A Fictitious 18th Century War - A Real Miniatures Campaign
Friday, August 14, 2015
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Spring Vacation Is Over - New Battle Report Coming
Our campaign hiatus is at an end and a new battle report is coming. While I'm working that up your humble corespondent will provide a weather report and some pictures from the battle as a tease.
The weather: The day after the battle on the Dreenkrogener Road the Russians had retreated west then north in the general direction of Schwerin (if you follow the roads) and the Prussians fell back on their base of operations Neustadt-Glewe. Following a day of re-organization and plotting with allies both sides decided to march, the French marching troops north along the B-106 from Ludwigslust to rendezvous with the Russians near the B-106 & A-24 intersection and the Prussians heading to that same intersection to try and trounce the Russians again before their vexsome French and British allies could intervene.
Both sides marched out into a day of solid and relentless rain which soon soaked the ground and turned roads into mires. The unrelenting heavy rain made reconnaissance nearly impossible as the scouts took to shelter themselves and those that didn't couldn't hear anything and could only see a few dozen yards. It also made marching a test of endurance, a test which the Russians and Prussians failed as they found cover, the Russians in the picturesque town of Fahrbinde, north of the B-106 A-24 crossroads and the Prussians north and a bit west of Neustadt-Glewe in the villages of Hohewisch and Kronskamp. Only the French, a Brigade of Line and the Brigade of Grenadiers, were man enough to keep up the slog for pretty much a full 24 hours before they arrived, soaked and exhausted at a large stone granary just south of the crossroads.
Their arrival was well timed as the Prussians, waiting for the rain to start slacking off in the early morning of the next day, got their sappers working on repairing the A-24 so that when they moved out they were able to move rather briskly along the road. All was going well for the Prussians, their advance had not been noticed by the cossacks posted as the security screen of the Russians, they being either asleep or more interested in finding something to eat than wandering around in the rain looking for Prussians. The French had no idea the Prussians were around either until the last moments when the battle actually started.
So the battle was fought after the rain had mostly stopped, the game starting at 6am and lasting until 8pm (game time). There were rules for the ground being sogged at the start, rules for it gradually drying out, rules for wet powder for the French and the Prussians, and rules for the fatigued French forces as well. I'll post some pictures below and I'll be writing up an actual battle report as soon as I can manage it.
The weather: The day after the battle on the Dreenkrogener Road the Russians had retreated west then north in the general direction of Schwerin (if you follow the roads) and the Prussians fell back on their base of operations Neustadt-Glewe. Following a day of re-organization and plotting with allies both sides decided to march, the French marching troops north along the B-106 from Ludwigslust to rendezvous with the Russians near the B-106 & A-24 intersection and the Prussians heading to that same intersection to try and trounce the Russians again before their vexsome French and British allies could intervene.
Both sides marched out into a day of solid and relentless rain which soon soaked the ground and turned roads into mires. The unrelenting heavy rain made reconnaissance nearly impossible as the scouts took to shelter themselves and those that didn't couldn't hear anything and could only see a few dozen yards. It also made marching a test of endurance, a test which the Russians and Prussians failed as they found cover, the Russians in the picturesque town of Fahrbinde, north of the B-106 A-24 crossroads and the Prussians north and a bit west of Neustadt-Glewe in the villages of Hohewisch and Kronskamp. Only the French, a Brigade of Line and the Brigade of Grenadiers, were man enough to keep up the slog for pretty much a full 24 hours before they arrived, soaked and exhausted at a large stone granary just south of the crossroads.
Their arrival was well timed as the Prussians, waiting for the rain to start slacking off in the early morning of the next day, got their sappers working on repairing the A-24 so that when they moved out they were able to move rather briskly along the road. All was going well for the Prussians, their advance had not been noticed by the cossacks posted as the security screen of the Russians, they being either asleep or more interested in finding something to eat than wandering around in the rain looking for Prussians. The French had no idea the Prussians were around either until the last moments when the battle actually started.
So the battle was fought after the rain had mostly stopped, the game starting at 6am and lasting until 8pm (game time). There were rules for the ground being sogged at the start, rules for it gradually drying out, rules for wet powder for the French and the Prussians, and rules for the fatigued French forces as well. I'll post some pictures below and I'll be writing up an actual battle report as soon as I can manage it.
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