Lord Bygones Triumph ! (being Part 2 of the battle report)

 

The unit of DagTufekcileri come under fire from the Helenyka irregulars hiding in the village.

The Sublime Porte Lancers charge is met by a counter charge from the Green Hussars !

Which ends in total disaster for the Lancers ! , Oh dear ! 

The Sublime Porte Regulars have to deploy as as the Heroine Tringe Smajli and her warband threaten the column .

Flushed with success the Green Hussars capture one of the mule trains of ammunition and the corespondent of the New Tribune (this later caused a diplomatic incident with the American Government)

Meanwhile Lord Bygone and the Regulars charge the redoubt and kill and scatter the garrison ! (Lord Bygone poses heroically on the parapet )

The Green Hussar escort the mule train and War Correspondent Mustafa Drage  to safety .

With things going badly for them the leading unit of the column has to fight it's way back to the bridge .

The Border Guards (in white uniforms) move up (very slowly) to help cover the retreat . It must be said that the Regulars fought well taking heavy casualties but their morale held (the red heart donates that a unit has past it's morale check) .

To add insult to injury the Border Guard are ambushed by Tringe Smalji and promptly flee ! At this point I decided to draw a veil over the sad proceedings and the remnants of the Sublime Porte retreated over the bridge to safety having lost half of the ammunition and suffered heavy casualties . A stunning victory for Lord Bygone  which I am sure his publicity department will make the most of !