Battle of Diessenhoff Hill

 After their defeat at Breugen Crossing, Bluderian forces are retreating southward (note: I should have turned the board around. As it is, south is at the top). Redgrave is in relentless pursuit.

Note: I randomly rolled for a scenario from One Hour Wargames and came up with fighting retreat. It seemed fitting that Bluderia would be in retreat. I substituted a line of impassable woods for the river of the original scenario and tweaked some of the other terrain.

General Hogwaffle of Bluderia decides to make a stand at a hill just a little ways from the village of Diessenhoff. He orders his forces to head for the hill. Redgrave is hot on their heels.

Redgrave brings the retreating Bluderian infantry to bay. Firefights break out.

Note: The big die in the upper left of the picture above is my turn clock.

Opposing cavalry regiments duel (right). Bluderia overruns the Redgrave horse.

Madly, the Bluderian cavalry continues its charge into a line of Redgravian infantry. Surprisingly, the infantry breaks and runs. Note - the cavalry were disadvantaged but pulled off the attack and then scored a follow-up victory.

On the left, sustained artillery and musketry wipe out the Bluderian infantry.

As the Redgravian left begins marching on the hill, another Redgravian infantry regiment breaks on the right.

Note - At this point, Redgrave had lost half its army so was due for a morale check. I gave it a bonus to simulate the esprit that the left wing would have felt after its victory. Redgrave just passed.

Bluderia falls back toward the hill. The skirmishers on the hill begin sniping at the advancing Redgravian army. Their fire is enough to rout the already weakened infantry.

As the infantry flees, the rest of the army loses heart. General Spengler realizes that he should have pulled back the shaken infantry and let the fresh troops lead the assault. But time was running out and he got impatient. Therefore he has no option but to call the retreat. 

On the other side, Hogwaffle breathes a sigh of relief. His army has survived this crucial test. He will have time to regroup.

Campaign Notes

This is the second battle of the War of the Imperial Succession. Redgrave was victorious in the first, so the combatants have each won 1 battle.

Once again, I used my MicroBattle rules. 

I continued to use a rule that a movement roll of 1 means that the unit cannot act that turn. Combining activation with movement works well for me. I still have the fog of war of variable movement plus the occasional twist of a unit not acting at all.