"Battle of Lobositz by Der Alte Fritz" Topic

I have posted a large number of pictures of the Lobositz game that Monsieur Chevert, Graf Frye and Der Alte Fritz hosted at the Little Wars Convention in the Chicago area on February 8, 2009. The game was played with Chevert's Batailles de l'Ancien Regime (or "BAR") rules for 18th Century warfare.

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Please click the link to go to my blog for the battle report and pictures. And be sure to click on each picture to enlarge the view. Feel free to leave comments on the blog site but clicking the comments button at the bottom of the blog page.

sweet mate,

the drop sheets look great, is it flocked or just airbrushed?

cheers
matt

Great battle report, DAF. So the cavalry slogged it out and time restraints forced a draw. Out of curiosity, did the artillery play much of a role?
In the many SYW (and ECW as well) games we have played, the side that wins is the one with active cavalry left over after both cavalry wings have cut each other up (ie not Mollwitz at all).

I played in that game. The figures were excellent. THe other palyers were nice too. I have never played a seven years war game. The other palyers were very helpful with backround on the forces and with some tactics. Its games like this that get me fired up for conventions.

Hi,

Great battle report. Lobositz is one of my favourite battlefields. I visited it a few years ago and it is largely unspoilt. If you're in the Czech Rep. it is a must (as is Kolin).

Three things I learned about the battlefield for those interrested.

1. The Austrian position behind the marshy ground is about 20 – 30 foot above it with a steep slope facing the Prussians – a very good position.

2. The Lobosch actually looks like a volcano. The slopes are about one in five until you get half way up – the last half is at least one in one (45 degrees). This means fighting would be confined to the lower western slopes. There would be no fighting at the top! Proper edge of the table terrain. There are lots of these volcanic mounds in the area – they all look the same – we thought we had got to the field several times before we actually did.

3. The Homolke Mound. The best place to view the field. You can see why Frederick chose it. It is quite a steep hike to the top. This is a big hill overlooking the whole field. The valley between it and the lobosch is wide and dead flat – you really can see that Prussian cavalry issuing out of it in line – absolutely awe inspiring – fantastic. All of the Austrian positions would be clearly seen once the mist cleared. If it had not been misty a completely different action would have ensued.

James

Interesting. I also ran a Lobositz game at Little Wars Yesterday. Ours went from 9AM to 1PM. We used Volley and Bayonet and played about 8 hours of scale time in that period The battle was fought to a conclusion with both sides cavalry being wrecked, the Austrian Advanced Guard destroyed and Lobositz itself changing hands twice, before the weight of Austrian numbers began to tell.

Does like nice, shame someone had to try and be clever with their comments on the blog.
Just showed themselves up.

Nice job.

Michael.

Great looking game.

That looked like a lot of fun. Thanks for posting the pictures of all those great looking large units. Seeing those only spurs me on to work on getting my own battalions painted up.

Excellent report! My first re-enactment was Lobositz, always a great battle to fight.

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