Well, its been a while! don't know what came over me really but I have been distracted by other things over the last couple of weeks - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and all that jazz!
Mark at 1866 and All That has already reported on our last game of 2025 - here are my images. I was on the right flank of the Austrian advance; Mark was our advance guard to my left, and Nick and John commanded the remainder of the Austrian generals. Nick came right to support me initially but once I was deployed, he went left to help John. Mark and I held the "hinge" position with Barry attacking, Rick hovering ready to pounce with his cavalry on my infantry if he got the chance - he never did!
John made a series of bloody attacks in the centre that initially met with success on the Bavarians extreme right, commanded by Paul, but in the centre next to Marks position, he suffered a bloody repulse and that brigade quit the field. I had to leave at that point, but Mark took over. From what I gather, Nick managed to flank the Bavarians with his huge cavalry force, Mark threw in a couple of desperate downhill charges at Barry - and all of a sudden, Barry's force morale collapsed too. The Bavarians had nothing left and ceded the field to the Austrian - a somewhat Pyrrhic victory, but better than a clear cut definitive loss!
Here are a bunch of images of the game - I have left Johns close ups even though I think they have already appeared in Marks report
