In what is my first Seven Years War game in some years, I decided to fight Leuthen. The whole battle is beyond my scope in terms of space, time & figures so I planned a scaled down version of Frederick the Great's masterful outflanking attack on Nadasty's corps on the Austrian left flank.
The table was already set up when the participants arrived.
A panoramic view from the north end
and the south end
The Prussians heavily outnumbered the Austrians but had the difficult task of fighting through to the outskirts of Leuthen by game turn 8.
The "hook": masses of Prussian cavalry & the Grenadier brigade.
Part of the centre, where the Prussians needed to capture a forest & the small village of Sagschutz.
The Prussian left flank where the Garrison battalions & ex-Saxon fusiliers were meant to feint towards Leuthen.
The Prussians advance, with Fred. the G. looking on.
The Austrians were waiting
Pandour were sent to garrison Sagschutz
And Leuthen village.
The Austrians counter attack
The off-table Austrian cavalry arrive (apologies_ I forgot to photograph them on table!)
The weaker Garrison & Fusilier brigades crumble
The Prussian cavalry is repulsed & history is reversed.
donald
The Battle of Leuthen (or a bit, anyway)
The Battle of Leuthen (or a bit, anyway)
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Re: The Battle of Leuthen (or a bit, anyway)
Splendid looking game Donald!
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Looking good!
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Looks great!
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Splendid set-up, well done.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
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The fourth one down looks like Freddy's manual "How to get your jaggers forward".
Re: The Battle of Leuthen (or a bit, anyway)
Thanks for the generous comments.
I was glad our home-groan rules, never used by some of my more recent pals, met with general approval.
I think the coming year will see arash of SYW games.
donald
I was glad our home-groan rules, never used by some of my more recent pals, met with general approval.
I think the coming year will see arash of SYW games.
donald