15mm Napoleonic "The Battle of Uccle", 20th June 1815...the what if Napoleonic wargame heads into day 2!

This is the follow up game to 15mm "The Battle of Hal" Napoleonic wargame we had last November.......

This is one of those games that there wasn't much for me to do but when you're in a room with 7 other good wargamers and Ray having a laugh and enjoying the good atmosphere...it doesn't matter, it helps when you win as well!

Following the defeat yesterday at "The Battle of Hal" the French forces have withdrawn but Napoleon has reinforced them and drives forward again only to find Prince Frederick has withdrawn his army to the Belguim town of Uccle, he also has been reinforced but awaits more reinforcements from Wellington in Brussels.

Prince Jerome Bonaparte (Smithy) is in overall charge again and with the French 6th Division, the unlucky with cavalry Kellerman's 3rd Cavalry Corps (BigLee) but we have experience with Gen Baron Bachelu and his 5th Division (Ian) and I again (Comte Foy) with my 9th Division, the French forces are still heavily reduced with most regiments only at three quarter strength.

Reinforcements were decided by answering questions on the Napoleonic period which no one answered correctly, it explains the late arrival of said troops!!!!!! There were messages being handed out by our umpire which were real fog of war and very unhelpful and that was the obvious point of them.

My role was to pin the allies on their left flank (which had their best troops) and stop them from being used to strengthen their middle and the small town of Uccle, facing me was the L/General Colville (4th British Division). The battle for me and Brian (4th British Division) was a strange and quiet affair with mostly sniping at each other with artillery and manoeuvring for position and looking for a mistake to exploit, I tried to send 3 light regiments through the woods to flank him but by then we had won in the centre with the fall of Uccle to a barrage and the loss of of a brigade commander which caused an allied brigade (1st Dutch) to retire from the battlefield and another allied brigade through melee losses was required to test morale and looked to be failing as well, Prince Frederick (Ray) decided to concede defeat and wished to save the remnants of the allied army for a possible third battle outside of Brussels itself!

A good game again with a win for the French and with most of the army intact, maybe next time we'll see Napoleon himself and maybe the Prussians as well!

Initial set up......

Some new blood and fingers in the shed with Clint and Brian, fellow bloggers as well and Surjit and blog whore Ray.....

French goodness........

Allied resistance.......

More cavalry for Kellerman to lose, he did a lot better this game but emptied a lot of French saddles in the process....

The assault begins.......

A little pic of the figures that represent the Comte Foy and staff........

Some much Legere move through teddy bear fur fields (looked and felt great).....

Brian gets a bit emotional when I shoot at his troops..........

A good view until I spotted the fecking digestives in front of Ray......

One British artillery shot and I've got troops retreating and disordering everything in their path......

A contractual shot of our benevolent tyrant.......

You would think they had never eaten before........

Ray upsets Postie and brings the wrath on himself.......

Clint looks on with bewilderment at the wargamer equivalent of a smackdown continues.......

The Dutch come off the hill to buy time for Allied reinforcements arriving to their rear.......

I ended up with some of Kellerman's cavalry, waiting to be let loose........

The assault on the centre comes to a conclusion where French numbers and aggression count.....

My Legere regiments flanking through the woods......

The British are in for a nasty surprise.......

Most of the 9th division await the order to advance.......

British cavalry arrive too late to change the outcome of the encounter....

An allied view of the French assault on their centre.....

Brunswicker reinforcements arrive at the end........

The small town of Uccle received a barrage from some French heavy artillery and in the fire the brigade commander was killed by some falling masonry.......

....and caused this, the town of Uccle deserted and French troops ready to enter......

Clint and Brian discuss the disaster Ray led them in to......

....and two more honorary Rejects join the ranks!