Guards to Poltava - Pygmy Wars

Umpire’s Notes
The Reds may deploy anywhere west of the river
and on the east bank as far south as the main
road that heads east to Kharkov. The fresh
forces may all be dug in, the remnants of
previous battles may not be.
The Whites will all enter the table on the
southern edge around Teresky, between the
river and the eastern table edge.
Ultimately the Whites win the campaign if they
cross the river and take the outskirts of Poltava.
The Reds win if they stop them.
last, able to challenge the Whites in the
extensive no-mans-land between the railway
lines, and subsequently drive back the White
tide.
Some equally exciting first hand accounts can be
found in print regarding other theatres, such as
the campaigns around Archangel in northern
Russia from British and American sources, and
the notes in the Royal Tank Corps journal of
1919 charting the advance of the White forces on
Leningrad are another fantastic source that I
hope to present in a similar format in the future.
Conclusion
Well, hopefully by the time you have
played the campaign through you’ll have
had an enjoyable time, and perhaps
have a better insight into the nature of the Civil
War in Russia thanks to our correspondent,
Brigadier Williamson.
This advance represented the high point of the
White counter-revolutionary forces in Russia.
Trotsky’s phenomenal, and ultimately thankless,
efforts to build an effective, professional Red
Army would soon see a better class of Bolshevik
forces come to the battlefield. Not least would
be the contribution of the new Red Cavalry
forces led by Semyon Budyenny that were, at