18 October 1899 - Turn 1

Initial Orders

White - The garrison at Ladysmith will remain in place.

Yule & Hamilton - You are to withdraw your force along the line of the railway from Dundee to Ladysmith.

Symons & French - Remain in Helpmakaar and prepare to defend the town.

Joubert & Kock - Advance along the line of the railway and engage and destroy the British force at Dundee.

Meyer - Cross the Buffalo River via Landman's Drift then move east of the Biggarsberg Mountains to threaten the British force at Helpmakaar.

De Wet- Advance and secure Harrismith.

Botha - Move to Harrismith and join forces with De Wet.

As these are the initial orders I have assumed that they have been successfully issued without the requirement of a Command die roll. However, all independent forces (those not under the direct control of the C-in-C) must still pass a Command die roll to act on the orders received.

General White at Ladysmith getting slightly nervous.

Movement

Yule failed his Command die roll and therefore remains in Dundee.

Symons failed his Command die roll so will not attempt to build any defences at Helpmakaar.

Joubert moved a full 3 hexes to Ingagne.

Meyer moved only 1 hex and is now at Islandwana (hex 1804)

De Wet failed his Command die roll (he rolled a 1) and remains at hex 0105.

Botha moved 2 hexes along the road to hex 0503

The situation at the end of Turn 1

So it's already a bit nerve racking at General Whites HQ as the Boers bear down on Yule while he fails to act on his orders and retire, although technically White doesn't know this yet!