tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56528529074033385322024-03-10T13:46:37.555+11:00Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny FrogYet ANOTHER Wargaming Blog Dedicated to the Napoleonic PeriodBen Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-25623998684830171022019-06-21T15:34:00.000+10:002019-06-21T15:37:13.255+10:00A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the following Saturday club meeting. Vana joined us again with his Austrians, and <a href="http://this28mmlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ian</a>, returning to the Napoleonic fold, partnered me with his French.</div>
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This time Paul had an idea to make the game more of a challenge by adding a string of impassable marshy ponds down the middle of the table, in effect creating 3 avenues for attack. I think he may have come to regret his decision!</div>
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Where Ian's and my forces brushed elbows in the centre of the table was one avenue, which I left mainly to Ian. On my left flank was another between a marsh and a village. The woods and fields to the right of this village meant any advance from that direction would end up with multiple disorders, so having learnt my lesson from the previous game, I decided that my brigade on that flank would stand on the defensive and protect Ian's left flank. If Paul wanted to attack over all that, he was welcome!</div>
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The left flank provided much better options, especially as I'd organised a combined arms advance with an overpowering superiority in artillery. This time I wasn't going to waste my guns and advanced with proper support. The whole force had a protective skirmish screen out in front and a strong second line to either protect the flank or exploit any breakthrough.</div>
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Paul seemed focused on the central avenue, where he was aiming his cavalry and his dreaded 12 pounders. Fortunately, he didn't have much of a target as I kept my troops behind the lee of the nearest hill. On the left, I was screened by the village and his own troops for the time being. </div>
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Paul occupied the village and moved his infantry into closed column to counter the cavalry threat posed by my Italian dragoons moving around the left flank. All that did was make lip-smacking targets for my artillery. Once I got my skirmish screen out of the way, his infantry suffered the attention of two 8-gun foot batteries and one 6-gun horse battery. Ouch!</div>
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In an effort to mitigate the cavalry threat, Paul moved a couple of infantry battalions into the woods to have a flank shot on any forward movement by my cavalry. I have a long history of throwing away my cavalry too early, so I decided patience was a virtue and left them where they were, sheltered on the left by the nearest marshy pond, while bringing up some infantry to potentially deal with the Russian lurkers in the woods at a later stage.</div>
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Meanwhile, in the centre, Vana and Ian were having a backwards and forwards, to and fro, hammer and tongs, cavalry and infantry, Clash of the Titans arm wrestle in the extremely restricted central corridor. Ian had set up an anchored line with cavalry support, daring Vana to attack. Vana was forced to go in piecemeal because he couldn't deploy the forces he needed to really apply pressure. Besides some opportunistic clashes, I think their flank was relatively quiet for most of the game.</div>
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Paul decided discretion was the better part of valour and began backing off on the flank, unable to withstand the pressure of the artillery. I even managed to get one Russian battalion to retreat after inflicting too many casualties! I could have possibly forced the issue and attacked up that corridor, but with Russian infantry covering the approach on both flanks, I wasn't sold on the idea. Especially when it seemed Paul was switching his attention to the centre. He deployed troops from the village to threaten the flanks of my central infantry brigade, so I began redeploying my reserves and artillery to try and counter this threat. In the meantime, one of the central battalions had to turn to face the threat, thus weakening the line facing the approaching enemy infantry. This made it a target for the 12 pounder battery, which mauled it in typical fashion in some of its only action of the game.</div>
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Approaching my central brigade through a ploughed field surrounded by a stone wall was Paul's light infantry brigade. I was relatively confident that they could be contained, because I had uncommitted reserves and was bringing my batteries over to the centre. Even if they could damage my infantry facing them, I Paul didn't have the troops to exploit any breakthrough, whereas I had the infantry to go on the counter attack. I just had to get them in place. He, meanwhile, was advancing through difficult terrain. My right hand columns were in closed column due to the threat posed by some Austrian dragoons, so Paul angled his attack to focus on the right hand light infantry battalion. the whole brigade stood and fired. It wasn't enough to stop the charge, but it did some damage and with the general attached, the right hand column was only forced to retire. The Russians ended up just short of Ian's infantry square and with an exposed flank. Needless to say, in my next turn, the nearest battalion moved up and fired into their flank. With their disorders and an unfavourable die roll, they were soon running for the rear! The other two Jaeger battalions charged directly ahead and met my other battalions in an inconclusive draw, both being forced back off the hill with disorders.</div>
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Vana then followed up with a cavalry charge from his small dragoon regiment to dissuade me from following up my success. I'd already formed the column into closed column, so I wasn't too worried, and with supporting fire from Ian's square and my neighbouring column, the charge was repulsed.</div>
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By this stage, Paul's infantry had nothing left and, from memory, Vana's had shot its bolt and crashed against Ian's steadfast line.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's Russians divided between the flank....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the centre. <br />
His 12 pounder battery spent most of the game pivoting left and right behind the village, only unlimering and firing a couple of times all game. Phew!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian partnered me with his French, mainly focusing on defending the central corridor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vana's Austrians began looking like they'd try going around the flank...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....rather than the centre.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul began strongly in closed column to claim the village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He moved a small force into the woods on the far left flank to dissuade me from trying to move too far forward.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was worried about my Italian dragoons (as well he should!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian forms up an anchored line in the face of Vana's combined arms advance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian's chasseurs launch an opportunity charge at Vana's infantry in just about the only clash on the right flank all afternoon. That put the brakes on any further Austrian advance and devolved into back and forth artillery volleys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian deploys his dragoons in front of his anchored line in preparation to charge the guns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, my guns are taking a toll on Paul's closed columns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's infantry in the ploughed field and his cavalry seem more interested in what's going on with the Austrians. My infantry are still keeping their heads down as Paul's artillery dither.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dragoons weigh up the odds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infantry come up in support, possibly to clear out the woods on the flank to allow the cavalry a free hand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian charges the guns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the horse guns limber and flee, the nearest infantry is extremely lucky and forms square in the nick of time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vana's cavalry then charge Ian's blown and disordered dragoons...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...who are forced to withdraw!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was severely tempted to push on around the left flank...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but things started to develop in the centre! My left hand battalion had to turn to face the threat to its flank, while the rest of the brigade face the infantry and cavalry threat to the front. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My guns limber and redeploy to the centre.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crisis point of the game is reached! Ian's infantry is faced by Paul's cavalry and a remnant of Vana's infantry. My columns on the hill are facing a massed formation of Jaegers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jaegers charge my light infantry in closed column, who can't bear the </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the nearest two battalions have been forced off the hill, perfectly positioned to get into the flank of Paul's isolated columns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After changing into closed column, my nearest battalion then pivots and fires into the Russians' flank!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They vacate the area forthwith (indicated by the white die on the hill).<br />
My artillery has now deployed at close range to pound the nearest Russkis, while fresh reserves approach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still trying to keep the pressure up on the left flank, but the Russian infantry just keeps backpedalling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vana's last roll of the dice: his cavalry charges in, but accurate defensive fire stops the charge in its tracks!</td></tr>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-64099399526419943722019-06-18T11:13:00.000+10:002019-06-18T11:13:38.559+10:00A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.</td></tr>
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This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French troops against the Russians of Paul C., the first of which I made some abysmal errors and paid the price.</div>
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As always, the ridge-line in between the two forces attracted us both, but being closer to Paul meant that he reached it first while my brigade was caught mid-transit over a series of hedges with the resulting disorders weighing them down. I'd also sent my strong artillery contingent that way, planning to set them on top of the ridge, but they found themselves in an awkward position at the bottom of the ridge without a clear target and with friendly infantry about to block their field of fire anyway!</div>
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Once Paul set up his dreaded 12 pounder battery, I gave up all hope of ejecting him form the ridge and decided the more open left flank was the place to try an attack, using the occupied village as the hinge between the two flanks of my division. While Bill partnered me with his French division against Vana's Austrians, Garry commanded the Allied cavalry and was playing the role of lurking death well. My planned move out on the left flank had to be done very carefully as Russian dragoons in large numbers, horse artillery and infantry all lurked waiting to pounce on any mistake I made. </div>
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While focusing on the left, I completely took my eye off the ball when I moved my right hand brigade back behind the hedges and left the guns high and dry. Not only did I commit a cardinal sin of removing support for my artillery in the face of the enemy, I also left my infantry columns in a staggered line. This made the task of rolling up the whole brigade so much more easy!</div>
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My artillery, left like a shag on a rock, became the target of Paul's converged grenadier regiment. Probably unwisely, my gunners opted to stand to their guns and go down fighting, but they couldn't take enough of the front line to prevent the inevitable mauling. They broke and ran, abandoning their guns! Paul understandably took the breakthrough move, careering over the hedges and into the first of my disordered battalions, who stood and fired at the onrushing mass. With the breaking artillery, being outnumbered 3-1 and a fatally large overlap, the results were inevitable. First one and then another battalion in the way of the wall of Russian green fled to the rear, as broken rabbles! The Russian charge petered out just short of the third and remaining French battalion.</div>
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Thankfully, Bill had moved a battery and some supporting cavalry to enfilade Paul's wrecking crew and after a couple of volleys into their flanks, first one and then a second Russian infantry battalion were heading heading to the rear. Huzzah! (thanks Bill!). However, Garry had some Austrian cuirassiers lurking in the gap, so I was reluctant to try to exploit Paul's discomfort with my Italian dragoons. Especially since the cuirassiers and dragoons had had an inconclusive encounter already. </div>
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Anyhoo, that was just a pause in Paul's green steam-roller advance; the poor single battalion leftover from the previous charge did its best to remain while the reserve desperately tried to shift from the flank in time to lend some support, but it was all in vain; it was given the bum's' rush. </div>
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After that, the inevitable was only a matter of time. Garry's cavalry and artillery on my left flank, coupled with a small detachment of infantry had kept my advance pinned. Now Paul's reserves started to advance not only on that flank, but behind his victorious converged grenadiers. My Italian infantry had their work cut out to cover the French retreat without turning into a rout! The only battalions Paul lost were due to Bill's intervention, not my own, so I couldn't even console myself with giving him a bloody nose in the process (oh, the shame...)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had high hopes for my artillery, but I cocked up where I placed them, so they hardly came into play before they were swept off the field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things start off ok. I've secured the village, cavalry protecting the flank, reserves ready to go where needed. However, the artillery is stuck behind the infantry on the right flank, a help to neither man nor beast. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infantry and artillery scramble through the hedges, incurring disorders for no purpose.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the left of the village, the Italians wade through the crops to see if there's an opportunity to exploit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On their way to seize the ridge, my infantry sees the ridge sprout Russian grenadiers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behind the grenadiers are the <b>&^%$$!!</b> 12 pounders, which will unlimber in the gap between the grenadiers and the village, causing carnage at close range! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After pulling back behind the hedges, the Mean Green Fighting Machine roars down the slope into everything in its path! The red marker indicates the breakthrough move after smashing the battery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RUN AWAY! Two batteries and two battalions head for the hills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remaining battalion requires a clean change of underwear....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...then another Russian battalion flee after a judicious application of roundshot to the flank!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My reserves decide it's time to back into the woods in order to attempt stem the rout on the right flank. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's forces focus on the gaping hole to their left, while my dragoons recover after an inconclusive clash with Garry's cuirassiers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My remaining battalion are shown the door!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bums' rush!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a sterling performance, Paul's grenadiers are left out on a limb. Can I exploit their isolated position?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's supports advance to cover his extended grenadiers. The Italians try to stem the tide!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My infantry on the grenadiers' flank blaze away to little effect!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The village is re-occupied to offer a defensive anchor point, but those damned 12 pounders are at point blank range!</td></tr>
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My mother-in-law, Rosemary, died suddenly a week and a half ago due to complications with the surgery she decided in the end to have. Either way, she was faced with a terrible choice; a slow deterioration which could rob her of a meaningful life, or a risky operation which offered her a chance of total recovery or catastrophic failure. After a week in which her symptoms only got worse, she opted to take the surgery with the proviso that if anything went wrong, she would be allowed to die without intervention. The surgeries themselves went without a hitch; it was just her body's reaction to them that was the risk factor, and unfortunately the worst happened. She died after a very rapid deterioration in her condition a week and a half ago. </div>
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We said goodbye to her yesterday in a moving ceremony where my stepfather-in-law read out not only his own eulogy, but a letter Rosemary had written to her grandchildren. Each of the four grandkids was presented with a little enamel box and instructed to fill it with things that bring them happiness and that they'll only find these things if they go out and live their lives to the fullest.. If they aren't filled it's a sign that they are not trying hard enough. There was not a dry eye in the house. I'm typing through a mist of tears just thinking about it now!</div>
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We were expecting around forty people to turn up on the day, but were staggered to find nearly double turned up to farewell Rosemary. A true indication of a life well lived, even if it was cut short. She was only 69.</div>
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On to more happy things, as life does go on; my latest units off the workbench; An Italian Light Infantry battalion (the <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://napitalia.org.uk/eng/light1.shtml" target="_blank">1° Reggimento Fanteria Leggera</a>) using HaT's light infantry figures and a couple head swaps on the officer and kneeling <i>voltiggiatore. </i>The link takes you to the Napitalia site for the regiment, but the details on that site don't mention plumes, so I used a little artistic license. My Italians have lacked a light infantry arm for a while now, so that hole has finally been filled!</span></div>
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The other finished unit is a white faced British infantry unit, either the 32nd or 59th Foot. They are not from the order of battle the rest of my British infantry are from, just an addition using the available flags I still have knocking around!</div>
