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OFCONCENTRATION
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somelnes decidesthe issttcof thc day:'

In the last article on the l$chester Battle we wereleft with the

questionof what would happenif insteadof 35 meni.ntercepting
a convoy,one waslost en route tbroughan u ortunate accident
wifi a castoff oail fiom the Droverbialhone sboe.With 35 meo
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so deosively witb between | | and 12 survivols Thus. for lhe
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nu$ery rhyme w€ may lose the kingdom becauseof a nail.
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situation. But it sti[ gives a fair indication of the outcome
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sam€exDecdng their oppoDenlwill alwaysplay the besttrlove
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I-et's look at a pmctical examPle. Suppose you are a
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equally effective enemy. lf w€ Predicl tbe result usitrg
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'avemge'or exp€ct€dresult
afterwards.Of cou$e thfuis just the
andunder classicalprobability theory there is a smallchance(a
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oamewould acceptbattle on lhese lerms So. in lhis situatioo
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asa commanderyou are ableto catchthe enemybeforehe hasa
chanceto concentratehis Eoops. Say*hen sPlit into 2 corPs,
one oi 20 battalions and one of 10 battalions (Fig.2).
We now have two bades:
1. Your 25 battalions againsthis 20
2. Your suwivon againsthis 10
In this case,againusing Lancbesteis SquareLaws, the Erst
battle .esults in a victory for you, with about 15 €ffective
battalionsleft which cango oDto defeatthe s€condenemyforce
25Banalions
Fig. 1. The result is a decisivewin for the larger side.
10 Battalions
20 Battalions
.-_.,1,1
\u"' 15
Approx.
Battalions
sracl I
25 Battalions
Fig. 2. The smaler force defeats the laqer forc€ by first
splitting it and def€ating in detail.
which you now signiEcantly out-number. Lanchester would
predict an easy victory, witb the loss of only adother 3 ot 4
battalions. A radical differenc€ from the 6rst siuation, and atr
amDledemonsuation ol thepowerof conceotration, In thecas€
adve it onlv worksbecausawe bavealowed thesmalerforce
to conveme;dy split the opposition and take on eachin turn. A
more likely srtuationariseswhen one hasto sepamteone'sown
forc€ anduseone detachmentto hold offot pin oneenemyforce
by skirmish and demonstratiotrwhile one's owtr larger lorce
scoresa decisiveviclory over a secondenemyforce Pmbably
the most famousexample,sode might sayatt€mPtedexample,
is the Waterloo Campaign when Ney was detailed to hold
wellington at Ouatre Bras oD June 16th, while Napol€on
defeatedBluch€r at Ligly, atrd when two dayslater Grcuchy
failed to pitr the Prussiaff at Wavre and thereby Prevent
Blucher intervening in the battle betweon Wellington and
Napoleon at Waterloo. Another classic and possibly better
textbook exampletom th€ Napoleodc warsoccursat the twin
batdes of Jena atrd Auelstadt, although here Davout with
26,000men not only held Brunswick's 63'000, but deleated
them.
waterloo add Jena are r€al batdes used to illustlat€
concentrationin rcal Me. In a wargaBe campaign,it would be
extremely us€fuI to the wargamer to be able to apply
Lanchestor'sSquareLaw when consideringcotrcentrationand
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the need to split one's own force, so againlet's use a Factical

exarnple and show how the rule caD help in a wargames
campaigD.Suppos€you are a naval commander.The pedod
SecondChanceGames
do€s not rcally matter, the pdnciple could equa y apply to Mall Order epeclallots in boatd wargamlng.
Greek Eiremesor WWI battle cmiseN. You haveuloshiDsand
in the sameareayou know tbere are 46enemywarshipsoi equai Speclalbis tn old and
effectiveness.How canyou hope to win? By now you know that out of prtnt gamec and magazlnes.
risking one greatbattle is suicide.Sincethe Dumberof utrits ar€ AvalonHin, Baddin€, Clashot Ams, Colurnta Garr'€s,
small,we may havea m6l6esituationwhich allowsus to predict G.AT., G.DW., Fnslo*d Crncepb, HobbgJapaa
the numberof survivors.If you chooseto fight you canexpectto On'€saGan'€s,OSG, PandrcrGam€s,Peod€sWarsam€s,
lose, leavhg the oppositionbruisedbut stil with about 22 ship6 Quartad€chSimulaiiorlsCanada SPl, T6Horce,
'nre
to sail the seaunopposed.So what can you do? Obviously the Gamar Vdory W€s En4 WW.W., Yaquinto.
need is to get tbe enemy to split his force. Commanderswill S&T b!.dpflor 124.m 3 ha|€3
have diff€rent ideason how this is to be done, but supposewe or 145.00 6 ls€|le.
detachsomeships,say'Y' in number, and hop€fully entice rhe Od'€r 9lb6 are a\Jaihbl€lor Wa4arnerand Com$n4
enemyto go in punuit with halJhis force. How manyshipsto we G€nadkr. F&lvl G€naal eb.
send? GDW Euopa hns - EIO & Euopa ll€v,Ein doclt
The situation will nol' be this; I aho buy ',ot[ unuant€dgarn€sand magain€s,s€ndtsis
Tbe detachedForce 'Y' ships Enemy23ship6 Ll.t of Prcdrci.
Maitr Force40- Y ships Enemyz ship8 !2455
You can calculateY using a quadratic equatiotr sincewhat ta.9s
!32't5 ! 495
you ar€ aimingat is to makethe sumof the squaresof your force f2036
greaterthan the sum of the squaresof the enemyforc€. That is !2095 l2a50
tt7.9tt
geater than 529+ 529 = 1058(529is 23 squared).If the maths t 9 5 8.$
! 495
worries you, just do it by trial and error, and you will find tha! t11.95
you must keepat least32shipswith your main force. Doing this ttz95 et.95
!21.50
would mean that if the worst came to the worst and your 817.95 !19,95
detachedmaskitrgforce wastotally destroy€dfor the costof just e4.95 | 7.95
two enemyyou would expectto have 22 shipsof youi 32 left to P.d & ft.lda & Pds€ r0S
d htgelAE + 54 ii an!{ br nv 12Ne abtas@
take on 21 survivolsof the enemy.This slim marginis sufficient
to expecta clear victory with five survivors. (Fig.3) Second Chance Games, 62 Earleton Roa4
We havenow coveredthe ideason concentrationof force that Wallasey, Mers€rrstde.TeL 051-63E 35i15
follow ftom the squarelaw, but there are pefiaps two funh€r
poidts to make. The first is that, far ftom being a random
example,the problemof the fleetssetout aboveis bas€don fact.
TTCJSTACI I
The numben arc thos€ that Nehon expectedto be engaged
beforeTrafalgar anditr a memorandumslill in exisr€nceNelson
describeshis plan of splitting his own aDdthe enemyfleet in the
matrnerset out. As it was, the actual numb€rsavailableto the
two fleets were slighdy different, and itrterestinglyNelsonwas o o o o
giviDg the Spanishand French ships the benefit of an equal oooo 3stiF
fighthg capacity,(ki[ rate in our system)asthos€of the Britisb
fleet. Somethingq/hicbwas generallyrecognisednot to be the
case,nol least by the haplessVilleneuve. Nonethelessit shows 8 detach€dshipsattempt to pin halJ of enemyfleet
the intuitive geniusof Nelson. As Lanch€sterwrote, Nelson,if
not actually acquaintedwilh the Squar€Law, must have had
someequivalentbasison which to figure his tacticalvalues.If he
had propos€dto detachone more ship he would have been in
tlouble. If he had proposedto detachone lessship Villeneuve
would be more likely to pursuewith a smaller force and ups€t
the calculations. Nelson intuitively detached the maximum
force he could afford to, while assumingthe €n€myfleet would
;ttl!iii;;
-o:oXooo
r25luF "o
sPlit in half. Io
The secondpoint to make is that Nelson was perhapsbeing
over-optimisticin assumiDg that Villeneuvewould split hisforce
exactly in haiJ. Without going inro the maths it is eay to show
that under the Square Law splitting a forc€ in haff gives the
worst possibl€total of fighting strength. Try a few examples
yourself.It may be somelhiogto rememberin a caopaign. c
especialy if tkeatened by an enemy demonstmtion designed ooo
no doubt to tempt you to do just that! oto o oo
loo o o oo

;i;:r{::;
We started with a quotation, so let's end with one:
"one shouldendeavout
to concentateone'sowL forces both h
spaceand time, \'hik at the sanu time seeking to split the
opposingforces and desro! them at difrercnt times."
(FieU Manhd Ronngl) oo

Again and again th€ successof the 'Grcat Captabs' has beetr
their ability to us€ the military slstem and tecbDologyof their
time to the maximum advaDtage.The connectionb€tweenthe
retum of effeclive infa ry in lhe RenaissancePeriod is
unmistakablylinted to th€ redisovery of the ClassicalWorld
by the people of this early mod€m period. The later phala
add€da n€w teclmology- gunpowder- andin time the pike and
shot system,influencedby the Roman legions,wasadaptedby
Mauric€ of NassauandGustavAdolph of Swedeninto a flexible
oryadsation.iustasthe phalanx,alsousedby the early Romans,
develop€d into the more flexible manipular, then cohort,
legions.
It was not a great advantagein weaponry which made the
legion superior to the phalanx, but rather an oryanisationatrd
command structure which alowed intemal flexibility and
co-op€mtion which brought them success.Napoleon, it has
b€en pointed out maDytimes, did not innovate. Column, line
and even mixed order formatiom bad all been used before.
Europeanweaponrywasall basicallythe sameat the time. What
Napoleondid do wasdevelopthe orgadsation and flexibility of
his army for maximum co-operation wel alpad o{ his
opponents.
Gennan talks of early WWI were no better and often more
poorly armedand armouredthan the Alied and Russianta*s.
They were usually fasler, but speed $'ithout direction and
co-operationis poindess.Their superioritylay in their organisa-
t7
A
Question
of
Focus
by
CharlesEckart
Ext'l Miniatues25nn
Sa\sata Pe'sittspaintzdby
8..1.Eottis,whocelebruk:ten
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poi eria 1991.
tion (massarmour supportedby mobile infantry atrd artillery)
combinedwith control (radio) over this mass,lendiq flexibiliB
to the concentration of mobility atrd purpos€ to its speed.In
1917-18the Germa$ had applied the same principles of
Blitzkrieg with more limited meatrsofcoDtrol atrdmobility (lack
ofportableradios andtracked rheeled transport)with rema*-
able success.
The Russianswould massseveralhundredgunsper kilometer
for their 1943-45battles,but tbeir lack of flexibility limit€d their
effectiveness,while Britishru.S. artillery achieved geater
effect by mas.sing fir€ rather than gunstbrough superiorcontrol
and more flexible oryadsation.
Weapons and equipmeDtare the tools of war in atry time
pedod, but for the most part do not need to be dealt with itr
gr€at detail in wargame rules except (perhaps) at the low€r
tactical l€v€ls.Simple,wel thought out mechaDicsempbasising
the FUNCTION of differcnt uits (ancients and medieval
ligbt/beary infantry, chariob or kdghts; gunpowder era line
and light troops, fi€ld atrd holse guDs; 20th century light,
medium, heaiy guns atrd vehicles) within major formations
(division, corps, amies) aDdtheir ability to co-operateflexibly
and be contmled by thet major HQ's are ne€d€d for
operationavgrandtactical games.
Well thought out, yet mechanicallysimple,rulesgenedcto an
age or pedod are a good startiDg point for someoDewbo is
interestedin the sfengths andweakness€s of a panicular army's
military systemduring a limited P€riod of time. The reasonth€ The above grvesa total of 30 Roman stards plus the ardy
timeperiodfor anyarmyis limitedis because all armies iJtbey commander and 42 tdbal standsPlus their army commalder.
hsr vary loDg.adaptto tbe changing demands Pul uPon them. Within each of the five legions(counting cav:lry as a legion)
The faster the demands change, the more frequently the army and (counting the bodyguardasa separateclan) frve clansup to
must adapt to new conditioDs.As an example.lhe anillery two stands may be combined into a unit thereby moving
dochine 6I lhe 1806PrussianArmv in their war rvith Austria toqelherononespolo[lhe dieasin DBA. Cavalryon bothsides
wasconsidenbly different to the artillery doctrine only 4 yea$ miy only moueiheir standsindependently. (e.g lhe Roman
lateritr tbeFranco-Cerman war. The change was in usage more rolls a 3 for hs fourcavalry staDds,only 3 slaDds maymove.A
than weaponry.Krupp breachloaderswere fairly plentiful, but Roman legion of two stands of velites/psiloi, two stands of
no lessineff€ctive than muzle-load€rs againstthe Austrians in hastati/blades,two of pdncipesDladesand one of triarii/blades
1866mainly becauseof poor artill€ry doctrine. By the same mavmoveall unitsona roll of4 aslonqaslheve[tes,bastatiatrd
token, Roman legions would undergo no major changesin pri;cipes standsare paired asuluts an-dthe triarii moveon their
structue or s)stem for decadesat a tim€ The demandsput own.) T.ibal cavalry movesas pan of its clan.
upon the Roman army were not changingasraPidly The U S. Crmmand is th€ balancing factor which makes the Roman
Armv in Vietnam underuent many changes h those eight y€ars Army the equal of the more numeroustribal army. The consul
due io a steadychange in the demands of the battlefields. and the tribal chief may perform one of three functions each
Simplerrule mechanicscan be usedto allow a player to tum. They may either be at aheadquartenfrom which they may
conceitrateon his skillsin battle ratberlhan his sLill at rules geta viewof the entiro army, they mayjoin aparticular legionor
juggling. when thesesimplerrule mechanicsare combhed with clan to try to improve its movedent ot they may join a leglon or
a good undentanding of a sPecificarmy's slstem the rules can clan andactuallyjoin an elementthuscausingthat legronor clan
b€ easilyadaptedto reflect that army's sfengths atrdweaknes- to have two commandstandsfor combat in that tum
ses.It catr also make possiblea mor€ acc1lrateand enjoyablo
repres€ntationof the commandof large forces.
As an example I would like to show how a rather genedc NOW FOR THE DETAIIf
ancl€nt rules s€t which has recently appeared can be used to From a headouartetsthe consulco-ordinateshis whole army by
show tbe sDecificstretrglhsand weaknesses o[ a Consular allowing each of his four legions to rec€ive 1D6 aprecefor
RomanAnny, basedon ihe maniPularlegion,versussame In a movementandhisfourcavairytoreceive1D6 Thechieftain,on
tribai army. The rules are De Belri Arargurlari. wRG s tesl the other hand. must roll 1D6 to seehow manyof his clansmay
Dlavancienlsrulescombinedwhb sode ideasadaPledfrom atr roll for movement.The tribe has5 clans,if he rolls a 3 th€tr he
'article
by Andy Gming€r way back in Issue #2 of Wargarres selecls3 clansand rolls lD6 for eachof then.
-lluusfratedtitl€d "It's Down to the Triarii". For thosewho want UDon ioinine a leqionthe consulis not eNuring tbe ful
to rcsearcha bit more than uniforms and numbersand gain an "o-oo"tuiionof* ot lis tesionsaDdmustroU lD6lo seehow
understandingof a specric military systeDat a certaintime in its many legionsnay mouejtrst as tbe chieftainmust when at
historytheresultscan bequiterewarding.lmighladdtharthisis headquane$. Upon joining a clan the chieftain must subtract1
'DBA' lo be fie besl ancienirules
rhe reasontha! I consider fiom his D6 roll for numberof clanswhich may movetlrat tum.
producedby WRG. A[ other €ditionsfad to adequatelyadir€ss The advantageto joining a legion or clan is that 2D6 may be
apeciEcmiliiarysystems sincelhey covertoo greata periodof rolled for movement with the best result being selected.The
time in too much enraneous delaillo be reallyadaptable lo lhe legionor claois beingproddedinlo actiooby the commander.
reoresentation of a paricuiar armys mlitary system.This. o[ Byjoining a legionor claDa temporarilyjoiniogoneotits
course,is my personalviewaDdis not itriendedlo grveoffence elements lhe commander enhanc€s the fightin8 ability by
to the many a[cient gameE who espouseother WRG ancient tumins that stand into atr additional codmand el€medt. The
editions and may be rather put off by the fast play rules. neeatiie sideis that the consulmustroll 1D6-1for the numberof
ln order to comFehend tbe following it will be nec€ssaryto hdons whichmaynove that tum and$e chieftainlD6-2 He
b€ familiar with DBA, asthis is addedon to reflect two opposing hasbecomeso mvolvedwith thal legio! or clanlhat he basno
military systemsand the basicrules have not b€en altered. time to seeto the other formationsof his almy. Additionaly, he
is ar personalnsk by joinitrSin the fighdng.lI his commaDd
elementis eliminatedor rouledroll lD6i I or 2 he escaP€s to a
FIRST THE ORGANISATION friendly stand within 5 iDches,3 he commits surcideto avoid
A Roman Consular Army consisted of two allied and two capture, 4 or 5 killed in battle, 6 he is captured.
Ronan Irgions, plus velites and cavalry. The cavalry is Any trme atrarmy commatrderjoins a legion or clan then that
r€presenledby three standsof allied cavairy and one stand of legionor clatrmustbe oneof thoseselectedto moveitr the tum if
Romancavalry.A legion(Romanand allied)consistsof two any are able to do so.
statrdsof Hastati, two of Principes,andoneofTriarii. The alied We haveplayedmanygamesnow usitrgtheserules,which ar€
leeions have on€ stand of velites each and the Roman legions intendedto focuson the particular strengthsand w€aknesses of
tio standseach. One stand in each of the four legions is a the Dre lm BC Roman consular army vs a tribal army. The
commatrdstand. The total cavalry force is treated as a legion, Romansare better organisedandmore flexible, while the tribal
but has no commatrdstand. There is one figur€, representing army is larger atrdcanstill pack a wallop with its warbads, Iight
the consul himself, commandingthe entirc army troops and cavalry.The difficulties arisein maling the bestus€
The tribe is rct so well organised. The tribe has a singe of what is availablethrough effective use of army command.
chieftain 6gure who functions asthe army commander,but his The Romanshavewon two-lhirds of the time, but all games
army is madeup of clans of various composition and numtten have beeoclose.Almy commandershaveto decidewherethey
Most of the samesI havetried usedthe followjng organisation: are most needed ftom tum to tum.
eledents and four For a little 'chrome'theto is abo a smallchancethat aDomen
a bodvsuard-of
-The two warbands atrdtwo cavalry
clans. fust clan bas two cavalry,four psiloi. and eiShl mav affectone or both sides.Nodally in DBA an army haslost
warba[ds; the secondclan has two cavalry, two psiloi and six wh;n it hashad one third of its standseliminated or routed off
warbanG; the third clan haseight warbandsand tfte iourth has table. On a bad omenthis is rcduc€dto one quaner of the army
six warbands.Each of the clanshas one commandstand. andon a sood omenit is increasedto one half. omens may also
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by Anthony R. Tucker

