Napoleonic Naval at Mutford

 Tim & I played the break his blockade scenario we had both played before.  I commanded the French & Spanish, Tim the British.

The Allies have to get the transport convoy into port on the RHS of pic.  The wind is blowing left to right in their favour.  In the fireground 2 French men o war lead the 3 transports.  In the ncetre left, 2 French & 4 Spaniosh men o warare coberging on the gap between islands while 4 British men o war are beating up wind towards them.  2 more british men o war are behind the island far right moving to intercept the convoy.

In the centre the Allies have formed neat line of battle & are pounding the lead british squadron, thouigh the last French ship mismanged their turn & ran aground.

In the centre, both ships of the first British squadron are disabled & left behind & the 2nd squadron is now being pounded by superior numbers.
On the right the 2nd French sqiadron has engaged the 3rd Brits which bar the way to port.

The transports are now about to run the gauntlet between the 2 British men of war in their path & the island, but the French men o war are inflicting damage on the blockaders.  

The transports have run the gauntlet with minimal damage, their escorts having caused enough damage on the Brits to limit their firepower.

The Mutford rules are based on Camp Cromwell rules but have evolved in different directions in some repects.  The basic principles remain the same & I had no difficulty playing the Mutford version.  The Allies were fortunate in that the wind remained steady in their favour for the duration, but they also showed un-historic skill in forming line of battle & concentration of fire.