'Scenario'In order to build up his supplies ready for the siege of Wardour castle, Sir Warwick Hunt (parliamentarian commander); organises a raid on the rich farm land of the Pewsey Vale. The raiders will have to deal with a royalist outpost and hope they get away without the nearby royalist garrison at Pewsey arriving to intervene.
For Parliament: 2 regiments of dragoons; 1 regiment of horse; 1 commanded shot (musketeers)
For Ye King:
Outpost: 1 regiment of horse; 1 regiment of foot;
Reinforcements: 1 regiment of horse; 1 regiment of foot; 1 commanded shot (musketeers)
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'Battle Report'The parliamentarian raiding force arrives on the edge of the rich farming area ....
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Meanwhile the royalist outpost has been mustered for a review by the local garrison commander.
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The royalists patrol the farmland area; its is a lovely day and they are not expecting anything
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The parliamentarian raiding force fords the river with the wagons going over the bridge
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The royalist patrol reports the presence of the raiding force; they are then told to ride off to alert the local garrison to send reinforcements.
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The raiding force deploys to their forward positions, the carts move up towards the farms.
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The royalists try to cross the bridge, they force back some dragoons only to come under fire from some musketeers and the other dragoon regiment.
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The supplies are being loaded up from the first farm
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The royalists now reinforced, attempt to cross the river for a second time ...
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The raiding party continues loading up the supplies from the farms, one loaded cart is already on it way back..
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The royalists are across the river, their superior numbers forcing back the parliamentarians
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The parliamentarian musketeers after fighting the first royalist regiment of horse have broken and are being pursued, the rest of the raiding force is starting its withdrawal.
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The royalist horse are in hot pursuit, their second regiment of horse starts to move to prevent the loading of supplies by the raiders.
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One of the wagons crosses the bridge to safety, meanwhile another wagon is on its way to the bridge, the third is still being loaded
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Its all over, the raiders make a run for it crossing the river, the royalist horse stop the third cart from getting away.
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The royalist horse is blown after its pursuit and pulls up to rest; the parliamentarians move back towards Amesbury (and then on to Sarisbury) having captured enough supplies for their purposes.
5 comments:
Enjoyable illustrated battle report!
Very nice pitures that capture the action. Welldone!
Beautiful battle report. Do you still use Victory Without Quarter Rules?
cheers, Dave
We're using a set of rules based on the 'Charge yr Pikes!' rules.
-- Allan
Beautifully done - most impressive...
Really must get my 15mm ECW armies painted some day!
David
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