Showing posts with label French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

1870 somewhere in France at a fictional fortress town ...

... 10mm, Franco- Prussian War, fictional, set at the end of the imperial phase, with a little bit of snow onset befitting the first game of the year 2025 in the club.

... Bart, Campbell and Gordon were fighting for the French emperor while Alisdair Andy and Tim were fighting for the last Prussian King.

The French army was beaten and herded into the illusional safety of a fictional fortress town, while the Prussian war machine was following  on their heels to encircle the army and end the war. Crucial for the win would be to occupy all streets for the Prussians and one only for the French to escape. Unit losses would be secondary.

The Prussians were fast, but not fast enough, their attacks were piecemeal, which is always a sign of dithering, which prevented them to block all streets. The rest of their actions were confined to try to block or attack that crucial road and were futile because the Krupps weren't in the right position to reach.

At the end the town was untenable but the French were able to retreat through a free road, to fight another day.

Vive la France!





The French fleeing into town

The Prussians on their heels

The only escape route is quickly crowded


The Prussian are near the road ...

The Prussians coming in from the east ...

But the French managed to built up a defense line to the road

And on the otherside they send in troops ... to die ...

While the town gets pounded ...

Especially Alisdair with a complete Brigade was content just to block

At the end of the time, the French had secured a rescue road out of the siege.




Thursday, 5 December 2024

2 in 1 - BIG SUNDAY NAPOLEONICS vs the French or the Franco-Polish ... 1813 somewhere in Germany ... around breakfast ...

I didn't do my homework so...

First Sunday bash was my Austrian collections vs Peters .. we too valour and Fortitude to a new level, BUT the Autrian mass and some details are still off ... 

First it looked like a fairly good strategy we had but then our plan unravelled and the centre was suddenly gone.

































































 The second bash was Austrians and Prussians vs Barts Polish/French army - he defended a hill against all odds... The Austrian pincer movement did absilutely not work and Campbells Wuetrmbergers were abysmal, BUT my lousy Austrian Infantry took the hill!!! A moral victory.