The final set of photos from this 2020 game.....
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This is where we left it last time, the 2nd Nassau in square to the left of the picture and British/Brunswick troops facing artillery and advancing opposition. La Haye Sainte looks pretty secure in French hands.
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| Prussian 6th Hussars (by Kennington) join a strong push on the allied right wing |
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| The initial British/Brunswick attack in the centre has evaporated but a rather lonely looking column of French infantry are all that remain after victorious lancers were blown and recalled. A fresh, strong mixed force of Spanish, Portugese, Prussian, Brunswick and British, are now on the right and centre of the allied line. |
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| Further left, 42nd highlanders & 27th Inniskillings form part of a British infantry brigade |
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| ...and to their left Spanish Princessa line are on the retreat after temporarily slowing the French advance. 79th Camerons and 32nd Cornwall hold the line to their right. |
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| 4th Cuirassiers and Guard Horse Grenadiers start their charge on the French right. |
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| Marshal Ney can just be seen in the foreground leading the cavalry attack. Casualty markers show the Prussian Guard Grenadiers are now at 2/3 strength, the Prussian Jagers down to half and the Landwehr in retreat also 2/3 down |
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| The 12th Dutch column is also weakened but the Prussians have not been evicted from the orchard |
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| The 16th light dragoons look to be the only cavalry regiment remaining on the allied far left to take on the oncoming heavy cavalry |
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| In the middle ground the French dragoons have vacated LHS and remounted. Carabiniers support their rear. |
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| Good old vintage HH line fusiliers lead the charge up the road |
Sadly that's where my photos of this game ended! I know there were not many more moves as my diary tells me I packed the table up shortly after the last photo. I think that the fresh allied push on the centre and right proved too much and the French right wing became isolated. I do remember the French Dragoons being finished off trying to attack the artillery on the allied ridge.
This has now given me the appetite to have another go at a refight of that area of the Waterloo battlefield (the right way around this time!)
More excellent photos and yes please to another refight!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian, I'm planning to get the table out again after Christmas but still have a couple of past battles to share in the meantime.
ReplyDeleteI see your Princesa regiment has about as much success against the French as mine. I was impressed to see Kennington Prussian Hussars (your 6th Hussars unit) are wearing their pelisses - that's my form of dress for Prussian hussars. Annoyingly that photo didn't expand when clicked on - if you do refight this, let's see some nice close ups of them.
ReplyDeleteI may do some posts in the future on all my Hinton "compatriots". When I had a large backlog, I tried to intersperse my HH painting projects with Kennington's etc as they were so much easier to paint!
DeleteI think another refight is definitely required, not least because of the all the very impressive cavalry on display. I too was very taken with the Prussian 6th Hussars!
ReplyDeleteI think those poor hussars were languishing in my painting pile for over 10 years. They finally emerged in 2019 ....they definitely deserve more exposure.....watch this space.
ReplyDeleteLove the close up of the French heavies. I can feel the ground shaking!
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame I can't remember how they did! Both those units are Clayton Hintons by the way, bought way back in 1994. The Grenadiers were painted before I discovered a proper shade of "aurore" for their facings.
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