Friday 26 April 2024

GDA2 and the Battle of Assaye

Battle of Assaye

British Indian

HM 19th Light Dragoons
HM 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot
HM 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, the Ross-shire Buffs
4th Madras Native Cavalry
5th Madras Native Cavalry
7th Madras Native Cavalry
2nd Madras Native Infantry
4th Madras Native Infantry
8th Madras Native Infantry
10th Madras Native Infantry
12th Madras Native Infantry (2nd Battalion

Mahrattas
Army Commanders- Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia; Raja of Berar
Forces of Daulat Rao Scindia
Cavalry
Native Sirdars - 12,000 Hindustani and 2,000 Deccani horsemen
Bapoji Scindia (Artillery Park)- 4,000 Hindustani horsemen
Scindia's Compoos
Pohimann Compoo - Colonel Pohimann
Regular infantry battalions -6 (POH)
Cavalry - 500 Hindustani horsemen
Artillery - 40 field guns
Filoze Compoo - Major Dupont
Regular battalions - 4 (DUP)
Artillery - 20 field guns
Begum Somru Compoo - Colonel Saleur
Regular battalions - 5 (SAL)
Artillery-25 field pieces
Artillery
Bapoji Scindia (Artillery Park) - 25 heavy guns, 100 field guns
Forces of Raja of Berar
Cavalry
Native Sirdars - 20,000 horsemen
Compoo: Commander - Beni Singh
Infantry battalions -7 (BS)
Artillery - 35 field cannon


The British Indian Army in all it's glory

And the Maharatas.  

Sir Arthur advanced into a for that fails to move!



The Madras forces get in among them and it's pretty soon done.
I didn't take photos because I was struggling with the new rules but it worked great as a game.

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