SPACE=Next Page BACKSPACE=Last Page H=Help PHOENIX U.M.S. DATA DISK 1 (Ad.Disk) --------------------------------------------- On this disk:- The two alternative scenarios Gettysburg and Waterloo as given in the manual. Five fantasy battles. Battles of Lewes,Leuctra & Granicus. Battle of the Champions 546BC. 5 Wargame Construction Set (SSI) scenarios. Load via your U.M.S.(/W.C.S.) disk.See descriptions in this text. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two further disks are available at the moment:- U.M.S. DATA DISK 2:- FULL STRATEGIC BATTLE OF HYDASPES 326BC-Elephants & chariots vs Macedonian phalanx. ZAMA 202BC-Final confrontation between Rome & Carthage in 2nd Punic War. CYNOSCEPHALAE 197BC-Roman legion vs Macedonian Phalanx. CARRHAE 53BC-Roman legions surrounded by Parthian horse archers. ARRIAN VS ALANI 135AD-Roman "phalanx" vs Alan lancers. TAGINAE 552AD-Byzantine Romans vs Goths. U.M.S. DATA DISK 3:- CRECY 1346-Classic 100yrs-war confrontation. AGINCOURT 1415-Henry V's English longbows vs French knights. BOSWORTH FIELD 1485-Henry Tudor vs Richard III in the war of the roses. FREEMAN'S FARM 1777-American War of Independence Saratoga Campaign confrontation.Phew! VIMEIRO 1808-Napoleonic Peninsular Campaign battle. TALAVERA 1809-Napoleonic Peninsular Campaign battle. BOTH DISKS FIVE POUNDS EACH WITH EXTRA BATTLE IF YOU SUPPLY YOUR OWN DISK.1993. Paul Hide 19 Green Close Ringmer LEWES E. Sussex BN8 5LG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UVR refers to unit value recommendations which can be altered during play via the menu.Remember to change back to default values if loading new battle as these remain in use till re-booted. ALTERNATIVE GETTYSBURG UVR-Artillery 8.0 ALTERNATIVE WATERLOO Set up like this the allied forces should have great difficulty in winning.As the ground was muddy artillery was not quite as effective as it could have been. UVR-Artillery 6.0 Horse Artillery 5.6 Heavy Cavalry 1.7 Light Infantry 0.9 BATTLE OF THE RIVER GRANICUS In 334BC Alexander crossed into Asia Minor via the Hellespoint and was confronted with an army commanded collectively by the satraps (governors) Arsites,Spithridates and Arsames and the Greek mercenary commander Memnon of Rhodes.Memnon had advised a scorched earth policy to be carried out,but this was rejected by Arsites whose lands would have been laid waste. Alexander unsure of the reliability of his Greek allied and mercenary infantry advanced without them to the banks of the Granicus where his enemy faced him on the opposite side.A force under Amyntas,son of Arrhabaeus,comprising agrianian javelinmen, paeonian cavalry,prodromoi and the ile of Socrates was sent forwards with the latter leading.This gave the impression of a full-scale attack involving Alexander and the companions and the Persians took the bait charging into the riverbed.Their advantagious position lost Alexander then launched his main attack against the now disordered Persians who fled the field leaving Memnon's mercenaries who made no attempt to retreat hoping to change their employer to Alexander.This request refused Memnon's mercenaries were then butchered,those remaining being sold into slavery. UVR-Pikemen 1.3 Archers 0.7 LEUCTRA Here was the battle in which Spartan power in the Peloponnese was finally broken.Epaminondas first refused his right made up of Boeotians and screened by his cavalry formed his Theban hoplites into a massive phalanx 50 deep and about 80 across.These were then marched obliquely into the Spartans who were caught in the midst of maneuvers-possibly trying to extend their line for outflanking-while the Spartan cavalry was driven back into their own lines by the Theban horse. LEWES Between 1258 and 1261 under the "Provisions of Oxford" King Henry III had a council of fifteen magnates imposed upon him by a group of courtiers led by Simon de Montfort and the Earls of Gloucester and Norfolk.This was partly due to the exploits of Henry's arrogant and violent half-brothers William de Valence, Lord of Pembroke and Aymer,bishop-elect of Winchester who because of the king's protection seemed to be above the law.It could be said that the beginnings of democracy in England could be traced to this point. However with differences among the magnates,support from the Pope and the return to England of Henry's brother Richard Earl of Cornwall who had becme King of Germany the king had regained power.de Montfort,though,had sworn to support the reforms of 1258 and after withdrawing to France returned in 1263.With support from the church who had been much oppressed by the king,from London where a popular revolution was in progress and from a number of magnates with whom Henry and his son Edward had quarrelled with,Simon tried to re-impose the Provisions of Oxford upon the king by peaceful means.This however failed and the two sides prepared for civil war. In February 1264 Simon's sons Henry,Simon and Guy with support from Robert Ferrers earl of Derby tried to sieze Worcester and Gloucester.On the 3rd April the king unfurled his dragon standard and led his army out of Oxford.After much manoeuvering and sieges of Northampton,Warwick castle,Tutbury castle,Rochester,Kingston and Tonbridge castle the two armies came to Lewes,the Royalists establishing themselves within the town on the 10th/11th May. The day after a skirmish involving John de Warenne lord of Lewes and a Montfortian foraging party on the Downs near the town Montfort sent the bishop of Chichester offering a peace settlement involving re-affirming the Provisions of Oxford