British: Jim & Mike.
French & Continental: Mark, Chris & Steve.
Same battlefield as last Saturday, but bigger armies & 5 players.
The Brits are in the foreground making a steady general advance: Indians on their left, cavalry on their right, British vets in the centre with Hessians on each side of them.
The French are on the Allies left, Continental Militia right & centre & woodsmen skirmishing in front of their right.
On the far flank the Indians are skirmishing with the woodsmen in & around the wood with Hessians supporting their right. The rest of the Brits are advancing slowly while their artillery & light infnantry move up.
The Brits begin a coverging attack on the enemy centre with their right flank covered by cavalry & the woodsman on their left driven back or neutralised by the Hessians & Indians.
As the British vets move against the Continental Militia, the Allies realised that the French needed to get involved to take some pressure off. But when they advanced the British Dragoons charged & broke thru their line.
The French infantry on the left of their line turned & blew away the one of the British cavalry units with musket fire, but the other cavalry unit moved round the back of the house & smashed into the rear of the Militia which was by then also hard pressed by the British vets to their front.
At this time our 10pm time limit was called without an Army Break Test kicking in, so the Allied players declared it draw.
The only Allied success has been to drive the Indians back, but the Brits have re-deployed their guns & a veteran infantry unit to cover their left flank. But the Continental Militia are clearly doomed as the Brits close in on them with the French still too far away.
After the crowd had departed Mitzi & I played another couple of turns until the Allied force inevitably failed its Army Break test. This battle was a much longer affair than previous Musket Actions due the Allies being very defensive & the Brits making a very deliberate & careful attack.
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