalion KiDg's Scottish Light hfmlry
Yeonanry 1ankt were to advanceftom Hermanville to hbney dd HQ CO + 7 ngDres,PU!T,2" morttr
thenceto Caen.2nd Kine\ ScouishLight lnfanFy were 10lend. wirh 8 figures (nding on the two A
2nd Royal WNicks on the rieht dd ls! Royal Norfolks on $e left. SquadronShennan75nm links)
Ir was d overly optimistic plm. 8 figures,2x Brencader
In reality mosl of the Statrordshires tankshad becomeembrciled in 8 figures
fte vat tainc jm on Sword Beachad this createdcrilical delaysfor 8 figDres
fte alsault The Norfolks ssjfered heavy casDalliesas they lried to
bypassthe Gemb Hillfrb' srongpoint b€hind Ouisbehd dd the
stubbomnessof a hddtul of enemy positions funber reduced lhe lst Batlelion Royal No.folk
strenglhof the British pushinlmd. HQ CO + 7 figures,PIAT, 2' Dorlar
Gemd self'propelled guns engaSedtl'e KSLI until they we@ 8 figures (riding on lhe two B
bealenotr by the Statrordshire'sShemds which by now had calgbt SqDadronShemd 75lm tankg
up with the infanlry. The advdce resumed, bDt as the B.ilisb 8 fieEs, 2 x Brer cmier
approachedL€biseywood (3 niles shon of Caen) they encounrered 8 figures
the Panzergrcnadie6of2lst PanzerDivision. It was here.late on fte 8 figures
eveningof6 June,thatAlli€dbopesofreachingCaenfinallyvdished.
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When a new rdge of figres is rcleed, the soamble is on to find THE BATTLE OF RIDGEWAI 2ND JUNE T866
excusesto buy yel morefigures.Personally,I like to testnew figurcs in
a new wd with new rules. Ir gives me a feeling of getting value for This has alreadybeencoveredin wll20. b bnefly $e hislory is a!
money-Foundry\ Old west rangeojlered a supply of non-unifomed follows: Feniansgatheredat Cleveland on 29 May. Whed General
Vicrcrian-era conbatants- This coincided with my interest in the Lynchfailedto put in an appeamnce. Lt.Col.JohnO'Neill assumed
Fenid raidson Canada in 1866and 1870.Id onlyjust startedto paint command.He led a force of around 900 men acrcssthe Niagra aDd
my two smallmies whenan anicleon the Gidsappeffedin WIl20. caried extra weapons wi$ which he expe.red to am Cdnadian
At the dne I fiought ir ws rhe fi6t wdgaming articl€ on the raids,bulsupponeN.EncaDpednear Ridgeway when infomed of advancing
funher researchfound anolher This helpedjustiry my excuBion into mililia, O NeiU set up a defensiveposilionat Ridg€wal Fenian
obscurc wN. In this aitjcle I hope to expdd on $e unifoo skimishea weE driven backby the Caadios. But the sight of Fenid
informationgivenby DavidAllen Smirhin WIl20 aswell nscovering scouls or officers on horsebackcausedthe Ceadids to think $ey
the history up to the invasion.an outline of the two most intercstingeere about lo be aMcked by calalry. In andcipation, ftey fomed
"battles as well as infomation on flags dd figuft choices.My focus squaie.rhtrsgiving rhe Fenid nflenen ideal largels-Realising then
wili be on an accountof gmes played basedon the batdesas well rs minake, the Cdadids tied to refom into line. But confusion serin
quickly mongst the militia dd soon they were in full retreat-The
Cmadids lost l0 dead.six laken prisonerand 37 wounded.The
HISTORY Fenims €tumed io Fort E.ie expectinSto be reinforced.Instead,rhey
encounlereda small force operalin8 from the tug W?:R br. The
Fenianisn grew out of the Young Ireland movemeniof lhe 1840h. A Fenianshadro cled therownby housero housefiehiing,but mostof
failed rebellion in 18:18led lo leading revolutiooariesbeing the Ceadids nDaged to get ro fte safely of fte ndrr. As they sailed
inp.isoned. deponedor forced ro flee lbe country.Someof thesemen down the Niaga, the Caadids had to tun rhe gauntlet of Fenian
tbunded the lish Republica Brotherhood in 1858, the Americm muskel fire from ihe riverbank.As they did so, a crowd of onlookeG
equivalent being the Fenid Brctherbood. Hence the tem Fenim, cheeredthe Fenids fron fte Anericd banl Leking suppliesmd
inspircd by a bdd of wdiors in Pre-Chnsdanheland known ds the wnh a force of regularsclosing in on him, O'Neill \ras persuadedto
Fidna. (Curendy. the lem Fenianis nost likely to be €ncountecd
whenusedasa rem of abuseby UlsterLoyalists.) Theg.€a1faDineof TheCanadians had840Den at Ridgeway.