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I decided on this colour scheme before I started research on what I needed to recreate the Albuera order of battle (a long-standing goal for my allied forces). I found out, too late, that there were no regiments with white facings present at Albuera! Oh, well....</div>
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I used a mix of figures, but gave them a touch of uniformity by giving them all heads from the HaT Peninsular War British Infantry set. I think it worked out well seeing there a figures from 3 different manufacturers; Strelets, HaT and Waterloo 1815. The command figures (except for one of the colour bearers) and grenadiers are all Strelets, the advancing figure in the forage cap and the figure ramming a cartridge down the barrel are Waterloo 1815, while the rest are HaT figures with their own heads! Apart from the chunky Strelets muskets, I think they match up quite well with the same heads. I'm pleased with the results anyway!</div>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-25547220879575235042019-04-08T10:50:00.001+10:002019-04-08T10:50:08.407+10:00Wargamers on Video<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/298334632" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Not sure what the point the film maker is trying to make about the link between the effect on soldiers of combat experience and historical wargaming using figures, but there's some nice footage of a game in progress with lovely painted figures and scenery.Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-90332231891087510312019-04-02T12:49:00.000+11:002019-04-08T10:50:53.965+10:00Skirmishers Report Enemy Contact at the Ford...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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At Bill's suggestion, I came up with a scenario for the last Saturday meeting at the club. Loosely based on the weeks leading up to the battle of Salamanca, where the French under Marmont were trying to evade Wellington's army for the weeks preceding the battle. Bill was looking for some practice of the skirmish rules for our game, so I designed a scenario where both sides had sent out a large skirmish screen ahead of their respective advanced guards. The French were looking for a crossing point for the rest of the army to get their artillery and baggage across a steep-sided river. The Allies, obviously, wanted to deny them of the opportunity. I decided that each player had four battalions as their scouting party, without cavalry, so that the infantry wouldn't have to worry about getting overrun early in the game! the main body of each side would be diced for on a ever-increasing probability after turn 3.<br />
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The Allies won the initiative, so Bill's Anglo-Portuguese and John R.'s Brunswickers moved up to the river's edge first. Darren's and my Frenchies followed suit next turn and what followed was a frustrating, but fairly realistic, back and forth bickering between our skirmishers. In our rules you have two options; just stand a blaze away, or engage in skirmish combat. The second option is especially useful if your forces greatly outnumber the enemy, or are of significantly better training than your opponents. Basically, it's like a morale test where one side can force another to retreat if the dice roll and other factors come together in a fortuitous way. The first option is just a straight up duel using firepower targeting skirmishers, which as you would expect wastes a lot of powder to little effect!<br />
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Bill and I faced each other over the river and popped away. His Green Jackets were of better quality to my French Legere, but I had the numbers on him, so we more or less cancelled each other out using the special skirmish combat rules. When he opted to just plug away at my troops he had much better results! Firing as Grenadier to my Veteran, he was always more likely to have better luck! He eventually forced one of the battalions to retire after knocking off the magic 30%, forcing a morale test on me. They failed, but not drastically. Still, I needed to keep him on his side of the river, so I brought up the support battalion still in column to stop the rot. That spooked him into forming up his Portuguese Cacadores into line, which was fine by me, as he was threatening to overwhelm my skirmishers with his.<br />
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By this stage it was time to start rolling for the main body to come on. On the first roll (9-10) neither side managed it, but next turn (7-10) both sides rolled for their main bodies to arrive. By then, Bill had got his British Light Dragoon cavalry across the river to threaten my right flank as the main force approached the river. My weakened skirmishers on the right decided discretion was the better part of valour and decamped for the woods on the hilltop. On the left, though, they were made of sterner stuff and held the river line against Bill's approaching line troops as well as linking up with Darren's forces, which had seized the ford and were forcing their way across in the face of John's troops.<br />
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My hussars covered the advance of my infantry who were immediately targeted by Bill's artillery. I hatched a plan on the approach to march up into close artillery range, cop the pain, but cover my artillery batteries which would then unlimber under cover. My infantry would then clear the field of fire and advance, allowing my overwhelming artillery fire power to silence his artillery and force his infantry to stay back. That was the plan, but it wasn't quite that neat. I'd given both my brigadess an artillery battery each, so I had to deploy one and then wait for the other to catch up before I could hatch my genius (on-the-fly) plan. However, it started off well, with my first artillery battery knocking off a couple of guns from his smaller (6-gun battery), which forced a morale test that he failed. His battery then retreated leaving most of his guns behind. Huzzah!<br />
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The first brigade crossed the river into the gap between John's and Bill's infantry. Thankfully, Bill had his riflemen still deployed in front of his remaining artillery, but it was John's hussars who commanded all my attention. I advanced in closed column (another reason I was glad his artillery was masked!), hoping that John's cavalry would back off, or if he did charge, that he'd bounce off my anti-cavalry formation. As it was, I started moving my closed column closest to his cavalry, which triggered the opportunity charge option. he took it and crashed into the infantry. Despite being in closed column, I was pushed back to my starting point at the river. John's victorious cavalry were left high and dry and my other infantry columns advanced past his flank, threatening to cut him off. They beat a hasty retreat to the rear.<br />
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By now I was crossing the river on two fronts. The major crossing confronted by John's cavalry was now regrouping, while on the right, the second brigade crossed in the absence of the closest artillery battery. Bill's infantry columns were packed in close, which isn't all that helpful when you're playing with an Anglo-Portuguese army. I was hoping to get across and then attack him before he could shake his columns out into line. Of course, that didn't happen; he put out a line of Portuguese infantry close enough to the river that I wouldn't be able to shake off the disorders incurred in crossing the river. Inconclusive firefights meant we basically bogged down in our positions. That was fine with me, because it meant he couldn't bring his remaining columns to bear.<br />
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On the other flank, Darren was forging forward against John. I thought be my best option would be to add to the pressure and help Darren by distracting as many of John's troops as I could. I tried a charge on his light troops, but aided by Bill's remaining battery, that attack was repelled. I then tried getting into a threatening position in between a couple of his battalions, but again the results were underwhelming. Still, I was able to threaten his flanks enough that he launched a charge at my advancing infantry. Again, I wasn't successful in fending it off, but I was only forced to retire, not to retreat or break.<br />
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My pressure coupled with Darren's successful incursion on the left led to John's flank collapsing, which was going to leave Bill high and dry if I managed to push in through the gap left by John's retreating forces.<br />
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With Darren in firm control of the ford and John's Brunswickers falling back, it was declared a French victory. <i>Allez les Bleus!</i><br />
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As an exercise in skirmish tactics, it was a demonstration in how it's only worthwhile in overwhelming numbers against an enemy whose own skirmish abilities aren't as good as your own. Bill's riflemen were beginning to get the upper hand against my skirmish screen, but all of that was cancelled out once my cavalry and artillery appeared on the field.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Caçadores and Riflemen move to the riverbank</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's Republican skirmishers advance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contact!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skirmish fire ripples down the river line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plain old blasting away pays off for Bill: My skirmish line shrinks while his envelops the right flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill forms into line as my support column advances to cover the shrinking skirmish line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The skirmishers incurred too many casualties and retreat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never fear, the main body's here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's main body also approaches the river...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...accompanied by dragoons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's cavalry lurk on my left flank, causing my skirmish line to break off for the woods, while my hussars protect the advancing infantry of the main body.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren gets stuck in straight away as John's troops advance on the ford.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's main body also advances, covered by his skirmishers and cavalry beyond the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first brigade deploys behind their artillery battery, flank protected by the hussars, while my second brigade angles to the right. The reserve waits to the rear to await developments</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To my left, Darren piles on the pressure. My first brigade faces the gap between John and Bill.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's columns leave little room for themselves to all deploy in line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill unlimbers artillery at close range and brings up infantry support. My hussars are in for some curry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John's hussars fill the gap between him and John, facing off against my first brigade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's infantry's advance is also covered by John's guns and hussars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sent my small chasseur contingent on a sweep around the rear of the ridge to scare off Bill's cavalry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bills cavalry backed off (top of image), while my first brigade scramble across the river in closed column, covered by the artillery battery. The skirmish line has fallen back, passed by the columns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren has established a foothold on the far bank on the other side of the ford.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My reserve, which consisted of Nassauers, Hessians and renegade Spaniards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first battalion across the river is charged by John's hussars!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are pushed back to the river bank, but the advance of the rest of the brigade advances, forcing the cavalry to withdraw.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The reserve moves up, ready to exploit the advance of the first brigade. The second brigade lines up behind both batteries of artillery, which pound Bill's battery at close range with a 2:1 advantage!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's gunner's say "Bugger this for a game of soldiers!" and decamp!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the demise of one of Bill's batteries, the second brigade takes advantage and crosses the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first brigade holds the line, covered by skirmishers. The battalion driven back by the Brunswick hussars moves up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second brigade masks their guns in moving forward. Bill's crowded columns get in each others' way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John's infantry move up, leaving a tempting gap for one of my battalions to exploit. Leaving it in closed column, though meant I couldn't get the in the requisite 3 functions per turn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's main body wait to exploit any advantage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My reserve move up to the river's edge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's troops fan out in line with a large traffic jam behind. However, with the difficulty in crossing the river and enemy artillery and infantry at close range, this brigade was more or less pinned until the first and reserve brigades could create a breakthrough.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first brigade were losing troops to artillery fire and had troops approaching their flank. Time to do something!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His charge succeeded in pushing one of my battalions back, but it was the last hurrah, as Darren had him on the ropes!</td></tr>
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PS. Madame Mere has taken the option of surgery, despite the risks, and fingers crossed, everything seems to be going well!Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-14536570486915334612019-03-03T17:00:00.002+11:002019-03-03T17:00:57.920+11:00Qué será, será , Whatever will be will be!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite being an apt description of my wargaming philosophy, this quote is an apt description of my Mother-in-Law's outlook on what life chucks at you.</td></tr>
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This battle-report is unique in the annals of this blog: a battle in which I was on the winning side, despite not being there to share in the victory. </div>
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Mrs. Rosbif's mother <span style="font-family: inherit;">(<span style="background-color: white; color: #58595b; font-size: 16px;"><i>Madame Mère</i>?)</span></span> has been not well for a while with unexplained symptoms. The symptoms were finally taken seriously by the saw-bones and further tests found a serious condition. With no further details we felt confident that she was in safe hands in the hospital where the specialists were considering what action to take. While Mrs.R visited her mother, I went to the club and started the game recorded below. Two hours into the game, I got a text asking me to come to the hospital right away. I dropped everything and headed off after entrusting my troops to the chaps to look after in the interim. Getting to the hospital I found that my wife had learned the devastating news that her mother's condition was basically inoperable; any surgery had a 50-50 chance of success. My mother-in-law decided that those odds were not ones she liked, so made the incredibly stoic decision to live what life she has left to her as she chooses and not to make any concessions to the curve-ball life had thrown at her. Hence the Doris Day-inspired title to this post. I just hope if I'm ever in a similar situation I can be half as dignified in the face of my own mortality! </div>
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Anyway, Chez Rosbif is fairly sombre at the moment as can be imagined. Family, friends and work colleagues have all been incredibly supportive to my wife and our kids in this time of shock. Now we are bracing for what is to come.</div>
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After that downer, to the game, or what I experienced of it!</div>
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Paul C. has been been reading a lot of accounts of Napoleonic battles where built up areas were held by one side, taken by the other, then re-taken by the original side. He devised a scenario to try and replicate that situation.</div>
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He set the table with a large central group of BUAs representing a sizeable town with agricultural land and swampy riverbanks on the flanks creating a pinch-point controlled by the town. Any force wanting to move across the table would have to control the town. Paul's Russians held the town, supported by Vana's Austrians, while Quinny and I played the French assaulting forces. We again decided that we'd each start off with an<i> avant-garde</i>, with further forces feeding into the fray at times to be determined. By the time I left I had only had my advanced guard on the table, but things were looking up for the French!</div>
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Vana's Austrian cavalry were threatening my flank, having the wood over my hussars, but he was unsupported, while my infantry were able to let my cavalry recover to get back into the fray effectively at a later stage.</div>
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Quinny had come prepared with an 8-gun 12lber battery which made short work of Paul's nearest defended BUA before he put in his first charge. That counted for 2 Russian BUAs in short time!</div>
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My assault was a little longer in coming as I had only an 8-gun 6lber battery, which took a little longer in whittling down the defenders. After I reduced Paul's defences, I launched a charge with 3-1 odds and captured the nearest BUA while my reserves and cavalry protected the battery's flank from the Austrian cavalry threat. </div>
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That was were my game ended, though Quinny tells me he cleared the town in short order after taking command of my troops.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hussars cover the flanks to the right of the town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first French occupied BUA! Huzzah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up in the top left, the 12lbers blast away at close range, while the rest of Quinny's command mass for the next attack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hussars block the path. A charge followed in which Vana scored a Pyhrric victory, forcing my cavalry back though my infantry, but allowed them to regroup, ready for another go!.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2nd BUA cleared by Quinny causes another battalion of Russians to flee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In pulling his cavalry back, Vana triggered an opportunity charge by my hussars. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite being another inconclusive skirmish, it prevented that small unit from rejoining the other one, thereby neutralising a greater threat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the cavalry duked it out, my guns and best quality troops focused on the nearest BUA, whittling the numbers of defenders down steadily, until....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charge was successful in clearing out the BUA, but I had to leave it there.</td></tr>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-13065130530687866992019-02-18T16:27:00.002+11:002019-02-18T16:28:36.439+11:00Nightboat to Cairo!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Well, it's time to crank the old blog-machine back to life. Little did I know that the title of the last post was going to be so prophetic!</span></div>
