In Fellahin We Trust

 

 

Saturday 9th July 2021 - Gt. Houghton

Persian horsemen spotted enemy on the horizon. They rushed back to the nearest, small, town to tell the local headman.  Despite the ensuing panic a motley group of 'volunteers' was rounded up to face the invading Ottomans.

Qajar Persian Army List (scratch force)

1 x Persian Armoured cavalry (gen) – lance, bow – LC(f)
2 x Persian LC, bow, fanatical – LC(f) @ 1 ap                    2
1 x Mercenary cavalry – bow or jezzails - LC @ 1 ap        1
1 x Camelry, bow – MI(is) @ 1 ap                                      1
2 x Regular ‘new’ infantry, muskets - Ms @ 1 ap               2
2 x Regular ‘new’ infantry, muskets, militia @ 0.5 ap        1           
2 x Medium gun – 3 crew, militia @ 0.5 ap                        1
2 x Skirmishers, bow, militia – Sk(M)(is) @ 0.5 ap           1
2 x Irregular warriors, matchlocks - Wb(is) @ 0.5 ap        1
2 x Zamberek Camels, light gun, militia – MI(M)(lg) @ 0.5 ap    1           
2 x Irregular bowmen - Ms(M)(is) @ 0.5 ap                      1
---                                                                                        ---
19                                                                                        12 ap

NB:  This list is based on the figures I could find at the time (and manage to shoe-horn into  suitable classifications).  Think of the irregular bowmen as the 'Dad's Army' contribution.

DBN (Eastern) - this time Ian had the Ottomans (list as per the rules).  

I put some of my low quality troops on the hill and awaited the onslaught of the fellahin.  On they came and even managed to reach the hill but 5 out of 6 died.  Unfortunately the follow-up troops were much more effective.

On my left I pushed skirmishers and warband through the wood.  The psiloi fell to enemy musketry but the warband were made of stronger stuff.  

In the centre my troops were decimated by the enemy cannon whereas my gunners were blaming each other for the damp powder.

Ian was happy with the 'fighting fellahin'.  The result was a 7:1 win for the Ottoman raiders.

More work needs to be done on the Qajar (and Georgian) DBN armies.  We experimented with some new classifications:
(is) = Inferior Shooters - those with bows, jezzails, xbow, matchlocks, etc - a -1 when shooting
(lg) = Light Guns - specifically zamurek camels - 4" range
(MI) = Mounted Infantry - 3" movement - can move and fire
(f) = fanatic - treat as Mamelukes

DBA v3.0
 

1.34a Later Hebrew v 1.6b Early Bedouin - 4:3 win
 

3.18 Breton v 3.52 West Frankish - 1:5 loss

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Seems like Galley (naval) warfare might be next.  Meanwhile I'm still looking for a simple Pre-Dreadnought rules set - ho hum!