Defend the Battery- Rebels & Patriots game 2

 OK, so we have been through one game with 90% of the activity being infantry fire and movement. Lacking artillery in the previous game....what could be more interesting than an artillery based scenario.

 Artillery

Called the Defense of the battery

Every scenario needs an attacker-Greg stepped in admirably. Plus he got to use his Spanish Army, a rare thing indeed.

Defenders and the battery

In the rules the background lays out a 24 point attacker, the defender gets 12 points...and two guns. The players have a day or two to find appropriate units. 

Pride of place will go to my Russian 24 pound guns and 20 inch Licornes.  And 12 points of troops in support. This breaks down to one line 12 man  infantry unit, one Leger 12 man unit (Jager) and a  skirmisher unit (6). 

Start of the attack.

  Low point of the attack. Meanwhile Greg patiently set up his cavalry to charge a flank of the gun sections.

  Despite the strength of the positions and the skills of command leaders , the cavalry destroys the line infantry company, the cavalry  overruns the battery position from the left front. 

   Glamor shot of the 12 Pounder battery.