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INTRODUCTION from the northernendofthe rownwer€hurryingsouthwardto

meerrheBririsha ack.Hiship' rhereupon she edlhelown.ar
The r€cent20mmfigurereleases by Ravenlhorpe andB. & B. abour6.500yard\, dnd unde' rheir fire lhe cermansmelred
Miniatureshave opened up a whole new thealre for the awayinto the bushinland.ConrnanderWatsonthenoccupied
twentiethcenturyfan. The campaignsofvon Lettow-Vorbeck the town. piquetingthe landwardside and reassurinAthe
andhisadversarieshave muchto€ommend them,combiningas inhabrranr'.Mosl ol lhe.e weretoundro haveraten rifuse
they do the charmof colonialwargamingwith relativelysmall abourrhemis,ionchurch westorrhelo$n,where,allhoush rh-al
nunbersof troops.Planes,gunboats,armouredcarswereall burldinghadbeendamaged bya <hell.noorhe'harmwaidone.
presenr,rogetherwith colonialand Europeantroopson both Exceptforafire in thenativequarter.rherownescaped lightty,
sides. the Europeanhousesfor the most parl being intact. From
THEPROJECT middayonwardsallwasquiet.
This wasthe resultof my searchfor a suitableselfcontained TIIE WARGAME
subjectfor a demonstration game.I wanteda small(6' x 4'),
easilytransportableset up. with a mix of differenttroop types To redrcethe numbersinvolvedro a manageable skirmish,a
fightingover a colourfulterrain. A studyof a Baitery Press figure scaleof 1:5 was used with one model machinegun
reprint of the HMSO publicationMilitar) Operations - Easl representingtwo usedin the engagement. The cermansalso
Aftica,Auqust1914-Septer?ber1916, providedsucha scenario. hadtheKonigsberg4.l"navalgunanda small3.Tcmfield piece.
Th€ Captureof Bagamoyowas part of a campaignin the TheBritishhadinshorefire supportfroma 3pdron thefldaxrtt
summerof 1916to capturethe Tanzaniancapitalof Dar-es- andofftable gunfirefrom the fleer.The forcesinvolvedon the
Salaamandtheothersouthernports.
Gemans
THEACTION HQ 2 officers+5 ruga-ruganativeirregu,
Seaplanereconnaissance had discoveredlrenches at the lars
northernend of the town coveringthe beslbeachfor landing, 3 Platoons(zugt eachwith I officer+14 askaris
and had locatedat lhe southernend two possiblecentresof Sharpshooter
resistancescreenedby lrees from the shore. one at the Company(schK) 1 officer+5 Europeans+6 askaris
Governor'sstronglybuilt houseandanotherat thewalled Old Support I officer +2 Europeans+7 askaris
Boma' about200 yardsa\\'ay.These,enclosedby entrench- withMaximMG/3.7cml4.l"
ments.wereselected asthe firstobjeclives- Total 5 officers+9 Europeans+55 askaris
Rear-AdrniralChalton.theofficerin chargeofthe operation. +5 naiiveirregulan
decided to land a force just over 300 strong. with four Brilish/Enpi.eForces
machineguns and six Lewis guns.under ComrnanderR.J.N. RovalNav) 3 officers+3,1O/Rs wiih 1 Vickers
Walson. R.N. Of this force one third, composedof Royal
MG/1 LewisMc/3pdr
Marinesand ZanzibarRifles. was to auack the Governors RoyalMarines I officer +13 O/Rs with I Vickers
house;thebomawasassigned to the navalpany formingthe MG/l Lewn MG
ZanzibarRiflemen I officer+ll O/Rswith l LewisMC
Beforedaylighton 15 Augusta squadronconsisting of the lnrelligence Scouts - I officer+4 O/Rs
batrleship VenSeance.the cruiser Clallerger. rhe monitors Total 6 officers+62 O/Rs
M e^ey andSew, wirhrhcamredtugFlelmufiandothersnall
craft,anchored ofBagamoyo.At 5.30amsixlowsstartedin line RULES
abr€ast{romthc ships,coveredby the fire of themonilors.Tbe
fire wasanswered. unexpectedlv. b!' a Konigsberggunoutside Thesimplerthebetterasfar asl m concerned. althoughrhere is
the southemend o{ the town and by a fusilladeof rifle. an important factorwhichshould be incoroorated.
This is that
machinegun and light artillery fire from the northernbeachi the fighlingabilitiesofthenativeunits.i.e. ZanzibarRiflesand
rlhereuponCommanderWatsonturnedhisflorillatowardsrhe Germanplatoons,shouldbe restri€tedifthey arenot led by an
heavy gun, zig-zagging.his steam boats afu rh,eHelmuth officer.For exarnple.usinga d6 a unit would not be able to
openingwith 3pdrsas the!'closedin. The Germangun was advance or counrer-attack
unl€ssa6 is thrown.
silencedby the dmetherowswerewithin500yardsofthe shore. I havent finalisedmy own rulesyel. but I would be very
andby 6arnthe partieshadlanded. interestedin play lestinSa set- providedofcoursethey fir on
Led by CaptainR.H. Thomas,R.M.. the Royal Marines onesideofA4!Perhapsanyinteiesredpartymaywishto submit
rushedthe beach,which wasnot defended.and turnedright th€irownideasto theeditorfor publication.
throughthe treesto attackthe Governor'shouse.At the same
time the main body, under Lieut- E.S. Brooksmith.R.N..
advanced againsttheboma,anda detachment underSub-Lieut.
F.G.S. Manning,R.N.R.. with a machinegun. turnedleft 1o
dealwith the Germangun. This wassecuredintact.the firsr
Konigsberggun to be capturedin openfight: its detachment.
shelteringundercover,fled hastilyon beingtakenby surpise
fromtheirIightflank.The bomawasfoundunoccpied.
The RoyalMarinestook possession ofthe covernor'shouse
without any difficulty, but were fired on from the trenches
betweenit andtheshore.Thesewerechargedwith the bayonet .,ttj,
andclearedin a briefhandto-handfight,in whichbothCaptain a-' .'
Thonas and the cerman officer in command.CaptainBock i..i.--
vonWulfingen,werekilled.
Meanwhilethe Admiral receivedreports.both from the air
and by wnelessfrom the landingparty, that cerman troops
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DEBACIEATKATACH
An EasternFront Scenado
by PeterP.H. Heath
I have,over the years,found it difficultto discoverdetailsof With insufficientsuppliesandtuel within the Cauldronfor a
smallscaleengagements on the EastemFront in World War breakout,Pauludsmenwerenowforcedto go into anall round
Two. You mighthavehad moreluck thanme, but I doubtit. delenceposture, knownthen,asnow,as'hedgehog' formation,
Bookslike PaulCarell'sEasternFrontTrilogy (of whichonly andwaitfor a reliefcolumnto breakthroughto them,whilethe
two were,asfar asI'm aware,everpdnted,being:Vol1,Hitler Luftwaffeattemptedto supplythe beleaguered armyby air.t
MovesEast,and Vol 2, ScorchedEarth) providedvignettes, R€cip€for Disasterat Kalach
from which a gamecould be developed,but it was still not During August 1941,the workshopcompaoy
of 71stInfantry
satisfactory. I foundmyself,on morethanoneoccasion,using Divisionhad'liberated'10intactRussiantanks.T26.BT7
and
asa basisfor figuregames,scenario formatsfron SquadLeader T34176types,which they had then takenwith rhem on
their
Modules,with the constantsuspicionthat they were at best, tnvels acrosssouthem Russia,using them for evaluation
onlytenuouslylinkedto fact. practiceagainstknockedout Russianarmou whenthe chance
Manyofyou will be awarethat my areaofspecialistinterest presented itself.As is the waywith thesethings,at the aimeof
liesin the Napoleonicrealm,but recentlyIan Dearieaskedme theircapture,thercwasno whitepaintavailable put
to cerman
to reseaJch the battle of Stalingradfor him, with the aim of ffosseson thesideo{them,andsincethenno-onehadgotround
producinga demonstration game10tour someof the conven, to doinganything
aboutit.
tions in 1993,the demo being of the Bartle of rhe Tractor TheEngineerSchool of 6thArmy, not to beoutdoneby mere
Factoryin 1/72scale, terrainto be built by ChrisJones, creator infantrymen,had,on seeingthesetrophies',decidedto make
of the now famous 'Mount Longdon'gameof 1990vintage. four Russiandisabledtanksserviceable for usein theirseriesof
Unfortunatelythisplandid notcometo light,but asmy second courses for GermanandRumanianNCOSon tankdestruction.
love is WW2, padcularly EasternFront, I went to work. The excuseof 'greater authenticity'was heard whenever
Combingthroughbibliographies andlibrarymicrofichecanbe \omeonein authoriry quenedthe\uddenincrea<e in armour.
fun, but it is lessthan fun when it comesto copyingout the and so everyonewasleft to themselves.
detailsof eachbook you want onto cardsfor the librarian.(It Everymomingthe EngineerSchooltankswouldmoveout at
took nearlytwo houn just engagedin thistask!)I am writing about 8.00amfrom their harbour on the heights to the west
thisarticleaboutthreeweeks aftermy requisitionswent intothe bankofthe RiverDon, crossthe heavytemporarybridge,and
librarysystem,andso faronly a few titleshavecomeback,but from therego to Kalach,wherethe courseswere held. The
what a goldmineI have burowed intol Personalaccounts, WorkshopCompany\tanks,by 9.00am,wouldbecrossingthe
ordersof battle,smallscaleengagements of stupifyingincompe- bridgefrom Kalach,heading{or anotherday\ leisurelytarget
tenceby both sides,whereunits not usuallyincludedin'on practiceon the heights.Everyeveningthe tankswouldretum
table'games cameto blows.And allthisjustin thepenodofrhe the sameway. Everyone,particularlythe troopsguardingthe
Stalingrad campaign. Whatgemsstillawaitme? bridge,knewaboutthe arrangement. Newcomers tendedtobe
ThegamethatI presentfor youhereis whatI calla 're-fighf, a tittledisturbedat first, but soonacceptedthe situation.
in that the units,their ordersandentrytimesareall controlled 'Tho*
Damnedtanksare Russian'
by whatactuallyhappenedat the time.
As the crew of the 88mmflak gun at sentry post 3 on the west
bank of the Don studiedthe smokerising from Stalingrad,
wherebitter fightingin the rubblecontinued,andlookedat the
THE HISTORICALOVERVIEW crewsof the 20mmflak gunsgo through training exercisesat the
Manywouldaclmowledge that Stalingrad wasthe tumingpoinl Flak School on the east bank. the arival of the tanks from
of the War in the East. After that, the fortunesof cermany Kalach,200metresaway,negotiatingthe steeptums on the
wentinto terminaldecline.The sufferingofthesoldienin'the roadto the heights,cameas no surpise. Thirty minuteslater
Cauldron',asit wasknown,still evokesstlongemotions. the sound of frenzied firing from the heights was heard. A
The fall of the bridgeat Kalachwas th€ nail, which,when further30 minutespassed,and unusually,the tankswereseen
driven home, placedthe lid on the coffin of ceneral (later comingback. They mov€dpast sentrypost 3 at about 300
Marshall)von Paulusand hh men- The significance of the metres,andmovedout onlothe bridge,two at first,followedby
bridsewasnot loston the €ommanders of thetirnc. athird.
At the bridge was a platoon of Russian 'auxilliaries'
(ex-prisoners ofwar. now part ofthe wehrmacht),a coupleof
EXTRACTOFWAR DIARY OFAIR FLEET4. Military Policemen,and a Company of a Consaruction
(GOC,GENtrRALVON RICHTOFEN) Battalionengaged on improvingthe roadgradingto the bidge
2r Nov€mber itself.Infantry foxholes dottedtheeastbank,thehomesof men
Weather bad ever'.{here. No flying possiblean}\r,here. Any ofthe 71stInfantryDivision.
effectiveinterventiontohelpthedefence(ofSixthArmy) isjust Someone must have noticed something. A burst of
not possible.This morningthe Russians hadalreadycaptwed machinegun fire from the auxilliaries.Answeringfire from the
the bridgeat Kalach,whichis an absolutelyvital link in Sixth tanks. The bridge guardsran for their lives. The Construction
Army'ssupplyline. Not onlywasthe bridgenotdestroyed, but Company scattered for the weaponsandcover.At sentrypost
it doesn'tseemevenasif any attemptwasmadeto defenditl 3 the sergeant rais€dthe alarm,shouting'thosedamnedtanks
Sixth Army's left flank is being pushedfurther and further are Russian!'More Russiantankswere appearingbesidethe
eastwards. Theynowdon't think theywill evenbe ableto hold bridge.Thefirstshotfron the'88'caughta T34176 on thesideas
Kalach. it tumed for the bridge. The secondsend anothersomercaulting
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EngineerSchooltanksmove out at about 8.00amfrom their
harbouron the heightsto the westbankof the RiverDon, cross
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heights. Every evening th€ tanks retum the same way.
Everyone,particularlythe troopsguardingthe bddge,know
aboutthearrangement. Newcomentendto be alitde disturbed
at first,but soonacceptthe situation."
G€rnanPlayer2. (EngineerSchool+ EngineerSchooltanks,
andFlak School20mm guns.)
Everymomingyourex-Russian EngineerSchooltanks move
out at about8.00amfrom their harbouron the heights,to the
westbankof rhe RiverDon, crossthe hearytemporarybridge,
andfrom therego to Kalach,wherecourses arebeingheld.The
workshopCompany\ex-Russian tanks,by 9.00am,usuallyare
crossingthe bridge frorn Kalach.headingfor anotherday's
leisurelytargetpracticeon theheights.Everyeveningthetanks
retu the same way. Everyone, particularlythe troops
guardingth€bndge,knowaboutthearrangement- Newcom€rs
tendto bea littledislurbedat first,but soonacceptthesituation.
Bothforcesallocaled toyou areengagedin trainingprocedures,
sogettraining!"
cerman Player 3. (workshop Companytanks. and Heavy
ArtilleryBattalion.) greatestlossesup to that time. You should inform the
Every morningyour ex-Russiantanks move out at about recipientthat his ordersare to get to th€ bridgewith his
9.00amfrom Kalach.headingfor anotherday'sle;surelytarget Engineers, holdonesidefor4 gametums,at whichtime the
practiceon tbe heightson the wesl bank of the Don. The bridgewillbeblownup. Thenclearup anyenemyleft on the
Engineertanksmoveout from the heightsat 8.00am,crossthe eastbank!
bridge,andheadfor rrainingcourses at Kalach.Everyevening 2. It is suggcsted only appearontableon
tbai. asthe Russians
the tanks return the sameway. Everyone.particularlvthe gameturn 10. turns l-8 shouldbe 'doubledup', and all
troops guardingthe bridge. know about the arrangement. movementin theseperiodsismultipliedbyx4.
Newcomerstend to be a litde disturbedatfilst, butsoonaccept L Gametums 9 & 10shouldbe doubledup, but at the endof
gameturn 10the umpireshouldannounce (conspiratorially,
The Artillery Battalioflunderyour commandis freshto the and apologetically) to Germanplayer3, in chargeof th€
EasternFront,andin facthasjust beenraisedandthe officerin WorkshopCompanytanks.that he hasforgottento put on
chargeis, to saythe least,a bit greenlIt is currentlyawaiting tablethree(3) tanks.so hererheyarel Dutitully 3 T34/76s
ordersto movetowardsStalingrad. shouldthenbe handedover.but the playeris told that they
muststartar rhe foot of rhe heiShrs.and catchup wirh rest
RussianPlayer4. (ln chargeof ALL Russians.)
later,
Yours is an enviableposition.Your tanks representthe
Once the 'mysrery'T34l76sreachpoint 'G', the German
vanguardof5th TankArmy. Sincelhe openingofthe offensiv€ playeris relievedof their commandby the Russianplayer
two daysago, there has been Iittle resistance to your drive
ATTHE END ofthe nextfiring phase.The Russianplayer
south.Sofasthasbeenyour advance(over85kmsso far) lhat rnay AUTOMATICALLY designatethree (3) of the
themotorisedinfantrywhichareassigned to yoursuppon,have
workshop Conpany'stanks destroyed.(The elementoI
beenleft behindlOrden iust receivedtell you thal you must l) Afrer that,it\ everymanfor himself.)
surprise
capture,intactif possible,the bridgeat Kalach,whichwould
5 . whateverhappenson the heights,the rest of the Russian
severoneof the lastsupplylinesto the Nazisat Stalingrad. Air
armourappears at'x'on gametum 16.
reccesuggests ihat the bridgeis lighlly defended.but thereare
6 . Fire from the two Russianoff rablebatteriesis considered
several'old' tanks on the heightssouthwestof the bridge. 'observed'oncea targethas beenlocatedby the Russian
Nonetheless, a coup-de-mainis a distinctpossibilily.Good
luckl
No Gerrnaninfantryor engineers whichstarton tablehave
anri|ankweapons of anykind. lnfantryandengifleers ofthe
NOTESTOR THE UMPIRE 'ad-hoc'forceall havecloseassaultanti-tankweapons.
Please referto the mapto seebothlo€ationsfor units on table' 8 . when Germanplayer3announces hisintentionto movehis
at thestartofthe game,aswell asentrypointsfor otherunirsas anillerybatreryfrom the outskirtsof Kalach.or ordersit to
thegane progresses. fire, the urnpireshouldquiedyaskifhe hasgotcleanncefor
this action from above? Unfortunatelyhe hasn'tyet, so a
came Tim€scale: tum is of about 10minutesdurationin 'real requeslshouldbe put throughthe umpire.No doubtmany
time'. Therefore6 turnsequalt hour.The garneslartsat 0800 requesrs will be senl,and all with no reply,so the artillery
(Gtl) andendsat 1700(Gt54). battalionmay do nothing,UNLESS directlyfired on, in
1. I1 is likely thal one or moreGermanplayerswill find theh whichcaseir will leavethe table.
commands destroyedaseff€ctivefightingunits.Therefore, The RussianMotorisedBattalionarrivesat'X'on Gt50l
when3rd 'Ad-hoc' Batteryof the Flak Schoolappeafton
gameturn 24, allocatethis to the Germanplayerwith the
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'FIREANDFURY'SMATLBATTTES
Part 4- SecondDayat Iuka
ByJohnWatts
INTRODUCTION Grantsawthe possibilityandwasdeterminedto preventthe
junction of the Confederateforces.In order to do this, he
The Battle of luka on 19 September1862was one of those orderedRosecrans andOrd to moveon Iuka andattackPrice.
battleswhichis reallytoo smallfor "Firc drd Fxry". However, Ros€crans wasto atta€kon the moroingof 19September, and
theConfederate commander fuuyintendedtocarryon ihe next Ordwaslo attackin hissuooort.
day,andwasonly reluctantlypersuaded by hissubordinatesto
withdraw.The secondday,rhen.althougha bartlewhichnever
happened,givesthe opportunityto fight an interestinglirtle THEBATTLE
'whatifl'. The Unionforceshaveagrim problemof holding
on
againstsuperiorforces,\rhile the Confederates mustachievea Becauseof the weatherand one of hh divhionstaking the
convincing victoryor be crushedby the imminentarrivalofrhe wrong road, Rosecransdid not approachIuka until the
other(offtable)Unionforce. afternoonof 19 September.By this time, Pricehad become
awareof th€ thrcat and movedLittle's Divisionto meet it.
leavingMaury's Divisionto observeOrd. Ord had halted3
THE CAMPAIGN (seeMap l) mil€snorthwesiofluka toawaitRosecranJ attack,but hadnot
actually establishedcommunicationwith him. The slrong
The batde stemmedfrom Bragg'sConfederateinvasionof westerlywindpreventedOrd from hearingthe soundofbattle,
KentuckyandTennessee. He left Van Dorn andPriceto watch andRosecrans attackedalone.
Grantin hispositionsalongtheMississippi- Grantwastoo weak Pricecounter-attacked vigorouslyanddroveRosecrans back.
to take the offensive.especiallyafier deta€hingthreedivisions The battle was €ss€ntiallyan infantry one becauseof rhe
to Bu€ll to meet Bragg'sthreat. In fact, he had to withdraw woodedcountry,butlherewasa particularlyviciousstrugglefor
troopsfrom a numberoflocations(includingluka) to coverthe a Unionbattery.Litde,rheConfederate divisionalcommander,
railroadswestof Corinth. waskilledin the firefight.The batrleendedwithdarkness.
By earlySepternber. Braggbelievedthat Rosecrans hadleft Price{ully intendedto continuethe battlethe followingday,
CorinthandinstructedPriceto moveon Nashvilleasa counter Ieavinghiscavalryto maskOrd, but hisstaffpersuaded him to
threat-Priceobeyed,butwhenhe reachedIuka helearnedthat withdraw.This he did suc€essfully alonga roadthat Rosecrans
Rosecrans wasstill in Corinth.Thh seemedto presentan ideal shouldhaveblocked.Grantdidnor learnuntil0830onthe20th
opportunityto co'operatewith Van Dorn in the destruction of that a baltlehadtakenplace,and,althoughhe droveOrd and
Rosecrans at Corinth (and, of course.they carriedout this Rosecrans in pursuit,the closecountryandpoorroadsallowed
operation seeBattleofCorinth3+ October1862in"fi.ednd
Fun Grcot WesternBltttlesScenarioBook"\.

