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Suffragette News Announcement

Her royal highness Princess Mary has accepted the offer to be crowned Queen.

The princess expresses the wish to unite all factions in amicable agreement to bring peace within the realm.

The Linnyshaw Moss Operation.

The LMS, commanded by Major Doleque (Retd), along with a section of Mosley Common Miners and the Liverpool City Assault Section had decided to skirt the north of Walkden and form an attack through Linnyshaw Moss. This meant skirting the northern end of Blackleach Reservoir where the PL had outposts.

Major Doleque (Retd)

Nearest LMS, LFC, LMS command with MC miners in the distance

But, forewarned is forearmed. The SRA and PLMWM had been alerted by the SRA Intelligence section.

Forming a platoon of SRA and two PLMWM sections they asked the heroine Margaret of Grantham to oversee the operation. She willingly accepted having been training the militia to increase its efficiency and effectiveness. this was a chance to see them in actual combat.

Clarice Battersby leads some MWM

Betty Hodgekiss' MWM

Emilia McDonald leads the SRA.

Margaret of Grantham gives a rousing speech

Starting early they set off hoping to reach the old sheep pen in the further north of the Moss. Luckily, they did as the advancing menace of the socialists came out of the distance.

Margaret commands her forces move to the right as the socialist advance.

The MC miners feel hot lead!

The SRA reach the sheep pen and discomforted the MC miners. The lmg causing their nerve to drop. Worse was to come later when the MWM took aim and with their lmg caused the miners nerves to totally fail routing them.

The LMS inflicted casualties on the left most MWM and took some in return. Although the LMS had an lmg the women stoically held their nerve.

Meanwhile, the LFC section had been ordered to the left hoping to exert pressure on the command section of the SRA and did indeed inflict a casualty on that command.

But the combination of the SRA and MWM fire inflicted casuaties for only one in return. 

Major Doleque (Retd), seeing the situation was no longer in his favour ordered the retreat to save his command.

A VBCW

 Hi!

My first game of VBCW. I used Went the day Well rules which were easy to use in this limited playtest.

Next time three units a side.

The Pinfold Farm Cottages Outpost

Pinfold farm is on the south side of Walkden at the junction of Bridgewater road and Newearth road. So it was an odd affair that the Mosley Common miners used the road instead of the Bridgewater railway to move to Walkden Yard, if that was their destination. Or it could just have been a probe to gauge the preparedness of the Suffragette Regular Army's Walkden's defences.

The miners, an irregular force came up the road on foot, a not inconsiderable walk. No doubt these hardy men were used to it.

Miners approaching

The Mill Worker's Militia, an irregular force manning the junction, were well placed to receive any incursion by forces against Walkden, held by the SRA (Suffragette Regular Army) of which they were a part. They were stationed in the tenant cottages at the junction which gave hard cover, but in the main were at the fence along the road side.

Mill Workers man (?) the fence

First shots miss

Shake out into line

Advance to contact

Taking hits

MW in the cottages

Still taking hits though they gave some out.

Preparing for contact

The charge goes in

The MW are ousted.

Viva la revolución!

Mill Workers suffered 50% casualties and the Miners 44%.

A bit of a Pyrrhic victory. The miners withdrew as the position was not defensible for them

The MW had a couple of advantages.

(1) They won the activations most of the time.

(2) They didn't move except to enter the cottages

(3) Hard cover curtesy of the cottages.

(4) Only shooting through one obstruction.

Miners

(1) Movement penalties on shooting

(2) Shooting through one obstruction

(3) One less man!

The MW shooting wasn't great, and at 9 to hit was difficult.

But the Miners 10 to hit was met more often!

A VBCW.

Hi!

In the last couple of days I've received these two interwar planes for A VBCW.

One for the Socialists

A gift from the Soviets

and one for the Suffragette Regular Army 

Stolen form the BUF.

Both will be used in the ground attack role. As targets in airfield raids. Or any other scenarios I can think of.

Mosley Common Miners and NKVD Scousers

 Hi!

An update with more pictures.

Aiding the LMS Workers' Militia are the miners of Mosley Common. These rugged men, not as rugged as Agecroft miners of course, are a useful tool of the LMS who have a hold over them due to the fact the LMS service their equipment as they do most of the Manchester Colliery mines. Not that ideologically they are any different.

These figures are by Ironclad Miniatures. They are larger (32mm?) and a little cruder than Empress Miniatures but look fine on the table. Besides, there are no other miner figures, are there?

And here is a Liverpool Free City assault section (not NKVD Russians at all!) to aid the socialists in their nefarious aims. These are Warlord Games NKVD figures. I bought these to use as more LMS Militia but, again, they are larger than Empress Miniatures. I was going to paint and sell them on  until I received the Ironclad Miniatures and decided to keep them. Strapping lads these miners and dock workers!

And some vehicles from various manufacturers.

Thak you for dropping by.

AVBCW LMS Worker's Militia (London, Midland and Scottish Railways)

 LMS Worker's Militia (The London, Midland and Scottish Railways)

This is a group of various socialist factions coalescing around the LMS engineering base of Walkden Yard. 

Again, a mixed scheme with, perhaps, the variation in headwear colours and those in uniforms giving a factions within a faction look.

AVBCW. The Primrose League Mill Workers' Militia

 Hi!

I have painted my first batch of the Mill Workers Militia. 

I am very pleased with the results so far.

The Primrose League's Walkden Mill Workers' Militia

These women are the front line of the fight for freedom, free speech, home and country in Walkden.

I've gone for a mixed colour scheme but trying to tie them in with the SRA (Suffragette Regular Army). We don't want mistakes leading to friendly fire on our units!

The flag is a print of the Honorary Dame of the Primrose League pin badge. Spiffing what!

Thanks' for dropping by.

AVBCW Suffragette Regular Army

Hi!

I had to do these figures first. 

I just had that feeling they fitted the requirements for the SRA.

Suffragette Regular Army. 

These splendid women offer professional help to the beleaguered forces of the Mill Worker's Militia. Timely intervention is the key to keeping a force like this intact.

I've gone with the suffragette's colours of green, white and purple for these hardy warriors. It seemed fitting.

No flag yet as I'm waiting for the drill to drill a hole in the hand

Margaret of Grantham

I hope you like them.