tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32981806099071541112024-03-13T06:02:50.682+01:00A wargame pageMarco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-22960967133732476522024-01-26T14:07:00.003+01:002024-01-26T16:10:46.885+01:00Garibaldi and his song<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Garibaldi is one of the Italian Independence wars heroe. I think it's normal that some of my club friends have decided to paint miniatures of Garibaldini to play a skirmish game. Garibaldino (or Garibaldini if you use plurals) refers to every volunteer soldier who served in the numerous formations established and led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, or inspired by his ideals.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the last months Ivano painted a lot of Garibaldini and Bourbonic troops. Last week end my mates played a game using Rebels and Patriots by Osprey games. The idea it is to create a campaign that could illustrated some of the battles between Italians and Borbonics troops.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHLVObp_a0GPy4fN3WudlX__C6l9PizXAxw3uwWamxjCvGjI_7GC59DhxOv91fUbgtkfFLreYrh0V8T1TpBMDrQby9U1eGKiudSxYPyThl34aG3N_3YfEHShC2YYsSeEwcI3YSNDYOpVCuPyGFB_HIXrumb5XCcYissTXGYLSgW-Sql-bxuwKUdGHy3l3/s2016/BPZA8487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHLVObp_a0GPy4fN3WudlX__C6l9PizXAxw3uwWamxjCvGjI_7GC59DhxOv91fUbgtkfFLreYrh0V8T1TpBMDrQby9U1eGKiudSxYPyThl34aG3N_3YfEHShC2YYsSeEwcI3YSNDYOpVCuPyGFB_HIXrumb5XCcYissTXGYLSgW-Sql-bxuwKUdGHy3l3/w400-h300/BPZA8487.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Miniatures are all 28mm by <a href="https://www.shako64.com/" target="_blank">Shakò64</a> miniatures</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this scenario Garibaldi and his name had to catch a strategic village controlled by Bourbonic soldiers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhLxta08qBM2mkADNCrjue6w7hAbKJBx7NTGbhXVcirJ5zv3foUs4dOHBjpSPKpeRh2c1Tzk6ibANyz79-tuTMGePWZ8gbFjrITwtouxpQHx-oWjjuX4MbzaoyUfMg8mc07L9V547sxv-Um7vEvydyBkiYIt0H_55MYqA6YuhKIYJqOqs8CRQVFP-GSNq/s2016/REOM1012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhLxta08qBM2mkADNCrjue6w7hAbKJBx7NTGbhXVcirJ5zv3foUs4dOHBjpSPKpeRh2c1Tzk6ibANyz79-tuTMGePWZ8gbFjrITwtouxpQHx-oWjjuX4MbzaoyUfMg8mc07L9V547sxv-Um7vEvydyBkiYIt0H_55MYqA6YuhKIYJqOqs8CRQVFP-GSNq/w400-h300/REOM1012.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Considering that I'm Italian ... I love Garibaldini. In the common usage the term was used in reference to all those who fought with Garibaldi during his 1,000 expedition (1860-61). We have to consider that Garibaldi and his volunteers fought during the invasion of Trentino (1866), in the battle of Mentana and Dijon (1867-1871). After Garibaldi's death, new expeditions were mounted under the leadership of his son Ricciotti in 1897 and 1912 in favor of Greece's independence from Turkey. In 1914, Garibaldi's expedition intervened in favor of Serbia against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. </div></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TFNubtRBhKB6gU_52hLbglY1ybIvFXVqCjLtWxdxjKBAkeZBipkO6jXq_FgwB31_kHg-D7SrVCyvUYSOMeFgpOHpCBIk7X5zdF6XyNYMo6zjli2Wwv2XmNlcsE6EnzMez5OhrMVzaXGDfo-42unrPfDR70HoqN4TL8GBqMzR_jflNuFOmZ0dN5EFzEUN/s2016/BJIV5973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TFNubtRBhKB6gU_52hLbglY1ybIvFXVqCjLtWxdxjKBAkeZBipkO6jXq_FgwB31_kHg-D7SrVCyvUYSOMeFgpOHpCBIk7X5zdF6XyNYMo6zjli2Wwv2XmNlcsE6EnzMez5OhrMVzaXGDfo-42unrPfDR70HoqN4TL8GBqMzR_jflNuFOmZ0dN5EFzEUN/w400-h300/BJIV5973.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEs3aYNFsv8vZiMlUGL5Tpuk2vsp5kD2wg0ztvEw1gv9JD62k0pCQTmE1bJp4DtJRPV9r6DONegwjn1wWoGt7Q0m3_1yt3ulAhYJkfLT8QGDbkTfcnlY6H2YpYbOvb6N9Gck0p_L4Wfnkh06QAAZbbNsPJ5rw5DVBw6fj7S0uFj9IKz3zXGewi1ei0pw7/s2016/FKYK1276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEs3aYNFsv8vZiMlUGL5Tpuk2vsp5kD2wg0ztvEw1gv9JD62k0pCQTmE1bJp4DtJRPV9r6DONegwjn1wWoGt7Q0m3_1yt3ulAhYJkfLT8QGDbkTfcnlY6H2YpYbOvb6N9Gck0p_L4Wfnkh06QAAZbbNsPJ5rw5DVBw6fj7S0uFj9IKz3zXGewi1ei0pw7/w400-h300/FKYK1276.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Few people know that Garibaldi and his troops fought against the "new" Italian army. In 1862 only Rome was not part of the new Kingdom of Italy. In the August 1862 Garibaldi took possession of the steamships Abbattucci and Dispaccio in the port of Catania and set sail during the night. After a short night navigation, at four in the morning on 25 August 1862, he landed at the head of three thousand men in Calabria. Garibaldi's idea was to take the control of Rome ... to defeat the Papal army. The Italian government did not agree with this new initiative. The King of Italy decided to send his troops against Garibaldi. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADqJ8Uf8y1OLuzs1pUEp3hMX64GCIPbQz1RuQBQX9SrG5-at7_5zd3CdAi0E_rDk6QRqgRMW_6VExH6_HZTqlWl0DbAbR6gcmZ2evl8Ss4gOSsSsmpTIMtYT54efhJsNNvn2Xtn2VnGcG3LqpTQHrHHvz5aQsw_plXRbu8_PpgN5EA07a0mSSr17hXUlD/s2016/TARU4275.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADqJ8Uf8y1OLuzs1pUEp3hMX64GCIPbQz1RuQBQX9SrG5-at7_5zd3CdAi0E_rDk6QRqgRMW_6VExH6_HZTqlWl0DbAbR6gcmZ2evl8Ss4gOSsSsmpTIMtYT54efhJsNNvn2Xtn2VnGcG3LqpTQHrHHvz5aQsw_plXRbu8_PpgN5EA07a0mSSr17hXUlD/w400-h300/TARU4275.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJz5tNiE37ViQdYLklZm-zlqqLRdaxrBq8Th-NJSUqe60W-BvTez5Mkxd-KWh-31vYIsAe7KpmF2JkGlOrPwSlsII-P1JA5xkEToHJXpBcdlP7B5svP-Xd36DIMZLXydPGzG1MpWBnflQ8BDKWFwtklXVPaPSnnorbE3ptxev4nvDX8iHbXJagNJlC0ZY/s2016/TOEW4313.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJz5tNiE37ViQdYLklZm-zlqqLRdaxrBq8Th-NJSUqe60W-BvTez5Mkxd-KWh-31vYIsAe7KpmF2JkGlOrPwSlsII-P1JA5xkEToHJXpBcdlP7B5svP-Xd36DIMZLXydPGzG1MpWBnflQ8BDKWFwtklXVPaPSnnorbE3ptxev4nvDX8iHbXJagNJlC0ZY/w400-h300/TOEW4313.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reached Aspromonte (to be correct a little village called Sant'Eufemia in Aspromonte), the Italian troops took contact with the volunteers on 29 August. Well disposed, the Garibaldini observed the fast approaching march of the Bersaglieri, led by General Pallavicini. Once within rifle range, Pallavicini arranged the troops in a chain, the Bersaglieri in front of him, and resolutely advanced on the volunteers "advancing fire".</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At that point Garibaldi ran in front of his line and started shouting for a cease fire: “No, stop. Don't fire. They are our brothers." He was obeyed by the bulk of the volunteers, until part of Garibaldini center began to respond, or rather charged the Bersaglieri and pushed them back. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">During the battle Garibaldini was wounded. Once the General fell the Garibaldini retreated into a near forest while their officers ran around their leader wounded.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL9fydLFHIAWNo5MdKMEZkfFrX1MwRAEdjsd_9dCcLka7Ss1Kb9TiZj8_-yUgo1syNkgvgz_MFlDkmyz6-HtwvwjTDdtwYq_UKjSmRXCJTfHieInmh4ozRS6PJxRW5Js2oPUttBNUnAaAShlBPrjTrji_NirGKkcpWfoJVQfrXjCWJqBfXts94COnr0RU/s2016/LGFI1600.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL9fydLFHIAWNo5MdKMEZkfFrX1MwRAEdjsd_9dCcLka7Ss1Kb9TiZj8_-yUgo1syNkgvgz_MFlDkmyz6-HtwvwjTDdtwYq_UKjSmRXCJTfHieInmh4ozRS6PJxRW5Js2oPUttBNUnAaAShlBPrjTrji_NirGKkcpWfoJVQfrXjCWJqBfXts94COnr0RU/w400-h300/LGFI1600.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Garibaldi was still leaning against a pine tree with half a cigar in his mouth when Lieutenant Rotondo (of the Italian army), without salute, ordered Garibaldi to surrender. The lieutenant was disarmed and arrested but, when the commander of the Bersaglieri arrived, Garibaldi decided to accept the capitulation. Among the Bersaglieri Garibaldi recognized soldiers and officers who had been with him in previous campaigns: he saw them saddened and contrite so he decided to surrender</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">King Vittorio Emanuele, to celebrate the wedding of his daughter Maria Pia in 1862, amnestied the rebels on 5 October of the same year. Garibaldi lead another Italian force (I corpi volontari) during the 3rd Italian Independence war and he was elected as member of the Italian parliament.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV-zQxD7fRVEiOpKhS1xXCXhpYpgwAPwIo0dEt_W3TRi5acnsB2VDAFaNuHttA2BV8M2XMzWAEWmMcBEB_pYKCt11mJkVCBZ_yrIexct-pn1E1eXLKTBTMzvcuKKmJ2ORXS3-V4uLuE1uwlB51AvS36s5PtU5lFyWj8nNoLKvE3hJQ8s-ybTbhaYJQHjE/s2016/DTVR7253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV-zQxD7fRVEiOpKhS1xXCXhpYpgwAPwIo0dEt_W3TRi5acnsB2VDAFaNuHttA2BV8M2XMzWAEWmMcBEB_pYKCt11mJkVCBZ_yrIexct-pn1E1eXLKTBTMzvcuKKmJ2ORXS3-V4uLuE1uwlB51AvS36s5PtU5lFyWj8nNoLKvE3hJQ8s-ybTbhaYJQHjE/w400-h300/DTVR7253.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Garibaldi was wounded, he was wounded in the leg, Garibaldi who commands, who commands the battalion" /"Garibaldi fu ferito, fu ferito ad una gamba, Garibaldi che comanda, che comand il battaglion"/ are the opening lines of a song that was very famous in the Bersaglieri units </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-45976702031538493062023-09-22T17:52:00.000+02:002023-09-22T17:52:10.085+02:00The army of Carthage painted by Aurelian Leclerc<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The army of Carthage was one of the most important and largest one of the ancient world. At the maximum of their expansion Carthage controlled part of the North Africa, the southern Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below the army painted by my mate Aurelian that he use to win SAGA tournaments</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3NAcK-zFyU7gFmxWAViiQ0POwrIxtPq3nO6-DL9OYzpyOy17G9pwYHJRJFhRqAdzOPJWOfDmHCt7FHnzwUZ9I3FOixGiFhmwoxsAO5b3QZM2GXzHsKW1m7TQSVP5HBR5DacwBG6nopXnEwRHSxQoFnm-SLU5K4EVOev9QRnMxZwqu8v17ZPi0B1s_w/s1920/IMG_2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3NAcK-zFyU7gFmxWAViiQ0POwrIxtPq3nO6-DL9OYzpyOy17G9pwYHJRJFhRqAdzOPJWOfDmHCt7FHnzwUZ9I3FOixGiFhmwoxsAO5b3QZM2GXzHsKW1m7TQSVP5HBR5DacwBG6nopXnEwRHSxQoFnm-SLU5K4EVOev9QRnMxZwqu8v17ZPi0B1s_w/w400-h300/IMG_2024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks to this expansion the army was transformed from a body of citizen-soldiers to a multinational force composed of a combination of allies, citizens and foreign mercenary units.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The army was composed by a lot of foreign troops ... Libyans, Numidians, Iberian, Gauls and Greeks. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EubS9l_n8EQDNig8Q1gCMTr0KKWfzQ3XJtz8Fk0rsLmrEmaRHdcMG_1fMx7x8uu1sFQ4PS6ejaxqxgbel_8o3-Krn6M3dmDe_si6-aBRLMoGERvJjklvt-vd7HoY-wGlZKvqNOnm5yWo5K7UH9CGjpbIqolWAkWMApp1nsllBFh7Pi6N7XuAut6_xg/s1920/IMG_2027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EubS9l_n8EQDNig8Q1gCMTr0KKWfzQ3XJtz8Fk0rsLmrEmaRHdcMG_1fMx7x8uu1sFQ4PS6ejaxqxgbel_8o3-Krn6M3dmDe_si6-aBRLMoGERvJjklvt-vd7HoY-wGlZKvqNOnm5yWo5K7UH9CGjpbIqolWAkWMApp1nsllBFh7Pi6N7XuAut6_xg/w400-h300/IMG_2027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN59LSc0CV2lavOrYZpXKniHJd3fi07btm8ahHw5SiwwrmkxhYc3CMgZ7f3RoMYUgshY7iElMVbEjxslZ3PCzDcILhDgXb6J3xoJKV_JDZTCLH8Emwt9U8Pv4jy1MtKiauJPuNiR6Fz8VdsAXPu7iOEEVhstnc_lL-181-vmRLkvbz2Ay-799O5FBTdQ/w400-h300/IMG_2058.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Numidian light cavalry was one of the most known unit used by Punic generals ... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2szUKfAj-SKJpxdGuRp4csEnoofXxucT-banACEubW1i9ywQn9cldWuFOrFfLVvGcnByIPT6cue5TxhyiCPN-H6m1xbjr0RmWXFyU7AWP_AKhQYbi0vdt4M6QVLUfSbGDBtpxtGEQajSDeHcQpgHeDacHNRO_R1SdXGqkFdsyQ7flpXsvf0TyUD7cQ/s1920/IMG_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He led the Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the latter stages of the First Punic War. He led a kind of guerrilia war against Romans. After the war he came back to home where he fought during the Mercenary war ... even if is masterpeace was the expedition in Spain to expand Carthage territories.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hamilcar was the leader of Barcid family and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below his son Hannibal painted by Aurelian ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EZXo8NscFGe8FLRVyX0nr7cxnXOY4SFonIM67UMtLRHoPg3bSmwyjDEvHENxNppXMGvaUHjYIty8lBADdTYwGDS3PsTPWuRfROK5ubOrjWgue77wbXzB9dLvY9i_S_m4AVmThtzby2A4xD9TUtdKV7hKteEw3vrPVvCVpuA0sxAzTmDsTvO0huTK0w/s1920/IMG_2050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-24874110879863797482023-09-15T10:56:00.003+02:002023-09-15T15:31:53.045+02:00Battle of Cape Spartivento or Battle of Cape Teulada – Nimitz Sept 2023<div>Last week end my friends decided to play a naval battle using Nimitz. Nimitz is a Ww2 tabletop game of naval battles simulation written by Sam Mustafa. The rule system is perfect to lead entire fleets. It can be used for single battles at tactical level or for mini campaigns that could simulate more days of fight.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wq-R0HHX6eGQA2XlcazvJsht7-1OqqkR0_Runcxwd_cq1q8ZQk42CNBGBwweJO5rfhNn_nVP7zh0re4GogFRL0SLYwwOwx-wbKGustpFu7m3YrSBNfFntbPJgETGKRstueHFn0qpnvzThrA0gtR1-pNJYcONVSBMigXXIvOBVhIHX3okwYU5FB7zorQb/s1600/2ff2af60-0b1c-4a0e-910d-a28272888f0e.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wq-R0HHX6eGQA2XlcazvJsht7-1OqqkR0_Runcxwd_cq1q8ZQk42CNBGBwweJO5rfhNn_nVP7zh0re4GogFRL0SLYwwOwx-wbKGustpFu7m3YrSBNfFntbPJgETGKRstueHFn0qpnvzThrA0gtR1-pNJYcONVSBMigXXIvOBVhIHX3okwYU5FB7zorQb/w400-h185/2ff2af60-0b1c-4a0e-910d-a28272888f0e.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cape Teulada battle is a typical Ww2 naval battle between English an Italian forces. <br />On the night of November 17, 1940, an Italian force including two battleships (Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare) and a number of supporting unis decided to intercept two British convoys en route to Malta. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOq6ydN-JaJhTzgVHpfwy_w8fM9wgiHMcjgZMb6yxtoMRfSrcW2YUtgJY1TJMDh_c3G8z3vzBZuF_azhLcBrN3CpD-Df2lzSbV7mBqrSIevsuUtj5l9_RRIhEL1pYfOHbnP-MoBPeBQM5ohgKfVNFaL-Erap0Z6z00-bjN2nAj8GBoB0XjHWyARHl0wc0/s1600/3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOq6ydN-JaJhTzgVHpfwy_w8fM9wgiHMcjgZMb6yxtoMRfSrcW2YUtgJY1TJMDh_c3G8z3vzBZuF_azhLcBrN3CpD-Df2lzSbV7mBqrSIevsuUtj5l9_RRIhEL1pYfOHbnP-MoBPeBQM5ohgKfVNFaL-Erap0Z6z00-bjN2nAj8GBoB0XjHWyARHl0wc0/w400-h185/3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The Italian decision was born after the British attack to Taranto port. British forces destroyed some of Italian fleet battleships during a daring aerial assault. The Italian idea to keep the fleet and to adopt the “fleet in being” strategy is abandoned, and so Italian naval squadrons left the ports.</div><div><br />On November 17, the British were warned of Italian approach and immediately turned and returned to Gibraltar, launching their aircraft (two Blackburn Skuas and 12 Hawker Hurricanes) prematurely. One Skua and eight Hurricanes were lost at sea, as they ran out of fuel well before arriving at their destination, with the loss of seven airmen.<br />The British decided to organize a new convoy. It was organized with and increased support including ships from Gibraltar and Alexandria.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPNY81UVWagRxMCLwQ76OHdaBTu1BOPlIpzUKCoCBWFL2mOrnasBbQDQvbNVTq52lBp7eKICmVe4NQUdSL6wQ4UbdOk0XJ2vtZq7dYeE1R9_C5PkYjh7mxsV-c6S4UdaV8Ky3MSGMH9BUofjl1NAZ_okRiIctBi4urOzJk_m7c_BNDdvtK740CX8iLXUA/s1600/3d741b45-10e9-4c97-8535-f08a7caf21a9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPNY81UVWagRxMCLwQ76OHdaBTu1BOPlIpzUKCoCBWFL2mOrnasBbQDQvbNVTq52lBp7eKICmVe4NQUdSL6wQ4UbdOk0XJ2vtZq7dYeE1R9_C5PkYjh7mxsV-c6S4UdaV8Ky3MSGMH9BUofjl1NAZ_okRiIctBi4urOzJk_m7c_BNDdvtK740CX8iLXUA/w400-h185/3d741b45-10e9-4c97-8535-f08a7caf21a9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>At 9,45 on November 27, an Italian airplane from the heavy cruiser Bolzano discovered the British forces. The British admiral, James Somerville, received the report of Italian squadron approach. Reinforces from Alexandria were not arrived, so he decided to go back but at 10,10 some men on HMS Ark Royal spot the reinforces. Somerville decided to keep the position. British organized their fleet in two forces while the Italian one in three groups. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuUVdeQFgZuIyHl6Hw7X_0frlfzUD0XWVU4u2oMFqcFWXw_K5RTqqSYduSGgvZqrieEJ4LbMyu4avU9BHBJ8lrW7FMouzX_AFcySIi6f_lYhUmmBp5bp_rgBaPnTVsqgL922NJnFkDpy-2JP-QBFSbNMvkUXQYid7dGrbem2JxnqPZQO6plZkg8LNuObt/s1600/2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuUVdeQFgZuIyHl6Hw7X_0frlfzUD0XWVU4u2oMFqcFWXw_K5RTqqSYduSGgvZqrieEJ4LbMyu4avU9BHBJ8lrW7FMouzX_AFcySIi6f_lYhUmmBp5bp_rgBaPnTVsqgL922NJnFkDpy-2JP-QBFSbNMvkUXQYid7dGrbem2JxnqPZQO6plZkg8LNuObt/w400-h185/2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>At 12:22, the lead groups of both forces came into range and the Italian ship, Fiume, opened fire at 23,500 metres (25,700 yd). Rapid fire between the two forces continued as the distance between them closed, but as the range shortened Italian firepower began to put pressure on the outgunned British. The arrival of the battleship HMS Ramillies on the British side helped to even the odds, but she was too slow to maintain formation and dropped out of battle after a few salvoes at 12:26. Four minutes later, Vice Admiral Angelo Iachino, commander of the Italian cruiser group, received orders to disengage, although the battle had swung slightly in their favour. Iachino ordered an increase in speed to 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), laid smoke and started to withdraw.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYstf7lrEA28EQjIbxBTaqdAWa01JuFEKDPXKLlhpt7gxRaVhvCyMRUjpS5JCi8nfPMXrsU_KI86zY-jxXt7B0dgOury1vgcvCtmieyUK5Fbc-rqjfqy3WIkQrXMPzPMcbDI5elaH9-Aw2kPHvIRFeHKdvy-06trnQ7lrJjx8ahGMrk1zA9Pd6AbqxBssp/s1600/4d436611-5763-49dc-b231-c18b349840a1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYstf7lrEA28EQjIbxBTaqdAWa01JuFEKDPXKLlhpt7gxRaVhvCyMRUjpS5JCi8nfPMXrsU_KI86zY-jxXt7B0dgOury1vgcvCtmieyUK5Fbc-rqjfqy3WIkQrXMPzPMcbDI5elaH9-Aw2kPHvIRFeHKdvy-06trnQ7lrJjx8ahGMrk1zA9Pd6AbqxBssp/w400-h185/4d436611-5763-49dc-b231-c18b349840a1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>At this time the Italian destroyer Lanciere was hit and seriously damaged by HMS Manchester. Italian forces try to cover the Italian ship. At 12,22 a single 203 mm shell knocked out the Y turret fo HMS Berwick while at 12,35 a second shell destroyed the after breaker room and cut power to part of ship’s sections. The Italian ship Ascari caught the Lanciere and bring it in a safe position. <br />At around 12:40, eleven Swordfish from Ark Royal attacked Vittorio Veneto with torpedoes, but did not score any hits.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghX2xjjFPU287mA0CaywbZJ0jsn66Hbq-8pM4om0Z7Pu1BnzSh9ztZSG-ig1qo7QmXOyIueo8t5FUQKEgzNRZMGD1WGPOeajkx5PXX2rZKaClSloeAbCogXkk-RBIyaoMMG8rRQM2BoN6EMFPi2gxgjhPiLkuN6_J1mLXNBmNEPKuCdyJhuv5RnNudxJPA/s1600/giulio%20cesare_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghX2xjjFPU287mA0CaywbZJ0jsn66Hbq-8pM4om0Z7Pu1BnzSh9ztZSG-ig1qo7QmXOyIueo8t5FUQKEgzNRZMGD1WGPOeajkx5PXX2rZKaClSloeAbCogXkk-RBIyaoMMG8rRQM2BoN6EMFPi2gxgjhPiLkuN6_J1mLXNBmNEPKuCdyJhuv5RnNudxJPA/w185-h400/giulio%20cesare_edited.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div><br />At 13:00, Vittorio Veneto opened fire from 27,000 metres (30,000 yd). Vittorio Veneto fired 19 rounds in seven salvoes from long range and that was enough for the now outgunned British cruisers, which turned back. In fact, as giant water-spouts erupted around Berwick and Manchester, the British commadner ordered smoke, and his ships fled southeast to close with Renown. Both forces withdrew, the battle lasting a total of 54 minutes and causing little damage to either side.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35BsLY4td5rfurdWQeNxHjCjnCn39fs-4DCRWLuUsELLn5yq93YU2rQoWJV4-i31gkbvZWU6HZvQPJ_oMX9js5dHzDnxVHAF517CE1OUEJZbbMx0WHAYo0yeuQhs3iiNJpYTN5FA9NK1WpdbIFUdEeKto5yjMXiEcVwmeg1FOYddlg8Pofc-PJRMr57nt/s1600/2067a1b7-0cd4-4ce2-9d25-adc09d7c11f9_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35BsLY4td5rfurdWQeNxHjCjnCn39fs-4DCRWLuUsELLn5yq93YU2rQoWJV4-i31gkbvZWU6HZvQPJ_oMX9js5dHzDnxVHAF517CE1OUEJZbbMx0WHAYo0yeuQhs3iiNJpYTN5FA9NK1WpdbIFUdEeKto5yjMXiEcVwmeg1FOYddlg8Pofc-PJRMr57nt/w400-h185/2067a1b7-0cd4-4ce2-9d25-adc09d7c11f9_edited.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>In our game the Italian fleet demaged some English unit and intercepted the convoys. At the end it was an Italian victory 57 points vs 47.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrJyvqn9IxRR2WF4vaYFgzTOMvocssOYyd9kadY__w-dHlMkj0tst6YBr7fmIz2HPNSNKCUazg07qrGlpQVjJPxJe0QJLh26BVA5MtCsdEJ8AAK7bK_R_WgRRv02HJ1iJnNQUeOgTwRFtZ1mDKUqCKfud23K7Ba7vI8MEw64LUlUw3-DpFYdwlbq_dW8I/s1600/4e0b875f-f4e8-4246-882f-8b22af660d4b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrJyvqn9IxRR2WF4vaYFgzTOMvocssOYyd9kadY__w-dHlMkj0tst6YBr7fmIz2HPNSNKCUazg07qrGlpQVjJPxJe0QJLh26BVA5MtCsdEJ8AAK7bK_R_WgRRv02HJ1iJnNQUeOgTwRFtZ1mDKUqCKfud23K7Ba7vI8MEw64LUlUw3-DpFYdwlbq_dW8I/w185-h400/4e0b875f-f4e8-4246-882f-8b22af660d4b.jpeg" width="185" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-17713006108763676482023-07-21T12:51:00.001+02:002023-07-21T23:15:09.767+02:00Studio Tomahawk'Jugula review<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the last weeks my club mates played some matches using Jugula ... a Studio Tomahawk rule system set in Roman Empire. Jugula is a bit different respect other "classical" wargame because you will be a "Lanista" in stead of a commarders, generals and so on.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmLAJihxz6tcO65Biqwlx75ssP0hUR2AGSffA6PV-oq-KKaRLalX4DkiRCjY_zJ21ycd3JrPiub6NaZQUCThp0_-bqceqCfZlrFUTsBsKEPB5yYNc18tmIxjskKS5waMl5h3wYRx15ZVGN1WiibqmpbmZk-b-Um8QPN8KnjPv6Q-6TXbfvxBp4wPpRg/s4032/IMG_5886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmLAJihxz6tcO65Biqwlx75ssP0hUR2AGSffA6PV-oq-KKaRLalX4DkiRCjY_zJ21ycd3JrPiub6NaZQUCThp0_-bqceqCfZlrFUTsBsKEPB5yYNc18tmIxjskKS5waMl5h3wYRx15ZVGN1WiibqmpbmZk-b-Um8QPN8KnjPv6Q-6TXbfvxBp4wPpRg/w400-h300/IMG_5886.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The lanista was, essentially, an entrepreneur who traded in gladiators and rented them to the organizer (editor or munerarius) of the gladiatorial show (munera) drawing his own profit which did not diminish even if the gladiator died during the fight. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Normally the lanista was an ex gladiator assisted in his activity by the doctores (or magistri). Skilled veterans freed from the status of gladiator who, having concluded thier activity, had been awarded the rudis (a wooden sword).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9Oq0Q4dhnH-KUumg8e5BJghqG8ThbTxJl-55knDLpn1lVQoY8xDORKWcY259MTvpCniU-XuOLjlZPqiPd1Cud0bXhP5FBcn23aBr6L2PWD_RKWIuGlHQ2FiZ_uPFu8HAWtpk8Nu8DF8XN-CdL3O0bXp1X8uJknRdJbbLUkgWMxXpzbgjh8eUBTiKnQ/s474/OIP.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="474" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9Oq0Q4dhnH-KUumg8e5BJghqG8ThbTxJl-55knDLpn1lVQoY8xDORKWcY259MTvpCniU-XuOLjlZPqiPd1Cud0bXhP5FBcn23aBr6L2PWD_RKWIuGlHQ2FiZ_uPFu8HAWtpk8Nu8DF8XN-CdL3O0bXp1X8uJknRdJbbLUkgWMxXpzbgjh8eUBTiKnQ/w400-h269/OIP.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The lanista is the focus of the game ... this is the reason for which, in this game, the rules managing
