28MM VBCW: BERWICK 1938 GAME 3

I was at Hugh Wilson’s this week for the 3^rd part of our Battle of Berwick VBCW game.  This covered the 2^nd day of the counter-attack by the forces of the BUF and the Northern Militia.   We played 6 turns using the Bolt Action night fighting rules and then 10 daylight turns.

View over the table - the 3 bridges and the harbour in the distance

Warship supporting landing party attacking the walls

 

As before the BUF outnumbered the Scots by approximately 2 to1 but due to command limitations within Bolt Action we could not deploy all our strength onto the table.  The Scots called up an airstrike and like both attempts in our last game it proved a disaster as the novice pilot attacked and wiped out the newly arrived Scottish cavalry.

Lancelot covers the engineering party clearing the main road bridge

 

At the end of the game the BUF, after a desperate series of assaults and counter-attacks, had captured the railway station.  In addition our infantry supported by the medium tank Lancelot had cleared the main road bridge.  We also got our giant Char 2C Black Prince into action at the railway bridge.

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Scottish RAF attacks their own cavalry - a tragic error

Classic rustic scene - cricket team, cycling club and a 65 ton heavy tank