Having had a huge backlog of games reports to write up I've finally caught up as this game was played this week. I'd nagged Simon to include Jacobite Scots in his ADLG-R army lists so it seemed only fair to give him a game with them. Simon went for the historically accurate opponent of Wiliamite English.
The Jacobite army was vast, covering the table in a number of ranks and facing a much smaller but better quality English army:
The Scot's horde advances, surprisingly so does the English:
Irish pike and shot are charged by English horse:
The Jacobite's take shooting hits from the English while their own fire is largely ineffective:
Charrrrrrrrrrge! The Highlanders pile in but have been considerably weakened by musketry:
The charge ends badly with several units breaking:
On the left the Highlanders fare no better:
The second rank of Highlanders hopes the first have weakened the English enough for them to triumph:
They charge and, despite creating a small gap in the English line, the Jacobite army breaks from huge losses:
A totally one-sided massacre with my army putting up no fight what so ever! With such a large army and poor command and control it was hard to make the numbers count really or to rally units when they got hit (Simon was very successful in rallying his units).
One of the options in the Jacobite list is to use 'Dispirited Highlanders' which I didn't select but, in hindsight, it looks like they decided they
were dispirited and I certainly was by the end of the game!
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