One of the little examined facts conceming the Dow famous
cerman Panzer forces of the Second world war, which is
almost certainly of interest to the wargamerand especialy the
modeller, hasto be their extensiveuseof capturedFrenchtanks
on both the Eastem and WestemFronts. Detarlsregardingthe
enployment of French armoui in Russiais sketchy,but in the
West three whole German panzer battalions and elementsof
two divisions used French tanks.
By the spring of 1941a number of Geman units had been
equippedwith tbe Char B ready for the invasionof Russia
Cirmany sFastemeI ies.exceptFinlandwhichinitiaUyhad59
ta*s including Renaults, used the 35(t) and 38(t). Detail is
scarcebut they were apparentlyusedto someeffect againstthe
tishter Soviet tanks. The Char Bs were also used during the
invasionof the Balkans, where a numberof Frenchtanks were
to remain in a secutity role. Even so their mechanical
unreliability meant they werc eventuallywithdrawn to France

CAPTIJREDMATERIAL
After the surrenderof Franc€in June 1940,Princevon Uraeh, a SELT-PROPELLEDGUNS
pre,war executivewith Dairnler-Benz, was appointedGerman A large number of Fr€nch tanks which were of a questionable
overseerat Renault, one of the France'smain tank manufactur- value were converted into more useful self_propelledguns by
ers. Pressurewassoon put on Louis Renault to repair Renault adding anri-tant guns or howitze$ such as the l05mm or
tanksfor the GermanyArmy. Initially he agr€ed,until a senior 150nm. In 1943 French chassiswerc converted to tank_
colleaguepoiirted out "Start repaiing French tanks today and destroyingrolesby mounting37mm,47mmaod75mmPAXSon
they'll be expecting you to build German tanks tomorow." them.smallnumberswereproducedon HotchkissandF.c.M.
Most of his foremen and directors supported his refusal to chassis, the Mard€rI beingmountedon the Loraine chassis.
co-operate,threateningto resignif they were forced to work on Thesevehiclesw€re issuedto the Panzerjager(Tank Hunter)
Frenchtanks. Regardlessof GermaDthreatsof executionthey and Panzerartilleie battalions of the PanzerDivisions, whilst
continuedto rcfuseandthe Ge.mansbackeddown.Despitethis other vehicles were used as artillerie schlepper (artillery
setbackit did not preventthe wehrmacht from utilizing French tractors) and munitionsschlepper(ammunition caniers). Pan-
armour. Renaultcontinued to build transport for the Germans. zerartillerie cove$ equipmentnot usedin an anti-tank rcle, i.e.
The hero of the First World war - for his production of the Infanterie Geschutz(Infantry Guns), Stumhaubitze (assault
FT-17 tank - was at the eod of the war to be accusedand howitzers) and PaMerhaubitze (armoured howitzeN) as
murdered for his collaboration. opposedto Stumgeschutz (assaultguns) and Panzerjager.
The re-useof capturedequipment wasstandardpracticefor A significantproportion of German self-propclledgunswere
the Wehrmacht.When Germanyhad annexedCzechoslovakia mounted on foreign chassis.One of the best was the l50mm
in 1938they pressedinto servicethe CzechLT-38 redesignating SFH 13/1auf GW Irnaine Schlepper(t). This consistedof an
it the PzKpfw 38(t). About 280of them sawservicemainly with obsolete Krupp 1917 150nm converted to fit the French
the ?th and 8th PanzerDivisions during the invasionof France l-orraine carrier, which was a stable tracked munitions atrd
in May 1940and by 1941they accountedfor 25% of the total personnelcarrier, by Becker and Krefeld. The gun, altbough
Geman tank force. The Gemans kept it in production until being too heavyfor the chassisat 8,3 tonnes, was nonetheless
1942by which time 1,168had been made and the chassis effective.It wasfirst employedin 1942in Nonh AIrica andsaw
continued to be produced as self-propelled gun mounts. serviceon all ftonts until the end of the war. The 105dm Le FH
Likewisethe Skoda-produced LT-35,of which160weremade, 18 was aho fitted to the Lorraine Schlepper, some 24 *erc
redesignatedthe PzKpfw 35(t), sawservicewith the Germans. converted as the 105mm k FH 18 auf GW lrrraine
The 6th PanzerDivision used 105 of them during the Frcnch Schlepper(t), aswell as48on the HotchkissH-39chassis, 24on
campaign,but, unlike the 38(t), produ€tionwas not main- the F.C.M. chassisand a few Char Bs. All of them servediD
France,seeingactionduringthe Normandycampaign.
The bulk of Fmnce's armoured units fell almost intact into The Marder I was built on the chassisof tbe caDtured
German hands.Many French tanks were, from mid-f941, t ffarnecarrier.calledthe Panzerjager fur 75mmPal4Oi| (Sf)
modified and issuedfor usein Finland, Russiaand th€ Balkans lrlraine Schlepper(f), 184 were convefed by the firm of
for useagainstpartisans.The FrenchChar de Battaille Renault Becker in 1942-43.They also we.e d€ployed to France and
Bl Bis, armedwith an SA 47mmAT gun in the turret, a ?5mm likewisesawservicein th€ Normandybattlesin 1944.The other
gunfixed tow in the hull and2 machine-guns,of which some345 Panzerjagertlpes using foreign chassiswere relatively unim-
wereproducedin the factoriesof Renault,Schneider, F-C.M., portant and were producedin small numben comparcdto the
F.A.M.H. (St Charmond),and AMx, wereredesignated the entirely German models. The ex-FrenchRenault R-35 desi&
PzKpfw B-2 740(0, some were sent to a factory at Kasselin nated the 47mm Pak 36(t) auf Gw Renaulr R-35(0 and ihe
Germanywhere they were convertedinto flametfuow€rs- the HotchkissH-39 tankswerefitted with 47mmCzechgunsandthe
Flammwagon auf PzKpfw B-2(f). The Char de Cavalerie Pak40. Only about20of the Hotchkissmountingthe 75mmPak
SomuaS-35becamethe PzKpfw35-SZ9(q, the Char Leger zl0U46 wereconverted.Thesevehiclestoo were usedmainlv bv
Renault R-35 the PzKptu 35-R 731(0 and the Char Leger the occupyingforces in France.
Hotchkiss H-35/H-39 the PzKptu 38-H 735(f) of which over
1,000had beenproduced.The Germansalsotook into servic€
limited numbersof the Ff-17 and the four-wheeledA.M.D. PANZERERSATZ
Panhardtype 178 armoured car, redesignating it the Pz. The Germans deployed three Frenchtank battalionsin France,
Spahwagen P-204(f),thesewere used{or securityroles. the Panzer E*atz and Ausbildungs Abteilung 100, Panzer
 ll

