Wittenberg is 20 Years Old....

I was looking at the old online diary pages I had before I created this blog.  Some time during the end of June and the middle of July 2006 the Kingdom of Wittenberg was born. I've had lots of fun and some great games over the years 😀

Some of my favourite pictures about the palace and the town...

The palace gardens.......

The palace guard (and the palace cats)...

Sedan chair race in Wittenberg town...

Time for tiffin at the palace....

Noverre versus Saxe-Jarlsberg : Campaign PDF...

All blog posts relevant to the Duchy of Noverre versus Saxe-Jarlsberg campaign are available in order.

available in PDF format from here..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgM53Rgrp7s3nPvGbFuCHwZgfKu-za_y/view?usp=sharing

  

  

The Battle of Vierstrasse...

 When the Saxe-Jarlsberg troops were spotted, General Baube re-positioned his forces; the cavalry moved forward to allow the grenadiers to move up....

Infantry Regiment Rouergue deployed in front of the town ....

The Clermont-Prince light infantry deployed in the wood...

The Munkasse dragoon brigade deployed to screen the troops coming up behind; the Jager corps in front, with Count Pottsendorf leading Munkasse Infantry and Saxe-Jarlsberg grenadiers.

As they advanced, two units split of the jagers headed to the woods while a Munkasse infantry regiment changed direction and moved towards the farm

The Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers entered the wood and came into contact with the Clermont-Prince light troops

The Munkasse infantry close in on the farm....

While the rest of the troops slowly advance....

Clermont-Prince have pushed back Saxe-Jarlsberg Jagers in the woods...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg grenadiers form into line.....

Munkasse grenadiers join with the infantry regiment to fire vollies at the defenders of the farm...

As the Saxe-Jarlsberg forces slowly advance, the Noverre cavalry move forward and the Grenadiers de Chantilly deploy into line...

The Munkasse infantry have taken the farm.....

The mounted jagers move through a gap in the trees, aiming to outflank the Noverre cavalry...

The slow advance continues, the Munkasse dragoons turn to face the Noverre cavalry...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers are gaining ground in the woods....

The Munkasse cavalry have made their move and charged the opposition

The melee starts....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers gain more ground in the wood...

The Noverre hussars lose, but Clermont-Prince dragoons win....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg mounted jagers join the fray.....enough to tip the balance

The Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers have cleared the wood, the Noverre Clermont-Prince infantry retreat...

The Noverre Hussars rout, their opposition falls back to reform; the Noverre Clermont-Prince dragoons rout (the flank/rear attack by the Saxe-Jarlsberg mounted jagers tipped the balance)

The other Munkasse dragoon regiment having lost and routed, were rallied by Count Pottsendorf...

General Baube rallies the Noverre Hussars, to help cover the retreat of the rearguard; the Noverre infantry are falling back in reasonable order....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg and Munkasse troops advance to take the town....

A victory for Saxe-Jarlsberg and Munkasse

however it was a successful rearguard action by Noverre

On the road to Noverre, at Vierstrasse

 
On the road to Noverre, at Vierstrasse.....

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With the Saxe-Jarlsberg forces chaseing them back down the road, General Baube has decided to fight a rearguard action. The General has chosen to make a last stand at Vierstrasse.  The troops in best condition are deployed around the town (while the rest of the army continues its retreat back to the Duchy)

A small folorn hope, of half a battalion of light infantry holds a farm next to the road some way from the town....

General Baube watches for the approaching Saxe-Jarlsberg army....

Then in the distance he can see some cavalry are on the move .... a brigade of dragoons at the head of the Saxe-Jarlsberg vanguard...

to be continued....

Rotzenplatz - The Battle

for deployment of the armies, see the previous post..

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The Duchy of Noverre infantry advance...

The Munkasse artillery battery sight their guns...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg Volontaires grenadiers prepare to welcome the Noverre infantry passing through the small wood to their front....

The Noverre infantry continue their advance...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg Volontaires grenadiers exchange fire with the Noverre infantry, who keep advancing...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry position themselves ready for action....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg artillery open fire on the lead Noverre infantry unit

having received a stiff volley from a Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry regiment and being sprayed with cannister, the lead Noverre infantry unit being much discomforted fall back and try to reform...

While the infantry and artillery slog it out , the cavalry action starts - both sides have formed up and are moving forward at the trot...

and then in they go on the charge/counter-charge

The Noverre cavalry come of worst, two units have been beaten soundly and are blown, they are retiring from the field; one Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry unit has retired back to reform.  The Saxe-Jarlsberg Garde De Corps follows up the retreating Noverre cavalry...

Can the remaining Noverre Hussars and horse regiment turn the tide.....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg uhlans trounce the hussars,  and the other horse regiment has to retreat being beaten by the Saxe-Jarleberg Hussars.  The Saxe-Jarlsberg Garde De Corps continues its rampage going after any remaining retreating Noverre cavalry.

Meanwhile the infantry slog is reaching it climax...Saxe-Jarlsberg Volontaires grenadiers  have seen off the lead Noverre infantry regiment

Two Noverre regiments have broken under fire and are on the run.....

A second Noverre regiment makes it through the wood and the Saxe-Jarlsberg Volontaires grenadier will give them a fiery welcome ...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg reserve infantry has been order up (two battalions of grenadiers), in preparation for an advance...

Saxe-Jarlsberg Volontaires grenadiers have seen off the second Noverre infantry regiment, who are retreating

The Noverre infantry has setup a rather fragile defensive line, with half the remaining regiments the worst for wear...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry advance and after an exchange of vollies the Noverre infantry to their  front falter and start to fall back.....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry advance in force and will drive the Noverre forces off the battlefield...

With the cavalry beaten and infantry retreating (and some routing), 

the Noverre army has been defeated

a victory for Saxe-Jarlsberg

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Notes:

Getting the firing initiative more often was the key to the Saxe-Jarlsberg victory; the cavalry had the edge in the melees, better luck with the dice.