Recently I found two old pictures of my Prussians, they were from 2017. I can remember taking these photos too, as on that day I defeated the French and British armies in two seperate battles.
I'll start with the English: The British army under Ciaran fielded 25(ish) men and 1 commander. My Prussian army was of equal strength. Now for the battle.
The British forces split into two main groups - 15 men to attack my force and 10 to protect the commander. I used my tactic of forming my front ranks into a "V formation" and sending out pairs of "Scouts" to guard my flanks (This won me many battles back then but with our new rules these are obsolete and outdated now).
I then allowed the Brits to attack me and wear themselves out. I swiftly counterattacked and the British were all destroyed.
An hour(ish) later, my army of 30 was facing a French force of equal strength. The battle was a bloody one, as we both continued to pull up reinforcements and hurl them into battle, fighting over a small broken structure in the middle of the battlefield.
It went on like this for a while before I repulsed the last French infantry and Thomas retreated his commander - I had won.
I consider this to be one of my best days in my wargaming career and marks the time were I finally surpassed Ciaran and matched Thomas in a lage (At that time anyway) Napoleonic battle.
I will put the photos mentioned earlier on the blog when I have time!
A heads-up about upcoming posts:
- Our latest battle - Vauchamps
- Artillery rules
- Our battle of Hamerten
- And more recollections from 2017!
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