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| The square prepares for some excitement! |
We had a small engagement over the weekend to sort through some of the firing procedures again to ensure that all is working well. Without going into a full Battle Report the encounter was one of several elements of General Stewarts Brigade outside Trinikat and being strongly engaged by a force of the local Emir Bensufen.
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| Masses of Mahdist Cavalry with Camels to the rear. |
Despite the overwhelming odds the Imperial troops gave a very good account of themselves with no major reverses.
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| Fuzzies looking for a flank...any flank!! |
In the end Emir Bensufen was able to gin some local honour by dragging off several baggage camels which bolted from the Imperial square but little more.
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| Sudanese Regulars advance on the outskirts...too late too impact upon the battle. |
All the figures are, of course, Connoisseur though I did throw in a few Essex and Redoubt figures as well on the outskirts.
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| Redoubt Miniature skirmishing Highlanders - lovely figures. |
Very nice; fantastic the square!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff!
ReplyDeleteI just had a thought. I don't know if you're aware but the Suakin force had a Royal Engineers Balloon Detachment, as mentioned in De Cosson's book. I don't recall Peter ever making rules for such, but I effectively doubled sighting ranges from the model, with a die-roll to correctly interpret what was seen through the heat haze and the dust.
Apparently Osman Digna, the local Mahdist leader, told his followers it was a manifestation of the Prophet's tomb hovering over the British to show they'd be defeated.
Beautiful Carlo, those full sized battalions are very impressive
ReplyDeleteThanks gents - always appreciate the feedback. Observation balloon , now that would make an interesting scenario -especially if one broke its anchor and had to be recaptured
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