A few years ago in a little town of Singleton, NSW, Victory Perry (Adventure Miniatures) commissioned a gifted terrain builder to build him the La Haye Sainte Farm. The end result was the fantastic building complex featured in the photos of this post. However the building gather a lot of dust and cob webs of the years and was never used......until last Wednesday night when Brian Buskell now the proud owner) said lets get this baby out and roll a few dice. So that was what we did.
It took a little while to set up the game and find enough troops to build up the battalions so they at least look in scale with the building. The French were especially hard so you might see a few Polish/Guard and Legere troops mixed in to make up the right size. In regards to the rules I mixed the movement and weapon ranges from Regimental Fire & Fury (ACW) with combat results and the main rules of Fortune & Glory. The mix seemed to work ok.
The game went for a little longer then we hoped and finish late into the night, however in the last turn of the game one of Jeff Smith's French Battalions with Engineer support managed to break through one of the eastern gates and gaining a tactical victory for the French. They did not however manage to push the British Allied troops from the ridge line, which would have sealed an outright victory for them...well at least until the Union Brigade was ordered to charge.
A British Foot Artillery Section holds a strong position close to Wellington's Elm. They were later re-enforced with another section and added in the repulse of the French 1st & 4th Cuirassier Regiments.
Troops representing Ompteda KGL Brigade...5th KGL & 1st Lt Bn KGL. In our game these two battalions did not really play a roll other then deter the French from attacking their side of the battlefield and choose to hit the Dutch/Belgium Militia Brigade instead.
The Battleground looking from the Allied side to the French.
A sharp skirmish developed for a few turns over the orchard
Ompteda Brigade is brought forward in support of the KLG troops fighting inside La Haye Sainte Farm.
A company of the the famed 1/95th Rifles occupy the sandpit.
Our other French General Terry Morran tried numerous time to force this gate and failed at every attempt.
Two sections of Ross's British Foot Artillery engage the massing French battalions, in support of the fighting in the farm
Turn five of our game saw Dubois Cuirassier brigade come onto the table with a horse battery in support. The first regiment in line would catch and destroy two companies of the 1/95th Rifles and then later charge a Dutch/Belgium square
With heavy pressure from French cavalry the Dutch/Belgium brigade wisely forms square
Another company of 95th is over run by the French Heavies