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Life has just got too busy in the last couple of years, and something had to give; unfortunately that something was my blog. My wargaming didn't completely stop, but I definitely haven't been able to make it to the club nearly as much as I would like. My figure painting output has also suffered, too. Altogether, the last year has been one of burning the candle at both ends. After the daily work grind and family responsibilities, I haven't had a lot of energy to do much but flop in front of the telly for an hour or so before staggering up the stairs to bed. Oh, woe is me! </div>
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(LOL! It's not that bad really, but I've found my focus changing and while my hobbies are still a big part of my life, my family life is changing gears as my kids grow older, not to mention my wife and I are too...)</div>
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Anyhoo, Last weekend John R. put on a scenario extravaganza that cried out for internet immortality, hence the dust being blown off the old blog. Set in Egypt in the dying days of the 18th century, the scenario saw the French advancing down both banks of the Nile to Cairo, while the local Turkish-led forces had to concentrate their forces to attempt to stymie their progress.</div>
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I was the Turkish C-in-C with the responsibility for protecting Cairo from the infidel onslaught. I had ordered my brave generals Paul C., Bill and Quinny to protect the bridges by any means necessary, while my little flotilla traversed the battlefield from one end to the other, where I was to take command and organise a counter-attack. Nigel had the wild-card command of a battalion of British infantry adjacent to Paul C.'s command on the right bank of the Nile.</div>
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There were four French commands; two on the left bank, one on the right and another coming out of the desert further upstream on the left bank. Garry had the right bank command, Tim the command on left closest to the river, Jenko on his right flank, and Vana had the southern command. His roll seemed to be to act in the role of anvil to pin Bill, while Tim and Jenko acted as the hammer to smash him from the rear. </div>
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I fully expected my generals to play a defensive game and withdraw over the bridges, luring the French over where we would counter-attack them as they debouched from the bridge-heads. It seemed they had other ideas! Quinny's commander had a bio that really didn't suit his style of gameplay; indolent, lazy etc. Luckily, his cavalry commander was a young thruster, eager to make a name for himself! As such, he sent his cavalry over the bridges to support Bill and interfere with Vana's plans. Vana always goes for quality over quantity and by all rights should have been able to swat the Mameluke and Arab cavalry quite easily. Quinny's masterful handling of his cavalry plus a healthy dose of extremely lucky dice rolls (paired with Vana's equally woeful dice rolling), meant that Vana's attack was halted in its tracks, ripe for a counter-attack by Bill's infantry. This attack resulted in Vana's force withdrawing from the field, and releasing the pressure to Bill's rear. The attack to his front was remorseless, though. Tim and Jenko, slowly advanced to outflank Bill's position, with Tim directly attacking the village held by Bill's garrison (including a battery of whopping 24lb artillery!). Jenko's flanking move suffered a set back, when Bill's cavalry fresh from its southern victory turned up to chase off Jenko's forces once they moved out of cover from the nearest wadi. Tim's attack on the village was methodically engineered, resulting in the French capturing the big guns and the village and forcing the Turkish retreat.</div>
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On the far flank, Garry similarly set up an attack on Paul's forces arrayed in front of a fortified position. He was successful in chasing off the Turks, but was stymied by the British occupied castle, behind which Paul's reserves and rallied forces gathered.</div>
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All this time, my gunboats had fun tootling up the Nile blasting the nearest French infantry formations in the flank and rear! What fun! I even managed to force a couple of Tim's battalions to flee after their morale was broken by my efforts.</div>
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By the end of the game, Bill had been dislodged, but by no means beaten, Vana had retired into the Sahara to lick his wounds, and Garry was stalled in front of Nigel's castle while Paul regrouped behind him. My little flotilla gathered around the bridges like a swarm of hungry crocodiles around the bridges, waiting for the French to attempt to cross. It was going to be harder for Bonaparte to reach Cairo than he thought!</div>
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Many thanks to John R. for his scenario skills, scenery and troops. It was another cracker!</div>
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(Please excuse the dodgy photography. My camera doesn't talk to my computer anymore and my skills at using my phone's camera still isn't up to snuff.)</div>
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This game featured Garry and I as the Franco-Allied side vs. Tim and newcomer Paul C. as the 1812 Russians. Garry had all French, while I continued with my heterogeneous Neapolitan/Italian/French force. While Tim and Garry faced off, I opposed Paul. All the Russian figures belonged to Paul, having bought the lot from Tim, who seems to be divesting himself of his older Minifig collection.</div>
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I started off with my Neapolitans in the centre, lead by the Guard Velites and Voltiguers, while my Franco-Italians held the right flank. My Italian dragoons and Neapolitan chevau-leger were positioned in the centre of my force, while my remaining Italian chasseurs held the right flank.</div>
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For Paul and I, it was a race to see who could set up a battery on the closest ridge. I managed to do it first as Paul has a typical Russian's lust for firepower and elected to use 12 lb artillery batteries which take a lot more effort to move and unlimber. My 6 lb Italian foot battery was set up ready to fire with cavalry support, while his battery was still limbered on the reverse slope of his ridge with cavalry support. I'd also snuck my dragoons up to threaten any movement over the crest of his ridge; whether he moved his supporting cavalry or the limbered battery first, he would risk triggering an opportunity charge from my dragoons (not a fair trick to pull on a newby, I know, but he'll learn from it I'm sure!). That certainly put sand in his gears early on, but allowed me room to breathe, because if he'd managed to unlimber his battery it would have dominated the battlefield and limited my options for the rest of the game. </div>
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While my cavalry lurked in the centre, holding things up, my infantry advanced on either flank. My Franco-Italians went to the right to deal with another 12 lb battery and its infantry and cavalry support, while on the left my Neapolitan Guard units advanced on the centre in order to threaten the flank of any advance by Tim's main force (he later said that he assumed I'd be focussing on Paul's threat in front, and my lateral movement threw his plans out the window!). The main action in my battle therefore was out on the right flank. Paul had occupied a wood with a skirmished jaeger battalion in an attempt to protect the flank of his other big battery of guns. My best troops, a French brigade of light infantry, moved through the woods, pushing aside the jaegers, and charged the supporting infantry column as it moved into the woods. After the enemy infantry was repulsed, it was the turn of the cavalry who failed to react to the infantry threat, and stood to receive a volley in the flank. The resulting morale test saw them break and run! Huzzah!</div>
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Still, the artillery was a problem. It was able to unlimber and then blast away at the nearest column in the woods. While it was taking heavy damage from close range fire, it protected the rest of the brigade moving up. It was of a high enough morale rating that it survived repeated morale tests caused by heavy casualties.</div>
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Back in the centre, Paul came to the conclusion that my cavalry had to be dealt with, or he might as well pack up and go home. To that end, he sent his hussars at my guns. The nearest Neapolitan infantry battalion formed square (a miracle in itself!), so the gunners fled to the square, allowing the supporting Neapolitan chevau-leger to counter charge. The outcome was never in doubt, but I had hoped that they'd put up a better fight than they actually did! The Russian hussars manhandled the chevau-leger roughly, causing them to break to the rear. In the resulting test for control the hussars went battle-mad and had to take the breakthrough move, which landed them deep in my territory, right in front of my square and with infantry ready to pour fire into both flanks!</div>
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Still, when you're on to a good thing, it's time to keep the pressure up! Paul launched his cuirassiers at my dragoons. With the breaking chevau-leger close by, affecting my pre-melee check, I knew that it would be a tough assignment, but again my dice let me down; the dragoons were forced to retreat with casualties. While not a total disaster, it still let Paul free his guns and changed the complexion fo the game up to this point.</div>
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Out on the left flank, Tim pivoted to pay attention to my Guard brigade and let his artillery rip. My new Guard Voltiguer battalion copped the brunt, so I had attached the general to it to keep it steady. Of course, the danger of doing that is that it increases the chances of the general becoming a casualty. So, what happened? The general became a casualty, of course! Luckily, Murat was away talking to Garry's commander at the time, discussing general strategy, and not attached to this unit. Two deaths in two games for Joachim would have been a touch galling! Anyway, the Neapolitans shook off the general's death and awaited the replacement commander with stoicism.</div>
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After dealing with the Italian dragoons, the Russian cuirassiers were vulnerable to my approaching infantry closed columns which were now appearing after skirting the burned out village and woods on the right. Paul had also spotted this and was moving infantry up in support. Neither of us were able to get enough troops up in time to land a knock-out blow, but that allowed him time and space to finally unlimber his 12 lb battery in the centre. There were only a couple of battalions out in the open in closed column to act as a block against the cuirassiers, so they copped a pasting before moving back.</div>
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Paul sensed the tide had changed and began an advance in the centre closest to Tim's formation, with some of his reserve units, heading towards my Guards brigade. If Tim and Paul co-ordinated their advance, I thought I could be in trouble. To mitigate the artillery fire from Tim's guns and to maximise the firepower directed at a potential Russian charge, I put the Voltiguers and one Velite battalion into line, while the second Velite battalion joined in ganging up on the still isolated Russian hussars. The hussars then copped fire from both flanks as well as from the front, which proved too much for them, causing them to bolt for the rear.</div>
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By this stage, it was obvious that Garry was gearing up for an attack on Tim's main formation after putting pressure on Tim's right flank. I felt that my left flank was safe as a result, so put my Guards back into column in preparation to meet Paul's advance, or go onto the offensive myself. I still hoped to get rid of the cuirassiers in the centre and then into the flank or rear of the 12 lb battery. That was turning out to be harder than anticipated, as my battalions were losing cohesiveness in transiting the woods and deploying into a narrow space, as well as being confronted by enemy infantry once they arrived in place, making it difficult to shed disorders.</div>
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His other 12 lb battery still dominated the right flank, too. It was weakly supported by a single infantry battalion in square. I was sending my Italian chasseurs up to threaten the battery under the cover of an infantry battalion which had fanned out in line in order to protect the cavalry column and to lessen the effect of the gruelling fire.</div>
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This is where the game ended fairly much, as Garry launched the anticipated general attack on Tim, who then flubbed his counter-charge by halting at 2" with 2 disorders; instead of charging through the guns, Tim's troops stopped in the middle, causing even more confusion. However, Garry's roll also wasn't the greatest which meant he failed to push home the advantage. He had purposely left a gap in his line into which he now threw his dragoons, which finished the job his infantry started. With Tim cracked open like a nut, the French were declared the winners.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More big guns and supporting infantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My guns get to unlimber while Paul's are trapped by my dragoons limbered on the reverse slope!<br />Tim's troops advance behind the village at the top of the picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On my right, the Italian chasseurs spot the enemy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Neapolitan infantry pivot to confront Tim's advance. Time for another plan, Tim!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's battery stuck on the reverse slope, while his infantry advance on the flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's combined arms foray around my right flank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul occupies the village as Tim's troops march on its far side. His infantry and reserve hang back while his artillery is stalled.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul advances his cuirassiers and throws out a vedette in response to my dragoons' aggressive first move.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out on my right flank, the light infantry clears the skirmishers from the woods and moves up on the Russians' flank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Combat in the woods. My light infantry prevailed, leaving the cavalry and artillery exposed to flank fire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Italian infantry battalion occupies the burned village, while the remaining French light infantry moves past.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dragoons prepare for the Russian response, as well as throwing out their own vedette.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Joachim in consultation with the commander of the Left Flank (Garry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garry's forces clearing the Russians out of the woods (blurry action photo!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim's main force pivots slightly, bringing his guns to bear on the Neapolitan Guards brigade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guns fire, taking two figures from the Voltiguer column....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and killing the general with the second shot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back on the right flank, the guns unlimbered and hammered the nearest column, but it survived, allowing a shot on the cavalry which spectacularly failed the morale test and fled, outpacing the already retreating infantry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian hussars charge the Neapolitan chevau leger...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...with predictable results!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The artillery crew manage to flee to the nearest square, while cavalry go battle-mad, forcing to take the breakthrough, landing them in the middle of a hornets' nest!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuirassiers then charge the dragoons, who counter-charge....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...only to be forced to retreat with losses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italian chasseurs advance up the right flank under cover of French infantry line, forcing supporting Russian infantry in the distance into square. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French light infantry advance in closed column to threaten cuirassiers' flank. Russian infantry move up in support.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian guns in the centre finally unlimber, causing grief to the nearest infantry columns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's infantry advances beyond the occupied village in the centre of the battlefield.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"OORAAH!"</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Neapolitan Guard deploys in line in response, while the Russian hussars get flanked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out on the right, things are getting messy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Italian chasseurs approach trying to get into the flank of the guns and supports before falling off the edge of the world! The covering infantry line stoically cops casualties.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garry gears up to attack Tim's main force.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to put Paul's hussars to flight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire from directly in front and from both flanks...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...sees them break for the rear! Huzzah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garry puts a charge in at the top of the picture, penetrating deep into Tim's defensive line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Neapolitans, led by the Guard, form up for their own attempt at glory!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Per Napoli, ragazzi!"</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But Garry steals my thunder...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...by charging Tim's main infantry force...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...which halts a 2". Garry's attack also fails to push home....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but his dragoons puts an end to it, by charging home through the gap left for the purpose in the infantry formation.<br />Game Over!</td></tr>
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Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-29862173833110888902017-11-28T14:50:00.000+11:002017-11-28T14:50:45.485+11:00The French are Van(a)-quished, or King Joachim Bites the Dust!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"Avanti!"</i></b></span></td></tr>
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Finally got back to the club for another game, although there was a considerable lowering of the mood when it became know that the fridge behind the bar was broken.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warm beer!!!!</td></tr>
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After that shock was processed, we got down to the business at hand; a game between the Forces of Reaction (Paul and Vana) vs. the Forces of Liberté (Bill and me). We decided to randomise our entry points, but rather than gradually feeding our forces onto the table, we chose to just dump them all on at once! That proved to be a little awkward as Vana and Bill appeared on the same side of the board at 90° to each other and were into it from the word go. Paul and I spent most of the game getting into position and then waiting for the other two to finish their turns before being able to do anything else.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impression of Paul and me, while Bill and Vana went at it: <br />
