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Balkan Blast at the Telegraph, or How I Plan to Kick Bulgarian Butt

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Two weeks ago telegraph station 307 was overrun by a combined force of Romanians and Bulgarians. In a surprise raid a small group crossed the border 12Km away, intent on destroying the telegraph station. Not content with just cutting the lines they came armed with black powder ready to completely destroy the station.  Romanian fusiliers backed up by Dorobonti militia and a handful of Bulgarians stealthily crossed the border and worked their way through the fields and woods until they could pounce upon the station.  They observed the signalmen and their Grenz guards and waited until the guard mount was being switched to strike right before the replacements arrived. This action can be fully read about on Ed's blog of renown here, https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2025/02/balkan-border-fracas-one-hour-skirmish.html?m=1 Dorobonti militia posing after the successful raid.  A feldjäger unit has been dispatched to recapture the telegraph station ...
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The Wolves of Torghar

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After departing Ghul Akbar's shura, having been told only to find the heretics and smite them, Malik Nangial Sahi gathered his most trusted cousins Rostum Mahsud and Sharim Rizui and traveled south towards Maidan. Here they met two other cousins Zorak Sahi and Gul Sabani both fine marksmen with the most accurate jezzails ever crafted east of the Indus. They recommended two of their cousins armed with matchlocks and chora, Zarghi and Zarin, who brought their youngest brother Gul along for good measure. After gathering supplies the party left Maidan crossing deep into the Torghar, in search of heresy and the proselytizing of false rules.  After the third night they made their camp, surrounded by thick woods, they lit a roaring fire to stave off the darkness.  Soon they heard the howling of wolves on the mountain winds, and something else, something older, something sinister... Glowing eyes encircled the camp, and the low growls could be heard from the wolves, communicating their...
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