AWI Action with new British Grenadiers and Militia

Tonight’s game with Steve's rules had 4 Brigades of Kings Troops vs 5 Brigades of Rebels. Although the numbers of troops were very similar and the British had a very serious edge in quality.

Steve had his new British and Hessian Grenadiers and British lights on table, he also had his new Rebel Militia so it might prove interesting 2 of the British Brigades were top class and 3 of the Americans were Militia.

Steve and I had the Americans, I had a Brigade of Veteran Militia Rifles in a single unit supported by a gun deployed int eh centre of the table with two small 2 battalion brigades of Continentals, one to my right and one off table to my rear.

Steve had a brigade of poor Militia deployed forward with a battalion of Lees legion is support and two battalion of continentals off table.

Facings us from their left to right Chris F had a Hessian Brigade with one battalion of musketeers, another of Grenadier and a company of Jaegers. Then, facing my Veteran Militia two battalions of British Grenadiers both A class so very good.

Chris C then had 2 decent battalions of British with a Gun with the end Brigade being a battalion of A class British Light infantry, a decent Loyalist Militia unit and a British Line battalion.

Like most of his AWI collection these all have fabulous hand painted Mark Allen flags.

Particularly like this lovely Mark Allen flags. Nice!

Initially not much happens in the centre where we are expecting the outcome of the game. The rifles are drawn first and have no target, the Grenadiers then fail to make much headway at all with movement failures, no doubt having stumbled into some marshy ground. 

The Highlanders have however made good progress and reach short range of the gun.

Unfortunately for the Highlanders the Continentals also reach the gun and unleash a volley supported byt he gun, two bases of casualties are removed and they fail their morale retreating back though the line infantry behind them and dis-ordering them in the process.

On the left a protracted and on the face of it uneven firefight develops between the British light brigade and the Militia brigade, the Militia manage to hold their own and inflict heavy casualties on the British over a number of moves.

The Grenadiers finally get going and the Veteran Militia unleash a devastating volley, despite huge casualties the stoic Grenadiers press on and then charge the Militia with predictable results.

What remains of the veteran militia retreats in disarray. 

The British Grenadiers push on now facing a second line this time of continentals with flanking fire from the skirmishers. There a lot less of them, now down to half strength and they are finally forced to retreat,

Unfortunately for the Americans the second battalion of Grenadiers volleys the gun and destroys the crew. Seeing the rout the next battalion of Continentals is forced to check morale and breaks, in a ripple effect three regiments for continentals either break or retreat in the corresponding chaos leaving a great big gap in the centre of our line. One the left the Militia have finally succumbed to the uneven firefight, leaving the field to a badly mauled light brigade. 

On the right the continentals and Hessians have fought each other to a stand still, the Continentals have the best of it but are not able to support the broken centre.

Its a victory for the British, but a Phyric victory at best as they dont have the troops to press on. Huzzah for the king!

A cracking game that came right down to the wire with one really bad Morale throw turning the game for the Kings forces, but still a very small chance of the Rebels rescuing something from it when we ran out of time.

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