28mm British in Africa 1850's Skirmish game

The collection used for this game I painted for my great mate John Martin and it resides today in his cabinets.

The idea for the game is a force of British troops have set up a camp at an African trading post but the local tribes haven't actually agreed to this incursion so when a supply train is spotted heading for the post with more troops the tribes decide to attack.

Below shows the camp and its defences and the supplies approaching

Here we see the tribes that have united to face this threat under the chief of the largest tribe

The troops in the camp start to realise the danger

The supply train needs to hurray as their troops start to form up to face an attack

The warriors start  to poor down from the hills towards the supply train to try to hit it before it reaches the camp

The regulars and askaris in the camp take to the walls to repulse the attack

Skirmishers start to poor fire on the charging warriors

More warriors start to poor down from the hills and the camp is now charged

The supply train finally gets to the camp as the warriors are desperately close

With the camp now fully defended it will be will power against fire power as the warriors full attack hits the barricades 

The hand to hand fight is ferocious and there are heavy casualties on both sides

But the troopers second line halts the warriors in their tracks and forces their retreat

The poor Chief of the tribes gave his life for the cause but to no avail as can be seen by the arrow and the British juggernaut in Africa roles on...