Some more pics from last year's game.....
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| 1st Cuirassiers move forward (Kennington figures) |
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| French batteries continue to pound the defenders of Gemioncourt |
Kennington French line bring up the rear
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| At last, the first of the 2nd Netherland Division reserves move through the village towards the front line (Hinton Hunt 7th Belgian Line in the front) |
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| More Netherland reserves move through Bossu Wood (Hinton Hunt Prussian Landwehr deputising as militia) |
Netherland troops emerge from the South of Bossu Wood to attempt to stem the French advance
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| French massed battalions have moved past Gemioncourt Farm which has now fallen. Their movement is restricted by the swampy ground to their right. The stream itself is not a major obstacle which they cross with ease. |
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| Weakened Hinton Hunt 27th Dutch Jagers prepare to fire |
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| The Netherland reserves move in to defensive positions on higher ground and among the crops in front of the village. |
The Netherlands troops continue to hold their positions in Bossu Wood while their artillery has begun to trouble the French centre
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| Hinton Hunt Netherlands artillery support 2nd Nassau while French line storm across the bridge. |
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| Part of Picton's 5th Anglo Hanoverian Division have arrived to the West of the village (apart from the 92nd Gordons their standards give away their true nationalities!) |
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| The thinly spread men of Perponcher's Division continue to slow the French advance in the centre but have given way on their left. More troops begin to form a second defensive line. |
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| The positions as viewed from the South. The 27th Dutch Jagers have been broken and fled (who can blame them!). French formed in line move through the crops. Part of Picton's Division is at the top right and Van Merlen's Netherlands Light Cavalry Brigade top left begin to move down the road. |
Next time....more allied reinforcements arrive and things become very crowded.
It's looking like eth Alliued reinforcements are going to make it just in the nick of time. BTW, when you say the stream to east of Gemioncourt is not an obstacle, it shoud be for cavalry. About 100yds or so east of the farm it in a deep and steep little gully. I went down it on my bum, I wouldn't want to lead a horse down it let alone ride it.
ReplyDeleteWell that's a battlefield walk to remember! I went to Quatre Bras in 2000 in the esteemed company of the Duke of Wellington and the Waterloo Association when a memorial to the British troops was unveiled....all remained on their feet as far as I remember but we didn't stray far from the crossroads. Sadly the Quatre Bras Farm has now been demolished I believe.
ReplyDeleteCertainly the period building actuall at the crossroads have gone. On the good news side, Mont St Jean was falling down the first time I went to Waterloo, but now has been restored and turned into a military medical museum.
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