tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17030222263389019232024-02-07T09:55:09.653-08:00a view from the other sideStephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-49909797266478769372017-12-29T13:44:00.000-08:002017-12-29T13:44:57.933-08:00Peninsular project part 11 Rolica what if <div dir="ltr">
One of the great things i enjoy about Wargaming is researching battles and campaigns, for table top battles. This allows you to study all the aspects of a moment in military history, be it for a club game, or as in my case a solo project.<br />
One aspect in wargaming is to play and follow the historical time lines of a particular campaign, but to also be able look a bit deeper into the possibility's of what might have happened is also a great challenge to play out on the table top. What if say, General Loisons divisions had arrived at Rolica during the battle on the 17th August 1808. Wellesly certainly thought it was a possibility, as he manoeuvred his troops to trap General Delaborde. Delaborde himself had hopes that Loison would make an appearance as he skillfully withdrew his forces before a much larger enemy. So taking the opportunity to fight out a what if battle is always an interesting table top battle. So part 11 of my project will feature a what if battle of Rolica, were General Loison marches to the sound of the guns and onto the battle field.</div>
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The forces of the British and Portuguese are the same in our first historical battle, but a quick recap would see the allies having the following.<br />
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Centre column under General :<br />
5th Foot Regiment<br />
9th Foot Regiment<br />
29th Foot Regiment<br />
95th Rifles<br />
Artillery battery<br />
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Left column under general Ferguson<br />
6th Foot Regiment<br />
32nd Foot Regiment<br />
60th Rifles<br />
Portuguese cavalry attachment<br />
Artillery battery<br />
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Right column under general Trant<br />
12th Foot Regiment<br />
21st Foot Regiment<br />
Portuguese cavalry attachment<br />
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Reserve 4 Foot battalions<br />
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<b><u>Scenario</u></b><br />
The British plan is to advance on Delabord's position on the ridge line above the village of Rolica in a pincer movement with the flank columns of Freguson and Trant to close in on the French and hopefully cutting off their line of retreat. The Portuguese are to advance on the town, while Ferguson is to advance on the French left.<br />
In the event of French reinforcement, the flanks are to hold them till the reserves come to their aid.<br />
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The French plan is to hold the ridge line once Loison's division in on the move, Delaborde is to move on the British centre's flank. pinning it letting Loison's division to finish them off.<br />
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The battle field the French position top right of the picture on the ridge. The town of Rolica is just below the ridge.<br />
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General Delaborde would again have the following forces at his disposal. </div>
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<b>Commanding General Delaborde</b></div>
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1st Brigade command Brenier<br />
2nd light infantry<br />
4th light infantry<br />
2 battalions 70th line infantry<br />
4th Swiss infantry (2 companies)</div>
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attached:<br />
26th Chasseur A Cheval<br />
Artillery 8 field guns<br />
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For the game I am going to give General Loison the same units he had at Evora (see part 6 of the project)</div>
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<b>Commanding General Losion</b></div>
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1st Brigade command Solignac<br />
12th light infantry<br />
15th light infantry<br />
58th line infantry</div>
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2nd Brigade command Charlot<br />
2 battalions 86th line infantry<br />
2 battalions reserve Grenadiers<br />
1st Hanoverian Legion</div>
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attached:<br />
4th Dragoons<br />
5th Dragoons<br />
Artillery 5 field guns<br />
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General Loison division is set to appear on the Bombarral to Rolica road, and on General Ferguson left flank. Losion's activation card will be on the top of the deck (all others having been shuffled) This will insure his command moves first in turn one.<br />
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For this game I will be using saber sovringn and shako rules by Chris Walton. These are a nice and easy set of rules with plenty of flavour, for the Napoleonic period. each brigade of both armies have a unique command card giving a bit of character to the brigade. I have added a little to the rules to allow me to play them solo but the main rules have not changed. <br />
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The set up of the battle Delaborde has taken his position on the ridge line behind the village. The Portuguese can be seen below the village Wellesley is in command in the centre and Ferguson in with the left flank.<br />
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TURN1<br />
Things are going well for the British Delaborde appears to be pinned on his ridge behind Rolica. That was until a galloper came riding up to Wellesley with the news that general Loison's division is moving on his left flank.<br />
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Loison's division appears on the British left flank.<br />
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TURN 2<br />
Loison continues his advance hoping to link up with Belaborde. Wellesley calls up the reserves, orders the Portuguese to press home their advance on Rolica, in the hope this will occupy Delaborde giving his reserves time to advance.<br />
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A wider view of Loison's advance on the British position.<br />
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The Portuguese advance on the village of Rolica.<br />
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General view of the battle field end of turn 2<br />
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TURN 3<br />
Portuguese and British artillery pound away at the French, The French artillery fire from the ridge line. More French appear on the British left flank. General advance of troops on both sides.<br />
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The British left flank prepare themselves for the French assault.<br />
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The French are moving fast to catch the British before they can reinforce their left.<br />
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The Portuguese are ready to take Rolica.<br />
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TURN 4<br />
Fergusons brigade moves up to hold the left, British light dragoons are the first of the reserves to appear on the table. meanwhile the French are starting to press on Freguson.<br />
Delaborde sends his light troops and the Swiss to hold up the Portuguese advance, while he moves his troops onto the British centre.<br />
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Wellesley looks nervously for his reserves ("Humbugged by God")<br />
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Delaborde moves his troops from the ridge onto the centre to add his weight to the fight.<br />
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TURN 5<br />
The combined grenadier battalions move upon Fergusons line, will the British fire power be enough to stop them.<br />
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The 2 battalions of combined grenadiers are about to make their presents felt.<br />
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General view of the battle at the end of turn 5<br />
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TURN 6<br />
To Wellesley's relief the British reserves move onto the table. The cavalry eye each other up, as the Portuguese continue to battle their way into Rolica.<br />
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Much to Wellesley's relief the British reserves are on the table.<br />
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The cavalry move in and charge home.<br />
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A view of the battle from the left flank.<br />
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TURN 7<br />
The Portuguese are making head way in Rolica as they slowly force the French back. The grenadiers are slowed then stopped by the combined fire from 3 British battalions. The cavalry clash its an even fight so far.<br />
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The Portuguese are in Rolica<br />
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The cavalry clash on the left.<br />
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The French cavalry are pushed back some how, and the light dragoons give chase riding over the unfortunate French light infantry. The French grenadiers withdraw from the exposed position.<br />
The Portuguese take control of Rolica, but are just about spent.<br />
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The Portuguese have taken Rolica.<br />
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The British left looking a bit more healthy than it did a few turns ago.<br />
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A relieved looking general Ferguson.<br />
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The British light dragoons over run the light infantry.<br />
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The French are not done yet, the centre of the British start to buckle under pressure from the French.<br />
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The British centre under extreme pressure, can it hold.<br />
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The French cavalry and grenadiers rally and re-organise.<br />
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The Portuguese press on and advance our of Rolica.<br />
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With Ferguson's flank secure and bolstered up with the reserves. Ferguson orders the advance. The Portuguese make one last push and advance out of Rolica , and onto Delabode's flank.<br />
Time is running out for the French.<br />
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The British left move forwards.<br />
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The Portuguese move onto the French flanks.<br />
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The centre might just be saved.<br />
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TURN 11<br />
Well i'm going to leave the game there. The British centre has some how held on. More to do with the French flanks coming under pressure, rather than the centre it's self. The Portuguese fought a battle taking Rolica and then advancing out onto Delabode's flank. Ferguson had a heart attack when he sore the French division moving in on him, but he held his nerve and his ground long enough for the reserves to come up. The Sheree weight of numbers told in the end, once the British left had stabilised the French success in the centre would have found them surrounded. So the battle ended with the French falling back, and the exhausted British and Portuguese were only to happy to let them.<br />
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General view of the battle at the end of the game a British victory but at what cost.<br />
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Another great battle in the series The French almost pulled of a great surprise as always thank you for taking the time to read my blog. my next part will be the last in the series with the final battle of the campaign the battle of Vimeiro.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The battle starts with the British in column on the main road at point A. The French have withdrawn to their second position on the ridge line. The British have 15 turns to brake thought the French holding the ridge. On turn 15 the two flank columns make an appearance on at point E and F at which point the French must start to withdraw from their position even if the main assault from the centre columns has failed to drive them from their position. As you can see the British will win the battle its a question weather the French can cause the main assault to stall and clam a tactical if not a morel victory, and make the British pay a high price for the ridge line.</span></div>
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The battle sketch of the battle the main British can be seen in the valley, The 29th can be seen charging up one of the narrow ravines </div>
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For the Battle i will be trying out the Sharpe practise 2 rules, I'm not going to give a blow by blow round by round account of the battle, but more of a narrative which the Sharpe Practise rules cover so well. </div>
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so with colours blazing like the sun, onwards we go.<br />
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The British centre advances </div>
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The French hold the ridge</div>
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The British advancing on the French. The French open up with their artillery, luckily for the British the French gunners are not at their best.<br />
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The 29th reach the base of the ridge and roll to see if they charge head long up the ravine, or wait for the rest of the British. With a wild cheer the 29th rush up the narrow track ( brave or crazy ill let you decide )<br />
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The British artillery are in range and start to fire at the French, but the shots land short or fly over the heads of the French who are on the reverse slope of the ridge. " know there's an idea"<br />
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The 29th make slow work as they clamber up the narrow track, and the voltigeurs of the 4th light infantry are about to make things even more difficult for them.<br />
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The 4th light infantry skirmishers start to pepper the 29th as they struggle on up the hill.<br />
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lower down the slope the two units of the 95th move up on either flank of the 29th.<br />
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Grasshoppers and voltigeurs fight it out on the slopes.<br />
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Somehow the 29th are making progress up the hill despite being shot at by the 4th light's skirmishers .<br />
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The 70th line lead by general Brenier move up to hold the ridge line against the rapidly approaching 29th.<br />
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The 95th rifles are also making good progress and the 9th lead by general Nightingall and the 5th regiment of foot are behind the other group of 95th rifles.<br />
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general view of the battle the British are making slow progress the 9th regiment with the 95th are making their way up the track on the left. The 5th and another company of 95th are moving up on the right.<br />
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The British artillery continue to fire at the French missing each time.<br />
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The French artillery fire and inflict some casualties on the 9th regiment of foot but not enough to stop them.<br />
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The ridge line is a blaze of musket fire as the British stumble there way up the slopes.<br />
The 29th come under increasing pressure from the 2 battalions of 70th line infantry and start to crumble.<br />
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Both the two units of the 95th start getting the upper hand and push forwards on the flanks of the 29th.<br />
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The Swiss take one look at the 95th and the 9th following them, and decided its time to leave and neatly file off the table. leaving the guns exposed and forced to withdraw.<br />
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The 26th chasseur come to the rescue and charge the 95th and the 9th as they reach the ridge line, sending them falling back.<br />
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Its turn 10 and the British are on the ridge, but not all is going well. The 29th are hanging in there by a thread, the 9th and a unit of 95th are sheltering in a wood on the left, and the 5th and the other unit of 95th have reached the ridge line but are engaged in a musket duel with the 2nd light infantry on the far right.<br />
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The 29th after fighting up the ravines and fighting two battalions of French, finely brake and fall back down the ridge. <br />