THEGAME
Thegameisbasedon thesuppositiion thatPricehadhiswayand
renewedhis attack on Rose€ranson the mornins of 20
Seprember l8o2sith rheintenr'on of delealing him andrhen
eithertumingon Ord or withdrawingas he did in reality.The
Confederate cavalrytakesno part in the battleasit wouldhave
beencoveringOrd'sforce.ThegamebeginswiththeConfeder,
atedawnattackandendswith the likelyapproachof Ord which
wouldhaveforcedPriceto withdraworbe caughtbetweenboth
forces.The first moveis the Confederate 06{0 move.andthe
gameendssomerime aflerrheUnion0$0 move.

l.THEFORCES
Althoughit is normalfor armycommanders not to appearon
the table, the forceshere are so small that both Price and
Rosecrans actedmuchmore as independentcorpscomman-
ders,andarethusrepresented on the table.It shouldbe noted
thatsomebrigades on bothsidesbeginthe bartle.wom".
Map1-The lukaCampaign

Op?osite:R{,1x./ctun./t?g
sone buillntgs Iooki g lone|tu! tiketheHenr House andad|ancingagainst a t lionfning tine.
Reh5ar|.11ostl|25n Fits1Corsfi1]t|tts'^'nhakn.Bicon1eMiniuturesniydin'UniontroopsarioIdG!or1'antlConnoisru
lt_cw? Hltw! Hgusestnt.h.b ih b\. ittickS?\.? . Bridgescrutth buittb, Ma rn w?nn ol p.M.C. S/na househ rcsinfrcn
Hotds Lkt Chkkol coopsnwtth huilt b| A,rtt Copuiakeof Otd Gtort. aatk tlrop paiitettbt trith(ft] pe ! of Waryanes
Fotn.lr:] Fig rcspauledb\ l"ieilBnrcn. Fh gsb| Matk Alten.M o ntedofficet on whitehorsek a Front Rank Figurine, poiitedby
ChrisLeesan.Brckengrcundbt Robtuk!. Trcasnos tbtt, patterlnaL AItfnn theectectic co ectionof th?ediit !
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Confederate
Army of th€ W€st- Major-General Sterling Price- 1 E Ldr
Herbert's Division
R. & R. MODELS& HOBBIES
Herbert l Ldr . 20, PioneerMarket
Gates'Brigade 9n15Int Ilford, EssexIGI 2RD
ColberfsBrigade 1614ktt Tel;081-553 llzl4
Martin'sBrigade 415ktt
Green'sBrigade 9nl5 Irt[ Stockistsof:
2 Art ESSEXMINIATURES
Artillery GRENADIERMODELS
Maury's Division CITADELMINIATURES
Maury- 1 Ldr PLASTICKITS& MOREI
Moore'sBrigade 91715lnI
Cabell'sBrigade 91115lnf PAINTINGSERVICETO ORDER
11514lnf PAINTEDFIGURESALWAYSIN STOCK
Phifer'sBrigade
Artillery 2 Att Mon-Sat: (Thurs:9am-rpm)
9am-5.30pn
Union
tumy of the Mirsissippi- GeneralWilliam S. Rosecrans- 1 Ldr
stsnl€v's Division WARGAMES FIGURES PAINTED
to collector's SendSAEor t'./oIRCSlor pdcelist
standards.
Stanley l Ldr to: D. Seagrove,
Fuller'sBrigade 10/8/5lnf THE IAST DETNL
Mower'sBrigade 10/8/5lnf 196ParlauntRoad,Langley,Slough,B€rkshire SL3 8AZ
Artillery 3 Art
Hamilaon'sDiviiion
Hanilton- I Ldr
Sanbom'sBrigade 4,15l.rtt
Sallivan'sBrigade l5l4lnf 2. THE BATTLEFIELD (seeMap2)
Artillery I Art
Thebattlefieldshouldbe setout on a 6'x4' table.Woodslimit
Mizner'sBrigade Sl4l3C^v visibility and movement,and provide a +1 chargecombat
modifierfor defendingfavourableground.

3. TROOPDEPLOYMENT
All troopsare on table at lhe beginningof the gamein the
positionsshownon the map. Leaderstandsmay be placed
anywherewithin commandradius of any of their troops.
Mizner'scavalrybeginsthegamemounted.

4. SPECIALCONDITIONS
or fl
Thereis a possibilityfrom0930onwardsthatOrdwillappearon
I thenorthernedgeofthe field. Soonafterthisthegam€will end.
Itt To simulatethis, at the beginningof the Confederate0930
I move,and,ifnecessary, all subsequent
Confederate
moves,the
Unionolaverdices:

Time Ord aoD€ars

on a scoreot:
f
0930
F
r000
1030 1 9
1100
Ord appears andthegameendsat theendof the Unionmove
followingthe successful
dicethrow. If Ord is dueto appearon
the 0930or 1000move,the Confederate playercan delayhis
appearance by onenove. Thh is doneby movingoneunspent
Confederate brigadetwo full movesto th€ rear.That is, away
from anvenemvtrooDs.
?
n ? ? 5. VICTORYCONDITIONS
Map2- luka-thesecondday A If at the end of the Union move on which Ord aDDears the
Confederate! haveachreved at leasrl:l in victoryp;intsand
Unlon Codled.Ei. thereis not an unspentUn'on infantrybrigadenorthof the line
fnr..tryr-r fi unnnt",t.'^ nt rr .// F*d A A, o/ifthe Confedenteshaveachieved at least2:1invictory
rI
points,it is a Confederatevictory. Otherwise,it is a Union
C€v.lry: r.! Lhb.Fd Mi 6ry w@d8 victory.
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-A THUI\IDERBOIT
THERUS FROMHEAVEN
PartThree
by MartinJones

VLADIMIR"THELASTOFTHEPAGANRUS honestlVladimirwasnow Princeof Kiev, King ofthe Rusand

