Following our little Cold War bash at the weekend the Mat O War went back a couple of hundred years as we had a quick try out in preparation for the game we are putting on at Fisticuffs, Weymouth 31 May 14. the Austrians comprised of Nordmanns Vanguard, Bellegardes 1st Corps, Hesse Homburgs Cavalry Div and elements of Lichtensteins Grenadier Corps. Arrayed against them were Oudinots 2nd Corps with Nansouty's 1st Heavy Cavalry Division.
The Austrians deployed along the hill with their light Cavalry on the right and Heavy Cavalry right. The French deployed all of their cavalry on their left :
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The French launched a large cavalry attack on the Austrian right, and after a brief scuffle routed all 3 large Hussar Regts:
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The entire French Cavalry were then in a position to dominate the left flank prevent the Austrian Infantry from coming down the hill which meant the French could concentrate on the Austrian centre:
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On the French right the Austrian Heavy Cavalry eventually came off the hill, however the French managed to form square with no Austrian Infantry close enough to pose a threat:
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In the end poor command dice prevented an all out assault by the French and it was down to the Portuguese Legion at attack a large Austrian Regt that was shaken after a few rounds of Arty fire. Poor Austrian break test dice meant that the unit dispersed as did the supporting unit to its right opening a large hole in the Austrian centre.
Only our 5th game and the largest yet everything seemed to work well using various rule adjustments from the Albion book and the Contemptible wargames site. Looking forwards to Weymouth with even more little chaps!!
Tally Ho!
paints his first three ships from the starter set.
