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INITIAL SET-ON: The Union player se ts on first. Waring's Brigade deploys within a one-foot rad ius of the Humphrey house. Winslow's Bri gade deploys within an 18" radius of the Ames house. Winslow may take his initial movement as if mounted, but is dismounted at the end of the move. Waring's men are co nsidered dismounted at the beginning of the game. Sturgis himself enters w ith the infantry as indicated under SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES.

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THE IMPERIAL GUARD OF NAPOLEON THE LITTLE PAT CONDRA Y w ith uni forms and organization ..... . ... .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. .. ... .. ... . . . .. ... . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . 5

AT THIS RATE THE 7 WEEKS WAR COULD TAKE FOREVER PAT CONDRAY and a battle repo rt for the A ustro-Prussian Wa r of 1866 . . .. . . .. . . ... . .... .... . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ROLE PLAYING A NAPOLEONIC GENERAL PADDY GRIFFITH provides another view of wa rgaming .......... . ... . . . . . . . . ... . ... .. .... . ... . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . . ... .. . . . . . . . 16

ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR ARMIES LARRY BROM describes the organiza tion in detail . . . .... . . .. . ... . .. . ... . ...... ... .. . ...... ... . .. .... . ...... . ... . ... . . ... . 25

RULES ADDITIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS FOR ON TO RICHMOND PAUL KOCH churns things up .. .. . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . ... .. ... . . . .... .. ..... .. .. . . . . .... .. ... . ... . . . . . ... . . .. . . .. ... .. 31

WHY NOT CAMPAIGNS? BRUCE BRETTHAUER with ideas on how to run them . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . ........ .. ... . .. .. . .. .. ..... . . . . . .. . . .. .. . .. . . . .. ... . 39

OFFICIAL UPDATE TO THE WRG 7TH EDITION PHIL BARKER with a list of typos, corrections and clarifications .... . . . ..... . . . ... . . . ... . . . . .. . . .. . . ... ... .... . . .... ... . .... . 52

NEWBURY'S FAST PLAY RULES FOR ANCIENT WARFARE M IKE PAVKOVIC w ith a play test of these new rules ..... . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . ... . . ... . . . ....... . . . . . ... . . . ... . ........ ... .... 53

THE PERSHING EXPEDITION INTO MEXICO HENRY LUBBERS with a variant forThe Sword and The Flame ... . . . . . ... . . . .. ... . ...... . .. . . . . ...... . • . . . . . . ... . . .. .. .. .. . . 57

DEPARTMENTS

COMPLETE INDEX TO VOLUME VI, Tom Desmond's labor of love . .... ... .. . .. . . . . . ........ . . . . . .. . . . .. . ... ... ... . . ........ 21

THE REVIEWING STAND with Jay Hadley . ... .. .. . . . . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. • . . . . . . . . . ... . ........ .. ...... . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . .... 33

THE COURIER DISPATCH News of the Hobby . .... .. . .. . . .. . .. ... . .. . . .. . .... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. . ... . ... .. . . . . . 47

BOARDGAMES FOR MINIATURE PLAYERS w ith Bruce M illigan . . ...... . . . . ..... • .... . ... ..... .. . . . . ... . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . . ... . 61

DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD Letters to (o r at) the Ed itor ... . ... . . . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . ... . . . .. ... ... . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . .. . . .. 62

VOLLEY FIRE What you like (or hate) abou t THE COU RIE R .. .. ... . . . .. . . • .. ... . • ... . . • ... . . .. . . .. . . . . ... .. . .. .. . ..... . . . . . . 64

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THE IMPERIAL GUARD OF NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

BY PAT CONDRAY

GUIDES DE LA GARDE 1855-70

Napoleon III did not inherit a Guard Corps when he became Emperor of France. The Royal Guard had fallen by the wayside when the Citizen King gave way to President Bonaparte. A lso, since the Empire was supposed to provide for peace and stabi lity, it did not seem immediately politic to create such a force.

LIGHT CAVALRY

The first regiment to be raised , which is credited with making the whole id ea of an Im perial Guard popular, was the regiment of Gu ides. This co lorful unit wore dark green dolman and pelisse covered with aurora lace, the tro users being red with aurora Hungarian lace on the thigh . The headgea r was a fu ll bu sby reminiscent of those of the Chasseurs a Cheva l of Uncle Napo leon's gua rd, with red bag, aurora trim , and white p lume with green base. Officers substituted gold for much of the aurora. Shabraques we re of coa t color w ith au rora edging and crowned N 's, sabertache green with aurora and red edging, and aurora troph ies in the ce nter. The Guides were armed with sabers of an orienta l pattern and normally paraded without carb ines although carbines were issued on campaign. Trumpeters had reversed co lors with red shabraques and sabertaches trimmed green in the former , aurora in the latter case. This regiment was formed from picked men of the light cavalry and spent much time on parades and horsemanship exercises which deli ghted and impressed military and civil ians alike, thus paving the way for the acceptance of the rest of the Imperial Guard.

Once the idea caught on. a regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval was added, which very much resembled the Guides. but had white instead of aurora lace. and genera lly paraded without pelisse and with carbines. The trousers of thi s regiment were "en lasa lle " with fa lse boots. and even the trumpeters are sometimes shown w ith carbines. Together with the Guides. they formed the light brigade of the Guard.

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CHASSEURS A CHEVAL OF THE GUARD

The medium brigade consisted of lancers and dragoons - both variously claiming the patronage of the Empress Eugenie. The dragoons looked very much like Dragons de l' lmperatrice of the first empire, with green coat and white plastron. The helmet lacked turban, but was decorated with much engraving, and had a black horsehair plume and red side plume. Belting was wh ite. Trumpeters wore reversed colors, and the shou lder arm was rifled. Buttons were of brass, epaulettes of soldiers white, officers gold, trumpeters wore reversed colors with red horsehair plume, side plume white topped with red . The trousers were the fa miliar red of the second empire (green for the trumpeters). Shabraques were green trimmed white and red, w ith the crowned N in white. Cuffs and turn backs on the short coat were green but had thin red trim. The brigade mates of the dragoons were the Guard Lancers. This co lorfu l regiment paraded in wh ite kurtka, with pointed cuffs, plastron, and collar of light blue, shabraque light blue trimmed white, czapska with black bottom, white middle band, light blue top, and red p lume, w ith a large brass plate in f ront and brass chin scales. A red fouragere with tassels adorned the front of the plastron on parade. The lance penant was white over red, pantaloons en lasalle red with light blue twin stripes. For trumpeters colors were reversed, w hile officers had gold belting, pants stripes, and epaulettes (red for the t roop). In the fi eld th is regiment wore a light blue kurtka piped w hite - w hich may account for the malicious rumor that their own brigade mates mistook them for uhlans and charged them at Acres sur Yron (Mars la Tour) .

HEAVY CAVALRY

The heavy brigade of the Guard co nsisted of armored cava lry. There were no Grenadiers a Cheva l, although there were at one time in the Imperial Household (not actua ll y a part of the Guard Corps) , Elite Gendarmes of simi lar appea rance. The 1st Cuirass iers wore the familiar dark blue of the line cuirassiers. with silver co lored helmet and breastplate. In place of the black fur turban of the line cuirassiers, was worn a brass p late the went all the way arou nd the base of the helmet. Th e crest was brass, and the

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