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While Paul and I faced each other across the table in a more traditional formation, Bill was heading for Vana's flank. Vana split his Austrian force into two, with the majority facing Bill's French, while a brigade and a bit maintained a link with Paul </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neapolitan - Franco/Italian forces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul forms a defensive line on the village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill and Vana come to blows early on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vana's anchored line on the ridge; the link between Paul and the rest of his troops, and my objective!</td></tr>
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As Paul had established a strong defensive line anchored on a village and backed up by a 12-lber battery on a hill to the rear, I decided my best chance was to attack Vana's linking brigade. It consisted only of infantry, so was a perfect candidate for a triple threat combined arms attack of cavalry, artillery and infantry; cavalry to scare the infantry into square, artillery to whittle away and weaken the square, and infantry to apply the <i style="font-family: inherit;">coup de gr</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><i>â</i></span><i style="font-family: inherit;">ce </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">once the square was too feeble to resist. That was the plan, anyway! With my 3 battalions of Neapolitan guard infantry, I reckoned it was a done deal; I just had to hope that the Neapolitan line infantry were up to the job of following through in the aftermath. It was taking a hell of a long time to bring them up in support, as troops rated Conscript and Landwehr (which Neapolitan line infantry are!) take double the functions to do simple </span>maneuvers.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Neapolitan lancers lead the move towards the Austrians...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />My right flank consisted of the Franco-Italian part of my forces which took up a defensive posture against a possible Russian cavalry attack. However, with my own defensive line, plus reserves, it wasn't likely that there'd be much action on that flank any time soon.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French anchored line supported by Italian dragoons</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul's Russian defensive line with heavy artillery on the hill behind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian-occupied village, anchoring the whole line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While Bill and Vana's clash continues in the background, the Austrian anchored line holds the ridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vana's Austrian infantry attack Bill's square of dismounted dragoons.</td></tr>
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After my artillery battery made it to the top of the ridge, it unlimbered but was almost immediately under threat before it could come into play; Vana had brought up another infantry battalion in square up onto the flank of the battery. Now I had to divert one of the Guard battalions to deal with it, diverting it from the planned attack on the anchored line. Ordinarily, a battalion in square attacked by another in column doesn't really stand much of a chance, but Vana likes to pay for quality over quantity and I found out that this unit was no exception to the rule! Even though his troops were rated Elite, my Veteran rated column should have been able to at least dislodge the square from the ridge, providing my artillery with the opportunity to relocate unmolested. Of course, that would be if my dice hadn't completely betrayed me and his came up trumps. In the first of several tin-arsed rolls, Vana rolled the magic 6 on a d6, while I rolled a one. Coupled with a successful defensive fire roll, my attack on his square was repulsed! <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Senza precedenti! </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because<i> </i>that attack failed, I couldn't then launch the attack on the nearest part of the anchored line with the remaining two Guard battalions, as the defeated battalion would add negatives to any pre-melee rolls.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neapolitan cavalry, Guard Infantry and artillery approach the ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cavalry and artillery pin the line, while the infantry gets in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To deal with this fly in the ointment! <br />A cheeky Austrian square come to upset the applecart.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">Meanwhile, during all the to-ing and fro-ing to get my attack in place, Paul had placed his cavalry in a position to threaten my intended path of attack. Their flank was exposed to the woods however, so I sent one of my plodding Neapolitan line battalions through the woods to place themselves on the cavalry's flank. Up to now cavalry have had no opportunity to react to a threat like this; they have just had to stand and take the inevitable flank shot. Now, we tested a new rule which acts in the same way as rolling for an opportunity charge; the cavalry roll 2d10 and if the result is equal or greater than the number of inches from when the threat is detected, then the cavalry can elect to make a defensive maneuver, i.e. back away, turn to face etc. It seems much more logical and less weighted in the infantry's favour. So, Paul rolled and his cavalry managed to evade the threat, backing up out of musketry range. However, I left the infantry on the edge of the woods to discourage any attempts at disrupting my eventual attack.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">Eventually I managed to force back the pesky square which then enabled me to attack the anchored line. With the artillery still focussed on the nearest column anchoring the line, I managed to bring up my remaining Velite battalion into its flank. I was going to fire into the flank and force the morale test. If the enemy failed and fell back, all well and good, but I also had the Guard Voltiguers lined up to charge if it they didn't. In the end the flank fire was enough, so I charged the Voltiguers at the noe un-anchored line. With enemy in their flank and a friendly unit falling back, I thought it was a safe bet that my charge would be successful. In yet another display of the Dice God favouring Vana while abandoning me, Vana not only inflicted damage on my charging unit, but stopped them in their tracks, while standing firm and refusing to budge! I unleashed my Italian dragoons on the line instead, pretty sure that an unanchored line would fold at the sight of a column of heavy cavalry bearing down on them. Of course, they did the unlikely by hitting charging cavalry and destroying 50% of the front line, which, coupled with an appalling pre-melee die roll, meant not only did the attack fail, but the dragoons were sent reeling in disarray! All the while the Austrian line just stood there nonchalantly blowing the smoke from their musket barrels!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paul then tried a similar trick with me, sending his dragoons at my Voltiguers, but I emulated Vana and sent his hussars packing! Swings and roundabouts...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, Vana encouraged me to go for the big 5:30 death-or-glory charge against Paul's line on the right. paul had moved his big guns into the front line and seemed to be preparing an advance. I still had an untouched reserve, which, when added to the battalions in the front line, gave me a fighting chance of breaking through, even with fire from 12-lbers and infantry to greet them on their approach. With Murat attached to give leadership bonus, what could go wrong? Well, Paul rolling 0 on a d10 for defensive fire, that's what! Murat was killed and the attack faltered! The resulting morale check saw the attackers break and run; Game Over, Man!</span></span><br />
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Thanks for all your kind words from the last blog-post. Our family really appreciates it; she was a bad-tempered mog, but she is missed by all, including the dog.</div>
<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-464995044573241962017-11-01T10:52:00.000+11:002017-11-01T10:52:34.568+11:00Farewell Mintie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Beloved family member Mintie was struck by a car outside our house and was euthanized shortly after. </div>
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Below are some action shots of her favourite activity (besides eating), sleeping. She wasn't fussy; on laps or in the sun.</div>
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Farewell Mintie (aka Puss-cat, Mog, Moggo, Miss Moggington-Smythe, Magoo, and on occasion, b***dy cat!).</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been short sighted since the age of 12 but with my glasses I've had 20/20 vision, close or at distance. Until recently, that is! After an unproductive (figure painting-wise) year, I've noticed that after a fairly long break where I didn't put brush to figure, I find it difficult to focus on the details. Hence, after a recent visit to the optometrist at work, I now have not one, but two pairs of glasses! One for everyday distance and computer screen use and the other pair for close in work, like painting figues and reading. The improvement is astounding! I hope this translates to a marked increase in productivity, not only in figure painting, but blogging as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Below is the latest output from my workbench (which due to said age-induced eye failure has taken months) namely a continuation of my Neapolitan project. In this instance it's more Guard infantry and the Swinging Dick himself, King Joachim Murat. The command figures and the 1st Regiment of Velite Grenadiers are by the ever brilliant Franznap, although the messenger's horse is a ring in from Zvezda, as the original horse's delicate legs snapped off at the ankles after a mishap.</span><br />
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The Voltiguers of the Guard are a mishmash of various elite figures from HaT sets like <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=767" target="_blank">8095</a>, <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1227" target="_blank">8166</a> and <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1226" target="_blank">8167</a> with head replacements using Italeri heads with the shako plate and cockade shaved off. The unique look of the shakos was achieved by painting alone. Only the officer hasn't had any modifications, besides having his shako details trimmed. He's the only Italeri interloper amongst all the HaT figures.<br />
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My version of amaranth is a little too red-brown, when it should really be a pinky-purple as per the images below. I can't work out from the images and what little description I've found if the stripes on the shako were hussar-style flammes / bands or just painted decoration, but as my conversion is just a paint-job, that's the view I'm taking. Also, the images don't make it easy to decide whether the colours should be buff or yellow, so I've made an executive decision for buff shako and collar and yellow lace.<br />
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Finally got a game under my belt AND remembered to bring the camera! It's been a torrid time for me in past month or so. The flu season has been the worst for a long time, and I was off work for about a week in early August. Then I had to have an infected tooth removed...etc., etc.</div>
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This game was the first I'd been to at the new NWA Saturday venue at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Civic+Square,+Croydon+VIC+3136,+Australia/@-37.8049692,145.2771018,14.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad63a8e27661593:0xc48fe011438069ae!8m2!3d-37.801053!4d145.2805049?hl=en" target="_blank">Croydon RSL club</a>, which, while a bit more snug than the previous venue, certainly has its bonuses: There's a bar! Nothing like having a cold one while contemplating military tactics.</div>
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Anyway, Bill and I decided on another Peninsular War scenario using the randomised entry of advanced guard, main body and rear guard formations. Bill started off holding the central village with his Portuguese, while my advanced came on the board at a randomised point. From then on we rolled to see when and where our next units came on, adding little randomised chaos to the game! Bill also devised another variable by adding ANOTHER roll, dubbed the "racist roll". In the event of his main body or rearguard successfully rolling to enter the board, Bill would then roll again to see if the British commanders would ignore the pleas of their Portuguese allies, dismissing them as "panicky foreigners". In the event, his British units remained faithful to their oldest allies, but it added a certain frisson of danger to the game!</div>
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Bill started off the game with two Portuguese line infantry battalions occupying the central villages, while two battalions of skirmished c<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">açadores held the wooded ridgeline and vineyard across the stream. My advanced guard crossed the stream by the vineyard with one of my battalions in skirmish order to fend off the nearest c</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">açadore battalion. Ineffective skirmish combat kept the Portuguese at bay while the rest of my force crossed the stream and formed up behind the villages. His artillery and some of his infantry redeployed to meet the threat, but with no cavalry, his infantry were effectively blocked from taking offensive action. However, I didn't really have enough infantry to take advantage of that fact, so it devolved into an artillery slug-fest with my guns whittling down his infantry square, while my skirmishers bickered away with his. My skirmishers eventually prevailed over the c</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">açadores, forcing them back from the stream with losses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">That coincided with my main body making an appearance on the board behind the Portuguese position. Caught between hammer and anvil! Now to press on before the Anglo-Portuguese main body appeared. But, wait! Bill also rolled for his main body to appear on the table. Still, he had to make the "racist roll"...Curses! He passed it! Then he had to roll for his entry point on the table. Guess where he rolled for? Right behind my advanced guard. Now I was the one in between a rock and a hard place!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">After putting my infantry in defensive formations to face the dangers from both directions, I moved the hussars from threatening the Portuguese artillery to face the British threat. I thought I was toast there for a while, but then Bill moved his light dragoons into my opportunity charge range. I declared the charge, managed to roll for it and launched the charge (Nothing worse than declaring you're going to take the opportunity, then flubbing the roll; Officers yell "CHARGE!" and the troopers say "Yeah...nah"). SO satisfying to have things go the right way for a change; the hussars barrelled into the advancing light dragoons and smacked them around a bit before pulling up just short of the infantry. Not such a nice place to end up, but the British were stuck where they were for the moment, pinned to the edge of the board with the cavalry behind the infantry licking their wounds from the rough handling they'd been given.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Just then the sun seemed to be out and smiling on my efforts as my rearguard appeared in the quadrant closest to be able to support my game-saving hussars! Infantry and another cavalry regiment (chasseurs this time) were arriving ready to fall on the British flank if they were ever able to advance away from the edge of the table.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Of course, that advantage didn't last long with Bill's rearguard appearing on the table (fortunately a fair distance away). Still, I needed to get my skates on if I wanted to keep the advantage. I elected to keep the horse gun battery facing the villages in order to keep the Portuguese in cover, while trying to get as much infantry to bear on the British brigade pinned to the edge of the board by the hussars. This was made easier by Bill keeping his c</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">açadores in skirmish order, but I was sure he wouldn't be leaving them in that formation for much longer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">On the other side I was spreading my main body out along the stream. At first I contemplated storming the nearest BUA, but decided that I should first secure the flanks. After Bill's rearguard came on nearby, I decided that should be the primary focus of my rearguard, despite the fact that my troops were beginning to be spread out to cover all contingencies. With his riflemen peppering my columns as they advanced, my forces were being disordered before they could get in a position to threaten Bill's exposed line. I had a moment wbere it looked like I could get around his flank, but by skillfully withdrawing the flank just out of reach each time I threatened, my chance quickly evaporated. Nowhere else along that sector did I have enough of a concentration of forces to break his defences. After a little toying, where I managed to force back but not destroy an infantry square, Bill got his second cavalry unit into their rear of my pinning force and then freed the original unit I'd charged. After the hussars were dealt with, my inantry were caught between both cavalry units and were picked off one by one. With that front collapsing and stalemate on the other, we declared it an Anglo-Portuguese victory.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The C<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">açadores leave the vineyard to confront the last French légère battalion, which has unformed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skirmish combat ensues, while the rest of the French forces across the stream ready themselves for action.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The skirmish line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French triple threat (a bit light on infantry, though. Light?...Infantry?...Geddit?! Ha!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill protects his artillery with an infantry square on one flank and a line anchored between the 2 occupied BUAs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My légère skirmishers win their combat, forcing the <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">açadores to retire with losses.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blurry action shot of my main body entering the board!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portuguese get that funny feeling that they're being watched...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curses! The table are turned almost immediately! <br />
Bill's main body appear behind my advanced guard's position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hussars about face towards the threat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One battalion faces the Portuguese while the other turns along with the horse gun battery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the other side of the table, my main body advances on the Portuguese position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hussars take the charge at the advancing British cavalry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The light dragoons are repulsed! They also retreat through their own infantry, disordering them all. <br />
Huzzah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behind that action, the rearguard rides to the rescue!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hussars pull back with a parting shot from the British, while the rearguard appears at the top left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's rearguard appears off the flank of my main body on the other side of the table!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">açadores enter the walled field, threatening the French columns. My rearguard approaches the fight from the top. In the top right corner, though, British cavalry can be seen!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French guns and infantry line facing the villages remain oblivious to the threat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the other side of the table, my main body spread out instead of concentrating against one target.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While my guns attempt to whittle the British infantry in preparation for my infantry columns to charge, the pesky rifles with their long-range fire rack up the disorders on my columns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disaster! <br />