heintendedtostaythatway.Shortlyafterwards thetreacherous
Yaropolknow assumed the throne.after all he wasfirst born Blud disappears and it doesnt takea geniusto work out what
andhealreadycontrolledKievitself.lr wasasituationthatwas happenedtohim.
boundro end in bloodshedand sureenoughOleg waskilled Consolidation wasobviouslythe nameofthe gameto begin
soonaflen\'ards.probablyon Yaropolks ordersor at the very with forVladimir.He alsospenta fairtimeenjoyinghimselfand
leastwith his knowledgeand tacit support. Young brother generally
living up ro his Latin nickname Fornicator
Vladimir in Novgorodhad provedto b€ a very popularruler Immensus, and yesil doesmeanwhat you think it meanslAs
with hissubjecc,sooustinghimwasnevergoingto be easyfor mentionedin Part I he is creditedwith havinga haremofsome
Yaropolk.Vladimirmayhavebeenyoung,some12or 13years 800,thoughthis is morelikely to reflecthiswealthin slavesat
old, bur he hada very old headon his youngshouldersafldhe the time of writing.But in betwe€nmakinga perfectbeastof
inrendedkeepingit there.He handedovercontrolof Novgorod himselfhehada veryrealproblemliterallyon hisowndoorstep
and disappeared for roughly2 years,maybea litle less.What and of his own making.His Varangianswere makingnoises
acruallyhappenedto him duringthis rime is still a mystery. aboutpayment.afterall theyhadtakenKiev, but hadnl been
Somehavehim raidingin Franceand ltaly with his retinueof allowedto sackit, muchto their disgust.Vladimir stalledfor
troops. others gatheringarmiesin Swedenand Norway - time.duringwhicbhe selected the bestofthe Vikingsandgave
Varangians readyto helphimclaimhisthronefromhisbrother. thempresentsof landandhamlets,whichcostthe city nothing
He soonrelurnedto Novgorodwith a sizablefollowingfor andtiedthemmorecloselytohim.The remainingVikingssoon
goodmeasure.includinghis two unclesDobrynyaandSigurd. realisedthat hewasn'taboutto givein to blackmail.packedup
He alsohadlhe supportofSvienald,who, eventhoughserved theirweapons andheadedoffto Constantinople to enlistin the
Yaropolk.wasourfor blood,Yaropolkhavingkilledhissonin a serviceof the Byzantines.Indeedover the next few yearsso
fight over hunting rights of all things. The Trident flag, manyScandinavians madethe overlandtrip via Kievto thelure
herediiarysign of rhc Rurikids, told the popularionthat of the EasternEmpire(or Miklagardasit wasknowto them),
Vladimirwasbackin town andmeantbusiness. Somesay$al ihatthe routebecameknownasthe VarangianRoad.With the
he wasa bit of a dandy.but he $'aseveryinch a warriorashis Vikingsneatlydealt with and any threat from the remaining
brothcrwasabourto findout.-Go to mybrorher. TellhimthatI Yaropolk factionquicklydisappearing, Vladimir wasfree to
am sexing forth againsthin. Let him prepareto defend tum hir arrenlion ro hisun[onunate neighbour.
himself. Soundfaniliar? Arou.d 981 Vladirnir attackedto the west. then to the
Vladimirwantedto crownthiswar with undisputed victory, nonh-easr. To gainaccess ao$e Vistulabasinthe Lyakhswere
so he set aboutfindingnore allies.Not only did he havehis savaged.losing their strongholds of ChervenandPeremyshl in
Varangiansin tow and supportersfrom Novgorod.but also theprocess. The Vyarichans in the north-east wercreluctantto
numerous ChudsandKrivichansmarchedwithhim on Polotsk. paytribute,so he remindedrhemwhata goodideait wasthat
He hadsenthisuncleDobrynyaonaheadto askforthehandof theydid.Butthey neededyetanotherpromptin9S2when they
the ruleis daughterin mar age.Rogvolodmay actuallyhave acruallyhadthecheekto rebel.Sothistimetherewasno m€rcy
wantedthe malch.his daughterRognedmostce ainly didn't andtherevoltwascrushed.In983the Yatvingians, a tribein the
andsaidso in the mostinsultingterms.Rogvolodwokeup one Niemenbasinarea,wer€on the receivingendasVladimirsaw
morningto find Vladimir'sentirearmy encamped oursideand them as a threatto his possessions on th€ vistula anda block
offeringbaille.The menof Polotskwerebrave,bur in no way betweenhimsel{and the sea.Even modernday Estoniaand
werethey a matchfor the Varangians from the frozenNorrh. Latviafoundthemselves underVladimir'sthumb.It meanrthat
After the initial banle.whichsawthe utter rout of Rogvolods therealmofthe Ruswasbiggerthaneverandall traderoutesto
men.theVikingsassauhed thecitadelitself,followedcloselyby the westwerefully open.One of his generak,nicknamedthe
the Slavs.Oncethe wallswerescaledall hell brokeloose.the WolfsTail, ahrashedthe Radimichans thefollowingyearin the
Vikingskillingandrapingastheywent.TheproudRognedwas north eastagain.Tnbute was paid promptlyfor many years
Vladimir'sby right of conquestand he took her accordingly, aftenrards,sopainfulhadhisvisitbeen.
thenkilledaUrheremainingmembers ofherlamily.Definitelya In 985 he was at it again.This time he was after a bigger
chip off the old block. thoughVladimir held back from the quarry,so Wolrs Tail anduncleDobrynyawerecalledin for a
ultimatehorror of givingher to his men. He took her as his pow-wow.Vladimir wanted ro attack rhe Bulgars-(It isn't
bride.givingher the SlavnameofGorislava. certainwhichBulgars,but it wasprobablythe Volgaor Kana
Kiev wasfllxt on the victoriousVladirnir'sshoppinglist. Ir tribes.knownastheSilverBulgan).lt wasquitean expedition
washis wishto take the capiralas quicklyas possibleand as by anystandards, andhighlysuccessful too. TheTorksbecame
intact as possible,after all he wanted to rule ftom there. allies,the Khazarsweregivena goodthrashingagainandmany
Yaropolkhada newg€neralcalled Blud. Svienaldhavingdied hundredsof Bulgarstaken prisoner.Although totally victo-
shortlyafterVladimirhadstartedon hismarchtoPolotsk.Blud rious.Vladimirofferedthe Bulgarsgen€rous peacetermsthat
mostdefinit€lyhelpedVlad'mirs causeby crealinga general weregratefullyaccepted.
senseof doom and gloom.So muchso that Yaropolk did a It was probablyaroundthis time that Vladimn the randy
runner. to thecilyofRodnya. about50milesorso southeasrofViking beganto haveseriousdoubtsasto his lifestyleandhis
Kiev. Vladimir followedon and laid siegelo the place,Blud religiousbeliefsin particular.Christianityhad alreadymade
advisingYaropolk to make peacewirh his brother. Whilst tentaliveinroadsinto the RusEmpire,Vladimir'sgrandmother
artemplingto do just that Yaropolkwasbrutallymurderedby Olga was herselfa convert,but it *as still basicallya strong
Blud and someothersin Kiev, Vladimir havingtakenhimself pagancountry. But it was not a simple choice. Vladimir
awaykom the sceneof the crime.quite by chanceof course- shoppedaroundbeforechoosingChristianity.Probablya big
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marryhissisterAnnato Vladimir.pafl ofa dealalmosrunheard wereforthemostDartunioadedandDulledoverland.F;rstcame
of in Byzantineannals.The Emperor wantedhis northern rheEssupicataraci ( Do not Sleep). rhenthe Ulvorsi("Island
neighbouras an ally rarherthan an enemy.The Byzantines Rapid ). the third wasknownasGelandito the Vikingsandto
havingbeenhammered by theBulgarson 17August986werein the SlavsasZvoners("Ring soundin the Gorge ). Next came
deeptroubleagain.They had tried ro userhc Rusagainslthe the Aifar Rapid(PorrageRapidtolhe Vikings)andNenasylets
BulgarsduringSvyatodavs reignofterror. but it seemed highly ( The Insatiable) to the Slavs.the largestrapid of all. The
unlikelythai hismurderousoffspringwouldfollowsuii- unless shipshadto bedragged orcarriedoui ofthe waterandoverland
templed.Rebellionhad broken our in Asia Minor and the for some6 miles.The nexr morning Barufaros(the 'Wave
Greeksquicklyenlistedmore Varangiansfrom rhe Princeof Raid ) andtheLeanti(* Seething) catarads\\,ere crossed.The
Kiev. The gold thal lhe Greeks sent was obviouslyweu Rusfoundthemselves atthesceneofSvyalodavs laststand,the
received.but Vladimirwanledfirmer tiesto lhe Emperorthan Strukun(-FasrCurrenf ) cataract.Wide. with a last current
mere money.hencethe marriagedeal. At first the Grecks andhighcliffs.it wastheperfectambushspot-But notthisiime.
refused,but il was a caseof No Princess.no Varangians. They reachedKhorislaIslandat the end of ihe secondday.
Vladimir alsoknew that as long as he becamca Chr'stianhe After repairingthedamagecausedto the boals.the Russeloff
stooda very goodchance.Thal wasihe nessagethat wassent on thefinallegofrh€irjourneyto themoulhofth€ Dnieper.the
backfrom the Emperor: Turn Christian.marryAnna . . . By agrecdmeeringplacewith the Byzantines- Fourdayslaterlhey
thewaycouldyoupleasesendmethe Varangians. Sixrhousand arnved- th€ Bvzantines didn t.
shoulddo forstarters. . .' Vladimirhadhalfexpecred this.afterall Annawassaidto be
Vladimir decidedto make rhe Emperorsweata litde. he nor €xactlyenthuliasticaboul lhe prospedof weddedblis! to
wasnl desperate enoughandcouldhaveeasilypulledout ofrhe the insatiableRusSe)rMachine.But. true to hisword. he sent
deal. In fte spr'ng of 988 Vladimir set off with his newly the 6.000urgendyneededrnento Basiland waited.Basilwas
recruiteda.myin tow.6.000forthefururebrorher-inlawandat deepin the mire and neededthe Rus help-The leaderof the
Ieastthe samenumberfor his own Dumoses.Ir wasan allied Asia Minor revoh.Phocas.wasnow in controlof lhe wholeof
armyoftypicalRusformatwith Vikings.Rus,Slavs.Slovenes, the Asiaticpartofthe Empire.He hada massive armypr€pared
Krivichansand evenBulgarsrecruited.Theremay well have io takeConstanrinople in a pincermovc.Thingslook€dbleak.
beencavakyuscdasa screenand to harrythe Pechenegs. bur Phocas settledhirnselldownat Abydoson the eastbankofthe
the vasimajoritywereinfantryarmedwilh axes,double-edged Dardanell€s.while his vanguardunder Kalocyr Delphinas
swords,kniles.spears. javelinsandbows.The Russupplied 300 headedfor Cbrysopolis(modern day Sc rari). Once again
boals.rougblyl5m longand3m wide.whicheachheldup to40 thingsgot slackin the rebel camp.Vladimir'sheavilyarmed
fully armedmen.wilh 20 oarsand a singlesail.The Fleetstill Varangians took th€mbysurpriseandcut themto pieces.Basil
took l{Jdaysto get to the infamousDnieperrapids.Menacing took revengeon Kalocyrand his two sub-gen€rals by having
cliffs. som€over 90m high. dangerous eddiesand whirlpools them crucifiedand impaledfor good measure.Basilbeganto
$ink thatsincehe nowhadhisvicroryhe neednl tulfill hispart
of the deal.Vladimirhadotherideas. MapFour:Siegeot Cherson
Afier wa'tingpatientlythroughJune.July andthe middleof
August. Vladimir finally nade his move. His target was
Chersonin the Crimeaand on or around 15 August988,his
armyselsttil.Chersonwasa small,butvcrywealthyGreekcity
makingmostof hermoneythroughtrade.Vladimirandhismen
appearedout of the blue one morning.one hundredships
crarnmedwith fightingmen. bangingtheir shieldsrogeth€rto
frightenthe Chenoniansand makingone hellofa din. Sailing
calmlypastthewallsthc Rusanchoredat thefar endofthe cove
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andthearmylandedwirhoutanyopposition.But thetownitself
wassealed.sothe Russettleddownfora siege.But theydidn't
havetheexperience or themachinery to speedthingsup. As the
ciryhadjustcollectedits harvesitheinhabitants werenl exactly
goingto starveeither:in fact they \xereprobablyeatingbetrer
menduganddug, but therampseemed ro gosofar thenltopped
rhanthe Rusl asifby magic.TheRusevidentlyfoundout thatwhileth€ywere
SixmonthslatertheRuswerestill thereoutsideChersonanddigging away building up the ramp the Chenonianshad
getting nowhere fast. But suddenlythings started to go tunnelledunderneath. diggingout the ramp'sfoundationsand
Vladimirs way. A trairor within Chersongot a message to
scatteringlhe debrisinsidethe city walls. Simple,but very
Vladinir, possiblyhe wasa RusorScandinavian settler.telling
effectiveandthe Rusweresrumpedagain.
lhe Pricethar the €ity was slill geuingsuppliesby smuggling
Again it neededa trairor'shandto aid the Rus.This rimeil
themin usingsmallboatsunderthe coverofdarkness,the lazywassaidto be a GreekcalledAnastasandhis interventionwas
Rusbeingatrhefarendofthe cove.Therourewasquicklydealt the end of Cherson.An arrow flew inlo the Rus lineswirh an
with, thoughwith litde visibleeffect. attachedmessage - "Springsbehindyou. Water flows down
Vladinirnow attemptedro builda ranp up to thewalls.The
pipe.Dig andcul." (Orwordsto thateffect!)Vlad'mirreatised
thal hewasactuallystandingon thesolutionto hisproblemand
{s3 ItapThreerThe Dniepet
RaPids soon the town s watersupply.ils underground lifelinewascul.
A few dayslaterthe siegewasendedasChersonsurrendered.
To the inhabitants amazement the cirywasspared,no sacking
and no one killed. no women molested.It was Dracricallv
unheard of 'n rheChrisrian wo'ld.rndu erlyunknow;fromlh;
Essupi Pagans.Bur rlould Basil send Anna now thal the cirv had
fallen?
Back in sunnyConstantinople Basilhad his handsfull, till,
fortunatelyforhim. Phocas haddiedofafitduringabatile on 13
t lvorsi April988.
Bul thenthe scenario changed yetagain.TsarSamueland his
Bulgarstookto thewarpathagain.tookVerriaandmovedon to
Gelandri Thessalonica. Basil panicked.He panickedeven more when
Phocajswidowfreedan old enemyofhis, GeneralSclerus.and
Aifor rebellionstartedup again.He was caughtbetweenlwo vcry
dangerous foes.Thena message arrivedfron Vladimir.It was
briefandto thepoint,-Sendmeyoursisterinlnarriageor I shall
Leanli Baruforos do to Constanrinople what I have done to Cherson."The
message wasclear.Anna wouldjust haveto braceherselfand
think ofConsta.tinople.ln thesummerof9S8 Annafinallynet
the manwho wasto be her hubby.ShortlyafterwardsVladirnir
wasbaptised,renouncing hisfilthy habitsofthe pastandsettled
ddwnro maded life with h's newmissus.
Madimir still hadsomecampaigning to do. But herewe are
againfacedwith a massofconflictingmaterial. Accordingtoth€
sagasand later chronicleshe campaigned againstthe Polesin
992,defeatingtheir leaderMisczyslav at the Vistulariver. The
Croatsin 993.lheDanubeBulgan in 994,the VolgaBulgarsin
997andthe Estonians. alsoin 997alsoseemedto havecomein
Slrukun for his attention. The Danube Bulgars were supposedly
attackedagainin 1000and this time Pereyadavets fell to the
Rus. Naturally there was almost constanlfighling widr the
KichasFord Pechenegs to the south.The PrimaryChroni€le,however,only
mentionsthe wars againstthe Pechenegs (and then only in

