Thursday, March 21, 2024

Malo-Jaroslwitz 1812 at Black Hills

PeterC set up the scenario for Jim (French) & Chris (Russians) with his 15mm figs & M2M rules.
As winter approached Napoleon thought about moving south from Moscow but Eugene's advance guard ran into Kutusov's army blocking the way. 

The battle starts with only the advance guards on the table.  French reinforcements are coming on the road from the right,  Russians from the far sides of the table.  Neither player knows how many enemy are coming.
The Russians move their advance guard to their right as Cosacks come on from their left.
The French have a long column of troops filing across the bridge to deploy.
The Russian advance guard has been blown away by French muskets & cannon, but more troops have come up.
French cavalry has deployed to their left & forced the Russian right to form square.
More French cavalry has deployed to the left where it has driven off the Cossacks & charged the Russian foot's left flank.
On the French left, the French are advancing artillery to fire on the squares.
On the French right their cavalry has bounced off the Russian squares 
On the left the French guns are pounding the Russian squares.
On the left of the village the French infantry have advanced into musket range of the enemy.
On the right of the village the French infantry have charged & broken the Russian left flank, weakened by cavalry & artillery.
A huge Russian battery is deploying on the far side of the stream behind the shattered Russian left flank. 
The massed Russian battery has forced the French to pull back their right, but the Russian centre is being rolled up while on the left the French infantry are advancing on the squares pinned down by cavalry.
The Russians are clearly beaten & conceded the battle at this point.  


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