combat in the arena are all about decisions, rather than hit, move and blade types. Jugula allows the players to manage the
development of their own gladiators. Combat area in a square grid ... not very different respect a chess board. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9Pald6BAlXz8Rcbudv-A2bbnT_m3z5jD-sWZ8K6SAdU77y3yRPxi7XfZQHX-uodw67howeSYywjXYemsVSH1YZGZ3wmzDK-OioFBSnJXNI38aMKnzX2klB7F9zxPAI04h5NexPz__nxBo70xF_TGEjVGWM1ArD__UaseZWhp7r4_Vww6kLk-zMTrtA/s4032/IMG_5908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9Pald6BAlXz8Rcbudv-A2bbnT_m3z5jD-sWZ8K6SAdU77y3yRPxi7XfZQHX-uodw67howeSYywjXYemsVSH1YZGZ3wmzDK-OioFBSnJXNI38aMKnzX2klB7F9zxPAI04h5NexPz__nxBo70xF_TGEjVGWM1ArD__UaseZWhp7r4_Vww6kLk-zMTrtA/w400-h300/IMG_5908.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QLuHwa6ENraJZJGbj2LLYwplHuCm06E7jtlMBRq975niAmjXnxrU0L3Uedm_GbKX6cvxXhfCzdiV7prlb_q_EKY1eLTZPTDVLQE7IIK6TTkP9PhFpk46vkljF5bWgSAkoAK8bT6hwLiMstHHUB1Ti7WxOA8igjjKe9vu9-wVoMsSXz0JMM5fPhF2pQ/s4032/IMG_6029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QLuHwa6ENraJZJGbj2LLYwplHuCm06E7jtlMBRq975niAmjXnxrU0L3Uedm_GbKX6cvxXhfCzdiV7prlb_q_EKY1eLTZPTDVLQE7IIK6TTkP9PhFpk46vkljF5bWgSAkoAK8bT6hwLiMstHHUB1Ti7WxOA8igjjKe9vu9-wVoMsSXz0JMM5fPhF2pQ/w400-h300/IMG_6029.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jugula uses a card system that, during the arena fights, allows the lanista to control and manage his gladiators. During the game the player has to choose the correct cards but also the correct way to use them. A card can uses: for movement, for increase your popularity (called Vox Populi that can give some bonus combat and increase the size of your card hand), for combat, for draw other cards, for use card's ability or for a kind of upgrade (Prima Jugula card).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The player has a team of 4 gladiators (famila). Every gladiator has his stat (movement, combat, skills and so on) and card. The player can choose from: Murmillo, Scissor, Hoplomachus, Provocator, Secutor, Crupellarius (heavy) and Veles, Tharaex, Retiarius, Sagittarius, Dimachaerius, Laquearius (light).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkqAKZIggbwBvkXph66kAUkUw8N8YnaY1iQjgRrjMcvlIm6WvNqGDqf2P0soHpbPD0fFNapO7sJmHReGaFhg97ZzEYIIA5rmnPgUP1KKPW3k3MHToMUF6eLtsGS7BGaVu38Tmt3pD5PyAEwV6igPkayJ1LqOQ6aqp97M0XMH52v48CksTl_bC8aMiIQ/s1024/7b65f2a9-0309-467f-9f9c-1af455f247c0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkqAKZIggbwBvkXph66kAUkUw8N8YnaY1iQjgRrjMcvlIm6WvNqGDqf2P0soHpbPD0fFNapO7sJmHReGaFhg97ZzEYIIA5rmnPgUP1KKPW3k3MHToMUF6eLtsGS7BGaVu38Tmt3pD5PyAEwV6igPkayJ1LqOQ6aqp97M0XMH52v48CksTl_bC8aMiIQ/w300-h400/7b65f2a9-0309-467f-9f9c-1af455f247c0.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Generally you cannot attack and move in the same. You get bonuses for attacking the flank or the rear but you must choose your movement carrefully because you can attack only the three squares immediately to miniature's front</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The combat is easy: your gladiator's attack factors (plus modifiers) against opponent's defence. Modifiers could be: the drawing card value you and your opponent must put on the table or Vox Populi for example.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQKifYUKnRXK2287iM_zyL1CYyQQLbhtlDA0lvqZqjCj6hID2-zMENZbyf_mjOy6T7VZkMdcZ6EWKVUCf6nW6fbnO8dqUHnwcPR1aQKI_1fZlx91koP528_a3kFPYAA4J0_rBJzrC_7BP6CtH--fnqGa0vLs1EZE31jjUtReu4EEVxU3TziMg1JN2tA/s4032/IMG_6027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQKifYUKnRXK2287iM_zyL1CYyQQLbhtlDA0lvqZqjCj6hID2-zMENZbyf_mjOy6T7VZkMdcZ6EWKVUCf6nW6fbnO8dqUHnwcPR1aQKI_1fZlx91koP528_a3kFPYAA4J0_rBJzrC_7BP6CtH--fnqGa0vLs1EZE31jjUtReu4EEVxU3TziMg1JN2tA/w400-h300/IMG_6027.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Four points win the game. An enemy's gladiator wounded: 1 point. An enemy's gladiator killed: 2 points.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can play it in a campaign version. Every players (Lanisti) spent money to train gladiators, to hire mercanaries, to sell or to buy new minis and so on. The lanista goal is to gain glory and to win the game.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The game is easy to play and funny. In our club we started a campaign that is rich of interesting and amusing combats </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-58534512983668541062023-06-23T11:04:00.002+02:002023-06-23T20:16:34.854+02:00Maxi Napoleonic scenario - Black Powder June 17, 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last week end my mates organized a Black Powder game using a “maxi” table. Around 3,000 miniatures … table 480 x 150 cm … 16 Army Corps … 12 players.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1KiMnizAGwDnM0mn7Sy-kH3zrcdZSukikn8j89ZuicX4IeHkm_qh_fyaL0sJzIDXKn8sTzkLsZLCFgAndB_UVB1PrHU8YnLaG9GPz6aKt83fSyQFLRj9XOuaknqSlPx05qBURDTobv-blwRh8oEWyFR_yu8IFJuGKubd4z5bsIoBPhhIvFnn0x5zIhas/s1024/02_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1KiMnizAGwDnM0mn7Sy-kH3zrcdZSukikn8j89ZuicX4IeHkm_qh_fyaL0sJzIDXKn8sTzkLsZLCFgAndB_UVB1PrHU8YnLaG9GPz6aKt83fSyQFLRj9XOuaknqSlPx05qBURDTobv-blwRh8oEWyFR_yu8IFJuGKubd4z5bsIoBPhhIvFnn0x5zIhas/w400-h300/02_edited.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7guAibDeMAzJ4YdsbyU6HAyburZXdTYvZ4QerPVk5LeKyw8U1S7nV4TQOw4_gMoLr1q82ky1yPoJ5vu9YQXSEBNvFPQlL1MJ2XLZrRwpH_toJeZXyZrUAz8MiICU_zmek9QhIUbiAFXYMlYEPjW78Qa3n9lomWi4smR0UAIobEOXpigRLNKrNRt3D83AU/s1024/01_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7guAibDeMAzJ4YdsbyU6HAyburZXdTYvZ4QerPVk5LeKyw8U1S7nV4TQOw4_gMoLr1q82ky1yPoJ5vu9YQXSEBNvFPQlL1MJ2XLZrRwpH_toJeZXyZrUAz8MiICU_zmek9QhIUbiAFXYMlYEPjW78Qa3n9lomWi4smR0UAIobEOXpigRLNKrNRt3D83AU/w400-h300/01_edited.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was not an historical scenario but it is inspired a post Lipsia battle ... around 1813. The idea was to create an event in which players could play a Napoleonic battle for fun with a great number of minis. The French are retreating and the Emperor is ill. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2ErZe920YDY4D-oSVN97BQd6KD2NI1yAgTCmKb07TK1QGokkaExXZnKmHBzbOUSelVmBuQPgeOUDY1eiuxm4VvvkO05RznwA9ccw6UQM_521CeOAHK0GX0xlpVVfzanooVSDmX9bzURLiTybe5o-VeV8XQ_kxyi7IyM7ak1Ly2_d35fPxaTC_VdY2mD4/s1024/03_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2ErZe920YDY4D-oSVN97BQd6KD2NI1yAgTCmKb07TK1QGokkaExXZnKmHBzbOUSelVmBuQPgeOUDY1eiuxm4VvvkO05RznwA9ccw6UQM_521CeOAHK0GX0xlpVVfzanooVSDmX9bzURLiTybe5o-VeV8XQ_kxyi7IyM7ak1Ly2_d35fPxaTC_VdY2mD4/w300-h400/03_edited.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNikyp5WFwKEp0jd86a6VxvUp5ET9DDVHMWk4wCA9rIGtaB-sCGNaYcHJ83fg7uMDwchEDgTO7hLbPf7oMC0FEVXJcVld1tx0AIhbDnPq9KHXzhU60ZMCOUOvtMJXHB4-Dco344aSCwtP15cYyNCPOIL46qjzExD_ORwHXCP8USFf9TSl8-XSuYVwMuUxy/s4032/03b_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNikyp5WFwKEp0jd86a6VxvUp5ET9DDVHMWk4wCA9rIGtaB-sCGNaYcHJ83fg7uMDwchEDgTO7hLbPf7oMC0FEVXJcVld1tx0AIhbDnPq9KHXzhU60ZMCOUOvtMJXHB4-Dco344aSCwtP15cYyNCPOIL46qjzExD_ORwHXCP8USFf9TSl8-XSuYVwMuUxy/w300-h400/03b_edited.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All minis are 15mm. The Obj of the battle is easy: the Emperor, aboard his carriage, must cross the whole camp using the road on the edge of the French side. The Allies want to take him alive</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mgXiQmM4KBi9d_nOVPkwGKmwPOMx9MWqrBQ9_UuBC-wLlN3I054SE9jDOSpwhzyQ1JGbgmqK0kFSzjni_CJuLhh6LZX12eWRmyMvtfhVEFZ8reWUA5_FYAoNtiDkG9hv5gcnQ2wBjbkGOvqfHyag6_EWZ2j8u__GiMfHM4TTex9YRNajzFwHdVfXCykJ/s4032/08_carrozza_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mgXiQmM4KBi9d_nOVPkwGKmwPOMx9MWqrBQ9_UuBC-wLlN3I054SE9jDOSpwhzyQ1JGbgmqK0kFSzjni_CJuLhh6LZX12eWRmyMvtfhVEFZ8reWUA5_FYAoNtiDkG9hv5gcnQ2wBjbkGOvqfHyag6_EWZ2j8u__GiMfHM4TTex9YRNajzFwHdVfXCykJ/w400-h300/08_carrozza_edited.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the first two turns of game the Emperor and the Guard has significant problems to move even if they can count on a 9 of discipline.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the French right, two Corps face a Bavarian and Austrian one. The French launch their cavalry against Austrian units but they are not able to create an hole. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfNoqO0T0BPLRmzGUjNOWENlxbl3AkFRwdUmMfsIts9RDJIfRW5eKqtzqt8due7HuuwdrgDRbjerqqTcaG-z7aHH7YIJyI0SVJVjwvzcknpMMyv8k17LswTmUTLD0VnbKFuE0ywbtRwxj4oovsg1AhQ0GfqG9unPnyAYOhFmkTTzJhNhYgJkVfsGgjXYX/s4032/right%20wing.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfNoqO0T0BPLRmzGUjNOWENlxbl3AkFRwdUmMfsIts9RDJIfRW5eKqtzqt8due7HuuwdrgDRbjerqqTcaG-z7aHH7YIJyI0SVJVjwvzcknpMMyv8k17LswTmUTLD0VnbKFuE0ywbtRwxj4oovsg1AhQ0GfqG9unPnyAYOhFmkTTzJhNhYgJkVfsGgjXYX/w400-h300/right%20wing.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuSymed2Y8UaakMz68pZ2YcqN63VfYLTO0WzJ3K-i4qXAjA5HDTHjSIY1qkPqWPdROb20ORRPZbwi9IuJmZj47Hp4yctxD_M4X73-cxeWCBiCAxILzRrkjFF-ZKQVNPPc5I2iEWkkSVV94qyboeQ0tzj7LjO55RWu0A-z2xV25lKStI5c8t49ddvBrDPB/s4032/rigt%20wing_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuSymed2Y8UaakMz68pZ2YcqN63VfYLTO0WzJ3K-i4qXAjA5HDTHjSIY1qkPqWPdROb20ORRPZbwi9IuJmZj47Hp4yctxD_M4X73-cxeWCBiCAxILzRrkjFF-ZKQVNPPc5I2iEWkkSVV94qyboeQ0tzj7LjO55RWu0A-z2xV25lKStI5c8t49ddvBrDPB/w400-h300/rigt%20wing_edited.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A detail of a Barian unit approaching to the field and ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYXRK_XTtfCG8Trr3X9wYuXa3np0QJn4RBp2CaDABn-VXh14pBNoxkVOY32J98bq1C2Vg65GtWUgcHzm6BDWd4Ltt1f1muqRfkfEFltx76tjoWnos-qnKU8IjHGh5niMVomdh5J9WD7ByU9FLFg7J1lkE1Ozg7L55rf_dWywUzg-LSoZr_gcs1pZUCG32/s4032/IMG_6098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYXRK_XTtfCG8Trr3X9wYuXa3np0QJn4RBp2CaDABn-VXh14pBNoxkVOY32J98bq1C2Vg65GtWUgcHzm6BDWd4Ltt1f1muqRfkfEFltx76tjoWnos-qnKU8IjHGh5niMVomdh5J9WD7ByU9FLFg7J1lkE1Ozg7L55rf_dWywUzg-LSoZr_gcs1pZUCG32/w400-h300/IMG_6098.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... a French cavalry unit</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3mOUfLhhuvs-ePHm_wWstokG2uw80BxwAk7g2jApAM3nmQkl-NzMjwFxP3Ln99gFaTjiuMGP1HSCVVw7j_D0kdOdApK_pKlPL0ZL2rvy3e7vV_eeShl3Rd2ef2O9p0LpFq37js3nGmygod1FvDZJgmt87XGK8ZJlIMa2wcmYuP0NOgqIk1934PG5CDNl/s4032/right%20wing%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3mOUfLhhuvs-ePHm_wWstokG2uw80BxwAk7g2jApAM3nmQkl-NzMjwFxP3Ln99gFaTjiuMGP1HSCVVw7j_D0kdOdApK_pKlPL0ZL2rvy3e7vV_eeShl3Rd2ef2O9p0LpFq37js3nGmygod1FvDZJgmt87XGK8ZJlIMa2wcmYuP0NOgqIk1934PG5CDNl/w400-h300/right%20wing%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the French left, the Poles keep the Prussian troops at a distance. The Prussians continue to hammer the F</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">rench line with rifle and cannon but the Poles hold the line.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx3ykBw1wwriDI3nmv2RKjtpenIid9S_CNJIe8KZ6xjLHU5MTA7GZX-LUzjF4Ovi6qTIK2RCvUt6FIVv4r8IyNuxuDhH4auEsxR3ywzVCe0rBLWLcryMg2zfWv2HKCDhTmB7X3_zbHYRR0k4tI8ENC1c8YYkV_qr3cYOGM-A5wPLTDWlEsoQrb2B5Df8o/s4032/IMG_6123.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx3ykBw1wwriDI3nmv2RKjtpenIid9S_CNJIe8KZ6xjLHU5MTA7GZX-LUzjF4Ovi6qTIK2RCvUt6FIVv4r8IyNuxuDhH4auEsxR3ywzVCe0rBLWLcryMg2zfWv2HKCDhTmB7X3_zbHYRR0k4tI8ENC1c8YYkV_qr3cYOGM-A5wPLTDWlEsoQrb2B5Df8o/w400-h300/IMG_6123.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDvi_eIjIgHt2uPzXbglribD66l4CWag1TuGZqdKIhf3i9Mqmap4LP2jMFvydwTHBKivcO_OUn7Z1SYWW13xAgMY0fvzpa5S9p5sIn2-ACkVvX_BMZ8Wis6ScaUu8w0aQ6eESSJkguijvSKdLuPIsDuVLbj_oNBVMwQCbLqp3MnIoHFIK-YUT0uVVpoI9/w400-h300/05_guardia3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />On the center Russian Corp try to create an hole and capture Emperor’s carriage but a fresh Napoletan force block them avoiding a catastrophic event.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfumNHOJBI3sLN1JLgQq0o3oY3vui3ZQSOAPRgY368hInQf_9f5m7gcLh5LKsYfMQnw9Uo597fTgUW8l5PCS5Kuhzl64MpMti7zaylwMuDpbPZu2JR6ls4ibOE5skw8yDEZCeyani31GAbn6GnxUsNltmq2xBsUXBlMhK7i0J8pUjD8u0tlWjkFbJpM_D/s4032/IMG_6149_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddtAqf970k9am1yBzeymdqx0-CxGPasgYlBib8KK6dvMP2lNCy-d-pjoHU0nzEpEAhGgJqbUfZmlkqGIow0OiapLwRuCkB8Ynkj1ej99fWHcOreDhUef2nP-UrAtjZpIvoRJNNs_jIoMvVMQl-oQOr13P1NBkNN68hQLUCNYhLUzUNi-ALyXIS5fHaF8q/w400-h300/04_swiss.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />At the 11th turn the Guard arrives laun</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ching the cavalry against the first Austrian unit that try to block the Emperor. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfnFmgqniWMcdOAkizXHb7Y2DC5Nugjps0T7-3dnCfEEsDnJkA6RHHlBE6TICg4pFvVc9L6YmiuztPOn3mmGkANlZJg2-C9Og7PCqMUxYu5T-PLkei8-GowpFSpONbPIjae0mpQUWXBwrGCopH5aijOzdHzegK5Am-H6R9hu3IX0E7bLyl6g8QzavKLib/s4032/05_guardia5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The Emperor is captured and sent to his exile to Elba island.<br /></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-11125764032063688602023-05-19T08:14:00.002+02:002023-05-19T10:32:39.804+02:00Foraging duty - Clash of Katanas May, 13 2023<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">SCENARIO</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last week end my mates decided to play another match using Clash of Katanas. They decided to play a scenario from the main rule book: Foraging Duty (10.2).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The starting set up</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOE1PSozhSS2uQ4kHh4SdSk40iPhQIZmVt0kkQ_sIhHFIXgonFsvi87Fw8xDXZU_2M8wAM9Kg5Z5Klzuq0SvfoTYw1-yCV5jCq6YyqkL1GF8SfyaltNBOgmWHIpFNj0zFom4OySzQbKHtLpjbakIhJGQ4u1UO-N9lPepHr9qLFVwkIhomE7_ToJgVcOw/s4032/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOE1PSozhSS2uQ4kHh4SdSk40iPhQIZmVt0kkQ_sIhHFIXgonFsvi87Fw8xDXZU_2M8wAM9Kg5Z5Klzuq0SvfoTYw1-yCV5jCq6YyqkL1GF8SfyaltNBOgmWHIpFNj0zFom4OySzQbKHtLpjbakIhJGQ4u1UO-N9lPepHr9qLFVwkIhomE7_ToJgVcOw/w400-h300/1.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two armies are camped in the poximity of a fertile valley. While they wait the clash the armies need to be fed so their commanders decided to sent out some patrols on scavernging duty. The game started when two opposing patrols become in contact. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDErWHPqNgSs-ohSJd-9bHnA2UndCmhnJy14zZ2C6V4WqtRmTQg_W7TN8cnNVdW6n2P9kKA6KCRLnc56vw1GVn0ICsT_GiQaufhVouQ10XcGEOoh_kI1mHZNzYYDjvasVIw9xxbnuQ1uk7MHw6lsyckvK-6Tdnt7qmLOdjJa5cFI35QWOcWaLTOFrgTw/s4032/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDErWHPqNgSs-ohSJd-9bHnA2UndCmhnJy14zZ2C6V4WqtRmTQg_W7TN8cnNVdW6n2P9kKA6KCRLnc56vw1GVn0ICsT_GiQaufhVouQ10XcGEOoh_kI1mHZNzYYDjvasVIw9xxbnuQ1uk7MHw6lsyckvK-6Tdnt7qmLOdjJa5cFI35QWOcWaLTOFrgTw/w400-h300/4.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD1Y9asSvADdLDoaguLrjKbM8gpqMgzIIQ35vfWPsaTNq8GJZ_DN34NAVCtUdIQ8s-zBA5pgyoPVEvPXNfqk_VXNbkghDyZIKaanN8FLB8ozDZXm2PdA757NKe9Evt2evDAf_6IYkxaaw1cZeX_yAtIa4H0jcSi_c4w9v4aD3pUlabIZSWaNvfA5TQA/s4032/11.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD1Y9asSvADdLDoaguLrjKbM8gpqMgzIIQ35vfWPsaTNq8GJZ_DN34NAVCtUdIQ8s-zBA5pgyoPVEvPXNfqk_VXNbkghDyZIKaanN8FLB8ozDZXm2PdA757NKe9Evt2evDAf_6IYkxaaw1cZeX_yAtIa4H0jcSi_c4w9v4aD3pUlabIZSWaNvfA5TQA/w400-h300/11.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the table are placed two livstock herd tokens at 24" from table center. The obj is to bring the herds into the camp. The unit or character takes the herd and the animals move directly away at base contact with him. For each herd that a player manages to get within 12" of their table edge, the enemy will gain a break point at the end of the turn. The opponent can cancel that break point by moving the sheep so that they are no longer full within 12" from the opponent table edge. If the player pushes an herd to touch his table edge, the herd is removed from the table and considered captured by the player. At the end of the turn, the enemy receives two break points for each herd that was captured. The game ends when a side breaks. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGlSjN08ueQXL_B22gGtbXLE9gfSYwU8hRlT4-AcxgXL2op5bILhVrHkfnF1aguwP1nJ8ARg3n733SpglkxAyhVhT7MXx1GgG08306omYaqNdr8jLY_ImhIi3MOGPq4gh250rLFKA--vKKDDOImbTqQTAzwRaV_qA_QvdXZ1TGjy2r1Zqh1G9Tblt3w/s4032/5%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGlSjN08ueQXL_B22gGtbXLE9gfSYwU8hRlT4-AcxgXL2op5bILhVrHkfnF1aguwP1nJ8ARg3n733SpglkxAyhVhT7MXx1GgG08306omYaqNdr8jLY_ImhIi3MOGPq4gh250rLFKA--vKKDDOImbTqQTAzwRaV_qA_QvdXZ1TGjy2r1Zqh1G9Tblt3w/w400-h300/5%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mates decided to deploy two armies: an Ikko Ikki patrol vs Tokugawa one. Riccardo leads Ikko Ikki while Antonio takes the Tokugawa.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ikko Ikki is a very particular faction that can include an assassin. The Ikko Ikki army is formed by large numbers of highly motivated but poorly equipped peasants, supported by expertly trained and usually fanatical warrior monks.</span></p><p>THE BATTLE</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The engagement phase ends when all tokens are in sight of the enemy…</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQatDjJX0-qeDCAT0eSs1RE75u9H3rtLFFq7dtp02E6W7gGjsO_aHikrerey00gaRLgTwDNmG0NFpaeKK8KHF-kziruhbyRLOIP6pOUZ4uwScn7JfCt-WAdbMvAAmoVS6p0QgqrpVeiy_91x0pRfsyKbUl179hKQXv2aK9KFJoVlf0eDP4Ih9vzjrmKg/s4032/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQatDjJX0-qeDCAT0eSs1RE75u9H3rtLFFq7dtp02E6W7gGjsO_aHikrerey00gaRLgTwDNmG0NFpaeKK8KHF-kziruhbyRLOIP6pOUZ4uwScn7JfCt-WAdbMvAAmoVS6p0QgqrpVeiy_91x0pRfsyKbUl179hKQXv2aK9KFJoVlf0eDP4Ih9vzjrmKg/w400-h300/2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZSq9ppOUyuP96uvEFExyW2bYL7fsRuRtiyWZIQ3ft8qd0LtTt5mxZAkVZepZjqnLjnPZWab60b7CTUw9wS8rTrHCzNEDtp1L6qU3Etlg33berY0ORGWJzO3os3CGZcEKIPPXunC5oZPrfh6hEOo6dxRJpZYqH1Hv35pqCSteXnmkc8RlIpnzXex71w/s4032/06.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZSq9ppOUyuP96uvEFExyW2bYL7fsRuRtiyWZIQ3ft8qd0LtTt5mxZAkVZepZjqnLjnPZWab60b7CTUw9wS8rTrHCzNEDtp1L6qU3Etlg33berY0ORGWJzO3os3CGZcEKIPPXunC5oZPrfh6hEOo6dxRJpZYqH1Hv35pqCSteXnmkc8RlIpnzXex71w/w400-h300/06.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tokugawa moves his cavalry on the right while archibugers cover the left side </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oJ1rnKqI0CuGh2iox0QvfbV21uJBTUfyvAhQK7AfRDf7lXdtZWMjFtXCHlqYWn9FakQgEiU8fW6hw6znf9CIdOISlhP3FbxvvwZVdhJBKw4JKNvO_8Qtz_QabxL5BG8Pr23OF0ck-tpa36hS-ZdFCn_dhVkFnzxVFDUhIM4J7Qd-xCheVEPSbVYcEA/s4032/06.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oJ1rnKqI0CuGh2iox0QvfbV21uJBTUfyvAhQK7AfRDf7lXdtZWMjFtXCHlqYWn9FakQgEiU8fW6hw6znf9CIdOISlhP3FbxvvwZVdhJBKw4JKNvO_8Qtz_QabxL5BG8Pr23OF0ck-tpa36hS-ZdFCn_dhVkFnzxVFDUhIM4J7Qd-xCheVEPSbVYcEA/w400-h300/06.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u6CMjIldA3nhKtH_M2aG8IOk16leX3h4UlakHRcExSCQH6sGGazYuChVQL_r9Bcmv0ptskGDTUnYNtAbL0Pi_KTx1kco0c_H5wwlfNUwPzzBAzoHZxLI4jmpfCey1HXYd20OVXhaflRh9IdJxF8F5mOYJR2jIL2nOy5D12CO3Kdy0sFW8CMpWq77GQ/s4032/07a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u6CMjIldA3nhKtH_M2aG8IOk16leX3h4UlakHRcExSCQH6sGGazYuChVQL_r9Bcmv0ptskGDTUnYNtAbL0Pi_KTx1kco0c_H5wwlfNUwPzzBAzoHZxLI4jmpfCey1HXYd20OVXhaflRh9IdJxF8F5mOYJR2jIL2nOy5D12CO3Kdy0sFW8CMpWq77GQ/w400-h300/07a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also Tokugawa may include into his list an assassin and a geisha but, for this fight, Antonio has decided not to deploy them. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Riccardo launches his monks against the archiburgers covered by his men deployed in the center. On the left he send his warriors to take the first group of sheeps.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsZQZqoJT9TxSeX5rU8xadgAtwc7QiUZYyfP0dkmptwb0Ptftx27ZdGWoXIAFx-Txk1Qi85Lhzii4MkNvHgj9ztv8sD718wOatfhICjLgH-KTtVLLRsRXABFf-0C6zAb8Uk0c_aCiCGhMyUmuFgH6ZR_3mRBeUu0oKpEH-Mv--rAA5M-8ii2h0uLJXQ/s4032/08.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsZQZqoJT9TxSeX5rU8xadgAtwc7QiUZYyfP0dkmptwb0Ptftx27ZdGWoXIAFx-Txk1Qi85Lhzii4MkNvHgj9ztv8sD718wOatfhICjLgH-KTtVLLRsRXABFf-0C6zAb8Uk0c_aCiCGhMyUmuFgH6ZR_3mRBeUu0oKpEH-Mv--rAA5M-8ii2h0uLJXQ/w400-h300/08.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_Cgeymp_2YoKZKsGme5Ji7ywNxxeLCVPRYXcWqzJWjzvoRpl71GesdqCAZf3GHTHvu6U04rDUZOoLBH4gXm0VRkcgiuME85rzmYicRq2e7oDGeHco7uh0lti5FFZUNJWPjIq9DtUXkC3CXcbL_lQsm4l0ZWfXHvX1342aOGsEBMxrg1aFieV7rP2Q/s4032/09.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_Cgeymp_2YoKZKsGme5Ji7ywNxxeLCVPRYXcWqzJWjzvoRpl71GesdqCAZf3GHTHvu6U04rDUZOoLBH4gXm0VRkcgiuME85rzmYicRq2e7oDGeHco7uh0lti5FFZUNJWPjIq9DtUXkC3CXcbL_lQsm4l0ZWfXHvX1342aOGsEBMxrg1aFieV7rP2Q/w400-h300/09.