It was great to see this collection back on the table for some miniature tricorn warfare after several years absence. The scenario set the Allied army (Ferdinand of Brunswick’s Hanoverians, Brunswickers, Hessians and few Brits) the objective of taking an area of high ground, currently held by the French, in 10 turns of play (i.e. before nightfall). The two forces were similar in numbers, but troop quality definitely favoured the Allies.
It was a really excellent game that saw the French always on the back foot, but valiantly trying to hold up the Allies until nightfall. It was incredibly close, with the game coming down to the final 10th turn, when a battalion of Allied combined grenadiers finally achieved the high ground, breaking the last of the French resistance.
The armies at deployment with the French nearest the camera and the Allies massing in the distance.The French left flank with cavalry in support.The French right prepares for the inevitable Allied assault.The Allied left flank, led by British battalions.The Allies advance swiftly but the French manage to invest the village in the centre that will form the core of their defence.The Allies mass their firepower against the French in the village.Despite heavy casualties, the French troops in the village stubbornly hold on and manage to silence the enemy light artillery that had been drawn up in front of the village.The lead French brigade on their right start the unequal firefight with the superior Allied infantry.The French left flank advances to support their colleagues in the village and threaten the Allied right.The French bring forward their cavalry to shore-up their infantry’s defence.The French right flank has been whittled down to just two battalions of Swiss who are definitely earning their pay on this particular day.The French battalion still holds the village after seeing off several assaults by the Allies.The Allied left flank prepare for a final big push to make it to the high ground just beyond the few remaining French battalions.Allied troops advance to point blank range to pour in their deadly platoon fire.It is all up for the Swiss. Charged frontally by combined Grenadiers and then finished off with a battalion in the flank.A last desperate, heroic charge by the French Cavalry cuts in to the Allied centre to buy some time for their hard pressed infantry.The French cavalry despatched, the Allies close in on their objective held by a few French infantry and a heavy battery of guns.Victory for the allies as the combined Grenadiers, led by the General and Brigade commander, see off the last of the French on the high ground.
28mm WW2 North Africa – Bolt Action
The Deutsches Afrikakorps and Eighth Army duked it out across the burning desert in North Africa. A glorious victory for the Allies ensued.
