Golymin 1806

 A scenario based loosely on the Battle of Golymin 26 Dec 1806.
28mm figures.  Rules: M2M House Rules.

Gallitzen's Corps (Chris & SteveJ) is the rear guard of the Russian army deployed around the village of Golymin with orders to delay the French until nightfall. Victor's Corps (Mitch) is marching towards them on the left.  Lassale's cavalry (Jim) is on the French right leading a French cavalry division.  Davout's Corps is somewhere down the road behind Lassalle.

Victor deployed his infantry to his right & ordered Lassale to move his cavalry across his rear to his left flank. 

French skirmishers have advanced to soften up the Russian centre.  On the left, French chasseurs discovered that there was a patch of march between the village & the wood on their left., so the planned cvalry attack was called off & the chasseus withdrawn.  

Some of the sjkirmishers ahve been driven back & legere advance in line.

The legere were broken by the Russian battery, but not before inflicting significant casulaties on the Russsians.  Victor's chasseurs charged the guns in a death or glory mission to plug the hole in the French line.

The chaseurs failed to break through & the infantry to the right of the village has also fallen back.

The Hussars have now charged on another death or glory mission.The broke the battered Russian front line, but failed to break the 2nd line & broke off.  

Victor's infantry & the light cavalry is mostly spent, but his Corps is has been pulled back before it broke. The dragoons are redeploying towards the centre as Davout's infantry finally moves up.

The Russians strengthen their weakend line with cavalry as the French deploy their artillery to concentate on the centre & Davout continues to deloy his infantry.

It's the Russian dragoons turn to go for death or glory, charging past the French artillery at the French dragoons. 

The French dragoons blew their advanatage with a shower of crap dice & were broken.  But this left the Russian dragoons in the middle of a ring of artillery & muskets. 

The Russian dragoons were blown away, but they had done their job.  Davout doesn't have time to launch his attack before nightfall.

In Moscow bells will be ringing celebrating the brave defence of the Russian Corps holdiog out until nightfall & inflicting heavy casulties on the French.  The Paris Bulletin will report that the Russians are in ingominous retreat.