American War of Indepenance

British: Jim
French: Mark
Colonials: Mike
Figures 28mm. Rules M2M house rules.

The battlefield has scattered trees all over reducing visibilty to 18"  max.  There are patches of thicker forest at each end of the table, along the river banks and scattered all over.
British are on the near side, the French and colonials on the far side.
The figures were not put down initally.  Instead each brigade was given a mini playing card placed face down and a similar card (same no. red or black) was placed on the table to mark it's position.  Decoy cards were placed to confuse the enemy. 
In the first turns the cards were moved (including the decoys) until cards were within 18" of the any enemy card.  Then both sides put their visible brigade down. 

First contact was made on the near flank where the Indians allied to the Brits discovered the french dragoons and were promptly ridden down.  
On the far flank the three British veteran infantry brigades advanced to find Colonial infantry supported by French artillery in front of them.

The French cavalry has reformed after driving the Indians off the table.
The British infantry has advanced into musket range and is softening up the Colonial militia with musket fire.

The British cavalry have appeared in support of their infantry's left flank.
The French infantry have appeared, crossing the river on the British left flank.

On the right flank two veteran British brigades have charged the Colonial militia.  They had an expectation of being able to charge over the militia, but alas their plan was kyboshed by a total failure to find any decent dice.  Despite their advantage they lost every combat along the line in the first charge and again on the second round.  
In the meantime, the the French infantry had overlapped the British left flank & chewing it up.

Eventually the British brigade on the far right managed to fins some 4+'s and broke their opponants, but their centre brigade was broken by the Colonial with artillery support and the their left flank by the French overlap.  The Brits made a Hail Mary cavalry attack on the French foot, but their cavalry intercepted the charge  but the French cavalry intercepted their charge.

The Brits conceded the battle.  The Allies had luck on their side, but also a good plan - an unbeatable combination.