My eldest and I had another bash at TMWWBK.

After my Egyptian forces were utterly destroyed last time, it was decided to send in some British troops to capture the town.

They marched along the same road as the Egyptians and again threw out a cavalry screen. The one thing I wasn’t expecting was for the Hadendowah  to straddle the road. This must have surprised the cavalry screen as they failed their initial command roll – (something I was beset by for the rest of the game).

I managed to slowly bring on the rest of my forces… The only ones who never failed a command roll were the Naval brigade (who chased off the infantry to their front). The Hadendowah retreated before my advance.

I decided to check out the rough ground to my left flank expecting a massed attack, but there was nothing there.

As I pushed through with my cavalry a host of Green flags appeared in the Wadi. The troops dismounted and opened fire with their carbines  A few casualties fell, but with the range and cover from the wadi it wasn’t enough to make a big difference.

The rest of my British foot advanced and poured lead into the unfortunates in the wadi. they lost a base and decided discretion was the better part of valour.

As the Wadi was Clear (or so I thought) I advanced my cavalry, again.

They had a bit of a shock as they crested the rise and found rather a lot of camels awaiting them.

They dismounted and opened fire, sadly the dice gods were against me and although needing 4+ I managed only 4 hits.

On the upside it caused them to take a pin test, which they failed allowing the rest of my chaps to wade in to support the cavalry.

They didn’t stand much chance  against the volley firing of the British infantry. the wadi was cleared in a few minutes.

Unfortunately we had to finish there as She had to go out to Drama, we will conclude another time.

The camels were the bane of my life (as was often the case in reality) at one point the naval brigade supplies got ahead of their forces and as for the regulars… theirs failed more activation rolls than they passed. When we finished they were 4 turns behind the troops they needed to supply.

I am not sure how the Nordenfeldt would have fared as it never ever got a shot at anyone as with the Sudanese regulars on the right flank.