I'm playing the Russians against Evert's French and I feel tough enough to take on these Frenchies! My "Mother Russia" roll lets me add a block to both my artillery units and one Line infantry (I picked the one at the corner of my line) and add a Cossack unit, which I put in the woods on the righthand edge, just in front of my units. I also got to put the artillery on the Russian right into fieldworks.
To start their attack, the French advanced in the centre, sparking a continuing exchange of fire here. Then the French fixed bayonets and charged on their left. Light infantry attacked into the woods at the rear of the Russian forces and destroyed the Russian Lights there. French Line went for the one full-strength Russian Line infantry and wiped that out, too. French Light troops almost cleared the town of Kaleczin of the Russian Line holding it. And French Line smashed the artillery in fieldworks between Kaleczin and the woods. {That was a "Bayonet Charge" card from Evert, followed by some spectacular dice rolls that took the score to 0:2 and left the Russians with a severely battered right flank.}
In response, the Russians countered on their right while, on their left flank, infantry retreated behind the cavalry. The Cossacks tried to soften up the French Light cavalry, but were killed. {No banners for Cossacks, though.} On the right, Line under General Sacken took on the French Lights in the woods, while the artillery tried to polish off the French Line in front of it. Both Russian units were obliterated! Sacken retired safely. However, the Russian Heavy cavalry did some serious damage to a French Line that refused to form square, but took casualties in return. {0:4}
The French took Kaleczin, eliminating what was left of the Line unit in the town. {0:5} In return, the Russian Heavy cavalry finished off the infantry in front of them. {1:5 and I'm on the scoreboard}
The French cleared the woods in the centre, removing the Light infantry stranded there while the rest of the Russian forces gradually retreated. {1:6}
However, the tattered Russian Heavy Cavalry didn't manage to get far enough away from the French infantry advancing from Kaleczin and fell to a musket volley. {1:7}
Spurred on by this, the remaining Heavy cavalry and Cuirassiers charged the French musketeers, putting both units into square. At the same time, the Russian Light cavalry on (their) left wing hit and obliterated their French counterparts. {Yes, that was a "Cavalry Charge" and it's 2:7 - can I get to a respectable score?}
Retreating from the musket fire of the French infantry on their right, the Russian Light cavalry caught up with the infantry heading off the battlefield. {Evert had some unlucky dice rolls this time.}
As three Russian units exited, French Heavy cavalry came out of the woods on the left of the battlefield to take on the Russian cavalry holding the French infantry in square. {5:7 - that's better.}
And the French cavalry took out the Russian Cuirassiers. {5:8 and it's all over.}
Well, that didn't take long. Getting some units off the board made the score respectable, but the French demolished the Russians here. So much for my theory, from the previous scenario, that the Russians make decent opposition for the French. But let's see how we do when the roles are reversed.
Pevans
