For our fourth Lasalle playtest Mike and I sent up a Peninsular period battle and for the first time we added TWO support choices.

We rolled up the “Town & Fields” board to which I, as the defender, added a small hill and woods, while Mike added a large field.

For my defending British force, I chose the standard Line Division with a Highlander unit as my elites. For my supports I had a Brunswick Brigade and a brigade of Light Cavalry in reserve off board.

Mike had a French Line Division as his core and for supports he had two cavalry brigades, Light Cavalry and some awesome Polish Lancers.

I deployed with the British on my right and the Brunswick troops on the left. The Light Dragoons were off board in Reserve.

The French attacked with the Polish Lancers on their right (opposite off the Brunswick Troops) the infantry in the center, and the Light cavalry on their far left to try to turn the British right flank.

French Light Cavalry swing around the woods to try to press the British right.

The British extreme right Battalion forms square to anchor the right. Just to the left the Highlanders form the crucial “hinge” to the rest of the British Line.

The Polish Lancers start to push in on the British left.

The British hope the town and rough fields interferes with the French advance as they buy time for the British Light Cavalary Brigade to arrive.

One Regiment of Polish Lancers charges home on Brunswickers, but take heavy losses from artillery and face a counter charge from newly arrived British Light Dragoons.

The French start to move through and around the town.

On the Britsh right the Highlanders and some British Hussars counter attack combined French units.

On the extrem far right of the Bristh line, a Light Dragoon Regiment is pressed hard by French Hussars.

The French Hussar get the better of the melee, and after dispersing the British Light Dragoons, attain an open avenue into the British rear.

The rest of the French Cavalry flow into the hole opened up by the Hussars on the British right flank. The British forces are already checking morale and the game ends at Turn 20. With so many of the British Cavalry routed and so much of the French pursuit light cavalry reaming, the battle ends as decisive win for the French.

It was a good fight and though we made a few errors here and there we are getting much better with the Lasalle fundamentals. The British battle plan was solid, and the reserve cavalry did arrive relatively early, but poor rolls for British sub-commanders ended compounding were some really bad luck in critical combats. The remnants of the Brunswick brigade managed to deal with (but not destroy) the Polish and actually break through the French line, but once through they were not in a good position to continue the attack.

I feel this was the first full Lasalle game that we got to fight from “soup to nuts” and I find myself liking the game system more and more.

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