Portugese Colonial with Hindu Allies
vs. Moghuls, 1560
July 1, 1997
This is our first attempt at doing
a large DBR game in 15mm. It is large in AP - 408- and in area - 5' by 9'.
There were three commands and three players on each side. The Portuguese
had a large and small command plus a Hindu ally. The Moghul army was divided
into two equal wing commands and a large center. The terrain was pretty
sparse so as to allow the armies to maneuver: a built up area in the right
sector, a hill about a foot in from the Portuguese seton and 3 feet from
their left board edge. The Moghuls had a palm forest in a similar place.
There were two parallel roads running the length of the board, 1 foot in
from the edge, and a connecting road running by the BUA. The rosters below
show the element names, type and grade, how many in the army and how many
in each command.
Troop Rosters
Moghul.............. No.. commands ........................ 1 2 3 CinC..............El..s..1.. 1...... Sub-general...... Si..s 2.... 1 1.. Zamindar Cavalry..LH..o..12....6 6.. Zamindar Cavalry..Ln..i..1.. 1...... Mansabdar Cavalry Si..s..10....5 5.. Rajput Cavalry....Ln..f..1.. 1...... Dhali swordsmen.. Bd..f..2.. 2...... Archers.......... Bw..i..4.. 4...... Camel Guns........Art.f 2.... 1 1.. Rocketeers........Art.x..1 ..1...... Bombard.......... Art.s..1. .1...... War Wagon........ Wwg.o..2. .2...... Bunduqchis........Sh..i..4.. 4...... Hordes............Hd..0..10..10...... |
Colonial Portugese..No.. commands ........................ 1 2 3 Generals... Sh..f..2.. 1..1.... Arab Infantry.. Bd..f..9. 5..4.... Cannon.. Art.I..4. .4...... Indian lascarins Sh..i..4.. 4.... arquebusiers.....Sh..f..18..12.8.... pot throwers. .Sk..x..1.. 1...... skirmishers... .Sk..s..4. .2..2.... Allies Hindu Indian.. CinC... .El..i. 1 Elephants... El..i. 1 Guard Cavalry....Ln..i. 1 Other Cavalry....LH..o. 1 Dhali swordsmen..Bd..f. 2 Archers... .Bw..i. 9 Archers up to 1/3Bw..0. 4 Rocketeers.. ..Art.x. 2 Levy spearamen & .camp followers..Hd..o. 3 |
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Center setup of Moghul and Port. |
| Portugese center launches attack on Moghul center |
Sk(X) does his job by taking out a WWg |
| Extreme right of Moghul center, fine painting by Tony Barr |
More of Tony's work |
| On the Portugese left one group was left somewhat isolated and it
was later sandwiched between LH and Si. |
One Shot remained of the left most group, it was first hit by three
LH and forced to recoil, leaving it in front of another LH, it turned. |
| One victory for the Portugese, but look what's coming |
First bound the Shot managed a tie(these are F not I) and hung in
for a second round but lost. |
The Hindu allies managed to be broken by the Moghul left (?) and the Portugese right spread out as it was got broken by the fast moving LH/Si combo. That took the army to about 43 elements lost, it needed 45 to lose, but the center had lost 3 also and thus ended the Lisbon's first attempt to conquer northern India.