Ahhhh, G. A. Henty! Bless him and his historical novels for young folks! How much I enjoyed them and how much I learned from them and what a thirst for more they inspired!
(Disclaimer) Now, this scenario is NOT based on anything G.A. Henty (or anyone else) wrote OR anything that actually happened (that I'm aware of anyway), but nonetheless, I have set it during Bonaparte's Siege of Acre with our intrepid hero, Lt(RN) Trumpeter, having been ordered to take a Naval gun crew and a party of (not yet royal) Marines inland to assist the Turks to deny a crucial well to the French and to keep open communications with Syria and Palestine.
I'll leave a discussion of rules and so on for another post except to add that the game was played using the latest update of "The Square Brigadier" on a 5" square grid.
(Note: I apologize for the lack of quality of the photos. I need to work on my lighting as the mix of sources confuses my poor cell phone which is my sole camera these days.)
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| Turkish cavalry scouts have been keeping an eye on the French column as it approached Ta Bel so the British and Turkish garrison was ready, including the local villagers with their Jezails who had taken to the hills. |
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| Supported by a squadron of Hussars, a detachment of the Camel Corps was sent to clear the hills only to surprised by a detachment of pack artillery. |
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| These were Bonaparte's men though, and they were not dismayed by a few brigands on their flank. The main attack pressed on. |
