Refighting Hohenfriedberg (part six)

Overview from behind the Austro-Saxon left at the start of turn five

TURN FIVE
Frederick again chose to go first (this is the last turn the Prussians automatically get the initiative), and rolled 2 (left), 8+1 (centre) and 1 (right).
His artillery failed to score a hit, but on the Prussian right he used his one pip to get the King's Hussars to charge the fleeing Adeliges Kadettenkorps in the back, eliminating them. In the centre his von Leps Foot surged forward and fired a volley that finished off the Los Rios-Deutschmeister Grenadiers.

Looking from behind Günthersdorf in the Austro-Saxon centre

I rolled 2 (left), 3 (centre) and 6 (right).
My central artillery batteries scored three potential hits on the von Leps Foot, but none became an actual hit. However, I successfully rallied the Baden-Baden Foot, narrowly stopping them from leaving the battlefield. On the right I continued sending forward my reserve horse, and on the left I swung the Niesemeuschel Foot to face the threat from the victorious Prussian right.

Looking from above Günthersdorf to the Austro-Saxon left

After five turns the Prussians have lost five of 34 army points and the Austro-Saxons have lost six of 40.

TURN SIX
We diced for the initiative. I rolled a 6 but it was tied when Frederick rolled a 5, which counted as 6 thanks to his +1 modifier for being an exceptional general. Frederick won the re-roll and elected to go first, rolling 1 (left), 5+1 (centre) and 6 (right).

He used his sole left-flank action pip to get his jäger to fire at and finish off my depleted Graf von Brühl Foot. In the centre his 2nd von Hacke Foot scored three hits on the Königin Foot, whose morale failed them, and his over-achieving von Leps Foot inflicted two hits on the Prinz von Sachsen-Hildburghausen Foot, although the latter passed its morale test. On the Prussian left the yellow-coated Prinz von Preussen Cuirassiers charged my Fürst von Batthyány Dragoons. Both squadrons inflicted two hits, with the cuirassiers narrowly failing to cancel one of theirs when a die roll produced a 5 instead of the required 6.

The cavalry melee between Thomaswaldau and Halbendorf

I rolled 5 (left), 6 (centre) and 3 (right).
The slide in Austro-Saxon fortunes was somewhat halted when the Saxon battery was able to fire canister at the 1st von Hacke Foot. A throw of 6 meant three potential hits, two of which became actual hits, wiping out the remains of the Prussian battalion. I had more success on this flank when the Prié-Turinetti stepped forward and, despite a -1 modifier for moving, fired an accurate volley at the 2nd von Hacke Foot, inflicting two hits. The Prussian unit's morale collapsed, causing it lose a further 25% effectiveness and to flee. In the centre the previously all-conquering von Leps Foot suffered a hit from roundshot and from the Prinz von Sachsen-Hildburghausen Foot, but the battlaion's morale was steady. In the big cavalry confrontation between Thomaswaldau and Halbendorf, my Eugen von Savoyen Dragoons charged Frederick's von Posadowski Dragoons.

Two cavalry melees to resolve beside the Striegauer Wasser

My Fürst von Batthyány Dragoons won the second round of their melee against the Prinz von Preussen Cuirassiers, wiping out the latter. The all-dragoon melee was tied with two hits apiece.
After six turns the Prussians have lost eight of 34 army points and the Austro-Saxons have lost 10 of 40.

Overview at the end of turn six