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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Vis Bellica on 13 August 2021, 08:40:48 AM

Title: The Battle of Stour Road
Post by: Vis Bellica on 13 August 2021, 08:40:48 AM

As the Parliamentarians begin to surround Royalist-held Norchester with a ring of trenches, the Cavaliers send out Sir Edmund Dexter and his cavalry to disrupt their work…

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An exciting clash that included the chaps digging the trenches having to defend their works:

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Full report here:

https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2021/8/9/m483lrjrhf7yitcy2z98goyu38n1y2 (https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2021/8/9/m483lrjrhf7yitcy2z98goyu38n1y2)

Title: Re: The Battle of Stour Road
Post by: Codsticker on 13 August 2021, 03:53:03 PM

Great idea for a scenario- I've been thinking of something similar. Did you stat the engineers as Clubmen?

Title: Re: The Battle of Stour Road
Post by: Vis Bellica on 14 August 2021, 12:18:24 AM

I did: I thought Clubmen was an appropriate way of portraying chaps armed with spades, picks etc.

Title: Re: The Battle of Stour Road
Post by: Friends of General Haig on 14 August 2021, 12:11:12 PM

Great battle report. 👍