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The 5th foot decide that a musket fight will not win the day and charge the 2nd light, the 2nd fire a volley at the advancing red coats but they keep coming.<br />
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The 95th rifles start to pepper the 70th as the 9th move up to join the fire fight.<br />
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A monumental fire fight blazes along the French right flank.<br />
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Slowly the 9th and 95th start to withdraw under pressure from the French, the 5th having broken the French light find themselves facing the French infantry with cavalry on there flank also start to withdraw before the are surrounded.<br />
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Wow what a fight, the rules worked well, an interesting game with the French fighting off the British, and claiming a tactical victory. The British fought hard but in the end the French just held their ground. Well that's it for the moment. Next time I'm going to have a go at a what if battle of Rolica. what will happen when general Loison, appears on the battle field stay tuned till next time thanks for reading .<br />
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It been a while since the last post but i'm back with part 9 of the project, After the skirmishing around the village of Borilos, the French units withdrew in good order to the town of Obidos. The British followed closely, and after some shots being exchanged the skirmish came to a halt. With the French still holding the town as night fell. </div>
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View of the wall and town of Obidios<br />
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In the morning the French units had withdrawn from Obidios and rejoined the rest of the French. Who were know on a hills surrounding the village of Rolica. Delaborde keeping an eye on the situation, knew that he was heavily outnumbered by the advancing British, but he still intended to follow his orders to slow their progress. He skillfully positioned his force on a hill west of Rolica. This position was a strong one, which would force the British to assault up a step hill giving him the advantage. He had also stationed skirmishers all along his front to harass the British assault. Delaborde also had a second position about 2 miles behind his first position, which was on top of a ridge line with the village of Columbeira to its west. Delabordes plan was to hold the British for as long as possible using these two positions to anchor his fighting withdraw. He also hoped that general Lision would come to his assistance during the day, so they could if possible go on the offensive.<br />
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Wellesley having the advantage of numbers, set about advancing in 3 columns the right column under the command of Colonel Trant made up of Portuguese infantry and cavalry. This column was to advance and turn Delabordes left flank. The left column under General Ferguson was made up of British infantry, cavalry and artillery they were to apply pressure on Delabordes right flank, General Ferguson was also tasked with keeping a watch full eye on the road for general Lisbon. The centre column was under General Wellesley him self and would advance on general Delabodes main position.<br />
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Delaborde stationed on the hills above Rolica watched as the British centre columns advanced on this position. They advanced across the open ground with parade ground precision, with pockets of skirmishers moving forward. The dull thud of the British cannon sounded the start of the battle.<br />
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The French artillery soon opened fire on the advancing British, and the French skirmishers traded shots with British skirmishers, in the valley. Colonel Trant had reached a small village called Quinta Gruga on Delabordes left flank. At this point Delabode decided to withdraw to his second and stronger position on the ridge line above Columbeira, which he did behind a screen of skirmishers and cavalry.<br />
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A photo of Delabordes second position the village of Columbeira can be seen on the right. There were four ravines leading to the top of the ridge.</div>
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Wellesley was know forced to regroup his columns, and continue his pincer movement as before on Delabordes second position. This was going to be a hard assault as the approach to the ridge was more open but the ground was far more broken, with dry river beds, and the ridge itself could only be accessed via steep narrow ravines.<br />
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A photo of the narrow ravine that the 29th foot assaulted The photo doesn't show what a steep climb it was, but it dose show how much of an easy target the British must have been as they struggled up the ravine.<br />
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The scene is set for the next battle of the project. the re-fight will concentrate on the assaults made by the British to capture Delabordes second position the ridge line above the village of Columbeira.<br />
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<b>The allies: </b> under Arthur Wellesley<br />
13'300 British<br />
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The British had six brigades of infantry and a small detachment of cavalry namely the 20th light dragoons.<br />
The Portuguese contingant was made up of 3 battalions of infantry a small contigant of cavalry and around 500 Cazadores from Porto, and a artillery unit. The Portuguese were under the command of Lieutenant-colonel Trant.<br />
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<b>The French: </b> under the command of General Delaborde<br />
Total around 4'400<br />
It was made up of around 4,000 infantry under the command of Gen-Brigade Brenier. The cavalry was made up of 250 men of the 26th Chasseur Cheval. The French also had around 5 artillery guns.<br />
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Only around 6'000 British infantry were involved in the main assault on the French position, with around 4'000 making the main assault on the narrow tracks. These units are listed below, and will make up the forces of the British.<br />
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From General Nightingall's 3rd Brigade the 29th regiment of foot<br />
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From General Hill's 1st Brigade the 5th regiment of foot<br />
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From General Fane's 6th Brigade the 95th rifles regiment<br />
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For each of the above foot regiments i will be using 2 smaller bases each with 6 miniatures and i will also give each regiment 5 light infantry single bases to represent the regiments skirmisher company. The 95th will be made up of 12 single miniatures, these will give them a fighting chance of getting up those ravines.<br />
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Battle sketch of the battle of Rolica The 29th can be seen advancing up one of the narrow tracks, as the rest of the British units move into position. </div>
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The game starts with the French main body deployed on the southern ridge point B, having withdrawn to their second position. The British will start in column at point A. The battle will concentrate on the attacks made by the British centre column. The French are deployed at point B and have a limited time to to hold this position, as the flank columns under General Ferguson and Colonel Trant will appear at point E and F on turn 15 after which the French will start to withdraw from their position.<br />
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<b><u>Victory Points for the French</u></b><br />
After turn 10 the French will gain 1 VP for each turn that they still hold the ridge ( if the French are still on the table. )<br />
For each British base routed/lost the French gain 1VP<br />
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The British will gain 5 VP if they manage to take the ridge from the French before turn 10.<br />
For each French base routed/lost the British gain 1VP<br />
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<b><u>The Swiss problem</u></b><br />
When a British unit comes to within musket range of the Swiss (only one test) The Swiss must roll to see it they fight on or walk away Roll 1 D6 1,2,3 and they fight on. 4,5,6 and the call it a day and are removed from the battle.<br />
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The 29th battalion of foot will be the lead regiment as they where on the day once they have reached the foot of the ravine they must roll a test to see if they charge strait up the ravine or wait for the rest of the battalions.<br />
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Well that's the set up for the battle. This should prove to be an interesting battle with the British attacking the French who are holding a ridge line. till next time, and thanks for reading.<br />
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Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-46981391786732564772016-05-27T04:43:00.000-07:002016-05-27T04:43:49.557-07:00Penisular project part 8 Skirmishing around Rolica The British had landed in Portugal on the 1st of August 1808, and by the 5th the 14'000 men were on the march, moving south towards Lisbon. The British under Sir Arther Wellsly had reached by the th and were advancing on , when the French troops were sighted at Bolos a small village near Rolica. <br />
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From the diary of captain William Jenkins<br />
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5th to the 9th August 1808<br />
We marched out of the bay this morning, and i must say it is the happiest i have been we are at last on the move. We are moving along the coast road to Leira to the south.<br />
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11th August 1808<br />
We march on roads which are narrow and dry. the dust of this country is chocking, we are all know covered in it. The dust has turned our uniforms almost a light purple. the heat is unbearable, and we bivouac in the open, which reminds me of my childhood on the Fens . during our marches we all expect a rattle of enemy muskets, or the cry of charge from some secluded path.<br />
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13th August 1808<br />
we have reached a village called Batalha were only the other day French solders we stationed.<br />
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15th August 1808<br />
We have found the enemy There are French troops in and around the town to our south called Brilos. From were i stand the riflemen are moving down the road to cover our advance.<br />
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For my re fight a French skirmish unit is positioned on the hill with the windmill, with another section in the walled area in front of the village. There is a unit of French Chasseur a Cheval and a unit of French line infantry of the 70th, moving towards Brilos and will arrive on the road behind the village on turn 8 and 10 respectively.</div>
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The British skirmish units will start on the road leading to Brilos. The British reinforcements will arrive on turn 10 on the same road. The French skirmish units can move towards the British if they wish from turn 2.<br />
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The battle sketch showing the deployment of the French and the British<br />
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Turn 1 and the French seem happy to see what the rifles will do.</div>
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Rifles move onto the table<br />
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General view of the start of the skirmish.<br />
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Turn 2 and the rifles move up the 60th move onto the windmill and the 95th move against the village.<br />
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The French skirmisher near the windmill move into the woods. They are not going to wait for the riflemen to attack.<br />
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The 95th move in on the village.<br />
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Trun 3 and the 60th reach the woods just as the French do.<br />
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The 95th rifles fire at the French behind the wall they score to hits but fail to wound, the French are just out of range to fire back.<br />
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Turn 5 sees a fire fight erupt in the woods between the 60th and the French. 3 riflemen are wounded and 2 French skirmishers are also wounded. Both units pass their morale.<br />
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Turn 5 and the 95th are within musket range and take wounds, as do the French behind the wall.<br />
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One of the 60th rifles is killed in the woods first casualty of the game.<br />
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Turn 6 and another rifleman falls But the French have also taken casualties one being their NCO making any morale tests difficult to pass.<br />
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On the other side of the road the 95th are driving forwards.<br />
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General view of the battle at the end of the 7<br />
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After losing 3 men the French skirmishers one of them their NCO near the village. they lose their morale test and bolt and run.<br />
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Start of turn 8 and the French Chasseurs are on the road.<br />
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The French skirmishers in the woods fall back to the wall below the windmill.<br />
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The 95th make a dash for the wall as the French run for the village.<br />
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The 60th rifles also advance on the enemy.<br />
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Turn 10 and the French infantry battalion with the command appears on the road near the village.<br />
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On the other side of the battle, the British are also on the move. General Spencer with his brigade move up.<br />
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The 95th hold the wall line just as the French light cavalry move forwards.<br />
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The 60th are almost at the wall.<br />
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General view at the end of turn 10<br />
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General Spencer with his brigade surveys the battle.<br />
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The 95th watch as the French cavalry pass them by.<br />
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The 60th make a dash for the wall as the French cavalry appear on their flank.<br />
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General Spencer leads his brigade forwards towards Brilos.<br />
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Run to the trees is the order, as the French cavalry see the 60th and charge.<br />
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The 95th fire a few shots at the French Chasseur as they pass but this doesn't stop them.<br />
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General view of the battle turn 13<br />
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The 95th on the move towards the village hoping to gain the objective points.<br />
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The 60th take shelter in the woods.<br />
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The 70th line battalion move up the hill and holds the windmill, to take the objective.<br />
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With the French cavalry chasing after the 60th rifles the 95th rifles make a dash for the village.<br />
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general view at the end of turn 14 the 70th line battalion holds the windmill hill.<br />
The French cavalry chasing the 60th rifles who have run for the woods.<br />
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The 95th manage to take the village on the last turn<br />
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With the presence of the British battalions, the chasseurs withdraw towards the windmill. The 60th rifles hiding in the woods, are just happy they are leaving.<br />
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The final picture shows the French cavalry withdrawing and their infantry holding the windmill hill. The 95th can be seen advancing into Brilos in the back ground.<br />
