Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The New Model Army invades Scotland

Scots: Mark, Renfrey & Dale. 4 pike & shot, 6 highlanders, 2 musketeers, 8 medium cavalry, 3 guns. All troops Regular grade.
English: Jim, Mike & Mitch. 4 pike & shot, 3 musketeer, 4 heavy cavalry, 4 medium cavalry, 2 guns.  All elite veterans (except gunners).

The Scots are in the far side.
The English make a general advance, including cavalry moving towards both Scot's flanks.
The Scots are redeploying their right flank to meet the English advance on that flank.  
On the far flank the Scots redeployed quickly & the English advance is a bit disordered.
On the near flank the Scots have formed a sound defensive position with their cavalry on a ridge with musketeers in support on one flank.  The English are attacking the wood with infantry to try & clear the flank threat to their cavalry.
In the centre, the English musketeers have advanced to the river line.
On the near flank the English heavy cavalry are waiting for their infantry to clear their flank.
In the centre the Scots artillerymen have been driven away by musket fire. 
on the far flank both sides have shaken themselves out into neat lines.
On the near flank some of the English have moved furtehr right & prepare to attack whie the fight in the wood remains indecisive.
In the centre the Scots have advanced from behind the ridge line & driven off the English gunners with a pike & shot charge.
On the far flank the cavalry of each side are engaged & the infantry of each side are exchanging fire. 
On the near flank half the English cavalry have charged.  In the woods the English have broken the first line of musketeers, but are being held up by highlanders.
In the centre the Scots have charged across the river against the English foot.
on the far flank the cavalry fight is still indecisive, but the new Model's superior fire power has broken the Scots foot.
On the near flank the English cavalry have been held off & their infantry attack on the wood has failed.
On the far flank the cavalry ahs neutralised each other, but one of the English pike & shot are still unshaken & are advancing on the Scot's centre.
In the centre the Scots won one of three combats & those losses caused them to fail their Army MoraleTest.

The English plan was to win with even numbers but better troops on the left flank, use the river to neutalise the Scot's centre with inferior numbers & wrap around the Scots right with the heavy cavalry.  The left flank plan worked, the right flank plan was thwarted by a sound defense.  The centre plan sort of worked, as the mostly successful defense of the river line inflicted critical casualties on the Scots.

1 comment:

Mutford said...

Nice trees!