This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Northwest Frontier game at the Dogs of War shop using The Sword and the Flame colonial rules, Revision 1.
June 1882, near Black Mountain on the east side of the Indus valley. The pass below Black Mountain is blocked by a hostile tribe in a fort. The following British forces were ordered to take the fort. The fort was hand-made by Ian Weekley.
B Company, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
Detachment of the 19th Bengal Lancers Royal Artillery with Gatling gun Indian Artillery with mountain gun
The British deploy. A Pathan unit appears outside the fort. The fort was built by Ian Weekley.
Gurkha deployed in open order
Russian ‘observers’ are sent out of the fort, but are quickly shot down by the Gurkhas.
The rough ground is scouted. The Royal Artillery crew of the Gatling (on the elephants) is wiped out by the fort’s gun.
More Pathans appear to reinforce the fort.
In spite of heavy casualties, Gurkhas advance toward the gate.
Gurkha firing lines trade shots and casualties with Pathans on the walls. The Bengal lancers, in near mutiny, refuse to advance.
The gate is blown open. The defending Pathan units fail their tests when charged and the fort is taken.
The Pathan leader sneaks out and pretends to be a sheepherder.
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