Get off my land Sudan 28mm

All figures from the collection of David P Senior and Junior their experience and skill shows!

The Relief of Fort Sogasi

The Men who would be Kings Rules, the scenario is set  in the Sudan using the standard lists but only one officer per player to speed it all up.Scenario, a force of Egyptians are besieged by the forces of the Mahdi, River Arabs commanded by Mullah Dessi.  On the way is a British column their overall Anglo Egyptian commander is Pasha Preston. On  the horizon Osman Provan is hurrying his Beja to storm the Fort

First wave of Beja repulsed

 The British column falls behind when Ensign smith drops the colours due to heat exhaustion the last unit dropping behind, the Indian cavalry hurry ahead

Blue Moon figures

 The Ansar second wave stike the town

Soon it became back to back for  the British discover the rocks are crawling with fanatic Ansar prepare to charge to their deaths.  they are strung out on the march

Peter Pig

The basi bazooks turned back the Ansar leader in his quick move to seize the fort covering fire from their Sudanese unit

The Indian Sowars wreck revenge on the fanatics would dared to ambush from the rocks their discipline allowed them tho charge

The upshot of the initial game was devastating casualties for the Ansar and River Arabs but only one unit of the Relief force made it to the Fort.  We set up for a British attack on a dervish rocky ridge. The Egyptians and British advance, the Dervish using the rocky cover the Beja screaming out into the Guns of the British, this time the Egyptians suffer the bulk of the casualties but the Anglo Egyptians take the ridge.

The Navy Lark

BIG BATTLE SATURDAY THE SUDAN

Scenario

The Egyptians are under attack from a strong Madhist force but relief is on the way.  Players rolled up one commander each.  The fuzzy Wuzzys are well led but the River arabs arre led by a cad.  Captain HawHaw RN commands a Gun Boat with barge carrying a naval landing force.  He is the sadist type that still would have flogging. Lieutenant Atkins a young able commander leads the British Desert Column.  The gunboat drives off the opposing dhows and lands.  The Desert Column  gets ambushed, losing their artillery then gets pinned down by fire from the rocks.

Navy storms ashore

Egyptians are relieved

These six Egyptians held off 60 tribal warriors

Egytians commander on his camel

Fuzzy wuzzy camels

View from the Nile

Sudanese in close order

It was a simple scenario but a great battle won clearly by Lord HawHaw, big Livy who really got into the part even twirling his moustache.  The navy was unstoppable!