The Prussians Assault; late 1813!

Hi All
My friend Stan and I recently played our 4th game of Lasalle. Stan had just finished putting together a Prussian Division, so we decided on a 1813 battle with the Prussians Division with a Cuirassier Brigade in support attacking a French Division supported by a Light Cavalry Brigade.
I won't go into a detailed game report, (I just don't have the time I'm afraid); but briefly here is what happened.
BELOW: The French deploy with the Division roughly in line, with the Prussian 'Objective', the building at the end of the road, (in other words, "Drive ze Frogs avay from ze crossroads, schnell"!).

Above: A section of the Prussian deployment.

The French deployed with the division in line with the sole 'Veteran' Battalion in reserve to the left of the objective and another battalion of conscripts to the right. All but one of the French battalions were Conscripts! The bulk of the French Light Cavalry Brigade, (Lt Bde), was on the opposite side of the river, with the Unit of Hussars just to the left of the Veteran Infantry. The French Commander placed himself in the center, near the house (objective). The two French Divisional Batteries were positioned so as to break up any assaults that would fall on either the center or right flank. The Horse artillery was deployed on the left bank of the river, together with the two units of Chasseur.

The Prussians massed mostly in the center, (intent on smashing through to the objective I suspected). The two Line Infantry battalions were to lead the assault, with three Reserve and three Landwehr Battalions in support. Von Crabbe (Stan) beefed up his Skirmishers from two of the Reserve Battalions with Shutzen light Infantrymen. He placed his Landwehr Cavalry on the opposite bank of the river, facing my Lt Bde (- the Hussars).

His Cuirassier Bde, which included some Saxon Cavalry and Horse Artillery that had changed sides at Leipzig, face my right flank. The ground was covered in a thick mud, and this was going to slow the sausage eaters down, "Bravo"!
Below: The Prussian's advance! Napoleon's daughters say "Hello".

Above. The French battery on the right flank open fire on the Saxon Guns. The French gunners got the better of the exchange, and forced the Saxon's to limber up and move back.

Above: As the Prussians advance on the Objective, the Battery on my right prolongs into a position to pour fire into the Prussians.

In short, the Prussians advanced on the objective under a hail of artillery fire. Eventualy both Regular Prussian Line Battalions were destroyed by a combination of Canister and musketry.

The real heros for Von Crabbe turned out to be a Reserve battalion and a Landwehr battalion that routed the two French Conscript Battalions on the left and right of the objective.

Below:The French Veterans await the order to counter attack.

Below: The Prussians are catching buckets of canister!

In the end the Prussians ran out of time, with the night came the order to withdraw. So close, but not close enough.

Above: The French right flank swinging in. The Saxon Gunners did their best to pound the French conscripts on the extreme right, but just kept coming up short of breaking them. The French commander consistently rallied off the disruption.

Above: The Prussian Reserve Battalion breaks though, and is then confronted by the French Veterans.

Below:The moment when the Landwehr Battalion enters close combat with the French battalion on the right of the objective.

Below: End Game. The Prussians haven't managed to secure the objective, with the French Veterans deploying into line as night falls.

Below: The French Right Flank at game's end.The Landwehr have routed a French battalion, and the Saxon Cuirassiers and a Reserve Battalion arrive in support. Unfortunatly the French Battery and three French Battalions are still full of fight.

A great game, and a 'close run thing' in the end. The Prussians were painted by Fernando Enterprise. The French 'Conscripts' were painted by Reinforcements By Post. The French Artillery were mainly painted by me, as were the French Veterans, Prussian Artillery, Skirmishers and Prussian Commanders. The French Hussars and Saxon Heavies were painted by Model Citizen Miniatures.

Another fun Lasalle game. I apologize for some poor quality photos.

Cheers

My 15mm / 18mm French Line Infantry.

ABOVE: Old Glory and AB MINIATURE French Line (top) and Young Guard (bottom) Infantry painted by Reinforcements By Post (RBP). Oh, and YG Fanions by GBM Flags.

Hi All

Here are some photos of my French LINE Infantry 1812.

OKay, the Young Guard are not "Line", but I thought they deserved a showing,..

