The sand of the desert is sodden red,—
Red with the wreck of a square that broke; —
The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead, *
And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed his banks,
And England's far, and Honour a name,
But the voice of a Wargamer rallies the ranks:
'Play up! play up! and play the game! '
*Poetic Licence. No Gatlings or Colonels were deployed in this game...
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| The great square deploys. |
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| A closer view. the Durhams are in the foreground with the Langbaugh Light Infantry. |
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The Rajputs under their reliable Officers
(all unreliable ones having been killed off by this stage) |
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| The Balamory Islanders and the Midsomers |
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| The Teesdales face off against charging Dervish Cavalry |
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| Mustapha leek comes on in waves |
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The Warwicks of Major Whitemoore take a disproportionate
amount of stick from the Dervish as do the Teesdales. |
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| Once in contact the Dervish are a devastating enemy |
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| The Durhams and the Midsomers suffer terrible casualties |
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| The Islanders reform their lines supported by the Rajputs. |
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| The Midsomers are abandoned to their just deserts |
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| The last stand of the Langbaughs |
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| Major Dundarse perishes on the job |
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| The Square begins to crumble |
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The end game sees the Rajputs, Islanders
and the Warwicks still standing. |
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The final three Majors reform the square,
having seen off the Dervish. |
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Colonel Whynot, his men all dead, abandoned by the
surviving Majors, and worse of all pinned
by a monkey's nipple. |
