This week's fight ended up being a modest 400 pt fight. The Austrians and Russians were two separate but allied armies. The battle started at 0900 with blinds advancing toward one another.

1100hrs from the French perspective. In exchange for the Allies choosing the initiative marker, the French got to start deployed in the village on the left.


Jeremy's Austrians made a concerted, aggressive push to quickly come to grips with my French that began deployed in the village (II Corps)



Meanwhile on the French right, Warren's Russians steal a march on Bruce's French I Corps and are well on their way to deploying while the French are still getting started. I Corps commander lost two and a half hours trying to get his divisions moving.


1200 hrs - The high point of the Austrian assault on the villages. Moments after this snapshot was taken French cavalry would be revealed on the opposite flank of the Austrians so the Austrian cavalry would be ordered to pull back and switch flanks. The advancing brigade of Austrian infantry would go on to charge the French line to their front and it would have disastrous consequences.


Canister fire! The Austrians would, after the startling loss of the lead Brigade, switch to the defensive.


French columns make advances against Russian lines. It would prove to be a mistake but the Russian artillery is being maneouvered wide to the right to assist in bombarding the defended villages.


Perspective shot


Approximately 1330hrs. The French cavalry are pushing across the stream, successfully routing an infantry brigade and capturing a battery of 12 pounders. These successes though would leave them poorly deployed and they would pay for that.


The Austrian cavalry hurl back the French


The French right flank continues to maneouvre indecisively.


1400 hrs. The distance is being closed.


Stalemate on the French left. The stream and town obliged Jeremy and I to bog down in desultory fire and caucious cavalry probes.


End Game on the French Right: The French tried a double turn attack that failed to break the stubborn Russian defences and this allowed the Russians to switch to a counterattack which likely would have proved decisive were we not obliged to quit the battle.