Battle of Owl Abbey 1709.

This blog is a "tad" late due to Grand-parenting Duties!!! and gardening.
Last night saw us play this very interesting Marlburian game...........................

This is what made this game interesting-Paul was French,Dave was Bavarian,Brian was Provincials.whilst I was British and Graham was Dutch-we set up as per the scenario......

Top photo shows the British and Dutch set-up,bottom shows the French,Bavarian and provincial set-up-and yes there were a "few" troops on the board!!

Top photo shows the action between the British and French,middle photo shows the Dutch against the Provincials,and the bottom photo shows the British vs the Bavarians in the centre.
This was all nail-biting and intense stuff,and nobody had the upper hand-grand wargaming!!

In this shot Graham's Dutch are getting the better of Brian's Provincial troops,and putting the whole flank in peril(after getting his Cavalry Brigadier killed!!!) but a few of his regiments were suffering,and Dave was advancing to support Brian's flank.

Paul and I were having a right old "ding-dong" of a fight on our flank,eventually we had both fought each other to a virtual stand-still!!!

Dave and I were battling it out in the centre,when he unleashed his Bavarian Cuirassiers against my Grenadiers-this did cause a bit of a "stir" but we decided to agree to dis-agree about the tactics,and he drove my Grenadiers away,but his Cuirassiers were then hit by my cavalry,in the flank!!-wonderful stuff,but,at the end of the night,we really couldn't decide who had won,so we decided on a draw!!!
Paul and Dave are off to Belgium,to visit the battlefield of Waterloo, next Sunday,and it is my Son's wedding anniversary on Sunday,so we might not be playing,but we'll see!!