the Feniansbelween850
1845-49led lo rnassemigGtionfiom lrelandand gavethe Fenio and 900. For lhe purposeof rhe -qame.I took bolh sidesto be 850
movemeni in Americaa Dassivesupplyof mensho $ere deeplyand strcng.whichworkedouar 17cohbarsrands perside.Theditrerences
berweenrbesidesde toop quahy rnd officernunbe^. The Fenims
The Americd Civil Wdr providedan opponuniryfor largenunbcF had a lor of officeB, bur lhe Canadianswere short of officeB, had no
of Fenids ro be tained in the an of wu. PrcmineDtFenianssuch as statrandaUtheirseniorofficeBlackedcombatexperience. Only half
Michael Corcord had beencou.ted by rhe Federalauthoritiesat the of lhe menof lhe Queens Own Rifles hadfired a Bu. beforeRidSewat
stan of fte wd in orderto get their supportand encouragelrishDen to All of the l3rh Banalionhadfiredblankammunitionin tFininS.with
enlisrin theUnionamy. Sinceso manyenlistedin grcups,regimenrs abouthalf having nred lile rcundsalso.The 5th compdy Q.O.R.was
becamed'slinctly lrish. This not only allowed men ro be bained, bDl the only Dnil lo be issuedwift Spense.epealen.Tbey'djusr been
also made the spreadingof revolulionail thoughreasier Plds aere issuedprior to the baule.A leven-shotweapon,enchmancaried only
laid to sendtmps and materialto Irelandju$ rs soond 6e wd 28 round!. As a resDh,$e 5th mn our of amnunilion enrly in fte batle
bereeenOe Staleswd over But rhe FenianBrotherhood did what and had to rerire. In contrdt. the Fenims relied on 0-58 Springlield
revolutionaJy movementsdo best. it split- One faction favoured mnzzle loading rifles. bul their experienceled them 1o be able ro
inBdention in lreldd. anolherfavouredan invsion of Canada.Their sustain a BreaterEte of fire $an the Canadids. After tbe battle.
idea wa 6at teftitory gainedcould be held in excbangefor the liberty Coadians swore rhar rhe Fenians had all canied repeaters.The
of lreland. At wo6t. sucb an invasion could draw off tmps ftom opposineforces at Rideewayde as follows:
kelod. feililating an uprising there-As it was, a Brilish crackdown
ensuredthe hsh rising of 1865was a non-event-This resultedin the FINIAN, C-in-C: Lt.Col. John O'Nein. ( Aver"g€ )
scenddcy of the Fenianfetion that favouredan iNaion of Canada.
