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Thursday, 7 August 2025

On Campaign - Sappers and Miners - the shadow of Sebastopol

 The slow build up continues around the Chatham Lower Lines, and sapping and mining will be a feature of this campaign game.  Siege training really took off at Chatham after the Siege of Sebastopol - which had highlighted many deficiencies across the whole army, including the Engineers. 

As a result of the great siege in the Crimea, the Royal Sappers and Miners would be amalgamated with the Royal Engineers in 1856 to become the new Corps of Royal Engineers.  For this campaign some hearty Crimean and Mutiny types will be fulfilling this role.






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