Back in the center, the British cavalry from the main body spring their trap on the horse guns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They then take the breakthrough into the infantry line who are unable to form square in time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tally-ho! Yoiks and away!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things are looking crook in Tallarook!<br />
Time to go on the offensive, methinks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One battered battalion in square moves forward to block the threatening British cavalry, covering the neighbouring column's path as it charges the nearest British infantry square.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was hoping to break into the square and then unleash the hussars behind...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although successful...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...the square was only pushed back, not broken.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, between the villages, my lines were getting out flanked. With added firepower from the artillery now released from guarding against the French artillery, my infantry was in a losing position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even with rear support, their numbers were shrinking fast. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Further down the stream, my infantry had crossed with the intention of outflanking the British line, but with constant rearward movement guarded by persistent galling skirmish fire they were relatively safe. They were extremely powerful light bobs who would have made mincemeat of my poor, battered regulars if push came to shove.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the stream between these two actions was another 3 battalions which couldn't really do anything but block. Charging a BUA across the stream with support from the line would have been risky at best and suicidal at worst! I'd spent too long faffing at the edges when I should have concentrated on the BUA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's <i>coup de grace:</i> his light dragoons (all recovered now) charge the flank of the closed column after his caçadores had pushed back my weakened square.</td></tr>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-59627851869006981102017-07-12T15:39:00.000+10:002017-07-12T15:39:42.108+10:00Neapolitan Reinforcements<br />
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The next battalion off the workbench is the 1st battalion of the 7th Line Regiment of the Neapolitan Army. This was the famous black regiment recruited from Caribbean exiles from Saint-Domingue which was foisted onto Napoleon's brother Joseph when he was King of Naples. An anecdote I read somewhere claimed that this regiment went from being the worst in the French army to the best in the Neapolitan without any change in their abilities! I'm not sure how many, if any, of the black troops were left by the Battle of Tolentino in 1815, but I decided to paint them up that way to lend a little exoticness to the brigade. More info on the history of this regiment can be found <a href="http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/Despeche/Issue1/c_7thNeapolitanInfantry.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Speaking of Tolentino, I realise now I've completely cocked up the OB; So far I've painted the 1st and 10th Line regiments and the 1st Light. Only the 7th and the 1st Light are from the same brigade! I should have painted the first two as the 4th and 8th Line, which have amaranth and pink facings, respectively. It looks like I'll either have to repaint the facings (groan!) or just keep adding to my Neapolitan collection!</div>
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I've also added some command stands to the collection using Franznap's brilliantly characterful figures. First off is a dismounted stand featuring a general and his AdC viewing the battlefield before them with an Italeri horse contentedly munching the grass in the background.</div>
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Second is the mounted general receiving some news from his AdC, who rides up, touching his hat in greeting.<br />
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I'm shortly going to paint up an army command stand featuring the Dandy King, Joachim Murat himself! Stay tuned!<br />
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I'm falling behind in my battle-reporting; this one took place at the club almost a month ago! It was the first outing of the new, improved 2nd Division against a polyglot European force of French, Poles, Swiss and renegade Irish.<br />
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Now why the the reference to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Pot_Men" target="_blank">ancient black and white childrens' TV programme</a>, featuring a pair of incomprehensible marionettes? Those of you who know my (not-so-secret) identity will understand this visual gag, but those who don't will be able to guess my first name, at least, from this clue; I was playing against Bill.... </div>
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In another stand-'em-up, knock-'em-down game with the village at the road intersection the objective, things started out fairly evenly with both sides managing to secure a BUA of the village each. Instead of going for an evenly balanced cavalry arm, I decided to use my heavy dragoons as a shock force in the centre and only have one other regiment of light dragoons out on the left flank. My right I felt would be safe, anchored by the large highlander battalion, which, I felt, would be able to take on whatever came its way.<br />
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That may not have been an unfair supposition if I'd been a little more on top of my game! For a start, I threw away the heavy dragoons in the middle after tempting Bill's lancers to charge my Portuguese infantry line. So far, so good. Bill hadn't realised the lancers were classed as light cavalry and that my dragoons, being heavy, outclassed his severely. What should have resulted in a steamrolling only resulted in forcing the French cavalry to retire. Compounding the folly was the fact that the dragoons went battle-mad and were compelled to take the breakthrough, leaving them right in the French line with their flanks well and truly exposed! Next turn Bill turned his artillery battery to fire into the cavalry's flank causing 2 casualties and a morale test, which they promptly lost and broke for the rear.<br />
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My lack of cavalry suddenly became acute; the light dragoons were occupied by the French dragoons out on the left flank, so the rest of the French cavalry had free reign to do as they wished. Over on the right flank, the French Chasseurs a Cheval kept the highlanders pinned in closed column, while the lancers in the centre recovered after their mauling by the British dragoons to threaten the Portuguese infantry.<br />
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By this stage things were looking a bit crook for the Anglo-Allied forces, so I thought it was time to go all in. I sent three of the 5 Portuguese battalions at the French occupied BUA, hoping to capture it and weather his attempts at trying to seize it back. In a confirmation that I am not very good at attacking BUAs, my attack failed, mainly because I didn't throw the whole brigade in. Rolling a 1 didn't help either! I compounded my folly by moving the light infantry forward to firefight the Swiss infantry in the ploughed field to the right of the village. Not only did I underestimate the distance from the BUA, I didn't take into account that 3 friendly battalions were retreating nearby. Flank fire from the BUA, plus the nearby retreats meant that the light infantry didn't stand a chance and broke to the rear!<br />
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That was the point where I lost the game; a gaping hole had opened up on the right and I had nothing to fill it with. The French lancers rode down one of the remaining Portuguese regiments, while the artillery whittled away the lines in front of them. The Franco-Polish infantry pushed steadily forwards and the French dragoons finally saw off their British counter-parts on the left. The coup-de-grace happened on the right flank where the Swiss wheeled into the flank of the highlanders who had unwisely pushed forwards against the chasseurs. On the left flank the 50th had protected the highlanders' flank, seeing off the Irish Legion. I should have anticipated the Swiss move, but thought it wasn't going to happen as soon as it did, so the highlanders were caught in the flank with no comebacks. The resulting morale test was failed spectacularly and the game was declared a French victory!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The field of battle, with the objective in the centre.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's polyglot French forces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His Foot Dragoons make the early running.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rest of his troops make the high ground on the left...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new battalion fans out into line...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...next to the Buffs on the rear slope of the rise.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gordons form a closed column in the face of French cavalry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Portuguese form up on the village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An indecisive cavalry encounter out on the far left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But in the centre, the dragoons shape up to the lancers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CRASH!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the silly bu&%ers go battle-mad! Note the artillery battery to the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RUN AWAY!!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's up to us now, boys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The thin red line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French artillery in the rough ground whittle down the infantry on the extreme left, while the French dragoons wait their turn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crisis point is reached: the Portuguese charge on the BUA goes in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FLUB!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The light bobs have their rush of blood to the head and advance to firefight, copping all the negatives from flank fire and retreating friendlies. SIGH!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big gap in the centre vacated by the Portuguese and light bobs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's recovered lancers give the remaining Portuguese what-for after they failed to form square.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The provisional battalion tries a little tricky manoeuvre into the rear of the limbered artillery, but it was too little, too late by this stage and broke up the line to the left of the village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Buffs and Poles duke it out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But there's a big gap between the nearest infantry lines and the French are about to fill it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French guns whittle away the infantry and cavalry to their front with nothing to answer them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the right flank, the highlanders advance, pushing back the cavalry, while the 50th Foot screen their right flank against the renegade Irish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whoops! Here comes the Swiss!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...who manage to halt them with a well aimed volley, despite the flight of the highlanders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The provisional battalion weren't able to prevent the battery unlimbering and firing into their flank!</td></tr>
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A couple of take-aways from this game are that:<br />
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<li>I am rubbish at estimating distances from BUAs</li>
<li>Just because I can, doesn't mean I should just push everything into the front line.</li>
<li>A cavalry threat isn't a threat if it is thrown away to no benefit.</li>
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Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-74415906236598595482017-06-23T09:46:00.000+10:002017-06-23T16:10:14.192+10:00Refurbishment of 2nd Division #2 - 28th or 34th Regiment of Foot<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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These wonderful figures from <a href="http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/product/view/137/1952" target="_blank">Hagen miniatures</a> are full of character. They are battle-weary old campaigners in tattered uniforms with individual embellishments like legionnaire-style neck shades, firewood stuffed into the knapsack, trousers rolled up to the knee, espadrilles instead of boots, rolled blankets in place of kanpsacks, and various styles of forage cap. They really were a joy to paint, being used to the cookie-cutter figures in most plastic sets.<br />
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My only gripes are that there were no elite figures in the set, necessitating the fiddly application of Milliput shoulder wings to a couple of figures, and no command figures, either. The officers and drummer are HaT plastic and are slightly smaller and finer compared to the metal figures, but it's not a big problem, really.<br />
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As there were two yellow-faced regiments in 2nd Division, I haven't settled on which of the two this unit represents, hence the confusing post title. As the colours are furled and cased, they can be either at this stage. I use generic coloured flags, anyway, so it doesn't really matter.</div>
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I'm happy the way that the furled and cased colours turned out, especially after the <a href="http://rosbiffrog.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/refurbishment-of-2nd-divison-1-92nd.html" target="_blank">doggy-disaster</a>! The replacement figure has a slightly thicker furled colour than the original, not that you can really notice on the table top. Because the infantry look like they're on the march, rather than actually in battle, I wanted the officers to match. The only colour party figures available carry naked poles with finial and tassel which really need a flag attached. My solution was to bodge up a couple of ensigns carrying cased colours based on the image below.</div>
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I used the marching officers from the HaT command set, cut off the swords each arm pose carries and glued on a cased colour each, made from piano wire and Milliput. I also added another shoulder strap to each figure with Milliput; an exercise in extreme frustration!</div>
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The varnish I used for shading is a little too dark (I finished the last pot, which I got from Masters, a hardware chain which has since gone out of business!), but I think it accentuates the grubbiness of a hard-campaigning regiment. Still, I think I'll have to find a varnish that isn't quite so overpowering.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left hand colour slightly thicker. Looks heavier, too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shako at a jaunty angle and second style of forage cap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light bobs. The right hand figure came from another set I ordered, but instead of 4 marching elites, I only got this one and more marching centre company figures, because they'd run out!</td></tr>
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Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-38824367806447679052017-06-07T11:56:00.000+10:002017-06-07T11:56:00.290+10:00Refurbishment of 2nd Divison #1 - 92nd Foot (Gordon Highlanders)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Can yer mammy sew? Well, get her to stitch that!"</td></tr>
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<br />After finding out I'd shortchanged myself with the size of my British infantry battalions, I've started expanding or replacing my Peninsular War forces. First unit off the desk is the 92nd Foot, or Gordon Highlanders. My existing battalion was only 12 figures strong, when I could have had a 15 figure-strong battalion!<br />
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The new Strelets set of marching highlanders seemed to fit the bill, though I found out too late that they were all elite figures, all sporting shoulder wings. I shaved off the wings on the figures used for the centre companies, swapped a couple of heads for variety and stuck a couple of highland bonnet-wearing heads on a couple of HaT flag bearers. That worked quite well, despite them having their sashes around their waists instead of over their shoulders. There is a flag bearer in the Strelets set, but the figure has a moulded flag, and there is only one.<br />
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I varied the appearance of the figures with some head swaps; a wounded head from Lancier Bleu, and a Tam o' Shanter wearing one from the HaT command set. The wounded head conversion worked well, but the other on didn't so much; the collar looks much too thick and messy. I'm not sure why, because they were the same figure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The full battalion in comlumn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wounded head conversion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light company troops including (not so successful) head conversion.</td></tr>
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<br />I also have been working on a line battalion using the wonderful <a href="http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/product/view/137/1952" target="_blank">Hagen Peninsular Infantry set</a> in their battered, hard-marching campaign best, so I thought I'd have a go at creating a couple of ensigns carrying furled and covered colours using HaT command figures. I'd finally managed to make two after much fiddling about with Milliput and thick piano wire and was ready to start painting. I hadn't reckoned on our newest family member, though, had I? We recently got a Jack Russell/Fox Terrier cross puppy, and she understands that anything that drops on the floor is hers....to chew. Obviously I hadn't caught up on the news!<div>
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Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-88873374076909337922017-05-16T16:00:00.002+10:002017-05-16T16:00:33.695+10:00Another Bloody Peninsula Stalemate<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Another game at the club, and this time I gave the French a go in another battle in the Iberian Peninsula. Amazingly, it was the debut of my <a href="http://rosbiffrog.blogspot.com/2016/12/italian-infantry-redux.html" target="_blank">Italian infantry</a> which I painted late last year! I was able to take Bill up on his challenge from last game, which was postponed when I had to switch to partner him on the Allied side against the Westphalians. This time I faced his Anglo-Portuguese forces alongside Darren's bicorne era French. Bill was partnered by Quinny and his Anglo-Portuguese in a welcome return to his comfort zone!</div>
