Meanwhile Sir William de Willoughby royalist army had received some reinforcements so he moved down the valley from Wrinkleham and was on his way to Chipping Creaseton. Near the river crossing at Hoveton the two armies met ....
Using the river as a secure flank both sides deployed ready to do battle. Two views of the initial deployment - royalists at the back of the table, parliamentarians at the front.
The parliamentarian left flank was the focus of the battle, where the bulk of the cavlary was deployed. Firstly the two royalist horse regiments.
Their initial oppositions - Cuirassiers
The cavalry moved forwards and the infantry did so as well ...
The cavalry melee is joined, the Cuirassier smash into the royalist horse ..
the Royalist horse recoiled, but manage to do so in reasonable order.
The nearby royalist foot regiment rout after a stiff volley by the parliamentarian foot and the presence of the cuirassiers on their flank.
The nearby royalist foot regiment rout after a stiff volley by the parliamentarian foot and the presence of the cuirassiers on their flank.
6 comments:
Some nice battle shots. Thank you.
Please remind me again . . . what rules are you using?
-- Jeff
Some lovely shots, and I've found your first few battles quite interesting. They seem to dovetail with a couple of ECW accounts I've read of actual battles, where there seems to have been more of a "one or both sides wear out" situation at the end than a clear-cut victory. :>
Jeff,
the rules we are using were 'Charge yr Pikes!', downloaded from:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/ecwrules.htm.
we made one adjustment to them instead of stands of 4 figures for fire and melee we use stands of 3 figures. Unit sizes are different too.
-- Allan
Super and inspiring game- keep up the good work!
Your battle has inspired me to take up blogging for ECW...many thanks!
This battle report really got the ball rolling for my own ECW collection...Thanks for the great, inspiring pics!
Dave
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