Abteilung 206 and 213. The 21st PanzerDivision fielded

numerousHotchkiss,SomuaandLorraineAlrys, andthe 7th
SSPrinz Eugen Mountain Division was equippedwith Hotch-
kissH-39s.
HEROES
TheAbteilung(battalion)100wasformedin April194l asan MINIATURES
Ersatz und Ausbildungs(training and recruitmeotunit) at
Schwetzingenin the Rhineland. As a training and replac€ment 7 WAVERLEYPLACE
unit it rvasequippedwith Frenchtanks,someof whichmn on WORKSOP,NOITS
coal gas! Its training facilities were extremelylimited in that the S8O2SY
men would haveto be retrained to operateGeman tanks.The MAIL ORDER SPECIALISTS
followingyearthe battalionwasstationedat Satorycampnear ELITEFORCES(20mmMODERN)
Velsailes and used to guard the railway and Metrc. One 20rnm MODERN FIGURES 25p each
detachment wassentto Vercorsin south-westem France,near
Grenoble,to counterth€ Maquis. A!A! rcRCES I,INITED STATES
Underthe commandof Major Bardlenschlager the battalion EA1 Offi@. Riih AK4? EY1 Om@. vith pisiol
wassentto Normandyin May 19214. It wasdeployedto the west EY2 Cumd wiln M60
of Carentan with its KomDaniessDreadout in the area of EA3 Md advscilg with AK4? EY3 RifleM {it! M60
EAlt Md advecing with AK4? EY4 GDner witL Drqon ATGW
Baupte,Carentanand Ste. Mere-Eglise.Abteilung 100was EY5 Crenadier wiih M203
tactically responsibleto the 91st Infantry Division and helped EY6 Cremdier advancingM203
build anti-invasion defences.The battalion's exact order of DA? Man muchins wilh A(,1? EY7 NCO wfth Mt6+M72
EA8 Man witn AI(M odvancing EY3 Rjlle'fu couchi.g M16
battle in June 19,14is not ce(ain. but it numberedsome15 EAg Md aitvdcing wilh AX47 EYg Cr€nadj.r tnhwinc
tanks,including8 Hotchkiss,l Somua,1RenaultB-1,IPzKpfu EAIo Man oouchiry *ith M203 EY10 Rinenan adlectng M16
III and 17 RenaultR-35s.On the momingof 6 June 1944lst
Kompanie under OberleutnantWeber, had its milk party and PI6 ue olso sbh a luU tunae of Hetui.s dnd Rosdnmft bun d up
C.O. kiled by US paratroops.The battalionwent to battle b! MrJen ann vtwll rense, of @hibs .nn infdn|ry.
readinessat @00 houn, but wben no orders were received A tull .ang€ of $otia Midd Modela.
Bardlenschlagerset out forthe9lsfs HO at Houtevilleneverto Ot!e. 20nn Modem nslE include Briii6!. Soviet, Imeli, C€man
be seenagain. ed Frcnch.
At 0800hoursthebattalionAdjutantbroughtthe lst and2nd Pks* send a ,tnnryd *lf n ldft$ed .ntutop2 for a cat4Lsu.
Kompaniestogetherat Baupte to block the N803to Carentan. Pdst l chdge, 30p mininun on all o.d€F up to $.00
Above 13.00 109%of rotal ccr of o.de..
Dudng the nightthe kompanies-justto be on the safeside-
fired at everythinglThe following day No.1 Platoon lst
KompaniewassenttolvardsSt, Lo andNo,2 towardsCarentan,
Rapidly destroyed fighting the Americans the battalion was
finally reduced to an anti-tank company a.med with panzer- the men were informed they would be designated Panzer
fausts on bicycles, and on 7 July the unit was officialy Abteilung 214, equipp€dwith French tanks and domestic
disbanded,its tankslong sinc€scatteredaroundthe Normandy transport.The men then beganto familiarisethemselves v,rith
countryside. the CharBs,knownto theirqewsasthe82, with the workshop
staff being sent to the Renault factory- which wasshortly after
visitedby the RAF. The unit thoughtit wasgoingto North
PANZER ABTEILI]NG 206 Africa.butinsteadwentwestto St.Malo andwasfeniedoverto
the ChannetIslands.
The l00t sisterbattalion wasthe 206.It wasformed asa rcsene
Arrivingon Guemseyon 25 March1942the tanksof the 213
formation Ior the ?th Armee at Satory camp, south-westof were
stationedat TaborChapel.The O.C. Major L€chtsetup
Versailles,in November1941.By mid-January1944Par]uzer
his HQ in a housecalledSanElmo with KompanieHQ at lJ
Abteilung206wasequippedwith 14HotchkissH-35,H-38and TreladeHotel. Initially
15 Char Bs went to Jerseyand 17 to
H-39,4SonuaS'35,whichwereissuedto platoonandcompany but on TJuneeachgroupreceived2 moretanks.On
Guemsey,
commanders,5 Renault B-l bis (some of which were eachisland12tankswerenorrnalPzKptu Charbr bis(0, while
flamethrowers) 2 Hotchkisstrainingvehiclesand 3 anti-tank theother5 wereflamethrowers. TbecompanyHQon Guemsey
guns- possibly75mmPaK.On 1June19zgis had16Hotchkiss,
ac€ountedfor the extra 2.
2 Somua,4 RenaultB-1 bis and2 RenaultR-35tanks. 1stKompaniewasstationedon Jeney with 130men, who
During D-Day the battalionwasat Cap de la Hagueon the wereattachedto the Schnellabteilung (MobileBattalion)319th
nonhemmosttip of the cotentin Peninsulaand wasprobably of the3l9thlnfantryDivision,thefomationresponsible forthe
subordinate to the243rdInfantryDivision.Trappedalongwith defenceof the Channelhlands. The 2nd Kompade of r80 nen
the 243id,709th and glst Divisionssupportedby the 5rh stationedon Guemseywere attachedto Schnellabteilung450th.
Parachutercgiment and 7th Army Storm Battalion the 206was
Oneachislandthetankswereorganised into3platoons,eachof
completely annihilated during the Americans' battle for the
5 tanks,with the flamethrowers makingup the 3rd.
Peninsula. OflJe^ey lst KompanieunderOberleutnant GrafHoyoswas
deployedin the ParishofSt. Brelades,but waslatermovedto
Tabor Estate ard Tabor Lane, lst Platoonwas sent to St-
PANZERABTEILTJNG213 Petert Baffacks.To beginwith the tankswerekept in sheds,
By Midl941 some elderly Renault FT-17shad arrived in but werethenmovedto the coverof thepinetreesto theeastof
Aldemey, Guemseyand Jersey,and in Septemberthat year TaborLane, wherethey wereensconced and covered.
Hitler orderedheavierarmourto be desptached. Ratherthan On Guemseyoneplatoonwasusedfor airfielddefence,with
tie uDvitalGermantanksanumberofCharBswere selectedfor its vehicles housed in the horticultural Feenhousesoff Bas
the ahannelIsla ds the followingyear. Courtil Road to the north-westof the airport, whilst the other 2
Recruits were selectedfrom 1st PanzerErsatz Regiment at weredeployedto the eastof Petit Bot and in the fieldsof Les
Erfurt andwere sentwestendingup at PoissynearParis.There Pages.To startwith the battalion'srecruitswere young,but
many eventuallywer€ transferredto other fronts and replaced Kailnovik-Focaroad in Jun€ 1943,asTito's men escapedfrom
by older men. In March 19|4, possiblyglad to be away to the the German's Operation Schwartz,brushing asideunits from
war, Major l.echt waspostedto the EastemFront andreplaced the Croatian 369th Division.
by a Major Kopp. Hoyos was also replaced by a Leutnant Rather surprisingly the 2lst PaMer Division was equipped
tlricht. with Frcnch tanks. The bulk of the division and its equipment
AI Germantanksusua y displayeda 3 digit numberon th€ir was lost with the Afrika Korps in Tunisia and had to be
turrets, the systemcould be involved but for the 213it was as reformed at Renneson 15 July 1943.
folows: By 1944the Division's PanzerRegiment22 under Oberstvon
101- Kompanie Commander, 1st Kompanie Oppeln-Broniko*ski wasstill equippedwith a large numberof
201 - Kompanie Commander,2nd Kompanie French Alrys, its former armour consistedoi 98 PzKpfu IVs
102- Resefle Tanh, lst Kompanie aod 6 PzKptu UIs as well as 23 Somuas,43 Hotchldss assault
202 - ReserveTanl, 2nd Kompanie guns and 45 Irnaine selftropeled guns. ln Nordandy the
111- 1stKompanie,lst Platoon,No.l Tank 21st'sunits were deployedbetweenCaen atrdFalaise.A week
212- 2nd Kompanie,lst Platoon,No.2 Tank before the invasionField Marshal Rommel inspect€dthe 2kt
123- lst Kompanie,2nd Platoon,No.3 Tank and he wasnot pleas€dwith what he found. Photographsshow
235- 2nd Kompanie,3rd Platoon,No.5 Tant him looking at Hotchkissesmounting 75mn Pak 40 U46 with
very youngcrews.Four weeksafter D-Day the divisiononly had
61 PzKpfu and 32 assaultguns,althoughnone of the l-oraines
had beenlost. Someof the Frcnch PanzeNescapedthe collapse
OTHERAtrVs of the w€sr€m Front, a PzKpfw 81 bis(o flamm was captur€d
ID 1941, as a result of Hitler's order to send a.mour to the bv the Alies near Deventer Holland in ADril 1945.
ChaonelIslands, C-in-C West, Field Manhal vom Witdeben,
despatcheda number of light tanks, in the sbapeof the elderly
Renault FT-1718 of World War One vinlage, armed with a I1CHY PANZERS
37mm and a maximum speedof 4.8mph. Both Guemseyand Not only did the GermansuseFrenchtanks agahst the Allies,
Jerseyreceived8, Aldemey 4 with 20 crcw, but what unit the so did the Vichy Frcnch. In 1941the Vichy French forces in
tankscrewscamefrom is unclear. When Abteilung 213arrived Syria and the Lebanon under Genenl Henri Hentz werc
they were handed over to the iDfantry and used for airfield ordered by the Vichy govelnment to co-operate with the
defence.By the end of 1944only 2 were stil serviceable.The Germans.To opposethe pre-emptiveBritish invasioDin tme
rest had beencannibalisedand thos€immobilisedwere us€das 1941Dentz had 90 taits (iDcludingR-35s)and 150 annour€d
aideld pilboxes. cars. On 13-15June 1941a large number of Vichy tank were
Also in 1941a number of 47mm Pak 36(t) auf GW Renault destroyedoutside Sidon by British adllery. Also a number of
R-35(0 were sentto the ChannelIslands.They w€re organised tanksin a column of 28 vehicleswere usedby the Australiansto
into specialunits and had nothing to do with the 213,their HQ block the Damascus-Beiruthighway and railway. Vichy tanks
wasnearTbree Oaksin the Parishof St-Lawrenceon Jersey.By attacking the road block were engaged by an Australian
the endof 1942therewere 9 self-prcpelledgunson Jersey,l0 on throwing mort bolnbs!
Guemseyandone on Aldemey. After a raid on Sarkin October An unknown number of tanks were in the other French
1942a pair were sent there until November 1943. colotri€ssuchasAlgiers, Dakar (Senegal),lndo-China, Mada-
gascar and Morocco. The Allies were lorced to invade
Madagascarthrough fear of the pro-Vichy French govemor
BESIEGED granting facilities to Japanesesubmarines!French lndo-China
The Allies landed in No.mandy in June 19,9 and with the had not resisted the Japanese,so the invasion (Operation
capture of St. Malo on 15 August the Channel Islaods were Ironclad) waslaunchedin May 1942.Morocco andAlgiers were
besieged.The Char B consumeda lot of petrol and could only invaded by the dies in November 1942.
managehalf a mile to the galon, the 213which at best would
havebeen usedasmobile pillboxes, now with fuel scarcecould
only start its enghes up very occasionally. COLOUR SCIIEMF,S
On 9 May 1945Task Force 135arrived to acceptthe garrison's Most FrenchAIrys in Germanservicein 1941would hav€been
surrender.The Gerhan infantry andtank qew wereshippedoff dunlel glau (dark/panzergrey) but by 1943werc finished in
to Eneland. PanzerAbteilung 213is probably the only German various camouflagepattems using dunkel gelb (sand-ye[ow)
amoured unit that never fired a shot in anger. The workshop basecolour, with oliv grun (olive green)and rotbraun (chestnut
Kompaniercmainedbehind to help the REME and the French or red brown) over sprayedor hand palnted.
Panzerswerc assembledat CircusField, Milbrook, wherethey The Germanwhite-black crosswaspainted on the hull sides
rcmained for 11 months. In May 1946 the Char Bs were andon the turret behindthe numbering,althoughthe Abteilung
retumed to the French Army, exceptfor No.114 which is now 100or 206 have been photographedwith a holow black hull
presefled in the RAC Tanlk Museum Bovington, rcstored in cross and the turret cross in ftont of the number. These
French colours. formations' tanks have also been photogaphed in plain and
camouflageschenes.lnitially the turret numben on ihe 213's
tanl wer€ sma[, normaly black or red line in white (althougb
GERMAN DWISIONS there were numerous variations on this). But they were
At least two Geman Divisions in the West usedFrcnch tanks. eventualy alter€dto th€ standardsize.The self-Fopeled guds
ln 1942the 7th SSFreiwi[igen Gebirgs (Mountain) Division were oainted in a similar mander.with the crosson the sidesof
Prinz Eugenhad a battalion of tanks, and by June 1943it had a the fighting compartrnent. Those Hotchkisses deployed in
tank companyequippedwith HotchkissH-39s,*hich wereused Yugoslaviaseemto havebeenplain dunkel grau, with a holow
in Yugoslavia in counter-insurgencyop€rations against Josip white crosson the hull sid€sor the turret. Thos€ used by the
Broz's (Tito) partisans. The Germa$ lost tbree H-39s to Vichy Frcnch in the Lebanon had a sandy-brownbasecolour
partisans armed with an anli-tank rifle whilst crossing the with olive grcen camouflage.The zimmerit pastefirst applied
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l6
NUNDA, EATEROF MEN by Chris Peers
If this is becoming more of a wildlife magazine than a
wargamingpublication, at least some of the blame must be
shoulderedby the Editor. The origins of this scenadocan be
traced to the 1990Nationals when I showedhim someof the
resin "impenetrable jungle" piec€s I had bought from the
Village Greenstall. He suggestedaddingsome25mm.Iregula.
Miniatures wild animal headspoking out from amongthe trees
and wonderedif that could somehowbe made the basisfor a
gane, which just goesto showthat it is not only the contributors
to this magazinewho come up with silly ideas. So herc goes:
what follows is a little bit of almost-forgottenhistory, some
background for a skirmish sc€nario which might test a lew
nenes and, most importantly, a chanceto use those African
animalsyou all bought lor the rhino games.
TIIE BACKGROT]NI)
The main sourcefor this affair is the recollectionsof a Captain
W. Hichens,who wasNative Magistratefor the British colonial
authoritiesat Lindi, Tanganyika,in the early 1920sr.Lindi is
situated at the southem end of the coast of what is now
Tanzania,about 70 miles north of the Mozambiqueborder; it
wasdesoibedat the lime as beinga sma village,but had a
ma*et which served a large hinterland. A glance at a
large-scalemapwill showthat €ventoday this is an exc€ptional-
ly remote area, separatedfrom the rest of the country by an
alnost uninhabited wildemess (now containing the Selous
GameReserve)andaccessible only over hundredsof milesof
rcugh din fack - a fact which should be bome in mind, as it
helps to mak€ the story a little more believable.In 1922there
had apparentlybeen a spateof thefts of goodsleft ovemight in
the ma*et placeat Lindi, and Hichensposteda night guard of
nativeaskaris- three men, eachstandinga four'hour watch- to
keep an eyeon the area.Th€n one askari, arriving to take over
at nidnight, found the man he was relieving hidden beneatha
sta[, deadand "tenibly mutilated". In his hand wasa clumpof
grey, matted hair, and Hichens and the European offic€r in
chargeof the askarisnot surprisingly put the death down to a
wild animal, probably a lion. However, the following daya local
headmanbrought in two witnesseswho claimed to have seen
what had happered. Their story wasthat they had be€npassing
the market place, surreptitiously for fear that the askarimight
take them for criminals,when they actuallysawthe animal leap
on the man and bring him dosm. And the kiler, they claimed,
wasnot a lion or a l€opard but the hugebrindled cat kDownas
"nunda ot "mngwe" (the latter not surprisingly meaning"the
strangeone"). This cr€aturewaswel kno*n in S$ahili folklore
and said to be widely feared as "the eaterof men", but asfar as
the Europeansknew it wasentirely mythical. The situationwas
nther as if a wilness to a contemporarymurder in Britain had
implicated a werewof, but Hichens, mindful no doubt of the
possiblercaction of his superstitiousaskfiis, had no choicebut
to takethe rcport seriously.He watchedthe markethimselfthat
night, tog€ther with two armed askaris,but saw nothing. The
following eveningthe normal pattem of four-hour watcheswas
resumed,and a secondman was found slaughtered,clutching
more of the mysteriousgrey hair. With this the kilings stopped
in Lindi itself, but for another month they continuedin nearby
villagesalongthe coast.The authoritiestried hunting, trapsand
poisonbut failed to catchthe supposedgiant cat, andone night
the spateof deathsstopp€d as suddenly as it had begun.
It may seemstrangethat the native tales should have been
taken at facevalue,but it shouldbe mentionedthat this wasnot
the only case in which the nunda was supposedlyinvolved.
About 10 yeals later Hichens witnesseda similar outbreak of
kilings. and on that occasionspoke to a survivor. an
€xperiencedhunter, who blamed the mysterious cat for his
injuries. Other Europeans are said to have had similar
experienc€sin the samearea,and at leasttwo modemzoologsts
have suggestedthat an unkno*n species of big cat might
actually exist in the coastal jungles. A certain amount of
credibility may be given to this id€a by the fact that another
authority has identified the Lindi region, on eeological and
other grounds, as one where prehistoric animals might b€
expectedto have escapedextinction! It would of course be
impossibleevento guessat the prcbability of ihis behg the case,
but a numberof other facton make th€ scepticalnon-zoologist
wonder. For example,if this creature really $as the "eater of
men" why did it leave the bodies lying around instead of
draggingthem ofr and eatingthem?Why would it risk an attack
on a soldier when there were other, presunably unamed,
victimshangingaround?(It is well documentedthat man-eating
animalsbecomevery cunning and can tel whether a potential
dinner is carying a gun or not.) And why would it stop killing
when no-one had caughtit, then start up again yearslater? It
seemslo me that, regardlessof the question of whether the
nundadoesor everdid exist,the killings Hichenswas@ncemed
with were probably the work of a humanagency.Elsewherein
AJrica we know of societiesof "lion-men" or "leoDard-men".
who kjUedtheir victimswith metalclawsdesigDed to makeit
look like the work of a big cat, and it would not be surprisingif
the native communities pr€ferred to keep this sort of thitrg
secretby explainingit in tems of an old l€gendwhen the white
man started to interfere. In fact the nunda legend may even
have been started by one of these secret societiesin the first
pla€e.What their motive for theseapparently random killings
would havebeencanonly be guessed,but leaving deadaskaris
and bits of mysteriousfur strewo around would prcsumably
havebeeneffectivein keepingthe localsa*ay from the market
place at nighl while some unidentified activity, whether
crimjoalor ritual in nature.waspuJsuedthere.
Our scenariotherefore assumesthat a player, in the role of
the Native Maeistrateor someother British official, plansto sit
up at night andshootthe culprit, whateverit maybe. If thereare
enough playen two more can take the pans of the askads
aclompanyinghim, and extm interest can be added by giving
them quite differcnt objectives.The 6rst thing for the umpire to
do is to give the British player a list of things he can take wiih
him, such as rifle, flashlight, goat etc. Someg€niusis sure to
vtantto take a fishingnet andthrow it over something,but try to
talk him out of it - he and his men have not pmclic€d throwing
it, they would make too much noise, an animal *ould s€eit
comingand they canonly throw it 20 feet ant ay. ff he insists,
at least he basbeen wamed. The point is that, as s,e shal see,
equipment and tactics designedfor one t'?e of quarry will be
disasrous if attempted against something else, and the poor
player has no idea what is actually coming. Then set up the
market place on the table, with a few trees, huts etc. to give
cover, keeping the lights low if possible to create the right
atmosphere.The British player will want to tether the goat
som€whereandposition himselfwherehe canget a clearshotat
anythingwhich attacksit, comFomising asbesthe canbetween
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the needfor cover, the desireto get closefor the best shot and
the needto keep out of springing distanc€ of a possibly enraged
animal. If he does not akeady realise, one of his askariswill
advise him to keep downwind of the goat (sacrifices are
sometimesnecessaryin taking up the white man'sburden!) for
reasons which will becom€ apparent. He will also grvethe two
natives their ordeN and deploy them where he wishes. As
rcgardsrules anycolonial or even20th century skitmish setwill
probably do, and if your favourite set does not cover wild
animalsyou can work out youl own additions. However, my 70-75:A lion ent€rsthe table at random andstalksthe goatin
own choice is the Birmingham Backshooters' 19th Century
rules, which already include a selection of suitably ferocious
Divideup thenightinto eightone-hoursegmenk,nd tbrowa
pair of percentagedice to fiod out what arrivesduring eachone.
However,if the playeruseshis flashlightno wild animalswill
aDDear until at leasttwo hourslater,andifa gunis firednothing
eiiept the nunda(who ftom his askari-killinghabitsis obviously
not ;fraid of firearms) will be seen for the rest of the night.
Resultsof dicethrowsare as follows:
l-60: Nothing happens.The umpile may increas€tensionas
desir€d by nentioning bird calls, rustling in the
undergroMh, etc., but these are obviously small
creatures. Note that it may be in lhe interest of the
natives to abort tbe mission before anlthing drastic
happens,so there is nothing to stop them trying to wind
up the European player by claimingto hear thingsof a
more alarming nature. They may not, however, fire
without ordeN (seeobjectives below).
61-65:A lion roa about half a mile away, direction
immaterial. Ever'thing else goesquiet.
6&69: A hyaenaenten the table ai a spot d€cidedat random,
moves silently until within 30 pacesof the goat, then
c-ackl€sloudly to alert the rest of the pack. If, however,
his route takeshim within 30'of di.ectly downwindof a
man, he lvill instead sneakoff silently. Anyone within
30 paceswhen be cacklestakes a panic test - use the
system in your rules, or fail the figure on a scoreof I on
a D10. Anyonefailingthe testfites a shotat random;
the first living thing, manor aninal, within 50pacesand
15"of the way he is facingbasa 5% chanceof beinghit.
roughly a straight line, but deviating to mate use of
cover or to get downwindof it if necessary.The players
are told only that a dark shapecanbe seenfrom time to
time in the moonlight, movingat approximatelyhuman
walking pace. They wil only identify it if they use a
flashlight or if it comeswithin 30 pac€sandwithin 45"of
the way they are facing and is not in cov€r. Men may
changethe way they are facing,but this involvesa 10%
chanceof alerting the lion. If alertedit runsoff the table
at the spot whereit camein. Otberwiseit kills the goat,
eatspan of it and leaves2.(Noi€ that the hyaenaabove
wil not be fussyand will react to the goat in the same
way whether it is alive or not). If, however, the lion
comeswithin 5 pacesof a man, or 20 pacesand within
3ff of do$inwind,it smels him and hasan 85% chance
of running and a 15% chanceof attacking him. lf it
attacks,the victim must take a panic test asaboveand
can oDly fire aimed if he passes.If wounded the lion
flees.
7679: A warthhogentersat random and walks straight across
the table to exit at the opposite side, gping muDd any
obstaclein its way. It is hamless, but its movementsare
reported to the playersasif it wasa lion until it is seen.
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80-85:Two men enter th€ table at rardom, move to a
randoo y selectedhut by a route giving na-iimum
cover, break in and proceedto get drunk on what they
find hside until they passout. For an hour after their
arrival no animalsexceptthe nunda will appear.They
are already quite merry when they arrive and are
talking in stag€whisp€rs, so will be reporred to tbe
players as men, but thef numter will not b€ ktrown.
They wi[ only spot a playerif they fa[ overhim or breat
into a hut wherehe is hiding, but if this do€shappen,or
a player sbootsor otherwise revealshimself, they will
run at tull speedoff the table by the quickest route.
8696: 2 D6 x "nunda-m€n" arrive. lt would be best to giv€
theseto anotherplayer or playen if possible.They may
appearat any point aDdin oneor more separategrcups,
and are reported as men in unlnown numbers.Their
objectiveis to kill anyonethey find in the market place;
they will know that there are men there, but not where
or how many. Two are armed with ancient muzde-
loaders. two with bows. the rest with steel claws
counting as two daggerseach. They are identified as
"nunda-men" in the sameway as
for identifying a lion,
andwil detectplayersif th€y comewithin 5 paces,enter
a hut where they are or are ale(ed by movement.If a
man moves stealthily or changesdirection within 30
pacls they have a 5% chanceeachof hearinghim; if he
moves rapidly they hear him automatically within 60
paces.The nunda-menarc used to operating at night
andwith tenor astheir ally, anddo not take panictests;
playen may haveto if attackedaccordingto the normal
97'100:lt really is the "nunda,eaterof men". lf you needa
modelusesomethinglike a fantasysabre-toothedtiger.
Its appearanceis both good and bad news for the
players;goodbecausekilling it is worth lots of objective
points, bad because,asthe nameimplies, goatis not its
first choicefrom the menu.It will enter at randomandis
treat€d exactly as if it was a lion, exc€pt that it can
detect a man at 50 pacesdo*nq,ind and $rill always
abandonthe goat to stalk the first man it detects.If it
gets into close combat it automatically kills a man,
regardless of whatweaponshe mayhave,it is alsonot
frightened by lights, gunshotsetc., and will not flee
unlesswounded.
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CROSSINGTHE EBRO
A Spanish Civil War Scenario
by Paul Compton