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Wow a real tense fight, if the British brigade was not on the table, then the French could have one it. As the 60th rifles were pretty battered, and the Chasseur could have held them while the French infantry took care of the rifles near the village.<br />
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The scores were for the FRENCH: 2 2 4</div>
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BRITISH: 2 8 10</div>
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A clear win for the British on paper, but a hard fight which followed the historical skirmish quite well. I hope you enjoyed the battle report as much as i enjoyed playing it, stay tuned for more on the campaign and the next battle. thanks for reading my friends till next time. </div>
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Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-65512304327325576912016-05-26T10:51:00.002-07:002016-05-26T10:51:39.189-07:00Modular Peninsular towns and villages Having finished my 4 part modular buildings for my Peninsular project i thought it would be fun to try them out, and show them off. The idea is to be able to use them to represent either small villages right up to a town using from 1 to 3 bases in different combinations. Each base is 1 foot by 1 foot, a single base would be a small village, a large village would be 2 bases. A town would be made up of 3 bases.<br />
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The 4 finished bases from top left a walled garden, large villa, Church and a large building and small building combination. <br />
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With these bases i can make several combinations like the ones below.<br />
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a 2 base combo for a village</div>
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Another 2 base combo village</div>
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A 3 base combo town</div>
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A single base would represent a small village.</div>
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another single base small village</div>
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As you can see there are many combinations that will work with these simple base, mine are for the Peninsular, but simply swap the building for say thatched cottages and barns and you are transported to England. The construction is the same easy build see below.</div>
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3mm MDF base, 5mm foam board construction for the walls and roof. Roof tiles are made of corrugated card from an art shop. windows and doors and 1mm card painted black and details painted on, and frames made of card for effect. </div>
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The bases under construction showing the general construction and detail of the Portuguese type buildings.</div>
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A simple layout for a skirmish game two rifle companies can be seen on the road. The 2 bases at the top of the table would represent a village. The French have deployed their secret weapon in the woods.<br />
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A more detailed set up for a brigade sized game, again 2 bases on the hill represent a village with a single base a small village.<br />
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I hope this short blog will help those looking for a simple but effective answer to represent villages or towns on the wargame table. <br />
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<br />Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-48375786210763810082016-05-15T05:18:00.000-07:002016-05-15T05:18:41.321-07:00Peninsular project part 7 the campaign continues <br />
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With the city of Evora under French control, and general Lision moving onto Elvas. The situation would seem to have been stabilised for the French in Portugal, but far from it. clashes were still being fought around the country, even riots were braking out in Lisbon. The fortress of Almeida was surrounded by Portuguese and Spanish regular troops, the city and fortress of Elvas was also blockaded, all be it by irregulars. News of the French defeat at Baylen had reached Juont, which know meant he was cut off from Spain, and a route home and to make things worse, there was the news that the British were about to land in Portugal. All this made the situation dangerous for the French. The site chosen for the British landing was Mondego bay. As the bay was secured by the fort of Santa Caratina which had been held by he students of Coimbra university since late June. The fort was of great importance to the British, as Wellesley approached the bay he sent some Royal Marines to help garrison the fort, before he attempted landing troops at the bay.<br />
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At this point general Lision was recalled to Lisbon, as was other French troops around the country. Junot's plans were simple, gather a field army, and smash the British army around Figueiras-De-Foz before it can be reinforced. For this task, Junot could put together around 12 to 14'000 men, but he needed time to consolidate. So he ordered general Henri-Francois Delaborde to find the British and observe them and if possible, "engage them in a manor as to slow there progress but not to lose his command." General Delaborde was based around Torres Vedras when he received orders to advance north. He moved quickly towards the British, but found they were moving fast and his scouts located them around Alcobaza on the 14th of August.<br />
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General Delaborde force was made up of the following troops:<br />
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2nd light infantry<br />
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2 battalions of the 70th line infantry<br />
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one field battery<br />
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Although out numbered by the British general Delaborde was a excellent officer, and new how to use his troops and the terrain to his advantage, as the British were to find out.<br />
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The British force that landed at Mondego bay was around 8'700 men with another 5,400 men on rote from Gibraltar. this would give a total of around 14'000 men.<br />
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Being the accounts of Captain William Jenkins an exploring officer attached to the 29th foot Regiment.<br />
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Date the 22nd DEC 1807<br />
We are off the Bay of Biscay the wind is getting worse, by the day. All but the best of us are sick, I'm truly not cut out to be a sailor<br />
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Date 25th DEC 1807<br />
Christmas day, the weather is at its worst, we could hardly cook, and we were all forced to eat while sitting on the floor.<br />
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Date 1st JAN 1808<br />
We are to make for England, the weather has beaten us.<br />
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Date 23rd JAN 1808<br />
We set sail again, in three days we have returned to the Bay of Biscay. This time the weather is with us.<br />
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Date 28th Feb 1808<br />
We have made the rock of Lisbon, we could see the British fleet blockading the port, as we commanded the sea, but the French held the port and the country.<br />
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Date 1st AUG 1808<br />
After much sailing and communications with the Portuguese and Spanish we are to land in Portugal, we have arrived at Mondego Bay and immediately commenced landed troops, we have a most handsome army. Although there was a heavy swell which pounded the hole length of our beach. The flat bottom transport boats did roll from side to side some, which made things very discomforting. I was extremely happy to gain a footing on the beach. The army mainly infantry with some cavalry belonging to the 20th light dragoons some 280 strong. we also had 18 guns we numbered some 8'000 strong.<br />
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Date 5th AUG 1808<br />
We are all on dry land with the loss of some poor soles, who drowned, it would have been more as many of the boats were over turned in the swell, but the locals did us a great service by swimming out, or wading out to help the unfortunate soles who found themselves struggling in the water. There was a huge welcoming crowed on the beach and surrounding land. We were offered grapes, oranges and wine. soon the beach was in chaos, there was men and horses everywhere, mountains of ships biscuits and all the accoutrement's of an army on the march could be found.<br />
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We will leave Captain Jenkins for know. I will be including more diary extracts as we progress. By the 9th of August the British were on the move and by 11th they had reached the village Batalha were the French had only been the other day. The quick movements of the British had caught the French off guard. General Delaborde had withdrawn towards the town of Rolica. He had moved as far north as Alcobaza's but French had spotted the British, and the French withdrew through Batalha to the town of Obidos, just north of the town of Rolica. Delaborde reached Rolica on the 15th of August having left a rearguard near Obidos. At the village of Brilos near Obidos, on the same day Belaborde reached Rolica the British skirmishers moved towards the French position. a minor skirmish occurred when the rearguard was spotted and some companies of the 95th rifles and the 60th rifles were sent forward to flush them out.<br />
The forth battle in my project will be a re-fight of the skirmishing near Obidos.<br />
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The skirmishing around Obidos was the first action of the Peninsular war to involve the British, all be it a very small affair. The French piquets around the village of Brilos were either troopers of the 26th Chasseurs or skirmish infantry of the 70th line, for my re-fight i have gone for the 70th line.<br />
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The 26th Chasseurs a Cheval single bases for skirmish action<br />
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The 70th line infantry battalion<br />
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The 29th foot regiment part of generals Spencer's brigade in the re-fight<br />
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For the re-fight one of the 70th line skirmish units are positioned in the walled area near the village of Brilos. The other skirmish unit of the 70th is positioned on the hill with the windmill, on the right of the village. The 26th Chasseurs are approaching the area, as is the rest of the 70th line. The two British skirmish units will enter the table from the road leading to the village of Brilos. The French will move first, on the first turn their orders are to hold the area around the village and the hills protecting the road to Rolica for as long as possible, to allow the rest of Delaborde's troops to withdraw to the town of Rolica. For their part the British have to clear the French from both the village and the hills. </div>
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Both sides in the action wish to keep casualties to a minimum for each enemy skirmish figure that is killed you will receive 1 point. For each objective held or taken you get 2 point. All normal morale tests and order test will remain for the re-fight. The British reserve brigade lead by general Spencer will arrive on the road at turn 10. The Chasseurs will arrive on the road on the French table edge on turn 8, the French 70th line battalion base will also arrive on the road at turn 10, on the French table edge. The skirmish will run for 15 turns assuming that the game lasts that long. The side with the most points wins unless one side routes before the end of the game. </div>
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Back to the build, first up i set out the main design to the bases i will put be building 4 bases each will be 1 foot by 1 foot. this will allow me to put a bit more detail on the bases and still have the room to put, one of my large bases, and if required two smaller base to represent the village being garrisoned. The main design had to be simple but also interconnecting. I will use 1 base for a small village 2 for a large village and 3 for a town.<br />
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The base with its design drawn onto the board.</div>
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The basic construction using foam board<br />
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Start of the Vimeiro church<br />
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Our example board with its basic build<br />
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Roof and some detail have been added to the wall pillars and the house.<br />
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The church starting to take shape<br />
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With the basic construction finished i apply a coat of what i call fixing paint, a mix of sand , PVA and house paint this will seal the model.<br />
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our example with its first coat of fixer paint. The courtyards fixer paint has more sand and PVA mixed into it as i wanted to give it more texture.<br />
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More detail for our example base the tiled roof and walls are added, The tiles are made from corrugated craft paper.<br />
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Windows and doors added for this i use 1mm plastic sheet cut to size, but think card will also work.<br />
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The final building is added and the base has been given another coat of paint. The church can be seen on the right.<br />
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All the tiles have been painted and a wash of ink has been applied over the tiles to give them a bit more texture. Some of the windows and doors have been painted black<br />
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The base sand is added to court yard and around the outside of the walls. Fine sand for the paths and a mix of sand and gravel for the other areas. The buildings have all been dry brushed with white paint to build up the colour of the buildings.<br />
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Flock is added at this point<br />
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Painting the windows a simple white cross pattern<br />
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Building the windows strips of card are cut to size to build the frame work of the window construction from right to left on the three top windows.<br />
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The finished model with all the windows built and the doors painted in. I have also put in some ivy on the wall to add a bit of colour.<br />
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Another shot of the build occupied by some Portuguese infantry.<br />
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I hope this has been of some interest, for those that are looking at building some terrain. The ideas, materials, and construction used are all simple, but give relatively good results. Thanks for reading till next time. </div>
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As you can see by the pictures most windmills in Portugal were of the same design single tower and canvas sails rather than wooden sails found on other windmills in Europe.<br />
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For this project I'm going to use a large cardboard tube, for the tower and cover it with air dry clay for the texture. For the roof I'm going to use card tiles, and for the sail struts I'm going to use what i can find.<br />
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starting point the cardboard tube cut to size with the help of a 60th rifleman to test the scale.</div>
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To get the right texture of the stone, i have found the best way is to use a stone to mark or stab the clay this gives it the right look</div>
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Next i cut out the door and windows and using a blunt pencil i drew in the stone work. I found that after i had finished with the detail the clay had expanded due to me working on it, and it had become lose around the tube, so i cut the overlap off and gave the cardboard tub a coat of PVA glue to help the clay to stick to the tube. Once this work is done leave to dry mine took about 12 hours to dry. </div>
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With everything dry i have painted in the windows and doors and added the roof. i have also added a base at this stage to give the structure strength.<br />
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At this stage a quick look at the pictures as i wanted to see how the sails are constructed and attached to the mill.<br />
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Roof tiles attached not the most easiest of things to do but it gives the right effect.<br />
