Markleeberg with Battle Command

Big lad Steven home for a few days and we managed to squeeze in a wargame using Battle Command.

I set up game based on Markleeberg October 1813 with son as French and I as the Prusso-Russo forces.

Once again this proved to be a very close and hard fought action going right down to the wire for both sides.

Both sides started with Artillery Actions and both sides artillery were complete pants !

Boy then aggressively pushed across the stream in the center whilst holding on both flanks

This was nearly his early undoing as both his flanks began to fold and it seemed I was going to turn his flanks very quickly.

But I just could not get my flanking units to maneuver to take advantage (it could have been a Cannae) and the French began to grind down my central Brigade,

Thankfully my reserves arrived just in time to shore up the center and losses mounted for both sides.

French Morale Pool was expended but so was Allied pool soon after.

In fact I was at one point 1 card down (given to French) but no Army Morale appeared and I then gained 3 from French giving a slim 2 card advantage

Just as well as my Army Morale card was turned and thankfully I did not need to test.

Both sides had to be very careful with aggressive actions as any reverse could be fatal.

Luckily for me Steven turned his Army Morale card and had to test with his D12 Commander rolling 8 but the D12 I rolled was a 12 (something I seldom see) so French yielded the field but very close as I had lost more units than French but just maintained a minimal Morale Pool.

Great game with fairly even spread of dice luck which usually is when 'dice demon' not present :-)

Russian Hussars have crossed stream to flank French 

Prussian Reserves arrive to aid crumbling Russian Brigade

Elite Cuirassier which mugged a couple of my Infantry units

French pushing deep into Allied territory

Prussians have taken town and again are ready to flank French 

View from Allied right 

Bloody action in central zone

Those Hussars just will not answer calls to make most of advance

French pushing across stream en-mass

Early action at town

Steven surveys his forces

Allied wings push as central yields (I would love to say deliberately......but........) 

French reserve Brigade arrives on their left 

Guns have been firing on both sides but to little effect