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">herd</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> is for Ikko Ikki. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ikko Ikki 1 - Tokugawa 0</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mHy5aPfASSMLTOR73Owc0fc17IMLWMUxPsy46VI3djvz1Kda48OVleyGJACNscJrPz0sYm-ovTYXLnJxTMUcnlmhB59uOTjQ2Peiu1MSYzQn9ynt1Lmey3KPZpS5kJwgHeEHedE2keDYsK6tEFCRz5RQbrrWUSR_pd9ulqEhbmQapCcPJKNI2qYt6w/s4032/16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mHy5aPfASSMLTOR73Owc0fc17IMLWMUxPsy46VI3djvz1Kda48OVleyGJACNscJrPz0sYm-ovTYXLnJxTMUcnlmhB59uOTjQ2Peiu1MSYzQn9ynt1Lmey3KPZpS5kJwgHeEHedE2keDYsK6tEFCRz5RQbrrWUSR_pd9ulqEhbmQapCcPJKNI2qYt6w/w400-h300/16.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">fter some turns Tokugawa takes his herd too. Riccardo swings into action his assassin against Tokugawa's leader. Riccardo's assassin kills the enemy warlord and takes the sheeps he had captured before.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ikko Ikki 2 - Tokugawa 0</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MsEQs9qmuC6YL9dOqU75lOUq02Az5iIoDek0wLd8zby91XJtSEHrEEttrEpCdP0bWS3ptmWZ8zJ1XCBhqWZ7WxJR_tFIk0mqiXqE7DlYp_qa8fKD1CjmFtBvz_swQdXynF2nWnUkQdvz2vKkw5faWSrjc7m-vf5gptwdxN5cANFwvwVxIq795bgB6A/s4032/20%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MsEQs9qmuC6YL9dOqU75lOUq02Az5iIoDek0wLd8zby91XJtSEHrEEttrEpCdP0bWS3ptmWZ8zJ1XCBhqWZ7WxJR_tFIk0mqiXqE7DlYp_qa8fKD1CjmFtBvz_swQdXynF2nWnUkQdvz2vKkw5faWSrjc7m-vf5gptwdxN5cANFwvwVxIq795bgB6A/w400-h300/20%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tokugawa leader is killed but the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ikko Ikki assassin is eliminated by his bodyguards </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-81698985943085249982023-05-12T12:36:00.002+02:002023-05-12T12:36:23.270+02:00Battle of Shevardino Sept, 5 1812 - May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Last week, to celebrate the May 5, my club mates decided to play a Napoleonic battle. The fight they chose is Shevardino battle. <br />They used Black Powder by Warlord games as rule sets. Minis are 15mm painted by Alberto. Shevardino battle was fought during the Napoleonic Russian invasion in 1812.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYXez2R-OdhJ4dGiLWgon155HbBfXFUOhQPBLW_EKDFTOpp_nZdLPQ9-UL0VZoI2p1yH2viKZpboEG3wCGM8QG-A4gOwLRMl7s8tmqvkhIkRh8RmPKclYlqFkWA5xwINU7iw-_KbL9K13f-x2krEu4t1NNKag9m5uus-ew-d1AJV_kWp-x7hfvvezOA/s1024/brev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYXez2R-OdhJ4dGiLWgon155HbBfXFUOhQPBLW_EKDFTOpp_nZdLPQ9-UL0VZoI2p1yH2viKZpboEG3wCGM8QG-A4gOwLRMl7s8tmqvkhIkRh8RmPKclYlqFkWA5xwINU7iw-_KbL9K13f-x2krEu4t1NNKag9m5uus-ew-d1AJV_kWp-x7hfvvezOA/w400-h300/brev.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />French troops lead by Alberto, Luca and Marco. While professor Alessandro Barbero, Danilo and his son controlled the Russians. Ezio took the role of arbiter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />In the real batte. On the afternoon of the 5lh of September Napoleon decided to launch an attack on the Shevardino redoubt. He used the 5th Division of Davout’s I Corps were supported by Nansouty’s and Montbrun's I and II cavalry corps. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_1y-AVwmtA4TAqI0KbKgIN2tJY6Soo9cp9NIjC6E6Wi56FUVvrCNq4seAttK_wOxEHjeECEgs0u_d8OwopLvshsdsvj-1rb5s6zVBY7EtoBUrwAj80-j5_rygFtCzTgbJXrnwv-vvabjsIVlKJI8huo-cQQzdfz4V46zPj2lTaH85BA2lBEGjrHDpA/s1024/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_1y-AVwmtA4TAqI0KbKgIN2tJY6Soo9cp9NIjC6E6Wi56FUVvrCNq4seAttK_wOxEHjeECEgs0u_d8OwopLvshsdsvj-1rb5s6zVBY7EtoBUrwAj80-j5_rygFtCzTgbJXrnwv-vvabjsIVlKJI8huo-cQQzdfz4V46zPj2lTaH85BA2lBEGjrHDpA/w400-h300/4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Prince Andrei Gorchakov had the task of holding the redoubt. He mustered Neveroski’s 27th Infantry Division plus the 2nd Cuirassier Division, together with several regiments of dragoons, jagers and two squadrons of hussars.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUHEPCtdbHAlBmvZPzfj6SH0tnM1MygFB4_jMmugR2spKLtNxszsMsizUOCuaEjg85SSREL1ZJ1mMgkoj_I6Qdl9zS-Ci0FN8A5xde3PFcmdD5YIfyuxn5xUBgYNB0xVfkuFMgl-khquBSmRjIULjWbZUTYwZpRIW6HkJ-pjdMFYmeFNWQtpZq4xtbQ/s1024/9rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUHEPCtdbHAlBmvZPzfj6SH0tnM1MygFB4_jMmugR2spKLtNxszsMsizUOCuaEjg85SSREL1ZJ1mMgkoj_I6Qdl9zS-Ci0FN8A5xde3PFcmdD5YIfyuxn5xUBgYNB0xVfkuFMgl-khquBSmRjIULjWbZUTYwZpRIW6HkJ-pjdMFYmeFNWQtpZq4xtbQ/w400-h300/9rev.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Twelve thousand Russians would have to hold off nearly three times their number. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNt2NHXtk30gB2GN16mLg7wV29d9WriGFWfMSI_3yZ1LzcF9BCAM3mv9ldnvzdSDlvZeIY9qsYOX5sOHbus37OcpXGoWdWIWXpTN9heAsUZeO5rnhSBK-4Y7FNOR83Nixu7lr8g-3tC36KgwnP5VUVlb6SJxZD8rRfbxW26WGLbcw4mhweDgy3KgsWHQ/s1024/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNt2NHXtk30gB2GN16mLg7wV29d9WriGFWfMSI_3yZ1LzcF9BCAM3mv9ldnvzdSDlvZeIY9qsYOX5sOHbus37OcpXGoWdWIWXpTN9heAsUZeO5rnhSBK-4Y7FNOR83Nixu7lr8g-3tC36KgwnP5VUVlb6SJxZD8rRfbxW26WGLbcw4mhweDgy3KgsWHQ/w400-h300/1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR32Yp3nq7SPnGw-KOTPBY_28eU0NvjQLZ9tKdLXB2tnzZNiG8QCdMVrbpd6sDyPyTg1YktD6mUmS9InupQ85OA4lZzbDAQCauQOkbfdeXWe76fKMIuWQqEXPCPGuqczGuxmatuF32uvA_nqcaLN7fET2jCkXpUXgG2VzAEy7JUmWutjdaONgxxdfCzA/s1024/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR32Yp3nq7SPnGw-KOTPBY_28eU0NvjQLZ9tKdLXB2tnzZNiG8QCdMVrbpd6sDyPyTg1YktD6mUmS9InupQ85OA4lZzbDAQCauQOkbfdeXWe76fKMIuWQqEXPCPGuqczGuxmatuF32uvA_nqcaLN7fET2jCkXpUXgG2VzAEy7JUmWutjdaONgxxdfCzA/w400-h300/2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They were in a badly situated position with high ground known as the Doronino hill overlooking them to the south west.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the end, the French captured the redoubt, at a cost of 4,000 French and 6,000 Russian causalties. The small redoubt was destroyed and covered by the dead and dying of both sides.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHLJ8o4ZYaKJHxS4-6L_ja9gVNe1roBleWMjb-zDIOoEibMiUFp5G5SjZiMdcYKE0p9Ub9-LVttmMVqzPUrxcJX4uPOS4ao40Tc6pX6IrY1wrSjmu9ULJECTwuPUALCBrcaYn7aG8IENjlg7dDsape1vLDREsMxAnWO5yhm708ZbLDnqQBRyigXfsZg/s1024/5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHLJ8o4ZYaKJHxS4-6L_ja9gVNe1roBleWMjb-zDIOoEibMiUFp5G5SjZiMdcYKE0p9Ub9-LVttmMVqzPUrxcJX4uPOS4ao40Tc6pX6IrY1wrSjmu9ULJECTwuPUALCBrcaYn7aG8IENjlg7dDsape1vLDREsMxAnWO5yhm708ZbLDnqQBRyigXfsZg/w300-h400/5.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkz0ygmRHD7ESBmV2blvFy-eAtpC1nK6yn7mBixj0Q8Mf2L0PmIKTYW93Oeegi2qf_bP63o3TlbwepwYMyCPK75O-QSXdggvBS8ZUFwGcx616sr8XYcQtv9ELDOOLXUBXuZP9mwDhoKiNm9zPZ2VKnu_-v-uMq4y4ff9W2NnI6WoCGrCOu-O9rwT2Iw/s1024/6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkz0ygmRHD7ESBmV2blvFy-eAtpC1nK6yn7mBixj0Q8Mf2L0PmIKTYW93Oeegi2qf_bP63o3TlbwepwYMyCPK75O-QSXdggvBS8ZUFwGcx616sr8XYcQtv9ELDOOLXUBXuZP9mwDhoKiNm9zPZ2VKnu_-v-uMq4y4ff9W2NnI6WoCGrCOu-O9rwT2Iw/w400-h300/6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also in our game the battle result is a French decisive victory. The victory arrived only at the last turn after being conquered and retaken two times. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9iZB9NAFBuFKCSLUBrMk2-A9M2KwKvFFGFvMB2AOfv_IJwrwzh2D4ukPaB_8kLmE9uqi0HKkHe-rwsLyzCYIzFyR-RCSbpr-IrnBn689Fm0DFVBxfHjoCKGqxA6QUHOVk6kkcCJ9BAiJfB7A8ztOTEeDchJyNfd4PDvzUEX5UkrF8KEO3fDEggfWg/s1024/8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9iZB9NAFBuFKCSLUBrMk2-A9M2KwKvFFGFvMB2AOfv_IJwrwzh2D4ukPaB_8kLmE9uqi0HKkHe-rwsLyzCYIzFyR-RCSbpr-IrnBn689Fm0DFVBxfHjoCKGqxA6QUHOVk6kkcCJ9BAiJfB7A8ztOTEeDchJyNfd4PDvzUEX5UkrF8KEO3fDEggfWg/w400-h300/8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />It took us 4 hours to play the scenario. As usual it was a nice day of play.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFUcaWmxNc-ckTzgcRz6GM68EE6zoG9VPGBR6MKCheKOXL8mtk7J4S7vwGfcKYisinjgvSSzjgKbw63N2MNX8G3TJuuNAL5rg-_xkMqgV9nJ5BrSYFdJO4CWedzStZErD1UhAYynUCedOIWi81KFOY8bmmT-kaMqJSgVjvGAEAoqV4Gqif7QIp7s0FA/s1024/a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFUcaWmxNc-ckTzgcRz6GM68EE6zoG9VPGBR6MKCheKOXL8mtk7J4S7vwGfcKYisinjgvSSzjgKbw63N2MNX8G3TJuuNAL5rg-_xkMqgV9nJ5BrSYFdJO4CWedzStZErD1UhAYynUCedOIWi81KFOY8bmmT-kaMqJSgVjvGAEAoqV4Gqif7QIp7s0FA/w300-h400/a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-75171356617527004152023-03-10T21:12:00.000+01:002023-03-10T21:12:27.230+01:00The bridge on Shinano river - Clash of Katanas game overview<div><span style="font-family: georgia;">INTRODUCTION<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In my club, each member has his favorite historical period. This is one of the strength points of the club that allows the whole group to know historical moments (and consequently rule systems) normally unknown to most. Our partner Antonio has been collecting miniatures of samurai and Daimyo for a long time. Few rule books could adapt to the complex Japanese dynamics until, in 2022, the Erize brothers published Clash of Katanas (a Clash of Spears supplement) dedicated to the Sengoku period: the Japanese Middle Ages.<br />A period in which Japan was divided into small fiefdoms constantly at war each other<br />and covering about 150 years (1467-1615). The Japanese administrative structure in this period was quite simple: the strongest general (Shogun), formally appointed by the Emperor, administered the various military districts controlled by the Daimyo. With the outbreak of the Onin War (1467-1477) several Daimyo proclaimed their independence by dealing severe blows to the Ashikaga Shogunate.<br />A period full of events which that it is a perfect background for a skirmish-level wargame.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCdKdLM3ARXWY2JTuNF8tCutG54RCvY2VkBVgI66Mk2LoQhYIgx4NIgxoox9ydHHPKK0rjL7_cSwINxU8a09km13AESCloczAAUriaD4qQtysZQ-NxiTV3lHmuuPc9NZ34BvfxM_xBMapYNuIkoJlVnpJ8UGCtAR9_Le9MJHzkqGDRCGxUCj6HoInaQ/s4032/14j-min.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCdKdLM3ARXWY2JTuNF8tCutG54RCvY2VkBVgI66Mk2LoQhYIgx4NIgxoox9ydHHPKK0rjL7_cSwINxU8a09km13AESCloczAAUriaD4qQtysZQ-NxiTV3lHmuuPc9NZ34BvfxM_xBMapYNuIkoJlVnpJ8UGCtAR9_Le9MJHzkqGDRCGxUCj6HoInaQ/w400-h300/14j-min.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">THE GAME<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clash of Katanas allows you to deploy different factions: Samurai clans (Chosokabe, Date, Hojo, Mori, Oda/Tokugawa, Otomo, Takeda, Toyotomi, Uesugi and Shimazu), pirates and bandits (Wako), ninjas (Igga), monks (Ikko-Ikki), Chinese and Korean.<br />Each warband has its own style.<br />It is played on a 120cm x 120cm table and, in our club, we use 28mm miniatures.<br />The game mechanics are simple: one of my units acts, then one of yours and so on. Each unit can perform a total of three actions: move, shoot and move (again) or charge. The system is developed giving the opponent the possibility to react to a rival action. Obviously, these actions-reactions are not free because you need command points. Command points are provided by the leaders deployed on the table and … more command points you have the more responsive is your army.<br />Another important aspect is the fatigue. If a unit takes a lot of actions, has received hits and casualties, or has been forced to take a morale test… it will receive fatigue. Accumulating fatigue on a unit has unpleasant effects so it is necessary to use recovery actions to reduce it.<br />The fatigue generated is often affected by the terrain and the unit's armor. If your men are heavily armored and moving across rough terrains they will fatigue more than a poorly armed but lighter unit of peasants.<br />The basic rulebook has many scenarios: the escort of the Daimyo, the kidnapping of an enemy ambassador or you can play an encounter battle.<br />The clash ends when, due to a breaking roll caused by the losses suffered, one of the two factions is forced to flee.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDYVBK5tC-gR5YSLlJ0FZM4luJpq7iBkgtuZgwFOYfTlPpyjnEhEJAFHDfFVTx97Wn4rTwoEqzUvWRQgZEFyskMX_JbvjYdK6SJeFKI8ny_700b6s_jFkRQB6gUhmeq81SjwXwnYSLWq1O18GX25_usHm3F6VyXdicNCRJQ0XoRcgBcBL0GH8oQHt9w/s4032/13j-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDYVBK5tC-gR5YSLlJ0FZM4luJpq7iBkgtuZgwFOYfTlPpyjnEhEJAFHDfFVTx97Wn4rTwoEqzUvWRQgZEFyskMX_JbvjYdK6SJeFKI8ny_700b6s_jFkRQB6gUhmeq81SjwXwnYSLWq1O18GX25_usHm3F6VyXdicNCRJQ0XoRcgBcBL0GH8oQHt9w/w400-h300/13j-min.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">SCENARIO<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">We chose the 5.2 River Crossing scenario from the core manual for our test game. The rules require you to place a river in the middle of the table with a bridge. The river must be 4” wide. Players may initially set up within 6” of the table edge. Two possible fords are placed 12” from the bridge, the players who arrive less than 4” from the ford must roll a dice. If the roll is a 3 or less the pass is too bumpy to use. The river is considered broken ground.<br />The scenario develops in the morning and, due to the fog, the distance to spot the enemy is reduced from 20" to 16".<br />The fight ends when one of the warbands goes rout.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QEt6PA-pf2DHwOhTruAheZTYYjBqh8dN79bXVHXjy-L8zpe95QBgJ4DVM6kWGcVhh48BGxSNY6bxu6TefmjVKnyylzdyuhRnuYkzqR3PCBo0jM4rPQiMp-77eu7gNgRbJeXD5TSXKrmnbfwPDvcMoOwzTeGoX0Z2SEreap46_jJ_tTKWXTGnnwPUoQ/s4032/12jc-min.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QEt6PA-pf2DHwOhTruAheZTYYjBqh8dN79bXVHXjy-L8zpe95QBgJ4DVM6kWGcVhh48BGxSNY6bxu6TefmjVKnyylzdyuhRnuYkzqR3PCBo0jM4rPQiMp-77eu7gNgRbJeXD5TSXKrmnbfwPDvcMoOwzTeGoX0Z2SEreap46_jJ_tTKWXTGnnwPUoQ/w400-h300/12jc-min.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">THE BATTLE<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My club mates decided to use two 1200 point gangs: the Togukawa (Aurelian) clan against the Uesugi (Alessandro) clan.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The starting table and…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-mzgZQp51h0QwTM8Xww9cDhicIC4BqyzzgnUXLu1cxwBYH1T05ICsdRiI_9fyKSeg-6Y_8MqB9MdAT3Kr4O6xt9xVIt1X-Ii_zgQOLQfbpKXXbMCyDuoF9znkRZbihFL8Q2NXn7x-5owVk-m4xqHN9IOjBqx9dsd7DbuRqqfQN55-ajLvA1I8TYWNg/s4032/a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-mzgZQp51h0QwTM8Xww9cDhicIC4BqyzzgnUXLu1cxwBYH1T05ICsdRiI_9fyKSeg-6Y_8MqB9MdAT3Kr4O6xt9xVIt1X-Ii_zgQOLQfbpKXXbMCyDuoF9znkRZbihFL8Q2NXn7x-5owVk-m4xqHN9IOjBqx9dsd7DbuRqqfQN55-ajLvA1I8TYWNg/w400-h300/a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">HISTORICAL SCENARIO</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Battle of Barada is part of the Second Crusade and was fought near Damascus on July 24, 1148.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 1144, the County of Edessa, the first Crusader state in the Holy Land, had fallen to Imad al-Din Zengi, founder of the Zengid dynasty. King Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany decided to reconquer the city.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The two monarchs, who moved separately, crossed Europe towards the Holy Land. After reaching Constantinople the two armies joined forces at Lopardium and then moved east.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Once in Jerusalem, Luois and Conrad met King Baldwin III and Patriarch Fulcherio, changing their initial plans. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since Edessa had been lost and retaken twice, it was in no condition to be retaken. So, it was decided to launch an attack against Damascus. A city which, until that moment, had been one of the Crusaders' allies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhX_zb2ZZlBfViNgcGXUrxGzDLEVqGYNBDjsDn1d3vmGpyrAYl8y1dwcLTK30Jf_elwAw9R8DJBmmSlWv--dHs5vjj2uwXgK84J-QdVXMqCSpW8uM2nSiJ0VQSkrmOECeQCMfHsjVMD-izQz8uX1lD5wj1inFXR31tUHYZgsL2mfFslwr6KA8FqG0iA/s4032/3-min.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhX_zb2ZZlBfViNgcGXUrxGzDLEVqGYNBDjsDn1d3vmGpyrAYl8y1dwcLTK30Jf_elwAw9R8DJBmmSlWv--dHs5vjj2uwXgK84J-QdVXMqCSpW8uM2nSiJ0VQSkrmOECeQCMfHsjVMD-izQz8uX1lD5wj1inFXR31tUHYZgsL2mfFslwr6KA8FqG0iA/w400-h300/3-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The combined Crusader forces marched northeast towards Damascus. Having reached the fertile and irrigated suburbs, they turned north to cross the Barada River, circumnavigating the solid city walls. A force of militia and local Turkoman tribes tried to stop the crusaders amid low walled orchards, narrow roads and riverside irrigation ditches…our story begins here …</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW5Cvi9P5a7qcgLiHwoS06gMSMtJ2kLKHmEvOh9rm7e0OIi8udLNdssnnsGBHCxtxd3Y7HJaXE4iMLxrhYshG2h7UqElxvDGfWOWDvkriE8Y5008sZ-a0TfJ0ujOLEFEJZr5Ssdw6ZK_8fLYUY6_ItUmSnJYayIK4NbgBjgNeMkFDC4YkdxAf7Vdc8A/s4032/4-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW5Cvi9P5a7qcgLiHwoS06gMSMtJ2kLKHmEvOh9rm7e0OIi8udLNdssnnsGBHCxtxd3Y7HJaXE4iMLxrhYshG2h7UqElxvDGfWOWDvkriE8Y5008sZ-a0TfJ0ujOLEFEJZr5Ssdw6ZK_8fLYUY6_ItUmSnJYayIK4NbgBjgNeMkFDC4YkdxAf7Vdc8A/w400-h300/4-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div>THE DEPLOYMENT</div><div><br /></div><div>The Crusader army includes 3 generals and 3 commanders divided over three contingents. The contingent of the Latin States under the command of King Baudouin III, the French contingent of King Louis VII and the German one of King Conrad III.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Q_1qCU59WCyEEvf63NXmdnkXQt9Rnir1z_tftl4DzKn6p4vqyYC5gsVrcVTN5AeXucvpAnSAbLnoccgNRg-FtbC99h3MptZ9hZGDxNfshYUOmouDRskCOGjwfi9tKOFBfB7ZCk3ng-8kI5siKS21Po4S6SeEWqjWHaEgbv0iq0zt2IQMDpKMDxCmw/s4032/b-min.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Q_1qCU59WCyEEvf63NXmdnkXQt9Rnir1z_tftl4DzKn6p4vqyYC5gsVrcVTN5AeXucvpAnSAbLnoccgNRg-FtbC99h3MptZ9hZGDxNfshYUOmouDRskCOGjwfi9tKOFBfB7ZCk3ng-8kI5siKS21Po4S6SeEWqjWHaEgbv0iq0zt2IQMDpKMDxCmw/w400-h300/b-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The Damascus army deploys 1 general and 7 commanders divided into a main force (2 divisions) and a support force (6 divisions).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWtsyS8rhgochO54Nl3tSo4m5_Q9ocBjrRdtbA9hFjp9bqEOW2PjpYLCJUN0t7ALSW1fS-rYMHMKm29dSg12gwCsg9Gw1hn_yS_gEXSpWb5iK6acbb0ZPT76QisHOXtY4kvHmaoRyM1xpfri65UyhL56i_boThZt7tCDXuGj_MQKUzIy_i3lACvZhiw/s4032/c-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWtsyS8rhgochO54Nl3tSo4m5_Q9ocBjrRdtbA9hFjp9bqEOW2PjpYLCJUN0t7ALSW1fS-rYMHMKm29dSg12gwCsg9Gw1hn_yS_gEXSpWb5iK6acbb0ZPT76QisHOXtY4kvHmaoRyM1xpfri65UyhL56i_boThZt7tCDXuGj_MQKUzIy_i3lACvZhiw/w400-h300/c-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My club mates split into the various commands. Ezio, Marco, Riccardo and Rodolfo army of Damascus; Nevio, Giancarlo, Luciano and Simone crusader army.</div><div>Baldwin III's contingent deploys at the top of the hill near the village of Mizzah. The French and, then the German contingent enter, during the 1st turn with a test behind Baldwin's contingent.</div><div><br /></div><div>Map from Hail Caesar rule book all copyrights reserved</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vY6BYYYCvKDyHuSkFHZPF8lHMvYhTN4cISFybG-V5eDgdwaSYGr62qxTWL_97WBmyR0R__ZmJMVP2rj7bd7N9WuACQjgVpRET-NXeYlmhowlSSxvvMUJQgXCT4_LqQ3RdC2GSTxJfLam89kSUAegD1Iynvuq3IVH3DxQqM2a_q5PRSne-s5dZvvfhQ/s687/map.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="390" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vY6BYYYCvKDyHuSkFHZPF8lHMvYhTN4cISFybG-V5eDgdwaSYGr62qxTWL_97WBmyR0R__ZmJMVP2rj7bd7N9WuACQjgVpRET-NXeYlmhowlSSxvvMUJQgXCT4_LqQ3RdC2GSTxJfLam89kSUAegD1Iynvuq3IVH3DxQqM2a_q5PRSne-s5dZvvfhQ/w228-h400/map.PNG" width="228" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The blocking force of Damascus is positioned on the banks of the Barada river. One of the divisions from the support force is already deployed by the player in march column on the road to Damascus.</div><div>The other divisions enter from the 2nd round onwards with a test at 4+</div><div>The objective of the crusaders is to pass at least 15 units across the Barada river. Muslims must prevent this. Routing the enemy army is considered a victory.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKDP5SodksMBHwnAIEB8OXC_UNQcW34iFJquTcARdoOr04LhBWj4We4zTMsO-41yxfO39A9dlA54weGnckdlrICIipoMVEH-D92ySgpydyBfuExqGRtrb-bOZ_pFsIDMo-dyvMcxqbvIwpwW94685hAC6LUY0GOZ4JqicYtojbiYCYC0yf2sC2A5hZg/s4032/6-min.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKDP5SodksMBHwnAIEB8OXC_UNQcW34iFJquTcARdoOr04LhBWj4We4zTMsO-41yxfO39A9dlA54weGnckdlrICIipoMVEH-D92ySgpydyBfuExqGRtrb-bOZ_pFsIDMo-dyvMcxqbvIwpwW94685hAC6LUY0GOZ4JqicYtojbiYCYC0yf2sC2A5hZg/w400-h300/6-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>THE BATTLE</div><div><div><br /></div><div>During the first turn, Crusader players attempt to move as quickly as possible towards their objective but a series of failed tests cause movement to slow down. Only the French contingent enters in this turn.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OZrHkvaxB8rAIdtWfk4lVBSViBIhJrPPC-SiELK7sehFprDvRS5hGhDiByvrvYUHt2XGHfptiRO-WRvKa0kzauybY4-Lsg_O7CbtnBpIAubGiWC-E88u6_HPjaBl2j-OB74ZkBLNJZ2QyBBVwyaeGZYO5NuTw6BklzFvhRSJRkT3QHag-UR1xyT8nw/s4032/d-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OZrHkvaxB8rAIdtWfk4lVBSViBIhJrPPC-SiELK7sehFprDvRS5hGhDiByvrvYUHt2XGHfptiRO-WRvKa0kzauybY4-Lsg_O7CbtnBpIAubGiWC-E88u6_HPjaBl2j-OB74ZkBLNJZ2QyBBVwyaeGZYO5NuTw6BklzFvhRSJRkT3QHag-UR1xyT8nw/w400-h300/d-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The Muslim support column moves along the roads to flank the Crusaders </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCqE9aOcciglXlUkAzzmvuiN-9EcoHVcVZJV5NerusE_FqfSH-LK-OQqJD74i4icUXrunOZbJjDj1jG3CKAEkUmfflYBFq6KTX8qKo2DHH-tQIyuoKYQWwq6gLPrknAGwV1rSJQFSeFIKHnR1M1Jc56BKUxXF72BlizQI2VjgK1sCT5wds-tMDzI66g/s4032/f-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCqE9aOcciglXlUkAzzmvuiN-9EcoHVcVZJV5NerusE_FqfSH-LK-OQqJD74i4icUXrunOZbJjDj1jG3CKAEkUmfflYBFq6KTX8qKo2DHH-tQIyuoKYQWwq6gLPrknAGwV1rSJQFSeFIKHnR1M1Jc56BKUxXF72BlizQI2VjgK1sCT5wds-tMDzI66g/w300-h400/f-min.