Refighting Fontenoy (part eight)

TURN 10

The battlefield at the start of turn 10

De Saxe won the initiative, opted to go first and rolled 3 (right) and 6+1 (left) action points.
The Cuirassiers du Roi charged round the rightside of the fortifications of Fontenoy and slammed into the flank of the Oranje-Groningen Foot, who were completely swept away, although they did manage one hit on the horsemen.
On the French left de Saxe's artillery and the Alsace Foot failed in their firing, but the depleted Wittmer Foot scored a hit on The Green Horse, who narrowly passed a morale test.
I rolled 8 (right) and 6 (left) action points.
I achieved nothing on the left flank, and on the right both my artillery batteries and the full-strength von Klinkowström Foot failed to score a hit. But The Buffs had more success, inflicting a hit on the Alsace Foot, who promptly disintegrated thanks to poor morale. The other notable action in this part of the battlefield occurred when The Green Horse charged the remains of the Wittmer Foot. Both units scored a hit, which reduced the horsemen to 50% effectiveness but eliminated the Swiss.
Army points at the end of turn 10: the French have lost 8pts out of 36; the allies have lost 15pts out of 34 (and so are 3pts away from losing the battle).

The Pragmatic left, having to all intents and purposes given up hope of capturing Fontenoy

The situation between Fontenoy and the Bois de Barry

TURN 11
De Saxe won the initiative (thanks to his +1 modifier), opted to go first and rolled 10 (right) and 10+1 (left) action points.
He ordered all units on his right, apart from the artillery and the Normandie Foot in Fontenoy, to advance, with the Genderames de la Garde, who are part of the right command, charging the Green Horse, who were eliminated. My unit inflicted two hits on the gendarmes, but one was negated by a saving throw (the gendarmes wear breastplates). There was further bad news for the Pragmatic cause when the Normandie Foot inflicted a hit on the Buddenbrock Foot, who promptly failed a morale test (they would have been all right if there had been rear support) and so lost a further 25% effectiveness and fled.
On the other flank The Buffs suffered a hit from artillery fire, but their morale held. Then the Queen's Own Dragoons suffered three hits from the Poitou Foot. The Chasseurs de Fischer emerged from the wood to also fire at the dragoons, but ineffectively. The Beaufremont Dragoons charged the von Klinkowström Foot, who were unable to get off a volley because the dragoons started from less than a musket-shot away. The dragoons won the melee by three hits to two, prompting the Hanoverians to flee. And on testing the morale of the Queen's Own Dragoons, who had suffered three hits from the Poitou Foot, it turned out the survivors had broken up (in other words the unit was eliminated).
Army points at the end of turn 11: the French have lost 8pts out of 36; the allies have lost 17pts out of 34.
With defeat inevitable, I conceded.

The Duke of Cumberland has the unblooded Royal Horse Guards to his right but otherwise cuts rather a lonely figure

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