Battle of Liebertwolkwitz
14 October 1813
This was a last minute game in one respect.
There was going to be a Blackpowder Napoleonic game and a WRG Napoleonic game. Then it turned out that the BP game was off so we then all ended up with the WRG game and a WWI Aircraft game (of which I have no photos, see what I can do).
While we have a look of troops only about half ended up on the table in the end, but still was a good game.
See the photos below.
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| Austrian Advance Guard on the Allied right flank (what's in the box) |
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| Mass of Allied and French cavalry in the centre, Murat must be proud. |
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| Cossacks, Russian Cuirassiers, Prussian Dragoons, Cuirassiers and Uhlans vs French Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers and Polish Lancers and Chasseurs |
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| Prussian Dragoons and Russian Cossacks see off French Lancers |
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| Russian Cuirassiers seeing off French Dragoons (Looks like Westphalians in front there, mmm) |
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| Russian Cuirassiers awash in French Dragoons (looks like Westphalians again up front, what's going on here) |
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| Westphalians again, there is not suppose to be any Cuirassiers on the French side. |
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| French infantry has arrived, at last. Where have you been guys |
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| Russian cuirassiers vs French Dragoons, surprised the dragoons are still there |
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| The Russians trying to get up and over the central hill, no luck there all day. |
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| A mass of French and Polish light cavalry arrive |
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| Prussian infantry in square Polish Lancers chasing Prussian infantry, where are the men for the guns |
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| More unmanned Prussian guns what's the story with the Prussian artillery |
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| None shall pass |
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| More unmanned artillery on the French right flank/Allied left flank |
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| Captured Prussian guns, but no one to man them, such a pity |
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| Prussian cavalry chasing French cavalry, Prussian jaegers in square on the Allied left centre |
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| Austrians on the right advancing to take on Westphalian infantry (In this case my Austrians were taking on my Westphalians) |
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| Austrian Grenz advancing against French artillery |
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| Austrian artillery fires on the French artillery on the hill |
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| Russian horse artillery gave the French cavalry and artillery on this flank a great deal of trouble. In one counter battery firing this battery destroyed an entire French horse battery by rolling 3 sixes out of four die (that was me, never done that in 40 years of WRG) |
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| Prussian Cuirassiers about to have a go at pursuing French Dragoons |
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| Prussian Uhlans and Cuirassiers moving up in the centre seems no end of Allied cavalry |
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| Russian infantry advancing into the mass of cavalry duels (brave lads, stupid but brave) |
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| Cossacks on the French lancers flank, mmmm |
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| Prussian Dragoons chasing French Hussars, this should be good |
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| Westphalian infantry hiding behind a hill, in square |
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| Prussian jaegers moving up |
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| Forming square in a stream, interesting a disordered square |
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| The Polish Cuirassiers show up, at last some cuirassiers on the French side |
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| Looks like Nassau, but for whom do they fight, in front of Austrian guns, I think that answers the question |
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| Nassau again, chasing Prussians, ahh with the French, they are |
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| French Lancers, Gendarmee Lancers and Chasseurs (being Polish today) |
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| Austrian Cuirassiers behind Westphalian Cuirassiers, French infantry in square, what's the story here |
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| French and Westphalian infantry on the far French left flank |
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| The Grenzier having a go at French artillery |
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| A mass of Allied cavalry, with Russian infantry support, starting to see the end of the French cavalry in the centre |
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| Russian infantry to the rescue |
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| Cossacks still in the fight, not for long |
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| Cossacks again for how long |
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| Prussian infantry getting ready to advance |
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| More French cavalry |
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| French infantry hiding behind the hill from the Austrian Grenz |
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| Those Austrian Cuirassiers seem to be facing the wrong way |
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| Prussians on the left flank seem to be advancing |
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| Nassau again, caught in square in front of a Austrian Battery with Prussian infantry and cavalry closing in |
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| Polish 14th Cuirassiers onward |
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| The bridge is held, still a square in the stream, not sure about it still how an unsteady square would hold up against cavalry |
The day ended with the French barely holding out in the centre, the Prussians advancing against the Poles on the Allied Left Flank and the Austrians advancing onto the French Left Flank.
Still this was a French holding action as the Emperor organized his forces at Leipzig.
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