Wednesday 16 October 2013

Flushing the Enemy Out (Vienna Battle Part II)

The HRE target the advancing Protestant infantry and by scoring a good dice roll remove and enemy unit of shot, exposing the vulnerable Pike behind. First blood to the HRE (see below): 


Retribution is swift as the Protestant Princes target the (superior) enemy artillery piece and it is a troublesome gun no more. This does not bode well for the HRE Pike blocks. The Protestants have a 3:1 advantage in artillery now (see below):


My wing of horse are in no particular rush to do anything in particular as they suspect the built up area is teeming with hidden shot units. All I do is to make sure I do not occlude any potential targets for my artillery (see below): 


The Protestant infantry soon mount "the hill" to see what they can see (see below):


A wing of HRE horse that is flushed out of its hiding place (see below):


The HRE sub commander does not fancy his chances against the Protestant forces so uses his interior lines to retreat the left facing infantry along with his 'wing of horse' into the centre of the HRE position. At least they should be cosy and warm there!

2 comments:

Phil said...

Nice looking pics, great looking armies!

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Yes they are great armies, a friends collection I am trying to "copy" their style in a 28mm ECW project