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Muslim main force haunts enemies with bows, trying to slow them </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9MjubXw_3Ax2nxdtgNYmyreqcEDnceh0kHgyYypYdBWHsgcgxFY8O4LX-rgtLTaDhaMiEkFLtlqpqUWpTp6_IuexTen4l7bpJFKA3mb5oFTtTj974aJW-bZ2vSHnDw8zFgOizRPQQZ6ZaNxh7zsCYgYlAnU9IwTDI3Onn7lb3RtRa_lIRk6bWwsxNA/s4032/g-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9MjubXw_3Ax2nxdtgNYmyreqcEDnceh0kHgyYypYdBWHsgcgxFY8O4LX-rgtLTaDhaMiEkFLtlqpqUWpTp6_IuexTen4l7bpJFKA3mb5oFTtTj974aJW-bZ2vSHnDw8zFgOizRPQQZ6ZaNxh7zsCYgYlAnU9IwTDI3Onn7lb3RtRa_lIRk6bWwsxNA/w400-h300/g-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAgfU4ifoNVXzezR2ojD3RAKMIidpH3RA9Jf9ESEFVWndExMfz5jXdINA96YU_HNt3HSSsDk8m-QLwH0bIhnKzxRGatOx2QKt5zXhlANLBleZd-vk-8E119usS7_FPK2eVQmp9uxfZrvZxAi0UCs3_9TPwCXZGdeSuzKdY3nI-XQAPwq-Fx89sYVlFA/s4032/h-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAgfU4ifoNVXzezR2ojD3RAKMIidpH3RA9Jf9ESEFVWndExMfz5jXdINA96YU_HNt3HSSsDk8m-QLwH0bIhnKzxRGatOx2QKt5zXhlANLBleZd-vk-8E119usS7_FPK2eVQmp9uxfZrvZxAi0UCs3_9TPwCXZGdeSuzKdY3nI-XQAPwq-Fx89sYVlFA/w400-h300/h-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>During the second and third turns the Crusaders attack with bows and crossbows. King Louis moves to the left flank of the formation to intercept the support columns. Conrad and his Germans arrive on the battlefield.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I5e30VUL5A33d419TeHkhIS-JaoZiM0BIdtHqLBjJ0HBNe8wTtH9qobW8kaVr9pzj2cMNnTXVst10SoIrLZnO5HiUVWK1MXMF96fZbwPDgtOfTzuI1BZqq6eg0SBmEaQO_aqDctomT3uDYnm3xkhWMagkEfBRvrY6MESK9JdOe7GwopWw5Mod905Xw/s4032/l-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I5e30VUL5A33d419TeHkhIS-JaoZiM0BIdtHqLBjJ0HBNe8wTtH9qobW8kaVr9pzj2cMNnTXVst10SoIrLZnO5HiUVWK1MXMF96fZbwPDgtOfTzuI1BZqq6eg0SBmEaQO_aqDctomT3uDYnm3xkhWMagkEfBRvrY6MESK9JdOe7GwopWw5Mod905Xw/w400-h300/l-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On the Crusader left flank, the Turcopoles and Baldwin III's Knights Templar manage to push away the enemy light cavalry and approach the river.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAblZuXgak-eIeyeKExJ-h2rOPVZ9aYQfTGPdfipXcQ7MJJaYlr92qJzBWIBjojkOoRj6hptdPmPvZOd8kWKWSvrOKwk7HSbF6RRb-atm1XISvrb88BThIZOzbnt_Dw0cVlVae4tpLmp2uPVoD_HBso-4vJQ6CFtrVuyfc5ViqiBzRPvYeDoRo8LUzA/s4032/m-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAblZuXgak-eIeyeKExJ-h2rOPVZ9aYQfTGPdfipXcQ7MJJaYlr92qJzBWIBjojkOoRj6hptdPmPvZOd8kWKWSvrOKwk7HSbF6RRb-atm1XISvrb88BThIZOzbnt_Dw0cVlVae4tpLmp2uPVoD_HBso-4vJQ6CFtrVuyfc5ViqiBzRPvYeDoRo8LUzA/w400-h300/m-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Muslim main force holds off Crusader attack while support columns move quickly but, one of the divisions, is forced by a failed test to become stuck crossing an irrigation ditch</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ewVYnX35sVnMuk0S1xVaBucdwEMquaMzjmJ2IhJrNGErTJf7BSY5GqNuILujZcmhCJwQOObJwdkNah7AyXuJ26UKjMuwqaWTn1w1ALM3HPLozZj0WyuUJ2NZBmmEveFVC5AhoQzbJZhE-_xi5BiAYqTAj5RtcebMyRp2r-CqlOWA5U1LTlz2fJGtJw/s4032/n-min.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ewVYnX35sVnMuk0S1xVaBucdwEMquaMzjmJ2IhJrNGErTJf7BSY5GqNuILujZcmhCJwQOObJwdkNah7AyXuJ26UKjMuwqaWTn1w1ALM3HPLozZj0WyuUJ2NZBmmEveFVC5AhoQzbJZhE-_xi5BiAYqTAj5RtcebMyRp2r-CqlOWA5U1LTlz2fJGtJw/w400-h300/n-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjq2_wTrWy1EFXyr7HwST6z9A19_GWKK6HUslKemFr_UWCu2EwqKkwS_gJMcfe7VLkSSLPiCNhg7j2l17xL0ZN09dE7hzVNkgcMoIxJ-49ZTEGURAyANkXGlJfmAc3XCb-ZNmcZVePGxKg2K3UfIktyWOfGfAcq-abPJoIFaMqKkC4mOyPNwDfnZ-g/s4032/2-min.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjq2_wTrWy1EFXyr7HwST6z9A19_GWKK6HUslKemFr_UWCu2EwqKkwS_gJMcfe7VLkSSLPiCNhg7j2l17xL0ZN09dE7hzVNkgcMoIxJ-49ZTEGURAyANkXGlJfmAc3XCb-ZNmcZVePGxKg2K3UfIktyWOfGfAcq-abPJoIFaMqKkC4mOyPNwDfnZ-g/w400-h300/2-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In the fourth and fifth rounds all Muslim support divisions enter the field</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOxUG5n5y-YID0ka7dFiMtB4g5CJgHsB6pBvTwu4nVYoonOr2aBcnSMPmnNwqzN816KTT_DfgrlheZ28oZocXmu0j5ebuMkJJnb46zD1Sofj8cSgL2kJz9ch26bxH4A2B_FTjJ-U0qBQmIC78f1x0Mqii93xCHHxovxvIhJvDdFDFnOupSnB6mcxRVw/s4032/o-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOxUG5n5y-YID0ka7dFiMtB4g5CJgHsB6pBvTwu4nVYoonOr2aBcnSMPmnNwqzN816KTT_DfgrlheZ28oZocXmu0j5ebuMkJJnb46zD1Sofj8cSgL2kJz9ch26bxH4A2B_FTjJ-U0qBQmIC78f1x0Mqii93xCHHxovxvIhJvDdFDFnOupSnB6mcxRVw/w400-h300/o-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Baldwin and his knights push away the Arab light cavalry and arrive near the river. They try to threaten the enemy right flank </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YAL4cJ91PAvCMyXuWHq_UZCZROsOIIt_gn-Uf6EkwAedAcjGTYvAsPP5mncpZkXW64_GmBt9LaDMQZeGEMDDzBNjn9yFkZenmUXAUVjbtGlHvBvM8dfiDzOf1SZZYFBIMDy5grMO_5rM-hS2IFTDkG9cjijvw_oYKNq2QVqC7agkdLYcf1WJMkH77A/s4032/p-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YAL4cJ91PAvCMyXuWHq_UZCZROsOIIt_gn-Uf6EkwAedAcjGTYvAsPP5mncpZkXW64_GmBt9LaDMQZeGEMDDzBNjn9yFkZenmUXAUVjbtGlHvBvM8dfiDzOf1SZZYFBIMDy5grMO_5rM-hS2IFTDkG9cjijvw_oYKNq2QVqC7agkdLYcf1WJMkH77A/w400-h300/p-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Germans and Baldwin's infantry also move towards the river</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7OwM7lJObRnvwcejWtd821SVCS8sXkpMQERA6ubqEGOrSit_xIuvWnW91RBfmC1RjAfZewmkG9HVcgBeLQ2qEZpvUxN_D3GCsnWM5oUpUuJNg1mnv1P4uy42w6KsF61pZOTuzdnh4ckyORccA2HgF9MGeUJyNqETzhD8nb0j-tHs0jxh9554cwQhZA/s4032/q-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7OwM7lJObRnvwcejWtd821SVCS8sXkpMQERA6ubqEGOrSit_xIuvWnW91RBfmC1RjAfZewmkG9HVcgBeLQ2qEZpvUxN_D3GCsnWM5oUpUuJNg1mnv1P4uy42w6KsF61pZOTuzdnh4ckyORccA2HgF9MGeUJyNqETzhD8nb0j-tHs0jxh9554cwQhZA/w400-h300/q-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>On the right flank of the Crusader deployment, King Louis lined up in defense trying to intercept the incoming Muslim troops.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzq_3-T8P09RVYYbpA9A82thTfBQ_xtLy2GrWzeSN1tNvzIgZJLxkTDsaiEBmHEyxWxJSfs1aEVGNLSTQyJpxzKcb7AXov3iDEMwpjo91fhKg3orA1-MrxEu_gYQIxJaQAowYLXRDh_y7xoyz1uDdxTD6O7I6ryFl2OjvktIU1UCVf15XXS5K-NMfb_A/s4032/t3-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzq_3-T8P09RVYYbpA9A82thTfBQ_xtLy2GrWzeSN1tNvzIgZJLxkTDsaiEBmHEyxWxJSfs1aEVGNLSTQyJpxzKcb7AXov3iDEMwpjo91fhKg3orA1-MrxEu_gYQIxJaQAowYLXRDh_y7xoyz1uDdxTD6O7I6ryFl2OjvktIU1UCVf15XXS5K-NMfb_A/w400-h300/t3-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The clash, in the following rounds, is concentrated in the suburbs of the village of Mizzah. Baldwin and the Templars charge many times the Muslim infantry and the support columns trying to screen the infantry that is going towards the river.</div><div>On the Crusader right flank, King Louis and his contingent fight against the support columns in an attempt to buy time for the rest of their army</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTykuJqQBnrqSEIUfCdADa6-xUYvMdjvsm-yzPqRl3UdaGNcmp5lyUQ3UudjxP1CQWRGGDLxnfDC2HsEfS8cVBXNa24uXm_M02e-y1UQrvH3UgyPwOZAQUaV10jEZkD4ofY3TyU-m43bhU7kcaS1rbmtoPZErD2tz9HkOoHzA_aYcYXX28RCiajSRqA/s4032/t1-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTykuJqQBnrqSEIUfCdADa6-xUYvMdjvsm-yzPqRl3UdaGNcmp5lyUQ3UudjxP1CQWRGGDLxnfDC2HsEfS8cVBXNa24uXm_M02e-y1UQrvH3UgyPwOZAQUaV10jEZkD4ofY3TyU-m43bhU7kcaS1rbmtoPZErD2tz9HkOoHzA_aYcYXX28RCiajSRqA/w400-h300/t1-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2gm0b5ZVuPEYEcLtrfLxx7gwBUJtxGe3sza2CmB4Gxo2rTeMWKnmsdJhak1yKKnRNerkfJp4EEZg-zRz_Jwk3i8k5HQwoXaHDcRvYsXEg1yAn4nJF5dOakHdqYOZr8AYT8zfE38JZ2ypMki0AkB1SCpSRitmeH_c2FvO8uJTJRLVobMQ57hKvZpBOA/s4032/t2-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2gm0b5ZVuPEYEcLtrfLxx7gwBUJtxGe3sza2CmB4Gxo2rTeMWKnmsdJhak1yKKnRNerkfJp4EEZg-zRz_Jwk3i8k5HQwoXaHDcRvYsXEg1yAn4nJF5dOakHdqYOZr8AYT8zfE38JZ2ypMki0AkB1SCpSRitmeH_c2FvO8uJTJRLVobMQ57hKvZpBOA/w400-h300/t2-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtMFxtqioG6fJ6-cry0wWim9N-cdmBawWhjoC2uYIF-OB254e0b47p9P5lBt9P9dqkUIpvZwzBI99riNfvj3spEzb2wN2MyJXI-XkUM_EUjOU5gTJgVxlCV1dB7UVASykZxv8jWxKXfqg8eUv1uSCUVmoeTb30Oog3V1KbuDWxzvt-5Whps2QM4sxcQ/s4032/t-min.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtMFxtqioG6fJ6-cry0wWim9N-cdmBawWhjoC2uYIF-OB254e0b47p9P5lBt9P9dqkUIpvZwzBI99riNfvj3spEzb2wN2MyJXI-XkUM_EUjOU5gTJgVxlCV1dB7UVASykZxv8jWxKXfqg8eUv1uSCUVmoeTb30Oog3V1KbuDWxzvt-5Whps2QM4sxcQ/w400-h300/t-min.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The battle, after almost 7 hours of play, ends with a Saracen victory. Crusaders lose two cavalry divisions and fail to cross the river, only one cavalry unit reaches the objective. Even the army of Damascus sees the destruction of two divisions: one of infantry and one of cavalry, those of the main force.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>BETWEEN HISTORY AND GAME</div><div><br /></div><div>The Crusaders, constantly bombarded by arrows and spears, laboriously pass through the narrow paths of the cultivated fields. Only thanks to a charge by Conrad III the crusaders open the way and drive back the Muslim attackers beyond the Barada river.</div><div>Arrived under the walls of Damascus, they use the wood from the orchards to build a defensive perimeter. Attacked several times, on 27 July, the Crusaders retreated to the east of the city. Area less fortified but with less supplies of food and water.</div><div>Among the ranks of the Crusaders, discussions begin about who will control Damascus after conquering it. Meanwhile, the Muslim reinforcements commanded by Nur ad-Din and Sayf al-Din approach Homs and on July 28 the Crusaders leave the field to return to Jerusalem.</div></div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-52929896971324198322022-08-07T14:54:00.008+02:002022-08-09T08:25:46.735+02:00Battle of Austerlitz - July 30, 2022 and August 6, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">INTRODUCTION </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To describe a battle is never a simple question of numbers but this time is different. During the last two week ends my club organized and played two times the battle of Austerlitz.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Numbers: 21 players, 19 hours of game, 1,982 miniatures, 3,6 x 1,8 meters of table, 2 days of preparation, 16 club members involved in the study of army list, troops preparation and so on ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGBSCoatm2KQ1biEqU0O38z946K7qYXUmj6xDI8_2-SiGEcLZkbQmlKxjQajXG9pUIeIBQmjCCu0OOxw8ESHLw5G_J7bSoWGvdDKJy3niElcWlJcTVyv5bjdHIGBnpDhj0PGJ56OUtTI5TCfmAQWC8zwC1RhRTxL1nxSpY-Ed02IOU1mdmge_y99WQ/s4032/IMG_3811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGBSCoatm2KQ1biEqU0O38z946K7qYXUmj6xDI8_2-SiGEcLZkbQmlKxjQajXG9pUIeIBQmjCCu0OOxw8ESHLw5G_J7bSoWGvdDKJy3niElcWlJcTVyv5bjdHIGBnpDhj0PGJ56OUtTI5TCfmAQWC8zwC1RhRTxL1nxSpY-Ed02IOU1mdmge_y99WQ/w400-h300/IMG_3811.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Miniatures scale 15mm. Rule systems: Black Powder. Miniatures are Ab, Essex, Old Glory, Fantassin and Campagin Game Miniatures</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A special thanks to: the Duke Luciano (who studied all the army lists), Ezio and Riccardo (for their historical and rule knowledge), Alessandro Barbero (one of Italian most important historians that decided to play with us the battle), Massimo, Stefano and Dennis (that comes from Milan), Alessandro and Max (from Novara).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPOQ6E4xdegxO8vEjq2frQFUOV0wqqN56k3G9a4kD4-eUWPyzmI2Fqq5x-shLIoVzhbXLiUCw95GERiimiApqAedsNKhYXO_Gj8QrVxpi16HkOhOllopgrCL91jTdcBpXlwuRjh4tsvBKhlWk2ilPBooc_GFzgQmVYW5z83p1yie3bnZAx_UNLJssOQ/s4032/IMG_3638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPOQ6E4xdegxO8vEjq2frQFUOV0wqqN56k3G9a4kD4-eUWPyzmI2Fqq5x-shLIoVzhbXLiUCw95GERiimiApqAedsNKhYXO_Gj8QrVxpi16HkOhOllopgrCL91jTdcBpXlwuRjh4tsvBKhlWk2ilPBooc_GFzgQmVYW5z83p1yie3bnZAx_UNLJssOQ/w400-h300/IMG_3638.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>The players of the first day ... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9vWkzHXFGTjOF9o66xOFMS3HLOQT78rmxP-TtvfWTTAaWaJH6fSoR_0qkCyQmpPHUvPOq3xkn_t2bX6hhFPfd-TsWLY8_5BiQbbD_pvx6J1PObna8x7x3KMV1lK0tjw4QsZLFGBU6ioHWaNkV-8Js_yqU3yz9eyEHRn4dvOweXe8uFdXqKzHBo7luw/s4032/IMG_3662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9vWkzHXFGTjOF9o66xOFMS3HLOQT78rmxP-TtvfWTTAaWaJH6fSoR_0qkCyQmpPHUvPOq3xkn_t2bX6hhFPfd-TsWLY8_5BiQbbD_pvx6J1PObna8x7x3KMV1lK0tjw4QsZLFGBU6ioHWaNkV-8Js_yqU3yz9eyEHRn4dvOweXe8uFdXqKzHBo7luw/w400-h300/IMG_3662.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">... players of the second one</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkCMV7xev93h44HzrgJzTpQhJKHcIq_abcIg27xm2nY-QgPfnsVyVjQdUiHXQpZTC7bTgBrx2rrZ2JeIUktUOBSpG1zDrZXJGwvXQm_XCGeQ9JnWoYQx3-w6v_J9n4IS-hrGp6NLYFSeFWaS-NJ4Wg_AeVoicZuF4aCdEQ8kuIRKsQ34XGMyWzoCarw/s4032/IMG_3905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkCMV7xev93h44HzrgJzTpQhJKHcIq_abcIg27xm2nY-QgPfnsVyVjQdUiHXQpZTC7bTgBrx2rrZ2JeIUktUOBSpG1zDrZXJGwvXQm_XCGeQ9JnWoYQx3-w6v_J9n4IS-hrGp6NLYFSeFWaS-NJ4Wg_AeVoicZuF4aCdEQ8kuIRKsQ34XGMyWzoCarw/w400-h300/IMG_3905.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">HISTORICAL BATTLE</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The historical battle was one of the most important clash of the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on December 2, 1805 between Napoleon's Grande Armée and Allies army composed by Austrian and Russian troops.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The battle started at dawn with a French army outnumbered. The French were 72,000 with 157 guns against 85,000 Allies and 318 guns. Napoleon was hoping that the Allied forces would attack, and to encourage them, he deliberately weakened his right flank. At 8.00 am, 53,000 Austrian-Russians, divided into 6 columns, attacked the French right flank. Davout and his men, among great difficulties, blocked the enemy attack. On the left flank, Bragation and Lichtenstein hit Lannes that, thanks the divisions of General Caffarelli and Marshall Suchet, kept the position. At 10.00 am only a veil of Allies infantry controlled the center on Pratzen hills. Marching throught the fog, Napoleon launched Vandamme, Saint-Hilaire and Oudinot divisions against the guards of Grand Duke Constantine. After an hard clash the French troops conquered the hills. General panic seized the Allied army and it abandoned the field in all possible directions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">OUR BATTLES</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In "our" battles this is the initial deployment ... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX6N6ZD3_GtWQkVQVq0-G4ICElefOGg3NTEiJEmYOy8sjj8Unqae0m-LDLJ_yUmFvENtK6nczO4XT-uNZI3B7jiEwdyOyjjvJnWulgkM_zrd7gf94YCl1xXHuxMZ_O89qKIUc2HwNwydkr_JiXh_hg-794pRKPyL62c0OttdaGIGe_cf-EH0zIxtCDQ/s4400/mappa%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="4400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX6N6ZD3_GtWQkVQVq0-G4ICElefOGg3NTEiJEmYOy8sjj8Unqae0m-LDLJ_yUmFvENtK6nczO4XT-uNZI3B7jiEwdyOyjjvJnWulgkM_zrd7gf94YCl1xXHuxMZ_O89qKIUc2HwNwydkr_JiXh_hg-794pRKPyL62c0OttdaGIGe_cf-EH0zIxtCDQ/w400-h225/mappa%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ... but every group of players have decided the strategy in a separate way </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First battle. Allied "command room"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdYBLUHfr01uu8h_7o0KhYiZ5aOt5NoaK9Y7S-qzSVmCyTplY5KcohDenP7aN0fK14W-YK0niXNGW6MjyBIlwqN1_ZVoQZ2pRHLDWBGTQh7bfoB5EpT1NRCZJPNoVeoeY_YDAjNTKC_xJFrzGNlC4hT1m-xo8Tl943uf3161D1dEVZyb5WF7CrwhC7Q/s4032/IMG_3643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdYBLUHfr01uu8h_7o0KhYiZ5aOt5NoaK9Y7S-qzSVmCyTplY5KcohDenP7aN0fK14W-YK0niXNGW6MjyBIlwqN1_ZVoQZ2pRHLDWBGTQh7bfoB5EpT1NRCZJPNoVeoeY_YDAjNTKC_xJFrzGNlC4hT1m-xo8Tl943uf3161D1dEVZyb5WF7CrwhC7Q/w400-h300/IMG_3643.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Second battle ... Napoleon's Marshalls at work</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjAnveePxhVxol09xjmrk2TrMezj3o2WxVLuiOW5noFNP6Q9w7A46fzqQiMfr2yegXGSAClyP8REdpDznCiH1SU1wx0AKGvZm8YnzdiJtKcjI532nfRvW_SJV9PDVJ0Yv06aFg2qmTjMJsaS3KwKo-hS3RwNm1VcJRZtVsVpIQQGrs8ANS8BTYmwCsQ/s4032/IMG_3883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjAnveePxhVxol09xjmrk2TrMezj3o2WxVLuiOW5noFNP6Q9w7A46fzqQiMfr2yegXGSAClyP8REdpDznCiH1SU1wx0AKGvZm8YnzdiJtKcjI532nfRvW_SJV9PDVJ0Yv06aFg2qmTjMJsaS3KwKo-hS3RwNm1VcJRZtVsVpIQQGrs8ANS8BTYmwCsQ/w400-h300/IMG_3883.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">We decided to put some items on the table to separate the commanders ... a simple way to "simulate" the fog of war.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First battle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvn53Q8Ac-TgKxDOCo3zH5NamzHpXrFb4iwlDjYYx-hj12OrsJJpnOOfolKp0vU1gjtEgq0mMlLJ4NuTZjq2q-gSFez1Z3sBquXQ2aOXPKZQNgoTIptPJopTHpkzz-Ic1z5DomyYr0FDl8E3KxTTf1N6pteGajY_l_uBQ0OW6pxRsGD5O6xjIeIf4yw/w400-h300/IMG_3890.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R42Du3rBcHJB4egsXYBSZVfYmF8m2V4tpn2rWA7HDPRW1gkzjyLhDV4E5pjvc17lDV_v9xN23fYguFgJpZ6-VUKTHdItXVz6pndXnZVSz4WPjbGeEu4J9KZYA5IQURC_5575bnlX6qn-Hx9mMh3_ixd02OxS0d5MBtd9K8rJ7PzHMN7MUdKvN98lJA/s4032/IMG_3891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R42Du3rBcHJB4egsXYBSZVfYmF8m2V4tpn2rWA7HDPRW1gkzjyLhDV4E5pjvc17lDV_v9xN23fYguFgJpZ6-VUKTHdItXVz6pndXnZVSz4WPjbGeEu4J9KZYA5IQURC_5575bnlX6qn-Hx9mMh3_ixd02OxS0d5MBtd9K8rJ7PzHMN7MUdKvN98lJA/w400-h300/IMG_3891.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">FIRST BATTLE DEVELOPMENT July 30, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeqsuUVEJKkavm5yNC2WLJMZVmS79q-0_XgYriduA97WRyJNH9awWN90uo_zaDxC-OyvC5rfEalu9koffXQsL-dj3GSz-JESsHl22f-y8KY1AnM8UopGr07WABEqQ3Z9z7iF-DsFp7DYj0QziaPYBO-GNXk9R7DZ0pJzvip_-V5RidrOQrBy_U-gOyw/w300-h400/IMG_3846.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">French left flank. Lannes and his V corp, even if receives a lot of losses, block the Russian Bragation </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">with two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry. The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Imperial Guard of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grand Duke Constantine is forced to move from the center to push the attack.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVKDmQXG1Vb4_uLNyWikpH7LppRwAQpGpwf4q0YVKvA7j2bRoA6KUox4iR23iqashp5ZE6RnfJIAy2CCP-emyt28BVO8hKyBqc5KfFA2Acqu1nStMtfya7JmopY6iS5xdySYK4vUo0pSXfo6twLTDIEnO_QCUvSO-xUeldS4BuRC9YpIx2zGBMgmqlA/s4032/IMG_3852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVKDmQXG1Vb4_uLNyWikpH7LppRwAQpGpwf4q0YVKvA7j2bRoA6KUox4iR23iqashp5ZE6RnfJIAy2CCP-emyt28BVO8hKyBqc5KfFA2Acqu1nStMtfya7JmopY6iS5xdySYK4vUo0pSXfo6twLTDIEnO_QCUvSO-xUeldS4BuRC9YpIx2zGBMgmqlA/w400-h300/IMG_3852.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">French right flank. Soult, with Davout force that arrives at 6th turn, engages Kienmayer and Doctorov troops. Soult uses only three divisions because the Saint Hilarie units are used to support the center. A great clash but with a no decisive result for the battle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P_Nfhl0x5NinXVi3k6smE1upHeg14ZtqDE130YOvBrkQgQw6Iwkh7BmuKlAzxopAhzTH9GKeQXzl0_HT6uJFa6v1cXw2k4vONP9l0jYVUnAiJs_MP5Ri4-JESB4WRWdfu7GF-x0XHVzdCzLiWyYs09BSC4OcyTCIeqvRQsucYAT7psVe-yWixyVpyA/s4032/IMG_3793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P_Nfhl0x5NinXVi3k6smE1upHeg14ZtqDE130YOvBrkQgQw6Iwkh7BmuKlAzxopAhzTH9GKeQXzl0_HT6uJFa6v1cXw2k4vONP9l0jYVUnAiJs_MP5Ri4-JESB4WRWdfu7GF-x0XHVzdCzLiWyYs09BSC4OcyTCIeqvRQsucYAT7psVe-yWixyVpyA/w400-h300/IMG_3793.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlkpYvkTrjNyHApUuTWZYX2bXYNK7eXW-hcGkG2YdWTDSD1fYATkdxpViSNT_MFE6mbU7X7-1jeTLF4IfTtgzhk70vmy1Ajfkto2V43qv_vJPhQBXj3bL7kWwwd-3K3G75XKEQjE595XVS9k3C9W64KNCtJZAzjCb3I4MI3Kwt-shUShwSaOEdaWhdQ/s4032/IMG_3866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlkpYvkTrjNyHApUuTWZYX2bXYNK7eXW-hcGkG2YdWTDSD1fYATkdxpViSNT_MFE6mbU7X7-1jeTLF4IfTtgzhk70vmy1Ajfkto2V43qv_vJPhQBXj3bL7kWwwd-3K3G75XKEQjE595XVS9k3C9W64KNCtJZAzjCb3I4MI3Kwt-shUShwSaOEdaWhdQ/w400-h300/IMG_3866.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Center: the French attack is directly against the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pratzen </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">hills. A Soult division is launched against the right of Langeron while the Corp of Bernadotte and (after) the division of grenadier of Oudinot assault Langeron, and Przebyszewski units. With great sacrifice two courassier units of Murat division attack and eliminate some enemy batteries on the hills but all the holes are closed by Russians. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpjApIy07U-PPim3l3TuZtxaAAWGPkJfQu9OnS6NqA7SJBkzl11cukFRG4K-97ttgZoTFY8I6xyIC7Bm5-lv_bHY5HAuGadDg6Hqbox5hxvXhH5tSIbizbhUwC0ZYPL7EIY0zG9XsVqyh5Xt37rzq2YqtJdXbYJrNeWjk7fhJESdI1g_CBg5XR_wMLA/s4032/IMG_3733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpjApIy07U-PPim3l3TuZtxaAAWGPkJfQu9OnS6NqA7SJBkzl11cukFRG4K-97ttgZoTFY8I6xyIC7Bm5-lv_bHY5HAuGadDg6Hqbox5hxvXhH5tSIbizbhUwC0ZYPL7EIY0zG9XsVqyh5Xt37rzq2YqtJdXbYJrNeWjk7fhJESdI1g_CBg5XR_wMLA/w400-h300/IMG_3733.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8sR6VAvfiVfUysZER2OZwxKNcYaTf3f2Zi8qsjhIGJiHiEYskYgtqxlnyNVEI6pp-8KJJZSkIdVLQT656UfPb6m-5KKVGL3tdsrogNgHPKd-TyLORSMtN_vtapYzyOGe5k3iNrGkgapmOIjwSdetIZxN3tmfC9PX1iefta-ajk24bBkDe8lXtynDFg/s4032/IMG_3763.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8sR6VAvfiVfUysZER2OZwxKNcYaTf3f2Zi8qsjhIGJiHiEYskYgtqxlnyNVEI6pp-8KJJZSkIdVLQT656UfPb6m-5KKVGL3tdsrogNgHPKd-TyLORSMtN_vtapYzyOGe5k3iNrGkgapmOIjwSdetIZxN3tmfC9PX1iefta-ajk24bBkDe8lXtynDFg/w400-h300/IMG_3763.