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first coat of paint on the model plus i have washed the stone with a ink wash<br />
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Two coats of dry brushing each one giving a lighter finish<br />
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The sail struts are attached to the mill I'm not going to attach sails to the mill.<br />
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Sail struts base coated and the string given a ink wash<br />
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The finished mill with the struts high lighted and the door and window details painted in.<br />
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Hope this has been an interesting look at windmill construction. Next up on the terrain building is some villages for the battle of Rolica. Till next time </div>
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Turn 6 and we see the allied artillery continue to fire at the French but both fail to hit their targets. The Lisbon police are caught by the dragoons and the survivors flee, unfortunately the irregulars fail their charge command and stay hidden in the woods. The Hanoverian line infantry hold their ground and fire at the hussars, but this doesn't stop them and they charge the Hanoverian's.<br />
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General Lision watches the road as the 5th dragoons advance towards him, he orders them to take the right flank and advance.</div>
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The irregulars card is drawn and they check their command to charge and fail the dice roll, and stay hidden in the woods.</div>
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The irregulars surge out of the woods and attack the dragoons, to late to save the Lisbon police who were caught by the dragoons the the few remaining police flee the field. </div>
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General view of the battle at the end of turn 8. The French have a hold on the Spanish ridge and the Spanish are withdrawing to the second defensive position.<br />
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General view of the battle at the end of turn 9. The French army is advancing with the combined grenadiers leading the assault on the road.</div>
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Well that was a battle, the French moved forwards all the time and had some early success driving the allies from the ridge and the road. The irregulars made an appearance and drove off the outnumbered dragoons, but to late to help their cavalry. the French then moved onto the attack again and drove the allies from the second position, but only after a stiff fight for the walled garden. The 58th line infantry lead the assault like they did in history and took the ridge and also captured the walled area on the allies left. A really enjoyable game thanks to all who followed and commented on the first part hopefully the second part was also enjoyable to read to. </div>
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So the first part will cover turn 1 to 5 and part 6.2 will follow on with turn 6 to the end.<br />
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The battle sketch showing the layout of the battle field. The allies can be seen in the for ground, and the French can be seen advancing up the road towards Evora.</div>
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The battle of Evora was the result of general Junot's desire to keep the main route into Spain open. He had dispatched general Lision with up to 7'000 men to capture the city of Evora which had a garrison of Portuguese and Spanish regulars. Once Evora had been garrisoned Lision was to advance onto Elvas. </div>
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For my re fight i have given the French the task of clearing the allies from their defensive positions. The allies have the option to withdraw to a second position. once the allies have been forced from the second position they are defeated and the city is lost.</div>
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If they manage to hold their second position then the French have been defeated and Evora has been saved from its terrible fate.</div>
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To make things a little less one sided, i have given the French only 3 of their units at the start of the game. the French have also been given the assault command that means that they will advance on the enemy once they are on the table.(Lision was confident that he could carrier the position especially, as the allies had chosen to fight him in the open rather than from behind Evoras walls.)</div>
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The battle starts with the allies holding their first defensive position, the irregulars are hiding in the woods, ready to pounce on the French flank. The Portuguese regulars are formed up on the right with their artillery and the volunteer cavalry behind in support. The Spanish artillery is next with the Spanish regulars holding the left flank and ridge line. The Spanish hussars are stationed behind the Spanish infantry. The militia are on the road to the rear.</div>
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On the other side of the battle field, general Lision is marching along the road towards Evora. With him are the 4th dragoons they will take up a position on the French left and flank the Portuguese infantry. The 58th line infantry and the Hanoverian are next and will form up on the other side of the road, and attack the Spanish held position on the ridge.</div>
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The rest of Lision's force is strung out along the road, and will have to be diced for.</div>
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From game turn 3 i will roll a D6 for each of the remaining French units, the results will determine which turn the units will arrive on the battle field.</div>
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1= turn 4 4= turn 7</div>
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Normal command tests for advancing will be used, but to reflect the shaky morale of the Spanish hussars that in the historical battle, road off into the sunset, before they were contacted by the enemy will have to roll a one off D6 morale test the first time they are ordered to advance on the enemy.</div>
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The first of the French appear on the battle field<br />
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The battle field at turn 1 the main allied force is in their first position the second line of defence is either side of the militia unit base on the road in the rear.<br />
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General Leite watches as the dragoons move on his right flank. He orders the Lisbon Police to advance on the dragoons.<br />
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General Leite orders the Spanish hussars to move over the ridge and attack the Hanoverians a D6 roll and their off sword in hand towards the enemy, but will they charge home?</div>
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The result of the fight the dragoons win the first round 4 hits to 1. The dice indicate hits on the figure as these are both skirmish single figure units For each hit on a target a D6 is rolled to see how many wounds are cused that round. Single figures have a maximum of 3 wounds<br />
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The battle at the end of turn 5. The dice behind the unit bases in the background are for morale damage as units count hits as morale damage in combat.<br />
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a quick recap of the action so far. The Spanish still hold the ridge, and with the hussars about to appear on the flank of the Hanoverian the first French assault is in the air. When the hussars move the Hanoverians will have to take a morale test, at minus 1 to see if they stand or run, on the ridge the Spanish artillery are down to morale damage and will have to test when their card is draw to see if the continue or start to withdraw. The cavalry battle on the right is about to get interesting a morale test is needed for the Lisbon police cavalry and see picture below there is a nasty surprise awaiting in the wood for the dragoons in turn 6 (as long as they pass their command to charge test)</div>
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well that's it for the first part of the battle of Evora thanks for hanging in there it's been a real test of the rules and my sanitey but both are holding out, part 2 of the battle will follow on from turn 6 till then my friends</div>
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Now that the possibility of the British were getting involved, together with having to face increasing numbers of Portuguese troops, Junot know looked to the east, and his lines of retreat, if things went wrong he didn't want to be trapped in Portugal. Junot's best route out of Portugal was the road to the fortress of Elvas but this was straddled by the town of Evora. With its contingent of Spanish and Portuguese regular troops it might prove a problem, so Junot once again sent General Loison with around 7'000 men to take the town of Evora and open the line of retreat to Spain. <br />
In Evora Major General Francisco De Paula Leite an ex naval officer was in command of a mixed force of Portuguese and Spanish regulars and militiamen, he had some cavalry and artillery with him as well as large numbers of poorly armed peasants and townsman.<br />
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The next battle of my peninsular project will be to re fight the battle of Evora. 29th July 1808.<br />
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<b><u>The French </u></b><br />
General Loison force was again made up of veterans, and had both line and light infantry as well as Dragoons and artillery in support.<br />
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8 field guns<br />
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i have used the light infantry bases i used in game two the retreat from Teixeira to represent the light infantry, in this battle. I will need to paint another six light infantry skirmishers.<br />
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The 12th light with their skirmishers<br />
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The 14th light with their skirmishers</div>
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The Hanoverian uniform were French in the style, but with a red coat for these i used Warlord games early French infantry they come with the long coats and the knee gaiters. as worn by the Hanoverian.<br />
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For the reserve Grenadiers i used a mix of Warlord games, Victrix and Perry miniatures. Technical i don't think the two battalions would have had carried eagles, but i couldn't help myself, and this dose mean i can use them for other French units in later games.<br />
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The two reserve Grenadiers battalions<br />
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The 4th dragoons 5 single figures<br />
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Again I used Perry plastic dragoons box set For the 4th dragoons. I am also going to use one base to represent the French artillery.</div>
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General Francisco De Leite force was made up of both Portuguese and Spanish regulars, as well as militia and irregulars. He also had cavalry and artillery with him.<br />
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The forces involved:<br />
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Maria Luisa Spanish hussars</div>
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For the Portuguese regulars i have used the same battalion from the retreat from Texira battle, again I'm going to give them a full battalion, but no skirmishers.<br />
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The Portuguese regulars </div>
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The Artillery </div>
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For the Portuguese volunteer cavalry i have found an illustration depicting the Lisbon police who were originally attached to French troops, but most absconded. so i thought i paint some up to represent the volunteers. i used a mix of Warlord games chasseurs and Perry carabiniers helmets.<br />
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The Volunteer cavalry </div>
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For the Spanish regular infantry i have used eagle miniatures Spanish infantry. I have gone for the distinctive Spanish white uniforms with red collars cuffs.</div>
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The Spanish regulars regiment </div>
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To represent the Spanish hussars i used Perry miniatures hussars box set. The Maria Luisa regiment wore the mirliton cap with sky blue pelisse and britches, the illustration i found shows them not wearing the red dolman or outer jacket so i painted mine up without theirs.<br />
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The Maria Luisa hussars in their dashing uniform</div>
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The Spanish artillery crew hard at work </div>
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For the purpose of the game i have given the Portuguese a unit of militia not actually present in the historical battle but i wanted to give the allies a bit more fire power as well as having the hand weapon armed irregulars </div>
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The militia and the irregulars making up the numbers.<br />
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<b><u>The historical battle for Evora</u></b></div>
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Historically the battle didn't go well for the allies, much to the surprise of the French they were drawn up out side the town gates. The assault on the allies was lead by the 58th line, who broke the Portuguese and Spanish line. The Maria Luisa hussars road off in panic before they were contacted. The Spanish line regiment put up a stubborn fight and retreated well, with most of the Spanish withdrew to Olivenza, the rest ran for Evora, the town fell to the second assault, the first being held, the fighting soon spread into the town. </div>
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The town was sacked by the French and the slaughter was terrible. near by towns submitted rather than suffer the fate of poor Evora, but after the shock came the determination of the people to fight the French and drive them from Portugal.<br />
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<b><u>Set up</u></b><br />
For my replay I'm going to give the allies a better defensive position and allow them to retreat to a second position. I'm also going to handicap the French by having them arrive onto the battle field in drips and drabs.<br />
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To make things a bit more interesting and less one sided for my re fight, the allies will be defending a ridge line and their flank will be covered by a wooded area and a ridge. The second position is more open with some light woods on one flank and a few building and walls and fields on the other. Loison will approach from the west along the road leading to Evora, with him will be the Hanoverians and the 58th line and the 4th dragoons this is all the troops he has at his disposal at the start of the game. This will make things a little difficult for the French at the start of the battle, as the army is strung out on the road behind the vanguard i will roll a D6 for each of the other units to see when they will appear.<br />
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The battle sketch. Evora can be seen in the back ground. The first of Loisons troops are taking their position others are just appearing on the road. The allies can be seen ready to give battle in their first defensive position.<br />
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Well that's if for know the full set up and the battle report to follow in part 6 till then my friends.</div>
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<br />Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-63988865434252453882016-02-26T12:36:00.002-08:002016-02-26T12:36:42.175-08:001799 AND ALL THAT small actions in Britain with Smooth and Rifled skirmish Rules For a few months i have been playing a what if campaign set in Britain using paper armies playing small action using Smooth and rifles skirmish rules, with the empathises on small political factions fighting against each other as well as the government forces. when we left the campagin, we last sore the BR (the British Republic) gaining control of Salisbury. with the local yeomanry falling back eastwards. what is this Tosh i hear you say.<br />
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INTRODUCTION<br />
