The Background
Sunday the 20th of May 1932 and the All for Australia Party's 17th Volunteer Rifle Company entered Beaconsfield Park with the intention of recovering the old 18lber Gun kept there, little did they know the Anglican's of the 2nd Sydney Regulars where attempting the same mission...
Captain Bruce Beatty signals his men forward along William Street adjacent to the Beaconsfield Park in search of heavy ordinance known to be there...
Battle: The Gun
Location: Sydney NSW
Date: 20th
May 1932
Commanders:
Weather: Fine Still Mid Afternoon
Visibility 48”
Notes: Orders for both sides that can’t be
changed:
‘seize the
gun in the park and return with it’
The Forces
All For
Australia Party 17th Volunteer Rifle Company.
Ford 'Randwick' Armoured Car with 5 Volleys
Crossley Truck
Unit ID. Name
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Figures
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Officer Grade
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Unit Initiative
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Morale
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Volleys
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Notes
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Command Section
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2
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3
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3
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4
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5
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Section 1
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8
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3
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4
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4
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8
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Section 2
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8
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3
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4
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4
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8
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Section 3
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8
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3
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4
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4
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7
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Anglican
League 2nd Sydney Regulars
Crossley Armoured Car with 3 Volleys
FordTruck
Unit ID. Name
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Figures
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Officer Grade
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Unit Initiative
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Morale
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Volleys
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Notes
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Command Section
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2
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3
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3
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4
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6
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Section 1
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8
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3
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4
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4
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8
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Section 2
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8
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3
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4
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4
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5
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Section 3
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8
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3
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4
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4
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7
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The Game...AAR
I'm going to let the pictures tell the tale here with some inspiring captions!
Turn one and both side enter in line abreast formation and head straight for their prize, the 18lber Gun!
Turn two and the antagonists close to point blank range...the initiative on Turn three would be telling...
Turn three and even at close range as both sides are moving and their are no elite or regulars in the line and their fire is surprisingly ineffective!
Turn four and the now stationary troops start to hit the mark, amidst the hail of lead the Anglicans hitch the vital Gun up to their Ford truck...
A period picture of the Randwick Armoued Car in action...it was a frightening beast the Anglican survivors later stated...here it is seen scoring telling hits on the Anglican truck with its HMG, it hit the motor and front tyres, during the barrage the driver to fled!
After stalling for a turn due to a random event the Anglicans Crossley Armoured Car races around the All for Australia boys flank...
The Anglicans getting the worst of the fire fight make a last ditch attempt to recovery the gun unhitching it from the damaged truck...they would push it away from the action. A call went up '"The Lord's with us lads!" the only thing for sure was many of these lads would soon be meeting their Lord!
The Anglican truck Driver Bruce Jones after fleeing his vehicle which was riddled by bullets from the Randwick Armoured Car is in the foreground of this picture, a random event delayed his rally attempt as he settled down for a brew or two purely for medicinal reasons of course!!!!!!!
Sergeant Bruce Anthony on the right of the All for Australia Party's force egged his men on against the Anglicans Crossley, "Come on lads lets show this Tin Can what our Molotov Cocktail can do...pass me the matches...who brought the matches...no matches errr..." the attacked failed!
The Randwick Armoured Car meanwhile circled around the Anglican line and mowed down their Commander Colonel Bruce Brady and his entourage with its last volley...drunk Driver Bruce Jones standing in the line of fire survived and next turn he reboarded his damaged Ford truck and limped away from the action in it! Hidden by the trees in the picture the 17th Volunteer Rifles score hit after hit decimating the Anglicans lines...
The Anglican Cossley Armoured Car retires its munitions spent and shocked at the daring if ineffective Molotov Cocktail attack!
A period picture of the carnage, Captain Bruce Beatty Commanding the 17th Volunteer Rifle Company commented to his Aide "Crickey I haven't seen butchery like this since we took on the Box Heads while taking the Hindenberg Line during the Great War..fun isn't it!"
Overview at the end of when we called the game during Turn 9 with three to go the Anglican Leagues force was obliterated it was a forgone conclusion that the All for Australia Party's men were guaranteed the recovery of the 18lber Gun!
Another good run through of the rules. We are going to tweak some of the Modifiers for fire and Morale. Next game we really need to wind back our units Morale levels, in this game three sections simply stood firm even with over 50% casualties and were just cut down in place. Interestingly even though our units were within charging range no one wanted to risk a melee. Next game will be the real thing as we think we've got A World Aflame to a sweet spot! I'll write up a summary of our customisations soon in a separate post.
Thanks for looking! I've got a Longstreet AAR I still need to write up!
Great AAR
ReplyDeleteCheers Pat! More carnage to come...
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