Hochkirch Scenario

This is a battle I love, the victorious Seven Year War Prussians with the might Fritz are surrounded by their Austrain enemies led by their cautious commding general. Keith the old Scots General knows it is just the right place for it to happen. A dozen Prussian Generals including Keith die in the fighting. All the ingredients for a scenario. We tested out Warmaster revolution rules with army lists for generic blackpowder troops

C'est La Guerre!

Prussian Fusiliers Advance

This was a fast hard fought Last Argument of Kings battle in Willie's Garage on a cold snowy night. The Prussians had to cross the river via a ford and two bridges and take the town held by the French.  Equal numbers but the the Prussian had some lower quality troops(for them).  I tried to plough most of the foot into Willie in the centre with Sparkie leading the Dragoons.  Livy had the command of a brigade of Hussars fusiliers.

Dragoons join battle

The Dragoons suffer serious set backs in the first wave then second wave suffers sever casualties and are forced to retire massing up on the bridge to rally, all the Prussian infantry were committed with little chance of bursting through the French

Infantry try to blow the french defenders to pieces

Rally the dragoons!

Cinc in the distance moves to call up the Hussars

A combination of disjointed command rolls resulted in a Prussian Defeat, French Victory. Victory for JP and Willie.  The brigade commanders went with the plan.  However I need to remember make the hussars into big units, it keeps the list legal and gives them better battle potential.

"C'est L'guerre"

Fritz

Black Powder just keeps on giving as a set of Rules. Today we played a six player French v Prussian battle, the Prussians paid for their blunders, literally throwing six separate double 6s in this battle, three brigades made a bolt for the table edge. The Prussian columns were in chaos

Grenadiers Advance

Grenadiers under heavy French fire

Dragoons to the rescue

Box shot

Box shot

After the battle

Dragoons Tam's heroes

The discraced Curiassiers

Fritz

Seydlitz

Hussars

Grenadiers