Allow me to explain, our campaign is set in a fictional Britain of 1799. Were the country has exsperianced some polictical problems, and is sliding into a civil war. With many different polictical factions ving for control of cities and areas around the country the BR British Republicans, have amerged the victors in a nasty but thankfully short inter war. The BR has now over 2000 men under arms and has consolidated its control of the country side around Salisbury and is now on the move westwards, but i get ahead of myself. Back in the early parts of 1796 the French Republic is fighting for its life. With Napoleons glorious campaign in Italy, being slowly unravelled by the Austrians and Russians. The Irish and French have been defeated in Ireland, and how long would it be before the British committed more than just there navy against France. It was the Republics master spy Roshurpear, who's plan was to cause problems in Britain in the hope that the British government would be forced to concentrate on affairs at home and hopefully force them to use their military at home and not against the French 'for a time at least'. So he put his Grand deception together. he would use his net work of spy's in Britain, to start rumours and descent. the seeds were sown. <br />
soon small numbers of demonstrations started, ans polictical movements grew around the country, some of the demonstrations tured violent, and were soon put down by local forces, one in Salisbury was put down brutally, this made thing worst, numbers grew in the BR mainly around the west and north west. it wasn't long before minor skirmishers were fought between the BR supporters and the local government forces as well as skirmishes against smaller short lived polictical oposition.<br />
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We picted up the paper work from the last outings and a quick read through shows. The BR had grown in numbers helped with the supplies and weapons smuggled in from France by privateers, they had around 2'000 men under arms divided into 3 ad-hock battalions.<br />
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1st blue battalion of the BR<br />
1st red battalion of the BR<br />
1st green battalion of the BR<br />
the colours of the battalions come from the colour of the collars that are sown onto the solders civilian coats and some French uniforms smugglerd in.<br />
There is also a small cavalry contingent under the command of captain James Collins around 20 strong.<br />
this brigade is under the command of General John Painless.<br />
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There had been several skirmishes around the west country, which the local yeomanry namely the Monmouthshire fencables and the Monmouthshire lights had contained, but on August 17th some 1'800 men of the BR well armed but raw, ran a running battle with the hard pressed and out numbered Monmouthshire's who were pushed back to the out skirts of Salisbury, which eventually fell to the BR after a most spirited defence, a day later. Rumours of French regulars in Ireland, and the news of the BRs success at Salisbury prompted the Government to call back some of the regular army. (Roshurpear plan is working). At present the only regulars available to the Government is the 2nd battalion of the 28th foot who are at Deal awaiting transportation to the Caribbean. They have been dispatched to the west under the command of colonel William Beards. together with a two troops of hussars and a small detachment of artillery. the only loyal troops in the immediate area around Salisbury are the survivors of the Monmouthshire light's under a captain Travolls, he has been shadowing the BR troops movements. a 1'000 strong force of the BR made up of the 1st red battalion and some others with a troop of cavalry has moved west with the intentions of seizing a port so that the troops in Ireland can be shipped over to Britain. captain Travoll has sent a dispatch to London to ask the government to make all hast in stopping the BR before the regulars can come to there aid.<br />
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Or first action of the session will be when a BR patrol bumps into one of the Monmothshire lights advance patrols. for this action we are going to use smooth and rifled skirmish rules by .<br />
The forces involved and there S&R stats<br />
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Detachment of 1st red battalion BR<br />
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Detachment of Monmouthshire light<br />
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hoping to post the next instalment of 1799 AND ALL THAT soon.<br />
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<br />Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-486581235930439932016-02-08T04:08:00.000-08:002016-02-08T04:08:04.934-08:00Peninsular Project part 4 The retreat from TeixeiraIn part four I'm going to have a go at re fighting generals Loison's retreat from Teixeira June 1808 this post is very picture heavy, sorry i have a new camera and i got a bit carried away.<br />
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A quick recap of the set up. As you can see by the sketch map, the French have to get from the village of Teixeira to the ford of the river Douro, via the village of Regua were their baggage train in under attack.<br />
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All along the the French line of retreat are possible ambush sites, were there may or may not be irregulars just waiting to attack the French as they withdraw to Regua. markers are placed in these possible sites, each time a French unit or single figure come to within 6 inches of one of the markers i will roll a D6. The simple table below gives the possibility's of what might be hiding in the shadows.<br />
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1-2 nothing there just shadows<br />
3-4 hand weapons armed group of partisans 5 single figures there are 4 groups hiding<br />
5-6 musket armed group of partisans 5 single figures there is only 1 group hiding<br />
Behind the withdrawing French on the second turn the two militia units will appear on the road leading to the ford. On turn three the Portuguese artillery will appear on the road behind the militia units. Also from turn three i will roll another D6, to see if the the Portuguese regular battalion will appears if/when it do they will also appear on the road. again a simple table to see if the regulars appear.<br />
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3 6<br />
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6 3,4,5,6<br />
7 they appear on the road<br />
So this will be a tough retreat for the French if the dice are against them. Not only do they have to run the gauntlet from Teixeira to Regua, but once there they will have to fight to rescue there baggage train which has been attacked in the village this is were the French artillery is and the food and supplies they will need to make it back to the fortress of Almeida and safety. They must defeat the Portuguese partisans attacking the village before they can retreat over the ford. The French troops must move in the direction of the town of Regua they can not move in the direction of Teixeira, but can halt if they must.<br />
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So i don't have to fight two battles at the same time. In the village of Regua there are 5 single figures representing the baggage trains escorts, plus 4 artillery men trying to fight off the partisans. To keep thing simple I'm going to roll a D6 for the French and one for the Portuguese each turn. The French will receive a bonus of plus 1 on the D6 for being veterans. The French will start the game with 10 points of strength the Portuguese 6 points. The highest dice score wins that round of combat in the village, the losing side will lose one strength point. Once the Portuguese or the French have lost all their strength points they are defeated.<br />
For each French large unit base that makes it to the village i will add 2 points to the French strength in the village, and 1 point per 3 single figures that reaches the village. The Portuguese will get 1 point for a militia unit base that attacks the village, and 2 points if the regulars make it to the village, but no points for any single figures. If the French in Regua manage to defeat the partisans before the main French force arrives then they can deploy the artillery out side the town to help with the retreat.<br />
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So there you have the set up for the game, its time to see if general Loison can reach Regua, save the baggage and make it safely over the ford.<br />
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<b>Turn 1 </b>The French are on the move dragoons to the front next in line the 2nd light and the general, with the 4th light infantry covering the rear. The first turn of fighting in the town results in a win for the French<br />
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A general view of the battle field before i place the figures, note the markers along the road<br />
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The French move onto the road<br />
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A close up of the fighting in Regua</div>
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<b>Turn 2 </b>The French are moving smartly down the road, as the militiamen move onto the table. The fighting in Regua continues with another win to the French<br />
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The militia move onto the battle field</div>
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The 4th light triad shots with the militia<br />
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The first marker turns out to be just shadows<br />
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As dose the second marker<br />
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<b>Turn 3 </b>The French are still moving towards Regua the militiamen are firing on the withdrawing French but do little damage, the 4th fire back and also do little damage. The Portuguese artillery appears on the road. The third marker turns out to be the musket armed irregulars and at this range even they cant miss, and they don't hitting both the 2nd light and the dragoons. The Portuguese regulars don't appear. The fighting in Regua results in a Portuguese win.</div>
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Surprise (although i don't think that is what general Losion said) The musket armed irregulars appear behind a wall and fire on the French just yards away.<br />
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a general view of the battle at the end of turn 3, things are starting to look interesting with militiamen behind them and know musket armed irregulars on their flank Losion men grit their teeth. The Portuguese artillery is just out of shot (actually i forgot to put it on the table)<br />
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<b>Turn 4 </b>The fighting in Regua results in another Portuguese win. The Portuguese artillery fire a round shot at the 4th inflicting some damage. Still no sign of the Portuguese regulars.</div>
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The Portuguese artillery moves to a position so it can fire on the retreating French (i remembered to put it on the table)<br />
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From the wall the irregulars fire at the French causing more hits </div>
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The 2nd start to deploy skirmishers to cover their flank<br />
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Another marker and more partisans this time hand weapon armed.<br />
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more firing and a dragoon is downed by the partisans<br />
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The French lights fight it out with the partisans at the wall kill two and wound two others for the loss of one of their own<br />
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The dragoons make short work of a unit of partisans<br />
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An over view of the battle field at the end of a very bloody turn 4<br />
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<b>Turn 5 </b>Another win for the French in Regua this only leaves the Portuguese with 3 strength points to the French 8 The Portuguese regulars appear on the field </div>
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The French press on with their advance another marker but nothing hiding in the tree line this time<br />
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<b>Turn 6 </b>Another win for the French in Regua The 2nd light skirmishers fight it out with yet another unit of partisans and push them back and finally braking them this was also enough for the musket armed partisans with most of them wounded they failed there morale and decided it was time to leave to. </div>
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After a hard fight the partisans are driven off and this was enough for the musket armed irregulars who also failed their morale and retreated<br />
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<b>Turn 7 </b>With yet another win for the French in Regua things were starting to look desperate for the partisans<br />
The 4th were forced to take a morale test due to casualties from holding the main advance and they pass their morale test. The blue coated militia unit is forced to take a morale test luckly general Da Silveira is on hand and takes charge. Yet more partisans appear</div>
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General Da Silveira rallies the wavering blue coated militia unit, with the general with them and regulars behind the militia rally.<br />
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With the road to Regua almost clear the French pull their lines together and push on even a morale check on the battered 4th light doesn't stop them.<br />
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Another unit of partisans appear unfortunately for them right in front of the French dragoons<br />
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With dragoons bearing down on them the partisans panic and run<br />
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<b>Turn 8 </b>Another win for the French in Regua this leaves the partisans with just one strength point left surly they have lost. The French are almost there, but the Portuguese press on lead by their general.<br />
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The Portuguese regulars are moving forwards and open up on the wavering 4th light<br />
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Main view of the table at the end of turn 8. with the French almost defeating the partisans in Reuga and their main force almost at the village it looks like a win for the French<br />
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<b>Turn 9 </b>The French have defeated the partisans in Regua and can know start to withdraw from the village </div>
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The hills surrounding Regua are full of partisans, and the militiamen and regulars and marching towards the ford, they will not let the French just walk back to Almeida they will have to fight for every step of the way.</div>
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Well that's it for my re fight of the retreat from Teixeira it looks like another easy victory for the French, but far from it the 4th light we truly battered as they held the main advance of the Portuguese militia and regulars plus the took a few hits from the artillery during the day. The dragoons were a real winner for the French taking on two units of partisans and taking hits from the musket armed unit of partisans, they were the first French troops to engage the enemy and the last to leave the battle covering the rest as they retreated across the ford. The skirmishers also fought hard all of them that survived were wounded as were the dragoons. Again the training and iron will of the French won the day. For their part the Portuguese fought well they were hindered by the fact that the militia and the regulars had to move and fire only once each turn, the militia can only fire once per turn anyway but the regulars were also forced to as well, has they had to keep up with the retreating French. Their artillery managed to get a few shots off before they had their line of fire obscured by the chasing militiamen. A real fun game with lots of surprises, hope you all enjoyed reading about it, as much i did playing it. The campaign continues in part 5 Till then my friends. </div>
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In part three I'm going to have a look at the campaign from mid 1808.<br />
Things had been quiet in Portugal since the French invasion, with near to 50'000 men occupying Portugal the French had a strangle hold on the country, an outrageous levy had been placed on the country which would destroy its economy and cripple the country.<br />
This would appear to have been Portugal's fate, had it not been for the uprising in Spain which had a knock on effect in Portugal.<br />
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In the north Porto had been lost to the French, when the Spanish troops mutinied and joined the local partisans. General Junot knew he had to do something, and fast if he was to hold onto Portugal, he ordered general Loision to retake Porto and crush the rebellion in the north. To do this Loision took with him between 1'800 and 2'500 men depending on the source you read.<br />
