Over a period of five hours, the two armies basically fought each other to a standstill. I led two brigades of Austrians with two Dutch battalions attached on the Allied left, facing Paul with two brigades - nine regiments - of French cavalry. Chris led our centre with around eight battalions of Brits and Dutch, John had two brigades of Allied cavalry and Mark was on our right with a grand battery of artillery as well as our reserves, which were my figure contribution to the game. Julian led th Bavarians against Chris and Barry was opposite Mark leading Spanish infantry, while Nick as commander controlled the guns and reserves of both infantry and cavalry. Please enjoy the pictures below
Allied deployment
Allied left wing...my command
French right..Pauls twin cavalry brigades
Allied centre
Allied reserve infantry (my figures)
Allied left advances
Austrian infantry repel French cavalry
French centre advances on Allied centre
Allied centre
Bavarians confront the British
French cavalry
Another French cavalry attack on the Allied left
Huge cavalry melee on Marks flank
Allied left advance towards the Bavarians
Allied reserve infantry fighting Spaniards in town
British v French cavalry fight
Allied left and centre combine to push back the Bavarians
Huge mess on the Allied right
One large British unit v three small French units
Austrian cavalry charge French cavalry
Brits in the centre
Swiss in Dutch service - my figures
Spanish infantry on the French left
Three regiments of Nicks French figures
Final position on my flank...Austrian infantry and cavalry face depleted French cavalry brigade
Final position in the centre ...not many troops left on either side
Final position on the Allied right
Unfortunately, I have had another issue with the iPad, so several images towards the end are not there...from the unit in red which are my Swiss in Dutch service, it goes straight to the very last image.
ReplyDeleteNice game photos! Zooming in, the detail and fine painting is evident. What a wonderful period and wonderful sight to see these collections in action. Hope to see WSS on the gaming table more frequently.
ReplyDeleteNathan's Jonathan ...yes, Rick did a fantastic job on his collection and Marks plastic Bavarians also looked great en masse. I agree, it's a very attractive era but we have so many wars to fight, it may be a while before these chaps see the tabletop again.
DeleteLooks like an epic encounter!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was Nate....wall to wall troops as far as the eye could see! Rick kept referring to "another Malplaquet".....and not in a good way!
DeleteVery nice Keith, in spit of the odd missing photo. That cavalry being struck in the flank in the fourteenth picture looks particularly nasty.
ReplyDeleteCheers Lawrence....that was the other end of the table from where I spent most of the game but there were definitely some helter skelter cavalry encounters on that flank until virtually all the cavalry from both sides was gone!
ReplyDeleteReally impressive game!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and your visit Dmitry
DeleteBeautiful looking game. What a amazing collection of figures.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Mark...the game represents most of our friend Ricks extensive collection (I think he mentioned sixteen boxes!) plus additional supporting roles from Marks Bavarians Nicks French and my Dutch and Danish
DeleteSuper looking game! Very impressive period!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain...yes I agree it is visually spectacular
DeleteA splendid looking game...
ReplyDeleteI am sure you could have fitted a few more units in if you tried...;-)
All the best. Aly
Hmmm...don't encourage them Aly. Several of our group seem to think that the main aim of any scenario is to cram as many figures on the table as possible! It was a good stoush though...
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