"A Sharp Engagement at Apoderada" Topic

"Another run out with Soldiers of Napoleon was on the cards for this week's game between Phil and me here in GHQ. Rather than rerun a Wars of the French Revolution game I opted to see if I could proxy a British army for the 'Peninsular War'. The French of course would have to be from my Wars of the French Revolution collection, but the British I assembled from the Pendawar, War of 1812-15, and Wars of the French Revolution collections. The French mustered four brigades: two of infantry with accompanying 12lb and 8lb gun batteries; a Light Cavalry brigade of Chasseurs and Hussards; a Heavy Cavalry brigade of Dragoons. The British mustered four full strength Brigades and one half strength: three of infantry, two accompanied by 9lb Foot Artillery batteries; a Light Cavalry brigade of Light Dragoons; a Heavy Cavalry brigade of three regiments. As we are still at the learning stage – well we are both the wrong side of 21 – we are more interested in the mechanics and card nuances than a result but I can reveal that we actually did play this through to a proper conclusion in the time we had to play, a first after four games! As is usual now, an annotated photomontage to hopefully give the loyal readers a sense of how the battle unfolded…"

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Armand

Nice! Don't often see Old Guard in firing poses!

Glad you enjoyed it…

Armand