As a bit of a climax to our current round of LaSalle games we did a large battle featuring 4 cavalry and 5 infantry brigades a side. The setup was simple - there are 5 villages and the winner would be the one to hold the most at the end of the game.
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| Austrians advance on the eastern village |
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| Austrian horse |
The Allies looked to contest all the objectives fairly evenly with most of their cavalry in the centre. The French screened the western village with Hussars and focused the infantry in the centre on a drive towards the central village and then on towards the one on the Allied base edge.
The Austrians quickly took the western village but were unable to advance further for fear of the French horse. The Russians too the eastern village and the French attack their became bogged down. The French were though able to take the central village to make it 2-3.
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| Stalled French attack vs the eastern village |
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| Russian heavies attack |
As the French tried to attack towards the French baseline the Russians deployed their heavy cavalry to slow the attack and relieve pressure on the eastern village. This was pretty successful in preventing much French activity around the eastern village.
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| French attack in the centre |
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| French and Russian heavies clash |
The French launched several attacks towards Allied baseline but found themselves faced by Prussian reinforcements and further units of Allied cavalry. This prevented the attack from taking the village.
The game ended with the French pretty strong in the centre but the Allies holding 3 villages to 2. Perhaps the decision not to contest the western village was an error as the troops saved were unable to make the hoped for central break through
