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| Poor old Turkey... |
The Allied Army has landed at Calamita Bay. Lord Cardigan is placed in command of the advanced force with orders to push forward & protect the beachead. A sizeable Russian force has orders to attack the beach, game on!
For these particular games, we'll be using an article from Wargames Illustrated, it has basic troop types & factors. It is only a small article, but it was a nice change & reflects troop characteristics of the time.
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| WI 101 Crimea DBA'd |
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For our little game we went with the armies that appeared in the two previous posts. The British would go with a 12 element army, while the Russians would have more elements but of a lesser troop quality. That would mean that the Russians would have 6 breakpoint, the British 4.
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| Breakout from Calamita Bay initial set-up |
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The Russians would start with ALL their elements on the table. The Brits would have only Cardigan & some of the Light Cavalry Brigade, the Rifle Brigade & Highlanders. Other units would arrive as PiPs would allow each turn later.
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| The Russians! Main Infantry force in column on the road. |
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| Cardigan leads forward the British Hussars & Light Dragoons. |
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| The Rifles move quickly through the village. |
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| The Russians would attack the village in force. |
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| The Highlanders arrive! |
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| Cardigan deploys the Light Cavalry. |
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| In go the Russians...painfully slowly... |
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| BOOM! The British Horse Artillery takes out some Cossacks. |
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| Russian firepower forces back the Rifles! |
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| The firefight was intense... A British loss |
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| The battle for the village, the Russians press hard. |
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| The British Horse Artillery strike again! |
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| Cardigan prepares for a charge! |
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| The Rifles prove their quality. |
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| The Russians smash into the Highlanders. |
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| With Even results.... |
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| CCCHHHHAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGEE!!!!! |
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| The Highlanders battle through.. helped by a poor Russian die roll |
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| The Russians are winning the battle for the village though. |
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| The British Cavalry are on a roll! |
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| Victory for the British as another Russian Infantry is put to the sword... |
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| Final positions... |
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RaHoo for the British! The forces move on from Calamita Bay.. A nice little game, the troop characteristics worked well, the Russians were slow but tough fighters. Pity that the Russian Artillery didn't get involved, they were out of range & in the end PiPs never went to them. The British Horse Artillery was brilliant, the Cossacks were poor, something to take into the next games.