The majority seen here were either painted by Reinforcements By Post (RBP) or Fernando Enterprise (FE)
BELOW: RBP French Line advancing under fire, and the entire RBP painted Line Infantry Brigade of 6 Battalions; a mix of OG and AB minis.

BELOW: My effort at painting some French line. A mix of AB and OG miniatures. All dipped in ARMY PAINTER Strong Shade.

BELOW: The FE effort; three Line Battalions. A mix of AB and Eureka Miniatures

All are based for AGE OF EAGLES, but I can use them for my prefered rules, "LASALLE" by combining two AoE bases to make one "Lasalle" base.

Cheers

More AB MINIATURES Spanish

Hi All

Yep, more Spanish!

Here we see them in mass!

The Cavarly were painted by DRAGON PAINTING SERVICE in Hong Kong.

Below we have the Fusiliers and the Princessa Regts advancing under withering fire from the French!

Spanish On the Fly,..

Hi All
Here are some pictures of my Peninsular War (1808-1814) Spanish.
All are AB MINIATURES and the vast majority were painted by Reinforcements By Post, (certainly the Spanish on this page were painted by RBP).
RBP did a great job of these guys. I based them no LITKO bases, and geot the flags from WARFLAG and NAPFLAG, (free downloads). You can find links to the Flags on the left of this page.
First is the Princessa Regt. (I've use JENA PRUSSIANS as casualties, as their uniform is close enough to the early Spanish uniform for me)

Next is a "Fusilier" Regt. Not sure of the details of this unit. I wanted them painted like the ABs painted and displayed on the EUREKA MINIATURES web site.













Next is the "FERNANDO VII Regt":













Below is The "Regt des Asturies" (as named on the Liehart & Humbert uniforms web site)

I'll add more SPANISH soon.

Trailape OUT!

The Imperial Guard!

Hi
Here I've posted the pictures of my French Imperial Guard 1812.
Most were painted be MCM Painting Service, with the Middle Guard painted by FERNANDO ENTERPRISE Painting Service, and some of the Young Guard which were painted by Reinforcments By Post.
Almost all the figures are AB Miniatures, (which I purchased from Eureka Miniatures). The only exceptions being the "Imperial Staff", which are Fantassin Miniatures that I purchased from SCALE CREEP in the USA.
Now on with the show!
First we have the Emperor Himself, with his Staff gathered around him. Berthier is busy writting orders whilst Napoleon contemplates the campaigns progress with a foot resting on a drum. The next picture shows the Corps Of drums and the Drum Major resting between "Gigs"


The next two pictures shows the Old Guard Grenadiers and Chassuers. The "Grumblers" in Greatcoats were painted by Dragon Painting Service and purchased via EBAY. (I might yet replace them with some more Old Guard in "Parade" dress,....).

Here we see Marshal Ney, "Bravest Of The Brave"!

Below we have the Middle Guard; Fusilier Chassuers and Fusilier Grenadiers, (painted by FE to a "Collector" Standard). I might replace these with the same figures, but painted to a "Showcase" standard

Now for the Cavalry or the Guard!

Polish Lancers!

The Dutch, (or "Red") Lancers:

The Grenadiers A Cheval and Empress Dragoons:

Here whe have the Chasuers A Cheval and Marmalukes Of the Guard:

Of course we need the Guns! The Horse and Foot Artillery of the Guard Imperial!

And finally we have the Young Guard: (The Young Guard in the Background are the RBP figs, which are very nice):

I'll post pictures of the rest of the army as soon as I can find the time.

Cheers!

AB Miniatures SPANISH. Painted by RBP.

Hi Team

Here are some pictures of the Spanish Napoleonics I commissioned RBP to paint for me.

(see the review of their service here).

As usual, painted to a very high standard. I've not completed the basing yet, (still awainting the flocking), but I guessed some of you would like to see how they came out.
All the miniatures are the magnificent 18mm AB MINIATURES available from EUREKA MINIATURES in Australian. I think Fighting 15s produce them in the UK.
They are almost all from the AB Miniatures Spanish range of figures. The casualties are actually from the AB Miniatures EARLY PRUSSIAN Range, (Jena 1806).

CHEERS!

The bases seen here are from Litko BTW, (highly recommended).