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dateas992and not 993.It is quile possiblethat the Chronicle
decidednot to mentionthe morewarlikeaspects
life, ratherconcentrating
ofVladimir's
on the religiousand statesmanship
qualiti€sinstead-lt may be that the warcthemselves werenot
considered imponantenoughto bearmention,but the truth is
thatse Ju\rdonr knowandp'obzbl)ne!er$ iU.
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againslrhe Bulgars,afier all. the)'wcre now family. and rhe
Esronian atlacks could have been to protect his eariier Wherecan I tind 2000 MilitaryBooks?
conquests. The samecouldbe saidof the fighrswith the Pol€s ln the
(or Lyakhs).The Croatsmay havebeensubduedto stoplhem
from allying themselveswith the Polesor Io give Vladimir
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brea$ingspaceon thewesternflankofhisrealm.we knowthar
hewasin Novgorodin 997and999.sotheallegedanacksonlhe
Estonianswould probablf'have bccn launchedfrom ihere Ken Trotman Ltd
rathcrthanKiev. alongwith the erpeditionsagainslthe Volga
Bulgars-The Pechenegs were causingconstantproblernsand
weregrowingmore and moreaggrcssilc.But Vladimir knew on Milita.y History
that he would never be able to nail them down ro the one a.d Weapon.y
dccisivebanlethatthe desir€dastheywcremainlynomads and
preferredguerillahit andrun tactics.In 992a disputewith one
of their princeswas decidedby singlc combat.won by the
championof lhe Ruscontingent.somewhere aroundPcrc)ras-
lavl ThePechcnegs launchedan attackon Vasilievto thenorth
westof Kiev in 996.Vladimir himselfj ust.rvoidingcaptureby
hidingundcr a bridgewhenhissmalldelachment wasambushed
on thc wav ro reUelelhe rolvn Belgorodnearlvfcll to thcm
afrer a siegein 997. Vladimir this tim€ bcing busv wirh his
campaigns againsttheEsloniansand lhe VolgaBulglrs.A tribe
relaredlorhe Pechenegs. the Polovts!.artackcdthc Rusin 1000 U L@M0U rurlx 1ir2
sdrrii p.mti fo.$dmgdln.t,d5
andKievirself$as threatened.
Legend hasit thara Russarrior
calledAlexande r Popovicbsavedthecily bv killingthcPob!crs
chicfiain Volodar and his brothers.Naturall) hc $,as{cll Send lot a frce cataloguenow
rewrrded.The followingyear Popolichrnd a fclbw mrnirc Mailorderis our speciality.
calledYan Usmoshvels (a m n who couldsupposcdl]flr! the KENTROTI\4ANLTD.
skin off a chargingbulll:))counterattacliedand c,rpturedthe UNIT11,135DITTON WALK.CAI\4BRIDGE,
Pecheneg PrinceRodnan andhisthreesons..r cttuseior much
celebrations. Bur they werc back againoursidcBelgorodin
cB5 80D
1004.againwithoutsuccess. A rruce\,'asrgreedin 1007bul lhe
fightingflared up againand bv l0l5 one of Vladinir s sons.
PrinceBoris. washuntingfor Pechcncg5 ersr of thc Trubezh
ri\'er. Vladimir a emptedro countcr ihc nomad thrcar h\
buildingtbrtsalonglhe Slugna.Dcsna.Osrer.Trubezhand
THE SMALLBACK ROOM
Mi n iatu rc Pa i n ti ag Senrice
Sula riven. all looking eastor sourh-east and backedup b\
garrisontownsfurtherinsidelhc tcrritories.h is debalableho*
xndqurhryofnn,nr.
{oNdlu \irh ! I'onpr
effectivetheyactuallylvere. k\pons( trddhrndl! se6rr. .oDpernirelv
ln l015 Vladimirwasabout55 yearsold. The summersaw
him very ill and confinedto bis summerpalaceat Berestovo. . semrilx n^r.[$ {]mp\ of.ro lRcs fuJ
FirsrPaganViking.rhenChristianRussianhe badfoughthard linm {olp|t ortou.lni.hss tumps ntr
r r5d'n5rnflcrn'ltrd innr'nm.. F.k
to defendhisrealmandhadsucceeded in doublingit s sizc.We
don\ know hos man-vchildrenhe siredover thc vean. ir is
.unomerstrre?un,milnarlvenrercl ink)
estimated rharhehadat leasrl2legitimate sons.so hisappetiles
ofthe carnalkindwerenot exactlydiminishcdby his marriage
to thedemure AnnaofConstantinople. Shediedin 1011andby TelePhoneoaSt 456i1
1013thePrirc€wassaidto havemar edagain.thistimetoa22 TIiBR.]2 ASHFIF:LDS
ROAD SHREVSBL:RY SHROPSHIRE
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ve?rold bride who wassaid to be the granddaughter of the
EmperorOllo the Gr€at.GivenVladimir'sdynasticanbitions
rhis too isnt out of the question.Bul evcr the warrio!.
Vladimir'slastcommandwas1(llaunchhissonBrisagainsithe
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On l5July.l0l5Vladimir.theGreatPrinceof Ki€v.lastof lhe Th'? Vikutg Roatl to 8\.at1!i n- Dr H.R. Ellis Da\idson.
PaganRusbrcathcdhislasr.The Kievanslateofcoursedidn t ( G e o r g eA l l e n & U n r v i n1 9 7 6 . )
end with the dcathof Vladimn. Howeler ir is nor the aim of Vlah,u. E RussianViking. Vladimir Volkoff. (Honeyglen
thesearticlesto expandon tbissubjectbeyondlhe end of the Publishing198.1)
Paganera. The four main sourcesof reierence.givenbelow. Ki{,l1'? Rtrsrin. Gcorge Vernadsk\. (Yale Unilersn! Press.
givernuchmoreinformationo{ borh a miliraryandcivil kind. 1 9 . 1 8P.u b .i n U K 1 9 6 9)
beyondthescopeor patienceof lhe aulhor-The!'areall in their An ln1o.lutlion to RussienHi!!or). Ed. b! Roberr Aurt &
wayrecommended. the firsttwomeniioned.bolhfor D i n i r r i O b o l c n s k ! .{ C a m b r i d - qUen i ! . P r e s s1 9 7 6 . )
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thedevelopmentof theIWICTA Showin Kent lrr' game.fire and SLeelstnglish Civil war sel-piece war
neatlydone,piitingtheusualprotagonists againstoneanother.
Mo'l qeelend.of lheyeurno$ seer $rrgame.e!entgoingon Shepwayprovided a siegetuoman eartiet e:da.T\e Eaglebearer
somewhere in thecountryandthereareoftencompetingshbws set-upsaw muchof the Confederationof the Rhine batding
on manydates.The secondweekendin Marchis no exception. awayat one poinl or anotherduringthe event.The Duke of
but thatis wherethe INVICTA showwasplacedin 1991andit York's own Mark Rixon drew convertsall day long to his
hascontinued1herc since.Into irsthirdveaTINVICTAhadnot fantasyrole'play,but this was taken a stagefurther on the
glowna greatdealin sizeandwill neverbe on the scaleof the Golden Dragon'ssland, where role-playencounlerson the
largerconventions. but asthe orgafliserI think it hasimproved boardwere linkedto real life' meetingswith fully costumed
andil hasthcpotcntialtobe bctterstill- characters.This wasa cleverandeye-catching movein a genre
The grearadvantage of INVICTA mustbe its locationat the whichsooftenlacksa visualdimensionfor thecasualobserver.
DukeofYork's SchoolnearDover.Our overheads arelow and Choosinga winnerwasalwaysgoinglo prove difficult.but a
the schoolboymembershipof the club is on hand to set out tcamof Duke of York\ boyssampledall of $e gameson the
tablesandclearawayat the endof th€day.U nfortunately there dayandgavetheaccolades in reverseorderto S.W.A.T.'sTron
arelimilationswhichgo in handwith this.not theleastbeingthe game. ThaneCssmall, but delightful. Grand Mel6e and
leveh of responsibilitythat may be loadedonto such club I-oughton\Kronstadtwhichwastheoverallwinner. Thishighly
members.This year30 boysagedbetween15 and 17 manned populargamewasfull of deft touches,not the leastbeingthe
the door.soldthe raffle tickets.ran the bringandbuy, setout mu€hprized lrain dcketstoSiberiafor thelosersllnthatrespect
and clearedaway$e hallsand judgedthe bestparticipation it remindedme of last year'svictor, an excilingand pretty
game.They did a greatjob, but thereare a numberof tasks deadly Sudan scenariofrom th€ C.S.L. club- Not a few
whichcannotbe devolvedupon then and their very involve- ex-Britishcommanders wereto be seenthat day,sportingtheir
mentpreventsthemfrom enjoyingtheirown hobbyat theonly lapelbadgesmarked: 'I gotcaughtby the Fuztes'-
sucheventtheymay be likely to gerto in the courseof a year. The demonstration gamesva ed tuomThanet'sunpreten-
One solutionmightbe a partnershipwith localadultclubs.but tious15mmAncientBattles,throughour homegrown'Vitoria
the rneagreprofitsofa smallershowlike INVICTA canhardly 1813. to a SDaceMarifleconflictalsorun bv Duke of York\
besplilto the benefitof morethanonegroupandit sdifficullto boys.FromHastingsandSi Leonard'scame'TheBattleofthe
surrendercontrolofa largelypersonalproject. P€lennorFields usingthe Warianrnel system.The computer
Most showsdependto someexlent upon the tradersthey m,oderaiedEaglebeaw gamewas oversubscribedfor most of
attractandoursis no exception-For manyvisitorstheyarethe the dayand- in spiteofbeinga participationgame-the judges
primereasonfor attendance at an eventandthe feesthat they fromlhe CinquePonsClubplacedit thirdin thedemonstration
contributeunderwritethe hiring of many halls. As we are gam€scategorybecause it sbowedoff sowellthemanyfacetsof
alreadyon a schoolsiteoursetup costsarcsmall.Consequentlyihe hobby that make it so enjoyablelSecondplacewent to
rhefee.pdrdby radersInvoucher. rorcumpcri'ion pri/e. or in Shepwar"s mucbtravelled1940scenarioentitled'MailedFist'.
outright gifts to the club have never had to exceed{30. In the Dover areait obviouslypaysto keepthe customsboys
Neve helcsstradershave proved difficult to attract to this nappyr
venue.We areafrerall on the coast.at \he endofthe line' and Il wasthe demonstration gameswhichfiguredmostslrongly
Doveris not a majorpopuladoncentrethoughthereareseveral in rhescenerycategorytoo. The paddvfieldsofVietnamcame
largerownswitbin a25mileradius.Lastyear,with no deposil1o in third here.pippedby EastbourneMen at Arm\ relatively
pay,ninetradersbooked in advance. but onlyfiveiurnedupon simple.but effective.Sudansettingon which Redoubts new
theday.Therecession wasin partto blameandtwooflastyear's ranges.includinga recentlylaunchedpaddle steamer.did
supportcrs havesinceceasedtrading.But the faithfulreturned. battle.Top of thc ircc howeverwasthe magnificentMasada
SoutbseaModels.WargamesSouth. S&M Booksand Paul terrain from MaidstoneWargamesSociely.They have built
HarrisonModelBuildingsall madcit threein a row thistime. quile a reputationfor visuallyawesomegames,bui how will
MEP BoardGamesappearedagaintoo. but sadlyonly for a theytopthisone?
closingdownsale.lt wasgoodhoweverioattractnewbloodto Thesupportingre enactmentgroupswereagainoutstanding.
the show.Driving overnighl.DayeThomasbroughtdown his The3rdBattalionof the l st FootG uardsc.l8l5 performedrheir
ever burgeoningstock. including Connoilseur.Elite and drill andmusketryto perfcction.All ncmbersoflhisgroupare
WarganesFoundrJfigurcs.PererHelrnof R€doubtcamealong lo becongratulared for anexcellentshowsoearlyin theirseason
with his new Sudanrangeof figures.Gallia UK,fI.S.S.did andspecialthanks aredueto theirorganiser DerekSaundersfor
reasonable business all dayand LesAnes seemedhappywith his continuedsupport.The InvictaMilitary VehiclePr€serva'
his first visit to this venue.Also new this year were Dave tion Societyagaindescended on the venuewith an impressive
Marshalls Old Soldi€rsrand$'ith Eagleand NaismilhMinia- arrayof militaryhardware.
turesandthe gro\ringrangesofTin Soldierfrom Essexrun by Like the Napoleonicenthusiasts their uniformsaddedmuch
the friendlyandefficientJudyandSteveHarburn.Newon the colourto the halls.From Ashford.MartynChapmanbrought
scene,mixingbusiness with pleasure,wereJustinPoulterand down his band of living hhtory enthusiasts to introducethe
his Eaglebearercomputer-moderated Napoleonic svstem. uninitiatedto rheweaponsandculturesofthe Dark andMiddle
accompanied b!' Dave Mccracken.who had hand-builtthe Ages.Thelongbowdemonstration wasparticularlyinpressive.
buildingson th€ir l5mm terrain.lt s particularlyniceto know Amongthesupportingeventsthe BringandBuydid not fare
that word of INVICTA is spreading on lhe grapevincandthat sowellthisyear.Ratherlessseemedtobefor salethistimeand
we ve gainedsomcrhingof a reputationas a friendlyand not few large purchaseswere made. Likewise the Modelling
overcrowded show.With a dozentradersthisyearw€ hadour Conpedlion.limitedto boyslo encourage their participation,
bestbalancero daie.we couldcertainhaccommodate morein wasnot well supported.A greatmanymodelswerebegunafld
future.but i1 snot in anyones intereststosimplyduplicatewhat Iotswerefinished.bulwhenit cameto the finalcompetitionit s
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asthoughthe boysdecidedfor themselves in advancewho had
won and so declined1oenter. I don t know how to overcome
this. but severalof the larger showsseemto have similar NAPOIXONIC
problenswith veryfewentriesforthe sizesofthe competition.
By 4.30pmon the day, with prizesawardedand th€ games
comingloaconclusion,itwastimelorestoreorderagainrorhe
WARGAIIXS
s€hoolhall andgymnasium wirh the boysshowinghow willing
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pleasureit basgivenrhem.Time aswell to look to rhe future.
This summerseesthe openingof a brandnewassembly hall at BRACKNELL,
the Duke of York's. This shouldenableus to either expand BERKS.RG12 JTR
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SANDWELL SKIRMISH RIDESAGAIN Sat2nd october
After the successof SandwellSkirmishlast vear it hasbeen
decidedby SandwellDepartmentof Leisureto hold rhe evenr
again.
Thisyear'seventwill be heldon Sunday.21 Novenber1993
atth€ GalaLeisureCentre.WestBromwich.
The organisers
arehopingto hold a DBM competition.Any
interestedpartiespleasecontactihe numberbelow. Also if
therearegroupswishing to put on Demonstration
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tion Games or wishing to join the large number of Re, ADULTS , f,I.OO
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SUCCESSFOR MIDLAND MILITAIRE
BnlninghamWargames Clubin their25thyearwishro thankall TRADE STANDS
thepeoplewho madelhis the besteventin manyyears. DEMONSTRATIONGAMES
Thisyearwe hada recordgatewith over 1.000RolePlavers
andWargamers in altendaflce.
andvisitorsfrom asfarafieldas BRING & BUY STAND
Scotlandandthe USA. PARTICIPATIONGAMES
Demonstration and Panicipariongameswereof rhe highest
calibrewith the Best of Show and Best ParticiDation Ddzes CANTEEN & BAR FACILITIES
goi.g to The Warlordsof Loynefor lheir StruggleFor Stertin.
The BestDemonstration gamewenl to David Brookswith his The ScottishAssociationOf WarsamersConventior
BattleofThe Alma, and the bestRe-enacrment prizewent to Clyde Hall
theSiegeGroupwhoarean EnglishCivil warSociery. Clyde Street
We hopeto seeeveryoneagainnext yearwhenthe eventis GLASCOW
heldon the 18th& l9thJune 1994.
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IMITATIONFOREIGN
DEVITS
TheEver-Vlctorlous
Arrny1860-1864
bj la.nHeath

