He's behind you!!

No it's not Panto season yet!!-we fought the battle of Torgau 1760 last night,organised by Paul(to save me from melt-down!!)
The battle was one of Frederick's classic march around the flank of the enemy and throw them off-balance!!-and it worked!(well done Paul)

This is the scenario-I was Frederick,Brian was Zeithen,Graham was Lacey and Dave was Daune(who was not informed of the out-manoeuver by the Prussians until move number 3,when he was allowed into the garage!!-hence,"he's behind you!"

Top photo is the table at move number 2,with Brian and Graham,predictably, sending their cavalry forwards,whilst the Prussians under my command are moving in a "stately" manner towards the unsuspecting Austrians!
Bottom photo is the Austrian army looking the wrong way-could Dave sort them out in time??

Yes he could,and did!resulting in a most furious battle for the position-great stuff.

Brian and Graham are hotly contesting this flank-I moved my cuirassier squadrons across to help out,just as Graham moved his Russian infantry and artillery across the whole board to support Dave-it then became obvious,that,whoever won the ensuing cavalry battle,would dominate the flank and win the game-luckily it was the Prussians-hurrah!!

Dave and I slugging it out!!-Dave is a "wily" opponent,and you know if you're against him it will never be easy-and it wasn't!!-this was wargaming at its best,as far as I'm concerned.

This is a general shot of the table,at about move number 9-one of Dave's regiments failed a morale test and fled off the board,leaving,as they say, an ugly hole!-through which I prepared my allied infantry to pour!!
Graham's cavalry had all but disappeared,and a combination of Brian's cavalry and infantry,plus my cavalry was about to drive along the front,destroying all hope of an Austro/Russian victory!!

One final shot of the table,showing that the Austrians are still holding their own,but with no chance of a clear victory,the Prussians were declared the winners!!
This was a great game,so well done to us all,especially Paul who organised and refereed the whole thing!!

A word of warning-never let a 20 month-old play with balloons beside a video recorder-God knows how many more there are inside!!!
Roll on next Sunday-we will be playing a Napoleonic game at Dave's house.