but with certain points open to arbitration.The bishops of London and Worcester were also sent offering 30,000 pounds as an inducement /compensation for war damages,but both offers were rejected Edward,it was said,demanding that the Montfortians hand themselves over with halters round their necks for hanging and drawing. So in the early hours of Wednesday 14th May under cover of darkness de Montfort led his "baron's army" up onto the Downs above Lewes and formed it into four divisions-his sons on the right and the Londoners on the left with his own division in reserve behind from where de Montfort had a commanding view.He then knighted Gilbert de Clare and many others and addressed the troops.Their cause was just.They were fighting for the kingdom of England and the honour of God.They then threw themselves to the ground with arms extended in the form of a cross and prayed for victory.Sins were confessed and white crosses donned as distinguishing marks and to signify the holiness of the cause.Seeing the force arrayed on the hillside Edward led his force out of the castle/paddock while Henry and Richard advanced up the hill from the priory of St.Pancras and battle was joined. Prince Edward's forces were gloriously successful completely routing the Londoners,chasing them across the Downs up to four miles or into the river Ouse surrounded by marshes where many drowned.Meanwhile,however,with "the flower of all the army" under Edward engrossed in it's killing Henry and Richard were left to face the rest of the "baron's army" and struggled up the hill into them.Edward returned to find his father's army scattered in defeat.The fighting had been fierce-King Henry himself having been "much beaten by swords and maces and two horses were killed under him,"but had managed to escape to the priory with some knights while Richard had been forced to take refuge in a windmill.Edward's first reaction was to attack the Montfortfortian baggage train.He then rallied his troops and approached Lewes where the Montfortians came out and joined battle.Edward was easily defeated and he joined his father in the priory. After an unsuccessful attempt to take Lewes castle by Montfort terms for the King's surrender were agreed in a settlement known as the "Mise of Lewes." BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS Written to commemorate a melee which took place about 546BC between Argos and Sparta to resolve a dispute over the territory of Thyrea,each side picking their best 300 men.Unfortunately the two Argive survivors decamped claiming victory,leaving a sole Spartan survivor to stake a rival claim as being left in possession of the field.So after all this the dispute was settled in a full scale battle which the Spartans won. Even as late as 420BC the Argives still insisted on another "battle of the champions"to settle disputes over the territory, but by then the Spartans are said to have thought the idea "silly". UVR-Heavy Infantry 1.5 (This is important or smaller units may find it difficult to inflict casualties.) Also out of honour no unit may defend or go into reserve unless containing 4 or less men. F A N T A S Y B A T T L E S --------------------------------- GREY MOUNTAINS A goblin army moves into the Grey Mountains intent upon looting,destruction and satisfying their evil desires.With the ancient dwarven settlements of Duria,Homburn,Brombor and the capital,Durembar,under threat Orindain,king of the dwarves,calls for mobilisation of the legions. CAUGHT ON THE GREAT PLAINS After successful raids upon outlying human settlements Griznak's orcs have found themselves being chased by a force of horsemen.Much loot has been dropped in an effort to keep ahead of the ever nearing threat,but at last barely six miles from the edge of the Azak Mountains the chase is to be drawn to its conclusion. SYRAEN'S DOOM The evil wizard Torreckenor has managed to penetrate deep within the Northern Forest where he has located the elven settlement of Syraen at the foot of a great cliff.It is from here that a mage-ring has been thwarting his efforts to gate a greater demon into his power and a major source of their power to affect his own magicks at such a distance is located within Syraen. Should the elves make a stand before Syraen to keep posession of the Arithron Tree-the enchanted source-at the risk of all being killed or should they retire to the cliff where they might better hope to survive.However if Torreckenor himself could be killed then even with massive losses this could be counted as some sort of victory.The council deliberates... SIEGE Prince Carian's men make haste passing through the gates of Baron Halbert's fort as Suleikurch's unholy Army of The Black Sun prepares to attack. MILLENIUM TL10 vs TL11 Commander Adwei's mercenary forces have advanced as far as the River Uron destroying all opposition so far encountered.Now on the opposite bank stands the last army between them and the island's capital.Though outnumbered their superior equipment carefully deployed should enable a victory to be achieved. ллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл Also on yhis disk-Five Wargame Construction Set scenarios.At the time of writing these have not been fully playtested,though they may have been since,and you are welcome to change to change the attack defence and assault figures to suit your needs. A further disk with nine scenarios can be written on request for five pounds sent to the address given at the top of this file.Extra scenario supplied if you supply your own disk. 1 THE SIEGE OF TYRE 