Mike wanted to give his Prussians a run using Hail Napoleon.
Jim's French are in the foreground. 4 infantry divisions of 5 line, light & 1 battery & a cavalry division of 2 dragoons & 2 hussars.
Mike & Chris's Pussians comprise 2 regular infantry divisions in the centre. A cavalry division on the far flank. A landwhr division in reserve & a mixed landwehr/hussar division on the near flank.
Map deployment resulted in the armies overlapping their enemy's left.
The French anchored their right on the farm & advanced theire centre & left. The Prussans puleld their left back into their farm & also advanced their left & centre.
The French columns charged straight at the the Prussian centre. But he attack was met by a hail of hot Prussian dice & bounced off the Prussian line infantry. Prussian musketry then broke the central French infantry division.
With a hole in the their centre, the French fell back to form a defensive line.
The columns formed into line & the dragoons were moved to strengthen the centre as the Prussians slowly advanced.
A cavalry charge took out a Prussian battalion inline, but couldn't penetrate the supporting squares & fell back.
The now outnumbered French gave ground thru the orchard but were were gradually whittled down by Prussian musketry.
The French division in the farm has now broken & it's game over for the French.
The French attempt to break the Prussian centre failed miserably when Chris had a rare run of good dice while the French seemed to fail every break test. They gave up the attack & reformed in defence, but with a quarter of their army lost for little gain they couldn't hold off a steady Prussian advance.
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