Great Northern War- Solo Effort. Swedes vs Russians.

 

Taking my Great Northern War Russians and Swedes out I decided to give them a solo run on the table on the  back deck one afternoon.

The Swedes had to cross the shallow slow flowing river and push the Russians off their defensive position.  The Russian position was held with only Infantry and Artillery , but was well sited, facing the river. The Russian flank was a little in the air, but the expected arrival of a Brigade of Russian Dragoons was supposed to fix that.....it nearly worked.

A fun little game that saw my some of GNW stuff on the table for the first time.

The Plan of attack for the Swedes- white arrows.
The arriving Russian cavalry indicated by the red arrow.
The Blue square indicates the Dal Regiment which was ordered to just hold that bank....but they did a lot more than that....

Table set up

Russian artillery on the hill

Strong Russian position.

The Dal Regiment- alone with artillery facing the main Russian position. It's job was to basically be a target for the Russian guns. But that didn't happen. A randomised die roll and the Regiment started advancing from the start..against the Russian on the hill. 

The Swedish main body- crossing at a gap in the Russian lines.

The Russian guns- all focussed on the Dal Regt.

GA PA!!

Small Swedish guns attempting counter-battery fire against the much heavier Russian field pieces.

Dal Regt starts to advance

Main Swedish force crossing the river.

Russian Dragoons on the Russian right moving to block the Swedes.

The Swedes have moved fast and crossed the river.

Ignoring the Russian Infantry, the Swedish cavalry race to block the Russian Dragoons- they did receive a long distance Russian volley...ineffective. It just made them angry.

Swedish Cavalry receive a volley- passed the charge home test and hit the Russian infantry.

The Infantry advance quickly to support the cavalry.

Cavalry Clash. The Russian Dragoons won this fight....then lost every subsequent action. 

The Dal regiment reaches the guns after taking some horrendous casualties......

After taking out the guns the Dal hits a Russian column.......

Swedish infantry sweeping up the hill

The last knot of Russian resistance

The Swedes win a comprehensive victory.

The Russian in their box.

The Swedes!