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Offline ErikG

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Battlereport Punic War
« on: February 01, 2018, 04:24:55 PM »
After several years we have pitched Carthage against Republican Rome again, Carthage was led by Justin, supported by Sander, Alexander and Erik, Rome was commanded by Abe, supported by Alex and Joost




Abesius Butterius Vino (Abe) received the message that the dreaded Carthaginian General Justinnippus of Carthage (Justin) was pillaging the roman countryside. Initially Abesius Butterius Vino wanted to allow Justinnipus of Carthage but when he learned that he was marching towards the vineyards of Abesius Butterius Vino himself he could not wait any longer and he quickly assembled an army joined by his best drinking buddies he marched towards the enemy.



Abesius Butterius Vino took the right flank, in the centre he placed Alexus Blandus (Alex) and on the left flank Joostinus Petronius Calvus (Joost), they spread out their troops as much as possible hoping to spread the Carthaginian lines so that they could punch through the shallow lines and with their Roman mobility they could then easily sweep up the barbarians.
Opposite the Roman troops the army of Carthage gathered, an army made up of many different nationalities on the left flank Justinnippus of Carthage (Justin) took personal command of Celts and the entire Carthaginian cavalry, in the Centre Erikdrubal the Bald (Erik) and Alexandrical Gisco (Alexander) were deployed with Libyan and Carthaginian troops and on the right the revered, Sanddro the Elder (Sander) with Spanish Scutari and the elephants. Carthage wanted to flank the Romans, the Centre had to pin the Romans in place after which on both flanks cavalry and elephants could be unleashed upon the enemy.




The first turn was for Carthage and Justinnippus of Carthage moved his Celts into the Woods, the entire Carthaginian cavalry was under his command, and he moved them around the forest towards the romans. Erikdrubal the Bald and Alexandrical Gisco had to coordinate their movement and it was essential that they moved forward in a single line, Rome could not be given an opportunity to attack them division by division. The plan was sound, the execution however less perfect. Erikdrubal the Bald known for his great rhetoric, at least he thought so, so he was still too busy with speaking to his troops and during this long and somewhat boring speech he actually the orders to move forward were complete ignored and his troops remained where they were. As a result, Alexandrical Gisco also could not move forward. Sanddro the Elder fared better, years of experience and being able to speak seven languages fluently worked perfectly, his Spanish Scutari moved forwards and also the elephants moved forward in perfect discipline.




Abesius Butterius Vino decided to hold his troops in place partly because he feared for the Celts in the forest and partly because he first wanted to see the enemy plan unfold before he wanted to react to it, he did send his skirmishers forward. Alexus Blandus moved forward towards the Carthaginian Centre as did the troops from Joostinus Petronius Calvus.






In the expectation that Erikdrubal the Bald would have been done with his speech, Alexandrical Gisco moved his troops steadily forward, confident he looked sideways but where he had expected Erikdrubal the Bald he saw no more than empty land. Looking further backward he could see Erikdrubal the Bald still standing and preaching his nonsense while his troops remained in place. Sanddro the Elder also moved forward at a steady pace. Numidian cavalry was send forward by Justinnippus of Carthage and they charged a unit of Roman skirmishers, panic broke out amongst the skirmishers and they went off, the Numidian's and erased the first enemy unit.





In the Centre and Alexus Blandus saw the gap between the Carthaginian divisions and he sent his troops forward, unfortunately, they did not move as fast as he had hoped, they could not reach the enemy. Abesius Butterius Vino maneuverer further and tried to eliminate the Numidian Cavalry with his skirmishers but they were unable to really hurt the Numidian's.






In the centre the Carthaginian lines finally managed to connect and a single line was formed, on the right flank the elephants had reached their desired positions. The Numidian Cavalry attacked a second unit of skirmishers and managed to eliminate them as well, the battle had started well for Carthage.







Alexus Blandus moved his troops forward and gave the order to charge and his troops charged towards the Division of Alexandrical Gisco. Alexus Blandus took the command of his troops himself and drew his sword, Alexandrical Gisco did the same. The Hastatti cast their Pila and managed to cause a number of casualties amongst their enemy's but not enough to get the Libyan troops disordered, a bloody fight broke out and men on both sides were pierced and put to the sword. Alexus fought self-confidant and killed a Libyan soldier by beheading him and then focused on another one, it was then that he felt a sting in his side. When he looked down he saw his blood dripping down, he looked up and saw Alexandrical popping up, he grabbed the hair of Alexus, looked at him, begged to spare him but Alexandrical slit his throat and gurgling Alexus fell to the ground. Panic broke out amongst the Roman troops and the Hastatti broke, they had no time to flee towards the supporting principles, the Libyan troops cut them to pieces.
Joostinus Petronius Calvus employed his velites to stop the elephants and this seemed to work.





Justinnippus of Carthage drove his cavalry further forward and attacked the Roman cavalry, they did not stand up to the superior force of Carthaginian cavalry and a unit was broken. In the centre the bloody was continued by Alexandrical Gisco whom now had to compete against the new leader of the Division, the Roman second command took over, a fearsome drinker, known as Alexus Regulus Rufus, under his leadership the Romans held out but were slowly driven back.  Erikdrubal the Bald and Sanddro the Elder moved their troops further towards the Centre, they were also anxious to attack the Romans. Sanddro kept his elephants temporarily at Bay, they were sufficiently positioned to attack as soon as the time was correct and he did not want the Velites to endanger them.








