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| A photo just to prove to Paul that I never shifted anything to my advantage during the hiatus...maybe I should have gotten closer Youngy but hey...I know you trust me old chum. |
From previous posts you would recall that this action forms part of the Battle of Lutzen in 1813. The French have 15 turns to capture the village of Eisdorf for a victory and if it can also demoralize or break three Russian brigades then a glorious victory. The Russians need to hold the village at all costs.
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| The French Brigade of General Fressinet prepares the first assault on the village |
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| The French of General Gerard have had a tough time of it against Kapustins Jagers and artillery supports however these Ukranian Cossacks have been largely onlookers. Its all about to change quite rapidly |
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| The Italian horse artillery on the right, correct models in place this week, are having a tough time of it. The three casualties you can see are all self-inflicted fatigue from poor rolls and to add insult to injury they have just gone low on ammunition with that wonderful double 1. Can they redeem themselves? |
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| "Come on Lads - we can do it!" |
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| The action continues to develop on the French right as General DE Brigade Zucchi leads the Italians forward against General Ivanoff's command |
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| A view down the table - looking good |
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| The French column of the 6th Line has become unformed from an unfortunately times Discipline Test |
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| The Russian defenders have copped a hiding however we got the casualty calculations wrong as they are in a BUA so all casualties should be halved. Oh well... |
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| The 1st battalion of the 6th are no more. Cossacks roll an 11 and the French a three. Goodnight Eileen! |
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| Zucchi looks on as the Italians prepare themselves to assault the enemy |
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| A wider view of the action on the Russian left/French right |
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| I love Elite Miniatures figures en masse |
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| The Russians of Generals Ivanoff and Schachafskoi look well prepared |
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| The French take the village - though we did get things wrong here and in the subsequent Russian counter attack. We went through the charge procedure instead of straight to the melee. Oh well we got it right the third time at least to illustrate that even old dogs like us can learn new tricks! |
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| The French legere reserve under Simmer advance |
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| We did this wrong as well - French repulsed from the village without fighting the melee. |
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| In the aftermath of the column disintegration on the left the French scramble to maintain the assault |
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| The French skirmish screens do their best. In retrospect the Russians will feel that they did not utilize their brigade screens nearly enough - next time. |
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| Paul has done a wonderful job with his Russian army |
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| The brigade artillery of Gerard finally makes its way to the front lines to support the attack |
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| Another view of a bad dream! |
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| The French try and regroup in the centre for another rack at the Russian Grenadiers now in garrison |
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| Those pesky Jager still are causing all kinds of heart-ache on the left |
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| A view from the Russian right down the battlefield |
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| Two columns of the 11th Provisional Regiment go in to the assault on Eisdorf |
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| The Italian line battalion at the bottom of shot has forced the 4th Jager to retreat |
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| The Russian Grenadiers are evicted from the BUA after two rounds of fierce hand to hand combat. It was ugly folks. The second round saw the Neapolitan Grenadiers ( here represented by Kingdom of Northern Italy Grenadiers) reinforce the combat. I have mistakenly put them in the village rather than the lead unit - this was rectified. |
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| The Italians under Zucchi try and force the issue |
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| The Ukrainians fall back to the Flosgraben and prepare for any attacks coming over the ridge. By this time the French of Gerard's are well and truly spent and hardly able to sustain a hardy defense let alone a bayonet driven assault. |
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| Going Hesitant barely helps by the way! |
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| The French feel like the tide is turning in their favour. The Russians bring up their reserve artillery from the Grenadier Brigade of General Konovnitzin and bring fire to bear. |
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| Still hesitant...poor old Gerard! |
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| Even that fresh line is out of range of hurting the Ukranians |
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| Action continues across the field of battle |
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| Another view of the action around Eisdorf |
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| On the French right the 14th Legere are preparing to bring their bayonets into the game |
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| The 4th Russian Jager reforms near the woods |
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| RUSSIAN COUNTER ATTACK!! |
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| Italian Counter-counter attack on the other side! |
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| French Legere charge the Russian lines of Musketeers |
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| Slightly out of sequence however the Tobolsk Musketeers have been forced back demoralized opening teh way for the Russian Grenadiers to perhaps contemplate a counter attack...will they do ...wait...we all know they did. |
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| The Legere force the Russian musketeers back on the left |
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| The Italians look to attack the Jager on the extreme left of Paul's, I mean General Wurtemberg's, line. |
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| The Russian Grenadiers outside Eisdorf rout a French column and continue on their way. |
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| Russian line of defense |
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| Another out of order shot but hey, it looks OK to me. |
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| The Italians have routed the Russians and opened up the Flosgraben on the right of Eisdorf |
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| The moment the French are routed by the Russian Grenadiers |
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| The Grenadiers of Konovnitzin are now exposed and the Russian High Command feel that they have done all they can to keep the French at bay. A general withdrawal is signaled and the day belongs to Marshall MacDonald and the French. |
Great game, great scenario from Dr. Brown and a fantastic set of rules in General D'Armee. I cannot recommend them highly enough!
