Lard Island News: Boer War

Back being the operative word. Much to the amusement of my chums, I did my back in whilst carrying the Christmas tree into the house

We returned to our play-testing for our Boer War lest evening with the battle of Belmont.  Historically this battle was the first real action in

With the failure of General Wynne’s attack on Hedge Hill to achieve a significant breakthrough the Boer positions along the Tugela appeared to be as

The failure of the attacks at Colenso in December, Spion Kop in December and Vaalkrantz in early February 1900 had left the British public and

We played an interesting refight last evening on Lard Island, stimulated by some of the recent debate on web fora such as PMT regarding game

In the absence of other correspondents it falls upon me to relay, in some small measure, details of the action fought this day, the 19th

Circumstance rather than design dictated, as is oft the way, that I should be present at Elandslaagte on the morning of the 20th of October

It was, of course, in the aftermath of the Baskerville affair that Holmes and I were approached by the colonial government in the Cape Colony. 

  With the reversal of Colenso behind him, our gallant commander in Natal, Sir Redvers Buller, was minded to attempt to turn the Boer position