Napoleonic Game

On Sunday we played a large Napoleonic game set in 1813. On one side (my side) were three players commanding about 40 battalions (I think 8 of which were Guard) plus 12 cavalry regiments and 11 batteries, representing a Franco-Bavarian force. On the other was a mixed force of Austrians, Russians and Prussians of roughly the same strength.

Our objective was to gain control of one of two roads on the opposite side the table. I never did discover the enemy’s objectives. We chose hold on the left, with the Guard and its supports, against a significant Austrian force and strike on the right with the French line division and the Bavarians against  a combined force of Russians, Austrians and Prussians. The result was two huge scrummages on the flanks and very little happening in the centre. At the end of the game no one really held the tactical advantage, neither had achieved their objectives but the Allies had taken more ground and the umpire ruled in their favour.

Instead of a full description I will simply present a number of images, not necessarily in any sort of order. The only one I will provide any description for is this first one. This is the dice result of a round of firing by a Russian position battery that required anything but a “1”  for a hit an exposed French column. After this shot this poor battery suffered being of swamped by French fire, silenced, recovered, was silenced again, then the gunners were driven off, finally the gunners returned to their guns but failed miserably to cause any serious damage, much to the distress of my opponent to whom I humbly appolgise!

And now the rest of the pictures (a number of which are provided by my opponents) of our very enjoyable day.

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