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Old Britain's Arabs of the Desert Grow In Numbers
A hoard of some 80+ Britain's Arabs will pose quite a challenge for our intrepid General Pettygree.My collection of forces fighting under the Mahdi's banner has grown substantially over the past...
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British Encampment at Dongala
The British Encampment at Dongala is EstablishedColonel Archibald Sinclair of the Seaforth Highlanders regiment, stationed in Egypt circa 1884, has been assigned the task of taking his brigade up the...
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Sudan Game Countdown - 5 Days to Go
'The game room and table get ready for this weekend's action. (CLICK TO ENLARGE ALL PIX) I have been busy tweaking the game table and terrain these past few days and pretty much have things set up and...
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Two Squares Are Better Than One - 3 Days to Go!
1st Brigade Square - Trophy Miniatures - Sinclair's BrigadeTwo squares of British with machine guns on the corners and cavalry watching the flanks makes for a formidable defense against the Dervish...
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Lancers, Lots of Them Captain
Vintage Britain's Regiments of All Nations: converged unit of Indian Lancers, Egyptian Lancers and British Lancers.One more day to go until we launch the grand toy soldiers in the Sudan game. The...
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Battle of Tokar July 23, 2016
The first game turn commences as the British gain a free move.A long view of the center game table.My new basing system for toy soldiers: sticking the figures to MDF bases with tacky mounting putty...
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Barlow's Square
Barlow's square contracts as its losses pile up. Note that a troop of the 21st Lancers has taken refuge inside the square after losing a melee to the Dervish - it was the only safe place to go. CLICK...
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The Scouting Patrol
The head of the patrol column with one company of Sikhs deployed on the point in skirmish formation.Colonel Sinclair's patrol column of infantry was surrounded by three layers of protection designed to...
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A Surprise At the Oasis of El-Dubie
The company of Sikhs at the point lead the patrol towards the oasisWe last saw the scouting patrol moving ever so slowly and carefully towards the Oasis of El-Dubie, its mission being to find and...
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I found this interesting excerpt in a book titled, Khartoum Campaign 1898 by Bennet Burleigh, in which the author discusses the preparations that the British army made for its campaign to capture...
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They Find Barlow
Colonel Burnaby dashes ahead of the point company of Sikhs to investigate the visitors at the Oasis of El-Dubie.In our last episode, the British patrol column arrived in front of the Oasis of El-Dubie...
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Breakout At Dawn
Dawn arrives in the SudanThe scouting patrol settled down for the night at the Oasis of El-Dubie. A thorny zeriba protected the perimeter on three sides, while a collection of mud huts provided a...
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The Race to Dongala
The Camel Corps caravan steals out of the Oasis at the crack of dawn, hoping to gain a head start on any Dervish pursuit.As the sun rises and brightens the sandy Sudan desert, the Camel Corps caravan...
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The Battle of Dundee's Zeriba
The Dervish emerge from the Acacia trees and get ready to charge the Oasis.Click or Double Click all pictures to enlarge the viewWhile Lt. Simon Ward and his troop of Camel Corps were transporting...
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Major Dundee, sir, Here They Come Again!
Here they come again!CLICK OR DOUBLE CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGE THE VIEWJust when we all thought that things were going to quiet down at the Oasis of El-Dubie, the sound of the war drums beats...
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Britain's Camel Corps Figures Wanted
Britains War Along the Nile range of British Camel Corps troops dismounted. As I am working on my Sudan toy soldier collection, I am simultaneously building up a square of 100+ of the "new Britains"...
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Camp Scenes in the Sudan
Lt. Simon Ward and his troop of Camel Corps bring Colonel Barlow back to the camp at Dongala.While the great battle was going on back at Dundee's Zeriba, Lt. Simon Ward and his troop of Camel Corps...
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In Praise of Tim Horton's and Britain's Camel Corps
Is this what heaven looks like?We just returned home from a long weekend's drive to Canada and back to pick up our daughter from her summer camp, somewhere north of Perry Sound, Ontario. This is the...
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New (Old Style) Trophy Dervish Reinforcements Arrive
Old first edition Trophy of Wales Dervish and Beja plus some Sudanese Regulars deploy on a first edition of "Thiers' History of the First Consulate." (CLICK PIX TO ENLARGE)I received a shipment of...
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The 24th Regiment - Trophy Miniatures Toy Soldiers
24th Warwickshire Regiment - Trophy of Wales toy soldiersI set up another studio of risers using old leather bound books so that I could take some more pictures of some of my favorite sets of Trophy of...
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