Battle of Bodotria(Firth of Forth)

As mentioned in the "Update" post,the Romans have landed at Bodotria,and were faced with fighting a major battle with the "locals," the Votadini .

This is the scenario and the position the Romans found themselves in as they landed in the bay.

As the Romans struggled to land,the Votadini arrived in fairly large numbers-the newly appointed fleet commander,Lambus Navius,didn't like the odds,and issued orders for the fleet to weigh anchor,just in case!

These two photo's show the attack on the 23rd's auxiliaries posted on the left flank-they did very well,and soon got the better of the warriors,driving them off!

Top photo shows the Legions just about to get stuck in,bottom photo shows the Auxiliaries of the 24th showing what they can do-they pushed the Votadini warriors back,and victory looked assured-hurrah!! The centre was eventually won,and the Romans were,again,victorious.

A "slight problem"-the fleet commander has totally mis-read the situation,has decided that the Legions are lost,and orders all of the ships to sail away back to Gaul!!! Crustinuts has only one option now-to link up with his cavalry at Newstead Fort on the river Tweed.After resting his weary troops he begins hid march South,but is closely followed by a confederation of Caledonian tribes c/w cavalry and "covinni"(scythed chariots!)-see previous blog for preview of the forthcoming battle.

Astute readers will have noticed that this blog should have been posted before the Preview of the next battle-I put it down to old age and old rum!!!!