ADLG Early Imperial Romans v Gauls

In my third post-lockdown game at the club my Early Imperial Romans took on Simons Gauls (though I was expecting Ancient British and will refer to them as such from now on!).

The two armies face off:

Roman Auxilia move into the plantation to hold the left flank:

The British storm forwards on their right where they can make their numbers tell:

Legionaries await the onrushing warriors:

A rare view from the British lines. The Emperor Claudius can be seen watching carefully from his tent:

The British attack the Auxilia in the plantation. One unit is killed and the second takes two hits. Not a good start for Rome:

The two lines clash! The Romans will need to break through quickly as their left flank is crumbling away rapidly:

On the Roman right there is better news as they drive the Britons back:

The Legion starts to cut through the British infantry creating gaps and exploiting them:

Much of the British line has been wiped out but the Romans have lost many support troops:

The British army breaks. One Roman cavalry unit needs to hold on for the Romans to survive. The gap between the British chariot and infantry unit bottom left shows that it failed to do so resulting in a mutual destruction!:

Another enjoyable game, at first I thought Simon would win quite easily after demolishing my left flank (commanded by a General who lost every unit he stood next to in the game one after another!) but the Legions cut through the warband quickly helped by the comedy mixed elephant and camels unit which accounted for a few more elements and some very accurate shooting from the sole unit of Roman archers.