Refighting Fontenoy (part three)

TURN ONE

All is ready for our refight of the Battle of Fontenoy

The dice-off for initiative was tied 5-5, which meant de Saxe won thanks to his +1 modifier. He asked me to go first.
So what is my plan?
It is easy when reading accounts of the Battle of Fontenoy to dismiss the Duke of Cumberland as an incompetent fool who only achieved command of the Pragmatic army thanks to his father being George II.
There is some truth in that, but perhaps Cumberland's biggest mistake at Fontenoy was trying to fight the battle at all - de Saxe's position was so strong.
One obvious way to try to improve on Cumberland is to clear the wood of French light infantry, or at least to engage them so they cannot provide flanking fire against a British-Hanoverian advance.
But clearing the Bois de Barry will do nothing about flanking fire from the Barry redoubt, or about flanking fire that will come from Fontenoy if, as in 1745, the Dutch fail to take the village.
So instead of following Cumberland's general plan, I am going to try to concentrate on taking Fontenoy, using my right wing to support the Dutch attack.
This is by no means an easy choice as my right will be exposed to attack from the French left. However, it is the plan I have settled for and, if successful, I will have effectively cut the French army in two. Then will be the time to decide whether to try to crush the French right or the French left.
I rolled 9 (right) and 4 (left) action points.
On the left I started advancing the Dutch front-rank to attack Fontenoy. Rather as happened in 1745, the Dutch showed a disappointing reluctance, with the Smissaert Foot and the artillery battery only moving 4.5cm thanks to the move-variation rule.
By contrast, no unit on the Pragmatic right dragged its feet. Indeed the Royal-Buffs Grenadiers swung towards Fontenoy with a pleasing display of enthusiasm, covering, thanks to the move-variation rule, 7.5cm instead of the usual 6cm.

View from above Fontenoy of the allied advance

De Saxe rolled 12 (left) and 7 (right), with the left, thanks to his +1 modifier, counting as 13.
With his artillery out of range of allied troops, de Saxe contented himself with advancing the Chasseurs de Fischer through the Bois de Barry, and generally edging other units forward, particularly on the French right.

Activity on the French right