Brigadierceneral Thonas Sweeny,s FenianSecretaryofwar wa Butralo,7th RegimentlrishArmy of Libention.(veteran)
to oveseethe invdion ples. As n colonelcorlrranding a brigade,he d O/C: Lt.Coi. JohnHayes( Average)
distinguished himselfat Shilohin 62. risingro conndd a Division l s r c o y .( 9 )
durirg the assaDlton Atlmta. April '66 saw a damp squibin fte form 2ndcoy.(15)
of a Fenid raid on Compobelloisldd on the Maine/llew Brunswick lrd coy.(14)
border Thh led to the Cdadies seeingtulm threa$ of invarion as a 4th coy.(18)
joke. But in JDne 66 the Fenids were lo laDnch ihree raids inlo
Canada,one each frcm Chicago, Butralo &d Vemonl Hopes were TeDnessee, 13ft Regt.( Line )
high thar disatrectedIrish dd French,Cdadi&s wonld suppon rhe O/C; - ( arerage )
Isrcoy.(ll)
As it tumed oul ihe Chicago nid failed io develop, rhe Buffalo 2ndcoy.(16)
Fenids underColonelO'Neill hadlimited success.whilst theVemont 3!d coy.(12)
Fenilns of Genecl Speirweretumed backon the border Tbe decision 4th coy.(13)
by the USA to closethe borderensmd that the raids woDldullimately
fail. Kentuckr lTth Regt.( line ) O/C:Ll.Col.OwenStd ( Alenge )
Two "battles . one each hom fte BDtraloand Vemont fronts are l s t c o y .( 1 5 )
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II A slaod must fom sque if nounrd Foops come wirhitr 12',
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+l if in roughtemin
Resuhgreaterthm or equalto foua my do s desned.Resultie$ lhaD
or equalto thrce,must form sqDm.
2ndcoy.(t4) If a cotunand sland is within 12" of cavalry nnd hs not more thm
3rd co} (13) lwo tuendly standsbetweenirself dd cavalry it will order all stdds
4thco}(lt) nndercomand and within 18 to fom sqrare.
So I went to do batle, leading my CanadiansaeainstJelT
Ohio,181hRegt.( line ) FitzsimonJ Fenins. Initially things went snoothly, asJetr decided10
o/C: Lrcol. Johnc@e (average) keepmostof his forcesbehindthe fenceline. But then he cameout to
l s l c o y .{ 1 1 ) fight- His temin wds good going, mine rough- That allowed him to
2nd coy. ( 7) deploy quickly. My advancestaDdsofQOR werehit hard.The 6th coy,
3rdcoy.(13) rcducedto a sEengthof I , roDted.The 5th wr! shaken,wirh lhe Trinily
4ti coy.( 8) College company sutrering bul srady. Ar lhis point Jetrt cavaLy
appeded ai ny other flank and I wd forced into squre. Fortunarely,
Indianacompany(veretu).strength(17) with d atachedC-in-C, I was ableto refom line befo.e I sutrercdtoo
much.However,the l3th Battalionwd slowto anive.Fcak die rolls
CavaL/scouts(veterd),srrength
(10), medt all my ofnces were killed before I nanaged to come into
conhcr wirh lhe Fenians.Wirh conmdd brokendown, I wa forced ro
rerent having suffered33 casDalries.
CANADIANS The result was not unlike the rcal battle.The gme la$ed underrwo
hours, not bad consideringit was the fnt time DsingPOw rules. In
C-in-C: LrCoL Alfrtd Booker (poo.) hindsight, I should hwe ben more aegresive, bringing !p lhe llth
qDicke. ud arbcking the Fenid line. I should also have nade my
l3th Bat6lion VolunteerMiliria Infanry of Eamilton (miliria) sldds expendpoints in order to fofr squ@. They m&aged ro get
o/c: Major Jmes skinner (poor) back into line t@ easill Bul that was in part due to the lucky
lslcoy. ( 9) placementof my C'in C. trssons lemed herew€rc to be pur to usein
2ndcoy.(10)
l.d coy.( 9)
4tn coy.(12) TIIE BATTLE OF PIDGEON HILL,9 JUNE 1866
5tb coy-(11)
6th coy- ( 9) Bngadier CeneralSaduel B. Spem wa to colmrd Oe Feniannid
