Northern Hoflandt - Battle of Appelstrudel

The Monrovian army has crossed the border into the Northern Hoflandt, in a belated show of support for their ally Sax-Jarlsberg. Just south of the border town of Appelstrudel they are confronted by a Wittenberg army.... 

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A view of the battlefield (Monrovian forces at the rear of the table, Wittenberg forces at the front); view from the Wittenberg left flank....

a couple of close views of the infantry....

view from the Wittenberg right flank....

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The action starts, the Monrovian horse trot forward....

The infantry on both sides advance...

On the other flank the Monrovian cavalry start to move froward.....

The cavalry clash on one flank, the Monrovians receiving fire from the Wittenberg dragoons..

The infantry advance into musket range...

The cavalry get to grips on the other flank .....

On their right flank the Wittenberg cavalry have pushed back the Monrovians....

The infantry exchange fire......

On the left flank the Wittenberg cavalry have routed the Monrovian cavalry, and start to move against the Croats....

On their right flank Wittenberg cavalry beat and rout the Monrovian cavalry regiment and move straight on into the supporting unit....

Wittenberg's reserve cavalry unit, move towards their left flank....

The last Monrovian cavalry (on their left flank) stand and just hold the Wittenberg attack....

The Wittenberg cavalry pile into the Croats...

The Wittenberg infantry charge home, push of pike and general melee in progress..

The Wittenberg reserve cavalry unit, taking some ineffective fire in the flank from the Monrovian dragoons, start to envelope the flank of the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment...

The Monrovian cavalry is holding on.....

so is the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment.....

the crunch in the centre ....

Cavalry chase routing infantry, the Monrovian reserve infantry regiment forms a schiltron, Wittenberg infantry move froward and round behind the next in line Monrovian regiment....

The allied Croats hold the charge from the Wittenberg cavalry......

The Monrovian cavalry just about hang in there and keep back their attackers....

The the bulk of the Monrovian infantry has turned and run..... the Wittenberg infantry will soon turn to attack the last Monrovian regiment ....

The Croats lose their melee badly and rout, some Wittenberg cavalry chase them off while a regiment reforms....

A Monrovian infantry regiment makes brave last stand as the rest of the army beats a hasty retreat ....

A Victory for Wittenberg..

Battle near Ziegenfeldt...

Saxe-Jarlsberg have sent a small probing force through the hills into the Hoflandt, their presence was detected and a similar sized force of Wittenberg troops now faces them near the town of Ziegenfeldt.

The Wittenberg commander examines the deployment of the Saxe-Jarlsberg troops and gives the order to advance...

Both sides advance slowly....

As they close the artillery opens fire with little effect

As the infantry move into musket range, the cavalry engage on both flanks....

The advancing Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry receive fire and men go down...

They return fire and then slowly move forward to push of pike...

The Wittenberg cavalry win on one flank........

The Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry have the edge on the other flank .....

The infantry are now fully engaged in the centre..... neither side can gain an advantage...

The winning Wittenberg cavalry don't pursue and move round the back of the engaged infantry ...

The Wittenberg cavalry lose on the other flank .....

however the Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry pursue them and then move on to pillage the baggage....

The Wittenberg cavalry attack the Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry in the rear.....

Its all over, the remaining Saxe-Jarslberg infantry run for it .....

A victory for Wittenberg

The Treaty of Montberg..

With no viable remaining field army, Wittenberg in possession of the Hoflandt, Saxe-Jarlsberg has no alternative to sue for peace. Saxe-Jarlsberg will cede control of the Hoflandt to Wittenberg.

Delegates gather at in the abbots hall  at the Montberg abbey.  The finalisation of the treaty to end hostilities in the Hoflandt will be signed.  Cardinal Lazunarund and his assistant has already arrived and is about to go into the hall, the Cardinal will sign the treaty for Wittenberg. The coach carrying Count Pottensdorf, the Herzog of Saxe-Jarlsberg's first minister, has just arrived ....

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This brings an end to this Hoflandt mini-campaign

The Battle of Kuhhaus

(Deployment....). The Herzog Frederik glanced both ways along the Saxe-Jarlsberg battle line checking the deployment .... then examined the disposition of the Wittenberg army opposite him ...

King Leopold of Wittenberg issued his last orders as he looked at the Saxe-Jarlsberg army ...

both armies cavalry were well matched on one flank...

in the centre Wittenberg had an extra infantry regiment...

on the other flank the Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry faced off against two brigades of Wittenberg cavalry ....

(Move 1...)  both sides moved forward cautiously ....

except one Wittenberg cavalry regiment which charged impetuously forward slamming into a regiment of Saxe-Jarlsberg cuirassiers... who held their charge with ease

(Move 2... ) the Wittenberg infantry closed to short musket range as both sides artillery fired to little effect..

while the Saxe-Jarlsberg cuirassiers tussled with their opponents, more cavalry joined the fray ...

The newly engaged Wittenberg cavalry had the edge pushing back their opponents...

(Move 3.....) the infantry started to exchange musket fire ....

as the cavalry melee continued on one flank...

(Move 4....). the cavalry contest started on the other flank ...

both sides traded musket fire (casualties accumulated slowly..)

on the other flank the Wittenberg cavalry were getting the upper hand ....

(Move 5.....) the Wittenberg infantry in the centre held their ground under fire but the regiments on either side backed off ...

Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry had routed their opposition and continued on into the supporting unit...

On the other flank a Wittenberg regiment routed, but the gap was plugged ; the Saxe-Jarlsberg curassier regiment were beaten and routed also .... things hung in the balance...

Move 6..... The Wittenberg infantry recovered their nerve and charged forward into contact .... 

On Wittenberg's left flank their cavalry were hard pressed and being pushed back  ...

Move 7..... the Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry on either flank were soundly beaten and routed, running back through supporting units and taking them with them - one regiment was left standing in the centre ... 

The front Wittenberg regiment in the centre gave way and routed, but the supporting regiment held steady..

(Move 8..... )  On Wittenbergs' right flank their cavalry had beaten off the other regiments and were finishing off the last of the opposition...

one of the victorious Wittenberg horse regiments charged into the retreating Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry....

on Wittenberg's left flank the cavalry held on and beat off their attackers....

.....The Herzog with the battle lost leaves the battlefield and rides hard to Karlebach ....

A win for Wittenberg