SPAININ JT]I,Y1933
TIIE BATTLE OF THE RII'ER EBRO
24thJuly.lErhNovemberl9J8
In thissecondarticleconcerning theSpanishCivil war,I aimto
describethe eventstakingplaceduringtheBattleof the Ebro,
a d to presenta scenariobasedupon the battle,to giveyou a
taste of wargamingthe SCW at BattaliolvcomPany level
By July 1938, lhe Nationalhts had completed a successful
offensivesoutheastwards into Aragon,andhadat lastreached
the Mediterranean - effectively cutting the Republic in two.
Tbiswasa citical blowto the Republic,andindeedboththekey
ReDublicancitv of Valenciaand the industrial heartlandaround
saicelonaweri threatened. Aid tuomStalinto the Republicans
was dwindling,and Britain and Francestill maintainedtheir
strict policy of non-intervenlion. The Republicanswere faced
with their most daunting challengeto date. (SeemaP 1)

THE BATTLN
The Republican Anny ofthe Ebro,in theeast,decidedto stake
everythingon a daing all-out offensiveacrossthe river Ebro to
divert the Nationalist forces away from valencia, for the
Nationalists were now within twenty miles of the city The
offensivewasled by GeneralJos€Modesto,who by 24thJuly
had assembledall aheforces he could muster - over 100,000 uaa nenutrican
noa
men, plus all the relatively little artillery and aircraft the fffl] rarron,ri'r @
Republichad remaining.(Seemap2)
Th€ almy had had a brief rest, somefresh supplieshad been Bsttle of the river Ebm & Republicanadvanc€Zrh-3lst July
distributed,and moralewas very high at the prospectof the
R€public aslast goingon the offensiveagain.The objectivewas
to storm acrossthe fast-flowing and treacherousEbro along a
twenty mile wide ftont, at points whete it wasrelatively lightly
defended,usingthe advantageof surprise.The qossingtook
place on the nigit of the 24th July 1938,at points where the
teftain was more inhosDitable.in an effort to minimise the
impactof theNationalisr;overwhelming superiorityin armour'
ni etre unirs, led by e\perienced \enror officerssuch as
'El Campasino' spearheadedthe assault,
Enrique Lister and
makingthe hazardouscrossingin smallboatsor over hastily
constructedpontoon bridges, in the face of anillery barrages
and air attacks. The advancewas swift and incisive, and the Mrclh
Republicanunits advancedrapidly, someas far as twenty-five
miles into Nationalist-held territory.
The main thrust was directed at Gandesa defended by
Moroccans,.withthe ultimate aim of severingthe road south- a"-
the Nationalists' supply line to the front - and perhaPseven z"-
restoringconta€twith the RePublican

openingdaysof the battle the

centralzone.lnitiallytbe
offensivewassuccessful,but after the first moving actionof the
NationalistsresPonded in force,
z Tr) Brrccbnr \