ThoughtheTaipingRebellionhasbeentouchedon in thepages Ward succeeded in his secondarternpl(16 July 1860),albeil

oI Waryames lllLttratedalready(wI 46-67),the availabilityof sufferingheavycasuakies in the process.Sungkiang thereafter
Wargames Foundry'ssuperbrangeof 19thc€nruryChineseis becameaheForeignArms Corps' headquarters- In its next
sufficientexcuseto cover €e ain aspectsof rhe subjectin expedition,againstTsingpuat the beginningof August,the
somewhatfuller detail, not leastbecauseinformarionof any Corpswasbloodilyrepulsedin two separateattacksandWard
kind on thislonganddevastating conflict or on 19thcentury himself was seiously wounded, subsequently disappearing
Chinesearmiesin general- is not readily accessible. Wbat from the scenefor severalmonlhs,his force beingofficially
follows is intendedas the first part of an occasionat series disbanded(thougha smallnucleusappears.o havesurvived).
designed lo provideadequateinformationto enableanyoneto WarreappearedinApril 1861andtheColpswasreconstituted,
organiseand paint accurate,historicallybasedarmiesfor only to be def€atedbeforeTsingpufor a third time in April.
mid-19thcenturyChina,srartingherewith theforeign-officeredHowever,Wardhimselftookno partin rheattack,havingbeen
Ever-VictoriousArmy. For Chinesenamesand tiles I have anestedby AdmiralHopeon behalfoftheBritishauthoitiesin
optedto stickwith the mostcommonofthe renditionsusedby Shanghai, nominallyfor cornprornising the shakyneulralityof
19th century Europeanwrite^, despiteth€ fact that these the foreignpowers.but in realitybecause the existence of his
usuallydiffer considerablyfrom the 'modified Wade-ciles' high-payingCorps was responsiblefor a large numb€r of
systemofromanisationcurrentlyfavoured(whichgivesus,for dese ions by seamen,eager.to join its ranks. But Ward
instance,the ridiculous'Beijing'in placeofPekingl).Thereis managed to escape from imprisonment andavoidedsubsequent
not the room here to include a detailed accountof the legal proceedings by claiming(and later adopting)Chinese
Ever-VictoriousArny's campaigns,alas, but thesecan be citizenship.
Ioundin the severalstandardhistoriesof the forcelistedin the The nextphasein the evolulionof the ForeignArms Corps
notesandbibliography. saw the introductionof Chinesesoldiersfor rhe first time-
trainedin theuseof Westernfirearmsandsering underforeign
officers.This processis saidto havebeenbegunby Burgevine
ORICINOFTHEEVER.VTCTORIOUS ARMY duringWard'sconvalescence in the winter of 1860-61, when
TheTaipingRebellionwasalreadyadecade oldwhen,in Spring Foreign Arms Co.ps instructors were provided to train some
1860,an Americanseamanand adventurer,FrederickTown- 2.000Chinese troopsof thelocalGreenBannercommander, Li
sendWard, suggested to Shangai's'Committeeof Patriotic Ai'dong (alsoknownasLi Heng-sung, nor to be confused with
ChineseMerchants'that, for a price,he couldraisea forceof the Futai, or provincialgovernor,Li Hung-chang).Conse-
foreignmercenaries capableof wrestingthe nearbywalledcity quently in the summer of 1861 Ward, having settled his
ofSungkiangfrom therebelson theirbehalf.Theplanreceiving differences with Admiral Hope by a promheto stopenlisting
the approval of Shanghais tdorai Wu Hsii and the merchants deserters(hough he nev€rdid), turned to the enlisrmentof
spokesman, the affluentbankerYangTze-tang(moreusuatly Chinesetroopsas the obvioussolutionto his own manpower
called'Taki'in Westemsources), WardwasofferedTls.30,000rproblem.Europeansand Americanscontinuedro providethe
for Sungkiangtrecapturewith the promiseof a similartump officers,but hereafterthe NCOS and other ranks were all
sum for the rccaptureof other towns.The Committeealso Chinese,mostlyemployedlocallyamongthepeasantry around
providedthe cashto payandequiphistroops. Sungkiang.Of the force's300-oddforeignenth€ grearerpart
Theresultantforceof200 men,basediniriallyat Ouanfuling weredismissed, just 87 beingretainedfor officerrraining.At
12mileswestof Shanghai, wasknownasthe yar?8-.1 'raagrzi the same time the fint 200 Chinesewere introduced.these
or
Shanghai'Foreign Arms Corps', more often renderedin receivingtraining as corporak and sergeants, and six weeks
contemporaryShanghainewspapers as 'the ChineseForeign later the recruitmenlbegaflof 1,000more as enlistedmen.
Legion'. Describedby the Noth ChinaHercld as'composedot Ward had taken on at least420 Chineseby November1861,
desertersboth naval and military, runaway sailors from which Wilsonrsayshad increasedto about 1.000by January
merchantvessels,and many othersof the samestamp',its 1862,Wu HsUrecordingthattheyreachedtheirinitialtargetof
memberscamefrorn far and wide, nationalitiesrepresented 1,200by February.
during the force\ exisrenceincludin8amongorhin Pole.. Ward'sbackersappearto havebeenimpressed by wharthey
Prussians, Dutchmen,Danes,Norwegians,Frenchmen,Spa- sawof his trainingprogrammeand musthavegrantedalmosr
nrards.Iraliansand Creek5.rhoughrhe grearerrnumber immediateapprovalfor him to increase the army'sstrength,to
rhroughoutwire Americanand,to a lesserexaent,British.In 3,000by Spring1862andto 5,000bythe summer.Hakeastates
organisingthem, Ward wasprincipallyassisred by t$o other that therewere certainlyabout 1,500evenbeforethe end of
Americans,EdwardFoffester,theforce'sse€ond-in-command. February,Sykes5 recordingthat manytakingpart in an attack
and a West Point graduatenamed Henry Burgevinewho, on 10Februaryanda reportby Adniral Hopeon 21 February
thoughinitiallytakenon as€ommissary-general, sooncameto confirmingthe figure,addingthat it was'to be increasedto
standhigherin Ward s estimationthananyof hisotherofficers, 4,000'.The AmericanConsulrecordsthe exisrence of 2,000
Forresterincluded. rnenin March,andby 5 May the Corpsstoodat 3,000,armed
Unruly and drunken(at one point muchlaterin the force\ with Towermusketspurchased from the Britishauthorities.
careeras many as 1l men are said to havedied of delirium MeanwhileWardhadrecommenced offensiveactionsaeainst
tremensin a singlemonth),it is little surprisethat the Corps' lheTaipin95 in February. along!ide Anglo-French troop5inder
lirst attackon Sungkiang wasa disasrer,burwith hissmallarmy Hopeandthe Frerch adniral Pr6tet,whosegovemments had
reinfor€edby 200 'Manilamen' (Filipinot recruited from been obligedto abandontheir professedneutralitywithin a
Shanghai'sdocklandsunder a certainVincenteMacanava?,3o-mileradiusof Shanghaiin consequence of Taipingatracks
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againstthe city. On 21 FebruaryKajow wastaken,andNajow
andTseedongfell withinthenextfewdays,Wardbeingmadea
mandarinof the fourth degrcein rewardfor his part in these SecondChanceGames
successes while his force was given the name Ch ang-Sheng Mail Order specialists in board wargaming.
Crtn or 'Ever-Victorious Army'6.Wardbecamea mandarinof Specialists in old and
th€ third degreear the endof Marchandreceivedthe Chinese print games and magazines.
rankof Fr-diang (Colonel)on 2 April. Whenhelaterbecame a
out of
Chena'ai (Bngadierce eral) and, in July, a I-t-ta (Major- AvalonHill.Batdeline,
Clashol Arms,ColumbiaGames. Fresno.
General),heel€vatedbothFonesterandBurgevineto therank G.D.W,GMT,OmegaGames, OSG,P€oplesWargames,
ofColonel. Simultions
Canada. SPI.TaskJorce.TheGame6,VictoiyWestEnd.
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THE EVER-\'ICTORIOUSARMY AFTERWARD inclusiv€ of postageandpacking.
ThoughWard dreamtof eventuallyincreasingthe EVA to Othersubsareavarlable IorMov€s,Command. C3l,Operations.
BoardGameJournal.F&M.General etc GDWEurooafans- ETO
25,000men, andof addinga regimentof cavalry?,its strength & EuropaNewsin stock.I akobuyyourunwanted gam€sand
neveractually grewbeyondat most5,000menbeforehemethis magazines, sendlists.
deathin an attackon Tzekion 2l September 1862,eventhough
he hadin Julyreceivedofiicialauthorisationtoincreaseits size List ol Products
Crcirdecuene 12895 Warlo'rhpMorh€'land 1239,
to 6,000.A consulardespatch datedaweekafterhisdeathstaies Hsecom6rhpR€b€15 12495 Eood&Thudd 12393
that the for€ethencomprisedfour infantrybattalionsplus an lnBablhd€MonrslJ€.n 13325 Ci$tu@1955 123.95
lexpaNionbLqiv&QuateEbn
anillerycontingentandtotalledsome5,000men,whileletters L€€Tak€sGnmnd Con5 oJRm?lspQRE\pI tr295
12295 S&Tl5TCaerTlreRonanCMwdrlll25
by Li Hung-chang cov€ringthe periodJuly-October1862refer Auumncloe 12295 ktu$Fi@Arih t2495
to only 4,000or occasionally 'morethan4,000'men.Another Commtrd*21 Bl6d & lmn 11095 AqeolchvaL'! 12495
Vj.bryinNomandq 11250 Eod&lrcn 12495
Chinesesourcetellsusthatin Septemberthe EVA comprised a Ires?@n06vsSard€ 10!adl 12325 Wo'ldinFan6 14795
lstBaltalionofover1,100men, zndBattalionofunder500,3rd NarhonsFdB.ilclQuadl 12325 GnpaLqnrostalinEad t28.95
Battalionof justtwocompanies, Rifle Battalionof nearly1,000, N.{ R.166
Light Afillery of300 men. andHeavyAdllery of over600,a Mmnas BlueMar.Red&m@d6 Napohons LeipzlsCdpaLsn.EdolM!
total of well under4,000meni andwe knowthat on 6 October P&linq & Po$:qo10".
therewere exactly3,126EVA men in garrisonat Sungkiang '.r'o!,54I - 0r,onAlo a! ,"poqed.rare
underBurgevinewhile a fu(her 1,000or perhaps1.500 the
contingent Wardhadled to Tzeki-were in Chekiangprovince
SecondChanceGames,62 EarlstonRoad,
underForrester,
Wallasey,Merseyside. Tel:051-6383535
As second'in-conmand Forresterautomaticallysucceeded
Ward,but,not fullyrecovered from a two-monthimpdsonment force,not leastofwhi€hwashisdecisionto relieveTaki andhis
at thehandsofthe Taipings,heresignedhiscommand in favour fellowmerchants of the responsibilily for financingit, thereby
of Burgevinein mid-October1862-Like Ward,Bwgevinewas enablinghim to quell the disturbances that resultedfrom
popularbothwith his menandhis officers,but nevertheless is Burgevines departureby the simpleexpedientof givingthe
saidto haveconsidered the latter'a verybadlof whohe would men their overduepay. It was also agreedwith the British
be glad to get rid of'3. He consequentlysteppedup the authorities- who hadassumed a sortofparentalresponsibility
programnefor cornmissioning Chineseofficen that hadbegun for the forcesincea. leasrth€ earlypart of 1862 that in tuiure
underWard,so that whenChalonerAlabaster'sofficialreport the EVA should have two commanders,one each being
on the EVA waswrittenfor the British authoritiesin January appointedbythe Chineseandthe British(theChines€choseLi
1863its authorfoundseveral'Chinesecaptainsof companies' Ai'dong),bothof*hon unlikeward -were to be answerable
whowere'far smarterandmorereliablethanthe EuroDeans in to the Farai. The force's paymaster,provosl marshaland
a similar position',while'rheirmenwerecleaner.in betterdrill commissariat-general werealsolo be Chinamen,andthe Furat
and order'. Burgevinealso introducedBritish Army drill wasto payfor its militarysupplies.
instructors,loanedto him by theauthoritiesinShanghai, andis Despitetherecommendations of GeneralStaveley, comman-
creditedwith 'graduallyimprovingthe classof officers'and der of the British troopsin Shanghai,the agreement (usually
thereby greatly €ontributing1o the EVA'S 'morc effective r€fened to as the Li-Staveley agre€ment) also €alled for the
organisation''. Thestrengthoftbe forceis alsosaidto havebeen reductionofthe forcefrom4,500mento 3,000(plusotricers), or
increasedunder Burgevine,in preparationfor the prcposed lessif the customsreceiptsthat were to pay for it thereafter
Imperiahsl attackon theTaipingcapilal.tor whichWil5onray\ shouldproveinsufficient.Whetherit everactuallydid shrinkto
0.000EVA wereorderedup ro Nanking'o:bur Ma1er"" that level,however,is uncetlah.TheNo hChina HercldoI7
recordsthatwhen Burgevinewasdismissed from the command Februaryrefers perhapsincorrectly-to therestillbeing'about
on 4 January1863(for assaulting the bankerTaki, who had 5,000'EVA soldiersat Sungkiangat that date, thoughonly 'is
withheldhis men'spay)the forcestill consisted of only 'some threedayslater it was remarkedthat the forceh strength
4,000nativesoldiers,dividedinto {our regiments andofficered reducedto about4,300and is constantlydecreasing'; in fact
by aboul70Europeans andAmericans,chieflyseafaring men'. Alabaster'sreport put the EVA at that strengthas early as
Li Hung-chang put its strengthat nearer4.500and'morethan January,observingthat he only saw'nearly4,000answering to
l00officer$,all oftbe latterbeing'forcignmscals'. their namesout of a nominalroll of about4,300',and that
On l,l JanuaryJohn Holland.a Royal Marinecaptainwho deserters andthoseAWOLwerestru€koffthe register.Gordon
hadbeenseconded to th€ forceasBurgevines chief-of-staff at himselfstates thatin April 1863th€forcenumbered'from 3,000
Li Hung-chang s request,wasgrantedtherankofClrn-r'di and to 4,000"', andcertainlyaslateasMarchMay 1864there were
appointedtemporarycommander ofthe EVA pendingauihor still3,500nen and100foreignofficers.
isationbeingreceivedfrom Londonfor anotherBritishofficer, Gordon assumedcommandon 24 March 1863,initially
CharlesGordon RE, to take up the post permanently.Li holdingthe rank of Clert'dl beforebeingpromotedto ll'-rt
Hungchangtook the opportunityof Burgevine\dismissalto the followingyear.ln hisownwordshe foundhisarmy'ragged
bring aboul severalswccpingchangesin the slructureof the andperhapsslightlyd'sreputable . with anofficercorpsthatwas
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'brave,reckless, veryqui€kin adaptingthemselves to circumst- the ineffectiveness of the Ever,Viclorious Army'.
ances,and reliablein action'while being at the sametime Except for the final assaulton Nanking, the captureof
'troublesome when in garrison,very tou€hyas to precedence Chanchufumarkedthe vi(ual end of operationsin Kiangsu
andapt to work themselves abouttriflesinto violentstatesof provin€e,and the EVA wasconsequenrly disbandedbetween
mind'. Gordon broughtwith him a smallnumberof British 16 May and 1 June 1864-Most of the for€e was paid off
Army officersas his staff, which, alongwith his attemptsto handsomely, Li Hung-chang recordingthat the 104surviving
introducesuchreformsasbanson liquorandlooting,prompted foreignofficersreceivedbetween975and 94,000eacht3(the
jealousyandresentment amongthe force'soth€rofficerswho, highersumsgoingto thosewho had beenseverelywounded)
as GenemlStaveleyobserved,'looked backwith regretto the whil€the 2,288NCOSandenlistedmenwereeachgiven'some
time whenthe Forc€was commandedby an adventurerlike rewardand pensionamountingfrom $2 up to $100',plus a
themselves'.Fairly inevitably there were severalmutinies month'ssalary.Only abouta third of the force 600artillery
againsteventhe minimalapplication ofdisciplinehe attempted and 11 foreign officers attachedto the Flrrai's forces, and 300
to instilandinMayeventheregimentalcommanders mutinied, infantryunderLi Ai-dongat Quinsan- waskepton thereafter.
severalconsequently resigningor beingdnmissed.The largest
mutinvofall- however.resultedfrom the transferof theforce's
headquaners fromSungkiang to newly-reconquered Ouinsanat STRENGTHAND ORGANISATION
thebeginningofJune 1863,andsawthe departureofasmanyas Ashasbeenseen,most€ontemporary
sources indicatethat the
2,200men,reducingEVA strengthto just 1,700. EVA nevergr€wbeyondabout5,000 men;onlycordon himself
The forc€'s numben were restoredby enlistingTaiping putsithigher,statingthat
underWardit gr€wto 6-7,000 men,a
