In September
my club was involved in “Volvera 2015 - Exhibition”. The event is annually
linked to the Marsaglia battle reenact-
a battle fought in my region (Piedmont) at the end of XVII century – but for 2015 edition the
promoters asked us to present Waterloo battle.
Thanks to the
preparation of Ezio (another club member) we recreate a part of the battle:
D’Erlon’s attack.
The scenario
is prepared for 28mm and requires around 500 miniatures.
During the
real battle, D’Erlon’s attack was the French unlucky attempt to break
Wellington lines repelled by English cavalry that arrived till French
batteries.
We presented
the scenario for two days and we played it twice with Black Powder rules.
Miniatures
are all painted by me (French forces plus a couple of English battalions) and
Alberto (all English cavalry, Dutch forces and the remaining English units).
In the first
scenario we played, the French tried to create on the right the "grande
batterie" to permit the break in the centre …
… unfortunately
the French columns broke against Dutch units and English cavalry charged them
... French cuirassiers were too far.
In the second
game, French artillery was deployed in the centre and the cuirassiers forced the
Dutch to form squares …
… this time it is
the English cavalry that arrived too late.
During the two days the weather was cloudy and the miniatures exhibition was in a building not in the centre of town so the numbers of visitors was limited. The event was the opportunity to play for a weekend and to see again some club members.
An now a couple of
picts …
The Black Gordon
waiting on the slope
Napoleon and part
of his HQ
The KGL lines
French commanders
A special thanks to all La Piccola partecipants: Paolo M., Alberto M., Alberto F., Riccardo G.