Anachedindependentrifle compdies (milida) ftoD vemont. BDt U.S. aurhoririeshad seizedweaponssroredby lhe
CaledonioRifles(14) Feniansdd Spem could only securc400 rifles Dd no mnunition
York Rifies ( 8) uponhis uival at St. Albds on 3 I May. Wlen ceneal Sweenyanived
ar St, Albans on 6 June he was aresred. Spe4 knew thar iine wd
2nd Battalion Queen\ Own Rifles ofToronto (Normal/*vet€ran) dnning oul. He felt that the invasionwasdoomedmd that he would be
lst coy.(12) lucky to hav€evenas minor n succe$ d Ridgewayto his $edit. He
2ndcoy'(14) would be happy enough to raise the Orcen flag in Brirish North
3rd coy. ( ?) Anerica. H€ met wilh Geneml Malntr ar FranHin md c.ossedinto
ath coy.( 8) Cbada with 700 menon ? Jnne.The counry,side wd desned andrhe
5ti coy.*(18) Feniansfound il dilncull lo get supplies-Spem sel up his H.Q. ar
6th coy.(10) EcaleJ Fam ad raised the CEn flag on PidgeonHill. This act of
?th coy.(10) defidce did causemetrtojoin the Fenie cause.ThoughSpem ended
Triniry Collegecoy. { 13} trp with not morethd 1,000men, largernqmberswere assemblingin
UniversiryCoUege coy.(11) Vermotrt.Bur time had tun out, Spun€dinto action by Ridgeway,rhe
Trearall except* as poo. IrksDen. Canadimswerc moving againstSpem with a mixed force of regulars
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CANADIAN, C-in-C : Lt. Col. lY. Osbome Snith ( Averrye )
lst coy.(15)
2ndcoy.(t2)
3rdcoy.( 8)
4th coy.(13)
5in coy.{ 8)
2ndcoy.( 9)
Battt€ of PidgeonHill. Opening posiaions 3rd coy.( 7)
;2 :-: rll,.tr
5th coy.(13)
|l &@c
7$ coy.(13)
and militia. On 8 June Spea$ led mosi of his nen acros into the
U.S.A. A force of 200 remained1o put up a token resistance. A
bdicade wds erecEd neal the border As tbe CanadiansaEived. the Majo.A.A. SBvenson\MontrealFieldrnillery: I gun
Feniansopenedfire. But, seeingthe futility of resistmce,they fled as
rhe Canadiansstarted to deploy then adillery. The Montrcal Guides Montreal Roynl Guides
chdged with sabresdrawn and managedto capruresomeFenias. But o/c : captainD. Lome MacDougall
neifter side had sutreEd ary casualti€s.whilsr Fenian ofticeN were strensth(9)
aftsted as rheyre1u6edro U.S. soil, mostof the meD*ere allowedlo
I decidedlo lry to modify rhe commandand contrcl elemenlof POW
This set up ofi€rs the potenrial for a minor banle. In 1870 the inspiredby fte cdd systemusedin Foundry\ Rxler Witr No Na,fe. I
Fenians did acrDally do batde on the same ground. For ganing opredfor a card baFd mov€mentsysiem.Olher elementsof the rules
purposes,I decidedlo slan with.U forcesotr-lable. thenenenng rrom would be as per POW.but movefrenrworld be contolled by drawing
eilher side in & orderdecidedby die rolh. The identity of Fedid Dnils cards. Each combat stand had one cdd. with eacb comnand stand
is unknown.For rhegme I reusedmosl of my Ridgewayforce. having as mny cards as it had fig$res. For average,lhal was 3, for
poor. 2. Single standunils haveno cofrned simd. Grcup movenent
FENIAN C-IN-C : BRIGADIER-GENERAL SAMUEL SPEAIIS woDldbe allowed,burin rharcaseonly onecombalstad cardfor that
( AYERAGE ) group could be includedin the deck.Once individualaclion wd
desired.rhebalanceol the cardscould be introducedon the nextpha.e.
coDmand stdds could iniliaie grcup movementfo. any eJotrpDnder
O/C = GeneralMahon Den comrol dd with which rhey arc in bdie to bar contrct. In this
lstcoy. ( 9) aay. I dispensedwith dicing for an uncenainnumberor points.
2ndcoy.(10) Eachcommardernow kn.w the movementpotenti.l of his :my, bul
3rd cor (12) he did nol know in whal order he d be able1omovestdds.
