General de Brigade Battle 12/20/25

The tradition continues of three of my former students returning on their winter break for a wargame. This time two of my grandsons also joined us and we all enjoyed the contest. The lads had requested a Napoleonic game, so I pulled out my Peninsular War figures for the contest. A division of Spaniards held a ridge line, the bulwark of which was a church. Supporting the Spaniards to their left was a brigade of British light cavalry. A brigade of British line infantry and a battery defended a river on the extreme flank.

On the French side, four infantry brigades and a briagde of dragoons had massed for the attack. An allied brigade made up of Westphalians and Poles were on the left, two French brigades supported by a small brigade of the elite Young Guard were in the center as well as the dragoons.

The battle was a bloody one. James's Spaniards were able to hold on the right. Jude, holding the center was able to stop a determined drive by the French dragoons. His horse battery did a heroic job of keeping the French cavalrymen from breaking through. Max and Chris traded numerous volleys across the river. Chris somehow managed to charge a battalion across the bridge and destroy the RFA 9 pound battery. In the center, the three French infantry brigades suffered terrible casualties before the Young Guard were finally able to capture the church, securing a vital foothold on the ridge. The game ended in a French minor victory. Max and Chris doing battle along the rivier.

James overseeing the Splanish right flank.

Ember and Jude happy to be included.