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S5ED4ckEPlK5uL4cH1tOrzlEaXU3zRvDESeSSOSz_4pmjEuoNz1PI5Aogt2fVVzVsdC84pqmXwCFPSTNNhWH9atQ7yQzqqM0r47gpEY1FDdNFHZPc2MSrjZx4IyCOImv8zH1FdFGHVMRAJamHQib30Pr7nupFLt1USy3lkacutwM9nJW0psTTBFVQg/s4032/IMG_3858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S5ED4ckEPlK5uL4cH1tOrzlEaXU3zRvDESeSSOSz_4pmjEuoNz1PI5Aogt2fVVzVsdC84pqmXwCFPSTNNhWH9atQ7yQzqqM0r47gpEY1FDdNFHZPc2MSrjZx4IyCOImv8zH1FdFGHVMRAJamHQib30Pr7nupFLt1USy3lkacutwM9nJW0psTTBFVQg/w400-h300/IMG_3858.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9 turns and 10 hours of game. Result: tie. Four division for each armies destroyed and a Russian Corp (Langeron) force to reatreat because broken.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4a3y7haB0SohC5aFlRGiwVVWEyEujSiRntZpNJJjAjjerkxx9qK5TYeCEy97sAkwlvANHcwGlAKWJugUg2_t1Mmmtdj0exlulQIymPJl6WTHuhcxdUO_8Ml6cvR_M22hE9cnzHemP3Ymej_FKs8e_zqsTOsW585Cc-V1unL_l0VGpTZ2jdQbQlgK59g/s4032/IMG_3865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4a3y7haB0SohC5aFlRGiwVVWEyEujSiRntZpNJJjAjjerkxx9qK5TYeCEy97sAkwlvANHcwGlAKWJugUg2_t1Mmmtdj0exlulQIymPJl6WTHuhcxdUO_8Ml6cvR_M22hE9cnzHemP3Ymej_FKs8e_zqsTOsW585Cc-V1unL_l0VGpTZ2jdQbQlgK59g/w400-h300/IMG_3865.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>SECOND BATTLE DEVELOPMENT August 6, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP8uluV51lp5Rr_evR2jqZfsWEsdG-oryhJbZIOOqCP8cKm7LOcqD8LoSsiJmD1ZD2G4pTP7LKc4I9WJJsl5xKYmj2x1GKc_idl072jUb2-KODQcUKi_YT8MAIqtMf2HJurkpVfYKrmWThHGYRQsgxLQsBD1dCsJERD1x2JfoUUjVKW7xqRa9AUmiDA/s4032/IMG_3909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP8uluV51lp5Rr_evR2jqZfsWEsdG-oryhJbZIOOqCP8cKm7LOcqD8LoSsiJmD1ZD2G4pTP7LKc4I9WJJsl5xKYmj2x1GKc_idl072jUb2-KODQcUKi_YT8MAIqtMf2HJurkpVfYKrmWThHGYRQsgxLQsBD1dCsJERD1x2JfoUUjVKW7xqRa9AUmiDA/w400-h300/IMG_3909.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxj9K1QCKfHWpOe87pN98Gz8ShJuw7t_7rPFMwWbTr5a9yFkJlm9vnav5L-0UFUKc8jwfagM3fr1tZYPqG9v0rg6kPcNOIMYeIEU7PYBVLS6ttoebcwfsUspOxvfnX01-zEFIZJI-T8d88w39m81lVc2nSigN0LJfnEA-AwqAgxGbSRD4mVrZrcNpoQ/s4032/IMG_4080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxj9K1QCKfHWpOe87pN98Gz8ShJuw7t_7rPFMwWbTr5a9yFkJlm9vnav5L-0UFUKc8jwfagM3fr1tZYPqG9v0rg6kPcNOIMYeIEU7PYBVLS6ttoebcwfsUspOxvfnX01-zEFIZJI-T8d88w39m81lVc2nSigN0LJfnEA-AwqAgxGbSRD4mVrZrcNpoQ/w300-h400/IMG_4080.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">French left flank. Lannes moves quickly against Bagration. The 1st division of Caffarelli and the 3rd division of Suchet takes the control of the hill on the left. For great part of the game Bragation tries to push away the enemies. The two divisions lose four regiments and Caffarelli division is near to the break but Russians are forced to use two Guard regiment of cavalry to do it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisT0iZtyhjqYaeeKp3wTb3ze5_S7SAPzHF6u_SAvaPV2y7Qq1JT9qsMtFfvucrLodcwjIGMbbBE3D5RaLRCQwvGsZ3_U08aCylFawdmKw__69Cy7e90zEgE7Qz9xAF5kPdb6fmqN9EmB0LVNviZI9grh4LTYNZNFfh7H1y7KHAn5RGYFNxuAOBX-8Rpw/s4032/IMG_3980.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisT0iZtyhjqYaeeKp3wTb3ze5_S7SAPzHF6u_SAvaPV2y7Qq1JT9qsMtFfvucrLodcwjIGMbbBE3D5RaLRCQwvGsZ3_U08aCylFawdmKw__69Cy7e90zEgE7Qz9xAF5kPdb6fmqN9EmB0LVNviZI9grh4LTYNZNFfh7H1y7KHAn5RGYFNxuAOBX-8Rpw/w400-h300/IMG_3980.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ_70zAzpYR40hbRyyMK7Y73Ymy-tlREm3cpKwYYIou6jTMkbFrUz01wnBj1cKonjeHV8-jvEd-DnzRdY8wp8Dl57kNwBrOAwI5vIdetc4XoNVTWFhdUWiU6ygaCBMVWBziXYmV_dy61X-C4-gq5NKlJpaFFy-MRF5HcMy3xjQfbliMlP9tqYiSdRFA/s4032/IMG_4073.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ_70zAzpYR40hbRyyMK7Y73Ymy-tlREm3cpKwYYIou6jTMkbFrUz01wnBj1cKonjeHV8-jvEd-DnzRdY8wp8Dl57kNwBrOAwI5vIdetc4XoNVTWFhdUWiU6ygaCBMVWBziXYmV_dy61X-C4-gq5NKlJpaFFy-MRF5HcMy3xjQfbliMlP9tqYiSdRFA/w400-h300/IMG_4073.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">French right flank. This time Soult move all his three divisions against the Allies. Davout arrives at the 5th turn. Wave after wave the French units force the Austrians and Russians to move back till the iced marshes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PLflG_fLW_uLhhYpit2H20_CxKCU32KgcXxdbtgHiUjOxteO59mblD3GHhZQZJ8K6sV4ZmOfveVL5dzpyB20A6QP-u9y_9-3ZqIgwFinWxbZFrRu6lDORj5_qRhSVn7aOmEtO2Gfz2joqW_joMsBJVcKj5gTf-HIN6pffvaGp2lKj4NmfbkDE00L_g/s4032/IMG_3959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PLflG_fLW_uLhhYpit2H20_CxKCU32KgcXxdbtgHiUjOxteO59mblD3GHhZQZJ8K6sV4ZmOfveVL5dzpyB20A6QP-u9y_9-3ZqIgwFinWxbZFrRu6lDORj5_qRhSVn7aOmEtO2Gfz2joqW_joMsBJVcKj5gTf-HIN6pffvaGp2lKj4NmfbkDE00L_g/w400-h300/IMG_3959.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe7S6_h-2rLcVV7guYYzQt06DgFUl5QvlXGes_7nnJTWOI3AZ3BPNoVDCXKm3szt1Icq4UxKjUvyyPiBXllkEukCK8fBnbyVgVNC4WuOcFbJ8xTwJ2A0y7kv52RBly6Sne8u-Tz3Uzu86mtUZFPkt7Gd8CZvkARW5loA18zSIzitPnqZDE5cSdhslCw/s4032/IMG_4102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe7S6_h-2rLcVV7guYYzQt06DgFUl5QvlXGes_7nnJTWOI3AZ3BPNoVDCXKm3szt1Icq4UxKjUvyyPiBXllkEukCK8fBnbyVgVNC4WuOcFbJ8xTwJ2A0y7kv52RBly6Sne8u-Tz3Uzu86mtUZFPkt7Gd8CZvkARW5loA18zSIzitPnqZDE5cSdhslCw/w300-h400/IMG_4102.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Center: the French attack against the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pratzen </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">hills start only at the 6th turn. This time Murat units go to support the left flank as well as Bernadotte. No French attack columns engage the Langeron. Only batteries and muskets fire. At the beginning of the game, Constantine and Kollowrat units create a second line on the hills but, at the 6th turn, with a right and left flanks under pression, Constantine guards is forced to abandon the idea to stay in reserve.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LQiXjRZqd-Ds7tEr1QKUx9Qbuf6JAlrVw2Dr6Z3KUSRDO3guAsxnQT2Vs4bdAYwpHMGpgi9-DNXxxMWaV5O8naPkTWaC17cGWY9SYqsxbp_DA-rKUn6d88FXOyElLmuKlvhRsIZ4bsjKU8Me2KXarYoDiBwGqmAp8sSYx3D-cGuOEyEsUCxjkM6iNA/s4032/IMG_3979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LQiXjRZqd-Ds7tEr1QKUx9Qbuf6JAlrVw2Dr6Z3KUSRDO3guAsxnQT2Vs4bdAYwpHMGpgi9-DNXxxMWaV5O8naPkTWaC17cGWY9SYqsxbp_DA-rKUn6d88FXOyElLmuKlvhRsIZ4bsjKU8Me2KXarYoDiBwGqmAp8sSYx3D-cGuOEyEsUCxjkM6iNA/w400-h300/IMG_3979.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSDFm6sqEpEQQk3zD0AZWP5vpR0DxLNCkxqrAYL9k4uO6lQ0Kn366JxoxVok7y9Tva7cC-yLXP6XOzPmYpnnZhNvo4DckcPBBlzSSYX7R5-4eej8nNTm3aRt7CPVtN65SMgCi1KJh0pk-uqYPhk4eYrHUksst3nHYtxMb6S-40usv1s67TgoiyhVzvA/s4032/IMG_4080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSDFm6sqEpEQQk3zD0AZWP5vpR0DxLNCkxqrAYL9k4uO6lQ0Kn366JxoxVok7y9Tva7cC-yLXP6XOzPmYpnnZhNvo4DckcPBBlzSSYX7R5-4eej8nNTm3aRt7CPVtN65SMgCi1KJh0pk-uqYPhk4eYrHUksst3nHYtxMb6S-40usv1s67TgoiyhVzvA/w300-h400/IMG_4080.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbQalGsLUY8GNSQe8ZHMnE1VnNcDK4Dh0Gt-e03T9ePE0wo2BkS5ipaf6-oYtmmufERVCM7OEj_1e-fkhglWaUp0HLuEVr7aPDlnHeQD3s03oICxhkkn02ZiYMwoqtIQk210Yn3Edu2fd8UCGZrRvZ2qmV2kb2I7TQrf0yC9kle0sxSWtdf4SXgmyvw/s4032/IMG_4072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbQalGsLUY8GNSQe8ZHMnE1VnNcDK4Dh0Gt-e03T9ePE0wo2BkS5ipaf6-oYtmmufERVCM7OEj_1e-fkhglWaUp0HLuEVr7aPDlnHeQD3s03oICxhkkn02ZiYMwoqtIQk210Yn3Edu2fd8UCGZrRvZ2qmV2kb2I7TQrf0yC9kle0sxSWtdf4SXgmyvw/w400-h300/IMG_4072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">6 turns and 9 hours of game. Result: tie. no divisions destroyed but the Russian and French left wing in great difficult. Caffarelli division near to the be broken but Bernadotte and Murat ready to enter into the battle. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3BEqax-Z9WintvtKRhNkP6QfqnIK_2ip8gArkfHZ3olRe3_hUwXbImbbaEtKZbMmnq_e7ORVcZEQIS4cEc8F3A5VGWc59BSevEuy6UwGEiolfqnjrdFbvYSLqid6mMqWrkAWWyP2Z0BNc1TuSRG_EEGikENTvrb8v9OQjf9f-MQkTzxNTDRK2QixcQ/s4032/IMG_3960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3BEqax-Z9WintvtKRhNkP6QfqnIK_2ip8gArkfHZ3olRe3_hUwXbImbbaEtKZbMmnq_e7ORVcZEQIS4cEc8F3A5VGWc59BSevEuy6UwGEiolfqnjrdFbvYSLqid6mMqWrkAWWyP2Z0BNc1TuSRG_EEGikENTvrb8v9OQjf9f-MQkTzxNTDRK2QixcQ/w400-h300/IMG_3960.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A worried General Kutuzov is thinking the next move</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPE3XLnsCDkTx0afa2KvPrpfX5ewAejpER5WiG0kARscIKA6tjUG2-kD9E0B8r4bNKM1RAbJeYhL09RnFj0Sn7xt--8JNB0oxaiWRvIPE4jMpv37960GZTUznu2-EFUKrDPMUgGfSAu9S-8S_B9aha9-gAzKfBotwDL4qvL2Lx5rah-16iRzQMTu7q3g/s4032/IMG_4107.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPE3XLnsCDkTx0afa2KvPrpfX5ewAejpER5WiG0kARscIKA6tjUG2-kD9E0B8r4bNKM1RAbJeYhL09RnFj0Sn7xt--8JNB0oxaiWRvIPE4jMpv37960GZTUznu2-EFUKrDPMUgGfSAu9S-8S_B9aha9-gAzKfBotwDL4qvL2Lx5rah-16iRzQMTu7q3g/w300-h400/IMG_4107.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div>CONCLUSION</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Great game ... funny moments that will be part of our Club ... thanks to all for the stunning work!!</span></div></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-13387103846979688012022-07-23T13:39:00.004+02:002022-07-23T13:39:18.711+02:00French Indian wars - Attack to the Fort - July 16, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Saturday my mates played a scenario set during the French Indian wars.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a generic scenario not linked to a specific historical battle. It was an easy “assault to the fort” but they decided to play it two times … or better … they decided to play a first scenario in which the English troops were the besieging force and another one in which it was the contrary … this time the French were forced to defense. For this reason Ezio prepared two different banners.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYVeYDXycoYW46BUroerJOOSNjvRbGDP98xg2j3FgJffxgfgQOkqyE_B8Eqvf_0acO4mRdpEQUqHZZO60KwIWENs52VnaMG2S3lN_EtYYdEObfB1v4713TUXdO105y4x3fJt8tRJhQDpXLOHoGFuirh64LcjqK4Mzzl4MeNVtSdwQYdGxXkJMz680BQ/s2016/TWGP6572.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYVeYDXycoYW46BUroerJOOSNjvRbGDP98xg2j3FgJffxgfgQOkqyE_B8Eqvf_0acO4mRdpEQUqHZZO60KwIWENs52VnaMG2S3lN_EtYYdEObfB1v4713TUXdO105y4x3fJt8tRJhQDpXLOHoGFuirh64LcjqK4Mzzl4MeNVtSdwQYdGxXkJMz680BQ/w300-h400/TWGP6572.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">For a French fort or ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaszViDwAlWaq2l_5BkzeCjy-2UpY1ejsAAqsAWN4ZqcxopngGyeXteJM6s-jSmNwzGTUCGvpVu5P7jpXtkoCi1Wqom1oAfYiDbRXOyc-ava01vfJNmgd1o7GCJaCU9uJxm94LFjOqhnPfCiqK_IQlPoucdSogToYtUkNhZhwbtjI7k1UxMi6WbdiCQ/s1600/CJZU4907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaszViDwAlWaq2l_5BkzeCjy-2UpY1ejsAAqsAWN4ZqcxopngGyeXteJM6s-jSmNwzGTUCGvpVu5P7jpXtkoCi1Wqom1oAfYiDbRXOyc-ava01vfJNmgd1o7GCJaCU9uJxm94LFjOqhnPfCiqK_IQlPoucdSogToYtUkNhZhwbtjI7k1UxMi6WbdiCQ/w400-h300/CJZU4907.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... an English fort ... it depends ...<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6UoTtrRZkS2buVdjDTJKPSxZRKI9DP1HsiRV6qTdGnrdTzqky9woXIjTYROrzPQd8qxD6Yuhd1j9Z75CGnPG2aKTuTVaVq9E9Y2q4ZFk_dNfvUJvRBl_irk1EmFTx18YutaGPhub6O7p9rXMAJDtqCJo-kYk4Klwxdoelru985wv9Vevg-PK8WneSg/s2016/MMXW4647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6UoTtrRZkS2buVdjDTJKPSxZRKI9DP1HsiRV6qTdGnrdTzqky9woXIjTYROrzPQd8qxD6Yuhd1j9Z75CGnPG2aKTuTVaVq9E9Y2q4ZFk_dNfvUJvRBl_irk1EmFTx18YutaGPhub6O7p9rXMAJDtqCJo-kYk4Klwxdoelru985wv9Vevg-PK8WneSg/w400-h300/MMXW4647.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">A battle in Canada cannot be a real battle without a river and some canoes </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mates spent a day playing this two scenarios ... below some Canadians and Indians that are approaching ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJPhiiLJ-7-GcZdSYIu0Dx8UQgvYIxiwGCHtagiTP6rDIpro6X3JMgdnGDlfDCYFHxMnIdRlTTthoE1IRRUsCOlBsBGDmRG_oTw6-uePHJ7i1QdvpCHJNSKXm8szBD6F_8TfbXX1r7C3QIK1jG_ensA4Ac5EOxL938UxJWyB85L4KrRn-sLwxi_pqLw/s2048/FEWB4991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJPhiiLJ-7-GcZdSYIu0Dx8UQgvYIxiwGCHtagiTP6rDIpro6X3JMgdnGDlfDCYFHxMnIdRlTTthoE1IRRUsCOlBsBGDmRG_oTw6-uePHJ7i1QdvpCHJNSKXm8szBD6F_8TfbXX1r7C3QIK1jG_ensA4Ac5EOxL938UxJWyB85L4KrRn-sLwxi_pqLw/w400-h300/FEWB4991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1992" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZLZgFE-_T_ni5DdnN1COykgBnsu7wEhv2W9TUFK2cprs7Sp4O0jH-rnvvMXiLLh6ByNYn29ICKYNAUv-wuJvEkjgtSRh28K3yoUsEkw2tEKLfWOFBWRa2Zt7i93TLSg9BPt4gkZAcd5heyvda75RCsfKYTCPhq1HnAUIG3LbwiYWLcK3N8HCd45S9Q/w400-h185/YKFY0023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... a last look before to play a new scenario</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcMKmXO0wn8CJk02I3v8dbGsiC_aLBPdbDfC_OUgXpk4DRi5mLa0I4HpMSzk0nNZt9IGzn0s43P9KqWDc_MSvg-ekzQiOw1mDUxo-vboHiqIR5UpCi6LIN1mJf9b0XwalU3kMDPjuBlWW9M3zV_ymtc-ecsAecguwBcv8B9mxNkwzOEzxo7AJhpgZDQ/s2048/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcMKmXO0wn8CJk02I3v8dbGsiC_aLBPdbDfC_OUgXpk4DRi5mLa0I4HpMSzk0nNZt9IGzn0s43P9KqWDc_MSvg-ekzQiOw1mDUxo-vboHiqIR5UpCi6LIN1mJf9b0XwalU3kMDPjuBlWW9M3zV_ymtc-ecsAecguwBcv8B9mxNkwzOEzxo7AJhpgZDQ/w400-h300/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the second battle the French troops had to defend ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Yam-EfDvtVq-Pk0ZG4u_AGOPFEvyBShocblbwmNR6ly1W5QyY0pLKJSv9yBUnBpAFWZzioR3NsFdGMWyQcsTY72pJ1rC9D6rezHViTzOWnMtswJ_vO4J_6Ee2AbAvOUY6fyoGKR4MpfSPm_WMgBocM8GeHElJcYDxNzxoLuBp11ebTdIYHO3CVSZHQ/s1600/GSXC4592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG99JFjhU-bh_P4wPwsQzMFNvj--BDkZ4UetQqTO6qZiwNeEWU343q8DJADiJcqu02YS1Rv-OchAZrk4XyGvzQNwIkpcyh-jy_wH3wU7zzg6vggC1DQzLgsUrj-Wv6we6rkFaGvjaPlxRXmNzbYP-YSlkN-q-FVtUf8qH-uklOJIACfdj6OID8BtOaZw/w400-h300/PRKZ5225.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">In both games the besieged win</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-67067899598519303212022-07-02T09:25:00.000+02:002022-07-02T09:25:24.384+02:00John Frost, Elliot "Roy" Urquhartand and Allison "Digby" Tatham-Warter - Red Devils commanders<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Time ago I painted some Warlord Games miniatures to complete my collection of British airborne troops. I decided to take the British Airborne Characters blister: Frost, Urquhart and Tatham-Warter ... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I knew some of them for my keen of history and also for the old movie ... "A Bridge too far" ... and it was a plaesure to paint them </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Major-General John Frost is a famous English officer for a lot of operations ... Op. Biting, North Africa, Sicily and so on ... even if he is best known for being the leader of the small group of Red Devils that arrived at Arnhem bridge during Market-Garden Operation</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUdjtUOvwSsvhrIcK4FbAVQubV_xnQOsUcQU7OFEdVe0vMdlcoUDO9i9wP1hrLTC3M3siNSaobJJNWFTk_p3YurmeNM3_pqzk_VLlcQacLZ9n6TwdQjrb828DhSnpCTTp_ReVJTvYKumGwCO3NvJGf4OVvrW7WiY9xMZCSKWaagkyA5bkYxX4JjgHzg/s4032/IMG_2131.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUdjtUOvwSsvhrIcK4FbAVQubV_xnQOsUcQU7OFEdVe0vMdlcoUDO9i9wP1hrLTC3M3siNSaobJJNWFTk_p3YurmeNM3_pqzk_VLlcQacLZ9n6TwdQjrb828DhSnpCTTp_ReVJTvYKumGwCO3NvJGf4OVvrW7WiY9xMZCSKWaagkyA5bkYxX4JjgHzg/w400-h300/IMG_2131.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Warlord games decided to represent Johh Frost with his hunting horn that he used to call all the member of his unit ... I can imagine him into the action between the roads of Arnhem</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGKIJRzSdq-ws2pJEIkcSlL6uf1SIgVm5bIiM_M1F5Gpvkl0knNds7kFehtH-CV61nqxGWROU9tn1U5xEufL4wdeNrSglSMwWbtyPxFBC3QqE6lwBjaop0GIEhcm07R68PzYlllUjYcg_N_SFRlV5-6Ef9vSciC6zYGaMs-Dz3TzgCEbD5g8UWaTTvA/s4032/IMG_5255.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGKIJRzSdq-ws2pJEIkcSlL6uf1SIgVm5bIiM_M1F5Gpvkl0knNds7kFehtH-CV61nqxGWROU9tn1U5xEufL4wdeNrSglSMwWbtyPxFBC3QqE6lwBjaop0GIEhcm07R68PzYlllUjYcg_N_SFRlV5-6Ef9vSciC6zYGaMs-Dz3TzgCEbD5g8UWaTTvA/w400-h300/IMG_5255.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Frost was captured after days of resistance and held as prisoner of war in at Spangenberg castle. He was liberated in March 1945 by USA troops</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another important Red Devils command was Major General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart ... He was the General Officer Commander of 1st Ariborne Division. The unit that suffered severe casualties in the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovYXiOxoPEK8St7RcfbW7SNQO28z760Cbstf_czgHYy02uorwWNyWtbjJdl-ct5HbHXjGOXSFeMsINATakEwcU3CzKYjelwMWi7xoKiNyCMnzeenXrIWjE-am9lHFSJm2ppDIz1qmhu2qBSK7xD-NFJqKao3TkM2xXyc3k-gGS28iS93VwixKaP3Www/s4032/IMG_6452.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovYXiOxoPEK8St7RcfbW7SNQO28z760Cbstf_czgHYy02uorwWNyWtbjJdl-ct5HbHXjGOXSFeMsINATakEwcU3CzKYjelwMWi7xoKiNyCMnzeenXrIWjE-am9lHFSJm2ppDIz1qmhu2qBSK7xD-NFJqKao3TkM2xXyc3k-gGS28iS93VwixKaP3Www/w400-h300/IMG_6452.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMACIDUPGOkY3SDzAyN22eElL3eG_M4nNc7TIjcefrwmNnirj9oYy1f5ZDnYksK_FcSaytnd07e1iaI3rp8aO4pXFwJ5kj2uMqGU127UhOCCO7-fvnRW7GILlzBx43uEYhMvjGACYqCDcvaBTuBZRG1G7i2DvKcx8wdjcBMfwGSghYdk8t9EPf2P3xug/s885/cattura222.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="885" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMACIDUPGOkY3SDzAyN22eElL3eG_M4nNc7TIjcefrwmNnirj9oYy1f5ZDnYksK_FcSaytnd07e1iaI3rp8aO4pXFwJ5kj2uMqGU127UhOCCO7-fvnRW7GILlzBx43uEYhMvjGACYqCDcvaBTuBZRG1G7i2DvKcx8wdjcBMfwGSghYdk8t9EPf2P3xug/w400-h399/cattura222.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">He was portrayed by Sean Connery in the 1977 movie ''A Bridge Too Far" and so I tried to take a picture similar to one of movie scene</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZaugHtquJJ0emv9n_4cX4WX4YbogHYAX2CKyEbVCodCQJuLoaj3AU8S-2pcGH2643XJ-ER6p0sxkVRMfTihw9wGUV_A2YuXhXbBKHBSrEzKpQHRD_guCwXZKK8nOIl5VK51NlyhTzuyz07pv7uJCALDt8UCpcztU3MHy_QQsuT-BN6hXXK9UosyiSQ/s1920/IMG_2121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZaugHtquJJ0emv9n_4cX4WX4YbogHYAX2CKyEbVCodCQJuLoaj3AU8S-2pcGH2643XJ-ER6p0sxkVRMfTihw9wGUV_A2YuXhXbBKHBSrEzKpQHRD_guCwXZKK8nOIl5VK51NlyhTzuyz07pv7uJCALDt8UCpcztU3MHy_QQsuT-BN6hXXK9UosyiSQ/w400-h400/IMG_2121.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The last miniature of the box was Major Allison "Digby" Tatham-Warter ... member of the 2nd parachute battalion ... he was famous for his umbrella</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2wAn-6JiPWM1-HqkyeYZKE0RwGf-3ln4-C_4bFHxtOsJGw7xLhCGsdcTjojDRelVUIAqlmqpS9Gx1Hl_-trOogaik1X8fjTgqWUek0anzcq1H3WN0-EYatcfdo1gmqqKTq2Gkp0XDhzRydO0Ldg_J_fXOZrjt0Wkbr1evZXNFGB5SENyzvC5hRCbtw/w400-h300/IMG_2285.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">During Arnhem battle he disabled a German armoured car</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> with his umbrella, incapacitating the driver by shoving the umbrella through the car's observational slit and poking the driver in the eye. The took an umbrella during war operations as a means of identification because he had trouble remembering passwords and felt that anyone who saw him with it would think taht "only a bloody fool of an Englishman" would carry it into the battle.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk2cqDoCg9jZCZci8cptCX9oP7TmlItOfDIuGJwaH64AhpXGPCdQ-6SZhtQq3QjYMUwBoaIsB1QaodNKQhO5OZvxk52D0sAe_KCihSrgud8hOiASMKzHpNFRiTJYjCkqOUocyS8eX_FORIt4TiY52b6CThfM1qmWTLvNrrg1oCbxdKe78SrYz-ihZcQ/s1920/IMG_2112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk2cqDoCg9jZCZci8cptCX9oP7TmlItOfDIuGJwaH64AhpXGPCdQ-6SZhtQq3QjYMUwBoaIsB1QaodNKQhO5OZvxk52D0sAe_KCihSrgud8hOiASMKzHpNFRiTJYjCkqOUocyS8eX_FORIt4TiY52b6CThfM1qmWTLvNrrg1oCbxdKe78SrYz-ihZcQ/w400-h300/IMG_2112.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-23786636720384076372022-06-17T19:23:00.001+02:002022-06-17T19:23:27.503+02:00Medusa Operation Sept 2-17 2006 Test - June 11, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've just finished to read a very interesting book written by Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer about Medusa Operation. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5BUzjERj1q5w1R6whsM5uzIIwndOcK5yN9oELcEA8hiWC2r4YOYQM3TQxHUMG60bZGCImBH-DXyxOr7EY3eg6br9oHVztkM5bpSEzIjZji-mFmWJ2a5VYx16nFOKSnpNhhXa_HOS9H9Af5WBObrHd2CcJmcCLaanOUNXffxerFA0kwMOXp5ysLNxLA/s354/Catturaop.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5BUzjERj1q5w1R6whsM5uzIIwndOcK5yN9oELcEA8hiWC2r4YOYQM3TQxHUMG60bZGCImBH-DXyxOr7EY3eg6br9oHVztkM5bpSEzIjZji-mFmWJ2a5VYx16nFOKSnpNhhXa_HOS9H9Af5WBObrHd2CcJmcCLaanOUNXffxerFA0kwMOXp5ysLNxLA/w260-h400/Catturaop.PNG" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was part of a American-Canadian offensive that took place during the Afghanistan war.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was an ISAF operation ... one of the largest.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Its goal was to establish government control over Kandahar Province. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The book tells about Usa special forces activities supported by some Afghans forces.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpyiWeWvTAZM7oFmP14i3NwQsk1ihsVSmOHc4m-1GkAPhPVZBn1u5AHHK2fARu9JmjbBFViSgK5JMFKt4AMbzZZgbwhGKrsd26KP2JnX9g63fdkJXmx44_6jthRyVg6X04wpzDvadKJOaWBjmKaL8kOM5LVJRnD07r0VzHGwYBNvzX7_OeANagGLBMA/s4032/IMG_2930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpyiWeWvTAZM7oFmP14i3NwQsk1ihsVSmOHc4m-1GkAPhPVZBn1u5AHHK2fARu9JmjbBFViSgK5JMFKt4AMbzZZgbwhGKrsd26KP2JnX9g63fdkJXmx44_6jthRyVg6X04wpzDvadKJOaWBjmKaL8kOM5LVJRnD07r0VzHGwYBNvzX7_OeANagGLBMA/w400-h300/IMG_2930.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Based on the initial plans the Usa special forces actions should have played a "secondary" role but ... at the end we took a very important for the success of the mission.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the and it was a "tactical victory" for ISAF forces. I decided to write an article for the Italian wargame magazine "Dadi e Piombo" so I decided to take some pics and to test the terrains before to define with my mates the scenario.