"Paardeberg - Boer War scenario" Topic
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ChrisBBB2  | 11 May 2019 7:07 a.m. PST |
You might think the Boer War battle of Paardeberg aka 'Bloody Sunday' would not be much fun to wargame. You would be wrong. For the latest in his growing series of Boer War scenarios, Anton recreated this battle for us. Cronje's wagon laager in the centre of the table is assailed from three sides. Meanwhile, Boer reinforcements are about to arrive from two directions. The wagons have a chance to escape before the noose tightens. This makes for a tremendously exciting game with maneuver all over the table and the clock ticking for both sides. It entertained us for an afternoon, anyway. The scenario is freely available from the BBB Yahoo group files:
link Chris Bloody Big BATTLES!
bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/ |
| Old Contemptibles | 11 May 2019 5:42 p.m. PST |
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| ChrisBBB2 | 11 May 2019 10:00 p.m. PST |
Very nice pics, Rallynow, but Elandslaagte is not Paardeberg. Elandslaagte is a skirmish; Paardeberg is a battle, five times the size. Chris |
| Old Contemptibles | 13 May 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
Didn't say it wasn't. The British did have about 3,500 troops and 18 guns. The Boers had about 1000 and 3 gun at Elandslaagte Not nearly as big as Paardeberg. But a good little battle none the less. Paardeberg is on my list. |
| Old Contemptibles | 13 May 2019 12:19 p.m. PST |
Didn't say it wasn't. The British did have about 3,500 troops and 18 guns. The Boers had about 1000 and 3 gun at Elandslaagte Not nearly as big as Paardeberg. But a good little battle none the less. |
| ChrisBBB2 | 13 May 2019 3:09 p.m. PST |
OK. It just seems odd that you should bung a link to Elandslaagte onto a thread about a Paardeberg scenario without even a comment about the actual topic. Chris |
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adds a machinegun platoon to his WWI Brits.
