Another scenario game from the ‘Lets Fight Leipzig!’

This time we have a 5 player game of Lindenau. In this scenario the French 4th Corps under Bertrand is charged with holding Lindenau. The Village has a wall around it which on the western side can only be entered via the gate. The river is impassable to all troops. The woods are impassable to cavalry and artillery but close order infantry can move through at half speed. Lindenau is a 2 module village. The small village of Plagwitz is 1 module.

The Austrians gain a complete victory if they hold 1 module in Lindenau at the end of the game.

The French players were Rob(North side) and Terry(South side…me). The Austrians were Goldie from the South, SteveT from the West and Alan from the North.

Lindeanu defended by Rob/Terry with the Divisions of Morand, Margaron and Fontanelli(15 bttns, 3 batteries) with support from some Dragoons and Wurttemberg Chevau-Leger.

The Austrians rolled to see what turns they arrived. Turn 1 only Alan in the North arrived….he was Gyulai with a mix of Jager/Grenz/Line , 3 batteries and Dragoons/Chevau-Legers. The Village of Plagwitz is in foreground.

Goldie marches on from the south and storms towards Plagwitz.

And storms straight into the attack! Mixed force again.

Then SteveT arrived from west via Schonau…another Austrian mixed column.

Initial attack on Plagwitz is held…….but my French are taking casualties.

I pulled the guns out of the redoubt to face SteveT advancing….the Cossacks were ordered in to take the fire of the battery…..fail the charge home…allowing another unit of cavalry to then attack the now silent battery..that didn’t go to plan…the battery fluffed its dice rolls and popped instead!

Defence of Plagwitz carries on as initial Austrian attack is replled.

Austrian column charged the French square…who hold…for several rounds of fighing!

Austrian central columns attack gate into Lindenau.

Goldie 2nd attack against Plagwitz succeeds.

Sigh……the square had been holding the Austrian square off until pointy sticked Cossacks joined in……

Who then made a sweeping advance into another square..that being disordered allowing them to charge in…bye bye another square…..

The initial charge from the West was repelled…but the French had suffered losses…..

The Wurttemberg cavalry who blundered the first time they received an order and went the exact opposite direction…finally arrived…

Austrians are in the village…

While on the Northern side…..Alan and Rob had shot at each other all game…..

So clearly Austrian Victory…..I lost all my infantry…the fought….bravely!

But Austrians in South and West were aggressive and ran over me…well done!

Until next time…Terry out.