Tuesday 17 October 2023

ADLG Early Imperial Roman v Ancient British

My Early Imperial Romans took on Simon's Ancient British (actually Gaul's but little to no difference in the lists!). 

The table was fairly open with the Romans slightly stronger on their left and considerably overlapped on the right. Both armies attempted to take advantage of this:


First to engage were the Roman Auxilia on the left, tempting some impetuous Britons out of the safety of a field:

To protect their warriors the chariots charge Legionaries:


The Britons create a gap in the Auxilia line:

On the right the Roman cavalry attempt to hold off numerous Britons:

The situation does not look promising for the Legions with their right being protected by a couple of cavalry facing numerous heavy foot against which they are ineffective:

A gap appears in the Auxiliary line:


On the right the cavalry and Moors battle on but are being flanked by British infantry:


On the left the Auxilia gain the upper hand while the Legions are still pushing forward:


The Legions are slowly being ground down:


The Auxilia have mopped up the remaining British:


The Britons have broken through the Roman lines and are attacking the camp:


The Romans attempt to save the camp:


The camp remarkably holds on despite more Britons assaulting it:


Eventually the camp falls sending the Roman army to defeat:


Back to my old habits of making several positional errors in ADLG games and perhaps not having the best army list I could have had. It was a bit closer than I thought it would be for a while but the loss of the camp tipped the army over the edge, having said that the camp heroically held out for several turns which it really shouldn't have done!

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