Animals in Consims (fwd)
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>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:32:22 -0500
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>The book THE NAVAL WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1914-1918 by Paul G Halpern, is a
>wonderful read, and there is a brief account of some operations which I
>thought would make a nice variation for skirmish gamers.
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>During 1916-17, small units of the Royal Navy conducted operations that would
>best be described as ‘cattle rustling’. Specifically, Royal Navy (and Marine)
>boats would go ashore in Turkey and raid farms, etc. removing quantities of
>cattle (in the European sense of ‘cattle’ referring to many kinds of
>livestock, not just the bovine. This obtained extra food for the Entente
>units, and removed potential food sources for Turkish/Central powers forces.
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>MINIATURE WARGAMES and WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED readers could probably find a nice
>Viking raid skirmish scenario and update it to World War One rules….
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> – Brooks A. Rowlett