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A small force but all his men were veterans of many campaigns, and up till know the French had only faced local irregulars and militiamen who had ether run at the first sight of the French or had stood there ground only to be brushed aside when faced with a bayonet charge, Loision had every confidence in his ability in following his orders.<br />
On the 17th of June Loision left the fortress of Almeida and marched north west by the 19th he had reached the village of Lamego in the Douro valley, with only a few minor clashes with badly armed irregulars that had disappeared into the hill with the first shots from the French.<br />
Here the French moved to the river Douro, crossing it on the 21st at the ford near the town of Regua, entering the town the same day.<br />
At this point Loision could see the surrounding hills of the valley we full of patriots hundreds possibly thousands had joined General Fransisco de Silveira as he moved south wards to meet Loision's force coming to take Porto.<br />
Undeterred Loision moved forward and reached the village of Teixeira where the valley stopped and the hills rose abruptly, Loision was faced with a climb up hills that, were full of partisans surrounding him on three sides. Silveira had chosen well, but Loision was still confident that he could carry the position and his men lead by the light infantry moved up the hills. As Loision had predicted the badly armed partisans ran as his veterans moved up the hill towards them, but the ground became very step, and the assault ground to a halt, as the French came under increasing pressure from the partisans many of whom were armed with muskets. Silveira had also brought two light guns with him and these may have been used at this point. Loision was slightly wounded at this point and a number of his men were killed and wounded.<br />
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The French were forced to withdraw, and regroup at Teixeira. As more Portuguese's began to appear on the surrounding hills, Loision had to decide what to do next, should be press on against an ever growing force, or withdraw back over the river Douro. It was at this point Loision received two pieces of news the first was that his baggage train had just been ambushed at the village of Regua and worse still several regular infantry regiments had been formed in Porto, and the militia and Ordenanze were on there way possibly the very force that surrounded him in the hills. His mind was made up he would withdraw before he was cut off from Almeida.<br />
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Loision moved to Regua and then crossed the Douro on the 22nd harassed all the way by Silveira's men. He made it back to Almeida on the 1st of July losing 300 men killed or wounded plus 2 guns on the way.<br />
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The French troops involved in this battle were all veterans. For the light infantry battalions I'm going to use one large base of 12 miniatures for each battalion and give the 2nd light infantry battalion 6 single miniatures for their skirmishers. </div>
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For this battle I'm going to need two battalions of French light infantry that's 24 miniatures plus another 6 single figures for the 2nds light battalions skirmishers. I have several line infantry units that i have been working on for a while, but no light infantry so its back to the painting table. For these I'm going you use Victrix miniatures. <br />
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For the artillery i used Perry's French line artillery set mounted on a large base<br />
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For the dragoons I'm going to use Perry's plastic dragoons box set I'm going to mounted them as singles for this game. In a larger game they would be based on a large base with 5 miniatures and the single miniatures would be used like the small bases of infantry enabling me to change the dragoons formations, but for this game the 5 single bases will work.<br />
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General Francisco da Silveira commander of the Portuguese forces was a capable officer who new his commands weakness mainly made up of badly armed ordenanza he knew they would not stand up well against the French so he used the hills and difficult ground to his advantage some accounts state he had two light guns in his army as well as the possibility of militiamen, this dose sound about right as some of Loisions men, as well as Loision himself were wounded in the first assault on the hills around Teixeira. </div>
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Together with the possibility of regulars marching on his position was enough to persuade Loision to retire from his position. </div>
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Starting with the militia i have made one base of militia for the first game using a mix of plastic figure parts and painted them in white uniforms, for the other base i have found a reference to another uniform blue coat and tan trousers. I'm going to use some Victrix miniatures the new uniform will give the other militia base a unique look. Both militia units will not have any skirmishers. Militia units are not allowed to deploy skirmishers.<br />
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The second militia base<br />
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For the regular Portuguese i have used Warlord games Portuguese line box set I'm going to paint the unit up as the 12th line regiment. For this game im going to use a full battalion for the 12th line. This is 1 large base of 12 miniatures and two small bases of 6 miniatures this allows me to change the formation of the battalion from column to line, a full battalion could also deploy skirmisher of between 5 or 6 miniatures depending on if it is a line or light battalion. For this game the Portuguese line will not have skirmishers. The pre: reform regiments wore a dark blue jacket with white trousers in the summer and blue for winter. the shako worn in this period was the Barretina style rather like the later shako worn by the British at Waterloo. By 1810 the new stovepipe shako was issued to all Portuguese line but it took time to replace the old shako. </div>
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The irregulars both musket and pike armed and ever thing in between<br />
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I used Front Rank Portuguese artillery men and a British Victrix gun for the Portuguese artillery.<br />
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<u><b>Game 2 the retreat from Teixeira</b></u></div>
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For the game the French under Loision must withdraw from Teixeira first to the village of Regua to rescue their baggage train which is under attack from partisans and then withdraw over the ford near the village, once over the ford, the French have completed their withdraw and survived. The Portuguese for their part must do as much damage to the French force as possible or even destroy the French. </div>
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The militia plus the artillery start the game around Teixeira once the French have vacated it. The unit of regulars will be diced for from turn 2 to see if they appear, if they do they will also appear near Teixeira. The irregulars will be positioned along the route that the French must travel to reach the village of Regua to rescue there baggage train. I'm going to place markers along the route were i think best and i will dice once a French unit or figure comes within 6" of one of these markers to see if there are any actual irregulars there, and dice to see if they are the musket armed group or the hand weapons groups. The French for their part must move in the direction of the ford or hold position, they can not move towards Teixeira. This should make for an interesting gauntlet run for the French not knowing what is around the next corner, and having to look over their shoulders for the regulars that may or may not appear from the hills behind them.<br />
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Battle sketch of the area the French can be seen withdrawing from Teixeira </div>
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well that's it for part three in part four I'll post the full battle report and the next part of the campaign </div>
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Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-78830125112590697532016-01-08T11:09:00.002-08:002016-01-08T11:09:33.638-08:00A small corner of Portugal terrain building for my Peninsular project I thought I would put together a building progress report of my Peninsular projects terrain. Having started my new project for 2016 i found that starting on a new scale "for Napoleonic's " I not only had to build the units of combatants, but i also had no terrain for the Peninsular so it was a real start from scratch project for me.<br />
I didn't want to over do the terrain as i have very little storage space at the moment, so i would build what i needed for the scenario. In the first battle of the project. Combat in the hills. I used the old school system of books covered in a grey cloth, with the narrow tracks defined by small stones and sand, this worked, well if a bit messy.<br />
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The narrow tracks and hills in game 1<br />
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The open area of the battle field for game 1 I made from scratch, using polystyrene sheets glued to cardboard for strength with a central road and walls plus two roads branching off like a cross roads. The idea is this can be used in future battles in the project.<br />
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A quick guide to the building system i used for the terrain<br />
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stage 1 work out were you want your roads use PVA glue and course sand when dry paint your dark tone base colour over the roads<br />
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stage 2 paint the rest of the board and the roads, dry brush the roads in the medium tone base colour when dry use PVA glue and fine sand to cover the areas you have just painted, but not the roads.<br />
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stage 3 use your light colour base tone and highlight exposed areas and roads<br />
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stage 4 use course sand and apply in patches were you want, and use larger sand/grit to add to areas to give a bit of interest, and there you have it nice and simple but effective. you can add trees or crops, wild grass to the board or attach your trees and grasses to separate bases so you can arrange them as you please.</div>
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next up a ford this will feature in the second battle most of the board was constructed the same way as the first broad the ford itself i made as follows.<br />
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stage 1 draw the ford and cut it out</div>
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stage 2 paint the ford with your medium tone base colour</div>
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fill the fords area with PVA but not to deep also put some PVA on the river banks use grit and large stones to form the rivers edges and the base of the ford. Apply green and blue paint to the river in streaks using the tip of a brush mix the paint with the PVA and leave to dry this will take about 3 to 4 days.</div>
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Next up some walls </div>
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for these i use Styrofoam this comes in may size sheets and colours really useful stuff for making wall building light weight and strong.</div>
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a length of wall and the tools i use<br />
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stage 1 lightly draw out your walls i use a permanent marker pen<br />
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We finished part one with the French 70th infantry about to start their assault on the gully's and the village of Castra. Lisbon is only a few miles away and if they can brake thought the enemy the Portuguese capital is theirs. General Gomes Sepulvedain, has sent general Dbalous from Lisbon in an attempt to delay the French, Dbalous has chosen the high ground near the village of Castra were the French will have to make there way up the narrow gully's towards the village. He has placed his irregulars skirmishers above the gully's so they can shoot down on the French. His plan is to trap one of the company's in the hills if he can get men behind them, even if most of his irregulars are armed only with hand weapons he will have the advantage of numbers on his side. The Lisbon militia are formed up in the farm land just outside the village they are ordered to shoot down the hopefully weakened French infantry as they make it out of the tracks<br />
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The Lisbon militia move out of Castra to meet the French, being militia they will be better armed and trained than the irregulars but they can only fire one volley per turn. Trained/veteran regulars such as the French can fire in each of their phases.<br />
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The 1st company of the 70th deploys on the left. The outskirts of Castra can be seen in the distance.<br />
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The 2nd company of the 70th deploys on the right irregular partisans can be seen on the high ground.<br />
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Strait into a fire fight with the partisans on the high ground.<br />
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The floor of the gully is soon covered with gun smoke as the skirmishers and the irregulars trade shots. taking fire from both sides the French are easy targets for the irregulars, lucky for the French the irregulars are not very good shots.</div>
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Sporadic musket fire in the left gully, but the 1st companies skirmishers make good progress.</div>
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Its the irregulars turn to be trapped, with casualties mounting and the 2nd companies skirmishers know in combat with them, the irregulars morale is broken and they start to run, just as 1st company also has to take a morale test , but they pass even though they have taken many casualties including all their skirmishers. </div>
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As the French companies make it onto the open ground the militia opens up with a volley at the already weakened 1st company men fall and they have to take another morale test, they pass yet again although they are shaken.</div>
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Being only allowed to fire one volley per turn the militia withdraw a little in there next phase. The two companies move forwards 2nd company fires a volley at the militia which bring down several men 1st company are shaken so they don't fire. (shaken units can only fire once per turn) The skirmishers push the irregular skirmishers through the vineyard.</div>
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With the 2nd company troops know moving on them and the last of the irregulars skirmishers being chased from the vineyard the militia have no choice but to withdraw towards the villages outskirts.<br />
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The militia have know withdraw into the village but with the 70th line are right behind them, moments later the militia brake and run.<br />
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A hard fight, harder than the French anticipated. Dbalous plane almost worked, if the 2nd companies skirmishers had not come to their aid then 1st company would have been destroyed for shore, and the 2nd company may have had to withdraw, if only Dbalous had some regulars with him. The iron discipline of the French veterans is what made the difference, 1st company had to take 2 morale tests and passed both all be it the second leaving them shaken, but still standing. despite being veterans the French skirmishers found it very difficult to hit the irregulars in the cover of the hills, just how it should have been. A good game and a great start to the campaign.</div>
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The road to Lisbon is know clear and General Junot made it only to find he had missed his prise the royal family having left a few days earlier. </div>
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With the Portuguese capital know under French control and Spanish troops heading into Portugal things could not have looked worse for the Portuguese, but for events elsewhere were about to change the war not only in Portugal but the rest of Europe. <br />
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Napoleon had moved fast on his plan to dominate the Iberian peninsular. By early 1808 he had moved large numbers of troops into both Portugal and Spain. and know he made his move. Forcing King and his son to renounce their throne and placing his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne, Napoleon had taken control of both Portugal and Spain or so he thought. on the 8th of May Madrid and shortly After Spain exploded in revolt, and civil unrest. Many French troops found themselves fighting large numbers of partisans.<br />