including massiveartillery barragesand constantair bombard_

me t. The Republican advanceground to a halt. The battle
deteriomted into a furious trench warfarelike carnageas the
- lttrin Ro.rd O lo\n
two armiessloggedit out throughthesummer.As hadbeenthe
casethroughout th€ war, the Republican side was starved of
manpower, alms, equipment, food - almost all essentials,
including reserve forces to back up the now exhaustedand heat was cdppling; even the Moroccans- no strangersto dry
depletedfront line troops, who had enduredaPPallingcasual_ heat - vreresuffering. The Republicanswere alrnostinevitably
ties.ln addition,the Spanishsummerwasat its height,andthe forced onto the defensive.and then. desDitefierce resistance,
 3l
found themselvesstrugglingto maintain any kind of defenceat
all. MONARCH& MAGNOLIA?
The attackconceived asa sudden,disablingblowdraggedon NO. DUSKY PEACH& LUPTN!
for four months and became one of the wars' bloodiest
conftontations. Franco was determined to not only hold and
then repel the Republican offensive, but on the 30th October
mounted an overwhelmingcounter-attack.
Francoignoredall efforts now madeby the RepublicanPrime
Minister, Negrin, for a negotiatedsettlement,despiteNegrin's
offers of concessionsand appealsto the Irague of Nations.
Negrin's pleas for political support from Britain and Fmnce
proved pointless,sincethosecountrieswere alreadyappeasing
Hiter's demandson Czeckoslovakia.Stalin had lost faith in the
Republic'schancesof winning the \var, and had withdrawn his
support. The Republican position was now dire.
On the 22nd Septemberthe IntemationalBrigadeswere
o{ficially withdrawn from the front, followed by a final
emotional parade through Barcelona on the 15th November,
and their repatriation.By 18thNovenber 1938ihe remainiDg T---------------t"
Republican forces had been pushed back over the Ebro,
fighting a desperate war of attrition, with the victorious
Nationalistfor€esadvancinson Barcelona.
on l.0lH.15
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CROSSINGTHE EBRO: T€leDhone:071-83:|il{171
A RIVER ASSAULTSCENARIO
WARGAMES FANTASYGAMES
This scenariois loosely basedon the Republicanassaulton the ESSEX & DIXON T.S.R.
dver Ebro in July 1938.It is not meantto be a preciserecrcation & PLATOON
FREIKORPS AVALONHILL
of events during the battle of the Ebro, but a scenario MLR& HOTSPUR STANDARD
illustrating the tt?e of action that took place. The objective of w.R.G. PORTAGE
the Republican player is to €ross the river and establish a PNNNNG SERVICE
bridgeheadon the westem side - the Nationalist player hasto Tom Hardman,ChrisL€ason& olher qualitybrushmen
sropnrm,
war tlrough the assistanceof Mussolini, and extendedcredit
abroad; a facility denied the Republic-anforces.)
THE NATIONALISTS
The Nationalist forces available conshr of the followins:
3 lrbors of MoroccanIntantry.eachconsisting ofr*o i;fantry TIIE R.EPTJBLICANS
companiesand a machine gun platoon. The Moroccanswere The Republican'ssid€ consistsof the followiDg:
stil among the best trcops on the Nationalist side, being 1 Battalion-strengthunit of Anarchist Militia consistingof 3
particularly adept at fieldcraft, and were noted for their company-sizedunits. By this stageof the war, the militia had
aggressionand ability to move swiftly across coDntry while becomemore militarised, and much of the earlier indiscipline
concealed. However, they had never fully regained their and unconventionaldrcsshad beendiscarded.The militias had
maximumcapacityasfirsl classcombattroops after the mauling becomean importanl part of the Republican Army's frghting
they rcceived at the battle of Jarama eighteen months strength, and they were battle,hardenedand experiencedby
prevrousry, this time.
1 Bandeft oI Spanish Foreign Legionn.ries, a Bardera 3 Battalionsof the Intemational Brigades:th€ XVth Brigade,
comprises three infantry companies and a machine gun r4th Bn. (Bdtish), 22nd Bn. (Canadian/Americad)and xllth
company.At this stageof the war the Foreign L€gion wasstil
one of the foremost Nationalist units, and had an awesome
rcputation for rutl essnessand fanaticism. All were air€ady
considerably experienced in combat after years of fighting
Spain'scolonial wars in North Africa.
1 Battalion of regular Nationalist infantry; foul infantry
companiesand one machinegun company.About sev€ntyper
cent of the pre-civil war Peninsulararmy joined the Nationalist
r€bellion, including most officers. They were at least already
tmined and organised,though of only averagequality. Many
units consistingof conscriptswere relegatedto ganison duty.
I unit of Condor Legion tanls: approximately 1 squadron.
The Condor Legion were German regular army ivolunteer'
units, suppliedfor the Nationalist war effort by Nazi Germany,
and were a significant part of the Nationalist army. The four
Abteilungeo of PzKpfw I light tankswere particularly effective,
sincethe Republicanshad little amour with which to oppose
them. (Fu(hermore, the Nationalistsremainedvastly superior
in terms of air power, armour and equipment throughout the
Brigade, 5th Bn. (German). Each Battalion consistsof fout
infantry companies and one machine gun company, all
understrength.The desperatelack of trarning and equipment
for the Intemational Brigadesat the start of the war had been
SABRE
alleviated slightly by improved trainirg methods, and the
leadership of a core of now highly experienced veteran
Brigaden, around whom thos€ more recently arrived in Spain
l99l
werefomed. Not least,the dedicationanddeterminationin the
faceof appallingdiffrc.t tiesheld the Bdgadestog€ther, making =ri
them a crack unit which was thro$n into the front line of any
nF lO-3Otn/5ptt=
attack, resulting in an exceptionaly high casualtyrate.
I Company of Assault Guards (Asalfos). The Spanishriot
police remainedloyal to the governmentwhen the war bmke I I $HAlt HOTEL
= EoLD
out. They were panicularly useful, sioce they were h€avily
armed, and well trained in urban combat. +iEfriFfr-
SI.IAI{R.D,HARR+GAIE
STARTINGPOINTS =tEiiEE
The Republicanplayer beginsby setting uP his figures on the lii:i
SUHDAYAUGUST4th
eastemedgeof th€ table (or h€ld off-table in r€serveif desir€d).
Becauseof the Republic$ etementof surpris€,the Nationalist =BRIHG tll D Euv TI$ T
forceswill only appeargadualy, and whenthey do, may be set
upanynvh€reonthewestemedgeof thetabl€ Throw1d6forthe
= I*ADE
E ffi STflIDS
l.
initial forces,then €verytum thereafter; if a numberis thrown a
second time, the Player may select another number of his *ffAl'tE$ $EI tll t Pt
Scorc Result ment, and the hazards of th€ river's sEong current, the
I Moroccan infantry Nationalistplayerthrol$ 2d6per pontoon bridgebeingused,or
2ot3 Any two compades of Foreign L€gion companycrcssingin boats, and appli€sthe effectsbelow at the
4or5 Half the Condor Legion armour stan of thr tum. (All effectsarc of coursein addition to all other
Nationalist regular infantry fire and enemy action.)
Potrtoonbridgei
CROSSINGTHE EBRO S{ore Elfect
Thereare two waysfor the Republicansto crossthe dver: either 2-8 No extra effect
byconstructingpontoonbddges,orby boat Both methodsmay 9 Ponloonbridge drifts with currenl. company
be employed, as follo*si crossessafely, but pontoon cannot be usednext
tum while being straightened.
Pontoonbddges 10 Damagedby sheufireand strafng. Compan)
Up to 3 may be constructed, at any desir€d points. The crossingtakes5% casualties,and delayedon the
Republicanplayermustnominatewhichcompanies are matr-
bddge for one tum while cleadng the damage
handling the building materials when they leale the east€m ll Badly damagedby shellfire. Company crossing
edgeof lbe tablel one companycan carry materialsfor one takes 15% casualtiesand delayed two turns.
bridge athalfspeed, ortwo companiesatfull speed Onceatthe 12 Pontoonde\troyedby shellfireand breaksup.
rivers' edge,a nominatedcompany(at least 50% ful strength) 25%ofrhe companycrossingmakelhe far side
mav build a bridse. Throw ld6 per tum; an even number countingas disorganiseduntil rallied. A[ othen
indicatestle brid;e is half-complated {or fully comPleledif are killed or drown.
alrcady half-completed). Thereafter, one company-sizedunit
may crossp€r tum. For the purpos€sof enemy fue, they are Boats
treated as being strung out evenly along the bridge with no Scor€ Effe.t
cover. When they arrive on the far bank, they are treated as 2-8 No exffa effort
disorganis€duntil rallied. 9 Boats dnft 50m downstream
10 Boat crewstidng. Half speedthis tum
Boat! 11 5% casualtiesfrom aircraft strafing
There are sufficientboatsto ferry up to six company-sizedunits 12 15% casualtiesfrom aircraft strafing, and move
acrossat any one time. A comPanycarrying its boatswill move haff speedthis turn
at half speed,.ort*o compani€scarryingone batchof boatswill
move at full speed. The companiescarrying boats must be
nominated *hen they leave the eastem edge of the table. A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTEDREADING
comDaDy crossinqin boatswiU move at looD/tum. in olher
wordsmakinsthi far sidein a minimumof two tums. For the TheSpanishCivilby Daid Mitchell. (GranadaPublishingLtd.
purposes of lnerny fte, the company is heated as a 30m, 1982)
(Victor GollaDczLtd.
diam€ter circular area of small boats; the m€n arc treated as The Shalow Grave by Slalter Gregory.
beingin light covet, andmay retum fue at half strength.once a 1986)
(Panizan Press1989)
comoanvil across.ittakesonetum for theboalstobere$med La Ultima Cntzadaby Bob Cordery.
to the easlembank for re-use,retumed by civilianvolunleers For whom the Bell Toils by Emest Hemmingway (fiction).
(JonathanCape 1941)
who do not count as pa.t of the fighting strength.
me SpanishCivil Warby Hugh Thomas. (Hamish HamiltoD/
Natiotrslist air cover
To accountfor the Nationalist air cover and artilery bombard- Ho;age b aataloniaby George Orwetl (fiction). (Pengrin)