Each commmder threw dice to detemine the miv.l time of hB
znd Regt( Line ) troops.The resDhswereas follows:
O/C I Lt. Col. Timoty O'Connor ( Averaee)
l s t c o y .( l l ) UNIT DICE ARRIVALTIME
2ndcoy.{ I5) IST FENIAN Dl MOVE4
3rdcoy.{ 9) 2NDFENIAN D4 MOVE3
3RDFENIAN D6 ON BOARD{T START
3rd Resl ( line ) 4TH FENIAN D6 MOVE5
O/C : Col. Coutri ( A!@ge ) GENERALSPEARS D4 MOVE2
I st coy.( 9) CARTER'S D4 ON BOARDAT START
2ndcoy.( 9) BORDERERS D6 MO\'E 3
3rd coy.( 7) PC,RIFLES DI MO\'E 3
4th coy.(16) ROYALCUIDES D6 MO\'E ]
MONT,ARTILLERY D6 MOVE6
4th Regt( line ) COL,SMITH D6 MOVE2
O/C : Col. Grnce(Average)
lst coy.(ll) As before. I comnded lhe Canadians.Jetr the Fenids. Caneis
2ndcoy.(10) meksmen int'licted considembleloses on the 3rd Fenids, befo€
3rd coy.( 9) deciding to move inio close combat.Utrfortunately,when fte Guides
4tn coy.(16) decidedto chargethe 3rd Fenim's exposedflank, theycameundernre
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Frcm:GenealGeo€eThomasUSA(USAmy of theCunberland)
I shall, dnnng fte Donth of May, fain and pGparemy forces,wirh
lhe reslrlt that &eir effecriveness againsttbe enem! shall be
inproved. The reasonsrhat I am ablero do rhis de as follows:
I . I am curendylocatedat a Dajormilhead.so I shallnorwdt for
f My forces will raid into Nashville wilh the resDlrrhal fte Union
v-
forceswill be drawr frcm Chartdooga to reirforce N$hviUe. We
will be successful
because:
L We de a nobile fo.ce supponedby ceneral Mo€m and his
7ta4z e.4a4 tu .4
PERSONALBRIEFINGS The Army will marchto Casville id supponof the Amy of the
Ohio.whichwiu engage cene.alJohnsron's
.my whilstwe envelop
jts fl.nk. This wiu be accDmplished
b€cause:
U!ia!
Gen?nl W lliah TecuDfehShentan L TheAmy is wellresGdandin goodheait.havingalrcady
Your peronal goalsre: deiearedrherebeharLookoutMounlaindd MissionaryRidge.
i . Aloid all frontal rslaults 2. There de amplesuppliesin the foMard depots.sufficie for
2. Bum Ceorgiafron Arlanta10thesea threemonthscaDpaignat leasr.
3. Male commenlsabouthow wa is bell I L We ouhumber the rebelsdd fte opemlionsof the Army of the
AeneralJoht S.hofekl Potomacundercener.l Meadewill ensurethal no
Your personalgoalsde: reinforcementswill bedespabhedlo theiraid.
',t&444 ?.4,1 Sizw
L Make at leasrone frontal asauh
2. Keepyoursupplylinesopen
l. SupponGeneGlShemrn wherever posible From: GeneralJohnHunr Morgd CSA (cOC Morydi Cavalryl
G?n?nl GeoreeThonas My forceswill raid inlo Nashvillein supponof ceneralForest,
You. peronal -qoahare: with theresultthatUnionforceswillbe drawnfromChamnooga 10
L Neverrcrear in fte face of the eneoy reinibrceNashville. Wewill be successfDl because:
2. Repeatedlyrefer ro your exploitsar rheBattleof Chickamauga L We are a muoally supponi.g mobile torce.
lart yeal whereyou clain to havesavedtheday for rheUnion 2. We de veryexpe.ienced in thistypeofopemlion,havingbeen
3. Reterto GeneralSherman as"UncleBilly doing it for 3 yea^.
3. we usuaUy raid wiih impuniryso fte Yankees
will havelo diled
Confededcv larsetorce,ro prcre.rrher supplyl,ne..communicaLion..
GeneralJosephE- Johnston capt!redbooty,er.
