Orders of Battle for this game
(Units marked thus* have substitute figures fielded)
3rd Div (Alten)
Ompteda - King's German Legion
1st LI*, 2nd LI*, 5th* , 8th*
5th Div (Picton)
Kempt
28th, 32nd, 79th, 95th
Pack
1st, 42nd, 44th*, 92nd
6th Div (Cole)
Best -Hanover
Verden*, Luneberg, Munden*, Osterode*
2nd Netherlands Div (Perponcher)
7th Belgian, 5th Dutch Militia, 7th Dutch Militia*, 8th Dutch Militia*, 27th Dutch Jager
1st Cavalry Brigade (Somerset)
Royal Horse Guards, 1st Life Guards
2nd Cavalry Brigade (Ponsonby)
1st Dragoons, 2nd Dragoons, 6th Dragoons
4th Cavalry Brigade (Vandeleur)
11th Light Dragoons, 12th LD, 16th LD
1 x battery Royal Field Artillery, 1 x Rocket Troop, 2 x Hanover Field Battery 1 x Dutch/ Belgian Horse Artillery
Napoleon
1st Div (Quiot)
28th, 54th, 55th, 105th
2nd Div (Donzelot)
13th, 17th, 19th 51st
3rd Div (Marcognet)
21st, 25th, 45th, 46th
1st Cavalry Div (Jacquinot)
7th Hussars, 3rd Chasseurs, 3rd and 4th Lancers
14th Cavalry Div (Delort)
5th* & 10th* Cuirassiers
Imperial Guard
1st & 2nd Grenadiers, 1st and 2nd Chasseurs
Artillery
2 X Guard Foot Batteries, 1 x Guard Horse Battery, 6 x Line Foot Batteries
Shako Rules applied (but not to the letter!) The side who loses more than 50% of its forces will be defeated.
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| The French Divisional artillery kicks things off before the rest of the "Grand Battery" arrives |
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| Perponcher's men are the only ones in range so take the brunt. 7th Dutch Miltia are the first to break |
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| The rest of the Grand Battery start to deploy |
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| One of Perponcher's staff gallops up the road to ask Wellington's permission to move his troops behind the ridge (unfortunately for him this is decided in the negative by a dice roll). |
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| It takes some time for the French battery to fully deploy but when they do it's at the expense of the 5th Dutch Miltia |
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| French Divisions ready themselves to advance |
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| Two of Quiot's regiments move towards La Haye Sainte while the rest start to pick their way through the guns |
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| The French battery nearest the road has taken a hit from a rocket (a very rare occurence requiring a double 6) |
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| In the actual battle the French columns were impeded in their movement by their gun positions |
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| The KGL defenders are spread between the orchard, the farm buildings and the garden |
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| The allied artillery has had some limited success against the advancing columns and the French guns |
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| Perponcher's Division has been decimated with only two of his five battalions holding their ground. Still Wellington refuses to let them withdraw |
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| 5th KGL move forward (here represented by British 52nd) |
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| French guns fire over the heads of the columns |
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| "It's looking promising so far sire!" |
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| Wellington's forces have begun to form defensive lines along the road |
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| French Divisions now half way across the valley |
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| An exchange of fire at LHS orchard with casualties on both sides |
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| 5th KGL move to reinforce LHS garrison |
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| The leading column moves perilously nearer to the resolute 7th Belgians |
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| 105th Line will be the first to engage the riflemen in the sandpit |
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| 7th Belgian have some comfort from the artillery at their rear but will need to move so canister can be used. |
Wellington's being a bit of b*gger not letting the D-B's withdraw.
ReplyDeleteThat's the trouble relying on a dice roll for a decision. I could have introduced a condition that any Division with less than half it's starting strength could withdraw but I quite like the uncertatinty of the dice. It was unfortunate also for the DBs that the Grand Battery had a very high proportion of long range hits......just not their day!!
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