Also in August the activities at my club do not stop …
Thanks to an Ezio’s idea, at the beginning of the month, some of my club mates
decided to reproduce the Hastings battle using Lion Rampant rule set.
On the table there were around 500 miniatures painted
by different persons (mainly by Riccardo, Flavio, Maurizio and me).
Ezio, Giancarlo lead the Anglo Saxon units while
Aurelian, Flavio and Carlo controlled the invasion forces
Below the Anglo-Saxons troops and …
William the Conquer’s Normans.
Each army requests the help of his gods … the Normans
have the favor of Pope Alexander II and his monks …
while the King Harold Godwinson harangue his men with
the help of his bard
The real battle was fought on October 1066 with
Harold’s forces deployed in a small, dense formation at the top of steep slope
with the flank protected by woods and marshes; the same of the Anglo-Saxon
starting position on our table.
The first movements of Normans is to move archers
against the units on the hill.
Also in October 1066 the Norman archers opened the
battle and the Anglo-Saxons decided to remains behind their shield walls on the
hilltop …but, in our battle, Harold left wing decides to attack directly the
enemies
On the right, Norman cavalry tries to attract down the
Anglo-Saxsons but they held their positions
The Anglo-Saxon Fyrds on the left are followed by
Harold’s housecarls that attack directly on the center the Norman troops
The Anglo-Saxon warriors on the center create with
their axes the first victims
And William is forced to use his cavalry formations
On the left the battle continues …
but on the center Norman cavalry after two attack open
an hole that break the Anglo-Saxon line
At the end also in our battle William the Conquer
wins.
