Friday 20 October 2017

Rearguard at Buckdorf ....

The vanguard of the Wittenberg army has reformed after being scattered by the Monrovian croats,  the next day they are back en route for Buckdorf...
As what's left of rest of the Monrovian army with its ordnance are moving back to Rumsdorf.  Some of the Monrovian army prepare to defend the town of Buckdorf ....
a regiment of cavalry is in position by the town, in front of the town some dragoons hold a small enclosure
to their right is an infantry regiment in another enclosure, with a forlorn hope defending the line of a small river...
 The Wittenberg advance guard deploys .....
After an initial exchange between the forlorn hope and the Wittenberg dragoons both sides re-group; a Wittenberg horse regiment crosses the small river and disperses the forlorn hope to their front...
the sound of musket fire in the distance is heard by the lead elements of the main body - the King brings up two regiments of foot to re-inforce the vanguard ....
the dragoons move forward again start to clear away the forlorn hope by the bridge ....
The reinforcements for the vanguard arrive ....
The Monrovian horse regiment moves up ....
and takes position between the enclosures as the Wittenberg troops cross the river ...
The Wittenberg horse clear the Monrovian dragoons out of the enclosure they were defending and set off in pursuit....
the Monrovian horse charges the Wittenberg horse regiment nearest them ....
after a fierce melee they break and are pursued ....
the Monrovian foot regiment in the other enclosure falls back in the face of growing opposition ...
meanwhile some Wittenberg horse break into Buckdorf ....
With the Wittenberg horse in Buckdorf the remaining Monrovian defenders withdraw as best they can...

A victory for Wittenberg, but the Monrovian rearguard has delayed their advance for long enough so that the remaining elements of their army and ordnance managed to get back to Rumsdorf.

3 comments:

tradgardmastare said...

Well done Wittenberg!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Seems the King's forces hardly broke a sweat! Fine looking game and I especially like your village.

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said...

Inspiring stuff all the way around! Calls to mind, for some reason, mid-late 1970s ECW like might have appeared in Bruce Quarrie, George Gush, et al publications. Except your photos are in color, and your set-up has a certain something about it that theirs didn't quite manage to convey.

Best Regards,

Stokes