prisoners. Wardis knowntohaveemployedsomeex-Taipings, figurenot entirelyimpossible we
if takeit to includethe force's
but Gordondid so in considerable numbers:700were takenon coolies;boatmen andthelike. However,formostofthe period
afterthe captureof Taitsanin May 1863,approiximately 2,000 from mid-1862to mid-1864its fightingrnanpower
wasusually
more (capturedat the fall of Quinsan)wereenlistedin June, about4,000-4,500. thisdespitetheavowedintentiontoreduceit
'severalhundreds'(capturedat Wokong)in July and another
to somewhatover 3,000 men at the beginningof 1863.
1.000followingthe captureo{ Soochowin December(though Organisation wasinto battalionsor regiments(he wordsare
half ofthe lastgroupweredismissed with'n a week).Taipings usedinterchangeably
in the sources,thoughunderWard they
capturedat Liyang on 10 March 1864were organisedas a aremoreusuallyrefered aoasbattalions,
andundercordonas
separate, I ,o00-strong regiment- the6th,or LiyangRegiment- regiments), ofwhich,a€cording to Boulgerr4thereweretwo as
whileanother1,000-1,500were takeninto theforce'spayunder early as the end of January1862,while
therc were €ertainly
their own leadersin what Hake describesas an experiment: three by April. GeneralMichel
'Major Gordonthoughtthat ifthey weredirectedwhereto go nentions reviewinga 7-800
strongbattalionat Sunkiangin February,but other evidence
they would fight as well under their own officersas under indicatesthat under Ward
a battalionat full strensthwas
Europeanofficefs.'Re-armedwith muskets,and taught the intended to be rbour I,000men.Cahrllr',fo' instanci,,rares
rudimentsof dill by EVA officers, the latter elementis that whenWardwas
authorisedto increasethe EVA to 6.000
described as 1,200-strong on 7 April. whenit is foundattached men in July 1862he dividedhis existing
force into six, rhe
to the forcesof the EVA\ nominal joint commander,Li intentionbeingthareachpan shouldprovide
a trainednucleus
Ai-dong.As can be seen,therefore,underGordonthe EVA tbr a n€wbattalion,with
all the newNCOSbeingselected from
dependedalmostentirely on draughtsof rebel pdsonersto amongtheenlisted
menof theveteranlst Battalion.It wasalso
compensate for its manydesertions andheavybattlecasualties. at thisstage
'muchbettermen that a Rifle Regimentwasestablished, comprising
Indeed,Gordonconsidered hisex-Taipings 600rnenarmedwith Miniesaccordingto Morser6but acrually
than th€ ordinaryChinese,and had suchconlidencein their armedwith Enfields(ofwhichWard
hadbought1,000fromthe
loyaltythatheoftenfieldedthemagainsttheirlat€comrades-n- Britishautho tiesin April 1862)
andlater'Prussian riflesofrhe
armsalmost immediately-Taipings€nlisted afterthecapture of oldpattern,firingconicalballs'.Certainlythe Rifle
part Regimentis
I-e€kuon I Nov€mber.forinstance.took in the attackoo recordedasabout1,00o-stroflg
in September 1862,thoughonly
Wanti ten dayslater, while 600men of the LiyangRegiment 650-strong(armed
with 'the ceman covemment rifle and
were in action at Waissooonly three weeks after their bayonet')in
January1863.By November1862at rhe latestthe
enlistment. restof the forcewasarmedwith Britishsmoorh-bore muskets.
Fairlyinevitablyon sucha tight timetablethesetroopswere thoughthereis evidencethat in Ward\
tine its weaponrywas
lesswell-drilledthan wasdesirableand at bestthey can bave
oftenbeenonlypanlyuniformed.but theybehavedwellunder At Ward\ deaththe EVA compdsedfour regimentsplus
fire andevenin th€defeatat Waissootheyaresaid by cordon to artillery,stillstandingat thatstrengthat Burgevine's dismissal,
have'fought like demons'. Neverrheless, rhe inescapable but underHollandand Cordon it wasincreasedto five. and
conclusion isthatunderGordonrheEVAgraduallybecameless briefly(in thesurnmerof 1863andspringof 1864)
to six.weaker
well trainedthan it hadbeen DnderWa:dd,theHong Kong Daily regiments of nominallyabout500or 600but in effectanywhere
P/ersof 13April 1864reponing that 'driu and organisationare between350and650meneach.Ofthesethe 4th wasthe Rifle
at a very low ebb indeed,and the force becomesdaily more Regiment,whichWilsonrecordswasstill armedwith Prussian
ineffective andmiserable'. Certainlyin thelastfewmonthsof irs rifles(addingthatthe Enfields.nowreducedto about300,were
existencethe EVA sufferedmosrof itsworstdefeats.at Kinrans 'distributedin theranks'of theforce,presumablyon thebasisof
on 2| lvlarch,wars\ooon ll MarchandChanchufu on 27ADril. a platoonof sharpshooters per regiment;perhapsthis, rather
In factChanchufu tumedout to bethe EVAh lastengagement, thantheRifle Regiment,is whatMayersintendswhenhe writes
markingan inauspicious endto itscareerwhenthe 3rd,4thand of'achosenbandofveterans. - .entrustedwithEnfieldrifles,a
5th Regiments wererepulsedfrom the wallswith considerable distinctionhighly pized', though cordon himself mentions
losses. Wilsonsaysthatbeingunwillingto exposehisofficersto 5-700Enfields enoughto equip
a reginenr and makesno
muchmoreof suchdisastrous work. ColonelGordoninstructed referenceto Prussianrifles whatsoever). The ex-Taiping6th
the Fxrdi\ Mandarinshow to approachthe r{alk by irenches, Regiment,enlistedinMarch1864,doesnot
seemtohavelasted
andfoundthattheyreadily took up theplanandexecured itvery long,not beingheardofagainafterits defeatat Waissoo.Hake
well', Li Hung-changconsequently remarkingin his corres- referstoanearlier6thRegimentasexistinginJuly 1863,thefate
pondencehow this provedthat 'cordon couldseefor himself ofwhichis unknown.
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wilson alsoprovidesus with detailsof the officialorganisa- 50,000 + SECOND HAND WARGAMES F|GURES
tionof EVA infantryregiments u.der Gordon- whospentmost Alwaysin stock.All scales.Most manufacturers.
of April 1863restructuring the force- whichconsisted of six SAE for liststo:
companies, eachcomprisingtwoforeignofficers(a captainand A.J. Dum€low,
a lieutenant),sevenChineseNCOS (a colour-sergeant, or
53StantonRoad,Stapenhill,
sergeant'major.two sergeantsand four corporak) and 80 Burton.on-Trent,Staffs.DEIS
enlistedmen. This makescompanystrength89 men, though
severalanecdoterol lhe I8oJ-64penod refer Locompanies a. Telephone:(02E3)30556
being100men.Underward commandofa reSimentwasin the
handsof a Major. assistedby an Adjutant and a Deputy- All proceedson the day 10Sarethe Children
Adjutant, and remainedso until abo'lt the endof 1863,when
Gordonelevatedmostregimentalcomrnanders to the rank of THISTIME THE BATTLESAREFORTHEM
Colonelor LieutenantColonel.eachbeingth€n assist€d by a
Major and Adjutant (a captain).Eachr€gimentalsohad two
buglers,'some ofwhom knewthe callswell'.
EvenunderWardthe administration of the EVA asa whole
STANDTO! 93
alsocalledfor the servicesof an extensivestaff,comprisinga at the
Commandani(of Sungkiang
the force'ssecond'in'command.
or. later, Quinsan)who wasalso
plus an Adjutant-General,
CarltonLe WillowsSchool,
Quartermaster-General, Medical Officer, Paymaster, Provost- WoodLane,Gedling,
Marshal. Aide de Canp, Brigade-Major and assorted
storekeepeN, commissariat officefs,interpretersand medical Nottingham
staff. Nearlyall of thesepostsw€re held by {oreignofficen,
thoughas has been noted aboveresponsibilityfor pay and Saturday,20November,1993
supplieswasput inlo the handsof Chineseofficialsfrom the
beginningof 1863.The interpreters,however-ofwhom there DEMONSTRATION& PARTICIPATION
was nominallyone per regiment- were exclus'velyChinese
until as late as February 1864, Mayers noting that their GAMES,TRADE STANDS,
knowledgeof Englishwas 'limited in the extreme'.Neverthe RE.ENACTMENTGROUPS,PAINTING
less,commandswere Fven only in English and had to be learnt COMPETITION,BRING & BUY, BAR,
by rote by the m€n, transliterations of commandstaughtby
EVA instructors1o Li Hung-chang'sown troops in 1862 CAFETERIA.
includingsuchphrasesas/d-we!ma cft i for 'forwardmarch'
andlai-te-paofei-ssu fot ' right about face'! 2nd DemonstrationGameChampionship
DistinctlyChinesefeaturesof the for€eincludedthe useof
the bamboorod rather than the cat to beat offenders,the
ContactAndy,
trainingofthe mento dill with traditionalChineseweaponsas Fife& DrumWargames Club,
well as with westernfirearms,and the useby the soldiersof on Nottingham(0602),103611
cooliesto cleantheir equipnent and carry their supplieson
campaign(Hakeremarkingthatto theenlistedmen'theideaof or (0602)61E919
carryingtheir rationswas thoughtquite derogatoryto their
digflity').Alabasterfoundthat asmanyas700cooli€swereon Burgevine who iscreditedwiththeintroductionofChinamerto
the EVA'Spayrollin January1863,thisnumberbeingreduced its ranks.The fact that Macanayawasstill in the EVA under
to 300as part of the Li-Staveleyagreernent. Chin€sepractice Burgevineat the end of 1862certainlyi'npliesthat a Filipino
wasalsofollowedin thec'rstonof eachmanpurchasing hisown elementpersisted in the guarduntilthen.
rationsfor aslongashe wasin garrisonbut beingprovidedwith Under Holland the Bodyguardappeanto havecompised
rationsaswell aspayoncehe wasir the field, wheneachman two distinctelements,one a'motley "companyof foreigners",
receiveddaily 2lbs of rice,3/4lb salt pork or 2lbs salt fish, whichis composedoI almostevery_ varietyof the humanrace,
vegetablesand oil. Describingthe Taitsan expeditionof fromtheFrenchman to theNegro"', theotherof 100Chinamen
February 1863 rhe North China l{erdld recorded that 'the 'selectedfor distinguished gallantryin the field and general
rationsfor eachcompanyof 100menwere two bagsof rice and goodconduct',armedwith the short Frenchdfle and sword,
half a pig', the latter cookedin largeboilersof which every bayonet,conmandedby Chineseolficersanddescribed as'the
companywas providedwith two. This accountaddsthat on eliteofthe Corps't3.GordonsimitarlyhadbothEuropeans and
campaigneach companywas also providedwith four tents, Chinesein his Bodyguard,enployrnentof the European
'goodserviceable onesandtolerablylarge,madeaftera French Companybeingapprovedby Li Hung-chang in May 1863,it
pattem'. seeingservicefor the filst time at the takingof Quidsanar rhe
endofthe samemonth.lt wasmadeup principallyoI soldiers
fromtheBrilishSlsl Regiment.who hadbeengi\enpermission
THEBODYGUARD by General Brown to join Gordon'sBodyguardwhen the
In additionto the infantryregimentsthe EVA alsoin€ludeda Regimentwasat thepointof returningto England.Theyserved
bodyguardcontingentfor the commander.Under ward this up until the fall of Soochowin December,when they were
consisted entirelyofManilanen underMacanaya, armedwith disbandedfollowing Gordon'stemporaryresignationof hh
Sharpscarbinesand the traditionalMalay,trir. Their strength command''.The Chineseelenent includ€dmanyex-Taipings
peakedat 300men, later beingreducedthroughcasualties to froma veryearlystage,GordonwritinginJune1863thathehad
200andthen150,therebeingonly50of then by the timeward incorporatedinto his Bodyguard many rebel 'snake-flag
himselfwas mortallywounded.A Chinesesource,however, bearers'capturedat Quinsan.Wilsonrecordsthatin theclosing
claimstharin June1862rheBodyguardwasactually600-strong monthsofhis commandGordon\ guardwascomposed almost
and composedentirely of Chinese,though elsewhereit is entirelyof ex-Taipings.
 32-pdn(the othertwo havingbeenlostto the Taipingsin the
EVA'S defeat at Taitsan on 14 February), three 24-pdr
howitzen,12British12-pdrhowitzers(the otherfour presun-
ably being amongthe teveral light howitzerj also lost at
Taitsan), 18 12-pdr mountain howitzen (Wilson says ren
American12-pdrsandeightEnglish4'1'calibre),four S"brass
mortars. ten 4y5"-5rh" mortars and three rocket-tubes
(apparently12' and24-pdrsiWilsonsaysthereweresix), with
250500 rounds per gun. The majority were mounted on
field-cadages, but on campaigntheyw€reinvariablyconveyed
to theviciniiyof theactionaboardaflotillaof 16river-boats and
then hauledinto position by brute force, the artillery arm also
being providedwith a 150ft pontoon bridge and ditching
equipmenttofacilitatethisopemtion(a vitalprerequisite in the
waterlogged countrysideof Kiangsuwhere,for instance,in a
singles'milestretchtraversed bythe EVAin March1864some
l3 canalsandwidecreeks hadlo benegoriared).
The guns were divided into six batteries,four of which
comprised the HeavyArtillery andtheremainingtwo the Lighr
Artillery, under the overall commandof a Major (later a
Colorcl). Each of thesebatteriesconshtedof five foreign
Chinesesoldiets of Go on's Bousuard, 18,63.(ENI Collec- officers(two captains,two lieutenants anda sergeant), plus 19
ChineseNCOS (a colour-sergeant, six sergeantsand 12
corporah)and 120-150gunners.However,Mayersobserves
'monthselapsed'beforethis arm of the EVA 'developed
Li Ai dong was also provided with a courtesy EVA that
bodyguard,recordedin February 1863 as consistingof a intotheserviceable andwell-equippedforce whichit eventually
compa.yofthe lst Regimentandin Juneasbeingl5O-strong. became'.and in June 1863GordonhimselJwrote that at that
This contingenttook part in mostof ceneral Li's campaigns, datehe hadonly 600artillerynen.Sincethe 22 artillerypiec€s
includingthe captureofOujnsan. Hollandhadfieldedin his attackon Taitsanin Februarywere
mannedby 700gunnersr{e mustsuppose thatthisarm,likethe
infantry,wasaffectedby sizeable desertions.
THE ARTILLERY In actionthegunneFwer€protectedby massive portableelm
mantletslike thoseusedin nediaevaltimes,3"thick,10ftbroad
From the outsetthe firepowerof rhe EVA'S artillerywas an
and8ft high,wh'chWilsondescribes as'ofsufficienrthickness
essentialingredientin its success, the abiliry of its superior to afford
the gunnersprotectionfrom the fire of musketsand
Westemcannonsand howitzersto pun€hholesthroughthe
gingalls. OneatTaitsanis recordedto havestoppedlSbullets.
walh ofstockades, towrs andcitiesalikeensuringthat virtually
no strongholdcould stand againstit. Ward is said to have
assenbledtr{o 12-pdrsandseverallight 6,pdrsasearlyasJuly
1860and to havehad two batteriesby the autumnof 1861.
Forrestereven€laimsthatat rhe retakingofTsingpuin August
1862the artillerycornprised'five batteriesmadeup of siege
guns,mortan and field pieceJ'o.ln reality,however,Ward's
access to anillerywaslimitedandin nost attackshe fieldeda
maximumof abouta dozenpieces,and frequenrlyless.Only
after British involvementin the force increasedfollowine
Wards dearhdid anrller)becomemore readilyaccessiblel
many gunsof all shapesand sizesbeing made availableto
HollandandGordonby the authoritiesin Shanghai.cordon,
forinstance,issaidtohavebeen'empowered to drawfrom Her
Majesty'sartillery stores at Shanghaiwhareverguns and
munitionshe required'.GeneralBrownevenensuredthesafety
of Gordon'ssiegetrainin August-September 1863by puttinga
small force (200BaluchiNative Infantry) into Quinsanand
another(200671h Regt,100RA andl00LoodianahSikht into
Taitsan.
By the end of January 1863 the EVA'S artillery park
comprised six32-pdrsiegeguns,two 18-pdrcannons,16B.itish AftiUery pructice at Quitttan, 186314.Note the officen
12-pdrhowitzerson raval field caniages,12 American12-pdr dnd the numercus vaiations of uni.fom von foreign b! the Chinese
mountainhowitzers, four English,1%"mountainhowitzers, tr{o Bunne6. (ENI Collection).
I' mortars and four Cohorn mortars.with 3fi1 rounds of
ammunition for eachgun.cordon givesa verysimilarlistingfor Nextmonth:TheRirerboatFle€t;lacticsiuniforminags.
the artilleryas it stoodin April 1863:two 8" howitzerc,four

