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| Situation after three turns |
I start in area 4 with the two-strength infantry, who fire at the French cavalry directly ahead. The two dice are increased thanks to support from General Edward Paget, and I roll an amazing 6, 6, 5, eliminating the enemy unit. My three-strength infantry shoot at the French cavalry to their front, the three dice increased thanks to the commander, and again I come up lucky, rolling 6, 5, 5, 1, eliminating another enemy unit.
General Paget moves in front of the artillery, who do not have a target in line-of-sight, so he can support the infantry in area 2 as they shoot at the French right-flank infantry. The four dice are increased thanks to the commander's presence, and I roll 6, 6, 4, 4, 1. That destroys two bases, and forces the surviving base to fall back two hexes. My cavalry, no longer able to charge the same infantry unit, fall back a hex to be out of range of the French infantry if they advance in the next half-turn.
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| This is probably the best half-turn I have had in Battles Of Napoleonic Europe, especially when you consider both the eliminated units were cavalry, which are much more likely than infantry to get past my men and exit at the bottom of the map - the happening I have to prevent to win the scenario |
The AI's activation dice land 6, 6, 5, 4. Wildcard 6s are rerolled, becoming 5, 3.
In area 3 the cavalry leave the shelter of Cacabelos and advance two hexes.
There are no French units in area 4, but in area 5 the two-strength infantry shoot at my two-strength infantry. The three dice are increased thanks to support from General Colbert-Chabanais, landing 5, 4, 2, 2, eliminating a base and forcing my surviving base to withdraw a hex. The one-strength French infantry enter the river hex and want to shoot at my three-strength infantry, but their two dice are cancelled by having to fire after moving and by being in a river hex.
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| The battle is certainly not over, but the Allied cause is surely in the ascendancy |
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