About 3 weeks ago I had to cancel and take down the next battle in my ongoing 'Snakes & Ladders' 7YW campaign and having returned from holiday I've reset it and have played it through to a conclusion.
The Prussians have to drive the Austrians from the ridge (nearest the camera) and having the advantage of appearing on the flank .
The Prussian advance was slowed by the Austrians being able to play a Strategy Card .
The Austrians moved the left flank Infantry Brigade to block the Prussian advance .
The Austrian Cavalry fared badly under heavy Artillery fire and had to withdraw - luckily the Austrian C-in C was able to play another Strategy Card to rally them .
Rather surprisingly the Prussian Frei-Korps managed to rout the right hand Austrian unit , however they where counterattacked and driven back into the woods and by the time they had rallied the game was over.
The Prussians tried to bring their Cavalry up to turn the Austrian left but they where thwarted by a Austrian Battalion who managed to turn to the flank and drive them off.
Apologies for the poor picture quality of the later photos - they were taken in the evening and my lighting in the room is not brilliant . I play my games over 12 moves and then evening falls - this is the end positions of the armies , both sides had taken similar casualties but the Austrian still held the ridge and another Prussian attack I think would have failed - so victory was given to the Austrians . We will have to see how this affects the overall campaign in the next posting.
Very exciting battle Tony! The table and figures all look great! I think that the lack of light added to the realism as the conflict drew to a close!
ReplyDeleteIt was a strange one , swung one way then the other .
DeleteLovely looking set-up and an interesting game Tony.
ReplyDeleteThank you , good game to play.
DeleteGood to see the games and campaign are progressing.
ReplyDeleteThose Wofun figures look really good en masses, ideal for 'linear warfare'!
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