On Campaign - bombardment

 

With both sides deployed, the first two game days were spent with an artillery duel and sapping and mining.

The besiegers fielded;

    2 x Armstrong heavy guns

    2 x howitzer 

    2 x mortar 

    1 x rocket

The defenders fielded;

    3 x heavy fortress guns 

    1 x fortress gun

The Armstrong cannon

The Congreve Rocket was in a depth position in the Pigsty.

The bombardment was conducted with the excellent Nerf gun - small calibre - and the besiegers weight of fire began to tell.  At the close of play the two Bastions were damaged, and the Redan hit in several places.  Much of this damage could be fixed overnight by the defenders.  However, two of the fortress guns had been destroyed.  The Besiegers received relatively slight losses, with one gun damaged.

At the close of the Campaign day, no breach had been made.  The attackers could conceivably build a new parallel and mass a breaching battery, but all eyes were now turned - underground ...