This battle happens at the same time as Quatre bras during June 16th; we played it exactly in the same day 203 years later! The prussians are entrenched in the right behind the river and Napoleon comes in with his guard from the left.
Voilà l'ennemi sire
Achtung schwein!
A prussian division takes Wagenele
While their cavalry moves to the center
French guns open up on Ligny causing some casualties
Vandamme deploys the french right into line
While Gèrard launches his cavalry in column against the prussian center
The prussian guns do not remain idle, and a storm of grape tears great chunks out of the dragoon division
The prussians redeploy to the St Amand-St Amand la haye gap
The prussian left then moves forwards in line
With the french cavalry repulsed by fire, Blücher orders a general advance in the left: St Amand is emptied as infantry and cavalry engage the enemy
The french are caught in line by the cavalry...
...and routed
Blücher is killed during the charge
Gèrard too
Having opened a breach, the germans move in
Napoleon is wounded during the fight
General Teieleman is wounded while taking shelter inside a square
The prussian cavalry menaces the cuirassiers while the infantry remains in square
la garde au feu!
The cuirassiers charge the hussars
Who redeploy in line
Luckily for them, fire from St Amand destroys the chargers
The guard comes under sustained fire from the guns
Finally routing
The final episode of the battle comes down to the hussars, that take a battery
The french are soundly defeated 5-0, pity that "old forwards" didn't live to see such a magnificent victory
Un triste résultat pour l'Empereur mais une magnifique bataille, superbes figurines!
ReplyDeleteMerci, parfois lui aura plus bon chance a Waterloo
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