Crusaders in the desert

We recycled the desert table yet again replacing Crusader tanks with Crusaders in horses.
Chris' Saracens v. Jim's Crusaders.
The Saracens deployed first, but were allowed to have hidden deployment for units in the hills.

The Crusaders are on the left.  In their first move their centre advanced with Knights in the centre & bows & spears on each side.  Mounted Sergeants wheeled left & right to cover the flanks.

The knights smashed a hole straight through the front line of Saracen infantry.  Saracen cavalry appeared on both flanks.

The RH unit of knights continued on through the second infantry line, but the LH unit was held up.  On each side of them it is inf v. inf , but so far indecisive.  On the near flank the LH Sergeants have won & turned to help their comrades.

The cavalry hare now engaged on the far flank.  On the near flank the victorious Sergeants were too slow to help their comrades who have broken & the Saracens have turned to face.  In the centre, the victorious kniht are rallying.  The other knights have fallen back with high casualties.  On both sides, the Crusader foot is gaining the upper hand.  The cavalry fights on both flanks have turned into stalemates, but the battle is being decided in the centre where the victorious knights have charged back into the action & the crusader foot is getting on top.The returning knights have smashed thru the Saracens rearguard in to rear of their front line & the Saracens fail their army morale test.  So the Crusaders will get to the oasis & get a drink tonight.