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Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th-Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
SAMUEL HARRIS LEVI 12 Laurence Pountney Lane London E.C. Merchant
do.hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A square board marked out with ellipses squares circles forts entrenchments.
A set of rules for playing the game of Anarese.
A set of men or battalions a special feature of which is that these men or
batallions can be divided into two parts and thus become double men or battalions
thereby increasing the force to be employed on the field of battle these men can be
made of wood bone metal or any other material and are of various new and original
shapes and join together with a small fixed peg in either of the halves or with a
screw or other appliance, for the securing together of the parts until it is necessary
to divide them.
METHOD OF PLAYING THE GAME.
This game which is an illustration of the science of attack and defence will call
forth the skill patience and strategy of the player and will educate and teach both
young and old to exercise those powers of the mind which are always improved by.
games of skill such as chess draughts etc. in which class this game may be
included as against those games whose results are obtained by the throwing of
dice and other such chance methods.
The game is played by two players.
The board is supposed to be a battle-field and the object is either to capture the
enemy's pieces or so block the opposing force that they cannot either advance or
recede; or to take possession of the whole of the enemy's forts, and the game is
won by the side that first attains either of these objects.
The parts of the game are a board on which are marked 2 camps A and B
with 9 forts in each camp 18 outposts and 62 entrenchments; 18 pieces 9 of each
two different colours; each piece representing a battalion. These pieces are
divisible into two parts and when so divided, as will be seen by the rules of
the game, they become two battalions and are then possessed of extra powers.
The game is played in the following way :-Pieces are placed at each of the
The first
9 outposts, in the two camps and the game is between the two camps.
move must be decided by courtesy or a toss, but after the first game the first move
is to the victor. When the pieces are placed advances may be made in turns from
entrenchment to entrenchment the main objects being as before stated and the
pieces can be moved steadily on but must not be moved backwards; but they may
be moved sideways along either side of an ellipse; neither side can pass by or over
an entrenchment when it is occupied by an opposing piece until they have
outflanked the opposing force; when they have done that, and captured an enemy's
outpost and taken possession of a fort; the piece must be divided into two parts;
one placed in the fort and one in the outpost, and both these pieces can then be,
used to attack the enemy from the rear, and they now have the power of moving
backwards or forwards as they please and they can capture the enemy's pieces, but
they may only be moved to an outpost and from one entrenchment to another.
It is advisable to occupy the forts when once you have captured them.

page_text: With these few directions it will soon be discovered how the game is to be played
and how battles are lost and won.
15th June 1895.
SAMUEL H. LEVI.
A Game.
I, SAMUEL HARRIS LEVI, of 12 Laurence Pountney Lane, London, E.C.
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The object of this invention is to provide a game illustrative of the science
of attack and defence, and which shall call forth the skill, patience, and strategy of
the player, and educate both young and old in the exercise of those powers of the
mind which are always improved by games of skill, such as chess, draughts, and
the like, to which class this game belongs rather than to that class depending upon
chance methods, such as the throwing of dice and the like.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents the board on which the game
is played by two players. The board is supposed to represent a battle-field, the
opposing camps A and A× being at opposite ends of the board. These camps are
respectively provided with nine forts C C*, and outposts D D. Lying between
the camps A and A* are a number of entrenchments represented by the dots E
connected together by curved lines as shewn. Each player is provided with nine
pieces, each of which represents say a battalion of soldiers, Each of these pieces
is divisible into two, and when divided, possesses additional power as will be herein-
after described. They may be made of wood, bone, metal, or of any other suitable
material, and of any convenient form or design, the opposing forces being of
distinctive colours or designs. Two of these pieces are illustrated in Figures 2
and 3, that in Figure 2 having a circular, and Figure 3 a hexagonal base. Their
parts may be connected together by dowel pins (as shewn in Figure 2) by screws or
otherwise. The object of the players is either to capture the enemy's pieces, or to
so block the opposing force that they can neither advance nor recede, or to take
possession of the whole of the enemy's forts, the game being won by the player
who first attains either of these objects.
The game is played in the following manner :-The players place their pieces at
each of the nine outposts D and D*. The first move of each game may be decided
by courtesy, a toss, or otherwise. Advances are then made in turns from entrench-
ment to entrenchment, the beforementioned objects being kept in mind, and the
pieces moved steadily on, forwards or sidewise but must not be moved backwards.
Neither side can pass by or over an entrenchment E when it is occupied by an
opposing piece until they have outflanked the opposing force, captured an enemy's
outpost, and taken possession of a fort. The piece must then be divided into two
parts, and one part placed in the fort and one in the outpost. Both these pieces
now have the power of moving backwards or forwards as they please, and can thus
be used for attacking the enemy from the rear, and can capture his pieces, but they
may only be moved from outpost to entrenchment, and from one, entrenchment to
another.
It is advisable to occupy the forts when once you have captured them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The new or improved game illustrative of the science of attack and
defence, which consists of a board or surface marked and divided so as to represent

page_text: a battle field with forts, outposts, and entrenchments, in combination with pieces
representing men or battalions moving on such board or surface, the said pieces
being divisible, substantially as described.
Second. For the purposes of a game of the kind herein described, the apparatus
consisting of a board or surface marked and divided so as to represent a battle-field
with forts, outposts, and entrenchments, and pieces representing men or battalions
intended to be moved on the said board or surface, substantially as described.
Third. The new or improved game constructed and used substantially as described
with reference to the accompaning drawings.
Dated this 17th das ML 1000
S. H. LEVI,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.