The RHA battery, flanked on the right by 1st Bombay Grenadiers…
…and on the left by the Bombay Sappers & Miners…
The horse gunners pound away at the approaching Afghan regulars…
Throughout the game the British artillery fared better than they had on the 130th anniversary TSATF version of the battle, suffering less severely from Afghan counter-battery fire. One reason for this was that in this game the Afghans were not allowed to move their forces onto the table with artillery out in front. In addition, the Afghan advance was better coordinated back in Southern California than here in Northern California. Though there were somewhat fewer in this game than back in LA, coordinating the movements of so many Afghan units presents a challenge of its own — though I’d rate it a far easier challenge than that faced by the out-numbered and out-gunned British…