Battle of Ziegenfeldt (3) - the flanks engage ...

Action erupts on the flanks ....

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The jagers on both side exchange skirmish fire ....

The Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers fire forces back their opposition ....

The rest of the Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers fight to attempt to gain control of the farm ...

Over-eager the Saxe-Jarlsberg jagers get too close to the regular Wittenberg troops ...

who left of a stiff volley, which knocks the jagers down by half ...

meanwhile the rest of their unit has gained control of the farm ...

With a flourish of movement and the sound of bugles blowing the Wittenberg lancers move to the charge and drive into the Saxe-Jarlsberg dragoons ....

the Saxe-Jarlsberg dragoons lose the melee and are forced back,  as some hussars come to up to support them...

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to be continued....

Battle of Ziegenfeldt (2) - initial movements

The battle commences ....

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Count Pottsendorf watched his jagers advance towards the farm on the left flank, it appeared they would have to contest it with the Wittenberg King's Jagers ..

The Count checked his right flank, some movement - the Wittenberg cavalry had shifted position and a regiment of infantry was now visible....

 The Wittenberg artillery open fire, targetting the infantry on the Saxe-Jarlsberg right flank ...

The Saxe-Jarlsberg artillery return fire .... 

Count Pottsendorf kept his attention on his right flank, more Wittenberg cavalry was now visible .. 

The Count's aide appraised him of developments on their left flank - two regiments of Wittenberg infantry were moving up ....

to be continued 

Battle of Ziegenfeldt (1) - take your positions ..

The opposing forces have deployed,

Saxe-Jarslberg at the front of the table and Wittenberg at the back; Saxe-Jarlsberg has one regiment of infantry off-table on their left flank; Wittenberg has three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry off-table behind their centre (units are off-table mainly due to my narrow table which does not give much of a deployment zone !)

Count Pottsendorf rides along the front of the Saxe-Jarlsberg army to resounding cheers from his troops ...

Meanwhile General Waldebeck (Wittenberg) watches with disdain and issues orders to his adjutant to alert the troops stationed behind the grenadiers to prepare for action ...

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Opposing forces deploy for battle near Ziegenfeld ....

The Wittenberg forces had reached and occupied Ziegenfeldt, however the Saxe-Jarlsberg army had now got between them and Marienstadt (see map previous post).

Count Pottsendorf starts to deploy his Saxe-Jarlsberg troops keeping an eye on the deployment of the opposition.

Encounter at Wendelshaus ....

At a small hamlet of Wendelshaus near Ziegenfeldt, a Saxe-Jarlsberg dragoon patrol falls back after running into a detachment of Wittenberg jagers ....

The movements:

Wittenberg: General Waldebeck had marched his troops hard, left the main road and moved towards the centre of the Hoflandt aiming for Ziegenfeldt.

Saxe-Jarlsberg: Count Pottsendorf had secured Montberg and ensured supplies were brought up, this caused some delay; not finding the Wittenberg troops on the road to Marienstadt he had swung the army north.

On the march ....

The Wittenberg army has left Vanderhof and is now marching towards Marienstadt, a mounted jager arrives and updates General Waldebeck with the latest postion of the enemy forces...

 Saxe-Jarlsberg troops are to the north of Montberg ..

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A map of the campaign area in the Hoflandt showing the principle towns/cities and the routes of march of the opposing forces..

Wittenberg troops leave Vanderhof

As the troops spill out of Vanderhof, Colonel Waldeback and staff ride forward to organise the column of march..

[Figs: from my 40mm collection, mostly home casts from Creartec moulds, with some Front Rank and Irregular Miniatures]