A Saturday afternoon here at the Lead gardens found me taking over the dining table for a weekend 40mm battle with the some newly finished units added to the collection.
First is a second 8 figure grenadier company on the British side representing the grenadier company of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers. These fellows will form a composite grenadier unit of 16 men plus officers with the grenadiers of the 12th foot. My plans are to do the complete 23rd in a few weeks if I can find the time to cast them up.
I also have two new 6lbr guns battalion guns painted up for each side, plus a light infantry unit for the French.
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6lb Royal Artillery Battalion Gun |
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Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince |
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In the overview pic at the top of the page, you can see the initial positions of the game. The French are attempting to force their way into a small village (top left of the pic) and are confronted by a British blocking force on some high ground overlooking their route of march. This battle is based on a historical English Civil War battle, (I have unfortunately forgot the name but I will post if I can come up with it.)
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Col. Gerlach's Jagers in their element on the English left. |
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The French deployment |
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Royal Roussion Cavalerie |
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British Horse |
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These fellows are thin but tough! |
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Grenadiers resist a charge |
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Light infantry skirmish in the town |
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British horse move to charge the head of the advancing French column |
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The Royal Roussion fail to dent the British left |
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The 4th Horse capture a gun |
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Irish in French service-Bulkeley Infanterie advance on the British right |
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"Here they come!" |
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The first volleys are exchanged |
Unfortunately after this turn of the game,...(it had slowly gone on for a day and a half...(my being busy with other weekend tasks...)...my dear wife dropped the "Is this stuff going to be here on the dining table permanently?" Well at that moment I was really missing my normal back room gaming space. So I gave in and returned the dining table to it's "normal" function with the game unfinished. I'll have to give it another go at a future date