On Campaign - the finale - phase 1

 A beautiful day (four) dawned, and as the mining continued below ground, the toy soldiers deployed for the finale of the Chatham Field Days.

The attacking Brigade is composed of three Battalions and one Independent Company.  

The Brigade 

The Guards (composite) battalion

 The Fore and Fit Princess Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen-Anspach's Merther-Tydfilshire Own Royal Loyal Light Infantry, Regimental District 329A

The Royal Cardigan, Brecon & Radnor Rifles

1 x Independent Coy -  Rifle Brigade with 2 x ladder sections - Royal Engineers as a Forlorn Hope

The Brigade commander observes from the parapet, awaiting the explosion of the mine.  The Divisional HQ are sending orders ...

Meanwhile in the Redan, the Garrison is composed of volunteers from the Central Invalid Depôt at Chatham.  The CO requires some assistance after a heavy night in the Opium Den with John Jasper, the choir master of Cloisterham (Rochester) ...

The Chatham Invalids, 1855