Fort Viagra is running low on supplies

The forward American outpost, at Fort Viagra, is running very low on supplies. The British have achieved naval superiority on the lake and are maintaining an effective series of ‘hit & run’ raids on the US supply columns.

RN Marine Captain Poop-Decker, of his Majesty’s ship, HMS Impossible, has landed a force of marines and linked up with a local volunteer group and allied native braves and is now seeking to seize and destroy yet another US supply wagon.

Major Dickie Head, of the local US Regular forces, has received a tip-off from the local militia leader, Lieutenant Al Wesaloser, and has been ordered to reinforce the supply wagon escort, with regular US troops. He hopes to put an end to these damned Limey incursions!

The objective of the US forces is escort the wagon, from the deployment point on the West of the table, to the road exit point, on the East side of the table. Losing the US deployment point has no effect on the US force morale. The wagon can be destroyed by any unit, completing a Task of 8, while adjacent to the wagon, uncontested. The bridge can also be destroyed by any unit completing a task of 18.

The US wagon moves either on the US Leader 1 activation, or at the end of turn, at a speed of 2D6. In open ground the cart bogs down if a double 1 is rolled. The wagon may not enter any terrain features, except the ford or the bridge. Crossing the ford by the wagon is treated as a Major Obstacle (roll 2D6, discard the higher). The wagon will bog on any double rolled for movement in the ford.

The river may be crossed by infantry. The unit must start adjacent to the river and must spend a full turn to cross to the other bank. Infantry treats the ford as a minor obstacle (roll 2D6 and discard the lower).

In the first turn the Americans managed to deploy their entire force with Major Dickie Head marching along the road, escorting the supply wagon. Captain Dixie Normous lined the fence line with his light infantry.

Captain Poop-Decker deployed his marines and started to head towards the bridge to cut off the Americans.

Chief Chew Mynutts scouted ahead of the marines hoping to occupy the rough ground. Unfortunately the American lights were in range and started to pick them off...

Resulting in them retiring across the river to the relative safety of Pense’s barn.

With good use of command cards  Major Dickie Head managed to get the US regulars across the bridge and form line, pouring fire into the marines, who turned tail and headed back the way they had come.

At this point events started to turn against the Americans, with first the US volunteers, under Lieutenant Al Wesaloser, realising they had left their canteens at home and stopped for a drink at the river. Next a group of US regulars, who were engaged in a firefight with some British scouts in the Eastern woods, found that they had dropped their powder flasks in the river, reducing their firepower. Finally the rest of the US regulars had been blazing away for so long that they had managed to foul their barrels. I think the Sgt Major will have some words with those lads later.

The Indians in the cornfield were doing their best against the US regulars but this firefight was only going to go one way...

Especially since the US lights had crossed the river.

The final straw was when the group of US regulars charged the scouts, wiping them out, and capturing their leader, Drew Ablank. Chief Chew Mynutts looked around and realised he and his men were all alone, with Captain Poop-Decker having retired with his entire command. Now would a British court of enquiry take any notice of his report on the actions of Captain Poop-Decker?