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaIP09n-AVOfViYpPPMyUADtCuxfH-r-RPZN5jsqvNOssHNj-zb9VwIRMJt0tIESpQaISW5b_nnuFZNpc6xHssTBOprb7lIbtB6vPRVEIAxT36jlYRiuhub0_YjfotLQu7XEM-Gu6ZokuZkcKnuhphWqVff8pq9jsE8k30blD7vQFhM-RJnLgHpqNhQ/s4032/IMG_2935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaIP09n-AVOfViYpPPMyUADtCuxfH-r-RPZN5jsqvNOssHNj-zb9VwIRMJt0tIESpQaISW5b_nnuFZNpc6xHssTBOprb7lIbtB6vPRVEIAxT36jlYRiuhub0_YjfotLQu7XEM-Gu6ZokuZkcKnuhphWqVff8pq9jsE8k30blD7vQFhM-RJnLgHpqNhQ/w400-h300/IMG_2935.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All miniatures are 20mm painted by me. Manufacturer is Caesar miniatures.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below the CAS in action</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy2yRufV1mu06mMKgEqbLl3XTsxr9eTLWTVbt5BF00vDLSt_SyOXT77oEG-ODjDwpBOCC4d6inwfogNpUI_1Lq_XOwH_AsSJ93n1gXpdfwSMVcZL2HE-5xe-z3xC-OdRpfJ21pKPl3GUIsFm90WQLMGTucrA3xoSybg8nqLppVpgANj6mk2ZWeSLDNg/s4032/IMG_2902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy2yRufV1mu06mMKgEqbLl3XTsxr9eTLWTVbt5BF00vDLSt_SyOXT77oEG-ODjDwpBOCC4d6inwfogNpUI_1Lq_XOwH_AsSJ93n1gXpdfwSMVcZL2HE-5xe-z3xC-OdRpfJ21pKPl3GUIsFm90WQLMGTucrA3xoSybg8nqLppVpgANj6mk2ZWeSLDNg/w400-h300/IMG_2902.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj2JuBOwThiijqs7iS8tVXrl1lV0l8BHmNODXE0-3rhqLoWJ-1hfVRryD-e5in8W20rkojukIZuAPOkJYTJ69jgBUmC7HEG-ham1m5P4nPjx2e1UytrD_TevaPH87kE_YpNEX5PBhKNrm_3Wt-L-4518a-jILtfyVFs8cXyE5eT4SyrNKtvwCTGOXLg/s4032/IMG_2914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj2JuBOwThiijqs7iS8tVXrl1lV0l8BHmNODXE0-3rhqLoWJ-1hfVRryD-e5in8W20rkojukIZuAPOkJYTJ69jgBUmC7HEG-ham1m5P4nPjx2e1UytrD_TevaPH87kE_YpNEX5PBhKNrm_3Wt-L-4518a-jILtfyVFs8cXyE5eT4SyrNKtvwCTGOXLg/w400-h300/IMG_2914.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-74802969486172933492022-05-20T13:16:00.007+02:002022-05-20T16:45:39.704+02:00Battle of Lake George - Camp Attack - May 14, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Saturday my mates Ezio and Jimmy dedided to play an historical scenario using Rebels and Patriots printed by Osprey.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a battle fought during French-Indian wars in September 8, 1755. The battle was set in the north of New York province and it was part of a the British campaign to expel the French forces from North America.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the battle field my friends prepared ... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYSV1G-cmjaLRqbEINN3nVGmYRfr_-k3AeL13Ga2BX08bIbn23hA9KS5Nwf6_SjMSM0gzEuO4ipVDAH-nYOqAKNu55LY3odyYjmgwZL5rJVrpiSmyovahjY32-oMfUI-mxJf5XLL1RZSfB8zGVnPMB6Ja3xc8HHp7UUaYQnExPcVtoPAuh4bJKaSIuw/s1920/IMG_2254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYSV1G-cmjaLRqbEINN3nVGmYRfr_-k3AeL13Ga2BX08bIbn23hA9KS5Nwf6_SjMSM0gzEuO4ipVDAH-nYOqAKNu55LY3odyYjmgwZL5rJVrpiSmyovahjY32-oMfUI-mxJf5XLL1RZSfB8zGVnPMB6Ja3xc8HHp7UUaYQnExPcVtoPAuh4bJKaSIuw/w300-h400/IMG_2254.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... this is the picture that inspired them</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClMqdiFplxqnGVdzvd3ngZyCFpvYr461RLVrE2MzFGTXMIypKB5nYAg4iX2S6P2fnA2jMHnkEXBqj1YIE4u90FC5e4jzDMYtq3Z3hmpuUFWoSDGb7Qm9WvXtQ_G2Vv6p3t6Ww59vlbsQ8leG16VNyQq4ZyWpdMbEF6bBbRXrOicG8UFRiX75YEdOGrg/s1280/2b470187-4e64-457b-9227-f260fc130974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1280" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClMqdiFplxqnGVdzvd3ngZyCFpvYr461RLVrE2MzFGTXMIypKB5nYAg4iX2S6P2fnA2jMHnkEXBqj1YIE4u90FC5e4jzDMYtq3Z3hmpuUFWoSDGb7Qm9WvXtQ_G2Vv6p3t6Ww59vlbsQ8leG16VNyQq4ZyWpdMbEF6bBbRXrOicG8UFRiX75YEdOGrg/w400-h223/2b470187-4e64-457b-9227-f260fc130974.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A French, Canadian and Indian of 1,582 men under the command of the Baron de Dieskau attacked 2,932 men including 200 Mohawks under Major General William Johnson.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QKm3gyWnY92IRDaCObO0mxG8hhyKqEpSpmp9C9mzsveJYCPlctNU5PiC18MIJ6PNOMF7rrZwnyM3YqsGhsTCIWtQO0-GvxvriYpZwKcdFogjPTgR9l76uJuqSNwaQh8ymishNaisKAW09LxaQ4d1E4TJaMwCD80hkKoFvb3CaQOj0hT8AJxLWc-jgg/s4032/IMG_2260.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QKm3gyWnY92IRDaCObO0mxG8hhyKqEpSpmp9C9mzsveJYCPlctNU5PiC18MIJ6PNOMF7rrZwnyM3YqsGhsTCIWtQO0-GvxvriYpZwKcdFogjPTgR9l76uJuqSNwaQh8ymishNaisKAW09LxaQ4d1E4TJaMwCD80hkKoFvb3CaQOj0hT8AJxLWc-jgg/w400-h300/IMG_2260.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">General Johnson with his forces advance via Lake George and Lake Campalain against the French Fort St. Frederic. Johnson, camped 25 km north to Fort Edward (an English fort), sent a messager to Fort Edward garrison to ask reinforcement ... unfortunately the messager was intercepted and in this way the French commander obtained the position of enemies.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On September 8, William<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">'s column marched directly straight into the trap</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> prepared by Baron de Dieskau. It was knonw as the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">"Bloody Morning Scout". After a short battle the English were forced to come back to their camp.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">My mates decided to play the assault to Johnson's camp. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquIl0Kfv9HSns3PHAAI4Qq5ZQ82-7aQBeciWZdaGqhj-By4QsrJzv86TcZJpU7zODSIbwwRRL1er9kl5EjkembTk40J_adiyqpGCsCBb1chRztGyAe_zpX8iejxJBgphY2GhQ7h2sy2EUYxqQf4Y_oNgT74sibDoFZd9CrAQAd3VGN33YL3TdQzEdSQ/s1920/IMG_9206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquIl0Kfv9HSns3PHAAI4Qq5ZQ82-7aQBeciWZdaGqhj-By4QsrJzv86TcZJpU7zODSIbwwRRL1er9kl5EjkembTk40J_adiyqpGCsCBb1chRztGyAe_zpX8iejxJBgphY2GhQ7h2sy2EUYxqQf4Y_oNgT74sibDoFZd9CrAQAd3VGN33YL3TdQzEdSQ/w400-h300/IMG_9206.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">After the success of the first attack Dieskau ordered to his Canadians and Indians to charge the enemy till the camp. Unfotunately the Indians and the Canadians, shaken by the loss of their leader during the fight before, attacked the camp without energy so the French commander formed a column of 222 grenadiers directly against Johnson's camp.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hrU5xwuBP20NsHttMNvdhI9Uigz4moUWVE8Hy-wb8SrCZJTNAckY6_fKUrQ9JPsLpVC8u996dNfFr4b7t1QFIxBXG95EVSfWfCa3jhrpxw4Un8cSd4Pie9jIleKA3qC-NMUyifwcJ2T6Z_gPoBrQOtlM5tDnYinVW0TX6LkqplbPBhXA5IGvRWs9iQ/s1920/IMG_9211.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hrU5xwuBP20NsHttMNvdhI9Uigz4moUWVE8Hy-wb8SrCZJTNAckY6_fKUrQ9JPsLpVC8u996dNfFr4b7t1QFIxBXG95EVSfWfCa3jhrpxw4Un8cSd4Pie9jIleKA3qC-NMUyifwcJ2T6Z_gPoBrQOtlM5tDnYinVW0TX6LkqplbPBhXA5IGvRWs9iQ/w400-h300/IMG_9211.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">The English forces hurriedly constructed defensive barricates using wagons, overturned boats and trees. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyVU0vUqFz-lzEpIfrbQ5f5FKkZ7mJhsiFCxssnQkjlshFOmrdjaMw0kZCT4EasLa6-qJtg3lMYzFx9XMJx1pSquhTcYr1_EGgKUBY9rrvzddVe-tHCKGx1tdhrVWGtrhCzpP_LISQGTBW9PwXtT5bNCUZZGSj37Of_tbjYup1T4doEAee2s8LtAVsQ/s4032/IMG_2255.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyVU0vUqFz-lzEpIfrbQ5f5FKkZ7mJhsiFCxssnQkjlshFOmrdjaMw0kZCT4EasLa6-qJtg3lMYzFx9XMJx1pSquhTcYr1_EGgKUBY9rrvzddVe-tHCKGx1tdhrVWGtrhCzpP_LISQGTBW9PwXtT5bNCUZZGSj37Of_tbjYup1T4doEAee2s8LtAVsQ/w400-h300/IMG_2255.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI_Ybc4ac__P4pQ9gYdGbaxVwTb7MxUjKgwfZTHV9h4jwzDa1FCWFx0w97NOtSi7bj_37WJJHwWpta6fagh0SyM3Go04EQbzBbI0R8CJlQlFkJl6GXDFMIl0zyJVhUVYOkgGEiXGhRWnhlM8KIMW9lBn-RWp110jcnvktO0bK41Pu6oR6-0kLVqWWgw/w400-h300/IMG_2259.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">Once the grenadiers were out in the open ground the British gunners crewing Johnson's three cannond loaded them with grapeshot cutting the French ranks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTx7hjaBP2NOcc8ninNqV41S9ZSi3mHgICVn4v_dkbq4yQ6UwLI9PioseaqSHT-pXxCzCAqds_yG4utVrh96MDWq8z75m5UOKvSBc1PSOfU57uFnp5nwINMAbIiR6286OTnE_dqz1pl7OTTJ0krToDWBzSSyyr-iqkTiNvcwWRTL2F04E6pnahki-Vg/s4032/IMG_9214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTx7hjaBP2NOcc8ninNqV41S9ZSi3mHgICVn4v_dkbq4yQ6UwLI9PioseaqSHT-pXxCzCAqds_yG4utVrh96MDWq8z75m5UOKvSBc1PSOfU57uFnp5nwINMAbIiR6286OTnE_dqz1pl7OTTJ0krToDWBzSSyyr-iqkTiNvcwWRTL2F04E6pnahki-Vg/w400-h300/IMG_9214.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">Baron de Dieskau was hit by the cannons and died during the fight. After the dead of the Baron and the loss of the Canadian leader in the previously fight, French were forced to retire. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">In our battle the cannon was destroyed by the Indians ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPD2vH2NK48yyGYa2VpG9WaKeq5KZMur4EhTSkRluB7x0KNDUX4VOM68LxVbJesyCAl4xB1wLMr41_IJwimgb52X6bC_uINv79VzdeCDj9ifkOl7y7ESeZbCbTZwrw1bLtOkSk_La-HuxE6S0l03QOYyVsFXZOyZ3zI8J-BtsZ8DOMZYl52jO-OOpPPA/s4032/IMG_9237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPD2vH2NK48yyGYa2VpG9WaKeq5KZMur4EhTSkRluB7x0KNDUX4VOM68LxVbJesyCAl4xB1wLMr41_IJwimgb52X6bC_uINv79VzdeCDj9ifkOl7y7ESeZbCbTZwrw1bLtOkSk_La-HuxE6S0l03QOYyVsFXZOyZ3zI8J-BtsZ8DOMZYl52jO-OOpPPA/w400-h300/IMG_9237.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-30900455898331448362022-05-13T19:17:00.002+02:002022-05-13T19:18:51.833+02:001st Independent Polish Parachute Brigate at Driel and Gen Sosabowski - May 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigate was an infantry brigade of Polish Army that was created in September 1941. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Brigade was formed by Polish soldiers in exile in UK with the aim of its being used to support Polish resistance during Ww2. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSR_NivnYv2uWn-e56XClLTJeruvV5vljnmwPxq3r8hny6bkpTV5gpW6x9LoihTcIPK4drSsyDVfiyFLh2oizf4knJz1jz3ICCUNG0vOZm-RWZveirV9MfpJZPulkK8ahpySFPSp8VQHsu6-fdSbTCEs9JuKZf3-sEr7ebHQskngaFrVa-5MoDWPUaA/s4032/IMG_2304.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSR_NivnYv2uWn-e56XClLTJeruvV5vljnmwPxq3r8hny6bkpTV5gpW6x9LoihTcIPK4drSsyDVfiyFLh2oizf4knJz1jz3ICCUNG0vOZm-RWZveirV9MfpJZPulkK8ahpySFPSp8VQHsu6-fdSbTCEs9JuKZf3-sEr7ebHQskngaFrVa-5MoDWPUaA/w400-h300/IMG_2304.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unfortunately, on July 27, aware of the imminent Warsaw uprising the British governement refused the idea to use this brigate to support the insurgents. Polish unit should have took part of Normandy assault but also this mission was cancelled for them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On contrary the brigade was involved in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. This operation was a bold plan designed to caputure the Rhine crossing along the Dutch-German border and establish a foothold for an advance in Germany.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0if5ZgzFeUXcfJeCYy3kYlSwZeC42UhHFAFFlSnvymi8j_lmmlj85g3QbSq9AYDuyqTpUybMdYK2VE97cfx41SjI3TzFcV1Vhdi0I8t13GliRjBzpHSQVq7ky71qcBeOdylHKNg-XyYznplyLThToHErDD32mf8mZG2DX89mwUWZCC00GL52FkOhGg/s4032/IMG_2288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0if5ZgzFeUXcfJeCYy3kYlSwZeC42UhHFAFFlSnvymi8j_lmmlj85g3QbSq9AYDuyqTpUybMdYK2VE97cfx41SjI3TzFcV1Vhdi0I8t13GliRjBzpHSQVq7ky71qcBeOdylHKNg-XyYznplyLThToHErDD32mf8mZG2DX89mwUWZCC00GL52FkOhGg/w400-h300/IMG_2288.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2HAoGuxNviDlUQzy-Rc29USVVaumrADVOytDSIQU7JPTNdGeSMoCyXn4n9ifswD-eIlCxJF892-A_axcuZ1LaGZ6-SMrpMnNH05ABFMsV5sTYbNr8LUY5ruJRnK6qMqHM5tToF9vBu3OD4ztdAZUISo1FjQ2KscylfRSLJM_2p7iN6xDUwHEwZ74fQ/s4032/IMG_2298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2HAoGuxNviDlUQzy-Rc29USVVaumrADVOytDSIQU7JPTNdGeSMoCyXn4n9ifswD-eIlCxJF892-A_axcuZ1LaGZ6-SMrpMnNH05ABFMsV5sTYbNr8LUY5ruJRnK6qMqHM5tToF9vBu3OD4ztdAZUISo1FjQ2KscylfRSLJM_2p7iN6xDUwHEwZ74fQ/w400-h300/IMG_2298.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Owing to bad weather and shortage of planes the drop on their objective was delayed by two days. They dropped into Driel (near Arnhem) without British units of support and without radio contact with the main Allied forces. They were dropped directly under a significant German fire and they were forced to set up a defensive hedgehog position. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqW4WRbepmMV8-ciIzf3EY_sTc-86x6WM8t3FfCRcBkKo3xf1MT74QEIOQA_-ULfWMfW-fMg7CYlrp6eeeBBosmsqg3aMXDjJQH2vQH3Ep4Eb8AfFiZAP8zJFB-nuzOKFAWQhYeQ_bYMYcKoeYaUh8hFeZZHonFZ10vluTTt2sznToFXOelNTJjRdqA/s4032/IMG_2308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqW4WRbepmMV8-ciIzf3EY_sTc-86x6WM8t3FfCRcBkKo3xf1MT74QEIOQA_-ULfWMfW-fMg7CYlrp6eeeBBosmsqg3aMXDjJQH2vQH3Ep4Eb8AfFiZAP8zJFB-nuzOKFAWQhYeQ_bYMYcKoeYaUh8hFeZZHonFZ10vluTTt2sznToFXOelNTJjRdqA/w400-h300/IMG_2308.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9LdcL8MVoSTs_th7YkgKId88TwotfruxuhBXKsgP2XOkzPAgUVYeIeEhUDG87v36Ft9vw8a76YHhnlrP_LS330ADSEirIuosnsL7hfHHJBOW4FIogyKKYP9iiVKlj5zxoXz3kzEoQdzBWf7966t-Ext5pEtX6Vlzwf6y7CFdITA24Wcxke0IowEiOg/s4032/IMG_2404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9LdcL8MVoSTs_th7YkgKId88TwotfruxuhBXKsgP2XOkzPAgUVYeIeEhUDG87v36Ft9vw8a76YHhnlrP_LS330ADSEirIuosnsL7hfHHJBOW4FIogyKKYP9iiVKlj5zxoXz3kzEoQdzBWf7966t-Ext5pEtX6Vlzwf6y7CFdITA24Wcxke0IowEiOg/w400-h300/IMG_2404.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They tried for two days to cross the Rhine to reach the British red devils. After 3 days about 200 Polish troopers reach the British 1st Airborne Division only to cover their fall back.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu0qaUBmuIDDol1SBNm6TYjTw-wQNcw26MWPVPX9iVx0SI0wumwhloiyTrfznug-VXeWv2Nzojzu1-xnvRN91RJHuxXvQX_1fpgNXiUu-oiLW2JPtaf4Sv6FaGmkp1LII3xbaAZEX0fvsvUgS11sdvYIur-zPwhPLX-74bRl2rxrf0w-zPIFRzG-c-Q/s4032/IMG_5235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu0qaUBmuIDDol1SBNm6TYjTw-wQNcw26MWPVPX9iVx0SI0wumwhloiyTrfznug-VXeWv2Nzojzu1-xnvRN91RJHuxXvQX_1fpgNXiUu-oiLW2JPtaf4Sv6FaGmkp1LII3xbaAZEX0fvsvUgS11sdvYIur-zPwhPLX-74bRl2rxrf0w-zPIFRzG-c-Q/w400-h300/IMG_5235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>On September 26 the Brigade ... or better what it remains ... was moved to Nijmegen. The brigade had lost 25% of its fighting strength</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Till the end of the war the 1st Polish brigade was attached to the 1st Polish Armoured Division in occupation duties in Norther Germany. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The commander of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade in Driel</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45h17_sEpWpuNabosdYTVhCnihgciNCZn_dhtqYdppFfcTnsMo7npXE0xOoOJd0f5hnoURTLbHl6BJDsYJ6MFuIYghjgLICmVZojJzjAF6R7jVGWrINzOagki8IYzqF4LlWcmDJ8KnxgWtZmtUFyruZFjdS2uJOtUqMSxMxzjryd4nEHm23Bxy-j89g/s4032/IMG_5215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45h17_sEpWpuNabosdYTVhCnihgciNCZn_dhtqYdppFfcTnsMo7npXE0xOoOJd0f5hnoURTLbHl6BJDsYJ6MFuIYghjgLICmVZojJzjAF6R7jVGWrINzOagki8IYzqF4LlWcmDJ8KnxgWtZmtUFyruZFjdS2uJOtUqMSxMxzjryd4nEHm23Bxy-j89g/w400-h300/IMG_5215.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">During the invasion of Poland he was colonel and he partecipated to the Siege of Warsaw keeping the position. After his success, Sosabowski was assigned to command of all Polish troops in the area of Grochow. Despite constant bombardement and German attacks he repelled the enemy attacks. Following the Polish surrender, he was made prisoner. Escaped he reach the Polish governement in exile. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After the war he found a job as a factory worker in London. As well as many other Polish officers he was unable to return to Communist Poland so he decided for the exile. He died in 1967. Only in 1969 his remians were returned to Poland at Powazki Miliary Cemetery in Warsaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the movie A Bridge too far he was portaryed by Gene Hackman</span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-41912936840258229852022-05-06T18:15:00.002+02:002022-05-06T18:42:56.137+02:00Marengo Battle June 14, 1800 - Black Powder April 30, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Saturday my mates played a new Napoleonic battle. This time they decided for Marengo.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was fought on June 14, 1800 between French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian forces. The battle set in my region ... in Piedmont ... north west of Italy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The battlefield we prepared</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjldLcuw7eprF0ZQboiM6_J6vS6z-hePLbBGMU4Vb5BwUsSJYfgXN8pnp2ljLNfJz6bl9HQsCzAfSNX1xMWYaZ1uPMdGAlnSJR5q2jWzqWfXsIxp2uCbdsBo1BIWjEnbj1_40KiTxhQw1VuiGCAvJMpBI9U3OWh1-xENoU8W2jh2-MUD0eooRND9wiuQ/s2048/de794cd9-9361-499f-81ad-1bccdf8d29d8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjldLcuw7eprF0ZQboiM6_J6vS6z-hePLbBGMU4Vb5BwUsSJYfgXN8pnp2ljLNfJz6bl9HQsCzAfSNX1xMWYaZ1uPMdGAlnSJR5q2jWzqWfXsIxp2uCbdsBo1BIWjEnbj1_40KiTxhQw1VuiGCAvJMpBI9U3OWh1-xENoU8W2jh2-MUD0eooRND9wiuQ/w400-h225/de794cd9-9361-499f-81ad-1bccdf8d29d8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Surprised by the Austrian advance in mid-April 1800, Bonaparte was forced to reach Italy as soon as possible.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the beginning of June, Bonaparte crossed the river Po defeating General Peter Karl Otto von Batorkez at Montebello but it was surprised by the enemy conter attack on June 14 near Marengo.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKiW8fiwFEnPs0ZVAEfQvZWUnWCrZ-fcPhHHRPl5gZFcWhN9_smwn_GCixscMG710DG7BhZfMJMW11Jw6oBfJ3EJRi-Ub9FsavmqYTDvu7KaMUvUaSXAdFBgEXWP6BoWI00l0BobVjspUqM4xbek_deY8WeLcuLTVybJ1qqXNVx72axf1QaeWhgUNvQ/s1600/113ab203-fdf0-47a4-9696-d6920438ff58.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKiW8fiwFEnPs0ZVAEfQvZWUnWCrZ-fcPhHHRPl5gZFcWhN9_smwn_GCixscMG710DG7BhZfMJMW11Jw6oBfJ3EJRi-Ub9FsavmqYTDvu7KaMUvUaSXAdFBgEXWP6BoWI00l0BobVjspUqM4xbek_deY8WeLcuLTVybJ1qqXNVx72axf1QaeWhgUNvQ/w400-h299/113ab203-fdf0-47a4-9696-d6920438ff58.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At 11.00 the assaults across the Fontanone stream (near Marengo) were repelled by French. Austrian commander revewed their efforts occupying Castel Ceriolo and advancing against French flank. By 2:30 the French were withdrawing and Austrian troops took Marengo.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Austrian's advance in our battle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gdNMCzVpFdTsWlh4FzeSu7eAJx8yxbG-jhHxl_Oz1ie3CB63z5Wkr3ob43Fz_v-koLXOVWDxPquYoonueE3d0M9OKZ4RvwJDVU1sQxg-btrlZNIrxQPVnS7r8QqvIOwUS4uWBUFwyDblvYHXS5JzsTy9Gl_ZAohCy7uUqCgtR55I1h8Y9Mz0d15f1w/s1600/36a0801f-74ed-482d-bbf9-d73d1360db49%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gdNMCzVpFdTsWlh4FzeSu7eAJx8yxbG-jhHxl_Oz1ie3CB63z5Wkr3ob43Fz_v-koLXOVWDxPquYoonueE3d0M9OKZ4RvwJDVU1sQxg-btrlZNIrxQPVnS7r8QqvIOwUS4uWBUFwyDblvYHXS5JzsTy9Gl_ZAohCy7uUqCgtR55I1h8Y9Mz0d15f1w/w400-h299/36a0801f-74ed-482d-bbf9-d73d1360db49%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bonaparte used his reserve but the French continued to fall back.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uXMB2HL7gh_4z6jsjvIYtlvwa6utMcUb5i2Kne3AiDYe_UbeRG8rBwu3c40DiO21e_k4fEPTa1UNlAbVMzDetXAZ_k-Ka8JWu-p7mVGkWZYP8ewPL1K5ANxakI_TZ2Hdnq1vMiAKs4q_YRDQiQ-_8AMV90UrVg7Se5B_LYvQlzg9zAxgbfh3m1GHsw/s1600/299f2713-28a3-4159-b822-9c3d50689f5a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uXMB2HL7gh_4z6jsjvIYtlvwa6utMcUb5i2Kne3AiDYe_UbeRG8rBwu3c40DiO21e_k4fEPTa1UNlAbVMzDetXAZ_k-Ka8JWu-p7mVGkWZYP8ewPL1K5ANxakI_TZ2Hdnq1vMiAKs4q_YRDQiQ-_8AMV90UrVg7Se5B_LYvQlzg9zAxgbfh3m1GHsw/w400-h299/299f2713-28a3-4159-b822-9c3d50689f5a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal0prNcSbpS8ZrbTuYbjrxlIKUi-k5cWELgRkvHHIYDHX1NvNlQe-Jpv_eTru-nIfcfuVk60P9M2NawPLahVSqCMSaIvHer9P9RqIl8tIeNjQxFEOLJCVFPC-9lSGO8YxfmpOB2RwqPfAZjPpmgLZfFdE4j4-Y5x5AeRu6s4AuqMfPhbsEbGZgIUQFA/s1600/de38f5ea-b6ec-4b9b-b416-8cef3c60b8ef.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal0prNcSbpS8ZrbTuYbjrxlIKUi-k5cWELgRkvHHIYDHX1NvNlQe-Jpv_eTru-nIfcfuVk60P9M2NawPLahVSqCMSaIvHer9P9RqIl8tIeNjQxFEOLJCVFPC-9lSGO8YxfmpOB2RwqPfAZjPpmgLZfFdE4j4-Y5x5AeRu6s4AuqMfPhbsEbGZgIUQFA/w400-h299/de38f5ea-b6ec-4b9b-b416-8cef3c60b8ef.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Knowing that French reinforcement were approacing with Generale Desaix, Bonaparte renewed his attack on the north.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Desaix's arrival aroung 5:30 stabilized the French position. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajEKM6Sxb91vDU2ZDxwwsw1bia51MMo57pDqSyooSGl_Cu__qKOxoPOn-3wMEOxY1gq1BYdPQk7fo5XvwEV7Zz360TnPHHF4C9VDgDb-njCnHjbbkhqurHV6qdSs0B3RHDBkT9mlgc5BOVBVTOSYJ-OjVW4HQhKTgs38VaMXunh4lQ3-u_3Jfk9htTg/s1600/61cb1d26-b2c2-46fa-b181-5fee58ad5679.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajEKM6Sxb91vDU2ZDxwwsw1bia51MMo57pDqSyooSGl_Cu__qKOxoPOn-3wMEOxY1gq1BYdPQk7fo5XvwEV7Zz360TnPHHF4C9VDgDb-njCnHjbbkhqurHV6qdSs0B3RHDBkT9mlgc5BOVBVTOSYJ-OjVW4HQhKTgs38VaMXunh4lQ3-u_3Jfk9htTg/w400-h299/61cb1d26-b2c2-46fa-b181-5fee58ad5679.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>The story goes that, asked by Bonaparte what he thought of the situation, Generale Desaix replied "This battle is completely lost. However ther is time to win another"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bonaparte did not agreed Desaix's idea so he continued the attacks. