Jena 1806 - Morning
Hughes (French) 8 - 3 Langston (Prussian)
The French kicked off by attacking on their right using their cavalry to charge Prussian guns with an eye for a breakthrough and creating an alley into the rear area. Unfortunately for the French, they failed to inflict much damage and were thrown back unceremoniously. A Cavalry Charge card was then received and this time a breakthrough did materialise on the right as both the Prussian guns and their curaissiers were overrun. A charge was also put through by the French on their left too but a couple of First Strike cards played by the the Prussians managed to hinder progress. Nonetheless, the French had gained 3 banners overall and had forced the Prussians to use their 3 Iron Will counters.
But the Prussians fought back and began to hurt those French that had pushed too far forward. In time, they actually led as they captured 3 banners themselves, including disposing of the French curaissiers and also held the majority of towns. Instrumental in this fightback was a very usefully used Bayonet Charge and a stubborn Prussian light infantry unit also refusing to give up the village of Clopeda. The battle soon focused more centrally and by a very slow process, the French were able to slowly take advantage of their 6-4 card advantage and were slowly sucking enough Prussian units dry. They did this by repositioning much of the line and getting their artillery in a position to cause more problems on German forces. The end seemed to come suddenly as the low strength Prussian units were quickly eliminated and with the loss of a leader as well, the 8 banners were collected for an 8-3 win. Admittedly, the game felt a hell of a lot closer than that.