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In a topsy-turvy battle, the French ended up in control of the ridge, and Quinny even broke the cardinal rule of playing British infantry and charge a battalion while still in column! My battle was mainly against Bill and his Anglo-Portuguese division, which seemed to be based on Picton's 3rd Division, as it had some heavy hitters in it like the 88th Connaught Rangers, which in our rules are a named unit (meaning they are better than a run-of-the-mill line infantry battalion). Darren's pre-1808 uniformed infantry took on Quinny's Anglo-Portuguese forces in a tussle for control of the central ridge, with Quinny complaining about the multiple levels of the hill (more evidence of the upside-down nature of the game; who ever heard of a British commander complaining about the topography? (-: ).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren sets up on my right, facing Quinny's Anglo-Portuguese.</td></tr>
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The Anglo-Portuguese won the initiative and got to move off first. Bill had the worst of it as farmland lay in the way of his objectives; the occupation of the built up areas separating the two opposing sides. He fell short of two of the BUAs in his turn and I cheekily snuck one of my battalions into the BUA on my left under his nose! My horse gun battery set up on the hill to add support, while my Vistula Lancers lurked behind the hill in support of the battery. That battery proved crucial in securing that flank as, for once, nearly every shot found its mark.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill's Portuguese just falls short of the nearest BUA (maybe if they were standing up they would have moved quicker!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My chaps snatch the closest BUA from under the Portugueses' noses!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lancers throw out a vedette while the infantry march ahead in closed column, supporting the horse gun battery which has just unlimbered.</td></tr>
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I planned on holding the left flank and try to suck Bill into disputing the village, but like all plans it didn't really survive contact with the enemy! I had a good combined arms threat in the centre with a small hussar regiment tucked in among the infantry. The allies didn't have any cavalry to counter the threat in this quarter, so their infantry was stuck in an anti-cavalry defensive posture. This allowed me to move my infantry and foot battery up to "soften up" the closest BUA before putting in a charge with my strongest infantry battalions. I judged that my charge approach would take me outside the 3" close range of the next BUA, but my judgement was faulty; It was well inside the 3" range and the flank fire from grenadier rated infantry stopped my charge in its tracks. The following morale test resulted in both battalions breaking. Curse you, imperial measurement!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The foot gun battery blasts away at the approaching British infantry column...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One British regiment secures the BUA, while the other squares up in the face of the cavalry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's troops conform to the line of my leading troops, while Quinny's troops advance further down the ridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After an earlier stoush with Bill's cavalry, my Polish lancers get hammered by the British artillery. Time to reverse to the shelter of the woods!</td></tr>
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Out on the left flank, Bill charged a single battalion in column which I met with two of my own, much larger, columns. With the success of my counter-attack, the two columns were in danger of being outflanked by the rest of Bill's troops. In a move that could have been fatal for my battle, I moved the battalion from the only BUA the French occupied out into the open in line to support the right flank of the successful columns. I quickly found out how good Bill's British infantry was when he moved one up in line and engaged the line in a firefight. The overwhelming firepower forced the line back and exposed the flank of the columns even worse by allowing the enemy to occupy the vacant BUA! D'oh!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill learns the hard way not to charge a single, narrow fronted Anglo-Portuguese battalion against multiple, much wider French battalions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abandoning the BUA in the face of superior firepower; not a good idea in hindsight!</td></tr>
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In a further blow to my chances of victory, Bill moved some of his cavalry from the flank to the centre in order to neutralise the cavalry threat which had pinned his infantry in place. The ensuing cavalry clash ended with my hussars fleeing the field, and the infantry already in retreat from their failed assault getting caught in the rear by the British cavalry's breakthrough move. <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Quel désastre! </i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charge and counter-charge meet in the middle with unfortunate results for the French!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;">I managed to restabilise the centre a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;">fter dispatching the British cavalry with a blast of musketry, but now the left flank seemed to be under pressure. Bill's artillery was threatening to whittle away my lancers, opening my infantry to an onslaught. I pivoted the cavalry line to the shelter of the heavy woods, but Bill sent a column of infantry through the woods in order to outflank them. They made heavy weather through the woods and by the time they emerged on the other side, were ripe for attack!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quinny looking unimpressed, while my gunners continue to pepper the near BUA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The general attempts to rally one of the battalions which failed to charge home and then got collected in the British cavalry charge. They were beyond control, however, and continued bolting to the rear, to play no more part in the battle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After bringing the Italians back, my line solidifies on the ridge in preparation for the next move.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren moves up on the ridge, following up a previous successful attack. The British line at the top of the picture is in trouble as Darren has a column in its flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...the other battalions surge into the flank and rear of the threatened British line!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second charge on the BUA is again repulsed. This time I moved a column up to cover the charge from flank fire from the adjacent building. It got mauled and was lucky to survive the resulting morale test!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sacrilege! Quinny charges two battalion in column, to be met by two of my own. Maybe I should have stood and fired? Anyway, the British were successful (or lucky?).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They ended up in between a rock and a hard place, though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren's troops continue causing havoc in the flank of Quinny's line. This time it's the Portuguese's turn...</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In a long delayed return to the club, I took part in a game at the last Croydon meeting with Bill and Baden against Jim and John R, where Bill, Baden and I played the Anglo-Iberian forces against John and Jim's Franco-Westphalian forces. The Spanish started on the board, occupying a central village, while both sides had an advanced guard starting on the edges of the board.</span></div>
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With Baden a late joiner, I took control of the Spanish, while he took over my Anglo-Portuguese element. Bill controlled his separate Anglo-Portuguese force.<br />
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While my Spaniards held all the built-up areas of the town, I still had a substantial reserve and a big force of John's guerrillas. I had several small units of cavalry which I planned to use as a nuisance force against enemy infantry. Which would have been a clever plan, had the enemy advance guard not been almost exclusively cavalry. Good news for my infantry, but not so good for my teeny-tiny cavalry units!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and their reserve.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guerrilleros!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allies move off first.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The enemy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cavalry moves up the reverse slope.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My spanish lancers suddenly find themselves in a bit of bother...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...which included close range artillery form the ridgeline!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The anchored line forms on the village's left flank with the Walloon Guards anchored by the square of light infantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baden's light dragoons and horse battery move up to protect the Spanish flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the other flank, Bill's Portuguese and British light infantry move up, supported by more light dragoons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guerrilleros fan out into double skirmish line in front of the town.</td></tr>
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I thought that I was going to be in all sorts of bother until Baden's advance guard turned up, but with my best troops in an anchored line, they were relatively safe from the hordes of enemy cavalry. My cavalry weren't so lucky! As we won the initiative, I sent my Extremadura lancers to see what was over the rise to the front. They soon found out! They were soon sent packing as French hussars and a horse gun battery set themselves up right in front of them. After losing a figure to artillery fire and failing their morale test (run away!), John charged his hussars at the rest of my hapless cavalry (run away, again!) and cleaned them all up in the process of one charge and its follow-through! However, my gunners had fled to the safety of the adjacent square and my converged grenadier battalion was on had to fire into the flank of the now stranded hussars and encourage them to decamp to their lines. Baden had managed to square up his infantry in the danger zone, so didn't suffer any adverse effects of the rampaging hussars, so despite the loss of some puny cavalry, we came out of it relatively unscathed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lancers suffer a casualty from artillery fire and fail their morale test!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's the signal for John's hussars to charge at my artillery, forcing the Spanish dragoons to counter-charge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though my cavalry was in line and his were still deploying from column, his better quality coupled with better dice rolling resulted in the dragoons being smashed and breaking for the hills.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gunners managed to shelter in the adjacent square during the cavalry scrap.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The victorious hussars carried on into the hapless heavy cavalry, who were caught flat-footed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The artillery missed, but the grenadiers' shot to the flank of the cavalry had the desired effect; the resulting morale test caused them to retreat behind their own lines.</td></tr>
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The problem now was to survive the incessant artillery fire raining down from the ridgeline. The square of light infantry anchoring one end of the anchored line eventually lost 30% casualties, but survived the morale test. I replaced them with the grenadiers who began copping casualties almost immediately. A counter-battery duel seemed to be a good idea, as the Spanish guns were heavier and more numerous, but John brought up more guns until I was outgunned. Even the eventual addition of Baden's batteries couldn't outgun the enemy, once John brought up his 12 pounder battery with the arrival of his main body.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the light infantry square was targeted by the enemy, it was time to remove them from the anchored line and replace them with the grenadiers in closed column.</td></tr>
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The enemy infantry turned out to be mainly Westphalian, (though John also had what seemed to be an entire fleet's worth of Sailors of the Guard) and immediately showed that they are not made for Iberian conditions: Jim charged Bill's Portuguese cacadores who sheltered behind a stone wall and then decided the better of it after failing their pre-combat morale check. John advanced a brigade's worth of infantry at the village, while my guerrillas wasted a lot of powder trying to skirmish against them. He had peeled off one battalion and positioned it in line to screen the advance of the rest, so this was the unit the guerrillas potted away at. Surprisingly, they actually managed to add a disorder or two on the line. If I wasn't going to stand idly by and allow John a free swipe at the town, now was the time to do something about it. I now had rear and flank support in the shape of Baden's troops, so I decided to throw the Walloon Guards into the fray. They boldly marched up to the Westphalian line and launched a blistering firefight. Though I was outnumbered, my quality was a lot better. I knocked off a couple of his figures to the loss of only one, and survived the resulting morale test, while the Westphalians didn't. They retired from the field, leaving the approach of the other units to the village vulnerable to attack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baden's main body arrives on the board and combines with the advanced guard: the Portuguese foot battery unlimbers next to the horse battery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim's cavalry audaciously charge their opponents, dismissing the infantry fire on their flank...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The results were inconclusive, with both sides retiring, but Jim had forced Bill's artillery crew to abandon their guns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baden's cacadores in square were attracting artillery fire and suffering accordingly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and fanning out into line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guerrillas, having plucked up their courage, advance on the enemy but only waste their powder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baden's British line infantry moves up in square on the Spanish flank...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...filling the gap between the Spanish and Anglo-Portuguese batteries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More British line infantry moves up on the outer left flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John's Westphalian columns advance behind the cover of the battalion in line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guerrillas desperately pop away at the advancing enemy, to no effect!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out on the far flank, Bill's light dragoons get handled roughly by the Westphalian cuirassiers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim's charge on Bill's cacadores, however, falls at the last hurdle (so to speak!) and halts at 2" with disorders!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John's infantry line moves to protect the approach of the rest of the brigade. The guerrillas finally land a punch and inflict a disorder on all the infantry to their front! Finally!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's the signal for the Walloon Guard to march forward and engage the enemy in a firefight! Blammo!</td></tr>
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The line of Walloon Guards was dangerously exposed to a cavalry counter attack, so I brought up the light infantry and grenadiers in closed column on either flank to re-establish the anchored line. John's artillery soon put the light infantry to flight, leaving the Walloons vulnerable to losses from the big 12 pounder battery. They lost their magic 30% and failed their morale check dismally, bolting to the rear. But I couldn't be too disheartened, as they'd done their job and messed up John's preparations to assault the village. By this time, Baden's Anglo-Portuguese had come up and were holding the line to the left of the village, and were even preparing a combined arms move around the enemy artillery's flank.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The resulting casualties and morale check cause the Westphalians to retire, while the Walloons retain the field. Huzzah!<br />The line's supports move up on either flank in closed column to anchor it against possible cavalry attack.</td></tr>
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There has been a distinct lack of hobby action of late, and like Jack Nicholson's character in "The Shining", cabin fever is setting in...<br />
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A combination of family commitments and it just being too damn hot (or humid, or both) have meant I haven't been to the club for weeks and painting has been a write-off. Why try painting when the paint on your brush dries up before it touches a figure? A slight exaggeration, but it's been consistently hotter and muggier since summer officially finished at the end of February, and that kind of weather is not conducive to painting, as you probably know all too well.<br />
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Anyway, things are looking up; I'll be going to the club this weekend and will probably play French this time. Several new players have been investing in British armies, so I'll give them some target practice. The <a href="http://rosbiffrog.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/italian-infantry-redux.html" target="_blank">Italians I painted up late last year</a> will probably get their maiden run on the battlefield (queue routing markers!).<br />
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Because there's been a flurry of British regiments being created, there have been quite a few questions being asked on numbers and basing, and I realise my regiments are undermanned. My focus for when I get my mojo back will be to upgrade my British line regiments from 10 to 12 figures and Highlanders from 12 to 15 figures. I'm also planning to retire some of my older units and replace them with Hagen metal figures (<a href="http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/product/view/137/1952" target="_blank">marching</a> and <a href="http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/product/view/137/1985" target="_blank">action</a>) and the new Strelets <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2533" target="_blank">Highlander </a>range. The problem is, though, both ranges have problems: the Hagen figures don't have elite company figures, while the Strelets figures don't have centre company figures! I had ordered some Hagen marching light infantry to use as elite company figures, but when I got the parcel in the mail I found that they'd been replaced with extra centre company marching figures, instead. Consequently, I've used Milliput to make shoulder wings on a few figures. I'll see how they look once I start painting them. I've also laboriously carved off the shoulder wings from the majority of the Highlander figures, too.<br />
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Also, I will need to re-base my Spanish infantry, which I mistakenly based on the larger 2-rank base, instead of the standard 3-rank continental infantry. Plus, I plan to boost the numbers of Spanish infantry so that I can field a complete 1500 point Spanish army! "Why?", I hear you ask; well, I have a soft spot for the hapless Spaniards who kept getting up after being knocked down again and again! They embody the image of the plucky underdog, which appeals to my sense of justice. Plus, I have an ambition to win a game with them one day; if I can do that, then I know I'll have made it as a player! That's the same reason I'm still plugging away with the Neapolitan project, too.Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-75278884609335523372017-03-04T16:28:00.000+11:002017-03-04T16:28:09.996+11:00Crash or Crash Through!<br />
