Scenario H. Attack at Fort Cumberland

The French are attacking Fort Cumberland in strength. Its the last game of the Campaign and the Regt de Lorraine are out to win it.  Meanwhile the 20th foot have finally arrived and are marching onto the field as reinforcements.  


Defenders 12 Points
Attackers 24 Points

 

French  24 Points
 
Regt de Lorraine, Lieutenant Etienne de Grande-Boules, The Fighting Peacock
Trait. Peacock, Nomme de Guerre
Honour 51 points

Lieutenant Alain Chapelier-Brun, (Nice loud voice)
Honour 10

1 Group Shock, Grenadiers Regt de Lorraine @6
2 groups of Regular Line Regt de Lorraine @12
1 group Coureurs de Bois (lead by the traitor Enoch Petain)
1 Battalion Gun Regt de Lorraine
1 Large Aggressive group Native Americans

 British 12 Points
The Fort

Officer
Ensign Roger Ewes (the favourite nephew)
2 groups of Maryland Militia, Lieutenant Quincy Adams Wagstaff @3 points each
1 group Line Infantry 20th Foot @ 4 points each
1 Light Gun

 

Fort Cumberland

The French assault lines

And a practicable breach

The French move in

French grenadiers assault the breach

After a hard fight the French Grenadiers break into the fort.  Ensign Ewes and his men are sent reeling.  Worse still the Maryland Militia abandon the walls and flee.

A second group of French musketeers break into the fort.  The day is lost.

Quincy Wagstaffe Adams and his men of the Maryland Militia are the only survivors, pursued into the woods by French Light Infantry.

Phase 2: Reinforcements

The reinforcments begin to arrive on the Eastern table edge only after the fort is lost.  Its an unsatisfactory end to the campaign since the French victory was made easy by the poor timing (dice for arrival luck) of the reinforcements.  Captain Barfe-Chunks and the 20th arrive too late to intervene and must march back to Maryland.  

An enjoyable mini campaign with some great games. The rules are pretty easy to get along with and allow some nice solo mechanics.  It also allowed me to dig out the 10mm 18th century figures and inspired me to paint the Jacobites for the next phase of my 18th century wargames exploration.