Friday, April 07, 2023

Rocoi at Black Hills

 Chris has the French on the far side, Jim the Spanish on the near side.


The Spanish made a rapid advance with their foot holding back their cavalry on the flanks. 
The Spanish charged with their infantry & their right flank cavalry.  They held back their left in the face of superior French horse.
The foot was met with a withering vlast of musket fire, but charged home anyway.  The big veteran Spanish tercios on their left are making progress regardless, but both leading mercenary tercios on the right broke at first contact.t
The Spanish cavalry did no better, One failed to break mere musketeers, the next broke o first contact & the third is losing. 
The Spanish foot on the left centre have prevailed, but their right is a mess. The French musketeers are still holding out & their other remaining cavalry is shaken.
On the left the Spanish cavalry have charged to prevent the French cavalry attacking the left flank of their foot.  But like the other flank the Spanish cavalry fail to break even the forlorn hope of musketeers.  But even so they succeed in protecting the tercios which are making a mess of the French second line.
On the other flank the musketeers have finally been overcome, but the rest of Spanish cavalry is broken & the survivors shaken & useless.
The Spanish artillery  manage to hold off a cavalry attack on the flank of the foot, but the mercenary brigade is down to 1 unit  & almost surrounded.
On the near flank the Spanish make a death or glory charge to try & salvage the battle, but the dice gods do not relent on them & this attack is getting nowhere.
In the centre, the victorious Spanish tercios have redeployed to counterattack the enemy's left, but it's too late.  With more losses on both flanks, the Spanish army fails army morale.





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