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I finally made it back to the club this weekend past after a run of real-world priorities got in the way of hobby-time. I ran a scenario with my figures, so this post features only <b><i>1/72nd scale goodness</i></b> with none of these over-fed 28mm figures hogging the limelight! Apologies in advance for the photos; I forgot my camera and was reduced to using my phone, so some are rather blurry while others have a lot of foreground/background which I couldn't be ar*ed cropping.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">I took the Portuguese brigade of 2 line and 1 Cacadore battalion, and my new artillery battery. Garry took the British brigade of 1 highlander battalion, 1 light battalion and 1 line battalion (and a couple of riflemen), and John S. took the 2 Spanish infantry brigades as well as commanding the only allied cavalry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Quinny went French for the 2nd week in a row. After vowing never to play French when a British force was on the table (</span><span style="color: #111111;">proud</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"> ex-Pom that he is!), he broke his vow last week and won. Now it seems patriotism is trumped by winning, no matter which force he commands! He decided that the only way to win was to go on the offensive right from the start, and the Spanish were the obvious candidates for attack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">The Spanish began by concentrating around the village on the road, while the cavalry lurked in the background, probably the best place for Spanish cavalry actually! John occupied the building closest to the French and strung out a battalion in line from the occupied building to another battalion in closed column, creating an anchored line. A determined 3 battalion charge on the building soon cleared the Spanish from the town, allowing the cavalry to then charge the dislocated anchored line. In short order, the line and closed column were all running. The French then turned their attention to the rest of the Spanish infantry and sent them packing. John then had to roll for divisional morale, but failed of course. He then attempted to issue a recall order in the next turn. The order was successfully issued, but in the following morale check, the division chose to ignore the order and bug out for the hills! John was left with the cavalry and one lonely unit of angry townspeople, or guerrillas. Quinny casually neutralised the Spanish cavalry, except for the Extramadura Lancers, who danced around the French rear to no great effect!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Quinny was then able to turn his attention to the British and Portuguese. I managed to put a line battalion in the nearest building which had been vacated by the French, just to make life difficult for them. I planned on using the artillery to make life difficult for the enemy, while my cacadores were to take on the nearest enemy infantry. The main flaw to this plan was the fact that the Portuguese artillery couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, and, after a minor success against enemy infantry, the small French chasseur unit kept the cacadores in closed column. While I was kept focussed to the front, Quinny sent a couple of battalions around the rear of my position. The only bright spot was the fact that his attempt to dislodge my battalion from the built up area failed, after my dice finally decided to cooperate at the same time Quinny's decided to give up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">However, that was only a temporary setback. Quinny eventually chucked the Portuguese out of the village and got around the flank of the British line. Having sent both Portuguese line units running, the way was clear through the village. The British and the lone cacadore battalion were not up to halting them, so the game ended with a consensus agreement of a French victory.</span></span></div>
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It seemed to be a successful game (maybe not so much for the Spanish, sorry John!) with everyone enjoying themselves. The French player had to be aggressive to win, which suited Quinny's style to a T, while the allies have their work cut out for them despite having overall superior numbers. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Portuguese deploy on the ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spanish lancers bravely take the field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish heavy cavalry guard the flank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish infantry manage to just fall short of occupying the buildings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French manage to beat them to the punch, occupying the barn under their noses!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French infantry advance in closed column, screened by hussars in echelon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More French infantry advance in column screened by light infantry skirmish screen. Note the British advancing through the woods in their flank!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two French battalions deploy in line to face the threat, while the skirmishers advance to take on their British counterparts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French infantry charge against the Spanish occupied village goes in, despite supporting fire from the anchored line.<br />John is checking distances and angles to see if the cavalry had an opportunity charge (they didn't).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After successfully taking the building, the chasseurs charge the remaining formations of the anchored line. The guerrillas look on helplessly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French reserve moves up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish infantry columns huddle together before the onslaught!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish reserves move up. The converged grenadiers and Walloon Guards are the best units in the Spanish formation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, John kept them in column to meet the French attack, negating their firepower in an attempt to meet mass with mass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With too many units running, the inevitable result was a failed divisional morale test!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In an attempt to retrieve some honour, the Spanish dragoons managed to manoeuvre into the hussars' flank. The French horse artillery channel Dirty Harry: "Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After their successful charge, the French chasseurs' flank is covered by a lone infantry column. The cacadores then wheel and fire in their flank. The ensuing morale check causes the column to retire with casualties. Huzzah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's as far as the cacadores' luck goes, as they are forced into closed column after the chasseurs manoeuvre to threaten them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John's lancers appear in the rear of the French infantry, who studiously ignore them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the cacadores are still in closed column due to the cavalry threat, negating their firepower, they are charged by two battered French infantry columns. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roll for pre-melee...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and for melee!<br />Luckily, the result was only a retreat and not a break.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lancers make a nuisance of themselves, forcing the French light infantry into square. They square repulses them, but makes a lovely target for the British line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the artillery dealt with the Spanish dragoons on their flank, the French hussars attack the Spanish heavy cavalry on the ridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are also sent packing to the rear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Portuguese occupy the empty building, under the guerrillas' supervision.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The die comes good in the combat for the village!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French find they've bit off more than they can chew...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are repulsed with disorders! Huzzah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, the celebrating is premature, with their supports caught in the flank by a column of French legere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now isolated with 5 disorders, the future of the Portuguese in the village looks bleak!<br />Note the French hussars angling for the centre.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chasseurs charge the guns, but are fought off by the combined fire of the cacadores and gunners.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spanish lancers are finally put to flight by the French hussars, who'd charged out of the village to catch them in the rear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite being battered, the French are able to hold off the remnants of the allied force and open up the road to relieve the French held town off-table.</td></tr>
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I am terrible at resisting the "ooh, shiny!" impulse, especially when it's for a unique set in my chosen scale and can add to my already existing collection. With that declaration made, let me introduce you to my new Portuguese artillery battery!<br />
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These are from the expanding range of metal Napoleonic figures offered by <a href="http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/category/view/107" target="_blank">Hagen Miniatures</a>. The figures are great, the gun very detailed, and there's quite a range of paraphernalia that comes with the set. In fact, I found that I could only use 4 of the 6 figures provided, otherwise the base would have been very crowded!<br />
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I've added my patent tuft of cotton wool to the portfire and blackened the muzzle to show that it's been in heavy use.<br />
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This is the second of my recent Spanish command figures. He'll act as an infantry brigadier or cavalry divisional general. Again, he's from the Italeri French command set with a head modification using a Lancier Bleu head. He's had his epaulets removed and his collar built up with Milliput after decapitation of his original head took off more than I intended!</div>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-48479306866239058992017-02-16T15:14:00.000+11:002017-02-16T15:14:27.003+11:00Austerlitz 2017 Part 2 - or, The Revenge of Dr. Love!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Following on from the previous Austerlitz post, poor old Philip's 3rd Column were in all sorts of bother, my 2nd Column was getting ideas above its station, Advance Guard and 1st Column were systematically taking Sokolnitz from the French and then ordered to halt on the eastern bank of the Goldbach. Further north, the French were holding the northern flank while preparing for an all-out attack in the centre.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Austrians of 4th Column face French to the front...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...as well as across the creek further to the right in a big zig-zag.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians of 4th Column kept busy with advancing French, including the Guard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the Allies in the centre await the moment of crisis, Paul (Dr. Love!) of 1st Column takes the Alfred E. Neuman attitude:<br />
"What, me worry?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The problems with a refused flank: with a gap opening between the two units of the angle, the line facing forwards receives a flank charge, while the unit supposedly protecting its flank is heavily engaged.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the whole line gets rolled up, as the triumphal French attack runs amok down the Austrian front line!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian battalions routing to the rear past the Emperors and their retinues on the Pratzen Heights!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Further north, the Russian cavalry tries to put a stop to the rot, but the French manage to from square in time to meet the charge! Note the French Guard infantry at the top of the picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even further north, the Russian Guard goes into action, pushing into a gap in the French line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Confused cavalry action on the flank of the Russian Guard infantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Guard's target; the French refused line, which has given up Bellowitz to the Russians</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in the centre, the Russian cavalry fall back after rough handling by the infantry square, and the Imperial Guard advance through the vineyards. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cossacks sheltering behind the vineyard from the Guard Chasseurs get a nasty surprise as the Italian Guard marches up on their flank. Amazingly, the Cossacks survive the morale check caused by the flank fire!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chasseurs of the Guard advance on the southern flank of the vineyard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things are getting serious, now! <br />
Gaming into the night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Garde</i> charges the Russian line, pushing back, but not breaking the opposition</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a fog of war moment, the rest of the French infantry neglected to accompany the Guard in its charge, leaving them high and dry! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Russian cavalry in their left flank, the Guard were out on a limb without any reserve support to speak of.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at the pheasantry, French and Russian skirmishers advance into the farmland, while the rest of 2nd Column forms up on the edge of the field and move around the edge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davout's penny-packages of cavalry head north to confront the shifting Russian dispositions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grim looking French commanders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fanagoria grenadiers of 2nd Column move around the ploughed fields behind the cossacks of the Advanced Guard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian Hussars from the Advanced Guard threaten Soult's troops near the Pratzen Heights...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...before launching a devastating charge into the French flank!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charge goes into the flank of a Light Infantry column which failed to form square.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charge continues deep into the next few columns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"UURAAAAAHHHH!!!"</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hussars finish their charge with four battalions on the run, deep in the heart of the French formation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"RUN AWAY!!!!!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, 1st Column under Dokhtorov (better known as Dr. Love) moves up behind the Fanagoria Regiment of 2nd Column and Advanced Guard cavalry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fanagoria in mixed order screening 1st Column.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian and French columns meet in a mutual charge. Only heads of columns have been moved up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inconclusive combat forces both sides to their starting points.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James (Soult) and John S. (Buxhowden) duke it out in the centre, while Andrew B. looks on. 1st Column moves up in the foreground.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the small French dragoon units moved up in support of the French infantry in front of the Fanagoria regiment, 2nd Column's cavalry detachment took the opportunity charge, forcing the dragoons to flee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rest of 2nd Column starts to move across the ploughed fields, picking up disorders. I was planning to cross the field in force in order to threaten the artillery, but with French skirmishers active, my troops would not be able to cross the field without picking up maximum disorders. They would be in no condition to confront enemy forces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fanagoria regiment should have backed off, or attacked, but remaining where they were was probably the worst option.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remaining Austrians finally succumb after grimly holding on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the Austrians were being pummelled, further north the Guard cavalry was holding the line against a confused mob of Russian cavalry and infantry remnants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The space around the Guard cavalry shows how open the battlefield was campared to some of our other big games, like Waterloo and Borodino. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking further north from the Guard cavalry's position, the action becomes even more confused with the Russian Guard in action left, right and centre!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right at the northern end of the battlefield, Bagration continues to pressure Lannes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in the centre, Austrian cavalry clash with their French counterparts. With such a large overlap, their success was always likely, but note the approaching Guard infantry in the background!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...it's time to recall the Austrian cavalry out of harm's way!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Note the 3 blown markers representing the 3 full turns needed to regroup recalled cavalry (Another one of funny-man Paul's creations!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advanced Guard Cossacks get ideas above their station and attempt a charge at the advancing French infantry. As the charge started outside the flank of the target infantry formation, they didn't get the all important flank charge bonus.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not to worry; Dr. Love is in the house! <br />
His charge catches the nearest infantry in the flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After dithering for several turns, being chewed up by the Guard Horse Artillery to my front, I launched all three Fanagoria battalions at the batteries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad mistake! <br />
My best regiment turns tail and runs after suffering heavy losses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, the St. Petersburg Dragoons, who did so splendidly against their French opposites, take one too many casualties from artillery fire and also bolt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last regiment of the 2nd Column leaves the line of the Goldbach to plug the gap made by the collapse of the Fanagorias.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Love's 1st Column re-occupies the Pratzen heights, while the French begin organising a defensive line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rest of 2nd Column try to traverse the ploughed fields, racking up disorders. Fanagoria attempt to rally behind the Jaegers who'd been expelled from the field by the French skirmishers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the fighting to the south and the north had defined lines, the are to the south of Bellowitz was a confused mish-mash of combats between isolated units with an incredibly high body count, but no advantage to either side. It was in this sector that Grand Duke Constantine was mortally wounded, but his men shrugged off the tragedy and fought on! <span style="font-size: small;"><b>URRAAH!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the very north of the battlefield, Bagration had attempted to maneuver around the French flank, but Lannes kept the line... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bagation's cavalry confront the French infantry, while French cavalry reserves approach in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in the centre, the French form mixed order to defend against a combined arms advance by the Allies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the Allies holding the Pratzen Heights and the rallied Austrian infantry of 4th Column appearing on their extreme left flank, the French forces were under pressure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian dragoons attack the nearest French infantry formation as the Austrians look on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Note the 3 blown markers representing the 3 full turns needed to regroup recalled cavalry (Another one of funny-man Paul's creations!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charge goes in! The Austrians extract a little revenge for their previous mauling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Success was short-lived, though. Without fresh reserves, the Austrians were ripe for counter-attack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First, the weak supporting battalions were screened by a powerful line of light infantry...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...who then bent around to envelop the Austrian flank, while the larger battalion which had previously launched the successful charge is charged in turn by 3 French battalions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A week Russian battalion from 1st Column deploys in line to protect the flank vacated by the Austrians.<br />
