Meanwhile (and probably too quickly) the first French reinforcements started to arrive (curassiers and more line, in bicorns), which were already making the Austrian attack look untenable. Other Austrian troops continued quickly up the main road intent on outflanking the initial French position. Sensing the importance of the woods in front of the hill the light infantry were moved from their position on the right, across the front of the line brigade, whilst the Austrians advanced dragoons to threaten the objective, as well as pushing grenze up to contest the woods.

The French (me) started with a 'brigade' of line (3 bases) with artillery and light infantry on the hill. Blue force (in this case, the Austrians) has to capture the hill but can only bring its units on three at a time, again at move numbers defined by the scenario rules. Red force (in this case, the French) starts with two units on the hill facing south and reinforcements come on in groups of two thereafter at preordained intervals. bluetack: Geoff has made a lot of scenery over the years but doesn't seem to have gotten around to roads yet.Ĭue rendition of Walton's 'March Past of the Kitchen Utensils'įor this scenario the game objective is control of the hill. And as we were trying to do this in an hour, we even dispensed with any fancy frippery, like a basecloth, so it was quickly laid out on the bare kitchen table as you can see. The one we went with was Scenario 8: Melee, which features a hill, some woods and a road (see my sketchmap).

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