Game Four: Gut Althof: Red vs Blue

Game Four: Gut Althof

Gut Althof:  Attack an Objective
The young Lord
A young Officer in your force is a Viscount.  The mission is to keep him alive.  Dice for his character.
Blue have occupied a strong point on the flank of the main force with an elite battalion of Grenadiers.  In response Red have detached the 4th Foot to take the position.
Although this is a battalion level game I`m using my Company sized forces to represent it.  My forces are built with this in mind, the French "Blue" for instance have six groups, including Voltiguer and Grenadier groups.

Red 4th Foot
Captain James Dale (Stout)
Lieutenant Bernie Cribbins, Viscount Spitalfields  (Rash)
Sergeant Pete Butterworth  (Poltroon)
2 Groups Skirmishers
4 Groups Line

The Blue Guard Infantry
Regimento Monza Azul (The Blue Nuns)
Louis, Compte de Pantalones Status III  (Poseur)
Ensign Robin Askwith Status I  (Peeping Tom)
4 Groups Grenadiers
Lieutenant Nick Parsons  Status II  (Dilatory)
1 Groups Cacadores

(These are my Portuguese battalion for the Peninsular.  
First time in action for these guys)

Gut Althof  a hilltop farm.

The young Viscount and his skirmishers appear

Turn out the farm is filled with four companies of Blue guards

Blue cacadores arrive, commanded by Nick Parsons?

Captain Dale and his snaking red column

The skirmishers get stuck into each other

Incident at the farmhouse as a kit inspection is begun by the martinet in command

Captain dale gets the 4th into line

The Red Skirmishers do well in avoiding casualties,
but their young aristocratic Officer is shot through the chinstrap.

The Blue Cacadores are driven off

Blue prepare for the assault 

And the first volley is a great one.  14 hits from the 4th.

Eight kills three shock.  That is two kills for each of the Blue Grenadier Companies.  But on risk to their Officers Blue roll a disaster.  both are killed.  Blue morale fails.

Red assault the Farm as Blue rout.  Hoorah for Brave Captain Dale, but awkward questions about the safety of the Young Viscount will follow.