Saturday 23 September 2023

Natal Campaign OOB

I have a map so now I need an Order of Battle for the campaign. I’ve tried to make this as historically accurate as possible but have had to bend things a bit to fit it to my actual figure collection.

British Force

C-in-C Lieutenant-General Sir George White
1st Devonshire Regiment
2nd Gordon Highlanders
5th Lancers
Imperial Light Horse
Naval Brigade Detachment
1 x 4.7" Naval Gun
13th Field Artillery
18th Field Artillery
1 x Maxim Gun

Lieutenant-General Sir William Penn Symons
1st Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers
21st Field Artillery
1 x Maxim Gun

Major-General John French
1st Manchester Regiment
1st Black Watch
42nd Field Artillery
1 x Maxim Gun

Brigadier-General James Yule
1st Royal Irish Fusiliers
1st King's Royal Rifles
53rd Field Artillery
1 x Maxim Gun

Colonel Ian Hamilton
1st King's Liverpool Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Regiment
69th Field Artillery
1 x Maxim Gun

Sir George White VC

Boer Force

Transvaal Boers
C-in-C General Piet Joubert
2i/c General Daniel Erasmus
Pretoria Commando
Krugersdorp Commando
Boksburg Commando
Middleburg Commando
1 x Long Tom
1 x Krupp Field Gun
1 x Pom Pom

General Lucas Meyer
Vryheid Commando
Piet Retief Commando
Utrecht Commando
1 x Krupp Field Gun
1 x Pom Pom

General Johannes Koch
Johannesburg Corps
German Corps

General Louis Botha
Wakkerstroom Commando
Ermelo Commando

General Piet Joubert

Orange Free State Boers
General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet
Vrede Commando
Heibron Commando
Kroonstad Commando
Harrismith Commando
1 x Krupp Field Gun
1 x Pom Pom

Next up will be the British initial deployment.

3 comments:

  1. Excellent work there Ian! I love your newspaper cover and cigarette card, very atmospheric! I'm really looking forward to this campaign!

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    1. Thanks Brad, I'm just putting the finishing touches to the campaign rules - this should be fun!

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  2. I hope you're not going to let this be too historical, the great British public do not want to hear of their brave boys being shot down by some uppity Dutch farmers.

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