Capitaine Opless has obtained information pertaining to the British supplying muskets to the Spanish Guerrillas and has been ordered to put a stop to it. This could be his last chance at gaining success or else being demoted to the regimental supply officer.
The Royal Navy has landed a stock of muskets for the Spanish Resistance movement. The British enter at Deployment Point B1, with a handcart loaded with the muskets. The objective is to get the muskets off the table, at the Secondary Deployment point A2, in Spanish hands. The handcart moves with 2D6, discarding the lower dice, on either road or on open ground. It may move on either the main British Leader [1] activation, or during Tiffin. The hand cart may only cross the river at the ford and may not enter Broken Ground, cross a wall or enter woods. Crossing the ford takes a full turn.
Spanish allies deploy at Deployment Point A2 and also have a wagon, to transfer the muskets into. The cart moves with 2D6, either on the Spanish Leader [4] activation or during Tiffin. The wagon may only cross the river at the ford and may not enter Broken Ground, cross a wall or enter woods. Crossing the ford counts as a Major Obstacle (2D6, discard higher).
The muskets may be transferred from the handcart to the wagon with a Task of 8.
The main French infantry column (4 x Line Infantry) deploy on the main French Deployment Point F1. The French skirmishers and Dragoons crossed the river higher up stream and therefore deploy onto the Secondary Deployment Point F2.
The river is fordable. It counts as a Major Obstacle (Roll 2D6, discard the higher) and will break formations. The ford is considered a Minor Obstacle for foot or mounted troops.
At the end of turn 1 all the available forces had managed to deploy from their respective deployment points.
It was now a race to see if the French could get to the ford to prevent the transfer of the muskets.
Capitaine Opless forced marched his column to beat the British to the junction at the ford
and managed to form line and pour fire into the British Marines. This wasn’t looking so good now for the British but they managed to return fire, along with some support from some Naval skirmishers. Living up to his name Capitaine Opless was knocked out and soon his unit was in disarray, having to fall back dragging his body with them. Lt Bruinnez was left holding on as best he could until a stray musket ball took him out. Disaster for the French was looming.
On the other flank things were going only marginally better with the Voltigeurs engaging the Spanish militia, wounding their leader, and the Dragoons racing towards the building to try and save Capitaine Opless’s mistress. However the Spanish skirmishers had managed to get to the orchard at the same time as the Dragoons, forcing them to dismount.
Lt Piquer with the second French line had managed to drive off the Naval skirmishers and advanced towards the British line. The British Marines were in disarray when Lt Piquer ordered his unit to open fire, causing severe casualties.
This wasn’t looking great for the British although they had managed to transfer the muskets to the Spanish. Could they get them to safety?
Meanwhile Capitaine Opless had recovered but was barged down by his troops as they enthusiastically attempted to get back into the action. Well named that man.
The Dragoons and Spanish skirmishers maintained delusory fire but as usual the only luck the French had was bad as their leader Sgt Cul de Cheval went down wounded by being shot in the ass by his own men, swiftly followed by the Dragoons running out of ammo. Sensing some sort of victory the Militia charged out of the woods...
only to be stopped in their tracks by fire from the Voltigeurs which managed to push them back into the woods.
Unable to fire back effectively the British Marines succumbed to the fire from Lt Piquer’s unit with one group routing off the table. Unfortunately they took both Lt Piles and Sgt Able with them, causing their morale to plummet to one. Suddenly it was looking as if the French might snatch victory.
The Voltigeurs managed to push back the militia but unfortunately the British morale stubbornly remained at one. It was up to Lt Piquer, who now fired on the last remaining British group of Marines.
Dice were rolled and for a change the French luck was in as the British were forced from the table and morale reduced to zero.
Another hard fought game that was initially looking good for the French, swung away from them but came back at the end thanks to Lt Piquer. Capitaine Opless lived up to his name once again with his honour only being saved by his subordinates.
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