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Offline Red Dragon 44

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #30 on: 08 March 2025, 12:13:40 PM »
Any suggestions for the best battle(s) to include from the Indian Mutiny? Want a battle preferably, not a siege. Much easier for me if the order of battle and even a diagram or map of the battle are on the internet.

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #31 on: 08 March 2025, 02:50:35 PM »
For Indian Mutiny: Battles of Agra, Chinhat, Badli-ki-Serai are perhaps better known.  It can be a difficult conflict to find information for the battles.  Some of the sieges are much better known and have battles within the sieges.  But I'd still focus on the battles.
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Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #32 on: 12 March 2025, 01:42:44 AM »
Hlobane.   Always wanted to do that one.   Requires a large table top mountain with proper trails to the top. 

Probably using old west skirmish rules elements, players have a unit of cav, with models mounted, dismounted and wounded.  15mm would seem best.
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Offline huevans

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #33 on: 13 March 2025, 02:14:28 AM »

Offline Red Dragon 44

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #34 on: 13 March 2025, 09:15:45 AM »
Progress Report: I have the following 21 battles researched and written. 15 more to go!

Assaye 1803, Tippecanoe 1811, Graham's Town 1819, Nsamankow 1824, Macta 1835, Miani 1843, Chillianwala 1849, Chinhat 1857, Agra 1857, Khushab 1857, Palikao 1860, Puebla 1862, Amoaful 1874, Rosebud 1876, Isandlwana 1879, Kandahar 1880, Tamai 1884, Batoche 1885, Lugalo 1891, Adwa 1896, Omdurman 1898.

I am struggling to find clear accounts online of the battles of the Boxer Rebellion. I would like to include a couple.

Offline Matakakea

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #35 on: 13 March 2025, 11:14:12 AM »
Puunaru, Tahiti 1846 (although good luck finding the details)  :D
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Offline HerbyF

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #36 on: 14 March 2025, 04:16:04 PM »
How about the French campaigns in Dahomey or Madagascar.
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Offline Red Dragon 44

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #37 on: 15 March 2025, 02:35:46 PM »
 Good suggestion. I have just included Dogba 1892 AD. French marines, Foreign Legion and gunboat against the Dahomey including their Amazons! What not to like and a decent account of the battle on the French Foreign Legion website.

Offline Red Dragon 44

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #38 on: 22 March 2025, 08:18:31 PM »
The final list of the 36 Battles is:

Assaye 1803, Tippecanoe 1811, Graham?s Town 1819, Nsamankow 1824, Rama 1824, Ayacucho 1824, Macta 1835, San Jacinto 1836, Miani 1843, Ferozeshah 1845, Palo Alto 1846, Chillianwala 1849, Chinhat 1857, Agra 1857, Khushab 1857, Palikao 1860, Puebla 1862, Amoaful 1874, Rosebud 1876, Little Bighorn 1876, Inyezane 1879, Isandlwana 1879, Khambula 1879, Kandahar 1880, Majuba Hill 1881, El Obeid 1883, Tamai 1884, Batoche 1885, Lugalo 1891, Dogba 1892, Wana (Waziristan) 1894, Adwa 1896, Omdurman 1898, Colenso 1899, Langfang 1900, Tientsin 1900.

All are now written up and just need checking and proof reading. The new rules Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet (solo Colonial rules 1800 - 1900 AD with 122 army lists included) should release this coming Monday with the 36 Battles expansion following within a week. Many many thanks to all who made suggestions. Some I could not include as I couldn't find enough clear information on that particular battle. Hopefully the above 36 Battles reasonably covers Colonial battles!

Offline Sakuragi Miniatures

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
« Reply #39 on: 26 March 2025, 03:01:33 PM »
Not technically colonial, but it feels like it fits in spirit: 1868-69 Battle of Hakodate

The Ezo Republic (former Shogunate vassals) had French advisors, modern arms and artillery, samurai, and a European star-shaped fortress. The Imperial side had the former CSS Jackson armored ram, modern arms, machine guns, and artillery, samurai, and dressed their troops in US Army Civil War surplus.  Two armies that are a mix of European and American arms, traditional weapons and samurai armor, and imported tactics. 


Offline Red Dragon 44

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Re: Iconic Colonial Battles?
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