Spring 1813 Prussians vs British in Canada 1813 (Glory is Fleeting Rules)

Two very different style of army list that we both chose:

Strategies, Terrain and deployment

• Prussian Exceptional CinC blocked strategies 4, 5 & 6 and British Skilled CinC blocked 3 & 4.

• British chose Probe and Prussians chose Frontal Assault – perhaps the best strategy against Probe!

• The British went for maximum terrain.  They tried for a river but the better Prussian CinC was able to remove it as the Brits rolled a 1 for length.

• There is quite a bit of open ground to fight on although the Prussians have been forced to split their army due to the wood in the centre.

Prussian Turn One

British Turn One

The British diced successfully for their 2 reinforcement divisions to arrive and have forced marched one of them on to arrive the same turn they tested to arrive – a Division of Native Americans! Their reserve division of 4 more infantry units also arrives.  All arrivals come on the central sector.

Prussian Turn Two

British Turn 2 & Prussian Turn 3 (yes I forgot to take a photo after the British 2nd turn!)

In their 2nd turn the British moved into skirmish range (6 inches) with the net result being the British large unit on the eastern flank ended up with a skirmish hit.

British Turn 3

Prussian Turn 4

British Turn 4 – and they break!

Post Battle Review

• Glory is Fleeting games typically last 6-7 turns +/- 3hours.  This one was very quick – 4 turns in 2 hours!

• Due to the speed of their attack, the Prussians were able to mass on their left and had nearly a 50% points advantage over the British.

• Large units of Veterans with Guns and Skirmish attachments are awesome!  And so they should be at 123 points!

• Probe is a risky choice if your opponent can take Frontal Assault.  The British were lucky that all their off table divisions diced successfully to arrive in turn 1.  It could have been even uglier had they only arrived in turn 2 or 3.

• At the moment small hard hitting armies of good troops are ruling the roost in Glory is Fleeting.  Who will come up with counter to this…?

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