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| French L’Ordre Mixte advance towards Stare Vinohrady |
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| Some action a little bit into turn three ...but we will come back to that in good time. |
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| St Hillaire advances against the Russian brigade on the French left |
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| In the centre the Austrians advance rapidly on a “Forwards” order in order to possibly take the village of Pratzen |
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| The heights of the Pratzen do give a tactical advantage though... |
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| A view down the table |
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| In this period several French regiments remained eight company strong hence three “large” battalions. |
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| The outnumbered Russian skirmishers battle manfully however they are up against as Van Damme orders His brigades forward towards Stare Vinohrady |
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| On the French right the Russians have already lost a battalion routed and the brigade falters |
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| Artillery look to sorted Repinskys troops near the vineyards |
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| Rottermund orders the advance to support the Russians |
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| A shot out of sequence showing the French charge the Ryazan regiment |
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| Were’s small brigade arrives in the centre of the field on the French side of the village |
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| The Russians take cover in the vineyards as the French advance |
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| Another out of sequence shot just to show the formations before they come to grips on the allied left |
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| The Austrians under Jurzik and Berg make a run for the village of Pratzen and leave the heights |
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| Contact before the Russian rout |
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| Were’s French go hesitant at the worst possible time as they look to beat the Austrians to the village |
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| Russian and Austrian artillery attempt to make the French battery pay dearly |
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| Bugger |
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| The Austrians of Rottermund, all “Recruits” look on nervously. |
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| Van Damme has an idea to put pressure on the green Austrian brigade to his right... |
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| ...and sends out a “Forwards” order that catches them off guard. The ground the Austrian guns hoped would be hard gained has now been rapidly covered with veteran enemy battalions on the charge |
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| Out of sequence but hey...I’m just a novice with a camera. |
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| Lovely Elite Miniatures early Austrians |
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| Mmmmm...this is not good |
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| On the French right the attack is well coordinated and not overly aggressive as the young French General opposite me is determined not to be sucked in too far into the Russian lines. |
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| Just to prove the Austrians did actually have a forwards order. |
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| A view from the French left down the table. |
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| I painted up the lovely Perry Baggage Wagon in the last month. Beautiful metal and resin model. |
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| Rottermunds view of the French advance |
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| The Austrians have now occupied Stare Vinohrady and support Repinsky from the rear |
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| The table from the French left |
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| Action on the French right |
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| Skirmishers screen the battalions advance up the slope |
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| Love the double basing for this period. Suits the models and the era in my opinion. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but it gives the look I want. Thanks for the inspiration John Ray! |
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| The view from the Russians extreme right |
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| French guns in a battery duel that they are getting the worse of so far |
