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Linda and I made the trek over from SE Michigan to go play and see our friend Scott who was the Event Coordinator. Unfortunately the event was rather unattended, only a contingent of three fellow gamers from the Youngstown Ohio region and Nick, a young man who was a Bushy Run Volunteer was there for the first of two games. However for our second game we were joined by a gentleman named Lem and a young man named Jake.
This game was presented by Scott using his terrain and figures. It was set in 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War. It was the Battle of Aliwal, that happened on January 28th of that year; we used the Blackpowder rules.
The British forces begin to deploy.
The Sikh forces begin assembling. BIG gun in the foreground, smaller gun on the far hill.
Big gun with Akali forming around it. They played a huge part in the fight. The Akali. Not the gun....
Sikh irregular Cavalry. They did nothing for quite awhile. Then ran away as part of a broken Brigade.
The Sikh right flank. Strong with Sikh Infantry and 2 Camels with 1 pound guns. And an artillery piece that pounded the British all game long.
The British left flank.
The British center. Confident they will make short work of the enemy.
The British right. You can see just off table the Lancers and other British Cavalry. They enter when the Infantry moves out.
The general British advance.
On our left, my Akali crash into the British Red line, which proved to thin to hold. As my casualties mounted my Akali refused to break.
The Sikh Infantry form into their own version of the Thin Red Line....
Sikh troops pour through the village.
The British Commanders fear no one. "What's the shooting range again?"
As seen form the British lines.
The battle lines were drawn. It was at this point the the Sikh Cavalry Commander unleashed the fury of his units! With wild abandoned the Sikh cavalry charged straight through the 'No Man's Land'....into the teeth of the British guns!! They were devastated......to such an extent that the entire Sikh Cavalry command broke and were eliminated....
Both my Akali units grind away at the British Infantry. After we destroyed them the Lancers charged and we beat on them too!!
The British players receive the wraith of my wife's die rolls......
The final photo just before the end. Just after this picture was taken the British center collapsed. The tide of battle fell firmly away from the British and the Sikh's won the day.
Thanks very mush to the Bushy Run Battlefield for hosting this Game Day and to Scott for taking the time to organize it 😊
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