Your pesonal goalsm:
l. Fighta delayingacdon
2. Forcethe Yankeesto ma&efrontal asauh on you. positjon From:Gene.alJohnM SchofieldUSA (USArmy offte Ohio)
3. Blme sonebody else if rheYankeestake Adanla The Amy of $e Ohio will mdch froD Chattanooga ro Casville.
Gaenl Natltun BedfotdForcst where I will amck rhe Rebel amy. My trmy will be able to
Yourpereonal goalsde:
accomplishthis for the following reasons:
L Raidinto Nshlille (Tennesee) at leasrtwice I . The Army of fte Tennessee will be supponin8this advance.
2. Mainlain you tumy d a fiehring force 2. My dDy is inspn€dby the appoinrnentof cranr asLieulenant
3. MakeconmenKabourrhepoo.qualityof Ydkee cavalry Ceneralmd Ge.eral-inChiefof fie US Amy. Our otrensiveis
GeneralJohnHunt Moryah thenajor thrustin his new.overallslntegy,vhich will win the we.
You.peGonatgoalsm: 3. The momleof lhe Rebehhasdec.esedfollowinguEr
l. RaidintDCharanoo8a at leasronce ignoDiniousdefealat MissionaryRidgeandrheEmovatof
2. Bng rbouryou. exploirsin raidingKentucky,Indiana,ad Bcxton Bragg.
Ohioerlier in thewr
3. Mate conmenlsabourthepoorqualityofYankeecav.lry
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RUSI INTANTRY MARcrrNc R E D I F r R r NRcr r L(rE u D r N o v K A )
RU52 NrANrRrFrRNc RED2 C8^RCINc(BUDENoVKA)
RUSl INFANTRY cHARcrNc REDI AovANcrNc
Rtl54 INFANTRYADVANCTNC RED4 AT RE,\DY
RU55 INFANTRY Ar RrADr R E D 5 L o a oN c
R U S 6 K N E ENLc F R r N c RED6 THR(:\!rN.iCRtN^Dr
RUST OrflcER REDT FR\.i R rr lCRr\rcoir)
RUSS M^\rM MC + 3 cREw1!l 50) R E D S C H A R\.!i
RU59 FrEroCLrNTIAM (12 00) RED9 Ar RFrDi
RUsl0 MA{M MC + CR ! Movrrc (!l jor R E D r 0, \ D \ { \ . \ .
RU5ll cAslalrrs (2 r.s 7lP) RED]] OFF.[R
R U S I 2 S r A r rs r T( J n c s f 1 . 0 8 ) R E D ] 2 M ^ X MH M C + 3 C R E (W f],50)
R E D I J H M G T E ^1 M o v N c ( l l . 5 0 )
CAVAUY(SuMMrRstsrRr) REDl,l ARTLLERY TEAM(t2.00)
R E D I 5 C ^ s L ^ L r E( 2
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RC2 CHARCNc R E D ] 6 C o M M A NsD E T( ] F c sI ] . 0 8 )
RC3 CHARCNc
RC.r Osr(ER DoN CossAcr6 AusrRrAN
CAvatRY
DONI Ar REsr ACI Ar REsr
RC R l s s r A N7 6 M MF t u o C a \ N o N I J . s o AC2 CH^RcrNc l
DON2 CHARCTNT
DONI CHARCTNC ACI CHARCTNC 2
DON,1 OrrrcER AC2 OFFrctR
AU5l I N F A N T tRr R
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AU52 INTANTRY cHARcNc
AU53 lNIANrRYNiARcrrNc
AUS,1 lNrANrRtAD\aNcrNc
SAL2 AT REAo.I
AU55 L\fANTRIAT REjT
AUS6 l l r A N r R YO + c E R
AU57 H M C T r A ^ ,( l f l . i s f r . s 0 )
SAL5 WrvrNcoN (RrrLE)
AUS8 F ErDcuN T€A^i(5 I cs. 12.00)
AUS9 HMG DO' CART UI.50)
SALT Ma\N HMC + I cRr$ (fl 50)
SALS C^suAlrrrs