Battle of Waterloo - Move 11

Table at the start of move 11

Top left – Clinton moves his corps to left of cross roads

Top right – French firefight with highlanders on ridge

Bottom left –Vandamme moves forward in Hougoumont woods

Bottom right – Guard infantry in position to protect d’Erlon’s flank

French Left

French infantry converge on Hougoumont

French have won firefight and routed Dutch infantry far left

French Right

French have routed British on ridge

Guard move forward supported by heavy cavalry

British Left

Half of British infantry have routed from ridge

British light cavalry have routed due to artillery fire

British Right

Wellington has ordered the withdrawal from Hougoumont

British have retreated to cross roads

 Infantry Firefight

Dutch infantry have replaced highlanders who lost first fire fight

Two French brigades engage Dutch in second fire fight and roll 2D6!

Dutch are about to join the highlanders in rout

Wargame rule 12 covers infantry fire fight

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 Table at end of Game

Game Note

Napoleon has taken Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte and right hand ridge

4 out of 16 British infantry brigades are in rout

2 out of 4 British cavalry brigades are in rout

Halt of the British artillery have been wiped out

Wellington has ordered a general retreat

Most of Wellington’s army is in good order to cover the retreat

All of Napoleon’s army is available to fight next day

British casualties 1800 infantry, 300 cavalry and 800 gunners

French casualties 800 infantry, 300 cavalry and 100 gunners

The result is a convincing French victory

The British are not destroyed, but are too weak to fight a second day

Battle of Waterloo - Move 10

Table at the start of move 10

Top left – Clinton moves his corps to left of cross roads

Top right – French skirmish with highlanders on ridge

Bottom left –Vandamme ready to advance in Hougoumont woods

Bottom right – Guard infantry in position to protect d’Erlon’s flank

 

French Left

French light cavalry rally behind infantry

Reille occupies La Haye Sainte and moves to attack Hougoumont

Vandamme advances through woods to attack Hougoumont

French Right

D’Erlon moves forward to exchange volley fire with highlanders on the ridge

Napoleon has joined guard to order them to advance and attack British centre

British Left

Picton moves up his reserve to support his shaken highlanders on the ridge

British 4^th hussars rout due to artillery fire

Wellington orders Uxbridge to withdraw the cavalry out of artillery range

British Right

 

Hougoumont is under attack again

Cole moves his corps back to the left of the cross roads

Clinton moves his corps back to the right of the cross roads

Skirmish and volley fire are covered by Wargame rules 11 and 12

Wargame rules can be found at

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Battle of Waterloo - Move 9

Table at the start of move 9

Top left – French cavalry under fire from Hougoumont garden

Top right – d’Erlon approaches British held ridge

Bottom left –Vandamme regroups his corps in Hougoumont woods

Bottom right – Guard infantry in position to protect d’Erlon’s flank

French Left

French light cavalry withdraw

Reille occupies La Haye Saint

Napoleon joins Vandamme in the woods

French Right

The guard infantry hold their ground despite more artillery casualties

D’Erlon winning skirmish fight at the ridge

British Left

Picton rallies his shaken highlanders on the ridge

Wellington joins Uxbridge as one hussar brigade threaten French massed battery

British Right

Hougoumont is secure

Cole rallies his corps behind La Haye Sainte

Clinton moves his corps to the right to make space for Cole

 

Opportunity Charge

Cavalry may attempt an opportunity charge on limbered artillery that come within charge range.    The British hussars attempt to charge the guard artillery.   They passed the morale test to do so, but when they then checked the distance they were just out of range.  They must however move forward a quarter move before they can halt.

Rule 6 covers opportunity charges

Wargame rules can be found at

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Battle of Waterloo - Move 8

Table at the start of move 8

Top left – British hold Hougoumont

Top right – British withdraw from La Haye Sainte

Bottom left –French cavalry prepare to charge British artillery

Bottom right – French advance

French Left

French cavalry cut down gunners between Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte

French have retreated from Hougoumont

French have entered La Haye Sainte

French Right

The guard advance supported by heavy cavalry

D’Erlon advances towards British held ridge

British Left

Picton moves up his reserve infantry to support ridge

British cavalry pinned by guard and heavy cavalry

British Right

Hougoumont is secure

Withdrawal from La Haye Sainte has turned into a rout

British gunners all cut down between La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont

French light cavalry charge British artillery

Despite 10% casualties the French cavalry were able to charge the British artillery

The gunners then test to react.  

If they make their morale they can either fire or evade to supports

They failed the test and were cut down by the French cavalry

The lancers suffered more casualties from the garrison of Hougoumont garden

Wargame Rule 16 covers cavalry v artillery

 

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