By June news of the Spanish revolt had reached Portugal. The Spanish corps in Porto mutinied and joined the local patriots, and the Portuguese flay once again flown over Porto.<br />
All over Portugal Spanish troops were leaving for home, and to make things worse thousands of Portuguese were joining the militia and the ordenanza.<br />
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Junot's army had shrunk to just the original 25'000 mainly French troops in a mater of weeks, as long as he kept the communication lines with Spain open and held the main cites and fortresses under French control he could hold the country.<br />
To do this he had to strengthen the fortresses and take back Porto.<br />
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In part three of the project I'm going to take a closer look at the battles between the Porto partisans and General Loison.<br />
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This is going to be my last post for this year, thanks for all your comments till next time and next year.<br />
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With the last game of our Waterloo project being played out hopefully soon, its been a long wait as most of the players have been away. I was thinking about doing a solo project next. Staying with the Napoleonic theme i looked at the campaigns of 1812 and 1809, but both were large affairs and i wanted to up the scale to 28mm for some if not the majority of the games so i settled on the Peninsular Campaign 1807 to 1814.<br />
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I want to cover the campaign around the Portuguese theatre of war, and include the early fighting that took place before the British landed in 1808. So i did a bit of research and have come up with a historically based campaign. For the first part of the campaign, I'm going to start with the invasion of Portugal 1807 and ends in the battle of Vimeiro 1808.<br />
The campaign will follow the historical time line, and as its progress i will try to cover the small and larger actions, were and when they historically took place. Im also hoping to add the odd maybe/what if action. As this is a new scale for me (for Napoleonics at least) i will also be constructing the units that will take part in the actions as the campaign progresses, as well as putting together some terrain so i will include the unit painting, terrain construction and the research as i go, as well as the Battle reports.<br />
I am hoping to also include a mini war diary of the campaign from the point of view of some of the British fictitious character's. It sounds a lot going on, and it is going to be a long term project.<br />
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<u>Historical Background</u><br />
With the French trade embargo against Britain pretty much sown up. Portugal, Britain's oldest Ally boldly refused to enforce the embargo and continued trading with Britain. This defiance could not go unpunished in the eyes of Napoleon. this meant that Portugal was on a collision course with France. Napoleon started to put in place his response.<br />
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By mid 1807 General Junot at the head of the army of the Gironde some 25'000 men had assembled south of Bordeaux and would soon marched into Spain. By November Junot had been joined by Spanish troops and was positioned on the Portuguese border. On the 19th of November French troops started to cross into Portugal. This as history would tell was only a stepping stone as Napoleon had bigger plans for both Portugal and later Spain.<br />
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The French main route into Portugal would take them first to Alcantara on the Portuguese's border and onto Lisbon some 200 km west from Alcantara. The route was difficult filled with narrow valleys and tracks winding through mountainous areas.<br />
The Invasion force was made up of both French and Spanish.<br />
With 3 Spanish corps holding the border areas.<br />
6'500 Spanish at Vigo under Taranco was to march on Porto.<br />
9'500 Spanish at Badajos under Solano was to march on Elvas<br />
9'500 Spanish at Cuidad Rodrigo and Alcantara under Caraffas were to join Junot's advance.<br />
25'000 French advancing towards Alcantara.<br />
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The French started there advance along the desolate route following the upper Tagus, the infantry made it through but the cavalry had lost up to half there horses and few guns made it that far. a few days later the French advance units made it to Abrantes, and by the 25th of November the rest of the army finaly made it to. The men were starving and some stragglers had been killed by Portuguese peasants lurking in the mountains. while at Abrantes Junot learnt the Portuguese Royal family were making preparations to leave for Brazil. Junot put together a flying column made up of some joint Grenadiers companies and the 70th line infantry and made a dash for Lisbon. The march was difficult and they were harassed, but meet no significant resistance.<br />
On the 30th of November Junot entered Lisbon with his flying column, the rest of the army followed in the next few days and following weeks, but he had missed the Royal family, only just.<br />
Lisbon was know under French control. The three Spanish corps moved into Portugal in December. On the 15th of December the French Flag was flown over Lisbon, were riots broke out but these were soon put down ruthlessly by the French with the bayonet and sword.<br />
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Portugal was now occupied by up to 50'000 troops, the Portuguese army was simply disbanded. ( some being reformed in early 1808, and marched into France to join the Grand Army ) but i get ahead of myself.<br />
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Going back to the Autumn of 1807 for the first game Combat in the hills I'm going to have Small units of Portuguese militia and partisans fighting against groups of French regulars of the 70th line as they make there dash for Lisbon.<br />
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Some accounts state that Lisbon fell without a shot. Other accounts say small skirmishes were fought between Junot's flying corps and Portuguese patriots as he made his dash for Lisbon. so our first battle will represent one of the possible skirmishes that were fought as the French moved in on Lisbon.<br />
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Looking at the forces involved the French are going to be made up of 2 company bases and their single skirmish bases. 5 single bases per company base as they are to represent the 70th line. Light infantry companies can have 6 skirmishers. Each company base will have 12 miniature's ( for larger battles the same bases will be used as the command base of a battalion ) they will be able to volley fire in the game and will also act as the rally point and deployment point for their skirmishers. I have used a mixture of miniatures ranging from Perry, Warlord and victrix.<br />
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The Portuguese forces for this action are a bit more of a challenge reading up on them, references give accounts of units of militia dressed in rags, or white uniforms, and of units of partisans roaming the hills dressed in civilian cloths armed mainly with hand weapons. so armed with a few pictures i started to put together some miniatures.<br />
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I used parts from victrix French Napoleonic and Perry ACW and even Warlord ECW plastics. This helped to get that irregular look to the partisans as well as the unit of militia.<br />
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I also went for the white uniformed militia with wide brimmed hats as described by several accounts of British officers during the early stages of the campaign. For the first action I'm going to have 1 company of Portuguese militia, militia units can't form skirmishers so no single skirmishers for this unit. There are also going to be units of irregular partisans 20 single skirmishers armed with hand weapons and 6 single skirmishers armed with muskets. Irregular troops can't form units so are based individually and are classed as skirmishers.<br />
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The partisans made up of numerous plastic parts from ECW to ACW and everything in between <br />
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Back to the game, its mid November the French infantry of the 70th line move up yet another Valley only to find there progress blocked by some Portuguese irregulars lining the hills. Lisbon is only a few miles west, and General Junot is eager to reach Lisbon before the royal family escapes. your job is to force the pass and take the village.<br />
The Portuguese will try to stop you but they are not well armed, although they do out number you.<br />
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1. The routes through the Valley are very narrow 1/4 movement for the companies bases, skirmish miniatures can move as normal.<br />
2. All French troops must use the narrow tracks.<br />
3. The Portuguese partisans can move along the track and the heights, 1/2 movement when moving along the heights.<br />
4. The Portuguese militia can only deploy in the village or surrounding farm/vineyards.<br />
5. The 2 companies of the 70th start at the base of the valley and have not deployed any skirmishers.<br />
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A little late but i forgot to put this in my blog, but better late than never, in this review i show my finished French for my Peninsular project </div>
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also a few pictures of my resent work as part of the Black Powder paint off challenge I'm painting up some 6mm Great Northern War armies and starting work on my British and allies for my Peninsular project. First up are the Portuguese's regulars with very little uniform other than the white jackets and civilian clothing , I'm also making up some Portuguese's irregulars.</div>
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a full brigade of Swedish and a lonely Russian battalion</div>
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<br />Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-13632353858708222762015-09-26T07:28:00.002-07:002015-09-26T07:28:33.239-07:0028mm Napoleonic's for Grandeur RulesHaving been working on this project for some time, i can finely unveil the French army for my forthcoming peninsular war project.<br />
The army is designed on the basic impetus system with between 10 to 12 bases/units with a separate command base, unlike basic and full impetus were the command/leaders are based within a unit.<br />
The army represent a French force for 1804 to 1812, when the French armies were at there height. my intention is to put together a basic version of the Grandeur rules (nothing official ) and play a few games to See how things go. The French army.<br />
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French army 1804-1812<br />
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3 veteran line infantry (FP) 5 5/6 1 3 SK A VET<br />
4 line infantry (FP) 5 4/5 1 2 SK A<br />
2 hussars (CL) 12 3/4 1 1 VET<br />
1 artillery 6 2 0 1 ART B<br />
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1 of the veteran bases/units and up to 2 of the line units can be swapped for allied troops as can 1 of the light cavalry bases/units. these do not change the stat's for the bases/units<br />
options for the cavalry are: 2 hussar bases/units, 2 chassaur bases/units or 1 lancer and 1 chassaur bases/units<br />
I'm working on the British and allies lists, I'm thinking maybe an early and late Peninsular list and a 100 days campaign list.<br />
Once i have them sorted i will start painting up some bases and start play testing the lists, things will bound to change once play testing begins. <br />
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Starting off with the base concept. I want the command base stand out, so I'm going to use a circular base i tend to use old Cd's for 28mm command bases. </div>
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I use air drying clay for the construction of the base, this is ideal to build up any raised areas you can attach rocks and push the bases of any miniatures you want to use into the clay, this helps with the final look of the base.</div>
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For this base I'm going to use two mounted command miniatures both by Perry miniatures also a solider helping a fallen comrade from Victrix and Warlord games, with another unfortunate another Perry, near the two commanders also I'm going to put some battle debris on the base to. </div>
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The air dry clay and rocks glued in place, after all has dried the dry river bed base is glued in i use PVA for this and sand </div>
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Composition all the elements are in place as a test although things tend to change a bit</div>
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The base is given two coats of brown paint i use house wall paint for this as it gives a good coverage. You can also use small sample pots from your local DIY store. Dry brush the rocks you have added at this stage as this will help with the continuity of the base.</div>
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Adding larger sand to the base i use PVA for this. The sands i use come from a pet shops a great source of wargaming basing material.</div>
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I try to make my command bases tell a little story as it adds a bit of fun to when putting the hole thing together.</div>
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After a very wet start to the weekend with local floods,we managed to get to the Military Odyssey show in Kent UK a hole host of military groups from Greeks to modern day,were there, great stalls and friendly people always happy to talk about there groups.</div>
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The final campaign dice have been rolled, the results are in and its not looking good for the Allies, to be honest the dice have not been kind to the Allies through out the campaign, but that's wargaming as they say.<br />
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It's the 18 June and the Allies under Wellington find themselves on the ridge, around the Waterloo area. The 1st Guards division, 2nd, 3rd , 5th and 6th British division's . 2nd and 3rd Netherland division's with most of the cavalry are present in varying states of damage, from battered, to all most no existent. ( its been a hard campaign )ADCs have been dispatched to out lying units to draw in what is left.<br />
The 4th British infantry divisions are on rout from Hal, hoping to arrive in time.<br />
The Prussian's are already fighting the French lust south of Wavre in the East. Wellington can hear the cannon from his command position at Waterloo. With little hope of the Prussian's coming to save the day Wellington is faced with a dilemma.<br />
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Dose he hold the strong defensive position of Waterloo and hope for the best, he has faced the French before many times and won, but never against Napoleon himself.<br />
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Dose he abandon Brussels to the French and retreat east and link up with the Prussian's or west and head for the coast and Britain.<br />
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The dice are rolled both players and umpire hold there breath, and fate slaps the allies clearly in the face again.<br />
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East it will be, with the sound of guns and thunder ringing in there ears, the Allies are on the move again.<br />
The brigades of Sir Charles Colville's 4th infantrys division freshly arrived from Hal, are to hold the main roads to Wavre( strangely the very roads the Prussian's marched down in the historical battle ).<br />
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The French with Nay leading the advance towards Mont St Jean with the VI corps arrive during the night of the 18th, to find most of the allies withdrawn from the area he can see Allied troops to the east of the position around <br />
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He immediately sends word to Napoleon that Wellington is retreating, and orders the 19th and 20th brigades of VI corps to advance thought <span style="background-color: yellow;">Plancenoit</span> to engage the Allies around Smohain area.<br />
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Wellington and the Allies moved rapidly east wards and arrived ( in a strange quark of fate to help the Prussian's defeat the French in there hard 2 day battle. ( all be it the French were out numbered 3 to 1 when the Allies arrive)<br />
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Napoleon entered Brussels 2 days later bringing our Waterloo mini muster to an end.<br />