Found^ t'ie rcsb\ MiLhatl& Alon perry' tt?sign^nd

Opposire:TheEwr ViLlotiousArn\'. I idotio s 6 ?rtt. 25nn Wargdnrcs
paintinE.Teffdn n l buiklhgssu th.buil! b) tc h|,ts too
 38

BATTATIONS,
EAGTES
& FIAGS
Somethouglhtson the organlsatlonand colours of the
F:rench
Infantr?1808-1814,
PartI
ftom Stephen
Edc-Bo ett
OFBATTALTONS OFEAGLES
To the averageEnglhhmilitary addicrthe differen€ebet\reen In 1804whenthe Eagleslverepresented to the FrenchInfantry
the termsregimentandbatralionis somewhatblured andwith they wereallocatedat a rario of one Eagleper Battalion,the
fairly good reason- a similarbiurnng in usag€is prevalent attachedsilk colouridenrifyingthe Battalion'snumber- the
amongstmany professional and semi-professional wdrers.In Eagleplinthboreonlythe Regimental Number.Thecampaigns
striclly accunte terms, a banalion is a subdivision of a of 1806and 1807howevercausedthe lossof too manvEaetesT
regiment, originally it could be a number of detached undlhere-organsarion oi lhe intanrryordered by rhelmp;nal
companies, but thislaterevolvedinto a formalorganisation and Decreeof 18February1808providedasinple solution.
size.The problemonly arisesbecausethe grearbulk of the Thisre-organisation reducedthe strengthof a Bartalionfrom
regimentsofthe line ofthe BritishArmy usuallyhadonly one ninecompanies (sevenfusilier,onegrenadier,onevoltigeur)to
battalion,rsecondorsubsequent battalionsbeingraisedduing sixcompanies (four fusilier,onegrenadier.onevottigeur)but
somewarcbut rapidlyreduceduponthe arrivalofpeace!Even increasedthe Regimentalstrengthfrom a 'ltandard' three
on theoccasions when,asduringmuchofthe Napoleonic Wars, ba$alionsto a trandard four field batralions. numberedoneto
a regimentmighthavetwo or morebattalionson srrengththey four, and a depot battalion,usualiynumberfive.3Uniquely,
wereveryrarely,ifever, servingtogetherin rhesameArmy,let andasan aside,the32ndLighrInfantryretainedtheprivilegeof
alonebrigade. a threebattalion/nine companyorganisation.
The situationintheFrenchArmy wasalwaysdifferenr.Since Thecreationof theserew bartalions wouldtheoretically have
as far backasthe 17tbCentury.the seniorRegiments oI Foot requiredthe issueand presentation of a largenumberof new
hadfieldeda numberofbattalionsandwhilstRegiments raised Eagles,but with the ongoingconcernabouttheir lossin action
in the expansionof the Anny during a war were sometimes the samedecreelaid downthat therewas,in future,to be only
singlebattalionformations,it becameincreasingly commonfor oneEaglep€r R€ginent.GenerallythisEaglewasto be that of
the bulk ofRegimentsto be multi,bartalion formations.Jusras the lst Battalion,althoughthereareknownexceptions to rhis.
importandythesemultiplebattalionsusuallyfoughtrogether The reducrron In rhe numberof Ldgle:lo be carnedwa.
as,oratieastin,a singleBigade. accompanied by afl increasein the statusof the Eagle-bearer.
The various"amalgames" of Line InfantryBartalionsduring He hadpreviouslybeena Sergeant-Major ofthe Battation,but
thechaoticperiodbetween1792and1800nonetheless all aimed hewasnowto bea Lieutenanton the RegimentalStaff.He and
lo produce a standard three Battalion Line Regiment.l hischargewereto accompany the RegimentalColonelwiththe
Intentionsare rarely 100%effectivein any Army andin 1804 'most important pan (i.e. the largestproporrionl)of the
therewereRegiments oftwo, threeandfourbattalionsrbut.as Regiment- almost invariablythe lst Batralion.Atl orher
the ordersof battleof the periodshow,the usuatmaximstill battalionsof a Regimentwereto receivesimple'Fanions'Gee
held - the various battalionsof a regimenrusuallyserved Part II) to carry as rallying points,erc. Whilst thesewere
together.- awaitedhowever.batlalionswereto be permittedto conrinue
To theendofthe Empiretherewere,ofcourse,exceptions to with theirEagles.
lhis.butwhenrheyhappened rasin earlylSlSrlheres;re loud On 8 April 1809,artheourbreakof rheWarwithAustria.the
complaintsof damage10 moraleand discipline.In June 1813 ErnperordirectedBerthierto ensurethe immediatereturnto
GeneralJosephSouhan (8th Division) wrote to his Corps franceofall Inranrry Eagles eKepl Lheoneper Regrment he
Commander, MarshalNey (III Corps): hadordereda )eareadier.Ho$ever,theOrdercoutdnorbe
". . . the batralions(mustbe) reorganised
into the regim, carnedout asthe Army wasalreadymanoeuvring Ior war and
ents of which they are part. Only in this way can rhe mostRegiments foughtthe 1809canpaign with all threeof their
battalionsof the sameregimentbe broughttogetherto Eaglespresent- and another sevenwere lost during the
developthe administration andespritde corpssoessenrial campargn.
fornakingwar.' Napoleonwasnot to bethwartedandon 28Julv.25davsalter
Wag'am. heagainin\i\ledtharhisordersbecdniedoutdespile
Manhal Marmontwasequallyvociferous,on 15Apdl 1813 resistancefrom the Army, and by the end of rhe year all
he told Berthier thar'Regiments'formed frorn disparate R€Brmenr' ol rheArrnyin cermanyandlralyhadcomptied.
bafidlions werewodhle\s.on 29iunehewrot(. The Regiments in Spain.fudhe' trom rhe Lmperor'seye.
". . . the reunitingof thesebartalionswith
their parent managedtoholdout longerandevenmanaged. inoddcases,to
regimentshouldbe orderedat once."5 have Eaglesfor their newly forned 4rh Fietd Battalion.e
Nevertheless by theendof lSl0 generatlytheyioohadcompli€d
Thusthiswasa stateof affairstbeseofficerswereunusedto with the Emperois orders.The newly
raisedbattalionswere
and definitelydid not like, even in the hastilyre€ruitedand not presentedwith Eaglesandnewlyraisedregiments andthose
organised Army of 18131 incorporatedfrom the Kingdomof Hotlandrowere presented
A secondaryconsideration of all this is. of course.that a with onlyoneEagle.
Frenchthreeregin€ntbrigademayhavebeenaslargeasnine The Porte-Aiglehad alwaysbeenaccompanied in actionby
battalions(andalthoughthatwasexceptional Lacour'sBrigade the Battalion'sfourSappers, but rhisprotectionhadnot proved
ofIII Corpsin 1809wasthatstrong over6000men6) although too effecrileand rhe 18 Februar\1808DecreecreaLed the
aroundsix was more usual,eitherway sucha Brigadewould 'Deuxieme'and'Troisieme'Porte,Aigles - whosesoledutywas
have been much strongerthan a comparableBritish ,three
the guardingof the Eagle.They werearrnedwith a hatberd,a
RegimentBrigade'. Dairof ristolsandasword.

Regulationpatrcn carubiniet helnet aspresctibedfot the 2me
and 3ne Po e-Aigles in the l8l2 requlalions. B/ass or
copper-gihtrih steelfrontplate (vit|1 Eilt crowned N), losenes
B)' rcgulationthecreslshouldhavebeenrcdfot the2meand
t1)htefor the3ne Porte-Aiqle,in pmcticeit wasalmosti,lraiab!!
redforboth. Thecombis oftenonittedonsutrivinge\amples
thecrcstbeinganached dircctl!to thehelme!(afterMdlibran).
39
The deuxiemePorte-Aiglehadaredpennantonhishalberd,
the troisiemePorte-Aiglea white.On the obversethe Penrons
bore,in gold, the regimentalnumberandtitle, on the reverse
the legend'Napoleon'alsoin gold. As with all things
Napoleonic therewereagreatnumberof variationson thisbasic
design,andsomevanantswhi€hdo not follow the aboveeven
nominally.
whilst the ler Porte-Aiglewas,apartfrom his colourbelt,
generallydr€ssedas any other Lieutenant,the 2me and 3me
Porte-Aigleswere uniformedas Grenadiersbut, after 1812
whenbearskinsgenerallydisappeared from the Line Infantry,
oftenworetheCarabinierstyleofhelmetwitha redcrest-thus
makingtheEaglePartyaneasilyidentifiabletargetand,in part
atleast,nullifyingthe enharcedprotection!
The Eaglebore,duringthe years1804-1814, two designsof
Colour.The l804pattemwasthe oneoriginallypresentedwith
the Eaglesand bore a battalionnumber.By a decreeof 25
December181lthispatternwasreplacedby the tricolour'1812
Pattern'which bore RegimentalHonoursand no battalion
designation."
Beforethe lS12pattemColourwasissued irwasexceedingly
rarefor an eagleto be carriedwithout its companionColour,
but after1812rhere werea smallnumberof instances recorded
ofEasleswithoutColours.howevertbefactlhat suchoccasions
are n6te{:lsuggeststhat, despilewhatis written,suchirstances
werestill uncommonin theGrandeArmie.
Amongstthe Reginentsservingin Spaina differentstateof
affairsexisted.The largemajorityof them did not take their
Eagl€into the field al all after 1812andmostof thosethat did
moreoft€nthannot carrieda barepole,althoughinstances of
-
the 1804patternColourcontinuing1obe caried after 1812are
sometimes noted,asarea fewcasesof ihe 1812patternColour
beingused.

NOTES
L Thc Royal Scots(lst Fool) were alwaysthe exceptionto
rhisandnainraineda minimumoftwo battalions,evenin
peacetime,frorn their additionto the EnglishEstablish-
ment in 1661- Nonethel€sseven lhese rarely served
together.
2. The First Amalgameof October179310 December1795
andthe SecondAmalgameof FebruarytoDecember1796
wereaim€dparticularlyto producethisresuh-
3- Broughlaboutby the disbandments andconsolidationsof
October1800andSeptenber1803.
4. This wasalsothe usualslateof affairsin the Austian and
Prussian Armies.
5. Napoleon's GrdndeAm;e o//81J, ScottBowden.Chica
go.Illinois,1990. p.118.
6. The lst, 2nd and 3rd Battalionsof eachof the l3th Light
Infantryandthe 17thand30thLine Infantry.
7. Althoughveryfewin conparisonto the nunber of Colours
taken,the nine lost at Eytau and Friedlandwerestill too
manyto Napoleon\mind.Cf. Appendix.
8 . A sixth (Field)battalionwasaddedto most regimentsin
1811.but appearsto haveservedapartfrom its regiment
morecommonlythan the other Battalions.SomeRegim-
ents went so far as to raise a seventhBattalion and,
accordingtoNafziger,oneevenformedaneighthlN.B.the
depol battaUonhad no €lite companies,only the four
fusiliercompanies.
Regulationpanemhalberdof theZne an.l3mePofte'AiSles The Most probablytakenfrom their depotbattalions.SeePart
shaft wasln 78, thetotal length2m I I (aftet Malibran). III for the EaglesandBattalionsin Spain.
10.Thc 123rdro l26rh Line tnfantry and the 33rd Light
Infantry.
. The best discussionof thesetwo patt€rnsof Colour is
let and 2me Pofte-Aiglesfron Ca Venet s seies al |9atercoloursto
i\wtaE thel8l2 Badin rcgulations.Theformer is lacking hiscolour-beh,
but the h'hitepompom indicateshir aiachmentto the rcgimentatstuff. The
helmetof the2mePote-Aigle is of the regulationfom, akhoughsu iving
emnplet wtt in a numberof details.Thecolow bea6 honourssunoblefol
the2tuh, 39&, 59th, 69th, 76th,ot l00th line infantry. (Pivate coUection.)
Iusnation of the tete de colonne of a line infontry
rcgimenlc.1812 by lob shoh'ingthemorcusuolfotn
oJ nonregulation unifom. Note pa icula y the
unusualbearskiw, ewn though the Grcnndierescoft
behindhasthe regulationform. Notealso theFusiliel
&umme6 in non-rcgulation coat h'irh prc-1807
plumes.(Priyateco ection.)

