Saturday 5 February 2011

Rumble in Bronstadt ...

Madamesoille de Givenchy and her aunt the Marquise of Zinzendorf have been detained by the Monrovians and are being held at the interior police headquarters in Bronstadt; their associate the Grey Rider has orgainzed a rescue...(continued from here)

The Grey Rider is none other than Colonel Jakob Wilhelm Engel, a much decorated soldier who is part of the Wittenberg spy service working for Count Hermann Munster.

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Monrovian dragoons, some mounted, patrol the perimeter of interior police headquarters at Bronstadt ...
Colenel Engel (the Grey Rider) leads a group of mounted men and some on foot across a ford on the road to Bronstadt, meanwhile Captain Scharfe and his jagers cross over by a footbridge ...
Captain Scharfe and his jagers cross over the river near the mill at Bornstadt into the outskirts of the town..
Captain Scharfe and his men are in position in the town; with Colonel Engel at the mill ready to make his move ...
Colonel Engel and his small group of mounted men ride up to the forecourt of the police headquarters and fire their pistols.....
They beat a hasty retraat followed by the mounted Monrovian dragoons; then Captain Scharfe and his men attack the interior police headquarters ....
The Monrovian dragoons are caught in an ambush as they cross the bridge by the mill ...
Captain Scharfe and his men charge forward and fight their way in to the interior police headquarters ..
The ladies are rescued and led outside to safety ...
Colonel Engel and his mounted men escort the ladies back to towards the border, while Captain Scharfe and the jagers hold the bridge ...
After a waiting a few minutes to check no-one is following, Captain Scharfe and the jagers start on their way back to the border.

3 comments:

Mosstrooper said...

Inspiring game ! nice scenery !

Bluebear Jeff said...

A nice sharp little action.


-- Jeff

Fitz-Badger said...

Very nice! It's cool to see what can be done with a small number of figures, small unit actions.