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Pictures of the game played Sunday Feb. 10th 2019 - Refight of the battle of Durenstein from the "roll up that map" campaign guide with the ESR! v2 rules.

Scale 1"=100 yards.

Miniatures are : AB 18mm & Blue-moon 18mm. AB 18mm are painted by professional painter Laurent Groscolas.

 

I didn't take picture of the beginnings of the battle. The French Division of Gazan and the Brigade of Graindorge attack the column of Miloradovitch and pushed it back in a retreat to the town of Stein.

Now the French continue the assault.

 

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The Frenchies are arriving!

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On the left the Graindorge brigade composed of 3 battalions of the 4ème légère and 1 battalion of carabiniers (AB 18mm figures).

On the right the line battalions of Gazan's Division.(Blue-moon 18mm).

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Kutuzov and Miloradovitch.

2 squadrons of the Mariupol hussars, 1 battery of artillery (AB 18mm figures).

4 battalions of musketeers and 1 of grenadiers (Blue-moon 18mm figures).

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The castle of Dürenstein.

The Column of Miloradovitch was broken and retired to Krems to reform and regroup.

The French Reform and consolidated theirs Formations on the village of Rothenhof.

The Russian Column of Strick emerged from the mountain pass..

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Strick and 2 jäger battalions (AB 18mm figures).

6 battalions of musketeers (Blue-moon 18mm figures).

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The French awaiting the Russians in the vineyards around Rothenhof.

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In the distance the Miloradovitch's return...

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The attack of the last chance for Miloradovitch...

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Gazan's Division pushed back once again Miloravitch whereas Graindorge's Brigade repulsed the Column of Strick in the vineyards near the castle.

The squadron of the 1st hussars destroyed a musketeer battalion on the road to the town of Dürenstein...

The column of Dokhturov emerged from the mountain pass...

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The Column of Strick breaks...

The last russian reinforcement are arriving...

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In the far distance Miloradovitch is pursued by Gazan.

Strick is breaking on the road and will encouter the French Division of Dupont arriving on that same road.

Dokhturov try to take Dürenstein whereas the French hussars are crushing their Russian counterpart on the road in Dürenstein...

We ended the game. The Russians were severely battered and only the 6 battalions of Schmidt were still fresh...whereas the French have no loss.

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