Saturday, 5 August 2023

Action at Silanok

Count Boritzy's column has left Skantanz and headed eastwards for a rendezvous at Mintano with General Waldebecks column; on their way they are confronted by a small Begovian force at the village of Silanok....

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Colonel Hofler rides up to check on the deployment of the enemy reported by the advance scouts..

The enemy have set up a defensive position straddling the road through the village of Silanok...
In the distance further down the road are more Begovians, some infantry and cavalry....
Count Boritzy arrives with the rest of the column.... Hofler's pandours start to move around the flanks of the enemy's position...
Count Boritzy issues orders and the Zinzendorf grenadiers to form up ....
and start their advance; Hofler's pandours are already exchanging pot shots with the Begovians ....
The grenadiers moved up into close musket range and exchange volleys with the Begovians...
each side lost some men, but the Begovians stand firm ....
The grenadiers charge forward to assault the Begovians defences, as the pandours moved forward ...
The Begovians eventually out-matched by the grenadiers and being flanked by the pandours decided to withdraw...

and setup another line of defence someway out of the village ....
The Wittenberg troops cleared the village and started moving forwards, bringing up some cavalry to support the infantry...
the pandours deployed their small field piece as well....
Count Boritzy orders the cavalry forward them to clear away the Begovian opposition on the flanks, 

While the grenadiers form up to fire on the next Begovian position.....
The Hussars beat their opponents and chase after them ....
On the other flank the Begovian cavalry beat the Wittenberg provincial cavalry and then run into the rest of the hussars led my Count Boritzy...
The Hussars slowly push them back.....
The Begovian infantry in the centre withdraw down the road....
the Begovian cavalry disengage from the Hussars and make a run for it, while on the other flank the rest of the Hussars having chased the cavalry away turn on the infantry ....

the Begovians are in full retreat... 

Saturday, 15 July 2023

Birthday Books...

Arrived recently for the library...part of my birthday present to me  😀 


a nice selection...

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Tidying up storage in the garage ...

 Time to sort out storage of figure moulds in the garage...

Bought myself a cheap plastic drawer set to store my Samurai and 18C figure moulds...

Moulds out of boxes and in drawers - so much easier to find what I want (instead of rummaging through a box)...

Hmm! some empty boxes and a small drawer set - just right to store a small gaming project...?

Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Coach ....

Finished painting the Westfalia 18C coach available from Crantarra Miniatures... 


Thursday, 1 June 2023

At Skantanz..

 Having defeated and scattered the Begovian garrison troops from Skantanz, Count Boritzy's column had little difficulty in entering the town.

Colonel Hofler oversees his pandours whose task is to set fire to Begovian supply stores (after having first helped themselves ...)

With all ablaze the column forms up and moves south-east towards Fardok to join with General Waldebeck's column.

Monday, 29 May 2023

Osram Pasha moves south-east with his best troops....

News reaches Osram Pasha, the commander of the Begovian forces, about the Wittenberg army crossing the border; he soon is on the march with his best troops ....


he will pick up other troops from garrisons on the way .... 

Sunday, 7 May 2023

Duzuli - the assault ....

 continued from the previous post....

Wittenberg infantry move up...

into close musket range and exchange fire with the defenders (Begovian vollies are ineffective, the Wittenberg ones cause more casualties)...
The Wittenberg howitzer finally hits something - landing a shell right on top of the Begovian gun killing all the crew...
With the Begovian gun out of action, Wittenberg fusiliers (who had been taking some casualties) move up, as do the jagers...
The Wittenberg infantry assault goes in ....
the Begovians defend resolutely ....
with the Begovian gun out of action, the Wittenberg fusiliers attack...
some Wittenberg infantry are into the outpost, but the Begovians are fighting well and the defence perimeter is holding

Finally some assistance arrives for the outpost, from the garrison at Fardok - some spahi and some provincial cavalry....

the Wittenberg fusiliers break into the outpost..
fighting continues along the perimeter, but more Wittenberg troops have now crossed the defences...

The Begovian cavalry form up; a squadron of Wittenberg cuirassiers move up to support the uhlans .... 
The Begovian spahi charge, the Uhlans respond....
The Wittenberg infantry are now into the outpost and forcing out the remaining defenders ...
One Begovian infantry unit falls back in reasonable order down the road towards Fardok....
The Begovian spahi have pushed back the Wittenberg uhlans ....
The uhlans push back forcing the spahis back onto their support....
The spahis break and the Begovian cavalry retreat toward Fardok....

Wittenberg has taken the outpost and also the supplies stored there ....