Dmpeauxet Etenda sae Ia Revolutionet de L'EmDireby

2ZD REG.'DE LIONE 62 RECT Pierre Charrie {Paris 1q82). More easity avaitabteis.
perhaps.na8\ of the Napol?onic Wa^ I tM AAI by Terry
wise (London 1978)and FlaesoI 'he Napoleonc wars by
KeithOver(London1976).
12.Th€reis somedoubtoverrhelossofthis Easle.
1 4 . Colourand staff only - the Eaglewassave-d, althoughits
plinthwasstill attachedto the pole.
15.Colourand sraffonly-rhe Eagle,in itsenrirery,
wassaved.
ThrsEaglewasmanufacrured by the Regimenrandis rhus
technically
a fake.
t7. 1804partemColour.
18.Onlyonesourcementionsthelossofthis Easle.

EAGLES& COLOURSLOSTBY THE FR,ENCH

Banderclesof2ne and 3mePo e-Aigles. INFAI\TRY1EO4.I814
Although thercwasa rcgulationpatem thb appearsto havebeen
rurcly used,and numerow variationsarc rcco ed.
Date Place Unil Captu.edby
1. 22nd of the line, rcverce.The obvercebore simpty the telend
1805
2. 62nd of the line, obverce. The reversebore the legend Hotlabrun 40thLin€,Bn.not Ru5sian
Army
Napoleonand the rcgimentaln mberasshowt here.
3. 7th light. Both the 2me and 3ne Porte-Aiglesboreptain rcd loNovember Krems 4thLine,Bn.not Russian
Ainy
bandercleswith no inscription.
4. 67thoI the line. Red over whie over blue- identicatfor both
30NovemberCaldiero 5thLine.lslBn.AustrianInfantry
5. 17th of the line, obverce. The rcverseborc the rcgimentat RegimenlNR7
Schroder
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l n R u * L i , n\ | L r ' , , r \

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42
2February Eylau l0thLighl,lstBn. RussianArmy
14June Friedland l5thLine.l$Bn.RussianMuske@er
DERBYWARGAMESASSOCIATES
Reginent
Schlusselbourg
l4June Friedland 69thLine,
Bn.not Russia
Musketeer BATTLE HONOURS
Re8iment
Pernov

1809
26lhLine.2ndBn.
24Februar-1 Capitulationof
FonDesaixon82ndLine.lsi,2nd
BniishAnny 1993WORLD
Ma.iinique andSrdBns. CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD'SPREMIERWARGAMESEVENT
5April 35thLine.
lstBn. AustrianArmy
(?)
llApril Stezing 2lldLin€,3rdBn.HofefsTyroleans
zlMay 46thLine.
lstBn. AustrianArmy
ReginentNR(,0
Gyulai
6July llbthlin€ AustrianArmy
Regiment
NR35
AT
Argenmu THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS,DERBY
6July 24thLight.lsrBn. AustrianArlny Saturday9th. & Sunday10th.October1993
ReginentNR35 THE GREATEST WARGAMFS SHOWOFTHEYEAR
Argeniau with
54 TradeStands,Bring and Buy Stall, Bar & Food
l8l0
27January Capirulationof
66thline'' British
Arny
Plus 300 competitorsin the 4 WargamesPeriods
Guadeloupe

1811
5March Barrosa SihLine.lnBn. 87thFoor WARRIOR MINIATURES
l6March Throvninto 3gthline Recoleredbr 14 Ttverton Av., Glaegoc,G32 9ltIX Scodand.
Riv€rCeira BrilishAmvonSlh Newcablogue
- f1.25 + S.A.E.Pl€as€
slateint€resb
forsample.
June Tcl: O4l-a7A 3426
lsM AAMES only !9.95 + n)Dd
Napol@nicr00pe.6 11695
l812 Romn 1n C AD, ECw Boyali4 + 12.50p6t
2-2July 22ndLine.
lsrBn.rr30thFoot ECw Paitaneni.nntrACw (hion. ACw & nh. Frcrh. PlNnu, Rsian,
Salamanca C.ntedmle, r&h C, FanE'9tu,
F.nL9 Evil Zulu Wd - Zulu!, Briljsh. slperlmAm&E fi8.50
22July Salamanca 62ndline 14thFoot F4!.loaddlo.bw-luldddlilaLbsus + 42.50 po6l
NEW:2fiM \ etm Snncri, Norcn,EaM, L'd!l!lcd$
22July Salamanca l0lnFool" ? Fdl trqe oi fqr to add tJ rhow -
cz' v'lkl
18Novenb€r l8tfiLine Russiancuard JLct w ot tu ddJkr tu6:
25I|h-_ MMlura, ACW, M*edoni.n . Punk lr'6, W66 ol rh€ Re,
Uhlans tsrlskneh|! Rentuss@, Gaut, Darl A96 Noms, Sanu6! RoruE,
Mon@ls Awl. MEX-AM W&. Colonials. Jdobila €k..
l8November Krasnoie 35th
Line RussianMusk€teer l5mir Md penod5r lsnm equpmdr ECW ACW
ReginentPoltava VLa/A@eFad. rnd..nquLla Insnd.
lSNovemberKrasnoie 127rhLine DonCossacks
23Novenbe( Berezina 44thLine Russian
Arny l6l9october Leipzig l45rhline RussianAmy
23NovemberBoriso! l26rbLine Russiar23rd 1Nolember Capitulationof
52ndLin€ BriiishAnny
Chasseurs Pamplona

l8t3 2Decemb€r Neuss l50thLine 2ndPrussian

29August Plagwitz l34rhLin€ Russian
Army Res€rve
Reginent

29August Piagwilz l46rhLine Russian

28th lE14
Chasseurs(l) l3January Capitulationol
l23rdLine
29August Plagwilz l48rhLin€ Russian
28th Witremberg
chasseurs(?) F€bruary Capilulationofl2ndLine BritishAmy
iSSepternberKulm 2lsiLine Lerida
lSSeptemberKulm 33rdLine Austianlnfanrry lTApril Capitulationof
l5lslLin€ AlliedArmy
RegimentNR Glogau

NOTE: Eagleslost other than in action,suchas thos€of the

16-19October
Leipzig l40ihLine l3th and51stofthe Line foundin rhe MadridAffenal
in August1812.areNOTincludedhere.
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ifr.r.stth. uticl. h\ P.rf Du.k$.rth.n rh..o.qD.\rot th.
A/r.c\. Il(tr\c\.r. rso poin( l..d in th. !rti.l....d to b.
c l l r i f i . d :l ) t h c r o l . o f . . l i g i o n i n\ 7 r . ! s r r h r . . r t d l ) t h c r o l .
olrh. St!.i\h i. Lh..o (tu.\rol i!le\r!o
I \ u . ( l 9 S l I r r . s o c \r h r t :
\ i r t u r l l \ c \ . r ) t h i n g \ . i l r . n r h r s c e n l u (f r nA z I c c \ i r I 1 r r c
h r i ss t r . s c d i t sr i t u r l c o . r p o n e { r.1r . d . \ h . r h c f r f l e f l r o f I
l\ or.(n hrs li)ne(rl rhe!lpf.\sion rhrl lh. ,lirj. ir.r ot
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C o o k ( 1 9 1 6 )\ u ! g . s t . t h ! I h u m ! . \ r c . i l i c . \ i n L . n \ i l i . dd u n n s
t h c h s r l ( r ( r\ e r I \ p r r o rn ) l h . r r ! i \ ! l o l t h c S n r n i l h t o \ u c h r n
c \ t c n l l h r t t h c l o c r l f o p u L r t i o n c o n l d n o t . utphp. dh . n r r n d f o r
\ i c r i D \ .T h . r r \ u l r o i l h i s \ r s \ ( u n d t r r x k . n i r r x n . l \ i d . t o
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anda powerfulincentive
victories,a terribleresponsibility l t t
for the imperialarmies(16l.aa).
Wright (1964)statesthat: 'A states interestsaredetermined
CUSTEHE/
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lHtS[ot{lH's Ifl nE[s
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Wrightalsoarguesthat: FfiCt(o)orO t7 mch (c)610
smI ftAn WAI8 GeneobfromBdto n,Frone,Alslrio,PNio
. . . in an agriculturalcivilization,land is the major IIERIC I lEVOl,uI|OIr' GenercsnomEifoinondlieAnen6
commodityof value. and land is sornethingthal can be ltllllc NCMI WAtI Gensosiro.i ineNorlhondSodfl
acquiredby war. The growth of population. . - makes tul U5ionequestn dr enste coloogue.
evident a continuousneed for more land if lhe rising qIHERTIWPAITEDADDIOTS oPfl{ mltcxD
generation is lo haveanequalnumberofacres ( 196,1:165). Wesholbehoving thef6tol our
AcWlnirs.uinq DxoN
to whatthe principalsources suggest forthe r',lNlATllllts W NOMEdorronSoiurdoy/
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I8lirCAmmuiionWogons
reasonsbehindAztec warfare.Duran notesthat amongslthe lpm Loisofsp€colofla! ond
Aztecs:'The principalreasonsfor goingto war werematerial otHEtffl tElrAsls
Addsomeoin'ocphersioyoj
di5clunh.OL]I
ownSing&&,y.
gainandglory . - . ( 196,1:227). After the fall of Azcapotzalco, wo.gomrom-tu sizeio€E lt{tsMol{t8'ss*ctal olFn
thosewho receivedthe largestandbestfieldswerethe brothers I Sovleif,ogredbr'glorndwin SIZKnEG-\4d6 oitonk
andnephewsof Itzcoatl(Ibid.59).Althoughthe aqcu'sitionof wdore inWW2!$olv 913C5,
2 nifl &ilgrtorr. Goileiog) ONLY tl0 du'jngSEPIIMBSI
landwasimportant,tributeappearsto havebeenthe {oremost 3 ltilen ssP.ric. rro! il lloRDllAi chequesro M
concernof the Aztecs.In wars againstChal€a,Xochimilco, Bonrspeio reproduclioinsof Wollpl€os€. Poglog€ odd I0X.
Coyoaca.and others,conflict endedwith offers of tribute, heseoihociive Gerinonflogs.
particularlyof foodstuffs (Duran 1964). The securingof Al 3 nogsmeos!€36"x541 coloogue50pn stomF6. Over20
Prinledbotnsder wiinbllss Po€€s ou
PIL-6 2nd hond list.
additional food supplieswas of som€ importance to the Aztecs. Nowsiockinq oXONMNIAruRES
Conrad and Demarestnote that after a seriesof famines AlsoAvAtwll ondp'inledflogsby'COLOURS'
betweenA.D. 1450and 1454,the Aztecsintensifiedtheirwars tlencnFo€qntegonBe€ls. fluso I ou populorinerF?ONI
againsrthe f€rtilelandsof the GulfCoast(1984:49). PorochlieRgl&Ai'bomeRgtolso NANK MNDPAINIITD
100% |(€pi(1950tBefels
odqinol FLAGS. [4UTANYCGARE IT
In conjunctionwith the stare'sincentivesfor war, the t]7.95Kepitl9.95 CqNOS, ANDMORT EESIDES.
motivationof the individual warrior was promotedby the
incentiveof socialmobilily, allowingfor thoscinvolvedthe
chanceof improvedsocial,pol;ticaland economiccircumst and firearmsinitiallyfrightenedAztecs,they soonleamedto
ances.Successful warriorscouldbe appointedto minorofficial d€alwiththem.Duringonebattle,Aguilarnotedthat:
posts.The AnonymousConquistador statesthat: Ofle Indianat a singlestrokecut openihe wholeneckof
It is their customto rewarda manvery highlywho senes CristobaldeOlid'shorse.killingthe horse.The Indianon
well in war or perforns some outstandingfeai. Even theothersideslashed at the secondhorseman andtheblow
thoughhemaybe thelowenslaveamongthem,theymake cut throughthe horse\ pastern,whereuponthishorsealso
him a captainand lord, givinghim vassals and honouring fell dead(in Fuentes1963:140).
(in
him Fuentes1963:168). The fall of the Aztecsis not a questionof how up to 900
Additionally.Sahagun wlitesthat: Conquistador defeatedan empire.The Spanishactedasa focal
pointfordissentwithin theempire,andwereableto rallytensof
. . . noblemenhadtakencaptives,and had gained repute.
thousandsof Indianalliesaroundrhem. Hassigarguesthat:
andhadreachedthestationof nobility. . . Fromthesethey
cameto rule, to govemcities;andat that lime theyseated Much of the Azleci defeat can be understoodby
them with lthc nobility]. and they might ear with examiningthe advantages and disadvantages of the way
Moctezuma (1954:73). their imp€rialsystemwasstructured.The advantages this
systemofferedTenochtitlanwerea relativelylarge tribute
The rewardsof a higherstatuswere not only individual.lf
personalsuccessbroughtin€reasingstatus,it ako increased return, few administrativeor control costs. and an
expanded areaoftrade, achievedat $e relativelylow cost
accessto tribute. which then could be dispersedto kin and
ofnounting periodicmilitarycampaigns. However,these
friends(Clendinnen1985:18).
advantages were met with equal disadvantages, Because
It would be misleadingto ignorethe ritual componentof
theAztecsystemreliedon€reatingalliancesof individuals,
Aztec warfare-For the commoner,the captuie of eneny
classes, and city-states, its powerfluctuated.As a result,
warriorswaspracticallythe only wayto enterinto the ranksof polilical inte$ation was ftagile and dependedon the
the nobility.Thereisno doubtthatcapliv€sweresacrificed and
perceptionof Aztec strengthand resolveso that com-
thatreligionplayeda partin motivatingthewaniors.However, pliancewaslargelyself-generated ratherthan dependent
thisshouldnot be confusedwith or substituted for the reasons
whythestateengaged inwar. Hicks(1979)argueslhat:
on structural changes. The system was a viable one -
indeed,evenan efficientone in the absence of a major
. . . theprominence of anofficialcultin manypreindustrial competingpower aroundwh'chdisaffected membencould
statesgives to most wals, whatevertheir motivesor unite. But this vacancywasfilled by the Spaniards. The
objectives,a religiousaspectiand evenin modernstates. Spanishconquestwasnot one oI superiorarmsand wills
religionoftenservesto legitimizeaprotestbegunforother but onethattookadvantage ofexistingcleavageswithin the
reasons(p.87). systemto splittheempire,tumitsmembenon theAztecs,
The defeatof the Aztecswasnot duesimplyto the superior andrendit asunder( 1988:267).
lechnology ofthe Spanish.Whileit is accurate to saythathorses Inorder to achieveabalancedgameusingDBA,I wouldnot
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