Sunday 11 October 2015

Piedmontese Versus Papal Army 1860 .


This battle was originally played between myself and 'A' last week , unfortunately my camera batteries ran out mid - battle . 'A' commanded the Piedmontese Army who's task was to stop the Papal force crossing the bridge and exiting the board . This he did in short order , I then decided to replay the game as the toys were on the table , here we see the Piedmontese force with Hodge overseeing their deployment .


Here we see the Papal troops move onto the table down the road , their progress was slow due to the poor command abilities of their generals .


The Piedmontese decide to counter attack and move forward.


The Piedmontese Lancieri Di Novara prepare to charge the enemy .


The Piedmontese Bersaglieri in skirmish order open fire on the Papal column - this caused much disorder and as the game was only going to last 8 moves this was not good for the attackers .


The first Papal Line Battalion forms into line .


Hodge takes command of the Piedmontese and orders an all out attack !.


The Bersaglieri roll a 'blunder' and advance on the second Papal Brigade who deploy and shoot them to ribbons ! , however this sacrifice holds the Papal forces up even further .


The Papal first Brigade form line and open fire on the enemy cavalry - time was running out for them to capture the bridge . 


The Lancers charge home and are repulsed with heavy loses - but time had run out and the Piedmontese had held the bridge for required length of time .  I used 'Black Powder' to play this game as I can easily remember the rules , in both games the Papal forces were let down by their command and were hampered by the skirmishing of the Piedmontese and never really got their act together .










14 comments:

  1. Looks like a neat handy little game. It must have been quite a small black powder game. How many units on the table?

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    1. The Piedmontese had 3 'standard' units and 3 'small' units versus the Papal 7 'standard' units , I think it is one of the great wargaming myths that you need hundreds of figures to play 'Black Powder' and puts a lot of people off playing them , Tony

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  3. It must be rewarding to have your 1860 Project reach the gameable force threshold.
    Congratulations to you!

    Hope to see more of this.

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    1. It's nice to get figures onto the table and it encourages me to paint more ! . The Papal army had style but didn't preform to well on the field of battle , Tony

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  4. lovely painted figures/units

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    1. Thank you , the Irregular figures paint up quickly , Tony

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  5. Congratulations! A great looking game and beautiful figures, if somewhat perilous by the looks of it. Those lancers have left a trail of blood drops behind them!

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    1. Ah ! the red 'tiddly winks of death' - I must get some casualty markers made up , Tony

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    1. I'm getting into this period now I've started - quite fancy doing Austrians next , Tony

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  7. Well done for getting the project this far. Hodge looks intent on winning in the 7th pic.

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    1. Of the two cats he is the one to be trusted in the wargaming table - Hugo chews trees and flags ! , Tony

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