The unit of DagTufekcileri come under fire from the Helenyka irregulars hiding in the village.
The Sublime Porte Lancers charge is met by a counter charge from the Green Hussars !
Which ends in total disaster for the Lancers ! , Oh dear !
The Sublime Porte Regulars have to deploy as as the Heroine Tringe Smajli and her warband threaten the column .
Flushed with success the Green Hussars capture one of the mule trains of ammunition and the corespondent of the New Tribune (this later caused a diplomatic incident with the American Government)
Meanwhile Lord Bygone and the Regulars charge the redoubt and kill and scatter the garrison ! (Lord Bygone poses heroically on the parapet )
The Green Hussar escort the mule train and War Correspondent Mustafa Drage to safety .
With things going badly for them the leading unit of the column has to fight it's way back to the bridge .
The Border Guards (in white uniforms) move up (very slowly) to help cover the retreat . It must be said that the Regulars fought well taking heavy casualties but their morale held (the red heart donates that a unit has past it's morale check) .
To add insult to injury the Border Guard are ambushed by Tringe Smalji and promptly flee ! At this point I decided to draw a veil over the sad proceedings and the remnants of the Sublime Porte retreated over the bridge to safety having lost half of the ammunition and suffered heavy casualties . A stunning victory for Lord Bygone which I am sure his publicity department will make the most of !
A bit of a battering for the Sublime Porte, the papers will be full of Lord Bygone's derring-do I am sure! Super game, looked great.
ReplyDeleteLord Bygone had a good run of cards when he needed it and some lucky dice rolls .
DeleteA wonderful battle report indeed Tony! I think that your characters add so much to the action! Lord Bygone on the parapet is a true war game classic! I am intrigued by Tringe Smalji! I hope that we see her again sometime!
ReplyDeleteThank you , Lord Bygone got luck this time .
DeleteGreat looking game Tony, and congrats for the 1000 miles (almost there!)
ReplyDeleteYes got to get the last few miles in , but the weather isn't helping so it's going to be a near run thing .
DeleteSurely you can share with us the poem Lord Bygone must've composed to immortalise his triumph?
ReplyDeleteI'm much taken with your old-style playing cards, I shall have to get some, they add to the old-school aesthetic.
Sadly I believe the poem was burnt by his executors with many of his unpublished works . The cards I think are Russian bought from Amazon some years ago.
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