Turn 6
The South: Since the Ruby T did not make it up the 6th
cataract, the 4th Egyptians have disembarked to supply man power to
clear this obstacle. Which it does with
no problems. The next stop is Wadi Hamed. Here the Dervish have decided to not
put up a fight as they must still be at Atbara rejoicing in their victory over
the Turks. The Ruby T is now free to
advance up the Nile to Khartoum bringing 5 turn’s worth of much needed
supplies.
At Kosti the 3rd Egyptians have to make a move
as they are out of supplies. They decide
to try and break the siege and have no luck as 3 Dervish units are blocking
their escape. With no supplies, the 3rd Egyptians try to Sally from
the town to force the Dervish away so they can gather supplies.
Battle of Kosti: (5 – 2, 3 units of
Dervish, 2 rubs of Ansar, 1 Rub of Fuzzy Wuzzy, Sally forth to break siege)
With only half a regiment at Kosti and the size of the force facing the 3rd
Egyptians, they decided to fall back to the town and await their fate. With supplies running out and a sizable force
outside the walls, the Dervish stormed into Kosti and overwhelmed the
defenders. The 3rd Egyptian
put up a gallant fight but in the end they could not stem the tide. Kosti was lost to the Dervish! Things are not looking good for the force at
Khartoum or the forces trying to take El Obeid.
The West: The 1st Egyptians coming from the
well at W1 and what remains of the force at Rahad advance to El Obeid. Things do not look good as a sizable force of
Dervish is at El Obeid.
Battle of El Obeid: (5 – 1 - 3, 7 units
of Dervish, 3 rubs of Western Ansar, 1 Ansar Cavalry, 1 Jihadiya Rifle unit,
and 1 Rub of Nile Ansar, Dervish Ambush on Anglo-Egyptian Column.) 2nd Egyptian Regiment, the 1st
Cavalry Squadron, and the 2nd Camel Company are coming from the
east. The 1st Egyptians are coming from the west.
Facing such a large force and with limited numbers of
troops it did not look like an easy fight for he Egyptians. The 1st Egyptians enter from the
west and the odds did not look good. It
appeared that the Dervish were going to overwhelm the 1st to try and
eliminate the gallant regiment.
To the East the 2nd Line, 2nd Camels
and the1st Cavalry entered as a combined force.
The Dervish struck here with the Rub of Nile Ansar
attacked first. This battle went back
and forth with the 2nd Camels losing a stand in the process but this
force held its ground.
Final the Emir
launched the Ansar Cavalry against the over stretched 1st Cavalry
only to be pushed back. Then the 2nd
Egyptians stepped up and inflicted sever losses on the Cavalry to the point
that they retreated out of range.
To the East the 1st
Egyptians were fighting for their lives as 2 Rubs of Western Ansar and the
Jihadiya appeared.
This forced the Egyptians to form square. Several charges by the Dervish were repulsed,
but finally the rifle fire from 3 units of Dervish started to take their toll
on the Egyptians.
Then the final
charge went in and the 1st Egyptians went down fighting to the last
man. At this point he remain Egyptians,
knowing that they were facing overwhelm odds to retake El Obeid decided to
retire back to Rahad. This force is now
cut off to the west and with Kosti lost to the east they will have a rough road
ahead of them, unless help can come from Khartoum
The East: With the Revolt index in the east very low the
number of Dervish forces here will be limited. The British force at Shediyeb
advances to Hadiga, where there are no Dervish forces to meet them. The force at Suakin Decides to send a force
out to Tokar to begin the relief of Trinkitat. This consists of 56th
Essex Battalion, both B & C companies of the Mounted Infantry, Battery C of
the 5th Egyptian Artillery, and Pasha Hicks leading the column. The rest of the force at Suakin remains to
defend the town. Again with a very low index there are no Dervish forces to
meet the British column.
The North: other then El Obeid, this seems to be where
the action is. The British force ad
Suarda advances on to Dongola. The Egyptian force at Dongola decides not to
wait and advances on to Debba where 2 Dervish units face the Egyptians.
Battle of Debba: (4 – 2, 2 units of
Dervish, 1 Ansar Cavalry and 1 Jihadiya Rifle unit Dervish Attack on
Anglo-Egyptian camp.) Upon seeing the
size of the Egyptian force the Dervish decide not to give battle and retire
from the field.
Next is Korti.
Battle of Korti: (4 – 1, 3 units of
Dervish,2 Rubs of Nile Ansar and 1 Rub of Fuzzy Wuzzy, Dervish Ambush on
Anglo-Egyptian column) The 1st
Camel Company lead the way followed by the 5th Egyptians, then the
Xth Sudanese, the Supply Train, the 6th Artillery and then the XIth
Sudanese.
This Egyptians force is slowing becoming the elite force
of the Egyptian Army. With the 1st
Camel leading the column, they advanced down the road and deployed to the
left. The 5th Egyptians
deployed on the road, the Xth Sudanese to the right and the artillery advanced
down the road. The Dervish at this time
attempted to overwhelm all of the forces on the table with the Fuzzy unit
attacking the Sudanese with help from an Ansar unit and 2 units of sward and
spear attacking the Camels.
The Camels were able to defend themselves in typical
fashion. The 5th Egyptians were pushed back with a lose and the Xth
Sudanese as always held the line. The
next turn saw the Camels attack one of the Dervish units wiping them out
completely.
The Artillery unlimbered next to the Xth and the 5th
formed up to the left of the artillery.
The XIth moved on and the supply train formed up behind the artillery.
The Xth and Artillery poured fire into the Dervish to their front mowing down
even more Dervish.
The next turn saw the Dervish attack across the front of
the Xth and the Artillery battery but to no avail. At this time the Dervish force had been
reduced to the point that they could not sustain the attack and melted into the
desert leaving the road to Korti open to the Egyptians.
The result was that the 5th Egyptians lost
another stand reducing their effectiveness to 7 stands, but still a potent
fighting force. The 1st
Camels on the other hand, having won many individual battles, have had they
Morale elevated to Elite status.
The reinforcements at Aswan advance on to Wadi Halfa to
relieve the forces there. These forces move up the Nile to Suarda. At Berber
all forces remain here as there are enough supplies and forces to maintain
control of the city.
The supply situation at Berber is in good shape, decreasing
from 5 to 4. In Khartoum the supply situation is restored with 5 turns of
supplies from the Ruby T.
Again the situation in India is not allowing any
additional units to be dispatched from there to Suakin. At Aswan.
At Aswan the following arrive:
3rd Squadron 5th Lancers
Royal Naval Commander
1st Royal Naval Gatling Battery
Closing out the turn the revolt index in the West goes up
to 6. The North it stays at 4 due to the win at Korti and the lost in the West. The East stays it goes up to 3. The South the
index also goes back up to 6 after the disaster at Kosti The Mahdist gains 45 points this turn for a
total of 235 points.
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