BATTLE OF CARRION, TURN 21

It was another night of twists and turn in our fictional battle between Moore and Soult.  On the Allied right, the French have pushed across the river and are doing what they can to menace the Spanish, drawing first blood in the process.

Over on the French right, the British to continue to press Merle's Division back against Carrion, though some of the threat has been removed by the counter-attack of the French reserves.

Still, the British continue to press across with their reserves in sight just by the convent in the distance.

The battle is still very much in the balance and still no Delaborde!  Did they sleep in this morning?

BATTLE OF CARRION, TURN 18

More gaming this last week with us now at Turn 18.  We finally saw some action on the French left with the latter plunging across to harass the Spanish troops facing them.  Could this be the precursor of the arrival of Delaborde's Division?

In the centre, the Baird's Division has valiantly pushed across the river and now occupy half of Carrion! French dragoons detached from Lorge's Division have temporarily pushed them back, but there are still a lot of British converging on the gap to try and widen the breakthrough.

Lastly, on the French right flank, Hope and Paget's Divisions have pressed the French into a tight pocket and are also threatening to turn the entire flank.

It is still a closely fought battle and the Allies still have the initiative overall.  Although the French have lost one division (the cavalry of Franchesci), they still have plenty of fight left in them.  But the battle isn't even at the half way point, so there is still a lot of fighting to be done before this battle is resolved.

BATTLE OF CARRION, TURN 17

We played another three turns last Wednesday.  Is it getting repetitive to say that things were still quiet on the French left..?

Over to the French right where it was a bad night to be under the host's command.  First off, Giradin's Chasseur Brigade took a cue from Debelle's Brigade and under performed, breaking after losing two separate melees against their British counterparts.  If this wasn't bad enough, the 2nd Leger, which had been doing a credible job holding the centre of my line, broke after losing a lowly skirmish fight against the 95th line!  You can see the end result in the photo below.

The entire French right is now in some jeopardy and it will be interesting to see if they can hold in the face of the well-coordinated British onslaught.

BATTLE OF CARRIOR, TURN 14

More close battle on last Wednesday night.  The French, jealous of the great Spanish parade on the Allied right, have gone one better by adding in a musical ride of their own with Lorge's Dragoons.

 Meanwhile, the French cavalry continue their sub-standard performance, winning an initial melee but then blowing the 90% chance of victory that they had in the follow-up attack.  The British have also broken into the centre of Soult's position, even occupying part of Carrion with a battalion.

Things are heating up, but Delaborde continues to take the scenic route in his march towards the battle.