The board has one hundred and thirty-nine (139) squares that can be occupied. It represents a comparatively level field, traversed by a river impassable except at the fords and bridge.

In crossing the fords and bridge the figures move one, two, or three squares, according to their power, as elsewhere on the board. The short black lines indicate the entrances to the fords and bridge.

A figure cannot take, or check, another across the river, except at the fords and bridge. For example, a figure on square 39 cannot take, or check, a figure on square 54; nor can a figure on square 55 take, or check, a figure on square 40 or 48. (Squares are numbered in Plate 4.)

ARRANGEMENT OF THE FIGURES ON COMMENCING THE GAME.

On the defending side, Cavalry occupies the first square on the right of the line of nine squares. Artillery, the second. Infantry of the Line, third, fourth, and fifth. Cavalry, sixth. Artillery, seventh. Infantry of the Line, eighth and ninth. The Citadel, fifth square from the right of the first line of eight squares. Light Infantry, first, third, fifth, and seventh squares of the second row of seven squares.

The figures of the attacking side are arranged like those of the defence, except that the Wagon is placed on the fifth square of the line of nine squares, and a piece of Infantry of the Line on the first square immediately in front of it.