After two unsuccessful assaults over the last two weeks the Russians were finally able to breach the fortress walls for good and capture Ismail.
The Ottomans put up a desperate defense and caused massive casualties against two out of the three Russian attack columns.
On the right, Brian's column took devastating fire from Arnouts taking cover in a wooded knoll. At least three regiments were lost trying to take out the stubborn Arnouts.
In the center, Mike's column was shot to peices attempting to come to grips with the center of the Ottoman defenses. Jaeger, Grenadiers and several line regiments too heavy casualties, and never breached the walls. Greeks, Janissaries and heavy cannons ruined their assault. The Greeks were especially skillful at shooting the attackers to peices.
General Markov (newly appointed commander of the left assault column) was the key to victory. His skillful attack against the Ottomans won the day!! He was able to drive off the Sekhan troops manning the walls in front of his command with fierce musket fire and sharp bayonets, and then smashed the only Ottoman reserve, which was another Janissary unit. The entire Ottoman defensive line collapsed at that point. The walls were breached for good and the Russians began their revenge.
Great game, and we finished in about 1.5 hours.
Rules: Piquet (Tweaked Cartouche 2 rules)
Figure Scale: 15mm
Russians: From Falcon Figures UK
Ottomans: Mix of Minifigs, Essex, Falcon US, Falcon UK, etc.
Photos: Haven't posted them, but you can see the first day's assault here:
link
Cheers!
Eric Burgess
paints brigs for the British fleet.