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDCHZ0Ro6ieV55pnajv5sdiDhMG05k9toDm2568ZXOqbBm5jjmxxvZeuXw6Qtm_14yE7nJOx0qZhgajWp0XzDEFQNKIC2IWCij_XrtBxQf4zGDllD51zzCP-tMXR8UV5VR502pYVvsWlb1-ugszCcQRdQMfEDZzSd1DlPViN_LMEM_3teDYYrgcoitQ/s1600/a3c907bb-31bb-4c5b-8c63-641948b2387a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDCHZ0Ro6ieV55pnajv5sdiDhMG05k9toDm2568ZXOqbBm5jjmxxvZeuXw6Qtm_14yE7nJOx0qZhgajWp0XzDEFQNKIC2IWCij_XrtBxQf4zGDllD51zzCP-tMXR8UV5VR502pYVvsWlb1-ugszCcQRdQMfEDZzSd1DlPViN_LMEM_3teDYYrgcoitQ/w400-h299/a3c907bb-31bb-4c5b-8c63-641948b2387a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The 9th light infantry regiment delayed the Austrian advance down the main road while the rest of the army reformed new lines. The new troops concealed the Austrian attack forcing them to go back in disorder till Alessandria.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The victory secured Bonaparte's grip on power French administration. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In our game the history changed a bit ... The Austrian generals win. Desaix arrived but too far from the center and not able to make the difference as in the real battle</span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-16253948335934829332022-04-28T19:29:00.000+02:002022-04-28T19:29:03.156+02:00SAGA tables for Cornaredo Tournament - April 23, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This week end my mates will partecipate to a SAGA Tournament. The Tournament will take place in Cornaredo (closed to Milan) and the period will be the "age of invasion".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So my mates tested their army lists last week</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyCRIMvIM-N27mq6vHZ4ItGsrQZ76f7to-U9YSN8iqegjr3DLjUQy4e-lnF2htgvdtjdJQerdfV2Wfq76ZzinsII-seE6t0MGCNVV0pXwBJmBKQvE3i9s5imCbBhFnDIIq4Dgyw7sQGMVfAAvTZCRNBsX3OU6rwDilMPAijVAywQj_vErBAA1Yw9SxQ/s4032/IMG_1333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyCRIMvIM-N27mq6vHZ4ItGsrQZ76f7to-U9YSN8iqegjr3DLjUQy4e-lnF2htgvdtjdJQerdfV2Wfq76ZzinsII-seE6t0MGCNVV0pXwBJmBKQvE3i9s5imCbBhFnDIIq4Dgyw7sQGMVfAAvTZCRNBsX3OU6rwDilMPAijVAywQj_vErBAA1Yw9SxQ/w400-h300/IMG_1333.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took some pictures of their tables and ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivq_IpTfaAMsTHmCleZ1oySxGZ-eent0g1Jp4gS9-xTkwi4-PQT6DjQUgkVOkNS8iM0VMDcJrnVFkHNn9TNoIsRIpzANxy-7i3TZM5hTOnrcyNHminplSYgAP-w_g9aWjYE9kNQiuIqruv2cwVyI7dgmy5EODh7Qe43dBPn7U7szXWgox0dtDpiXInzQ/s4032/IMG_1376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivq_IpTfaAMsTHmCleZ1oySxGZ-eent0g1Jp4gS9-xTkwi4-PQT6DjQUgkVOkNS8iM0VMDcJrnVFkHNn9TNoIsRIpzANxy-7i3TZM5hTOnrcyNHminplSYgAP-w_g9aWjYE9kNQiuIqruv2cwVyI7dgmy5EODh7Qe43dBPn7U7szXWgox0dtDpiXInzQ/w400-h300/IMG_1376.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogVN4Lq0fT-YPP_AYeopz9XfaPzv9Da0ATdrBQmNGpdJ6V8jfQI_YAv4OcQBRZrkIWXqP4nX4x_31a5W0J58HizVvPQzCCBwEJs5aHSW2Q1m49ovRw2l2QPpSWW3RlUN9rz1Fa5Epc-ziqbwt6b4AcihbBdmhNQR0YGTHWkwaKWKVVN0N3kvwvsj5qA/s4032/IMG_0677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogVN4Lq0fT-YPP_AYeopz9XfaPzv9Da0ATdrBQmNGpdJ6V8jfQI_YAv4OcQBRZrkIWXqP4nX4x_31a5W0J58HizVvPQzCCBwEJs5aHSW2Q1m49ovRw2l2QPpSWW3RlUN9rz1Fa5Epc-ziqbwt6b4AcihbBdmhNQR0YGTHWkwaKWKVVN0N3kvwvsj5qA/w400-h300/IMG_0677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIv2pOyTnLnK_oQZuSqDqpJ94v-D6MCLBUIg7AmLwsh-_idAEyJcu50aj4CsGbtDjm2qn4AhtwTXqkszW6_5y3CTeS-j3JL7juF9U4cVoRjXrD6Sx6Jqypc462M4nQw0V6OyPgORt-qOGpPbYtPbh2eOz-0gZhuSDjplgXKFinQyx6CQC-ez2AHtq0A/s1024/BLGK3664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIv2pOyTnLnK_oQZuSqDqpJ94v-D6MCLBUIg7AmLwsh-_idAEyJcu50aj4CsGbtDjm2qn4AhtwTXqkszW6_5y3CTeS-j3JL7juF9U4cVoRjXrD6Sx6Jqypc462M4nQw0V6OyPgORt-qOGpPbYtPbh2eOz-0gZhuSDjplgXKFinQyx6CQC-ez2AHtq0A/w400-h300/BLGK3664.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSafI25oZ0ot3KZABq9umaPczRVUpyRw-6TRvHgp2IbRXHqE4z66_tFVOB-c9ByAW65tZqGM4NoNVjW5nHTHOOv7vfkbsBCk58Wl-fFgd_ZTxrZLmeZIM7iT5Ocz40QnYtDI4S7JKIph8fJJUROOFDOKTZ8_YA-EpqwhTfrYqcCmCmyLRQCgmp0sTlRg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSafI25oZ0ot3KZABq9umaPczRVUpyRw-6TRvHgp2IbRXHqE4z66_tFVOB-c9ByAW65tZqGM4NoNVjW5nHTHOOv7vfkbsBCk58Wl-fFgd_ZTxrZLmeZIM7iT5Ocz40QnYtDI4S7JKIph8fJJUROOFDOKTZ8_YA-EpqwhTfrYqcCmCmyLRQCgmp0sTlRg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The idea was to create a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWZb0mgfIgElnzeTe-QGXOMayHEguk7iDU_NMEZ0A43AcV8NMCLotNbom9idbDQcb_92UPl0V2PUgIdBAfyzslcYzsbkG59-Hq21a7Cv7OEbrWi_pE65GWHlx5t3jkgOnk11uVohD19apNJ_3HDWBgCoXIotAbBD1Zn87cgqZBAcr7uWKIZK5fA3tQaA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWZb0mgfIgElnzeTe-QGXOMayHEguk7iDU_NMEZ0A43AcV8NMCLotNbom9idbDQcb_92UPl0V2PUgIdBAfyzslcYzsbkG59-Hq21a7Cv7OEbrWi_pE65GWHlx5t3jkgOnk11uVohD19apNJ_3HDWBgCoXIotAbBD1Zn87cgqZBAcr7uWKIZK5fA3tQaA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">With their 20 units and four assault brigades, the Commandos served in all war theatres from Mediterranean to Middle East</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNfxQ5UAbmOqEGsUJNWqeGMS_Sx15FBj4RxIhDZGGdZgYExXUxyWPWzDWD4G7_C3ypOWUPSfM-BNx3jDZxIfqm8YIBsM4rI03EInJSHtupXj1l8alDaUzVYWQGbw59VcT3nYmjj_3vBHbsWx2yeEu0mlAkzYyOWCjgMwvgA10z_2IV5a31_L2RbDNeOw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNfxQ5UAbmOqEGsUJNWqeGMS_Sx15FBj4RxIhDZGGdZgYExXUxyWPWzDWD4G7_C3ypOWUPSfM-BNx3jDZxIfqm8YIBsM4rI03EInJSHtupXj1l8alDaUzVYWQGbw59VcT3nYmjj_3vBHbsWx2yeEu0mlAkzYyOWCjgMwvgA10z_2IV5a31_L2RbDNeOw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two of thier most important commander were: Simon Fraser and Peter Young</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat ... he was made brigadier and appointed as commander of the 1st Special Service Brigade during Overlord operation in 1944. Lovat and his unit landed at Sword during the invasion. In the movie "The Longest Day" he was wearing a white jumper under his battledress and he was armed with a .45-70 winchester rifle ... in his memoirs he told that he used a US M1 carabine on D-Day</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhrL3AMVHiARXsDbiIg199nBQWAwupNNUkplwyg_3IDJ8-IiYgGbhXYK9K8hMpQqiBIajZPdgtqyr7RuRueW8zjHipFNQk_uc50Egw1Ur-k9xoa_tQXHJBLN4fMIKkxzFTv9nDGZi72QiFQxd_zVUpBXJKv8zjA1qHFPlzndi1jOArcyYfPYGDbsCQNQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhrL3AMVHiARXsDbiIg199nBQWAwupNNUkplwyg_3IDJ8-IiYgGbhXYK9K8hMpQqiBIajZPdgtqyr7RuRueW8zjHipFNQk_uc50Egw1Ur-k9xoa_tQXHJBLN4fMIKkxzFTv9nDGZi72QiFQxd_zVUpBXJKv8zjA1qHFPlzndi1jOArcyYfPYGDbsCQNQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk24l_h24zqFiegs5bM8M4WleoQw0uyJA3XW-Bnl-5gaoeSUgsep07ZoUM-xKnEnXHv7w6leZTSgJZtvSYWYIr5GFwnjKftd-A_2yFs9aLyDbpKnX2NfwMu94oRgRGDca7dGrRR1PbTQIxkpXus6yZ_sIw8onTPRySdwl8xmIpGJCuj5qr2udUAZDiw/s1920/IMG_2310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk24l_h24zqFiegs5bM8M4WleoQw0uyJA3XW-Bnl-5gaoeSUgsep07ZoUM-xKnEnXHv7w6leZTSgJZtvSYWYIr5GFwnjKftd-A_2yFs9aLyDbpKnX2NfwMu94oRgRGDca7dGrRR1PbTQIxkpXus6yZ_sIw8onTPRySdwl8xmIpGJCuj5qr2udUAZDiw/w400-h300/IMG_2310.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6ust55D62r27dA4t91ESt0SJF2rYLl-6NUN4XxJxm2FzZJAgOAEF4Q0XfsJrotWE2JBZn0OKTV2wO2okFxkgB-WsiYVSzRVXyQrOlZHVUjVMIp0DMfOBhGVTYNE9D3JzLo4fto7mp6cOD-sskHnUCOkJ8Pn80GYq8jk7LleUDbZ1SsgwOkPsVQRou3g=s869" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="869" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6ust55D62r27dA4t91ESt0SJF2rYLl-6NUN4XxJxm2FzZJAgOAEF4Q0XfsJrotWE2JBZn0OKTV2wO2okFxkgB-WsiYVSzRVXyQrOlZHVUjVMIp0DMfOBhGVTYNE9D3JzLo4fto7mp6cOD-sskHnUCOkJ8Pn80GYq8jk7LleUDbZ1SsgwOkPsVQRou3g=w400-h261" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">With Lord Lovat there was also his personal piper, Bill Millin. Personally instruced by him. These commandos took part of Pegasus Bridge action and a lot of other important ww2 battles</span></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-bcC3dIZvgi5w1so2SHW9i5tZQ-YTr0MT4MaQyt6Cz2r-VT1HxXpKgA-SyzS6ZUYqGRFrnKk1-x6-NzygyvZgt_VTBQnHGBXvYYQnrxMg7W546Rjz3UPcAB_sQvRlmCRKaSYlhfu22eXcsUbf11Ebg0emxVCszKM7iGDob4H4kWdwM-5bD382JLIJbQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-bcC3dIZvgi5w1so2SHW9i5tZQ-YTr0MT4MaQyt6Cz2r-VT1HxXpKgA-SyzS6ZUYqGRFrnKk1-x6-NzygyvZgt_VTBQnHGBXvYYQnrxMg7W546Rjz3UPcAB_sQvRlmCRKaSYlhfu22eXcsUbf11Ebg0emxVCszKM7iGDob4H4kWdwM-5bD382JLIJbQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brigadier Peter Young was one of the most decorated English officers. He was in Italy for Operation Husky (the Allied invasion of Sicily) and in Normandy for the D-day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've taken also some pics of this English officer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXaJ6yfqd1tkV9myTOyr_rQ3r4GbsfD2kNpUVRZaba3ejfhc6FigK_kLbW1nemsT9iKaZQfi5s0J0tzDfHlW6yf7RklTFrnoXdYnWszm6QPmCRJzYcvVo_2JF2zxHSY54SIMBJyGxvvVIoGqmX0CD9rT39TthF5CaJgX1aIfTsk-BmrAgng3jGwAByw/s1920/IMG_2261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXaJ6yfqd1tkV9myTOyr_rQ3r4GbsfD2kNpUVRZaba3ejfhc6FigK_kLbW1nemsT9iKaZQfi5s0J0tzDfHlW6yf7RklTFrnoXdYnWszm6QPmCRJzYcvVo_2JF2zxHSY54SIMBJyGxvvVIoGqmX0CD9rT39TthF5CaJgX1aIfTsk-BmrAgng3jGwAByw/w400-h300/IMG_2261.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mhzQ-EhNoyQrC1RW9aOnJtbhP30bcKF8-DwYlnUfKlFh3oJ08Iq5wvJ3JmU_7KmpXk7CnVfapz7kb_vEjVPidWICQzDah2-giMDP6RiXR5t5ctVsYmtfLeKCX4LDXaUzKtAQoJ-yk7wjgukNVe91S8t2IYqPIMa_XJeZQAVZA8_8AnJYfK4SHBCMRw/s1920/IMG_2271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mhzQ-EhNoyQrC1RW9aOnJtbhP30bcKF8-DwYlnUfKlFh3oJ08Iq5wvJ3JmU_7KmpXk7CnVfapz7kb_vEjVPidWICQzDah2-giMDP6RiXR5t5ctVsYmtfLeKCX4LDXaUzKtAQoJ-yk7wjgukNVe91S8t2IYqPIMa_XJeZQAVZA8_8AnJYfK4SHBCMRw/w400-h300/IMG_2271.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-20342647604064966032022-04-14T19:32:00.003+02:002022-04-14T19:32:46.329+02:00Colonial wars British Sudanese troops against Zanzibar's scum - April 9, 2022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Saturday my mates played another scenario set into the Africa ... my friends used English Royal troops against the Zanzibar's scum.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">All minis are 28mm. British men are painted by Antonio ... </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGuvvxnGyhm3Dub_HWCfzA3lCIEXGULGSBaMfOS-vDYs2Emf5OcpsLujI1abgKeGiOK_KcdDtAMUjkHSKgNRZWoz0kh8vDq1Vd4jI12U-O5g_CLX_iZdLrq9KKixMKZR14wQd0rsO6rE4Tz563OizTFp8vyVDlwnaQHzVeXvoNBcS_hFJYXbm-nEydg/s4032/IMG_1920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGuvvxnGyhm3Dub_HWCfzA3lCIEXGULGSBaMfOS-vDYs2Emf5OcpsLujI1abgKeGiOK_KcdDtAMUjkHSKgNRZWoz0kh8vDq1Vd4jI12U-O5g_CLX_iZdLrq9KKixMKZR14wQd0rsO6rE4Tz563OizTFp8vyVDlwnaQHzVeXvoNBcS_hFJYXbm-nEydg/w400-h300/IMG_1920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>... while the Africans are a Giancarlo's work</p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8UGOu6AEXSJzGvVXvluhK0hQpdMG2mgOZNmMlwulRDWIwTW_lWAahwANNRV7FCyJ6YPFk-SAFEtu63OjESvpyZ3FT9KL_KEPygZPA-47XLGI8fDHvb1KJgm4-9fePsxZxHfRlpZg3MCkxHXoLa3D2b8jxKCwEBtEsTKssW_tySEtk8XasuQ5FE385Q/s1920/IMG_1972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8UGOu6AEXSJzGvVXvluhK0hQpdMG2mgOZNmMlwulRDWIwTW_lWAahwANNRV7FCyJ6YPFk-SAFEtu63OjESvpyZ3FT9KL_KEPygZPA-47XLGI8fDHvb1KJgm4-9fePsxZxHfRlpZg3MCkxHXoLa3D2b8jxKCwEBtEsTKssW_tySEtk8XasuQ5FE385Q/w400-h300/IMG_1972.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was an easy scenario in which Giancarlo's men have to reach the opposite table side </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL8uhbozh86CvsVpFwPXTEIv-msCqeki4j-iS-FpYTKCcNX0i0HEvO-8vjYEV6yMSpsmz1NwEAKaFYBp684iVwv6FlSUN4sr34vffMfyhZUGzCF0NSrSZvyK4o3q0K4M8HRKwwfyxC44iE_8_2C_bCxhRftZh6tpMNM45AjPvb4ixqACk14X1W7cEzg/s1920/IMG_1953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL8uhbozh86CvsVpFwPXTEIv-msCqeki4j-iS-FpYTKCcNX0i0HEvO-8vjYEV6yMSpsmz1NwEAKaFYBp684iVwv6FlSUN4sr34vffMfyhZUGzCF0NSrSZvyK4o3q0K4M8HRKwwfyxC44iE_8_2C_bCxhRftZh6tpMNM45AjPvb4ixqACk14X1W7cEzg/w400-h300/IMG_1953.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Antonio used all his power to avoid African's advance ... </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ... a gatling gun of the Naval Brigate ...</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSROPHVOJQKbGVYMNXfhVPHVxrcuukPAl3e070gwGOnNmyXsbu7iO9gmMrpaJXmt_sU4CCf-fdZ3wh9K-DG-0ba8RCmrXRmbm685ja0CTkwTNcJ34K24OlmTTGpCb6Mwyk_nxG5Q3lH8R_3jNBYT8MfK_4la8p7DUNgkxt5rllaPgt3oFUpNr_v2omg/s4032/IMG_1919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSROPHVOJQKbGVYMNXfhVPHVxrcuukPAl3e070gwGOnNmyXsbu7iO9gmMrpaJXmt_sU4CCf-fdZ3wh9K-DG-0ba8RCmrXRmbm685ja0CTkwTNcJ34K24OlmTTGpCb6Mwyk_nxG5Q3lH8R_3jNBYT8MfK_4la8p7DUNgkxt5rllaPgt3oFUpNr_v2omg/w400-h300/IMG_1919.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>... a 7 pounder ... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci6vFlKv9BDUm5A-l6njTVs1H2rOYcV3ImvPP2qP5BCa4qZx0iJQlNVqM6JMbHzwhl_uwX-j0W3aCtMdXdQIYqmvWe17Pju5RNKSg5a1Br3Jl3C2LMZ5sbO3Mgy35qAn8nXAtSPctwPlQ1CKw2c76NTp46uzW2C7oW74f5IZO_W_J3rVwL-eoK4XMDg/s2048/TPZF2771.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci6vFlKv9BDUm5A-l6njTVs1H2rOYcV3ImvPP2qP5BCa4qZx0iJQlNVqM6JMbHzwhl_uwX-j0W3aCtMdXdQIYqmvWe17Pju5RNKSg5a1Br3Jl3C2LMZ5sbO3Mgy35qAn8nXAtSPctwPlQ1CKw2c76NTp46uzW2C7oW74f5IZO_W_J3rVwL-eoK4XMDg/w400-h264/TPZF2771.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... and the cavalry regiment <br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHLdRxI3HB9Buj6csf_qUueRnIrOI_QhH4kqyuXh47c4V6-pxC0y2E-7Yce8rWLyO9ICSWyz3iw8gSwBBxvspzjwUtXWKRfHYB33ezZh0BjEUa-nWnH59BF6zBrH1SK0l1y-vvmlhmJSkWsO7x4tHDN3qBNmT5ZptQ3AJlj_HlsQKDispq9BzdkPuxg/s4032/IMG_1945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHLdRxI3HB9Buj6csf_qUueRnIrOI_QhH4kqyuXh47c4V6-pxC0y2E-7Yce8rWLyO9ICSWyz3iw8gSwBBxvspzjwUtXWKRfHYB33ezZh0BjEUa-nWnH59BF6zBrH1SK0l1y-vvmlhmJSkWsO7x4tHDN3qBNmT5ZptQ3AJlj_HlsQKDispq9BzdkPuxg/w400-h300/IMG_1945.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But Zanzibar men and their allies are strong enough to continue their path</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9LC8nlCytEDJMX-eyW-FRPsREGKqzL_rHdouOzSudEkp5IfASU_fkEpMDQFA5RYIETxSsH7b-OjIB7pCQAV8chdqsHLje9m8wW06l-GrxSJUGsClJ9rOAxeb6N1lVuJH7fCAMXZNkP4owGMC8oOCsYOVhCS5xpl1ias6oRNLi79IKuyW0tzUfsAEcw/s4032/IMG_1947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJHEKZsNtVjW6F0qM_CsYJLVEARDTLRQ23yG6YHudCMd4uKOKxzKLLgGaPfwumgXQSWgb0iK1GvT-fQEw8lGPT43Sz0060AtPU76BHfzjyHkLauZjIKRjJGXk9784BvqpM01B9WLVsjIpLNmy9zBfbJpPHTY7712xmRXK4rgw6Vs8KDMWpzGOiZaQ8w/w400-h300/IMG_1974.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-1990067149907920952022-04-08T21:50:00.002+02:002022-04-21T12:42:53.095+02:00Ww2 - Warlord Games German army April 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last week I was in my club and I have taken some pictures of ww2 troops ... only some photo shoots ... nothing else ...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A pionier with his Wien41 mine detector to locate enemy mines</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjyS0uJaj-a1UJeJ5ftOhSfHjWgZi649GJSK9JJp3U1c5XobQ30Cr-aYrslpwwdZoL5ncvPghVvQVmeouBItSgexSfFLCA7-30jNt-ZwDC9Xa6DcTw-cQFz2QxT-4thYKnvY8jZmQBKK-9X-lpFzRZRpEBs7z0fOHfcUYLFS2EEgS6Iw3qjOgFpTHRLw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjyS0uJaj-a1UJeJ5ftOhSfHjWgZi649GJSK9JJp3U1c5XobQ30Cr-aYrslpwwdZoL5ncvPghVvQVmeouBItSgexSfFLCA7-30jNt-ZwDC9Xa6DcTw-cQFz2QxT-4thYKnvY8jZmQBKK-9X-lpFzRZRpEBs7z0fOHfcUYLFS2EEgS6Iw3qjOgFpTHRLw=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Command group and ... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKsI2hUmxWh3-HrnFmXMhrD1BSD2W7tcOHpdzuFHUy8ZdlSeQkmSNObuY55Qiop0op61DWeFflm9_KCl2o4qeAnYDklNTWDkE6ZL3ABkyv95LQrk7c098rulJfWO6DQWZvjgaabyILh7QOihLPZVtv6bp6YxZWA284wSJq_doE06sp5jFqZ-hGxfGIXw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKsI2hUmxWh3-HrnFmXMhrD1BSD2W7tcOHpdzuFHUy8ZdlSeQkmSNObuY55Qiop0op61DWeFflm9_KCl2o4qeAnYDklNTWDkE6ZL3ABkyv95LQrk7c098rulJfWO6DQWZvjgaabyILh7QOihLPZVtv6bp6YxZWA284wSJq_doE06sp5jFqZ-hGxfGIXw=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... a company that advances</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEPUL6bp1VVU2ujgvJcqGfzr1FCEQH04OJBvYor4f5nUp8PoYRXq8W3_5suRXZO4LTo7brqs2LhKTwBMU88fFd-fP_YNYWqz5KT9oG3i9m4nCRXC8V_tvSTzOdcyPzk8sFYmoRP9_k48ehIFXFIhiSIDpzdvv1KzsexWRgfvq9w5U_MDTYVumde8xAUA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEPUL6bp1VVU2ujgvJcqGfzr1FCEQH04OJBvYor4f5nUp8PoYRXq8W3_5suRXZO4LTo7brqs2LhKTwBMU88fFd-fP_YNYWqz5KT9oG3i9m4nCRXC8V_tvSTzOdcyPzk8sFYmoRP9_k48ehIFXFIhiSIDpzdvv1KzsexWRgfvq9w5U_MDTYVumde8xAUA=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A panzerschreck team </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwBVtr1HyGGquyOlyVWFw4MW208Lp-ad9KqbS2Pwh6RM1NzoqnmKJVIADfkAOPJwi-POfcllv-1b6KJiZKaDnosua0VJqM9qy2T4Joq_5RSiLFA2kPdpBi3RmPVeUljSR1nkydpd6R5WX-1JvjV-irjs7vIux2sHCqUSRvM_Qxc7AqrqQ5FTSS1S2qPQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwBVtr1HyGGquyOlyVWFw4MW208Lp-ad9KqbS2Pwh6RM1NzoqnmKJVIADfkAOPJwi-POfcllv-1b6KJiZKaDnosua0VJqM9qy2T4Joq_5RSiLFA2kPdpBi3RmPVeUljSR1nkydpd6R5WX-1JvjV-irjs7vIux2sHCqUSRvM_Qxc7AqrqQ5FTSS1S2qPQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An LMG firing</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTBosOe4d4KpHC6q2A4E8ahQj22BPLxdPh8M98tHDI5w6ETP6OmZ5qfF1CmnVFhD2EVwX1xd11-93KkM2L2hqPVM9W4kthFnNFm18GCKL5B_LAFGGhugqUaF0uU2lao4rketAFyAmI_iK1Opbtn2klPXwzB6IyBglzZaITW-5zAnOtLXtBGrTIvSSVwg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTBosOe4d4KpHC6q2A4E8ahQj22BPLxdPh8M98tHDI5w6ETP6OmZ5qfF1CmnVFhD2EVwX1xd11-93KkM2L2hqPVM9W4kthFnNFm18GCKL5B_LAFGGhugqUaF0uU2lao4rketAFyAmI_iK1Opbtn2klPXwzB6IyBglzZaITW-5zAnOtLXtBGrTIvSSVwg=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A sniper team</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKzjOwUisCNNu0L2irBQFfu6CRD4AawKlhP8po8GaDgcLcyiFWbQWDLxWLpXhBXulOe3a4qbCohJuESnpW2A4Qb_AHn8yGJC-NLBAtNAYxdERyiVc3WTF84fredZ9J1mv3LZ2_LHmoH-6wMvfIRYcjtb4c0F8SlkhgVADbLwTstt0FQzzW493e_fi_rQ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKzjOwUisCNNu0L2irBQFfu6CRD4AawKlhP8po8GaDgcLcyiFWbQWDLxWLpXhBXulOe3a4qbCohJuESnpW2A4Qb_AHn8yGJC-NLBAtNAYxdERyiVc3WTF84fredZ9J1mv3LZ2_LHmoH-6wMvfIRYcjtb4c0F8SlkhgVADbLwTstt0FQzzW493e_fi_rQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-59142445355955469252022-04-01T21:14:00.001+02:002022-04-01T21:14:11.620+02:00German Army - Valiant minis Heavy support April 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some days ago I finished other Valiant miniatures for Rapid fire ... Bolt Action and so on. I have to finish the paratroops minis but this time the heavy support is completed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the last Milano wargames exhibition I bought two boxes of heavy artillery. They are 10.5 cm leFH18 ... one of the most used German light howitzer used during the Ww2. Adopted for service in 1935 they are included in all divisions and artillery battalions during the war</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja_c5I0itr6UUs61HWRnH0Vzlbb6Z5qpvkCy8JBoFUmPHAaNo3SLHV-ViwjdVkMq2xp7wMZMdVoPW0ZuUvITRGleDtjyBQur8SbNWExsa1VBKypADzYuJo-U9MxPXrk_7mUqns3QaGE9WVM5b9IUvwe8f4jC0ZHjIGJSYPOIwfvYLOBujDt8sahQQYew=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja_c5I0itr6UUs61HWRnH0Vzlbb6Z5qpvkCy8JBoFUmPHAaNo3SLHV-ViwjdVkMq2xp7wMZMdVoPW0ZuUvITRGleDtjyBQur8SbNWExsa1VBKypADzYuJo-U9MxPXrk_7mUqns3QaGE9WVM5b9IUvwe8f4jC0ZHjIGJSYPOIwfvYLOBujDt8sahQQYew=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIEp3kfrz35kas5Bsa_73xdiIeR7SUnjEYftfPCwfYSnW6FJ_wN8kkAu1AEAVLC1GZyDWiM-EqghY1mHdPj4w869usSJjdaNY6O5z2zu9jklu-0JMMM2FQciJbgMU9BJdUa4AnnH3xCcN1xRFdLWR9aDqmNASLdFyTHsU1YxgqIExwnmUboPw1oT5laQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIEp3kfrz35kas5Bsa_73xdiIeR7SUnjEYftfPCwfYSnW6FJ_wN8kkAu1AEAVLC1GZyDWiM-EqghY1mHdPj4w869usSJjdaNY6O5z2zu9jklu-0JMMM2FQciJbgMU9BJdUa4AnnH3xCcN1xRFdLWR9aDqmNASLdFyTHsU1YxgqIExwnmUboPw1oT5laQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3c3c;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The standard German medium mortar of the war was the 81mm Granatwerfer 34. It was a very effective and accurate weapon that could provide long-range fire support, and was used throughout the conflict on most thestres.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrgma2FqiD47SsFVKvChVY_UuyuZbYPVXtQWGJrd-XFnFuB6Eh-YWpdk-5_Kc_QS0n4I7hYXBjX8cpaBv5oEQ3yJSR_mqUQ6BAtQ5K_4FAuWjRkqxmbgXcErkp2JgA5KSuBfapBvBhuJRHno8v1HJTtEvsLqZxwHJpO66kwsiY_sv1cPVP_tW7mh7yVA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrgma2FqiD47SsFVKvChVY_UuyuZbYPVXtQWGJrd-XFnFuB6Eh-YWpdk-5_Kc_QS0n4I7hYXBjX8cpaBv5oEQ3yJSR_mqUQ6BAtQ5K_4FAuWjRkqxmbgXcErkp2JgA5KSuBfapBvBhuJRHno8v1HJTtEvsLqZxwHJpO66kwsiY_sv1cPVP_tW7mh7yVA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC1kzcOYkNHBMZQYnfXNITAkaedqVH_hg8WZpSW4e8sNsKF5AnrkBVUd0xKvEeE1w04tFjvfYNh-HLCn201xSwxjMXet5GTQC0WwDeGueFgKfb9DRzTlVM6NqA47kIivMqgwK4Fs5d9ZRVp6GoYCrZCNS1jgMTEGSMmHdrgS6vU-BTuzUrcsxhWpNxQg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC1kzcOYkNHBMZQYnfXNITAkaedqVH_hg8WZpSW4e8sNsKF5AnrkBVUd0xKvEeE1w04tFjvfYNh-HLCn201xSwxjMXet5GTQC0WwDeGueFgKfb9DRzTlVM6NqA47kIivMqgwK4Fs5d9ZRVp6GoYCrZCNS1jgMTEGSMmHdrgS6vU-BTuzUrcsxhWpNxQg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I modified also some miniatures to have a medical team ... I used the standard artillery crew and some American packs</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUFFH26c1MqzaFBnTwzFC5al-dhPwsCpS3hzS3tDc4Hb7ei9P_Jt1QDm_GuKkM9_ZLrixPINlFLR9p2hxAr48kP4coDHy4FCc-JJ0rCbt3m3EfgPOH9D_Y-qGUvwnIvjzQkj42O1PaQA4w8eM2hO-RrFNGmTnmAy21Tr0Rl6yIjGN7tx_ywWzeu6SOsQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUFFH26c1MqzaFBnTwzFC5al-dhPwsCpS3hzS3tDc4Hb7ei9P_Jt1QDm_GuKkM9_ZLrixPINlFLR9p2hxAr48kP4coDHy4FCc-JJ0rCbt3m3EfgPOH9D_Y-qGUvwnIvjzQkj42O1PaQA4w8eM2hO-RrFNGmTnmAy21Tr0Rl6yIjGN7tx_ywWzeu6SOsQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below some other minis ... a panzerschreck team</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhouaQj36EDUT7S7DzrEOFuEPajGb6vEVfCIbO4jvQU57H9CaKvkFMu6QPeFNi554wqAf7kEJKd-GQeujhUX1KqJcARkpyEL-Ed09NGK1jadroI_JwWXclim8eX4gGJZXv3edrd4zwdf_w9e13xXd7e-ZRdVhKS1OvZ-m3jaLzsCe40f5V9SAIgeeNteQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhouaQj36EDUT7S7DzrEOFuEPajGb6vEVfCIbO4jvQU57H9CaKvkFMu6QPeFNi554wqAf7kEJKd-GQeujhUX1KqJcARkpyEL-Ed09NGK1jadroI_JwWXclim8eX4gGJZXv3edrd4zwdf_w9e13xXd7e-ZRdVhKS1OvZ-m3jaLzsCe40f5V9SAIgeeNteQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... some officers and a column of soldiers</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi21ONVU5RqARKPVQWf55y35Ajf2jpEGircrFlmp_zkz1ljkwwb8Za6PIoLZwXdyTk6rUg9uEFONhfL2sDQ0JdXNu4FfyKBpC7VNzIS70UyxIwkbkTcjFXSD_3ELzQgvWL__8NMc4QP376frykdXm_PotrR9x2FmzaK-K3HO2Rf1r5rOXe6Xu5WsGBzVg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi21ONVU5RqARKPVQWf55y35Ajf2jpEGircrFlmp_zkz1ljkwwb8Za6PIoLZwXdyTk6rUg9uEFONhfL2sDQ0JdXNu4FfyKBpC7VNzIS70UyxIwkbkTcjFXSD_3ELzQgvWL__8NMc4QP376frykdXm_PotrR9x2FmzaK-K3HO2Rf1r5rOXe6Xu5WsGBzVg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... a command group</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt0NpjCu5ZelcGt9K3CtsfuvpVIDXVPajIww6V91WSrmn6LRaVI6oah7eyJM3LGXpz599A7AIZOyVbnndD4Ft9rwaQuGOONgd0RzCivjqJzDZhfgB1tTsIbdKPXsmwffxOUfs4noqcTGOd4ZXQDvtCAB1Ee-ndiSSb8xS25kytuewwel8YiXfdT7IGXw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt0NpjCu5ZelcGt9K3CtsfuvpVIDXVPajIww6V91WSrmn6LRaVI6oah7eyJM3LGXpz599A7AIZOyVbnndD4Ft9rwaQuGOONgd0RzCivjqJzDZhfgB1tTsIbdKPXsmwffxOUfs4noqcTGOd4ZXQDvtCAB1Ee-ndiSSb8xS25kytuewwel8YiXfdT7IGXw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">and a MG42 team. The machine gun 42 was une of the most used weapon by Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during ww2. