ADLG-R Ottoman Turkish v Later Polish

For a change from Cold War Commander Simon and I played a game of ADLG-R on Thursday. I used Ottoman Turks so Simon picked the most suitable opposition, Later Polish, complete with Winged Hussars!

I went for the later version of the army with a centre of musket armed Janissaries and two wings of carbine armed cavalry giving a decent frontage which would hopefully allow me to envelope the Poles.

The Ottomans attacked in the plains. The Poles have a strong right flank of mounted, a mixed German and Polish infantry centre and a left flank based on a hill and a war wagon:

On the left the Ottomans advance their mounted (largely to give them room to evade!) and capture the village with some mounted sharpshooters:

With no artillery the Ottoman infantry also advance with one elite unit being committed to taking the hill. The Ottoman right wing mounted mostly await developments:

Janissaries charge uphill into Polish infantry. Tatar light horse prepare to join in:

Both sides start to take shooting hits:

Impressively the Janissaries sweep the Polish infantry aside in one brutal combat:

Polish cavalry prepare to charge:

The Ottoman cavalry successfully evade but expose a Janissary unit to a cavalry charge:

The overall situation from above:

The Janissaries are making rapid inroads into the Polish infantry centre:

Even the Janissaries charged by cavalry have managed to break their opponents:

Deciding that evading again isn't really sensible and having put a few shooting hits on the Poles the Ottoman cavalry stands when charged:

Janissaries battle on in the centre:

As they are largely at a disadvantage at impact the Ottomans are very happy with a first round of combat that sees them inflict more hits than they take:

The Janissaries are smashing the Polish infantry:

The Ottoman cavalry also achieve a break-through:

The Polish centre and left have collapsed with Janissaries bursting through the lines:

The cavalry fight isn't quite so one-sided but the Turks are still doing well:

With all the Polish infantry wiped out the Poles break and flee everywhere:

An unusually crushing victory for me at ADLG-R, the Ottomans were nowhere near breaking and only lost a single Janissary unit and a couple of cavalry elements. 

If this was down to luck or skill I'm not sure, generally the infantry match-ups favoured me while my mounted did better than expected against Simons superior cavalry (though my guys were actually decent quality all being armoured and half elite).

As ever was nice to get an army I've not used in a long time on the table and try being the Ottomans rather than the Poles for a change.