During the last two Saturdays Ezio and Alberto have
decided to play the Battle of Guildford Court House using Black Powder rules.
This battle was fought during the American Revolutionary war between the
American and the British forces
It is not unusual that in the Club we play this period
… we have a certain quantity of miniatures … but it is not usual that we play
with these soldiers …
They are the “paper soldiers” created by Peter
Dennis. Some months ago, Ezio and Alberto started their “cut and paste” work
to be able to prepare the table below
The Revolutionary forces and …
… the troops of His Majesty
The battle of Guildford Court House was fought on
March 15, 1781 between a 2,100 man British force under the command of
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and Major General Nathanael Greene’s
4,000 Americans
I've tryed in the lines below to write a kind of
battle report
The British regiments that are arriving on the field …
… and then they take position
The English commanders, Webster and Leslie, start
their attack and …
… the revolutionary troops are forced to move back
into the wood
On the flanks, the American skirmishers try to slow
down the advance but …
... the Royal cavalry contrasting them
The American Commander decided to launch two brigades
into the struggle
But the British troops hold the line even if Americans
try to attack them on the flank
At the end the Royal Army win the battle
Also in the real history Guilford Court House was a
British victory but they lost around the 27% of the total strength and so they
were forced to retreat giving the possibility to the Americans to regain the
control of the south