Votae
by John Sharples
II Iledgerows
In my first anicle I exprcssedmy view that the battlefields
depictedon our tabletops, although pleasingto tfte eie, are in
fact usuallyinaccumteasthey normally portny our presentday
interyretation of historical landscapes.Having already steeled
myselJfor the flood of criticism to my opening comnents I
would now like to tum :ny attention to one of the actualfeatur€s
that dot our field of battle, in this casehedgerorvs.I would not
like to saythenumberof timesthatI haveseenBritishRedcoats
peering along the barrels of their muskets at the advancing
enemy,only their shakosvisible over the neatlytrimmed hedges
of the Belgiancountryside.I agee that it looks impressive,but
it just is not accurate.
First things first: what is a hedge?In effect it is a boundary
marker, whether flanting a road or separatingfields, and as
such is designedto keep intrude^ out. Even today we plant
denseomamental barriers around our gardensto protect both
oul p vacy and our property. W1lenyou considerthe resilient
and tough qualities shown by a common privet, eventualy
assaulted by apairofshears,itbecomesclearthata deliberately
constructedcountry hedgerow, with its interlaced branches,
occasionaltree or large bush, and perhapsdrainageditch,
presentsa much more serious obstaclein a tactical situation
than is reflected in most setsof warsamerules.
But even this is not the full pictur; as most country hedges
with which we are familiar are to be found alongroadsides,and
these are usually kept in good repair, regularly tdmmed and
nurtured by famers. Modern equipment makesthis job much
easier and so these neat, even, green barricades arc very
familiar to us. However a hundred yearsago this effect could
only be achievedby srveatand hard labour, and the 'waste'of
valuableman-houn; ther€fore hedgeconditioning was la4ely
ignored and all available effort was placed in maintaining the
drainageditcheswhich are still often found alongsidethe hedge.
This obviouslym€antthat the vegetation,not only of the hedge
itself but alsoth€ bra€kengass a weedsbordering it, gew in
profusionandif onetmvelson foot beyondthe familiar roadside
hedgeinto the fields beyond we can even today seethe result.
The most ancient hedges to be seen in Britain today,
survivo$ of the massacreimposedby modemfarmingmethods,
are composedof hugetlees interspersedby denselyintertwined
thom trees,which may standup to twelve feet high. Even better
examplesof ancienthedgercwscanbe seenin the bocageregion
around Falaisein Normandy, where modem farming has not
had su€ha devastatingeffect as on this side of the Channel.
During th; fighting around Falaisein 1944the Geman army
was ableto delay the Allied advancefor weekssimply because
of the d€fensiblenature of the terrain. The densevegetation
provided simply converteddefensivearcas,which were almost
impossibleto spot until brought into action, and difficult to
assault.If the sinple hedgerowsof Fmncecreatesuchproblems
for modemweaponry,how muchgreaterwasthe defensefactor
againstbow or musket?
How would such a obstacleaffect firing? Obviously direct
fire foombows,crossbowsard evenmusketswould be savagely
affected,suchfire would mainly seFe to reduceenemymorale,
andrestdcthis movement,althoughcertainweaponsloosedat a
high trajectory would certainly inflict casualties,one of the
33
reasonsthat the Engish longbowmanFactis€d hard at clout
shooting.However I would suggestthat it wasody when sma[
armsfire effect dnstically increasedin range and penetration,
with the intrcduction of efficient rifled \reapons,or the useof
anillery would this defenc€in any way be nullified. It shouldbe
remembercdhoweverthat the advene effectsare not just one
way, the defender armed with bow, sling, spear or crossbow
would be unable to shoot effectively over the obstacleand he
most certainly would not be able to shoot through it. Even the
musk€teeror fusilier, in any other than open order will find lus
elEciencysever€lyreduced in being deployedbehind hedges.
In fact most command€rsseen to have avoidedd€ployingat
hedgerows,preferring to form their tloops some way back,
covering the weal spots in the natural barrier with massed
firepower (as at Newbury d'rdng the English Civil War) and
ready to assaultthe diso4anised and ftagm€nted attackersif
theyshouldbe so bold asto force their way through. Only at the
baltle of NasebyhaveI found hedg€sbeingusedasan oclupied
Iine of d€fenc€,and then only by dismounteddmgoons.
Although I aclept that determined infantry COULD, given
time, force a hedge, the evidenc€ is that cavalry and
horse-drawnvehicles would find them impossible obstacles.
Forget any idea of foxhuntirg gentlemenriding hell-forleather
ad flying ou)r the hedge as if at the Grand National, army
mountswerenot oi suchstockandevenif theywer€ a few weeks
on campaignwould soonreducetheir condition. At the batde of
Winc€by (1643) broken Royalist Holse fleehg for their lives
found themselvestrapp€d by surrounding hedges.Unable to
forc€ their wiry through they were c-aughtattempting to file
through a narrow gate, the resulting slaughterled to the name
'SlashHollow' entering the history books.
I amnot about to suggestherenew nrlesconceminghedgesin
wargames,nor criticise in detail how they are presently dealt
with, but offer the abovefor the considerationof that dedicated
foolhardy band of scribble$ who produc€ our much lov€d
rulebooks,andfor the seriouswargamerwho wishesto raiseour
hobbybeyondthe level of Rirft andrecaeatebattlesasthey were
actually fought.
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A SPOT OF SCALLYWAGGIilG
by Robert Testro
Tho place: Britain. The time: July, 1940.The BEF has been
ddven oul of France, leaving behind 200,000British $oops
(including Britain's only formed armoured division), to be
ignored and left to their fate. The RAF hasnot y€t put to the
skie$to beat off the Luftwaffe and the Army is taking stock of
vrhatthey haveleft to repel an invasion.Th€ averagestrengthof
a British infantry division at this time is only about 11,000men
Oalf of what it should be) and therc are sixteen of these.
Betweenthem they can field: 54 2pdr anti-tank guns
2,3m Bren guns(enoughto
tuly equip 5 divisions)
37 Armoured cars
420 Field guns
395 Light tanks
72 Cruiser tanls
Thesefigures are not just those in Depots, they representall
that can be pul into the field.
The conmand rcsponsiblefor th€ defenceof the south coast
q/asXII Crrps. It wasmadeup of one Territoial Division, one
"almost motorised" Bdgade and 5,000dfle-armed stevedores.
With very little artilery, even less ammunition and very low
standardsof tlaining, this Corps was exp€ctedto defend the
coastfrom Greenwichto Hayling Island! GeneralThome, who
commandedthe area had no illusions about containing any
Germanlandings.lt was this offic€r who first sawthe merits of
leavingharrassingunits in the rear of anyGermanbridgeheadin
order to disrupt their chain of supply and allow the rcgular
iorces time to fall back on the GHQ line.
What most puzzled British armchak strategistsabout the
batde in Fnnce wasthe fact that oncethe Gemans had broken
tbrcugh the front line in France,they were able to roam at will
round the countrysrde.Had no-onedared to standup to them?
Rumour said that no-onehad. To sucharmchairgenerals,who
really did not understandthe realities of blitzkrieg, the idea of
atr uncontestedvacuumin the rear wasall wrong. To thosewith
a suf6ciency aggressivewill, resistancewas centred on the
Home Guard, which essentiallymadeup pan of the front line
againstinvasion.Shouldthis ftont be pierced,the enemywould
have a bridgeheadand within ihis area would be exactly the
samesort of vacuumwhich had existed on the continent.
The British army'seiperi€nce in guerrilla warfarewasalmost
secondto none (alihough admittedly they had usuallybeen on
the receivingend), but their oxperiencewith Lawrenceand the
Arabs in the previous war had revealed the scaleof damage
which small forces could inflict on larger, less flexible
Iormations. Inter oDthey taught the rest of OccupiedEurope
what they hadl€amt andpractised.The possibilitiesof guerila
warfareoccupiedthe thoughtsof the GeneralStafi, who t€med
it "Sca[]'$,agging". The British General Staff th€refore pre-
fabdcateda resistatrcemovementbefore there wasanythingto
rcsist. This was done with high priority, to the extent that lhe
rcsistanceteamsrcceived explosivesand weaponsbefore the
regular units.
General Thome saw that light forces left behind in the
vacuumbehind the front line would help towards successfully
resistingfor any secondthnst that the invaden would be bound
to make. Any help, no matter how small, would be better than
"stay-
none. From this strain of thought, a rcqutement for
behind" panies was found, who were to harassthe €nemy as
they prepared for the thrust on London.
Thus an undergrcund organisatioD came into existence
beforc any invasionoccurred and was formed behind friendly
lines. Termed "Auxilliary Units", thesepartieswere intially to
make one suicidal foray againstthe Geman forces causingas
much disruption and chaosaspossiblebefore being killed. The
offic€r in command of thes€ units (Captain Peler Fleming)
thoughtthat suchan effort would be "so ephemeral"asto be not
wonh making. He put forward the suggestionthat, equrpped
vrith suitable hideouts, sufficient explosiv€sand radio equip
ment, the Auxilliary Units would be more effective, durable
and(with any luck) disruptiveto the enemyif they werecastin a
slightly ditr€rent role with a more permanent aim. He even
invented an ancient Chines€General with suitably sagacious
salngs to support his case! Subterraneanbunkers began to
spreadthroughoutBritain- With a cbronicdearthof openspace,
such as that found in the desert, stealth and secrecywere to
substitute for speed and sweeping movements. Training
emphasised stealth, as one Auxilliary Unit's Intelligence
Officer (Anthony Quayle) put it, he leamed to move as
noiselesslyandasinconspicuouslyasone of FenimoreCooper's
Indians.
By tbe summerof 1940,there were about twenty Auxilliary
Units dotted throughout the country. They were basedabout
thirty miles intand from the projected bridgeheadsand about
thirty miles short of the filst project€d German objectives.
Whether the Germanscould have achiev€dsixty miles in the
fiIst few daysof landing is the matter for another article. Each
Auxilliary Unit consistedof a "Striking Fo.ce" with a subaltem
and twelve regular soldiefi, later a wirelessset with operators
was added and some even had the luxury of a cle* and a
storeman.Co-operatingwith this force were "cells" of specially
picked membersofthe Home Guard who were resourcefuland
knew intimat€ly their local countryside.Their cover story was
that they w€re Home Guard with special duties at night and
absolutesecrecywasenjoined by their commanders.Unfortu-
nately, their wives took "specialduties at night" to mean
mistress€slIt wasnot until they knew the real purpos€of their
husbands'nightly forays that their secretwas completely safe
within eacbcommunity.Equippedwith dfles, submachin€guns
(probably early Stenguns or tommy guns from the USA), .45
automatics, sticky bombs and plastic explosives, these cells
trained in their use and practised sabotage techniques,
gradualy assurningresponsibility for the dumps of explosives
set up for them as and when they b€cameavailable. Training
wasprovidedfor by Major Colin Gubbins(kno\\n asGubbskiin
Poland when he trained the Polish underground) who wrote
variouspampbletssuchasPaftitan Leade6 Handbook, TheAn
of Guertilk Watarc and Hot,' to we High Explosives.I\en
hideoutsanddumpswere (at leastin the SouthCoast,wherethe
threat of invasionwasmost likely) hidden in areasof woodlatrd
or scrub.They variedin desig! accordingto location, mostwere
underground.either buih by the Royal EDgineersor using
€xisting c€llars. One cell used an eDlargedbadger'ssett! They
were all well stockedwith food and ammunition.
How effective these forces would have been, we wil never
know. According to Peter Fleming, the main handicapof the
Auxilliary Units was their lack of communications.The area
that eachUnit had to coverwasvast (often the sizeof a county)
and the only s€cure means of communicationsbetween the
stdking force and its cellswould havebeenthrough messenge$
movingon foot at night, thusrenderingco-ordinatedactionvery
difficult. Whilst the leavesremainedon the trees (about seven
 weeks,or two to three weeksafter the projected invasiondale
of 21stSeptember)tbere was a chancethat the cellswould not
be discoveredunlessthere wasa major German effort to track
them down. But on the arrival of Autumn, low fling aircraft
would be able to spot the tracks leading to the hideoutswhich
would by then be well defined. Even more difficult for the
Auxilliary Units to resistwould havebeenthe threat of reprisats
againsttheir families. Such reprisals,as we know now, woutd
have been caried out eventually. Whether this tkeat would
havestrcngthenedor weakenedthe resolveof the cellsis a huge
imponderable.Even assumingthat the resistancecollapsedat
the threat of reprisals,it could havemetedout blowscompletely
out of proportion to its size pdor to tbis.
The Auxilliary Units were finally ordered to standdo\rn on
November 18th, 19,9. No public recognitionwasgiven aotheir
servicesand they disbandedsilendy and without the honours
due to them. They had volunteeredto be expendable in the
event of an invasion and now are mentioned only in passing.
They deserve a place both in our thoughts and in any
wargameofOperationSealion.How thencanweusethem? We
know roughly hol{ they were organised- a twelve manstriking
force controlled a variable numb€rof Home cuard cells- what
they were trained for and equippedwith, aswell aswherethey
operated.As to theirlevelof training,theywouldbe proficient
in their useof armsby September andmostof them,by dint of
theirtrades,*ould be morestealthythanmostpeople.Iwould
like to think that their morale would be relatively high as they
wereall volunteers.AspreadofN2, N3, G2, c3 t?es in acell
for those who use }/ell r) ,alliSir rules is about right.
Severalsuggestionscometo mind for wargaming.First is the
raidcaniedout on thetable,topagainsta'soft'target.Thecells
madethorough rec.esof all tfie large housesin their areawhi€h
lbey thought would be suitable as Headquartersfor ceman
Generah and assassinationatt€mprswer; Dractised.Such an
attemptcould be played, or rnaybJthe placingof explosivesin a
tanspon park for example.
The Auxilliary Units really come into their own as pan of a
rrDpaigD game recreatingOperationSeaLon.lf lhe whot€
qeration is to be played out then the British player should
nominatec€rtain areasascontainingAuxiliary Units (wirhout,
of coune, the Geman player knowing an,'lhing of this). They
will only be activated when Gelman trooDs enter their area.
Then, asthe Cermanscollect thei supplieafor the main thrust
the British can use thesec€lls to disrupt the supply gathering
By using a local Ordnance Survey map of, say, Sussex,on
which the hide-outsand cermany army units can be marked,
and a suitablesetof skirmish rules, a mini-campaigncanbe run
in some detail. The major fighting units of each side wil be
considered"off map", thus the territory displayedwill be that
al(eady occupiedby the ce.mans. In the area will be ceman
s€condechelontrcops, mainly concemedwith supply, maiDte-
nanceand staff work. Perhapsof Corpsstrengthand consisting
of one Corps headquarten, one corps artillery unit (200mm
piecesand abovefor the siegeof London) and embryo supply
dumpsfor two to three divisions.Eachdivision$ill havea dump
lor fuel. aniilery ammuoition.smallarmsammunitioD, reDai;
shops.veterinarianservicesfor tbe man) horseswhichit was
planned to bring over, bospitals, reinforcemenrstagingposts
and communicationsc€ntresand aidelds all in the map's area
supported by suitable numbels of troops. Perhaps a small
number of elite parafoopers could be included; these would
have beenin the first wave. but relieved sho(lv after the main
force landings.
The sizeof the Auxilliary Unit, with regard to the numberof
cells available and the number of men in each cell, should be
worked out asone cell p€r village if there is somewhercsuitable
nearbyto site the hideout. With regard to the sizeof eachc€ll,
that shoulddependon the sizeof the village. I suggestthat each
village provides no more than I averagedice roll of tpecial
dutymen' and that neighbouring villages can combine their
forc€sto provide bigger cells. The combinationsand siting of
eachcell andits hideout shouldbe left to the British player (with
the Umpire'sconsent).
The Germanswil be taskedwith the provision of sufficient
suppliesof fuel, ammunition and men for the next staqein the
oftensive.The CermanplayerwiUrhusbesera 6gurei; ronsof
supplies and thousands of reinforcements which nust be
achievedbefore a certain date. Thesesuppliesnil arrive in the
pons in quantities to be determined by the Umpire. The
German player wil of coune, not have enough transpon to
moveall of a shipmentat once and so more than one dump will
b€necessary for eachitem.Wheretbesedump6aresiredisup to
the Germanplaye..Bear in mind tbe sizeof thesesites.An
averageBritish dump ir the deserttook up six squaremiles of
Iand. Obviously those in Britain would be smaller, but would
still be measurcdin acresand so require a fair force to guard
Inem,
It then becomestbe task of the Auxilliary Unit to delay the
processof supplyaccumulationasmuch asis humanlypossible.
They will haveonly a limited amounrof their own ammunition
and explosives,so if they wishto continuefor any lengthof time
theymustrelyon captured(orstolen!)equipment.Eachactioo
can be fought as it occurs, the tablerop set out by the umpire
whether it be a raid on an airfield, an ambushor a cermatr
sweep. I doubt whether any second echelon troops would
contain Gestapounits (they would only comeover when there
would be no risk to their lives) andsothe probability of reprisals
againstthe local population for a raid would be slim. However,
the.question of a quislingor an informeris still a possibility.
Account must be taken of the difncdties of co-ordination
between the various resistancecells. Perhapsif the cerman
player does not thinl of it, then the British could still use tbe
local telephonenetwork. The fact shouldalso be bom€ in mind
that even second echelon cerman trooDs were 6rst class
fighting men, they woutd be counted in baitalions rarher than
indivlduals and would probably b€ bilered on rhe lo(al
populace, given the fact that STAY PUT orderc wer€
continuallyissuedto the populaceby the Bdtish covemment in
order to preventrefugeeshinderingmilitary movements.Hence
surprise,but not muchelse,would be on the sideof the Brirish
in thiscampaignandthat only for a strictly limited period. For as
the weatherdeterioratesso the chancesof the Germansfindins
the hideoutsbecomesgreater.
For turther details on the Auxiliary Units, I recommendthe
following books:
Btitian Abne, lune 1940-Jun€ 194l by He$err Agar published
by BodleyHead 1972.
Invasion 1940 by Peter Fteming published by Rupen Hart-
Davies1957.
The Last Ditch by Daid Lamp€ published in 1968.
36

THELIGHTBRIGADEMARE
BUTCHER,
by Tim Cheeseman
l-ord Tennyson'spoem me Chargeof the Ligh Bngade, pays
tdbuteto the bnve menwho chargedheadlongto the Russianguns
at Balaldava136yearsago. But what of the animalsthat carried
them?A cavalryman'smostimportantpieceof equipmentwashis
Entrtrn '/A\

