DBAHx English Royalist vs French

There may be trouble ahead.....

France 1640, the Duke of Buckingham has landed in France to aid the Huguenots.  Cardinal Richelieu has been given the bad news & immediately marches to face the old enemy.


MrF is back, with some gaming in the Pike & Shot era.  We have tidied up the 15-19K site, & we will be playing games in the future.  We will keep DBA 3.0 painted armies to the MrOhh site.  Though we haven't got around to a 3.0 game yet....

DBA-Hx action, with English Royalist versus Ze French.  The English Army selected is very 'Knight' heavy, lots of Cavaliers charging home. Infantry to back up the Horsemen are 3 Pike & 3 Shot, with one Artillery piece.  The French Army is stacked slightly different.  Pistols form the spine, with an element of Cavalry & Dragoons.  8 elements of Foot, 3 Shot & 4 Pike with one Artillery.

The French Army has it's horse stacked on the right.  The English have split the Horse to both wings.

English Royalist 1620-1660. 
1x3Kn, 3x3Kn, 1x3Kn, 1x4Sh, 3x4Pk, 2x4Sh, 1xArt.

French 1600-1640.
2x4Pi, 1x3Cv, 1x3Dr, 3x4Sh, 4x4Pk, 1xArt.

The Battlefield, the French being the attackers.

English Horse advance

The Cardinal leads the attack himself

Oh you little teasers...

English Pike & Shot advance

The French Dragoons are caught out

Whoops, they were pants.  The curse of the Dragoons...

The French have an advantage, but they could not make it count.

Just a Recoil.

English PiPs are poor, but the spare English Horse engages... 

Two down, the French right flank is not looking good.

The rest of the French Army engages, but with poor results. 

Good English PiPs & the French Right is surrounded.

The Kings 'Grey Musketeers' are destroyed.... The Cardinal is lucky to escape.

Drastic action is needed to steady the French right.  The Artillery is removed.

Too late, the English PiPs are again good & Victory is near.

Game Over, complete victory for the Duke of Buckingham....

Well were did that one go wrong.  A good plan for the French, they had the advantage with the extra Horse on the right, but they were thrown away.  The curse of the single Dragoon element strikes again.  

Remnants of the Musketeers flee the field... 'All for one & one for themselves'... 

Maximillian War - Imperial Mexicans

Viva Maximillian!  The mighty host of Imperial Mexicans & allies...

Line Infantry

Ready to give the Juaristas a damn good thrashing..

The Guns, General & Cavalry

Super Smashing Lovely, the 'Austrian Legion'

Loose Order

The dandy Imperial General leads forward the Cavalry

DBA 15-19K Choshu Samurai vs British - Shimonoseki

Dandy British Sailors & Marines take the Choshu Samurai guns at Shimonoseki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_for_Shimonoseki

British Marines get ready to 'pile ashore'
piccy www.thediehards.co.uk

Hello everyone, it seems like an eternity that we've been away, probably because it has!  Work has took it's toll, Amy, my opponent is doing many other hobbies, so our time together has been very limited.  Coupled with that is that dreaded 'wargamers block', I haven't picked a paint brush up in 6 months, so the enthusiasm has dropped.  Since our 'room switch around' we also don't have a permanant table, so we can't leave a game for a few days & come back to it.  Such is life, maybe we'll be able to get back into the hobby soon.

Anyway, this particular game, I'd been looking at a few months ago.  I'd read about it in Donald Featherstones 'Colonial Small Wars 1837-1901', a cracking book if you can get it.  I was pleased to see Wargames Illustrated April 2012 cover the build up & battle.  Victorian Brits versus the Samurai! What a prospect with the Battle of Shimonoseki, which took place in 186-something.  Featherstone has 1864, Wikipedia another & WI another.  Anyway read the background by clicking on the Wikipedia link above... 

In our game it would be ten elements of British Rifles, Marines & Sailors.  The Choshu Samurai would have more elements, 2 Cavalry(Samurai), 1 Artillery, 6 Auxillia(Ashigaru), 4 Blades(Samurai), 4 Jaegers(Ashigaru).  We would be using the trsuty & stalwart DBA 15-19K rules.  Amy took the Samurai & I the Brits, would the Samurai become 'rifle fodder' OR would the Dandy Navy lads get cut to bits..? 

The Battlefield, the Sailors would take the Guns, the Marines battle the Samurai.

The Choshu Guns

The Brits march to battle.

The Samurai advance to meet them..

The Marines are split into 2 forces.

Rifles lash out & the Ashigaru Gun is destroyed.

The Brave Ashigaru charge in, but are cut to pieces.

Magnificent! In go the Samurai.....

TheSamurai are sent reeling...

The remaining Ashigaru can't get close..

The Sailors storm the guns

In go the Samurai again, Foot troops & the Cavalry prepare to charge.

The Ashigaru would be sacrificed...

Still the British Marines stand tall!

Attack!! Attack!!! Kill the Barbarians!!!

Could the Samurai Cavalry turn the battle?

A sneaky flank attack from the Sailors & another Samurai bites the dust..

The British Sailors make short work of the Ashigaru...

The 'end is nigh' for the Samurai, in more ways than one!

'Capture the Guns'

The End & the Samurai Army breaks...

A nice little game, extra possibilities & the attack on the Choshu Garrison.  Perhaps a British force could man some fortifications & be attacked by an even larger force??  Until the next bout of enthusiasm...... :-)

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General PiPPiN Von Krums After Action Analysis

British Rifles are supreme don't mess with them!

Mass your Samurai & try for overlaps!

Wars of pen & ink lead to wars of cannon & bayonet!