"Sikh Wars for Volley and Bayonet" Topic
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Leadjunky | 29 Oct 2016 12:29 p.m. PST |
Anyone have any OOB or scenarios converted for Sikh Wars they might share? |
Leadjunky | 29 Oct 2016 2:21 p.m. PST |
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The G Dog | 29 Oct 2016 2:28 p.m. PST |
Just a bit… My old blog with some detail… link I had a collection of notes that resembled a campaign guide about 20 years ago. Much of it's faded away due to legacy storage systems (3.5" floppy drives and hard drive crashes). Some of the material survives online, and some if it's a bit dated. My current blog skilllevelzero.blogspot.com has some random notes, but not OOB or scenarios. I do a Ferozeshah scenario for the local conventions with a bit of randomness to keep everyone guessing as to what is going on. I'm working on Sobraon for next year's convention games. Need to finish painting additional units. drop me a note here or via my blog, I'll see what I can dig up. And of course, I welcome your feedback. |
Leadjunky | 29 Oct 2016 3:04 p.m. PST |
Great and thanks. leadjunky At yahoo dot com |
Dennis | 29 Oct 2016 6:00 p.m. PST |
The best source for Sikh army organization is Kohli's Catalog of the Khalsa Darbar Records, albeit it is somewhat hard to find. Our own Andrew Preziosi has gone through Kohli, as well as many other primary and secondary sources for the Sikhs and British, and prepared sets of OBs for both Anglo-Sikh Wars. In 2003, Andrew published "The First Sikh War, 1845-1846 Order of Battle Book" which contained complete OBs for the first Sikh War. I did a quick check online and could not find any copies available, but you might check yourself-it's an excellent source for the first war. I had thought Andrew had also made his OBs available for sale at Patrick Wilson's web site, the Virtual Armchair General link , but don't see the Anglo-Sikh wars among those offered. If you can wait a bit, the most complete information available on the Anglo-Sikh Wars, including comprehensive OBs for both sides, will be available in Andrew's book, "The Sikh Wars Source Book: The Rise and Fall of the Khalsa, 1799-1849" once it is published. I'm sure Andrew will post a notice on TMP once that happens. I've played in the G-Dog's Sikh Wars Volley & Bayonet games, and they are outstanding. I'm sure any information he can provide will be very helpful; albeit Andrew's new book will be the sine qua non on the period once it is published. Dennis |
The G Dog | 29 Oct 2016 7:14 p.m. PST |
To second Dennis, we're all awaiting publication of Andrew's master work. Andrew's earlier work is a great resource for the Sikh's I used it to revisit the orbat's for Ferozeshah and Sobraon. It goes well with Cook (if you can find a copy!). |
Dennis | 29 Oct 2016 8:08 p.m. PST |
Like Ray says, Cook's "The Sikh Wars" is a good potted history; a copy is available here: link Bruce's "Six Battles for India" is also rather good, and it is one of the sources used by George McDonald Frasier when he wrote the relevant Flashman book. A copy is available here: link Quite a few Brits, and one Sikh, wrote contemporary histories of the wars or parts thereof. Joseph Cunningham's "History of the Sikhs," William M'Gregor's "The History of the Sikhs," and George Carmichael Smyth's "A History of the Reigning Family of Lahore" are all still available, and all need to be taken with a grain of salt. Burton's First and Second Sikh Wars has been recently reprinted; while Burton didn't fight in the Sikh Wars (he wrote about 1900), he did serve in India and had good access to the British records-he also wrote histories of Wellington in India and the Maratha and Pindari wars. Another good history from about that time is Gough & Innes's "The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars." Finally, there are new histories of the wars by Amarpal Singh (The First Anglo-Sikh War and The Second Anglo-Sikh War) and Bill Whitburn (Bright Eyes of Danger). I haven't yet had time to read those. I do know that Singh went to considerable trouble to properly research the battles and personally walked the battlefields. Dennis |
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