Indian Mutiny / First Indian War of Independence Project

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Painted firing markers

Sorted & started painting the next batch of firing markers

Prepared some smoke for the firing markers

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Touched up flock on troops

Flocked first couple of batches of firing markers

Flags & pennants added, edges done

Glued smoke to first batch of firing markers

Painting last of the markers  

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Progress continues on firing and march markers

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Firing and march markers done
Apart from some tidying up once glue fully dry

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The weather still hasn't cooperated enough for varnishing

But it did cooperate enough for pictures

HM 9^th Lancers, 2 x squadrons, Major Henry Ouvry





2^nd Battalion, Military Train, 2 x squadrons, Major James Robertson
This was a logistic unit diverted to India from the aborted China Expedition. As the unit contained many former cavalrymen, at a time when mounted troops were in critically short supply, it was re-roled as an ad hoc cavalry unit of two squadrons, using horses stripped out of the 8^th Madras Cavalry





1^st & 2^nd Punjaub Cavalry, 1 squadron of loyal Sikhs from each regiment
Lieutenant John Watson (1^st Punjaub Cavalry), as senior Lieutenant, commanded the 3 Punjab squadrons and the squadron of Hodson's Horse





5^th Punjaub Cavalry, Hodson's Horse & Brigade Commander, 1 squadron of loyal Sikhs from each regiment
Hodson's Horse was a hastily raised Sikh irregular cavlry unit that grew to three regiments





The Cavalry Brigade was commanded by Brigadier Archibald Little, HM 9^th Lancers

The brigade was part of General Sir Colin Campbell's second relief of Lucknow in November 1857

Including it provides Brigadier General Henry Havelock's force with the option of a reasonable cavalry component in contrast to the small number of volunteers and some loyal sowars of the 12^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry actually available

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Painted & Based

837	Foot
183	Mounted
18	Models
1,038	Total

And that completes the painting for this project

[d_Guy]

Excellent 

[DecemDave]

beautiful work. 

[Steve J]

The Punjab Cavalry look really great to me and the rest is not too shabby either .

[paulr]

... the rest is not too shabby either .

I should hope so, the 9^th Lancers were well known for the maintenance of strict standards of dress, they have even blancoed their belts

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The weather has cooperated enough for varnishing 

In fact, I made a point of varnishing reasonably early because its forecast to be 28° C (72° F) this afternoon

I hope forum members, and others, in North America are managing to keep safe and warm

[paulr]

Spent a very pleasant 3 hours playing a solo game with some of the troops from this project    

AAR with piccies to follow

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I've played a couple more test games and am pleased with how the rules variant is playing after a couple of minor tweaks  

I've piccies for two of the games so really should do some AARs

The third game was a rather contrived test of defending a village against long range fire to try and break the variation. They stood up well and it ended in an incredibly tight finish 

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Army reviewed by Nana Sahib at Cawnpore, India 28 June 1857




Front to rear
Bengal Light Cavalry Brigade - 2^nd & 7^th Bengal Light Cavalry
Bengal Irregular Cavalry Brigade - 13^th & 14^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry from Azimghur & Nowong
Badmash, part of the great mob of zemindars and newly raised levies of neighbouring districts, who came well-armed to assist the Nana


1^st Bengal Infantry Brigade, front to rear
   1^st Bengal Native Infantry, of Cawnpore
   53^rd Bengal Native Infantry, of Cawnpore
   56^th Bengal Native Infantry, of Cawnpore
Flanked by No. 18 Light Field Battery from Nowong and the 'remaining guns'
Nana Sahib, centre right


2^nd Bengal Infantry Brigade and Oudh Infantry Brigade, front to rear

17th Bengal Native Infantry, from Azimghur	2nd Oude Irregular Infantry
Elements of 6th, 10th, 48th Bengal Native Infantry	5th Oude Irregular Infantry
& a wing of 12th Bengal Native Infantry, from Nowong
Civilians	Bullock carts

Flanked by No. 18 Light Field Battery from Nowong and No 1. Field Bty, Oude Irregular Artillery


Front to rear
Oudh Irregular Cavalry Brigade - 1^st & 2^nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry, of Lucknow
Nowabie Foot                        Nowabie Horse
Two half-regiments of newly raised levies from Cawnpore
Badmash, part of the great mob of zemindars of neighbouring districts, who came well-armed to assist the Nana

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Reinforced Oude Field Force
First Relief of Lucknow, 25 September 1857




Allahabad Volunteer Cavalry - Capt. Lousada. Barrow, 5^th Madras Light Cavalry – 109 men
12^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry - A/Capt. Wm. Johnson, 6^th BNI. (Mostly Sikhs) – 59 men
Maude's Battery, No. 3 Coy/8^th Bn., RA - Capt. Francis Maude


Maude's Battery, No. 3 Coy/8^th Bn., RA - Capt. Francis Maude
1^st Infantry Brigade - Brig. James Neill, 1^st Madras Fusiliers

HM 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment	HM 84th (York & Lancaster) Regiment
- Maj. James Simmons - 420 men (Nos 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, & 10 Coys)	- Capt. Frederic Willis - 190+227 men (With 2 x coys HM 64th under command)
1st Madras Fusiliers ('Neill's Bluecaps')	HM 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment
- Maj. John Stephenson – 376 men	- Maj. Thomas Stirling - 435 men [reinforcement]

Olpherts' Battery, No. 2 Coy/3rd Bn. with No. 12 Light Field Battery, Bengal Artillery. - Capt Wm. Olpherts
Brig. (Maj.) George Cooper - Artillery Commander
Brig. Gen. Henry Havelock - Oude Field Force Commander


Olpherts' Battery, No. 2 Coy/3rd Bn. with No. 12 Light Field Battery, Bengal Artillery. - Capt Wm. Olpherts
Brig. (Maj.) George Cooper - Artillery Commander
Brig. Gen. Henry Havelock - Oude Field Force Commander
Civilians
2^nd Infantry Brigade   - Col. Walter Hamilton, 78th Highlanders
  HM 78^th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) - Lt-Col. Henry Stisted - 26 & 523 men
  HM 90^th (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) - 7 x coys. - Col. Robert Campbell CB - 28 & 646 men
  Ferozepore Regiment (Brasyer's Sikhs) - Capt. Jeremiah Brasyer - 341 men
Eyre's Battery, No. 3 Heavy Field Battery, (No. 1 Coy/5^th Bn.), Bengal Artillery - Maj. Vincent Eyre


Eyre's Battery, No. 3 Heavy Field Battery, (No. 1 Coy/5^th Bn.), Bengal Artillery - Maj. Vincent Eyre
Cavalry Brigade [reinforcement]   - Brig. Archibald Little, HM 9^th Lancers
  2^nd Bn. Military Train - Maj. James Robertson - 2 x sqns. – 200 men          HM 9^th Lancers - Maj. Henry Ouvry - 2 x sqns. – 200 men, estimate

  1^st Punjaub Cavalry - Lt. John Watson - 1 x sqn. (Commands Punjaubs & Hodson's Horse)
     Note: the aggregated strength of the three Punjuab Cavalry regiments was about 300 men
  2^nd Punjaub Cavalry - Lt. Dighton Probyn - 1 x sqn.
  5^th Punjaub Cavalry - Lt. George Younghusband, 13^th BNI. - 1 x sqn.
  Hodson's Horse - Lt. Hugh Gough – 160 men