Looking back... The Battle of Korbrucke 1755

 Here is a look back to one of my favourite games. It was played and published ten years ago on my Paul's Wargames Blog.

With the feint at Kirkhalle drawing von Bruckenheim away from the Teiner valley. Prince Johan advances rapidly up the valley until meeting resistance at Korbrucke. 

Colonel Fandango of the Altstein Grenadiers is commanding the defending Altsteiners.

The Eisenburg-Essling forces advance.

 Cavalry to the fore.

The guns are still on the west bank unable to cross south of Korbrucke.

 The Altstein cavalry advance to meet the enemy.

Fandango forms up his infantry.

And advances toward Korbrucke.

The Zvezda Grenadiers are keen to get to grips with the enemy.

 The cavalry battle begins!.

 Von Essling advances into Korbrucke.

 As the Altstein Jager cross the Teiner.

 Fandango closes the trap!.

 The Eisenburg guns are deployed.

 What a bottleneck!. The Eisenburgers are unable to move forward.

 Fritz von Essling leads the Ostburg Regiment through Korbrucke.

The Jager advance upon the guns.

 Von Essling advances into the lions mouth!.

 The cavalry fight is furious.

The heads of the columns are knocked off by artillery and musket fire.

 The Blues win the cavalry melees.

Through murderous canister fire the brave Jager Company reach the guns and the crews surrender.

A desperate melee between the Altstein Grenadiers and the Eisenburg-Essling infantry ends in defeat for the whitecoats.

 The Altstein (Meissen Dragoons) take casualties from the Essling Grenadiers.

 A fierce firefight begins : casualties shown by the dice.

The Jager Company having spiked the guns cross the bridge and enter Korbrucke.

The Eisenburg Dragoons are finally routed by the Meissen Dragoons.

 Who rally back behind the line.

The firefight continues.

After casualties are removed there ain't many left!.

Captain Weingartners men now shoot the battalion gun crew.

Colonel Fandango prepares his remaining cavalry for the killing blow.

The Altstein Grenadiers advance.

As Prince John George forms his firing line.

The Jagers are forced to withdraw into cover.

Eight more casualties is more than the Grenadiers can take.

And eighteen casualties on the Eisenburg Musketeers routs them too, they only managed four in response.

Fandango then unleashes his cavalry upon the routed enemy.

The dashing Prince is defeated and his army destroyed. 

What a battle!.

The rebellion is quickly stamped out by the Altsteiners and order restored to the Teiner Valley.

Ancient and Medieval Wargaming

 Ancient and Medieval Wargaming by Neil Thomas is the latest addition to my rules collection and I am very pleased with it.

I have had several good games with these rules over the last few weeks. The rules have nice straightforward mechanics and are very easy to play. I have tweaked them a little for my own take on some aspects of ancient warfare but nothing too drastic.

The book is a good read and the biggest problem for me is that I would like to try all of the armies featured in it. I am even considering using cardboard counters for the Biblical, Dark Age and Medieval units as there is no way to model all of the armies.

All in all I have found Ancient and Medieval Wargaming a very inspiring book.

Happy days!.