We played a fictive battle of the Finnish War; De invasion of Finland and Sweden by the Russian empire under Tsaar Alexander. More about the war one Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_War.
The battle: Steven and Peter are the Russians. Dirk faces them with a much smaller Swedish force.
Both sides have reserves under way. However, the snow is really hindering movement, certainly advancing in line is very slow. This makes the swedish jäger units with their long range fire and mobility a big problem for the Russian players.
Peters division advances following a riverbed as a road. The frosen river being a rather good way to advance. Something the Russian army did in this conflict. This way, the Swedish force is surprised and faces very difficult odds.
Peters force tried an outflanking move
The cossacks move faster than the infantry.
First Russian reinforcements.
A first and second attack of the Russians near the bridge fail, but it is the Russian players tactic . Wearing down the Swedish force that cannot aford losses.
The Swedes have also reinforcments, but the winter conditions , are also for them a problem to maneuver.
The attack over the bridge is forced back
But more reinforcements coming in. The Swedes are outnumbered 2 to 1.
The cossacks have attacked the Swedish jäger and destoyed them.
Bad command dicing resulted in no order reached them to pull back in time.
Nothing can now slow down the Russian outflanking force.
The battle is lost for the Swedes.
The avoid total distruction, the Swedish force starts a retreat.
A final charge of the Russians in march column is driven back, enabeling the major part of the troops to retreat.
Nice fun battle for a winter condition fight in de Napoleonic era.
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