As you remember from my last post Red armies Gatling gun has been captured by those rascals of Blue army , the Naval Brigade charge to recapture it ! Huzza !
They take heavy casualties charging in but drive back the enemy and recapture the gun ! Huzza !!
Unfortunately thing deteriorate rapidly, the Blue army Colonial rally and pour a murderous fire into the victorious Sailors who fail their morale test and flee and even the entreatments of the General fails to rally them - Oh dear ! a sad day for old England .
On the right flank things are not going well either, the Red army Colonials (who are counted as 'brittle' ) fail their moral test and flee as well ! . With this is where I decided to draw a veil over the sad proceedings .
Any similarities with Henry Newbolt's "Vitai Lampada" is purely coincidental , here we see Henry feverishly flicking through the rule book to find a way to win the battle . A good game and it was nice to get the 54mm figures back onto the table again .
A nice looking game, Tony. The pickelhaube infantry and their colonial allies look very good!
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Thanks the Line infantry are some I cast up from Prince August moulds with Irregular heads attached.
DeleteWell, they have captured the vintage toy look.
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DeleteNot to be for the Red army a bit of a heavy defeat, not one to be celebrated! Good win for the Blue army and a very enjoyable game.
ReplyDeleteYes it was not Red army's day and the will be back for revenge !
DeleteA beautiful and very exciting game Tony! It's wonderful to see your 54mm armies in action!
ReplyDeleteThank you , my 54mm collection is one of my favourites
DeleteGloriously shiny and vintage, right down to the Victorian pennies!
ReplyDeleteYes I found some on Ebay and thought them appropriate, the are to mark if a unit has moved in that turn.
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