Quinny looks on in disgust: "Oh for some British Guard infantry!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Column still occupies the Pratzen Heights daring the French to continue their advance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Column on the right and the Advanced Guard on the left ponder their options</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French force the issue and charge the artillery and Hungarian infantry of the Advanced Guard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After clearing the artillery and infantry to their front, the French infantry are now confronted by lots of cavalry.</td></tr>
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With both sides having committed their reserves, neither force could land a knock out blow on the other. It was generally agreed that the French won the day on a points decision, with the Allies able to retire from the battlefield in good order.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure whose side this Huntsman was on! <br />
Despite having a leg-span to fit in the palm of your hand, these critters are generally no threat to humans. They just give you a bloody fright when they appear in your peripheral vision! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After all the fun, the tidying-up process!<br />
These are all the table legs...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the table-tops stored in the 2nd shed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim and Jill now have somewhere to park their cars!</td></tr>
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Finally, a big thanks to everyone who played, new and old members all (as well as the odd interstate interloper!). It really makes it a great 3 days when everyone plays in the same spirit of friendly competition, before chewing over the day's action over a glass of red (or several!) after one of Jill's superb meals.</div>
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<br />Ben Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-89441492441188351902017-01-29T15:47:00.001+11:002017-01-29T15:47:49.046+11:00First Figures for 2017While I get Austerlitz Part 2 sorted out, I will reward your patience with some photos of the first units to come off the production line for 2017.<br />
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The first is the 2nd battalion of the Neapolitan 4th Regiment of the Line. This has been a long time in coming as it's been on the go since October last year! Again, the figures are from <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=887" target="_blank">Italeri set 6066</a> with one of the voltiguers sporting a Lancier Bleu pokalem-wearing head. The next unit in this project will be the yellow faced 2nd Regiment of the Line which was an exclusively Afro-Caribbean regiment, reputedly the worst in the French army until it was transferred to Neapolitan command during Joseph's reign when it became the best without any change in performance!<br />
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The next unit off the painting desk is the Spanish cavalry regiment, the <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lanceros de la Legión Extremeña. I have found quite a few pictorial references, some of which are featured below from my Pinterest archive, though not much seems to be known of their battle record. It seems to be one of those hastily organised regiments which popped up and then disappeared soon afterwards in the period before 1812.</span></span></div>
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With the increase of Spanish cavalry in my collection, it's time I had a cavalry commander to try and prevent them routing off the field when they inevitably break! Below is my version of a senior Spanish officer based on images of a brigadier from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Napoleons-War-Spain-Henry-Lachouque/dp/0853685061" target="_blank">Napoleon's War in Spain by Lachouque & Tranie</a> using a figure from <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=200" target="_blank">Italeri set 6016</a> with the epaulets and aiguilettes removed and a Lancier Bleu head added.</div>
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Our Austerlitz game started with the historical units following the orders they received for the first few rounds until contact was made, then all bets were off! As Langeron, I commanded the Allied 2nd Column in the south with orders to support the 1st Column and Advanced Guard in their sweep around Telnitz (Tilnitz in the map above). My area of operation was between Telnitz and Sokolnitz, while 3rd Column (Prybyszweski) was to support my right flank in the area north of Sokolnitz. The columns to the north were to pin the French while the southern columns carried out the grand sweeping maneuver northwards. All well and good if only the French cooperated and stayed where they were...</div>
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Another factor was the fog in the Goldbach valley. If you look at maps showing the march routes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Columns they take an inexplicable detour well to the south before turning west and north. Once the fog was laid down on the table you could see exactly why that was the case; all 3 columns marched around the cloud of fog to avoid bumping into each other and getting completely disordered, something I should have paid heed to!</div>
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The Allies got to move first, with each commander rolling dice to determine their starting turn. The Advance Guard, naturally, managed first move on turn 4, while 2nd Column got the go-ahead on turn 8. However, only the first 3 brigades got to step off on that turn; my 3rd brigade moved on the following turn. With orders to approach the Goldbach at Soklonitz, 2nd Column plunged into the fog with all the joys that entailed. Depending on marching speed, the column deviates by a certain amount left or right determined by die roll. Of course I blundered in at full march speed (minus penalties for fog), blundered over ploughed ground (racking up multiple disorders), and deviated left, then right and left again, ending up more or less where I wanted to, but with many unwanted disorders. Knowing that having a skirmish screen out in front to guide the column would reduce the chances of getting lost, I sent my jaegers out in front. What I didn't realise was that due to their rubbish rating, they weren't able to guide the column anyway!</div>
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The 3rd brigade saw the other two disappear into the fog and thought better of following, marching around the fog-bank as the historical formation did and eventually arriving at the same point first and in a lot better condition!</div>
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Meanwhile, the Advance Guard and 1st Column had arrived at Telnitz to find the French in occupation of parts of the town. They set about screening the village in order to discourage French interference, while bombarding the town in preparation of expelling the French infantry. Our orders prevented us from crossing the Goldbach until the French on the eastern bank were dealt with, so I had to twiddle my thumbs until John S. (Buxhowden) and Paul (Doctoroff, or <a href="https://youtu.be/05NG42v5t_Q" target="_blank">Doctor Love</a>, as he soon rechristened himself) dealt with Andrew B.'s French interlopers. That wasn't such a bad thing, as I could regroup after my adventures in the fog and knock off the accumulated disorders.</div>
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Someone who didn't have a happy time in the fog was Philip, who commanded 3rd Column (Prybyszewski), and he wasn't even there! Not able to join us for the opening moves at the last moment, Tim stood in for him and moved the paper starting footprints in lieu of the missing figures. While following orders and moving to their designated position through the fog, 3rd Column was intercepted by Andrew B.'s French who blundered into their flank in the fog and loosed off a volley. 3rd Column lost all coherence as part of it reeled back in confusion after failed morale checks.</div>
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Further north, 5th Column (Liechtenstein) under Nigel had orders to head up to Blasowitz and link up with Bagration's Corps (Tim) and the Russian Guard (Quinny). Kutuzov's 4th Column Russians and Austrians, commanded by Robin and Jim respectively, were to advance in the centre and link up with the first 3 columns' sweeping move. Of course, that was the plan; reality was somewhat different!</div>
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James F. (of <a href="http://avonnapoleonicfellowship.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Avon Napoleonic Fellowship</a> fame) emulated Soult's attack in the centre, marching on the the Pratzen Heights. Oudinot's (Bill's) corp also advanced in support, with the French Guard also making an early appearance in support.</div>
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Up at the northern end Lannes' and Bernadotte's (played by Vana, Jenko and Baden) Corps faced Tim as Bagratian and Quinny as Archduke Constantine, and tried to push forwards along the Olmutz road.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Telnitz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sokolnitz, the Castle and Pheasantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same view from the French side of the Goldbach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Garde! <br />
The only French formation starting on the board, not obscured by fog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fog descends! Stretching along the Goldbach valley from Telnitz up to the Olmutz road.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Column steps off!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buxhowden's Advance Guard skirts the Satschen Ponds en route to the are south of Telnitz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advance Guard's cossacks are met by French skirmishers in Telnitz vineyard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advanced Guard's heavy cavalry and horse batteries face off across the Goldbach with their French counterparts....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....while the rest of the force covers Telnitz.</td></tr>
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2nd Corps halts at the fog's edge so that the Jaegers can catch up and lead the formation through the fog. </div>
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Yeah, that'll work!(not...)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd brigade looks at the fog where the rest of 2nd Column disappeared and says, "Yeah....nuh."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....and heads off around the fog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disaster! <br />
3rd Column gets attacked in the flank when French units blunder into them in the fog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doctor Love and 1st Column arrive on the scene and prepare to besiege Telnitz.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian infantry of the Advance Guard secure Telnitz's southern flank. <br />
Note the marker on the artillery which indicates a lost gun...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...caused by long range artillery fire!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Column links up with the Advanced Guard to complete the encirclement of Telnitz from the east.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian infantry approaches the vineyard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French infantry retreat into the village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fog begins to thin, exposing a French attack advancing on the Pratzen heights!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th Column halt their movement northwards to confront the sudden development</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About face!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lannes and Bernadotte push forward towards Blasowitz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liechtenstein's Russian cavalry hold position....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...while the French emerge from the mist!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian contingent of 4th Column begin assembling behind the 5th Column cavalry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view north of the Pratzen Heights. Look at all the open space closest to the camera!<br />
Never fear; Jim's Austrians are about to be placed on the board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quinny's Russian Guard form to the right of Liechenstein's 5th Column cavalry while Baden, Vana and Jenko act nonchalantly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th Column Austrians enter the board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soult's corps has left the fog and advances on the Pratzen heights. Who will stop him?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian Guard move north to link up with Bagration....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...as the French form up on Blasowitz...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...as the hinge for the northern sector.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bagration's forces move forward towards the enemy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bashkirs!<br />
These are the <a href="http://rosbiffrog.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/bonnets-for-bashkir-bonces.html" target="_blank">Bashkirs</a> I sculpted fancy headwear for in 2011.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The heads of my 2nd Column battalions emerge from the fog in the orchards between Sokolnitz and Sokolnitz castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While poor old 3rd Column tries to sort itself out, a division of Soult's French infantry turn to take it in the flank! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...forming a nice neat line with the Russian Guard on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bagration's forces begin to apply pressure on the north of the French line. <br />
Vana hurriedly moves troops to deny Tim a nice flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, poor Philip arrives to place his 3rd Column troops on the table just in time for them to get whacked!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panoramic view of the French line stretching up to Blasowitz in the centre left and on to Kollubitz and beyond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One brigade of my 3rd Column occupy the orchard between Sokolnitz and the castle, with 2 battalions venturing into the Pheasantry. French Guard Horse Artillery deployed behind the castle play havoc with my columns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To minimise damage from the artillery, the columns in best condition form line in the orchard, allowing the others to shelter behind. The rest of 3rd column move into the gap south of Sokolnitz to link up with 1st Column.<br />
Our orders transmitted via Buxhowden from further up the command chain changed to holding the line of the Goldbach. we were allowed to cross the stream up to 8" in order to facilitate the holding of the line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So I interpreted that to mean securing as much of Sokolnitz as possible! <br />
The Fanagoria Grenadiers cross the Goldbach...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and secure the buildings not currently occupied by French infantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Between Sokolnitz and Telnitz, I toyed with the idea of sending my dragoons across the muddy banks of the Goldbach to secure the left flank of Sokolnitz.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On my right, I pushed the two regiments in the Pheasantry up past the Castle in preparation for an assault.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, the battalion in column would have to charge across a bridge and assault the castle held by superior French troops. In the end I decided it wasn't going to fly and orders to hold the line won out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th Column artillery plays on the advancing french </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Garde!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th Column forms its Russian battalion guns into a couple of brigade batteries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th Column Austrians occupy the Pratzen heights before the French get there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd Column's resistance becomes even more difficult with their flank turned!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A frontal charge after the flank move puts paid to 3rd Column, and ends Philip's role prematurely!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My move into Sokolitz continues apace.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dragoons have successfully crossed the Goldbach to support my move on Sokolitz.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up in the north, the Russian Guard infantry deploy on the right flank of the 5th Column cavalry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Russian Guard infantry and cavalry deploy, while another cavalry stoush develops in the centre.</td></tr>
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This game took place on the weekend just passed at Tim and Jill's place in Drouin, an hour or so south-east of Melbourne, in our club's semi-annual Napoleonic big battle re-creation. The table this year was the biggest yet, though the troop numbers didn't match the mega-battles like Borodino or Aspern-Essling/Wagram. As a result there was a lot of room for <span style="text-align: center;">manoeuvring in what turned out to be a free-wheeling bloody see-saw of a game.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Again, our gracious hosts put on a great weekend for us complete with Jill's wonderful food. She certainly knows how to spoil a bunch of hungry wargamers! Tim's tabletops really are a work of art, but the fact that he'd been working on them since May probably goes some way to explain why. Darren and Andrew S. (who in the end couldn't make it) put in the hard yards of working out the battlefield and the Order of Battle for both sides, and Darren also came up with the highly successful special fog rules. Thanks also to everyone who painted the figures for the game.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the action around Tellnitz and Sokolnitz stabilised, the action continues around the Pratzen heights and points north. On the left, from closest to camera: James, Andrew B., Bill, Darren, Baden, Jenko and Tim. Vana is somewhere behind this bunch. On the right from closest to camera: Jim, Robin, Nigel and Quinny. Paul, Garry, John and myself are catching some refreshing breezes outside the garage while the combats to the north are resolved.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wargaming in style: alfresco drinks between moves</td></tr>
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