Finally got around to having the game with Jack and Bob that I threatened. Way too many figures but an
opportunity to show them to Jack who hadn’t seen them before, despite making a
number of the moulds for me.
It started as a game using Black
Powder but quickly degenerated into more of a chatting match. After Jack had his second glass of Shiraz and
a bacon sandwich and we discussed which of us was going to get to the pearly
gates first this just turned into a photo shoot opportunity. So lots of pictures not much text but we
enjoyed ourselves which was all that mattered.
On the Prussian left flank is a
brigade of light and heavy cavalry consisting of Hussars, Uhlans and
Cuirassiers
The next to them a brigade of Allied
troops from Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Lippe and Saxe Coburg
The centre is made up of Prussian
infantry supported by artillery
On
the right is another allied brigade of troops from Brunswick, Bremen and Waldeck
On the extreme right is another
Brigade of cavalry consisting of 2 regiments of Prussian Dragoons and Dragoons
from Mecklenburg and Oldenburg.
The Austrians had a mixed force of Austrian. Bavarians,
and Wurtemburgers supported by troops from Nassau, Saxony, Scheswig Menningan, Baden
and Hesse Kessel. On the right was a
mixed brigade of cavalry with Austrain Uhlans, Bavarian Cuirassiers and Light
dragoons and Hesse Kessel Hussars.
Supported by Wurtettemburgers and Bavarians in the
centre and the Austrians on the left flank.
Jack and Bob plot the Prussian strategy. Which quickly
goes to pot as Jack never seeing the opportunity to wait with his cavalry
launches a frontal assault on the Austrian artillery and Jagers on the hills to
his front.
The Mecklenburgh Hussars charge the Austrian artillery. Needless to say they are driven
away.
The same is true for the first regiment of dragoons who
are charging up hill into the Austrian Jagers.
A lot of head scratching about what to do next. Withdraw the remaining cavalry or plough on! This is of course Jack and retiring isn't part of his vocabulary so they charge on!
In the centre the Prussian infantry brigades advance
The Prussian artillery enjoy some success routing an Austrian
regiment
Poor Austrian artillery allows the Oldenburg Hussars to charge home routing the gunners but at the same time running into the
Austrian cavalry brigade who drive them back.
The second regiment of Prussian Dragoons also enjoy success
with some pitiful rifle fire failing to stop them they rout the Jagers.
Jack celebrates this brief cavalry victories.
In the centre the Bavarians close on their Prussian enemy.
The Prussian regiments form a formidable firing line
The second glass of Shiraz slows the thought process!
The Bavarians quickly try to counter the Prussian firing line.
The combined allied cavalry of the right finally get moving
and charge the Prussian Hussars who are put to flight
The Austrian allies and Prussians firing line grows in
length. Unfortunately, the actual firing
ranges from feeble to pathetic and even the extra boost given to the Prussians
fails to have any effect.
Another Prussian Hussar Regiment is put to flight.
Even at close range the firing is hopeless
The Brunswickers and Bremen infantry rush to join the
fray.
Still the deadlock goes on. The Austrians throw the last of their allied reserves into
the firing line but still both sides remain locked in a series of hopeless
firing throws and good saving dice
At this point and with 2 glasses of Shiraz and a bacon
sandwich having an effect we decided to call it a day.