332BC After defeating the Persian forces in the battle of Issus Alexander strove to remove the threat of the Persian navy by depriving it of it's bases most of which were in Phoenicia.Most of the cities promptly surrendered to him,but Tyre the greatest of Phoenician cities decided to offer resistance and in February 332BC Alexander prepared to lay siege constructing a mole between the shore and the island on which Tyre stood half a mile from the coast.Two siege towers were constructed and these were attacked by Tyrean fire ships.120 Cypriot and 80 Phoenician ships from the cities which had gone over to Alexander arrived at length so that now the 80 Tyrean ships could be defeated and the harbours blockaded.Lastly Alexander found that by lashing together some of the ships he could use them as platforms for battering rams. At the end of six months of the siege a breach was made in the wall and a general assault was ordered.Little quarter was given and 2000 of the surviving Tyreans were crucified to satisfy Alexander's anger. 2 THE SIEGE OF ALESIA 52BC In 52 BC faced with Caesar's ten skilled and veteran legions Vercingetorix decided to retreat his Gauls onto the fortified plateau of Alesia in Burgundy.Caesar had just been repulsed at the siege of Gergovia and was determined to make no mistake this time.Caesar immediately decided to enclose the the town within a ring of siegeworks with ditches,towers and ramparts with battlemented breastworks.Further,to deter sudden attacks two ditches were dug,the inner one,where it traversed low ground, filled with water diverted from a river.Tree trunks were then sharpened and emplaced in the ground in five interlacing rows and in front of them in groups of eight diagonal rows were pits three feet deep with embedded stakes hidden with twigs/brushwood.Lastly in front of these were billets of wood a foot long with iron hooks fixed in them,sunk right into the ground and scattered everywhere. A similar circumvallation was also built facing outwards when relieving forces endangered the Romans.Though greatly outnumbered,the Romans held their nerve amid desperate fighting and Vercingitorix was forced to surrender. 3 THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM 1265 After practically running the country for a year,King Henry being reduced to a mere puppet,Simon de Montfort heard the disturbing news that John de Warenne and William de Valence,having fled abroad after the battle of Lewes,had now made a landing in Valence's lordship of Pembroke.Simon therefore moved with the king and Prince Edward to Hereford on the 8th May from where he could block their movement further east.On 28th May,however,Edward was allowed to exercise some horses and after tiring out his own mount and then those of his guards he used the one remaining fresh mount to make his escape.Together with the "marcher baron",Roger Mortimore,who had been allowed his freedom since the battle of Lewes and Gilbert de Clare,the red earl,who had since fallen out with de Montfort,Edward assembled an army with which to defeat de Montfort. Edward first captured Worcester where Simon had been hoping to summon an army and then when Simon went to Pipton,near Hay,to conclude an agreement with Prince Llewellyn of Wales to supply him with 5000 spearmen,followed this with the capture of Gloucester thus trapping Simon on the eastern side of the River Severn.Simon responded after being held up by a force under John Giffard at Monmouth by moving to Usk,taking de Clare's castle and then making to cross the Severn near Newport on the 4th July.This,however,was foiled when warships from Gloucester sunk his transports.De Clare's castle was also retaken and when Simon found Edward and de Clare's forces outside Newport on the opposite bank of the river Usk he burnt the bridge over the river and fled with the miserable captive king to Abergavenny. Simon's son,Simon,had meanwhile marched an army to the de Montfort stronghold of Kenilworth,but Edward concerned about the possibility of the two Montfortian armies joining forces was quick to sieze the initiative and in the early hours of 1st August caught most of the baronial force asleep outside the castle.Simon elder,though had now crossed the Severn at Kempsey and Edward marched to intercept the Montfortian army before it could reach Kenilworth where Simon the younger was assembling those that had escaped the earlier attack. And so it was that on 4th August 1265 Simon de Montfort found himself trapped and outnumbered at Evesham with Edward and de Clare to the north on Green Hill and a column under Mortimore blocking the Bengeworth bridge to the South.Simon not without fear,but trusting in the bravery of his companions,animated them to battle.And they,having completely armed themselves,having hoisted their banners and set out lines for battle,went out from the town,that they might not be seen to fly,and proceeded courageously to meet the multitude of their enemies.As they did so,the sky suddenly darkened and a terrible storm broke out. Simon's main hope lay in forcing a wedge through the royalist lines.At first the knights made some headway,but then Simon and his followers found themselves surrounded with many of the Welsh foot having retreated to the town.Although the Montfortians managed to resist for some hours the fighting became progressively bloody.King Henry having been brought onto the field by Simon,had found himself,quite anonymous in a suit of armour,wounded in the shoulder and shouting "I am Henry of Winchester your King! Do not harm me!"Henry