HORSE. We all knowof the appallinghumancasualties caus€dby NORTTII'EsT

this error but. a terrible 362 horseswere killed or had to b€
destroyedbecauseof wounds.Somesourcesput the amounteven
higher.Life in the Cdmeafor the humanoccupantswasterrible.
For a hors€it waslitde short of shametuland mostdidnl live for
very lone.
A troop horse was normally under 15.2handshigh and of a
huntert)?e. They wereboughtwherevertheycouldbe found(but
usually at horse fairt between the age of 46 yeals. The
govemmentof the time would alow only I25 for a reginenfs
remountsbefore th€ CrimeanWar, but much dependedon the
wealthandenterpris€of individualcommandingofficen. It is said
that Irrd Cardiganspentf10,000of hiso$,nmoneyeachyearon
the 1lth HussaJs, rnostof whichwenton buyingtop qualityhorses.
This gavethe llth an advantageat the War's beginning.When
conditionsin the Cnnean got bad,mostof theseanimalsalsodied.
Onehorseof the l3th Light Dragoonswasa marecalled'Butcher'.
Shewasa darkbay,slightlytallerthanavemge at 15.3h.h., bought
in 1850when the regimentwasstationedin N. Ireland. Shewas
giventhe numberof A36, bumedinto her nearfore hoof (asis the
Factice today). Her breedis not kno*n. but sheproved1obe a
very lough hone.
As war approachedin 1854,il wasrealisedthat manyremounts
would be needed.So. CaDtainNolanwassentto the Eastem
Meditemneantwo week beforethe r€stof the armysailed.Nolan
hirnselfwasa fine ho6eman,thoughdislikedby nany in the army
becausehe wasself-opinionated,strongwilled and arrogant.But
for aI this he was alead of his time in the wayshe advocated
traininghonesfor tbe war- Whenhe anived in Constandnople he
bought250Turkishhorsesfor half the agreedhomeprice.but they
wereaI verysmal],only 14h.h.
Soon the British army were mounted on everlthing from
CossackandCapeponiesto Ambs andBarbs,but the re$ of stock
cameftom the EastIndianCompanyt studsin Madras.The horses
that chargedat Balaklavawerenothinglik€ the sleekcreatureswe
seein paintingsby LadyButler andCatonwoodville. Theywerein
truth halJ-starved,shaggymated and half trained. As for the
horsesftom Englandmany perishedaboardship when the seas
becameloo rough. Many thrashed about franticaly only to
becomeexhau\red andfa[ In 6e'r linesanddrd
It hasto be saidthoughlhat the soldien who rode them had a
geat dealof affectionfor theseanimals.One suchpivate Mitchel
of the l3th Light Dragoonsdescribeshow his regimentwould
spendtheir sparetime coaxingtheir mountsto eatby bathingtheir
tucesin vinegarand salt water.
Butcheranivedin Turkey in fairly goodshapeandhereshes€t
out on Lord Cardigan'sride in the DanubeValley. In June 3m
mileswerecoveredin 17daysin temperatures in excessof lmF. Of
the 2m horseswhichsetout on this. 5 died and75nore wer€fit for
no nore thanlight duties.The onesthat did survivehadto go on
anotherBlack Seavoyageto the Crimea.This made the horses
even thinner and as monthswore on forage,espeqaly hay, was
alwaysin shortsupplywhenthe armywasencanped-The numbing
coldprovedasfatalasintenseheatandwhena horsedroppeddead
the othe$ tetherednearit would gnawthe hair flom its skin. In
truth theywould eat anl,thing- saddle,tentsandrop€s.Suchwas
their hunger,aswe[ asthe biting andkicking thai went on while
tbey were tethered in lines, they were in an appalling state.
Consideringthis and the fa€t that the rider and equipmenttbese
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Ma! 79 7991 9 AM tiII6 PM
animalshad on their back weighedabout 18ston€,it is amazing
that the Light Brigademanageda trot, never mind a gallop.
"Butcher"wasoneof the few decentho$esthe 13thhadby this
nme, so shewasgiven to TrumpeterHarry Powell. Trumpeten
usuallywere givengey hones, but by autumn1854all the 13th's
grey hoNeswere either dead,Iame or ruined.
Powellrodein thefront rank in the chargeandhe and"Butcher"
$€re in the thick of it from stanto finish.A musketballglancedoff
his tunic, nickinghis neck."Butcher" wassbotin the upper right
fore leg. Although shewasseriouslywoundedshedid not uns€at
her rider but broughthim safelyba€kftom thejawsof hell to all;ed
lines.In facl Powellonly noticedthe marewaswoundedwhenshe
beganto stiffenup whilenusteringafterwards.Shewasoneoflhe
lucky ones: only 44 of 128horsesof the 13th Light Dragoons
suMved the charge.As the war finally cameto an end in Maich
1856lhe13thLight Dragoonsweresenthomeon th€ steamer
Assistance,wirh lm horses(only 8 of thesehad sailedwith rhe
regrmenttwo yearspreviously)."Butcher" wasoneof these8, still
fit and going we[. W]en the regiment landed at Portsmouth,
Queen Vicloria was there to inspect them, showing as much
interestin the animalsaswell asthehumansurvivonof rhecharse.
'I
o everyone ssurprise lheregiment wa.orderedrosailtorLel;d
that evening;the long suffering 'Butcher" w€nt as well
"Butcher" siayedwith the 13thfor the next l7 yean, 3 of which
werespentin Canada.Shewasretiredfiom activeservicein 1868,
but remainedon light dutieswith the regimentfor severalmore
yeaJrs. In 1873the regine receivedorden to sailfrom Englandto
lndia. 'ButcherThe CrimeanMare asshehadbecomeknownwas
now 25 yearsold and it was decidedthat she had eamed her
retirement.QueenVictoriawasapproachedandacceptedher asa
gift from the 13th.The marewasthe only equinesurvivorof the
charge19 y€a$ before. Butcher was kept at Windsor in geat
comfort and shedied rhereDeacefullv4 vearslater.
38

THEBRITISHARMYIN EGYPT
by StephenEde-Borrett

INTRODUCTION adopted these during the campaign. The tbr€e battalions of

Sepoysfrom India wore no trousersor breechesbut a peculiar
The Egyptiancampaignof 1801was,for the British Army, swift white breechcloth affair which camedownonly to the top of the
and startlingly succ€ssful. thigh.
After a seri€sof r€heanals at Mamarie Bay in Asia Minor Officially officers *ere supposedto wear the cockedhat still,
the British vanguardled by Major GeneralSir JohnMoore (the but contemporaryillustrations and accountsmate it clear that
futu.e victor of Corunna) stormed ashoreat Aboukir Bay od the geat majority quickly adopted the round hat, which was
March 8th.' The Army had already beendivided into Brigades alsowom by all ranks of tbe 61stFoot (ftom the Cape)and the
and in the initial landings Moore's ReserveBdgade lost 31 20th. 24th. 25th and 26th Foot from lndia and De Roll's. The
officers and 642 other ranks killed and wounded - heary other battalions in the main wore the 1800patt€m stovepipe
casualties, particularly when compared to the rest of the shako, although againthere is someevidencefor the round hat
canpaign. (SeeTables 4 & 5.) beingwom or adoptedby battalionsnot origmally issuedwith it.
The march on Alexandria, which beganon March 13th was Many grenadier companies,the fusilier regimentsand drum-
effected in three columns: me|s in most regim€ntswore the grcnadier cap. Plumeswere
The Right, pamlel to the Sea- S John Moorc's Reserve white over red for the centre companies,green for the light
The Centre- Craddock's,Cooke'sand the Guards'Brigades companies and *hile for grenadiercompades.
led by the 9fth Foot. Th€ Highland regiments,asmight be expected,wore kilt and
The Left - Cavan's& Stuan's Brigadesplus one battalion of bonnet with the shorter doublet-like coat.
Marines ftom the fleet, led by the 92nd Foot. De Watteville's had a dark green coat with black collar and
The fbst encounter with the French Army took place at cufls and greentumbacksedgedblack. The cut of this coatwas
Mandora on the first day of the march andcost Abercromby 60 similar to that of the Austrian Army of this time - or inde€dto
officeE and 153 other ranks killed - the high proportion of the Kleber OrdinanceCoat.2The breeches*ere bdght blue and
officen lost is interesting,but I haveno explanationfor it. Both 1lom with short cali length black gaiters.The regimentalshako
the 90th and the 92nd received"Mandora" as a battle honour was also unique being light gey, very slight bell-shaped,atrd
for this action. with a black edge-braidedyellow band around the lower third.
Ofle of the geat€st problemsfor Abercromby at this time was Grenadiershad a red cockadeand loop with a white feather.
the shortageof horses,asTable 1 shows.This problem wasnot The light companyhadthis all in geen, the cente companiesall
rectified until after the Battle of Ale&ndria when the black.
Mamelukesjoined Abercromby in increasingnumbers. Esti- The ChassewsBritannique'suniform compriseda dark geen
dates put thef numbers at about 2,m0 cavalry ftrlus some coat in a stylethat is bestdescribedlike that wom by the Duchy
2-3,000Turkish foot) by April 5th, and another body of over of Wa aw troops in c18078, gr€y breecheswith shon black
2,000 cavalry joined in May. These numbers are substantial gaite6, and a black stovepipeshako.All belts, etc. were black,
whenit is realisedthat the whole Army numberedbarely 15,000 all buttons and platessilver or pewler. The regrmentwasissued
effectivesat the outset of the campaign. with rifles and was true light inJantry. Ofhcers wore the round
It makesan interestingfootnote to this successfulcampaignto hat.3
note that after ejecting the Frcnch Eg]'pt was rctumed to The CorsicanRangerswere another unit of rifle armed ligbt
Turkish hands- only for the Governmentto attemptto seizeit inJanEy and again drcssed accotdingly. In app€arancethe
back in 1807.The latter campaignwas not, to understateit uniform was effectively ttat of the 60th Foot, but with r€d
somewhat, a great successand Eg)?t remained part of the facingsto the coat. Breech€swer€ gley andthe belts,etc. black.
Turkish Empire. A1l buttons w€re silver/pewter.4
lrwenstein's Jasersis a more obscureunit. It was also rifle
ORGANISATION armedtight inlantry andsoprobablywore a uniform akin to that
The theoreticalestablishmentof a battalion of Foot (for the fell/ of the Corsican Rangers,although it is known to have wom
Horse in Egypt seeTable 3) was 10centrecompadies,and t\to round hats throughout the Eglptian campaign.The coat was
flank companies(one grenadier and one light), plus a smal dark grey-geen, facedgreenwith all beltsblack andbuttons the
Battalion staff. usual silver/pewter.Breecheswerc grey-greenand wom with
Each Companyhad, again theoretically (and Table 3 sho\rs short black gaitels.
how far apafi were iheory andrcality), 4 offic€rs, 5 sergeants,2 The artilery wore blue coats faced red. A uniform little
drummers,5 coryorals and 95 privates. different from that wom in the Peninsula.
The Light Dragoon regimentswhich servedwith Aberoom-
by were uniformed in a blue jacket with regimental facingson
TJNIFORMS collar. cuffs and tumbacksand lac€ acrossthe front. Headwear
Nearly all the battahonsof Foot engagedin EgyPt, including was the Tarleton' helmet.sBelts, etc. were white, aswere the
Dillon's, Stuart'sMinorcans,De Roll's and the Sepoys,worc breeches. The sadalleclothwas edged in regimental facing
'Napoleonic' cut - Tabl€ 6 sets out colour. (SeeTable 6 for d€tails of facings.)
red coats of the nomal
derailsof facings.etc. Hompesch'sMounted Rifles or Light Dragoooswaslhe only
Most units wore white or light grey trousersover, or m place foreigD cavalry regiment to serve with Ab€rcromby and its
of, white breechesand short black gaiters De Roll's, and uniJormwasquite unusual.The j acketwasmid greenwith a red
po$siblythe61st,woregleyor *hile Saiterlrcuserssuchashad plastron ftont, collar and cuffs. Red breechesand stovepip€
been DoDulardurinq lhe American War o[ IndePetrdenceshako, with a white and ted plume. Black belts, buttons, etc.
wentvvearsearlier--tbereis alsolhepossibilitylhatolherunits yellow. The shabraquewasgreenwith a red van-Dyked edge.
Table I
The Cavalry upon Dis€mbarkation, March Eth, t801
Reimml Otrc€rs NCO'5& M€n Hors€s
flte AAfinflatunes
T6|.prEft (6oa) 5.3ooss .ghsg &,€€k6nds onry
lllh Light Dragoons(6) 4 55 6l r rh q!.rrv 2!Dn mr!.m rb
12thLighr Dragoons 8 5n 128
26thLightDragoos 19 413 131
(Plusan atlocationof 64 ho$es for the artilery.) frffiffik
E ir;'*;i;;-r'i
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Table 2 *gsr:* *ffi,#*

