The first of my Sudan war troops

[Leman]

I am becoming increasingly drawn to this conflict.

[FierceKitty]

It's great fun. And you can even use red coats one last time.

[Maenoferren]

Do you need to add flags to the "apart from..." list

Oh yeah and the flags

[Hertsblue]

Did they take colours on campaign this late?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

One Rgt of the British army stills takes its colours on campaign. However I dont think the infantry or cavalry had them in the Sudan.

IanS

[Maenoferren]

Did they take colours on campaign this late?

Based on the illustrations I have.....errrrr some show colours, however the majority do not... Therefore those newspaper men who sketched events were with my chaps

[Maenoferren]

The forces have filled 2 box files and half filled another. Once I get the remains (the new stuff I bought) done then I will fill all three and need a fourth for terrain.

[fred.]

The forces have filled 2 box files and half filled another. Once I get the remains (the new stuff I bought) done then I will fill all three and need a fourth for terrain.

Good man. That's exactly how it should be, always needing just one more box file!

[Maenoferren]

Did they take colours on campaign this late?

pictures like this give what look like colours rather than company penants
http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/P1840884/P1840884247T.jpg
http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/P1840884/P1840884296.jpg


however a lot more such as this one from Tamaii... are without:
http://www.britishmedals.us/sitebuilder/images/Tamaai_battle_Gatling_Gun-600x170.jpg
or this...
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21986/21986-h/images/03.jpg

[FierceKitty]

Did they take colours on campaign this late?

Not the cavalry. I wrote to the regimental museum of the Queen's Own Lancer a year or two ago to ask.

[Maenoferren]

Not the cavalry. I wrote to the regimental museum of the Queen's Own Lancer a yaar or two ago to ask.

Thankfully my cavalry don't have any

[Hertsblue]

Based on the illustrations I have.....errrrr some show colours, however the majority do not... Therefore those newspaper men who sketched events were with my chaps

Most of those newspaper men probably never went further east than Essex.

[Maenoferren]

Most of those newspaper men probably never went further east than Essex.

The reporters were there, however their on the spot illustrations were often redone back in blighty