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr4U8plhSibocLozEVxuGU2yoTeBCTIxDJYBXR6Mw8sFJnI89fVMKrH-eYeR_2tmdAPnuZP7BUcW4FykXC5-v0DDE9KEjRr0Jn4NpAsoKsBD4xc62tb7gWwxKZi2fDeRCPfdfsjZCPjblF8DP_l5iY4QVWbc8w0uruZUV5pgliEX6PHo62jfg6TFPmZg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr4U8plhSibocLozEVxuGU2yoTeBCTIxDJYBXR6Mw8sFJnI89fVMKrH-eYeR_2tmdAPnuZP7BUcW4FykXC5-v0DDE9KEjRr0Jn4NpAsoKsBD4xc62tb7gWwxKZi2fDeRCPfdfsjZCPjblF8DP_l5iY4QVWbc8w0uruZUV5pgliEX6PHo62jfg6TFPmZg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-90108874428549870642022-03-18T19:45:00.001+01:002022-03-18T22:04:00.132+01:00Sacile battle - Black Powder March 13, 2022<div style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Sunday my friends organized a battle between an Austrian and a Franco-Italian army. The battle has taken them four hours and has involved five of my club mates: Giancarlo and Luca (Austrians) vs Luciano, Nevio and Giuseppe (French army). Ezio has followed the battle as a kind of judge.</span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3dMD8x8M41dmJQvwo5TECW1Nw9wEaWnwQUt_iJkP_CQOu8QhQmVBXMRhcEi85TIkV0cFM-FJBFVKfGkdZsHLUoZxfqnzmQLBeGJXsBHhdCKTXONZgOekKa88aRfNLjeFtJB-U6rXlIjwTkbaOHSqfkbrBOREYc4SKYjhtki0e2hOgfm9gDXgmDFIIZw=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3dMD8x8M41dmJQvwo5TECW1Nw9wEaWnwQUt_iJkP_CQOu8QhQmVBXMRhcEi85TIkV0cFM-FJBFVKfGkdZsHLUoZxfqnzmQLBeGJXsBHhdCKTXONZgOekKa88aRfNLjeFtJB-U6rXlIjwTkbaOHSqfkbrBOREYc4SKYjhtki0e2hOgfm9gDXgmDFIIZw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;">They have decided to use 15mm miniatures. The minis are part of Riccardo, Ezio, Luca and Luciano collection</div></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">The battle they have fought was ispired to Sacile battle (also known as battle of Fontana Fredda). It tooks place in Italy near Livenza river not very far from Sacile modern town. It was part of the Napoloenic wars ... more exatcly the Fifth Coalition campaign.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In April 1809 Archduke John of Austria invaded Veneto (northeastern italy). On April 15 , at Pordenonte, the Austrian advance guard routed the French rear guard and, the following day, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eugene de Beauharnais (Franco-Italian leader) decided to attack the Austrians east of Sacile. </span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">French forces are coming on battle field ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDFZ-FY-r_KCvZEt8UDmBaJ7bDGqQnatVN_BEs4p4EwtbVXV5asJBRx1g_XNCYKGo7Dw5qcY4l1iOXoETNfFLGR4G0VGUEK5h-7V6bIo6h_-EYXXcZ3cKfALY5nxane3B-6Hq67gERHLCI41_W6syP30Gnx9dvCGxPFxBl6H-_VjqnCeEklm10uv0swQ=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDFZ-FY-r_KCvZEt8UDmBaJ7bDGqQnatVN_BEs4p4EwtbVXV5asJBRx1g_XNCYKGo7Dw5qcY4l1iOXoETNfFLGR4G0VGUEK5h-7V6bIo6h_-EYXXcZ3cKfALY5nxane3B-6Hq67gERHLCI41_W6syP30Gnx9dvCGxPFxBl6H-_VjqnCeEklm10uv0swQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhSnFqr9QgkgpGzVHtYZumIXWiGmYanE9EyVwQtHQsVvpKfY282zW-BDorBHQpRtiMGT9Y6_2FIIfxrbj0iaoi8AXEJipkx39Y3j0Fti_4-YI4zFH8qg0Bhtw4H5cU7m1Sc55iNwXNvKl08TaPv7sXWAXgNTGMlwsj-SYpDwv-QFlJJkSTgIA3_WKdRw=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both in the real battle and the our match the two armies had an equal number of foot soldiers. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below some Austrian attempt to reply to French's attack</span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9NGblz-Dx5vkHF1xLIxnxRjDT7wOOsITBsfteXZG4xkHjB_mYDntOaqDqvjNWFg5R3Jxx-8VmjYkImO7BnS4n_brXLbEawwA7aiosEG3T9T8NK3leKgPIIJsdxjAwox2hjJZ3kwqss_c5C_U0Y_faNeZ7gHRNXY4fN4l_j_4ny43LTreayrq9HZe45A=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the end ... as well as in the real battle ... the difference was created by Austrian cavalry </span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSbbqO_O4mCXdleMA7ET9ALvRkWg1lvtFEAhyjr7d9m4LlvAhMDf8xiJ0TejJqtXKhkfgzPANTa9qB2XEAwgLJlsUZgrfkshcVT6i5zBXTgu9J1Z66yroxBu1GwjpV48sTp8Bj4Nmbi5tk8E1MwMIpm9aMXBaTyAN-B7cGjgkVO6wHqUaup-zpj-l30A=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSbbqO_O4mCXdleMA7ET9ALvRkWg1lvtFEAhyjr7d9m4LlvAhMDf8xiJ0TejJqtXKhkfgzPANTa9qB2XEAwgLJlsUZgrfkshcVT6i5zBXTgu9J1Z66yroxBu1GwjpV48sTp8Bj4Nmbi5tk8E1MwMIpm9aMXBaTyAN-B7cGjgkVO6wHqUaup-zpj-l30A=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the history the battle was a strategical Austrian win. The Franco-Italian army suffered 3,000 killed, two colors and 19 guns fell into the hands of Austrians.</span></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl1XguCck-lgLqntsQBfXlGrcTurA3d2S1hVRvIimDp0TUmwao_bP7SshakSWwrnnrZUzMoHwNYkRCyQCnWbZnmzpaqNbFfTgy2Jc93Qs_Pxm5xir7hecsBmBFMrKlJG8oWS4fKZ4NbNkPaJ0a-0nkXlgKg6cgnJxt1RIzY3X_0fvMmkQM3dc7_loEEw=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl1XguCck-lgLqntsQBfXlGrcTurA3d2S1hVRvIimDp0TUmwao_bP7SshakSWwrnnrZUzMoHwNYkRCyQCnWbZnmzpaqNbFfTgy2Jc93Qs_Pxm5xir7hecsBmBFMrKlJG8oWS4fKZ4NbNkPaJ0a-0nkXlgKg6cgnJxt1RIzY3X_0fvMmkQM3dc7_loEEw=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0j4napMPv75c_CDib9NSR-HwCU9SoTcicybEoO6MAcJNqNySHnLX-cMRuM_NBcqoVKGGjHshdVXiSbLs4Oir_SLkRojA9NiW2wBGes9PREIILHMTd0iPi2j1DI0XHup3ZXxVgWCp7tjvy_j0yIz_HEOvXtpS9o_Z8WGsToulUaqLnkE0rw5LbdlU7iQ=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0j4napMPv75c_CDib9NSR-HwCU9SoTcicybEoO6MAcJNqNySHnLX-cMRuM_NBcqoVKGGjHshdVXiSbLs4Oir_SLkRojA9NiW2wBGes9PREIILHMTd0iPi2j1DI0XHup3ZXxVgWCp7tjvy_j0yIz_HEOvXtpS9o_Z8WGsToulUaqLnkE0rw5LbdlU7iQ=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eugene was forced to withdraw his army 130 kilometers to a more defendible position at Verona. At the end of April, news of French victories near the Danuble caused John to fall back to his country with Eugene in pursuit.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Also in our game ... after a lot of turns ... Austrians win the fight.</span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-52164328304877530752022-03-11T19:15:00.000+01:002022-03-11T19:15:12.937+01:00Zulu army structure - Zulu wars March 2022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My friend Ezio painted a lot of miniatures for Anglo-Zulu war ... I took some pictures of his fantastic minis.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The organization of the Zulu army was profoundly different to its professional British counterpart. The army was a part-time citizen militia. Its structure was based on a system of age-based regiments called amabutho (sing. Ibutho). </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0sWvFmnro6n7ZWWkiV2p4psl_IRRFlgZrOLSPknEk_vfkB4WqgDXDiNZfou0QssUYWN6OU4rK68BPBWd6n7PEXOO3K7lzc-gQFT56-VXNdY-HWrum5a9KlgdyiKn85HUcPB1Jz0gZaNVYGuxaTbN1Vix5HUQGjoNPhW7sVg_xUI1o6FPNlXkITJAAxw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0sWvFmnro6n7ZWWkiV2p4psl_IRRFlgZrOLSPknEk_vfkB4WqgDXDiNZfou0QssUYWN6OU4rK68BPBWd6n7PEXOO3K7lzc-gQFT56-VXNdY-HWrum5a9KlgdyiKn85HUcPB1Jz0gZaNVYGuxaTbN1Vix5HUQGjoNPhW7sVg_xUI1o6FPNlXkITJAAxw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every tw</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">o years the King summoned all the young people of the county who had reached eighteenth or nineteenth years age and created with them an Ibutho. Each Ibutho had a different name, a different uniform ... a combination of feathers and furs with a specific shield color </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">scheme. These young men would remain in the King's service until their marriage.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKIn6JBnR7VECHCAXo8-7VYBjkTqsaBNOp3x37dkYOZjNJoYAgrc5MyGpPVjU4NfGU042IBsB78ON3VZ2mMVC2cv8Nz68r5pWl4-WRLorfkbF2nB7t7BWMKloaKHwa_HvQjqJbWyGo9DrwBBKF57ZTk5g58VAXMCqApxytT_XH8xvkntJBDZlLHNX4XA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKIn6JBnR7VECHCAXo8-7VYBjkTqsaBNOp3x37dkYOZjNJoYAgrc5MyGpPVjU4NfGU042IBsB78ON3VZ2mMVC2cv8Nz68r5pWl4-WRLorfkbF2nB7t7BWMKloaKHwa_HvQjqJbWyGo9DrwBBKF57ZTk5g58VAXMCqApxytT_XH8xvkntJBDZlLHNX4XA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>After the marriage the soldier entered directly into the service of the royal family.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirp6WmHuF_zK9XHYXAxlx8XksakibHmur71PhMYj5wAxspPp_JHtDQNIsU9v-zRBxmFc8bM_bxA0keKi3shGeaQt5rsMNizYw83s-KrvezkrpeeI3QW1Z2TTBG0M6_qXYwZP-1-NTMBu0dNprUONp3oNyGCH2-HtegyEtOhX8hUtLTgRD2ddnaYcwfuA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirp6WmHuF_zK9XHYXAxlx8XksakibHmur71PhMYj5wAxspPp_JHtDQNIsU9v-zRBxmFc8bM_bxA0keKi3shGeaQt5rsMNizYw83s-KrvezkrpeeI3QW1Z2TTBG0M6_qXYwZP-1-NTMBu0dNprUONp3oNyGCH2-HtegyEtOhX8hUtLTgRD2ddnaYcwfuA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">By the time of the Zulu War the number of regiments were (probably) 34 divided between married and unmarried ... Around 40,000 .... 50,000 men.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfYPAes_pqk1JPm_mTA7hVkkFHS2gGB5NL1IYna1iYho9wC_GQBShGsXlPFORpN99LVjGiRoGERLjX0gcPEy4s5zb4kb9RpRrAr56JIgTiuaSKxDAlueZqBR2angpqm8I_8hbt7cm1PRUDGNKj0JViWSd5aPSTmpfVDyVWc5R6xombUM26Hl8gx3YF6w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfYPAes_pqk1JPm_mTA7hVkkFHS2gGB5NL1IYna1iYho9wC_GQBShGsXlPFORpN99LVjGiRoGERLjX0gcPEy4s5zb4kb9RpRrAr56JIgTiuaSKxDAlueZqBR2angpqm8I_8hbt7cm1PRUDGNKj0JViWSd5aPSTmpfVDyVWc5R6xombUM26Hl8gx3YF6w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Skirmishing skills were extremely good.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVg2OAvNGB3Qrua6ukM_hYI0b9Up2EWT8V4VLuaLaR9ct_p07gzsl0qowYBb34iStnCTAUBWcGIgYc9AKj-nlwjfBxg69STtQA1PxUrq1NV_5EPrLKIWp4rTZjLIMnt1aYkoD-HDzN3lVlCJTX4l3gnZeW-R-SguJFrE_yDXP0XApQmjorCgDLFQk2kQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVg2OAvNGB3Qrua6ukM_hYI0b9Up2EWT8V4VLuaLaR9ct_p07gzsl0qowYBb34iStnCTAUBWcGIgYc9AKj-nlwjfBxg69STtQA1PxUrq1NV_5EPrLKIWp4rTZjLIMnt1aYkoD-HDzN3lVlCJTX4l3gnZeW-R-SguJFrE_yDXP0XApQmjorCgDLFQk2kQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unlike the British forces, the Zulu army required few transports. Three or four days’ provisions consisting of maize or millet and a herd of beef cattle accompanied each regiment.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkj8kLGPB8oD_TFSPIl5I2XjcaXdj_PpKZ9UsRYEYPO2N5fDZlXNikFhlYFSpoCFyuQLrTxP9p17dO1rsPZxQBXbU515kQ36PF79HVJu5wfKjEFmt0D56qpeHV1bJTLanyjg5J1mJr5gmfAanYT1qddC36OvYVI2xwB_AWUSZSIUuaOWZymk0uvPHCbQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkj8kLGPB8oD_TFSPIl5I2XjcaXdj_PpKZ9UsRYEYPO2N5fDZlXNikFhlYFSpoCFyuQLrTxP9p17dO1rsPZxQBXbU515kQ36PF79HVJu5wfKjEFmt0D56qpeHV1bJTLanyjg5J1mJr5gmfAanYT1qddC36OvYVI2xwB_AWUSZSIUuaOWZymk0uvPHCbQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The standard Zulu battle formation resembled a crescent shape with two flanks moving to encircle the enemy. This formation, called "horns of the bull" had been developed over</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"> hundreds of years when hunting large herds of game.</span></p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWUBN31HXg-ZG25wpJIkKk6Jb13aTnumPI8kGI49MBPP5Pgklm9Maozu2ORm6fqsBEEXjQGt7wSKkiPNa8klN4szPaoa3i0u2EqG6DJc94qndYiH9UlIKnxerRfXlOJgCxeTy42Mv7mgZotX6P9-12bhQdvE255RtNDQ8WNld0In-7oepf6awtHS0c9g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWUBN31HXg-ZG25wpJIkKk6Jb13aTnumPI8kGI49MBPP5Pgklm9Maozu2ORm6fqsBEEXjQGt7wSKkiPNa8klN4szPaoa3i0u2EqG6DJc94qndYiH9UlIKnxerRfXlOJgCxeTy42Mv7mgZotX6P9-12bhQdvE255RtNDQ8WNld0In-7oepf6awtHS0c9g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-47467133629651800302022-03-05T13:33:00.002+01:002022-03-11T19:14:44.359+01:00Modern warfare - March 2022<span style="font-family: georgia;">During a Milano Wargame ... a couple of years ago ... I bought some Caesar miniatures box. I painted some of them with a vegetated camouflage and wrote some posts. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last month I started to paint again some minis I had in the boxes and I had not prepared</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This time I decided for a desertic uniform</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGDl2zzqLLAPHUZsMJnoOPDNLvP50lwOsGySbaEmjQkyA0eHQW-mF8uzSY1chjsjixA_5Z9ws4CaSYhEgldwVED09Fdw4bCI8lKTukJEc1NHfwz7xQpTvMl4jFw94gNUN0UaC3xcfquTPxM6Z9gPhpASswkN4hym-M-ulXaypJjYHvo-ziu9sQUAANA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGDl2zzqLLAPHUZsMJnoOPDNLvP50lwOsGySbaEmjQkyA0eHQW-mF8uzSY1chjsjixA_5Z9ws4CaSYhEgldwVED09Fdw4bCI8lKTukJEc1NHfwz7xQpTvMl4jFw94gNUN0UaC3xcfquTPxM6Z9gPhpASswkN4hym-M-ulXaypJjYHvo-ziu9sQUAANA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;">In my opinion Caesar sculpting is very good. Poses are dinamic and well designed ... below some special ops in action</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfqafOBlHQ4tPgMPlIXIH618vvvbN45XdsOqy4Ejomb0nm-dKLFfNZZ2yCajWnmUtSICDGMQGulztOXgKuYsrPVnamquRYq-MPhwza-OftK6slNRGzCL-yEyfjbRredZFt9Jht5U2S-9C2VI55h3ia2-qs0xzrIp-NWYu07W2xOzHNbSIyq0UurT1UWg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfqafOBlHQ4tPgMPlIXIH618vvvbN45XdsOqy4Ejomb0nm-dKLFfNZZ2yCajWnmUtSICDGMQGulztOXgKuYsrPVnamquRYq-MPhwza-OftK6slNRGzCL-yEyfjbRredZFt9Jht5U2S-9C2VI55h3ia2-qs0xzrIp-NWYu07W2xOzHNbSIyq0UurT1UWg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK8KcHbym_ELjDkvhydmwpu-7h4jGeCh9F5tEHfXWtl45YFS2eeYn8i-YmCEwNLLjIqwlOCdBYifAtgLBcXS7ixLmfMnh6r6BPfpJ9LURO6UlQaM2_jw23wf-E1nce7FKOJ-ITag5sYe9T46ejzJ31TfnPnLnHm5yV5_RdKH-JgzbUvTpjOEINkt8L-A=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK8KcHbym_ELjDkvhydmwpu-7h4jGeCh9F5tEHfXWtl45YFS2eeYn8i-YmCEwNLLjIqwlOCdBYifAtgLBcXS7ixLmfMnh6r6BPfpJ9LURO6UlQaM2_jw23wf-E1nce7FKOJ-ITag5sYe9T46ejzJ31TfnPnLnHm5yV5_RdKH-JgzbUvTpjOEINkt8L-A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;">Some snipers and special weapon </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-ZZyqjbhEP9axMdNMhQ_QFLahJPYg9PZhLlKXt5uuHn4WFYhgms23QGEnxvR7QciTbhsY898wL1OyG17cyScuiCLkToDzAM2EU7b9uur_9RzFz6nSDhnsCU_ER8a6xNLOzdkgTLfxUU53BBoBjuMbEw6rrgaLcuA4y3uB4fkEz-7BhcKC-xF4-2f0bQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;">Caesar built also some drone teams ... they were included into German army box but the OTAN' uniforms are similar</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6aWYxShPZaUc0QcDr5Ux_xGcRGwPykUWRQD6S19rmzOGRLG1jj8S5EA73joyQQo-Ro-8wNdnJGboy9zbDe7bPq6mgg2P9mJhW9o70-p4uiEGsjbWvMYJTTyvF9B-hWr4AS4t_PfUe6uxiQeLGhCqbVdDYajUrNUavZBaX_T0R6Fsx7OpnfVHyp9MVpg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6aWYxShPZaUc0QcDr5Ux_xGcRGwPykUWRQD6S19rmzOGRLG1jj8S5EA73joyQQo-Ro-8wNdnJGboy9zbDe7bPq6mgg2P9mJhW9o70-p4uiEGsjbWvMYJTTyvF9B-hWr4AS4t_PfUe6uxiQeLGhCqbVdDYajUrNUavZBaX_T0R6Fsx7OpnfVHyp9MVpg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;">I painted also some M2A3 Bradley and some M1 Abrams </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fffcfc; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivJh1nVBHf3MaV25d12J41Q_jVn2Dga6M3vwHBPPc4u0mOhUqC3Vx6QPaUJLGxusCSFBwEFd20a2UQ334gPdjdMNXyzIIQNKzzMgxbJjXz3J9Az58KXK359FilsIiMpeQthliGVNi1Sq-P8K1-fHSnKVbs1IT_V714zIG2N2ctMYVf52O5GbtYrEpE5w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298180609907154111.post-11377707903028009182022-02-26T10:39:00.002+01:002022-02-26T10:39:23.627+01:00Anglo-Afghan war - Feb, 19 2022 TMWWBK<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Saturday my friends played a battle of the Anglo-Afghan war using Osprey's TMWWBK rules set.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Miniatures are 28mm. Afghan troops are painted by Alberto while English forces are prepared by Ivano. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Below two pics to anticipate the high painting quality level of my mates</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNt3M3G6F1q58JY-XrbZPEkS6hzVXBej94AIEAZ-ldG8ZtvbcXN1cVDMbm16CAZ74PeCqhxcJGOcOKjvSTB_kQcq5wtj5J5tTxloHHrUMFJ8IvgGiEqm-AGRfqn7CYan8AkWwVoDU0tfs5rmYnLhFznapwGzm1ho3zeYsZAh5gCfg79GBLxEepfRqPWA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNt3M3G6F1q58JY-XrbZPEkS6hzVXBej94AIEAZ-ldG8ZtvbcXN1cVDMbm16CAZ74PeCqhxcJGOcOKjvSTB_kQcq5wtj5J5tTxloHHrUMFJ8IvgGiEqm-AGRfqn7CYan8AkWwVoDU0tfs5rmYnLhFznapwGzm1ho3zeYsZAh5gCfg79GBLxEepfRqPWA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglOj94NeAhdjnx23B2FJdBYk8LW2QySsf0X2rAoyy4kTLKJrWV0oYnQ2kjEJ3WYdK4sDBxUnYvkiG-qrmrt_mXgAQ2dxX-ACJPeYIjXRrbvW9LnOW9yTWJFk3GFvFqs1BpamQYlhlLBBMvzXnjQ20skzloZ7KxqgiVeDddjzu1oewdBFo9yzUH0pLRJA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglOj94NeAhdjnx23B2FJdBYk8LW2QySsf0X2rAoyy4kTLKJrWV0oYnQ2kjEJ3WYdK4sDBxUnYvkiG-qrmrt_mXgAQ2dxX-ACJPeYIjXRrbvW9LnOW9yTWJFk3GFvFqs1BpamQYlhlLBBMvzXnjQ20skzloZ7KxqgiVeDddjzu1oewdBFo9yzUH0pLRJA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ezio prepared the scenario. The objectives are easy. English troops receives a point for any units will go out of the north border while Afghans must block them. Rebels gain a point for each units they eliminate.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The initial set up</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuBF0rNAkw1BVyrlI1Wvg9kCGtJ4NLZNMJ-ArYU_da98js25JSza9IL2-iaABw2nshyBnQGcH1eWIRapnjlhDxtaESLos2Pc3wIfNvhzQObb3n2S_XwEPvMKWZ6u5QX91MTdDybbOUQTRzuUVIY2AlI4C5pym0mkj0T69tbbYYHFq26DW2cnGpYZwbBA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuBF0rNAkw1BVyrlI1Wvg9kCGtJ4NLZNMJ-ArYU_da98js25JSza9IL2-iaABw2nshyBnQGcH1eWIRapnjlhDxtaESLos2Pc3wIfNvhzQObb3n2S_XwEPvMKWZ6u5QX91MTdDybbOUQTRzuUVIY2AlI4C5pym0mkj0T69tbbYYHFq26DW2cnGpYZwbBA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ivano, English commander, starts to move his units on the right flank under the cover of a cavalry detach but ... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCwyZp5O97whmcwV4Matdy2eSgOXgGSPZ8nAMwIS_y0ijWpoaENcvS4ZlDCVJParUZRsZiMxNHADibQRtSaAJ9yaabf5gze7_3r4NpwuCIHQsgjKymsHyFvaA3xf9z5phjwCaaSa9-sY4BwSyoQk2UU_rUyEPxOkYtBBUQgUDRL_cTiUCX9SPeFngdxQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCwyZp5O97whmcwV4Matdy2eSgOXgGSPZ8nAMwIS_y0ijWpoaENcvS4ZlDCVJParUZRsZiMxNHADibQRtSaAJ9yaabf5gze7_3r4NpwuCIHQsgjKymsHyFvaA3xf9z5phjwCaaSa9-sY4BwSyoQk2UU_rUyEPxOkYtBBUQgUDRL_cTiUCX9SPeFngdxQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW10t-RrWd_NhaXSS02tnTOWqx490z9-x_DCsrWvuF2pLin_OWbDKLDlbpSh-Mfx4bUZUNbX3N0uIwA6sWQ11Nfile7Q5Mh_u4N-Tod3WwPW59rvq80eM6z8QFErG3EYAOo58ZPaKlaYTcKTo0K9q9m5btd-CL_HMrUhd79NR5u3K5-Ym_vIu9O5hQiQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW10t-RrWd_NhaXSS02tnTOWqx490z9-x_DCsrWvuF2pLin_OWbDKLDlbpSh-Mfx4bUZUNbX3N0uIwA6sWQ11Nfile7Q5Mh_u4N-Tod3WwPW59rvq80eM6z8QFErG3EYAOo58ZPaKlaYTcKTo0K9q9m5btd-CL_HMrUhd79NR5u3K5-Ym_vIu9O5hQiQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">... Alberto's Afghan warriors are in ambush and, after a few turns, they launch themselves against the lancers</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisWqOuVzzyot96h_CquYpu16eYAgPJNON4kRP4ANzZHefvyqyI8tYNctCPy3BiR-Qy9xqBfdOfjF9NlxJ7ia8Dvt6RxhTgcbbakCAO3aHt-PiRDCw6xca2SsqfrPYOV9Swcy9QaG259cQ1VQOrpBWqw9aYWGrwbEUl54uGe1-FyXr8ITBNXvLD6ZGJZw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisWqOuVzzyot96h_CquYpu16eYAgPJNON4kRP4ANzZHefvyqyI8tYNctCPy3BiR-Qy9xqBfdOfjF9NlxJ7ia8Dvt6RxhTgcbbakCAO3aHt-PiRDCw6xca2SsqfrPYOV9Swcy9QaG259cQ1VQOrpBWqw9aYWGrwbEUl54uGe1-FyXr8ITBNXvLD6ZGJZw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLvjRkKqFIsto7aBwtzbaLLDKxzJS4NRLbMh0lebBiK69EgVz6hRJWhum2dSkTERNo4pWHaqlQtnvWCNrhjcu24SFkgb7lIOmt5SxcZFyUxLdJ7nfl5LCBsWaiWEZQlbpXFhodtSX32k7TVdL-UZRmmuTCAy3qw4FbFo9r3WrGJzsYL13W4k-j-tjlpw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Afghan cavalry arrives breaking down all last possibilities for the English commander. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioUzC58hameXPDQrRSl6asDQK6zMgDacpZloOS1mejNwB3aU1wlxAiOQReAMsS1Rk7IBvX24xYGJJ2C2yf5ua5L_0aqH9ae_F85Y8PlRVWTmHKduUeJitF0LikHYh98Vlo07nzj5CiLN29chpm2pkWrm4iHJ4FOm9ZwLkvsyDyqgz6bmsU2IyJvsmJ3w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioUzC58hameXPDQrRSl6asDQK6zMgDacpZloOS1mejNwB3aU1wlxAiOQReAMsS1Rk7IBvX24xYGJJ2C2yf5ua5L_0aqH9ae_F85Y8PlRVWTmHKduUeJitF0LikHYh98Vlo07nzj5CiLN29chpm2pkWrm4iHJ4FOm9ZwLkvsyDyqgz6bmsU2IyJvsmJ3w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></span><p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the end of the day the Union Jack is down into enemie' hands</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEr6oNh9wpMlmbpG5HWoHfgryachMJuTuz54p7x3GFf6udASk8eKefFRZ479EPrHL56ddzc1pZ05Bz81t-EEFA6KdmrYEmq68YXISLwTeSM0GRiHsPRP5eZ_lxmLIPu0yCWy3gFiHHgQhCqIp_u2KFaom8jZ1XEXz26cN72Ava2vjK6avFbxpwaPETEw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEr6oNh9wpMlmbpG5HWoHfgryachMJuTuz54p7x3GFf6udASk8eKefFRZ479EPrHL56ddzc1pZ05Bz81t-EEFA6KdmrYEmq68YXISLwTeSM0GRiHsPRP5eZ_lxmLIPu0yCWy3gFiHHgQhCqIp_u2KFaom8jZ1XEXz26cN72Ava2vjK6avFbxpwaPETEw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Marco Ortaldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337383288736466373noreply@blogger.com0