The campaign threw up lots of what if's, and strange twists of fate. leaving the players and umpire scratching there heads. The Prussian's and Allies are know in support, and there is the question of 25'000 Prussian's under Klest. 210'000 Austrians under Schwarzenberg and 200'000 Russians under Barclay de Tolly that are on rout, all be it slowly. So can Napoleon do it again, Can the Allies and Prussian's go on the offencive and defeat the French. Will Napoleon fight on or will be negotiate for peace ( being in a stronger position than last time).<br />
I leave it to the reader to decide.<br />
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the Austrians are coming again 20mm miniatures </div>
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I would like to thank all those involved in the campaign it has been a great experience bringing the Waterloo campaign to life ( strangely not actually fighting the battle itself which just shows how much real history is, and in the words of Wellington himself. Such a close run thing).<br />
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we could not resist one last battle so we are going to fight the action around Smohain between the allies under Colville and the French under Nay.<br />
The battle report to follow in the last post of the Waterloo mini muster.<br />
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Till next timeStephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-27607113489361371362015-08-12T12:45:00.001-07:002015-08-12T12:45:39.140-07:00Picton makes a stand at Caillou part 2 battle reportThis post comes with a health warning :<br />
it's a big one<br />
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We last left the two armies moving into position. The Allies had taken the ridge line and the village of Caillou. There job is to hold this area for as long as possible, or at least for 10 turns. This will give Wellington the time he needs to consolidate his forces that are available to him around Waterloo.<br />
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The French commanders job is to push the allies of the ridge and open the main line of the French armies advance to Mont-Saint-Jean, if this happens then Wellington will be caught on the hop, 'Again'.<br />
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Further to the east the Prussian's are licking there wounds after the battle of Ligny. After this battle the campaign dice can be rolled, to see if history will repeat it's self or, will the Prussian's withdraw further east. will the French advance be stalled long another so they find the allies waiting for them, maybe the Prussian's will be at Waterloo with the allies, or will the allies withdraw further north. all shall be reviled in the next Waterloo mini muster post.<br />
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For know Picton and the Allies fate awaits.<br />
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The Allies position at the start of turn 1<br />
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The French lead battalions and the cavalry brigades on the road to Caillou start of turn 1<br />
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The view from the village of Caillou. The 28th hold the village columns of French can be seen on the road. The 95th rifles can be seen in the hedge line on the left</div>
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I going to cover the command, movement and combat phases for game turn 1 so you can see what is going on in the rest of the game. </div>
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Each side roll 1 D6 per Brigade commander (BC) plus 1 D6 for the high command base. </div>
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The dice scores on these dice rolls will correspond to the ARs (activation ratings) of the brigade commanders in that army. </div>
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In our game the French player has 6 (BCs) but for game turn 1 he only has 3 of them on the table plus the command base so he rolls 4 D6 </div>
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score is : 6,2,2,1</div>
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The Allies player has 5 (BCs) plus 1 D6 for his command base, he has all his brigades present at the start of the game so he rolls all 6 D6</div>
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score is : 6,5,4,3,3,1</div>
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Both side roll there command dice for the command phase, at the same time, and the dice are put to one side so both players can see the results. A player can only activate his brigades if the corresponding dice roll is achieved e.g if he has a (AR) brigade command of 3 he has to roll a 3 on one of the dice. this will mean in the next phase Movement he will be able to activate/move this brigade.</div>
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All brigades move in sequence both sides all AR2 brigades will always move before a AR3 brigades and so on. </div>
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If a 1 or 6 is rolled by any of the D6 dice the command base can use this dice roll, to either move his command base, or to increase or decrease the one of the D6 activation dice score by 1.</div>
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A cautious command base can only use one D6 score of 1 or 6</div>
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A aggressive command base can use as many D6 1 or 6 scores that are rolled.<br />
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TURN 1</div>
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Back to our game and as you can see the French player has rolled his 4 D6 he will use the 2 to activate Bauduin's brigade (AR2) and the 1 he will use for his command base to move, and the 6 to change the other 2 score to a 3 to activate Huber's brigade of chasseurs on his right.<br />
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The Allies player will use his 6 score to change his 3 score to a 2, so he can activate his 6 Coy's of 95th rifles he is going to move 3 of the bases to the farm. ( all coy;s are classed as independent and have a AR2 rating). use the 1 score to change the 3 for a 2 to activate the artillery. Again none attached artillery are classed as AR2. He will also use his 4 score to activate the cavalry brigade under Merlen.<br />
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The French movement for turn 1 note the direction markers and the activation dice. The numbers on the dice show what order the brigades move in.</div>
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The Allies with there direction markers and activation dice. in the game all AR2 brigades move from both sides then AR3 and so on.<br />
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After movement comes fire and melee again all actions are done in sequence AR2 then AR3 for both sides. In turn 1 only the Allies fire with there activated artillery batteries.<br />
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Allies 95th move over to the farm AR2</div>
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Allies artillery fire on the French infantry on the road and the cavalry AR2</div>
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French Bauduin's brigade advance AR2<br />
French Humber's cavalry continue to advance AR3 </div>
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Bauduin's brigade move up both roads under cannon fire from the ridge line </div>
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Dice rolls French 6,4,2,2</div>
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Allies 95th move into the farm AR2</div>
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French the lead battalions of the 1st and 2nd light form coy's to skirmish with the 95th in the farm and hedge line AR2<br />
French cavalry on his left advances AR3<br />
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French Soy's brigade part of the 6th division appear on the road.</div>
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A fire fight erupts between the 95th rifles in the farm and the 2nd light infantry </div>
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A similar fight starts between the 95th rifles and the 1st light infantry for the hedge line<br />
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Dice rolls French 6,6,5,3,2</div>
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Allies 5,5,4,4,,3,2</div>
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French Bauduin's brigade form 2 more coy's to help with the skirmish line against the 95th AR2</div>
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Allies artillery continues to fire on the advancing French infantry only as the cavalry are out of sight AR2</div>
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French Humber's cavalry advance on the Dutch/ Belgian cavalry AR3</div>
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Allies the Dutch/Belgian cavalry brigade under Merlen moves down the valley AR4</div>
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The 95th rifles are coming under pressure as 2 battalions assault the farm. Moment's later they are driven back from the farm, they still hold the hedge line </div>
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Dice rolls French 3,3,2,1,1</div>
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Allies 5,5,4,4,3,2</div>
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French Soy's brigade moves up the valley AR2</div>
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French Bauduin's brigade reforms its columns AR2</div>
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French Humber's cavalry make contact AR3 ( in this game both sides can take casualties all combat is simultaneous )</div>
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With the 95th rifles driven from the hedge line the French brigades start to move up to the ridge </div>
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TURN 6<br />
Dice rolls French 6,4,4,2,2,3<br />
Allies 6,5,5,3,3,1<br />
French Bauduin,s and Soy,s brigades advance AR2<br />
Allies the artillery continue to fire on the advancing French infantry AR2<br />
The Allies cavalry are being pushed back.<br />
The Allies guns are puling back as the French assault on the ridge line close in.<br />
Husson,s and Campi,s brigades of the 5th division appear on the road.<br />
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French columns advance on the enemy </div>
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The Dutch / Belgian 's are hanging in there</div>
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As the final French brigades reach the road the Allies commander sees just what he is up against<br />
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TURN 7<br />
Dice rolls French 6,6,5,4,3,3,2<br />
Allies 6,5,5,4,4,2<br />
French both Bauduin,s and Soy's brigades reach the ridge AR2<br />
Allies Pack's brigade open fire on the French AR2<br />
Allies Vincke's brigade open fire on the French AR4<br />
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The allies cavalry are pushed back again they are almost broken but are hanging on<br />
The French infantry receive heave casualties as they reach the crest of the ridge, the allies are also taking casualties.<br />
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It becomes apparent to the allies commander, that the French are concentrating all there efforts on the ridge and are screening the village.<br />
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A general view of the battlefield<br />
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TURN 8<br />
Dice rolls French 6,6,4,3,3,2,2<br />
Allies 6,4,3,3,2,1,<br />
All the French but Husson's brigade advances AR2 then AR3<br />
Allies Pack's brigade fires on the French AR2<br />
Allies Vincke's brigade fires on the French AR4<br />
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On the ridge the first French assault of Bauduin's brigade is starting to waver<br />
Caillou is holding on as the French are at the walls<br />
The Dutch/ Belgians cavalry are finally driven back<br />
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Dice rolls French 6,6,4,2,2,2,1<br />
Allies 6,5,3,2,2,1<br />
French Soy's brigade move up to the ridge AR2<br />
French Huber's brigade advance on the Allies flank AR3<br />
Allies Vincke's brigade forms square<br />
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With Soy's brigade advancing Bauduin's battered battalions are about to withdraw</div>
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A wall of French columns a view from the Allies ridge </div>
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The 1st 44th and the 92nd take the brunt of the assault </div>
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TURN 10<br />
Dice rolls French 6,5,4,4,3,2,2<br />
Allies 5,5,3,3,2,2<br />
French Soy's brigade moves up to the ridge AR2<br />
Allies Pack's brigade draw back a little AR2<br />
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yet more French advance on the beleaguered Allies</div>
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A general view of the battle at the end of game turn 10</div>
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With both side holding parts of the ridge, we looked at the casualties suffered to see if the Allies could hold on to the ridge. Most of the British line battalions were down to 60% or worse.<br />
The 32nd and the 79th line were down to 58% and 45% and were almost about to withdraw. The Hanoverian Landwehr were almost on the withdraw point on there charts. and coming under pressure from both infantry and cavalry it won't be long before the Allies left broke.<br />
Bauduin's brigade was more or less lost if Soy's brigade did not win the ridge it was only a question of time as both Husson's and Campi's brigade were there to finish the job.<br />
All in all a win for the French.<br />
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The campaign dice can know be rolled, but i think the Allies under Picton will receive a bonus for shear doggedness.<br />
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<br />Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703022226338901923.post-26996438391728074482015-08-05T03:53:00.000-07:002015-08-05T03:53:33.983-07:00The rules with no name I thought i would post some pictures of a battle we played at the weekend, at mine. The rules are still in the play testing stage so we tried them out with a small action. French v British 1813 ish some were in southern France. We kept it to just an infantry battle to test the main game mechanisms. The game was played in about 2 hours. The French force was made up of 6 battalions of infantry and 2 coy's of skirmishers. The British had 4 battalions a coy of light infantry 4 bases and a coy of 95th rifles again 4 bases.<br />
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A view of the main French advance 4 battalions head for the ridge line with a skirmish screen in the field ahead, 2 battalions and more skirmishers head for the village. The British can be seen in the background.</div>
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The skirmishers trade shots on the right</div>
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A close up of the skirmish line in the field French light v British light. The smoke in the background is were the 95th are engaging the other French advance.</div>
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A view of the main French advance from the French side of the field.</div>
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The main road into the village, on the French left. Here the French lights and the 95th slog it out.</div>
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With the skirmishers moving to the flanks The 2 lead battalions advance into a hail of lead.</div>
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The skirmishers fight it out on the wooded right flank.</div>
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Despite the casualties mounting the French continue there advance on the right.</div>
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The French are know taking fire to there front and flank.</div>
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The divisional commander tries to steady the faltering French right.</div>
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On the French left there advance is given a hot reception.</div>
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on the right the French try to form some sort of firing line, but casualties and morale are both starting to take effect.</div>
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The only option is to withdraw under such pressure.</div>
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The French start to withdraw in good order, the British are happy to let them. Despite it looking like a easy victory the British have taken heavy casualties 2 battalions are down to 60% and both skirmish coy's are down to 50% and 65% .<br />
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A fun game, a bit more work needs to be done on some points but all in all things went well for a first try. It also gave me a chance to show off my new terrain.<br />
Till next timeStephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764448493798146692noreply@blogger.com0