Roosians, Everywhere!!

As most of the Crimean War collection was still out on the table in GHQ following Dan's visit last Thursday Phil and I opted to play a straightforward encounter battle using the figures and terrain as is. The game would see Phil swap to command the Roosians and yours truly to command the Allies - this being the debut game for the small French brigade. As usual the rules in use were Black Powder MK2 and the game length set at 12 Turns as is our habit. Frankly after The Other Partizan on Sunday and ongoing issues on Monday I was too tired to take detailed notes for the usual annotated photomontage, so here are just a few pictures for you to enjoy, or not...

The Allies advance, not the French sadly!

Ponderous progress by the Roosians!

The action hitting up with the Allies trying to punch through the Roosians centre. Neglecting the flanks proved a mistook!

The Roosian centre looked vulnerable, the Allies just can't exploit it!

Enfin, Les Bleus join in the action!

Too late the Allies appreciate the danger developing on their right flank.

The French making little progress on the Allied right.

The Allied right under heavy attack. Defensive fire was really poor!

And there we go, the Allied right begins to crumble!

The centre joins in the wobble!

The French flee and the Roosians have turned the British flank! Despite driving back the Roosian centre the Allied army is Broken and retires from action in Turn 8. Merde! Needless to say I continued my run of defeats, six on the bounce now. The French you ask? They refused to move until late in the game and then headed post haste for the rear Broken!