Orders
White's force at Wessels Nek will advance to Waschbank and attack the enemy at Glencoe. Order of march will be: 5th Lancers, White's Brigade, French's Brigade, Hamilton's Brigade.
Yule's Brigade is to retire to Ladysmith and join the garrison there.
Penn Symons will remain at Helpmakaar.
Yule's Brigade is to retire to Ladysmith and join the garrison there.
Penn Symons will remain at Helpmakaar.
Joubert, Kock & Meyer at Glencoe will react to the British advance on a D6 roll as follows:
1, 2 or 3 = Stand and fight at Glencoe
4 or 5 = Fall back to Hatting Spruit and stand and fight
6 = Fall back to Dannhauser dig in and stand and fight
De Wet & Botha continue to advance on Ladysmith
Movement
Joubert rolls a 6 and the Boer force falls back to Dannhauser.
De Wet & Botha move 2 hexes to hex 0909.
White's force moves 1 hex to Waschbank.
Yule's Brigade moves 1 hex to Elandslaagte
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| The situation at the end of Turn 6. |
There is one contact this turn between De Wet & Botha and the garrison at Ladysmith however neither side takes any action at present.
Interestingly the Boers seem to be trying to lure White's force further away from Ladysmith whilst simultaneously threatening the town with De Wet and Botha.
And so it begins, rather like a cat and mouse situation! Have a marvelous Christmas holiday Ian, and thank you so much for hosting this very interesting and entertaining blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brad, and thanks for your comments as they help to keep me motivated!
DeleteChasing Boers across the veldt was always going to be a wild goose chase. Let's hope they return the favour by battering their heads against the defences of Ladysmith (hopefully well fortified by now?).
ReplyDeleteEr, hopefully but Ladysmith is currently defended by only a handful of troops so we'll see!
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