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| The Guard have yet to commit. All foot figures in the foreground are vintage and bought direct from HH in the early 1970s. The mounted figure is an ebay purchase which appears to be a conversion and which I painted as a General of the Guard. |
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| More French battalions pour into Ligny but continue to be repulsed. |
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| The combined Prussian and Netherland batteries suffer badly from counter battery fire. |
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| The Prussian 3/18th, despite taking heavy casualties stick to their position on the bank of the brook at St Amand. They are unaware that the French have broken through the village. |
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| The French move through St Amand with designs on attacking Ligny from the West. Brunswick reserves will hope to stem their advance |
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| Extended melees in the streets of Ligny with French continuing to get no further than the ground in front of the church |
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| The main resistance is by Dutch 27th Jagers supported by 5th Dutch National Militia |
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| The last of Gerard's 12 battalions start their move on Ligny |
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| The French advance on Ligny from the West to support their comrades |
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| The French advance through St Amand is slowed temporarily by 1st Brunswick Light (Kennington figures) |
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Turn 12 and Kennington French 17th Line prepare to exchange volleys with Brunswick Leib Btn. who are trying to retake St Amand. Next time..the French Guard make their move. |
What a treat to see your troops in action - that ADC is really spiffing! How nice to still have figures you bought back in 1970 I certainly wish I still had mine.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian, I just wish I'd bought more vintage troops but wine, women and song distracted me from the hobby for a time!
DeleteSplendid fight, do you do casualty removal in your games? The units seem quite durable if you do.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob. There is no casualty removal involved with Shako rules. Markers indicate number of kills and/or unit condition. Some of my battalions have some figures with individual bases as I used Charles Grant's and subsequently Wargame Research Group rules for a time both of which required casualty removal. I found both rules a bit cumbersome for me as a solo gamer.
DeleteThe ADC gets my vote too. That's got to be the blingiest saddle cloth ever. Has he nicked it from a Mamemluke?
ReplyDeleteWell spotted....some of these ADCs do get above their station (the Funcken illustration has a plain blue and yellow cloth)
DeleteGoodness, I go on vacation and all kinds of trouble breaks loose! The Prussian 3/18 look to be in a rather precarious position, or is that another Prussian battalion to their rear boxing in the French advance? Lovely battle description and another vote for the ADC as the blingiest ever. Love what you have done with him!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for the 3/18 the Prussian Landwehr to their rear are attempting to rally after being pushed out of the village. Their only real hope is the Brunswickers who are desperately trying to stem the French flow before the Guard make their move (and the 3/18 only have one more kill to register before they are broken!) Thanks also for the ADC appreciation....he was an ebay recruit in 2021 and painted a year later....extremely quick for me. The horse FNH4 and came with him so it seemed a shame to split them up. Perhaps I'll do an ADC post in the near future.
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