DragonFire Games, Brisbane Australia, January 12th 2008
DragonFire Games prepared the game table and supplied some of the Allied Forces which consisted of British, Prussian troops from Hesse and some French Cuirassiers and Hussars.
I played as the Commander in Chief of the Russian Forces until my untimely death leading the brave Horse Grenadiers. Some would say the Russian fortunes improved after that with the arrival of a Third Division.
Russian Forces from the left where:
2 Regiments of Horse Grenadiers and a horse gun
1 Brigade of Observation Corps Musketeers
4 Battalions in Dragon Burg itself. (which we had to hold). They had 2 small guns, 2 x 12 Pound Cannon (not sure what that is in Russian puds). These troops were aka the rocks of Dragon Burg as our defensive plan rested on these two guns.
1 Russian Grenadier Brigade with the 1st and 2nd Grenadier Regiments. 1 of the guns in front of these regiments is now named Drews bane.
Cossack foot Battalion
Then followed Andrew Foggs Troops:
2 Russian Musketeer Brigades with 1 gun each.
Russian Pandurs in skirmishing formation
1 Regiment of Hussars (Yellow)
1 Regiment of Dragoons.
To say we were feeling nervous about our hope of surviving was being very kind. A third of the Russian troops were not there and in transit to the battle and they would not show up for the next 2 hours.
The Allied line started to slowly move forward. Mostly on both wings where they had very much better and more cavalry. The British Hussars lost no time in slipping around behind the Russian left flank as 4 Regiments of British Cavalry attacked the 2 Regiments of Horse Grenadiers.
The aftermath of this bloodbath saw, 2 Regiments of British Dragoons fleeing and both Regiments of the Horse Grenadiers also fleeing. It also saw the death of the Russian CIC. Leaving the British Guard Cavalry following one of the Russian units battle mad.
Around Dragon Burg both side settled down to a skirmish and Artillery duel. This mostly went the way of the Russians softening up the Allies for the impact. On the right flank the Prussians moved up and started to shoot, aided by a few guns, at the brave Pandurs. This caused them to leave the shelter of their woods.
The Russian Hussars fought the French and by good dice rolling saw them flee. The French Heavy Horse them moved up to assault the poor Russian Dragoons. In the proceeding turns they did and were in turn attacked by the Hussars. This saw the rout of the Dragoons followed by battle mad French.
By this time the Russian reserve troops had turned up for the long march on. The rest of the Russian line then was assaulted by the allied on all fronts.
This went very bad for the allies in one or two turns saw the destruction of 5 of their 7 or 8 brigades. They made army morale and snuck of the battle field pursued by Cossacks.
The Russian reserve troops had very little impact on the battle other then morale. It consisted of a 9 Battalion Brigade, 2 Heavy Cavalry units, more Hussars and some Cossacks.
8 Cavalry units are tough to kill and the British were left running around with one figure battle mad. It hit the Russian reserve Heavy Brigade, its story ends there.
Two units of skirmishers deserve a special mention for preservation, my foot Cossacks and the Hessian Jaggers.
We all had a great time. Thanks to all who turned up. I received enough gift certificates to get an Ottoman army. I am sure you will all love to beat it when it is ready.
