Friday, 26 April 2019

Medieval again

English line Bill units mixed in with bill and bow in the foreground,Longbow with foot knights higher up with a reserve of cavalry

French van of Mounted knights and retainers beyond the red tower
and the main of crossbow and foot knights with a small reserve of knights and retainers

French left wing of hand gunners militia and mercenary bill

English start point

English move to stream as the french cavalry try to turn their flank

English Bill and bow wing swing round the right flank 
the hand gunners try to push them back

French foot knights head for the longbows


French cavalry having forced the English foot knights to redeploy then slam into them

French crossbow didn't fare well against the longbow

Hand gunners having pushed one unit back get caught in a melee which destroys one unit  
The English flank attack stalls in the wood and takes no part in the action
Bit of a theme there

French cavalry with a succession of charges grinds away at the foot knights.
English reserve moves up

French foot knights finally get to grips with the hated longbows


Fighting along the line

French left wing pulls back to avoid the bill and bow units

Who decided to camp out just past the wood

Dusk falls and as neither army was broken they pull back to lick their wounds
Fun Game 
thanks gents for playing it in a relaxed manner.
We used the terrain layout cards from The Hannibal rule set to create the battle field, which threw up marshes, stream, rough hill and woods 

2 comments:

Ian said...

Looks like a good sized battle for a Thursday night.

Russ said...

Good old warmaster! Good game, Frank was rolling dice better than me though :(

An enjoyable and very playable battle

Thanks Mark