Musket Action: Napoleonic: Russians v. French

French: Jim & Mark
Russians: Mike & Chris

The French are on the left.  Both sides have 2 infantry divisions of 6, 2 cavalry divisions of 4 & 2 guns.  The Russians also have 2 grenadiers units.

The Russians are attacking with their infantry supported by some cavalry on the far flank & centre.  The French are attacking with their cavalry on the near flank.

The first French cavalry charge failed to break through giving the Russians time to reinforce their left wing cavalry with another cavalry brigade & artillery.
The Russian infantry attack in columns has failed to break the French in line.

The cavalry fight is still indecisive, but the Russian artillery is hammering the left of the French cavalry line.
A Russian infantry attack on the French guns has forced the gunners to abandon their guns & fall back behind their infantry which then broke the Russian columns with musketry.
The Russian hussars in the centre rode down one French column, but were repulsed by the second line.
The Russian grenadiers made a second attack on the French left, but also failed to break through.

The Russians are withdrawing on the their right.
The French cavalry is withdrawing on their right.
It is after 10pm, so time is called with both sides claiming victory. The French have lost 3 cavalry & 1 infantry unit, the Russians 4 infantry units.

After everyone had left, I played the game out solo.  The Russian cavalry attacked the French cavalry. while the French infantry pursued the Russian infantry.  Much of the Russian infantry had high casualties & even long range musketry was enough to break a steady stream of units.  But on the other hand the French cavalry couldn't hold on & was entirely broken.   It was a close run thing, but as it played out, the Russians failed their army morale test first.