I have previously posted some of my work in progress for this battle. The fight was finally realised this weekend and it went extremely well. Everyone seemed to have a good time including the French who, though they lost, did very well considering the conditions for victory stacked against them
We played using the Martian Empires rules modified slightly for 28mm figures. An exception to the rules was made to give a historic hampering to the French units by requiring the French to issue orders from the top down. They were required to order their Nobles and Knights first for at least one order each before they could attempt to order their infantry units. This caused the regular units to bog down while the chivalry tried to engage the English knights. In addition the French only got victory points for English noble units that were killed/captured in melee. The English were no so encumbered and could get points for killing or capturing French noble units.
Below are pictures from the game with some descriptive commentary.
The English Line.
The City of London Post Office Volunteer Rifles in the woods open the English left flank.
Henry, The King, in his tank
Racquets, knights by his side.
Uncle Exeter in
Harfleur leading the Royal Marines.
York and Gloucester in their tanks with more English foot knights.
The King's Royal Rifles in the woods on the English right flank.
The line of French knights with Martel in the tank
Oriflamme.
French Knights seen from the woods.
The French Foreign Legion, part of the French rearguard.
On the right is the French Old Guard forming the infantry center.
Oriflamme proves to be an early casualty while the French knights get stuck in the mud.
The English move up to the edge of the muddy field.
French knights led by the Duc de Alencon threaten the Rifle brigade in the woods.
York and Gloucester
Richard Beauchamp, The Earl of Warwick. This is a figure I converted but was painted in masterful fashion by my closest friend Mr. Thomas Foss.
Exeter and the Marines.
Montjoy, the French Herald moves up to offer terms to Henry while a French tank burns most ironically in the background.
Warwick and his squire move up the center.
The Royal Marines and the Post Office Rifles give volleys to the French Knights.
The Duke of Alencon, with the aid of French sailors from the rearguard assault the rifles and force them back into the woods.
More of the rearguard moves up.
English foot knights advancing.
Montjoy, the French Herald.
Exeter.
Having extricated themselves from a particularly deep patch of muck, the French knights turn and charge the Post Office Rifles.
The Rifles hold fast and the combat draws on.
The French Foreign Legion advance in support of the chivalry's attack.
One company of the Rifles withdraw slowly back into the woods while another come out and threaten the Dauphin's flank.
The third company of the Post Office Rifles and their Velocipede, the mighty McPhilleagh.
The English foot knights, ed by Warwick, engage the French line in a series of back and forth skirmishes in the center of the line.
Warwick makes for the French Center.
The Duc de Alencon lies defeated and the French rearguard considers the formidable task of rooting the Royal Rifles out of the woods.
At this point the French had very little in way of Chivalry and the only brigade still intact was the Foreign Legion. The battle was called for dinner and we retired to the bar to eat, drink, swap stories and make jokes about the sacking of the baggage train.
Thanks for looking,
Mike
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