Once again the Typhoo Sultan, and his tea related puns, have been causing trouble in the Carnactic. Time to call the 11th Madras Coastal battalion out of garrison duties at Fort George and march them to reach the enemy stronghold.
The Sultan is faced by the British Governor, the Earl Grey, supported by Colonel Reynolds and Captain Ashworth. All three are pink gin sipping useless articles. The true commander of the 11th is the very shouty Major Tudor Williams, an incredibly active and angry man. His personal servant is Randi Ram, a lowly and cowardly Sepoy that Williams imagines is his illegitimate son. Randi however believes himself to be the son of Captain Whitmore a previous Battalion Officer now returned to Britain.
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Major Williams may
not actually be sane.
His men call him
"The thundering Pig"
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The Battalion have taken four companies on this punative expedition. Lt Grahame's, Lt Mackintosh, Lt Beaumonts's and Lt Sugden's. They also have a Cavalry troop of the 1st Madras Horse, and a pair of guns in support.Famously the battalion put down the rebellion of the Bhuna of Dahl, a local Nawab who is a proxy of the Sultan.
On table the advance begins on the village of Chinta, occupied by rebel forces, probably belonging to the Bhuna at this stage. Of course the Bhuna may well remain as the local Nawab, but compared to the Sultan he has only small rupees as the saying goes in Fort George.
The Game, the Arcot Road,
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| Chinta on the Arcot Road. |
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| The 11th deploy their line |
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| And some of those Sepoys need sorting out! |
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| Riflemen in the rocks to the front. Dealt with. |
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| The guns clear up the remnants |
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| My Cavalry goes all in against the camel guys |
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| A Camel spanking |
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| Lt Grahame gives them a taste of British spunk |
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| Lt "Jock" Mackintosh wins the game with a mad bayonet charge. Those Sepoys in the HQ group are still facing the wrong way! |
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