The Colonel's Wine After Action Report

After much anticipation, we were finally able to play our game. I was quite pleased with how the scenario turned out, though I had some concerns early on. The French, while outnumbering the British, had a longer distance to travel to reach the objective, the barrels of wine. Addtionally, their units got farily jammed up at the starting point. Despite all of this, the game moved ahead and was quite exciting. Both sides entered the table and it was apparent that the French hoped to stall the Brits by moving quickly to the ridge overlooking the church.

After several turns, the British light company was able to splash across the ford and gain access to the church's courtyard and the wine. Sharp's men took up poisitions close to the church in support.

At the same time, the French supply wagon and two groups of infantry used the road to try to get to the village and into a position to grap the wine for themselves. A random even had two of the men dash ahead into the village to try to find some female commpanionship!

It took awhile, but the main forces of both sides finally came into range and the shooting started. Sharp's men were able to take out a formation commander that really put a crimp into the French strategy.

Things were looking pooly for the French. Their major sprained his ankel early on, slowing his advance, and their skirmishers were losing a lot of men trying to hold back the men in red.

When all appeared to be lost, the French grenadiers charged the British line with drums pounding. They wiped out the British group of grenadiers and drove back three center companies, but at a terrible cost.

The second to the last turn saw two groups of French infantry Pas du Charge the British supply wagon, but they came up two inches short!. All the while, British morale was depleting.

It would all come down to the last turn and who's card would be drawn first. Alas, it was the British supply wagon that was able to scurry off just before the French infantry pounced, thus winning the game

It was a fun afternoon of gaming.