Subject: Message: The Derby Creek Campaign 

Author: Ed Wimble

Hypothetical: 

This scenario presupposes several things. 1st; that Gates released the
Northern Army when Washington ordered him to do so. 2nd; That Greene
formed these troops into an army on the Jersey side of the Delaware (as
they were intended). 3rd; that Washington heeded the advice of several
of his senior commanders that Fort Mifflin had to be held. 4th, That he
moved the bulk of his army south of the Schuykill in a timely manner to
affect this, leaving Armstrong and most of the Pa. militia to watch the
city from the north bank of the Schuylkill (and complete the
fortifications in and around Whitemarsh that were to become Fort
Washington.) 

Scenario: 

Start Time: November 8 

Finish: November 27 

Rebel Morale Index +2 (they had just won the double VP victory of Redbank) 

Accumulated Action Point Index: 5 

Special Start Restriction: Washington has the initiative on the November
8 turn. ! Crown Deployment: Set up as per Scenario 13.9 (Exception: The
71st Foot instead begins in Chester and the Light Sail squadron in hex
3309. The brigade of British Grenadiers begins in hex 3113. The works on
Province Island are not built and the Hessian Grenadiers (-3SPs) are
instead in hex 3114 and may not move for the length of the scenario.) 

Rebel Deployment: 

Hex 3118: Armstrong and Pa. Militia Force Cadwalader -1 SP (and an
entrenchment under construction for one round) 

Hex 3219: Pa. militia force Reed -1 SP (and an entrenchment under
construction for one round) 

Hex 3318: Pa. militia force Irvine (and an entrenchment under
construction for one round) 

Hex 2917: Sheldon's Dragoons 

Hex 2616: Pa. State Navy Gallies and the floating batteries 

Hex 2716: One Pa. militia unit 

In Fort Mifflin: Varnum's Brigade 

In Fort Mercer: Brigade Paterson 

Between Forts Mifflin and Mercer: The cheveau de frise! (note that the
one at Billingsport is broken) 

In Haddonfield (hex 2713) Column Greene including brigades Glover, Poor
and Learned 

Hex 3209: One N.J. militia unit 

Hex 3013: General Newcomb including Foreman's N.J. Militia force and two
N.J. militia units 

Hex 3012: Morgan's Rifles 

Hex 2914: One N.J. Militia unit 

Hex 2615: Byrd's Dragoons 

At Burlington (hex 2116): One N.J. militia unit 

At Claymont (hex 3807): General Caesar Rodney and 3 Delaware Militia units 

At Harriton (hex 3516) Potter's PA. militia force 

At the Geulph (hex 3517): Column Wayne including brigade McDougall and
Bland's Dragoons 

At Mattson Ford (hex 3418): Column Washington including Divisions
Sullivan, Alexander (-1SP), Stephens (now LaFayette), Brigade Nash (now
McIntosh) and Rumney's Va. militia force and General Smallwood
(including three MD. militia units) 

Hex 3713: White's Dragoons 

Hex 4012: One Pa. militia unit 

Hex 4110: One Pa. militia unit 

Special rules! : The ferry in hex 3113 is now a floating bridge. A
player may declare it destroyed by simply occupying (ending the movement
of a unit) either hex representing one of the banks of the Schuylkill
river to which it connects. 

Victory: If the cheveau de fries between Forts Mifflin and Mercer is
still intact at the end of the Scenario the Americans win a victory. If
this is the case and Fort Mercer is still in Rebel control the Americans
win a Strategic victory, if these are the case and Fort Mifflin is in
Rebel control the Americans win a Decisive victory. 

Crown Victory: Per the Campaign Game

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