Two Guns of Lt. Sam

Lt. Sam is moving his section of two field guns with crew through a small town when he is alerted to the approach of three bands of native raiders.
Facing north-west: Table as it is being set up.
Facing north-west: The small town as the Amercian artillery enters at top center. The natives will arrive from below center and from the bottom right edge of this view.
Facing south-east: The town is out of view to the bottom center. At near top left you can see gun number two awaiting the opportunity to fire as at center gun number one finally fires on a band of native spears off view to the right. At top center two more bands of natives can be seen closing in on the rail road town. It is commonly believed that the junior officer should have lept his guns on the opposite side of the open field at bottom so as to give his guns better fields of fire and more opportunity to use canister with greater effect.
Facing south-east: Number two gun can be seen wiped out near the railroad tressel with number one gun empty as well. Survivors of the number one gun prepare to receive a charge of the surviving natives spears which have comingled to eventually surge forward and destroy them. At left and center bottom the surviving gunners who were minding the caissons can be seen preparing to flee with the horse teams.

Results:
Natives trasjed the American artillery at such close range with their spears. The horse teams manage to escape and the guns were later discovered abandoned and undamaged although the town folk had to flee as well.

Natives - Major Victory - WINNER!
Americans - Major Defeat