A€-n
The Army's organisationupon dis€mbarkrtion,March 8th l80l
Commanderin Chief: Sir R.lph Abe.cromby ill!E:E:i. jmfl "H;iH.
CavalryBrigsdel EmffHf JrH;*"
11thLight Dragoons.one troop (attachedto bdgadeonly)
12th Light Dragoons
26th Light Dragoons
Hompes€h's MountedRifles(2 or 3 Troopsonly present)
Gusrds Bri$de - Mqior G€neralLudlow
1stBattalionColdstreamRegt. of Footguards
1stBattalion3rd Regt. oI Footguards
B'r.c.o
lst Brigad€ - Major General Coote
2nd Battalionlst or Royal Regt. of Foot
1st Battalion 54th (West Norfolk) Foot
2nd Battalion54th (Westnorfolk) Foot
92nd(Highland)Foot
MINIAT hY3-.W
BRIANHOLLAND,40CHIJRCHROAD,UPPERMILL,
2nd Brigade- Mqjor G€neral Craddock SADDLEWORTH,OLDIIAM, OIJ 6EL,ENGLAND
8th (The Kingt Regimen0 Foot T€leDhorc:
04578706,16
l31h(lst Somersetshire) Foot
lSth (The Royal l.ish) Foot
90th Perthshire Volunteen IBV REtr SeS SP||tFlt I FotEOtC
3d Brigad€- Mqior GeneralLord cavan Rft E dgi dElho slo'@ld SMr Fqil€o -'L*16 D. Famrxb Vll'
50th (West Kent) Foot BlOl? Anjlky ddvq, *fiip qbid€d
79th Foot (CameronianVolunteen) ENCj3 Alljl|dt dri6, *nip Et dd. Ui FONI DETIIII
J.di€l & t!gl: lightblu€,nd cdlr aid
4th Brigade- Mqior C€n€ral DoJle
$dror 8la.k Ed adgh4{art top,
znd or Queen'sOwn Royal Regt. of Foot lcw ELC SES
1s1 Fd pompdn,rd co*adoabo6ta pd€
30th(Canbridgeshire) Foot
,'4th (East Essex)Foot
89thFoot t tEt uxEs0FtltEcunD
FFEtrcHll|tOLEOitC
rNz OidGuad0fi6 inlEl cod
sth Brigade- Major G€n€ralJoh Stu.rt
Stuart's Minorcan Regiment
De Roll's SwissRegiment of Infantry
EdwardDillon'sEmig6 Regimentof Infanrry
[all OrderSgrvlceAvallable
Res€rveBrigad€- Sir John Moor€
8rd (Royal Wetch Fusili€n) All ajor Ciedn CardsAccqned
28th(North Gloucestershire)Foot Unit Pdceon WdttenReou6t
42nd (The Royal Highland) Foot Send50o and S.A.E.tor PrlceLlst
58th(Rurlandshire) Foor or t1 .00lor Prlc€Llst and Sampb
40th (2nd Somersetshire)Foot - 4 companiesonly
Conican Rangers
An ery:
24 x 6pdr gunsin 4 batteries
16 x 12pdr gunsin 3 batteries T.bIe m: Shrtrgth RcturDsof the C.vrlrt, Feb^te lEor (7)
6 x 5%" howitzers
Regt. u.trL.D. t||h L.D. 26thL.D. HooF.h's
SicgeTrain: Toral I 554 510 156
4 x 12pdrguns Sick 3 7 4 a n
20 x 24pdr guns Fitfor Duty 49a 4n 406 tzs
2 x 10" howitze$ ? 7 1 0 2
10 x 8" howitzen 3 2 5 35 10
18 x 5%" monars OM 5 8 0
10 x 8" monars Staff 4 0
12 x 10' monars l 5 4 2
3 6 7 2
De Watteville's Swiss Regiment of infantry, Irwenstein,s Caprain t 4 l 2
Jage6 and The ChassewsBritannique arrived a coupleof days Major 2 1 1
after the initial force - the first two went into Stuart's brigade Lt. Col. I 2
andthe Chasseurs into Moore's. Colonel 1
TIt* IV: Slr.r€il R€tr$ ollt€ looa,IebfilNh 1E0r(?)
ReSt Color€l Ll.Col. Wo Clplritr lirt. EisitE Si.tr Sergerd,Dr|ttDEElnfordut S& Torrl
Cofdtrearn 2 11 1 4 32 t2 641 m3 850
Bngade FoolCds
G@ds 3rd Foot 39 13 544 318 K2
Cueds
Zlst Fool 4 9 3 2 3 6 16 4fl 178 658C8)
1sr t54tl 5 1 1 6 2 2 9 15 362 n5 5?(.E)
Brigade 2154r\ 3 1 1 6 4 3 1 12 3{t W 540(.E)
Marines 8 2 i 0 5 n 16 380 79 49
8rh 4 t z z 4 A l9 %1, 110 471
2nd llrh 5 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 22 v5 334 710
Bdgade tori 3 8 6 5 E 13 359 109 4t6
90rh 1 1 0 2 35 13 138 295 743
2mtd 2 t 6 8 5 9 9 5 3 % 6 t s
3rd 50tn 2 3 1 5 3 5 n rr N7 109 516
Brigade 79n l 0 6 9 5 4 q 15 572 150 72,
2nd 2 9 1 6 6 4 4 1 19 513 59 5n
30rl 1 5 1 1 3 5 3 3 t9 359 5t 4n
Bngade 44rh 4 1 0 2 4 X $ n 0 6 7 ? 9 '
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5rh De Ro[\ 5 4 5 4 4 1 m 4t2 t9 514
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23rd 5 1 5 0 4 v t2 x2 169 531
2Ald 6 1 2 5 5 3 0 10 438 156 594
42nd 2 6 4 3 3 0 18 466 4It6 8f2
50th E 9 5 4 2 9 13 357 tB 485
a0th(a @ys) 3 3 2 2 t 4 186 41 27
1 4 0 1 1 0 2 168 45 2r1
nad 6 1 1 5 6 X t2 373 1m 543
An e.y 570a[ Raots
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Ar\d Blue Baslion,
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By ProfessorOle Botsrcmm,Head of Military History, Univercityof Caithness
Many of my students find difficulty in understanding the
motivation which drove ancientnordic sea-farersto leavetheir
farms and crossdaDgerousseasto seek an unc€rtain fortune
lritb only rudimentary navigationdevices.Their mentality was
so different ftom ouls. that modem men can have little true
understanding of what led them to create their haphaz.ird
ln this article I intend to showthat many of the cluesto their
behaviourlie in linguistics.I filst consideredthis whilst studying
Inuit, the language of the Esquimaux. They have eighteen
different words for snow, whilst for example,English hasonly
three: snow, sleet and slush. Naturaly a societywhich spends
mostof its life surroundedby snowwill needa wealthof termsto
describeit without rcsorting to clumsy constructionssuch as,
"thin powdery snowwhich is crusty on top and soft under
the
surface."ID lnuit, this is simplyreferredto as'usqhat'.The
phenomenonof the dialectical relationship betwe€nlanguage
and culture was extensivelystudiedin the ancientworld. With
Rome's domination of the mediterranean came intimate
contactwith the Hellenistic (Greek) world. The two languages
had their strengthsand weaknesses which were remarkedupon
by ancientscholars.Grcek wasunsurpassedin its fl€xibility for
dealing with abstmct concepts and philosophy. (Philosophy
beingof coursea Greek word.) Therewere no latin equivalents
for sophron,elencthusor crrfc, In contrast,latin wasusefulfor
military terms but especiallygood for plumbing. Even today
there is no word in the Greek languagefor u-bend.
Norsk culture was much concemed with warfare and
violence. This is reflected in the language,especially when
contrasted with words of affection or terms of endearment.
Below is a table which sets out how the different norsk
languagescompare, together with Anglo-Saxon and modem
English. The three branchesof the Norsk tongue, Northem,
(which becamemod€m Norwegian,) Eastem, (which became
Swedish)and Southem, (which hansmuted into Danish and
Icelandic), each have varying word counts for the different
categones.
l-anguage Words for Words for Terms of
death torture affection
Modem English 4 5 56
Anglo-Saxon 5 8 12
North Norsk 25 $ 9
East Norsk 20 21 4 Ac@rrori.s
South Norsk 18 45 2 BrT&nrRliD
Perhapsth; first thing that this table showsis ho$ in its change
from Anglo-Saxon,Engish givesevidenceof a morecaring,less
violent society.
The second most startling statistic is the lack of terms of
affection in South Norsk. Scholarscould not believe that the
figure could be so low. fur extensivesearchfor ftagmentsof
South Norsk sagaswas taken up by the Dansk Historik€
Atrdgeblatte, rcsulting in the re-discoveryof two fiagments of
Pdrssagabeing used as fish wrapping on the island of
Bjomholrn. But this find led to controversy.
Doctor Kate Tumer, (De Beauvoir Fellow, University of
L€wisham.)maintainedin her hook, Bbod Guih, Met8truation
in *e Da* Ages, that the word p/<6ol was in fact a term of
endearm€nt, thus raising the South Nolsk score to a more
respectable3. This gaverise to the '?t&rod controversy"which
rag€d through academiccirclesin the eighties.Her contention
was largely retuted by ProfessorLarc Engstrom in his study,
Blaugelt ik Hi:orike Frcatdr (Spending Histodcal Research
Money While You Still Have Some.) Engstrommaintainedthat
p*rod was in fact an insult. His argumentwas that the word
could b€ traced into an agicultural term in modem Danish.
Pslrod, is a term usedby farmersto describethe smallbox,
or sometimesbaleof hay,which is put und€r the fe€t of pigswho
are loo s'mallto seFic€ sowsproperly. He maintainsthat this
was used to denigrat€ Norsks who, instead of using the
traditional methods of courting women - prowessin battle, a
keen *eapon and not washingfor six months- would resort to
using money.
The prevalenceof tems of torture in South Norsk showsa
ichness of laflguagelost to us today. My favourite term for
maiming, (if indeedfavourite canbe usedin this context) is the
wod kri"ttnunnbosga which means, "To molest a monk's
nether regionswith his own clucifix". Tbis practicebecameso
widesFead and gainedsucha socialstandingthat it gaverise to
the papal bull of L€o III, 'De Cloacibus',in 911, which
proscribedthe useof crucifixes,breviariesand candlesfor like
However, sornepeople are we aware of the high level of
violencein No6k societies.I wasvery impressedduring a visit
to my nearestwargamesclub, Dingwal Demons. They had a
well res€archedand accumteset of rules which demonstrateda
level of scholarlyinterestin the period which wasalnost asdeep
Their battle simulatedconflict betweena North Nolsk army
and an Irish foe. The Norsk troops were alnost entirely elite
'baresarks'meaningbare-fac€dor young unruly v.,arriors.One
tum found the baresarksstanding,talking idly, fingering rheir
shieldsand comparingscars.The next tum, aI eight hundredof
them simultaneouslybecane driven by a mad battle fury, and
*hilst still mainiaining formation, swepttheir opponentsftom
the board. It's nice to seethat historical researchis still worth
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many big figure fiaders, and the clientel-
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TNTRODUCTION Good examples of this are to be found in the AshaDti

Many - if not most - rcaderswill know the s.ene in rhe 1960's campaignsin WestAfri€a; the American lndian counter-mov€s
featurefilm Zulu whereone soldi€r tums to anotherand says"I againstGeorgeCusterat Little Big Hom andvariousactionson
can't see a bloody one now!" He then gets the reply fiom the Norlh West Frontier of India and in the Sudan. ln fact I
anotherredcoat, "They've gon€ to ground." And indeedin the would go so far asto saythat in most colonial games,wherethe
film the Zulu warriors have taten cover in the bush. terrain allows, the 'native'forces shouldat leastb€ginthe game
Well, this article is about just such situations. It will have 'off table' and unseenby the 'European' commander.
particular referenc€to 'Colonial' wargames,both becausethose Of coursethis is aI very well if you havean umpire available,
arc the onesI find mostinterestingand alsobecause,in thh type but what if you are unable to find such a useful soul? In that
of wargam€,hidden movementand ambushesreally comeinto event I would suggestyou go for somelorm of marker rather
their own. However I hope wargamersin other periodswill also than placing the troops on the table. In this way ar least the
fiod much to set them thiDkins! opponent does not knos, the type or exact strength of the
opposingforces. To be really snealy one could €ven include
somedummy marke$ as rcd herrings.
TIIE STAIIDARD CLUB WARGAME As the two forces come nearer to contact the enemy
You arrive at the club arcund 7.00pm, have a chat to fiends, commandershould have a better and better chanceof at last
6nd an opponent, set-up two roughly points equal armies on making out what he is facing. Dicing to decidethis is asgood a
opposite baselines and - hey-presto- away we go . . . way asany. This sytemhasthe addedadvantageof forcing the
Yes, I know that is a little unfair on manyclubsandis in many commande$ of 'Eurcpean' forces to use a proper s),$temof
casesvery much an over sidplificatioD. But you get the point? pickets (infantry), vedettes(cavalry) and other scouts.Occa-
We have all talen part in wargamesof tftis t]?e andthey canbe sions can also adse when the 'European' forces make use of
very goodfun. What they cannotreally be is in anywayrealistic. hidden movement;such asI-ord Wolseley'snight march/dawn
In real battles, far more often than not, one side is attacking attack on the Egyptiansat Tel-el-Kebir.
andthe other trying to defend.Only mrely aretwo almostequal Even after initialy spotting their enemy 'European' forces
forcesfacingone another.Very rar€ly canthe two sidesseejust could stil lose sight of them again. During the Zulu War this
about all of each others forces (at l€ast after the Eighteenth happ€n€d t$'ice at the battle of Gingindloru. After being
Century). spott€d on the hils surounding the British laager, the Zulus
So, to introduce more realisminto our wargames*e needto went to gound h the bush and long grass,only to reappear
firsdy com€ up with b€tter and more likely scenarios,and 30G400ydsfrom the British troops. Later the volumeof dfle fire
s€condlyintroduce more hidd€n forces. from the black powder Martini-Henry rifles causedso much
To do thesethings we don't, necessarily,have to have more smokethat many units had to c€ase,or at leastslowtheir rate of
complexlules. After aI, the longer the list of rules the slower fire to allow the smoketo clear in order that th€ men could see
the gam€ and sometimesone 6nds oneself playing somethitrg their targets again! Of course after about 1890 smokeless
rath€r like a higher forn of chess.No v,/ewant $irple methods canridges made this far lessof a problem.
and rul€s.
AMBUSIIES
In the vrriteis experi€nceambushcadesare played-out on the
HIDDEN MOVEMENT wargamestable muchlessoften than they might be. This is true
Alexander, Caesar, Marlborough, Napoleon, Wellington, all even of colonial wargamesand the ambush, in one form or
hew that one of, if not rle most important factor in warfareis another, was very often the most basic tactic of many 'native'
surpnise.In the 'colonial' era commanderslike the Mahdi, forces. Ambushesof smaller or geater scalealso led to many
OsmanDigna,SittingBu[, Botha,de la Rey,Wolseley,Miles 'native'victories,
atrdRobeft alsoknew this fact. (And let usnot foryet that wily In this article the term ambushcan rneanan''thing ftom ihe
Swazi 'Zulu' Mbilini.) 'typical' ambushof a few menwaiting along an oveqrown bush
In wargames,hidden map movementhaslong beenused,All tlail for an isolatedpatrol, to Lord Methuen'sKimberley relief
one needsis three maps, a couple of chinagraphpencils, two force marchingup to de la Rey's cunninglyconcealedtrenches
clearplasticsheetsard oneumpire andawayyou go. This works at Modder River and Magersfontein.(Buller at Colensowasa
very we in a campaignsituation, but for somereasonis used specialcaseof crassstupidity.)
much lesscommoDlyon the wargamestable in a one-off game. While on th€ subject of the Anglo-Boer War it is perhaps
This maypefiaps b€ becauseoneofthe delightsofwargamingis worth rememberingthe remark of one British officer who,
the strong visual appealof our tiny armies. having taken pan in severalheary engagements,said he had
Be this asit may, if we are aiming at somekind of simulation oDlyse€nfoul Boers- "th.ee of lhem dead." ln fact about any
lhis systemrcally shouldbe morc widely usedduring the one-off Boer War game- esp€ciallyif, aswasmostcommon,the British
game.In the colonial situation very often 'native' forcesmade are attacking- most, if not all, the Boer commandosshouldbe
useof hiddedmovementduring battlesandnot just during their off table to begin wilh. In this way, iust asin real life, it wil be
difficult for the British comanderto know the exactstrensth of
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moves,while the Zulus would have to move to the marimum
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