Battle of Winterton 1644.

As Dave was in Manchester,watching the cricket,it fell to Brian and I,commanding the Parliamentarians,to face the Royalists,commanded by Graham and Paul-it was a most excellent game!!

Top photo is scenario,bottom is table before any movement-keeping the scenario in mind,each player had to decide on his own objective,and away we went...........................

The opening moves-my troops are manoeuvering towards the "walled field" held by Paul's troops,whilst in the background Brian is mounting an attack on the Town,held by Graham.

A couple of musket shots,supported by a blast from his artillery,and then in with the pike-glorious stuff-however Brian was repulsive,er, sorry,I meant repulsed!!!

Despite being cannistered,on the way past,my cavalry are about to challenge Paul's cavalry,for dominance of the central position-hurrah!!

Brian and Graham's reluctance to get their cavalry engaged,caused a bit of an "impasse",which didn't last long,resulting in Brian's troops getting a right old beating!!
But on the town front,things were a bit different.............

After clearing the walls,with finely directed musketry,Brian charged in,and took the town by push of pike and dint of musket butt-another hurrah!!-to the left of the town,you can see I have taken the central field,putting the whole of the Royalist position in jeopardy.

Paul and I were having a real "humdinger" of a fight for the flank,and for a while I thought I had "shot my bolt",but I managed to amass a couple of cavalry units plus one untouched infantry regiment,and pushed on through the gap in the Royalist line-could this be the end????

There they go!-with the Royalist army split in two,the game was finished-Brian had possession of the town,and Paul,although far from beaten,was in a bad position,so the Parliamentarians were declared the winners-if only Brexit could be solved that easily!!!!
Well done to us all,a great game,roll on next Sunday.