"Magenta 1859 using Bloody Big Battles" Topic

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Shedman	15 Jan 2017 9:05 a.m. PST
After starting this project 12 years ago I finally got to refight Magenta – well almost Figures are 10mm Pendraken, buildings are mainly 6mm Timecast and tiles are by TSS/QRF AAR on my blog twomarshals.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/magenta-1859-using-bloody-big-battles.html
Lascaris	15 Jan 2017 10:29 a.m. PST
Beautiful table and excellent AAR. The BBB rules are one of my favorite sets. Always ends up in a good game.
KTravlos	15 Jan 2017 12:39 p.m. PST
What an excellent setup! Good game!
Oh Bugger	15 Jan 2017 3:34 p.m. PST
Impressive game, well done.
vtsaogames	15 Jan 2017 5:46 p.m. PST
I hope to game this sometime. Afraid my table won't look as good.
Cuirassier	23 Jan 2017 8:47 p.m. PST
Beautiful table and excellent game! Well done. Colonel Lenormand de Bretteville commanded the elite 1st Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard at the Battle of Magenta (actualy, he commanded the regiment between 1856 and 1861). This photo was taken in 1860 (the uniform of the Grenadiers changed in 1860). ------------------------------------- Colonel Jean Louis Metman commanded the 3rd Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard at Magenta. Metman and his regiment fought like lions during the battle. The 3rd Grenadiers suffered almost 500 casualties that bloody day. Metman was promoted to General de Brigade in 1860. This photo was taken in 1861. ------------------------------------- General de Division Émile Mellinet commanded the 1st Infantry Division of the French Imperial Guard (aka the Grenadier Division) during the Franco-Austrian War (aka Italian campaign of 1859). The division was formed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grenadiers and the Regiment of Zouaves of the Imperial Guard. They fought like demons at Magenta. Mellinet proudly wrote after the battle, "I hope that the Emperor will be pleased with his Grenadiers and Zouaves, for I defy anyone to find braver troops." Click on the image to enlarge it: link This photo was taken in 1857. ------------------------------------- General de Brigade Cler, the intrepid Cler, commanded the 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the French Imperial Guard in 1859. The 1st Brigade was formed by the 1st Grenadiers and the Regiment of Zouaves of the Imperial Guard. Two elite infantry units. Cler was killed at the Battle of Magenta when he was leading the ferocious Zouaves of the Imperial Guard. This photo was taken in 1857 (when he already was General de Brigade and commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the French Imperial Guard). ------------------------------------- General Wimpffen commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the French Imperial Guard in 1859. He was wounded at the Battle of Magenta. Click on the image to enlarge it: link This photo was taken in 1857 (when he was General de Brigade and commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the French Imperial Guard).
NickinRI	27 Jan 2017 6:48 p.m. PST
Very nice
Royal Marine	28 Jan 2017 1:30 p.m. PST
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