Field Of Battle 3 - Bloodbath at Blenheim

Game today against Stephen and I used FOB3 with the Blenheim scenario I had used at club and my 10mm toys as still had everything to hand and labelled.

A much different game than at club as Stephen went into full 'Dice Demon' mode with his shooting with nearly every volley or artillery shot doing at least one hit and at least a fall back or often worse and my Morale Pool took an almighty whacking in very short order.

I did manage to take one half of Blenheim after a struggle but despite getting my Elite English foot against the second sector with a supporting unit for outnumbering I failed with 2 separate assaults with both my units repulsed and damaged, medals aplenty to French Regt Picardie.

My center was almost completely gone and my left wing badly damaged and I only managed to destroy a solitary artillery battery all game never routing a single enemy unit as my shooting was utter pants and melee not much better !!.

Only saving grace was that Stephen managed to topple 2 of his own Generals although one came back very quickly so had numerous units in Disorder and which likely saved my outnumbered right wing.

In the end my entire 38 chip Morale pool was gone and I had 'gifted' 15 cards to French who had only lost 7 (?) Morale of their 42 a truly dire performance indeed.

So an ignominious defeat for Marlborough and unlikely Blenheim Palace would ever see a brick laid !

But despite this it was as ever a great game with FOB and always good to get a scenario fought to a firm conclusion in reasonable time.

Allied left and center suffering

They did get across Nebel but crushed by withering French shooting all day

Allied right wing conducts a holding action near Oberglau

View across field 

The French (actually Bavarians) on my right face my Imperial foot

Imperial Cuirassier having to shore up center after foot units swept away

A constant drain of casualties in center

Blenheim being assaulted again but refused to fall

French left in disarray (Disorders) as control lost temporarily on their left wing

But Blenheim just proving too tough a nut to crack and losses continue to mount

Allied lines creaking under deluge of accurate musketry and canonnade

Still just cannot gain that final sector of town (with its 5 Morale boost)

Mounted in this period cannot really deal with steady foot

French action on their left became inactive thanks to the disorder caused by loss of General