"French Invasion of Sweden (as it might have happened)" Topic
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Tango01  | 04 Oct 2025 1:50 p.m. PST |
…: Battle for Skane
"For this game John, Nigel and Richard were the ‘French' while Paul, Jim and I were the Swedes and British. I decided to give Valour and Fortitude another run out as they were quick and would enable us to get through a pretty large game with well over 30 units a side in seven or eight brigades each.
The game proved to be an exciting bloodbath. Richard's Spanish made slow progress against the Swedish left, although their cavalry did ride down a battery of guns and force Jim's infantry into square for much of the game. On the Swedish right, I led two cavalry brigades against the entire Danish division. My main focus was on defeating Nigel's cavalry brigade, but they proved to be a tough nut to crack; by the end of the game, despite losing their hussar regiment, they'd passed every Valour and Fortitude test thrown at them. My heavy cavalry did manage to catch a Danish infantry battalion in line and destroyed it. However the rules do not allow for any post-melee movement so I was picked off and shaken by Danish artillery and musketry and was forced to retire shaken. In the centre John pushed his veteran infantry forward, supported by artillery and cavalry. Again, despite loosing several units the assault punched a massive hol in our centre. Meanwhile the English did a great job fighting to the last Swede as usual! Here are some photos which give some idea of how the game developed…"
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Armand
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| Frederick | 04 Oct 2025 2:10 p.m. PST |
Nice AAR – thanks for sharing |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 04 Oct 2025 5:45 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 05 Oct 2025 4:38 p.m. PST |
Happy you like it boys…
Armand
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