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SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WARGAMING THE BOER WAR
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Armoured Trains. Used for scouting and
supply. Armoured truck either side of the train.
·
Balloons. Used at Ladysmith,
Colenso, Modder River and Paardeberg. The Royal Engineer Balloon Corps in 1900
consisted of one section of three officers and 31 other ranks.
·
Barbed Wire. Not extensively
used except for farm fencing and linking
blockhouses (3,700 miles). The Boers put rolls of barbed wire in the river at a
bridge crossing at Modder River.
·
Blockhouses. Twenty experienced men could build three blockhouses
in two days. An infantry battalion could garrison up-to 38 (a Subaltern commanding
three or four). 8,000 were built.
·
Field Telegraph. 80 miles of cable
in 1899 to over 18,000 miles laid.
·
Signalling. A small heliograph mirror
could transmit 30 mile or more at 16 words a minute. Subsidiary use of
semaphore flags, signalling lamps and pigeon post.
·
Mounted Infantry. Since about 1888 each
British infantry battalion had a mounted detachment. These were increased to
companies and often supported by mobile artillery during the war.
·
Photographic
Section. A photographic section of and officer and NCO, mounted on bicycles were
part of the 1st cavalry Division.
·
Steam Traction
Engine. A number were under the command of Lt Col Templer. Used to haul stores
but were not used beyond 20 miles of ports or supply depots.
·
Mapping. Generally Boer
mapping was superior to the 1 inch to the mile British version.
·
Trenches. Two types. Well
prepared, by Boers at Modder River and Magersfontein (1,000 yards). Hasty, by
British forces at Spionkop. Dummy trenches were used to deceive.
Source: Wargaming In History, the Second Anglo-Boer War, Edwin Herbert, Argus
Books, 1990. Edited by Stuart Asquith, this little gem of a book is a wonderful
introduction to any wargamer wanting to build Boer War armies. The three battle
scenarios provided are particularly useful.
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