Action at Keneffa....

 While the main column marched to the relief of Fort Lepoulet near Bourek (see here ); the 1st FFL Marching Company was tasked with protecting their northern flank. They were sent to occupy the small town of Keneffa (which sits astride the main route through a hilly rocky area).

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The FFL column approaches Keneffa....

Their arrival has been spotted.....

a view of the town...

The FFL deployment...

The opposition assembles and starts to advance...

The attackers move forward towards the town....

closing in to attack the FFL......

Steady firing from the FFL drives off the camel mounted attackers, but more are coming in on foot....

A tight tussle on the edge of the town.....

The FFL repel the attackers who retire back to reform....

The second wave of attackers on foot, reach the defending FFL.....

The Spahis make their move.....

another attack repulsed by the FFL....

The Spahis follow through .....

and drive off the remaining attackers.....

A Victory for the FFL

Foreign Legion Marching company on the table....

 Out on the table, some marching pictures, working a little scenario involving them...

More mounted opposition ....

 More mounted opposition for the French Foreign Legion completed (converted plastic Afghan figures). With the rest they make up a good size force....

Foreign Legion - More Desert Raiders....

 Some more camel mounted opposition for the Foreign Legion...

combined with the '1st batch' ...

FFL - Compagnie Saharienne

Locals in the pay of the French, camel mounted french officer in charge...

FFL - Algerian Spahis...

 Using some Gringos40s figures from their 28mm Tonkin range, I've added a detachment of mounted Algerian spahis

FFL Mounted Company ...

 All the figures for the Foreign Legion mounted company completed. Marching & mounted men..

Deployed with horse/mule holders...

FFL Project - In preparation..

 Algerian Spahis (gringos40),

 Mounted arabs - Wargames Atlantic Afghans, with some modification ( I may do some more green stuff work)

 and camel mounted desert raiders.. (Redoubt with some spare parts from the plastic Afghans)

FFL Mounted Company (WIP)

 After the last set of games I'm now going through the FFL collection and making some improvements. Also I've been retiring some figures from the collection, these will head off to the melty-pot of doom to be made into some 40mm figures.

Of course when I spotted a number of lots on Ebay which were worth a punt.  I ended up with some more figures. The reason for buying them was so that I could now make up a mounted company on the march and deployed.  A plus was the building, some barrels & boxes and a palm tree.

The purchased lot(s)...

I had a couple of redoubt legionaries on mules and with the figures I bought I could setup the company on the march,

Also horse-holders too, so the deployed company

Some painting to do :)

The Battle of Bourek...

The FFL relief column arrives to the north of the town of Bourek, in the distance they could see Fort Lepoulet...

a detachment has taken control of the northern suburbs of the town

The commander of the Berbers orders his men to turn towards the relief column ....

The Berbers move up into position behind a line of  low dunes...

The FFL commander, orders the flag unfurled and the troops to deploy ...

The Berbers have finished repositioning themselves...

The FFL take up positions in a line from the rocky outcrops to the edge of the town....

The mountain gun is deployed....

The FFL ready for action ....

A view of the battle field....

The Berbers prepare to attack.....

The Berbers start to advance ...

And then break into a run ...... they approach the FFL ....

Their mounted troops close with little loss (appallingly bad shooting from the FFL)....

The Berber horse-men are beaten off and fall back to attempt to re-group...

The camel mounted Berber continue to fight as the FFL just about hold them back...; the Chasseurs D'Afrique move up through the gap ...

The Berbers attacking on foot surge forward, this time the FFL firing is more effective and nearest attackers go down ... the Berber attack stalls and they fall back slightly ...

The Chasseurs D'Afrique charge the nearest lot of Berber infantry 

the camel mounted Berbers are beaten off and retreat as their supporting infantry rout; the Chasseurs D'Afrique then move up to attack the the Berber's centre

The Berber infantry are now falling back....

The Berber centre fails to stand and the Chasseurs D'Afrique follow through ....

The FFL advance to support the Chasseurs D'Afrique

as the mountain gun fires at long range to discomfort the Berbers even more hastening their headlong retreat..

A victory for the FFL;  Fort Lepoulet has been relieved. 

The Berbers have lost and leave the area... (for now ?)

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Notes:  

• Forces/Losses..

FFL:Algerian Tirailleurs  .. 3 dead from 12;  Bat D'Af.   7 dead from 24;

Chasseur D'afrique 1 dead from 10

Berber Tribes..8 dead from 15 horse riders; 20+ dead from 50

Desert Raiders: 8 dead from 12 camel riders, 15+ dead (from 40)