de Montfort was one of the first to fall,this in his fathers sight and after his horse had been killed Simon's enemies dismounted and surrounded him.Simon fought on until seized from behind and disarmed,he was stabbed to death,his body later mutilated with his feet,hands and head cut off and his testicles hung either side of his nose and then put in his mouth.The head was later sent,as a gory symbol of triumph,to Roger Mortimore's wife at Wigmore. The younger Simon had been marching to meet his father,but had stopped at Alcester,nine miles north of Evesham,for a meal.On hearing of the battle and his father's death he returned to Kenilworth where,it was said,he would not eat or drink for several days.Even with this defeat,though,the war still dragged on for a couple more years and it was not until 1275 that completereconciliation was established with the drawing up of the Statute of Westminster. 4 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR 1904 By the treaty of Shimonoseki signed in 1895 at the end of the Sino-Japanese war China ceded the Liaotung peninsular to Japan.However under pressure from Europe Japan was forced to withdraw and Russia leased the tip of the peninsular and its warm-water ports.In 1904 though Japan returned and attacked without warning. The Japanese capture of Port Arthur after a six month siege was the the turning point of the Russo-Japanese war.After attempting to take the fortress by storm and losing 15,000 men General Nogi decided to settle down for a formal siege.The Japanese attacked General Velichko's defences with the most up- to-date equipment including periscopes,telephone lines,280mm howitzers and the latest fire-direction and ranging devices.After taking 203-Metre Hill they were able to bombard the Russian Pacific fleet which had been blockaded there and from then on it was the beginning of the end for the Russians.After a few weeks on the 2nd January 1905 the garrison had surrendered. 5 THE SIEGE OF DIEN BIEN PHU 1954 The biggest and most decisive battle of the Indo-China war of 1946-54 was the 55-day siege of the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu.When France had been defeated in June 1940 the Nationalist movements in French Indo-China had fought against the Japanese troops of occupation with the hope that at the end of the war they would win their independence.But when the Japanese surrendered in 1945 the French demonstrated their intention to reoccupy their former colonies.In Vietnam this was stoutly resisted by the communist-led Vietminh headed by a former London pastry cook named Ho Chi Minh.For eight years Ho's guerrillas under the command of ex-history teacher Vo Nguyen Giap-whose wife had died in a French prison-attacked the French. Even with support from the United States the French could not defeat the Vietminh and when General Henri Eugene Navarre took command of French forces in Vietnam,most people in France were thoroughly sickened by the costs of the war.The French government made it clear to Navarre that they were looking for a way out. Navarre's idea was to lure the Vietminh into discarding their guerrilla tactics for a set-piece battle where with their superior equipment,tanks and air power the French could be confident of a decisive victory.This would be done by placing a garrison of elite troops led by Colonel Christian de Castries 200 miles west of Hanoi around the village of Dien Bien Phu. Unfortunately Navarre like many of the military had underestimated the Vietminh.They knew that the Vietminh had artillery,but not only thought the Vietminh gunners to be incompetent,but also thought that they would'nt be able to transport their guns through the mountains to within range of the garrison.However Chinese instructors had since trained the gunners of General Vu Hien's 351st Heavy Division and by the most extraordinary labour the guns had been dismantled and transported to the required destination.The French had also completely underestimated the number of troops that Giap would be able to deploy. Throughout January and February the Vietminh began to emplace their artillery and in March the bombardment began. General Piroth the one-armed French artillery commander had vowed to destroy any Vietminh gun careless enough to reveal its position,but in his arrogance had left his own artillery inadequately fortified,found that he could not protect the airstrip vital to the garrison and committed suicide on the 14th March.So the French had to resort to air drops to supply the garrison,but even these became dangerous when the Vietminh employed 37mm AA guns.Navarre had become depressed by the size of the communist effort;further it was found that the ground surrounding Dien Bien Phu,heavily covered in bush and made soft by heavy rains,(which were also hampering the French Airforce) was completely unsuitable for the tanks which Navarre had hoped to be the decisive weapon in the battle. In the final stages of the battle,Giap,afraid that a peace settlement in the Geneva peace talks then in progress would rob him of his victory,hurled his troops-with,he claimed, their active agreement-against the French fortifications without regard to losses,knowing the impact this would have on the international conference.At 5.30 on the 1st May the fighting stopped and the French tricolour was replaced with the red flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.Giap's army had suffered massive losses,but the French defeat had convinced those at Geneva that the independent regime in Vietnam should now be recognised.