Sharp Practice Napoleonic French v Spanish

An outing for my 28mm French against Gary and Jerry using Spanish. The objective was to rescue a spy held in the courtyard of the building on the left:

Spanish Line appear on the road into town:

French Voltigeurs deploy and quickly rescue the unguarded (for some reason!) spy:

Hoping to distract the Spanish Line infantry French Dragoons deploy on their flank, if they can charge in before the Spanish turn around it could be messy:

Adding to the Spanish problems the Voltigeurs manage to shoot one of the Spanish:

The plan is executed! Dragoons at the gallop crash into the Spanish flank:

Considering they have every advantage possible the Dragoons don't do well killing only two men and forcing the Spanish to retreat:

More shooting from the Voltigeurs reduces Spanish numbers further:

The Spanish turn and face the Dragoons who prepare to charge again:

Meanwhile masses of Spanish guerrillas and milita are held off by a second group of Voltigeurs covering the escape of the prisoner:

This time the Dragoons smash the Spanish routing them:

The Voltigeurs with the prisoner start their dash to safety:

The main French infantry body arrives together with a horse artillery gun:

The Dragoons and Voltigeurs make rapid progress:

It looks like nothing can stop them now:

The prisoner is taken to safety:

We played on for a few moves as the game hadn't taken long. The Dragoons try charging frontally Spanish infantry along the road:

Heavy losses on both sides, the Dragoons fall back:

The Spanish have shot down the French gun crew and the game has drawn to a close:

A fun game which again perhaps showed the unbalanced nature of SP scenarios which depend very much on when and how many units you can activate each round. 

With the French gaining control of the prisoner quickly and having units turn up much quicker than the Spanish there wasn't much Gary and Jerry could do to influence the outcome especially as the Volitgeurs escorting the prisoner moved with great rapidity! 

The game certainly looked great with Gary and Jerry's scenery which really added to the overall look.