Throughout the centre fights broke out, Alexus Regulus Rufus and Joostinus Petronius Calvus send their troops forward and smashed into the Carthaginian lines, filled with pride Alexus Regulus Rufus looked around and saw the mighty Roman lines fighting all around, it was a spectacular sight but on the moment he gazed forward again, he looked straight into the self-righteous mug of the heartless  and arrogant Alexandrical Gisco that him gripped Alexus tightly by his hair and slit his throat, this general also fell lifeless to the ground. It was not much later that his troops lost confidence and the Roman Division broke, the surviving troops would slowly withdraw from the battlefield. Joostinus Petronius Calvus, a man renowned for his vulgar drinking songs now used his great thundering voice to push his men forward,  Sandro's the Elders Scutari were pushed back and suffered horrendous casualties but despite the losses the Scutari refused to give in.

Erikdrubal the Bald fought embittered against a second division of Alexus that was still fresh, the Romans proved to be a dangerous opponent, the casualties on both sides piled up. Erikdrubal tried to inspire his troops but within seconds he was hit by a sword on his bald head, blood flowed over his face which caused a brief panic in the otherwise smug General.  Anxious he ran backwards but a unit of Libyan troops saw this as a sign and frightened they stepped back, the Roman troops didn't hesitate for a second and they broke the Libyan unit. The remaining troops ignored the effeminate reaction of their leader and fought back with great vigour. The first Carthaginian unit was broken but the rest of its division and the Carthaginian army still were far from beaten.










Justinnippus of Carthage had tasted blood and it tasted good and he pushed his cavalry forward, the last Roman cavalry on the flank was broken and he now positioned his cavalry for an attack on the Roman infantry. On the other flank Sanddro the Elder not only held but his presence inspired his troops and filled with self-confidence that Scutari slowly pushed the Romans backwards, the elephants now charged forward, cut through the velites as a warm knife through butter and , the Joostinus Petronius Calvus saw how the elephants attacked his troops. The elephants inflicted an absolute carnage amongst the Romans, the surviving Romans panicked and two units were lost.  Erikdrubal the Bald saw from distance as his troops fought on and held their ground against the roman troops they were facing.









Abesius Butterius Vino split his infantry, a part he moved towards the Cavalry of Justinnippus, the other half was moving towards the forest where the Celts of Justinnipus had gathered and now formed a line with Erikdrubal. Across the line the Romans tried to reorganize and to form a new line to oppose the bloodthirsty barbarians.









Carthage however, could not allow them and they would not allow the Romans time to reform, the order was given that all units should attack and the Romans were beset from all sides, the Carthaginian troops moved forward trampling the hundreds of fallen and dying and the Romans were pushed back further and further. Absolute panic broke out on the flank after several violent attacks by the elephants of Sanddro the Elder. Abesius Butterius Vino saw helplessly how his troops were surrounded by Justinnippus of Carthage, a massacre followed.
Alexus Rufus Regulus (we ran out of names…) that had taken command after his two predecessors had been killed, looked around and saw an overall panic, everywhere Roman divisions broke, men panicked and cried, he felt disgust, how could it have come to this,  he then, out of nowhere felt a hand on his head, looked sideways and saw the bloodied knife of Alexandrical Gisco glisten in the Sun, an attempt to strike him down with his sword failed, a stabbing pain in his neck was followed by an extreme pain and slowly collapsed, this general also fell by the hands of the bloodthirsty Alexandrical Gisco.









The Roman army was no more, after four hours of fighting it had been completely decimated, some of the survivors managed to escape and embittered Abesius Butterius Vino had to watch how his villa was looted, its vineyards trampled and his immense wine inventory was taken. He burned with anger, the loss of his army, the blood and the misery that he had seen he could handle as disciplined Roman citizen but his wine inventory was him sacred. That evening he would bring an offer to Mars with the promise that he would take revenge and that the revenge would be sweet.

Offline Hu Rhu

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2018, 06:20:19 PM »
Looked like a great game was had by all (apart from the Roman generals|).  Nice painting on thoe Carthaginians.

Offline ErikG

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2018, 08:33:17 PM »
Thanks and yes, the Roman Generals dropped like flies

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2018, 09:09:36 PM »
Wow that's what I call a mass battle  :o :o :o :o

Thanks for sharing Thomas
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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2018, 10:46:41 PM »
What a battle.
I felt sorry for the Romans, (OK I lie) >:D
Love the set up, lots of love and effort on the table.
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Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2018, 11:32:28 PM »
THAT'S what a real ancients battle looks like.
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Offline swordman

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2018, 05:33:51 AM »
what an AAR. thanks for sharing. :o
« Last Edit: February 02, 2018, 05:40:18 AM by swordman »

Offline SteveBurt

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2018, 09:21:10 AM »
Very nice to see.
What rules were you using?

Offline ErikG

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2018, 02:29:07 PM »
Thank for all the positive remarks!

And thanks for taking the time to read the repot, always apreciated.

We use Hail Caesar with some minor modifications (Pilum, elephants, phalanx etc. are modified to give it some more flavour) and it works perfect for this battles this size


Offline Corso

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2018, 02:52:10 PM »
Impressive :-*

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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2018, 12:29:50 AM »
Very impressive!
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Re: Battlereport Punic War
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2018, 12:14:55 PM »
Fantastic! Nice big colourful units, plenty of movement and drama.
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