Austrians vs Ottomans, the rematch

The Austrians under the Prince of Saveloy are facing the Sultan's hordes, again. This time the Austrians have hired a Brigade of Grenadier Guards from the Grand Duchy of the Blaü, unaware that these are the "Short" Grenadiers in favour at the Court of the Blue Groan, who dislikes having any troops taller than his five feet stature anywhere heard the Altburg palace.

The "short" Grenadiers.

The Austrians advanced outposts have reached Unterhundberg map 39, but found no sign of the enemy.  The Ottomans have just crossed the river and the battle is between point 38 and 39, south of the Hundberg mountain.

Naming a town

     d6           d6         d6

1  Ober    Schwein    aue
2  Unter    Hahn    hof
3  Hoch    Hirsch   Wiese

4  Nieder  Kuh   berg

5  Platt    Frsh   burg

6  Alt      Vogel   dorf

7  Neu     Hund    feld

8  Katz    graben   sien

9  Dau     kafer   land

10 Pferd    Zehn  haus

Scouting the field

1.  It seems that the enemy has chosen to offer battle.  They are drawn up in a good location between you and the objective.

2.  The enemy have gone into a well defended position on your flank.  If you attempt to bypass them you may be vulnerable.

3.  The enemy are nowhere to be seen.  Could they be waiting just off the map?

4.  The enemy are coming to you.  Their General is aggressive and plans to meet you head on

5.  The enemy have split their forces.  Some are in a well defended location to your front but a second group are behind in reserve.

6. To put it bluntly someone has blundered.  The enemy seem to have twice our numbers, and are coming at us from the objective as well as a strong force moving from a second location towards our entry flank.

The Battle of Unterhundburg

The Austrians

Count Saveloy
Baron Pumphosen
Margrave von Weißmehr
Col Heinz Incontinenz
Grenadier  SP7
Musketeer  SP6
Grenzers  SP7
Freikorps  SP4
Cuirassier  SP7
Horse Dragoons  SP6
Light Dragoons  SP5
Hussars  SP6
Heavy Artillery
Horse Artilley Elite

Ottomans

Elite Jannisaries        SP 6J
Jannisaries                  SP5
Conscript Infantry    SP4

Irregular Infantry     SP4
Anatolian Sk               SP3
Kapikulu Cavalry       SP5
Feudal Cavalry           SP4
Light Cavalry              SP3
Heavy Artillery

The Battle

The field of Unterhundberg

And The view from the Danube.

The lines advance.  Initiative is with the Ottomans, but ironically it's the Austrians who advance aggressively.

Off on the flank Pumphosen uses his balls against the Ottoman light horse.

Initiative changes hands.

Von Weißmehr is particularly aggressive.

Count Saveloy is content to volley

and the Jannisaries struggle to reply.

von Weißmehr leads his Grenadiers forward in a march attack.  It devastates the Turkish lines.

The Ottoman infantry is driven back, routed.

Pumphosen attacks the Ottoman Anatolian skirmishers, who run for it.  Anatolians eh! 

King of the hill, and it's one of my new hills!

Quilp has been dangerously exposed.

The Ottoman feudal horse attack von Weißmehr in waves.

But the Margrave stands, and sees them off.  He survives the Officer in combat roll too.

And the Turkish horse is vollied as they withdraw.

Saveloy leads a bayonet charge into the Jannisaries.

Abulbar, the Sultan's right-hand man, is killed.

Quilp pulls back

But the Ottomans are being rolled up.

Von Weißmehr sees off a second feudal horse charge. Again he survives. A six means he earns an epithet!

Game over.  The Austrians win.

Die Altberg Sonne

Like a Mighty Wind he went among the Ottomans and laid them low.

Emperor names Margrave Weißmehr "Die Flatulenz."  Frenchy philosopher Voltaire expounds that this is "the Cleansing Wind of the Age of Reason."  The Emperor rewards Heroic Quincy with marriage to Dowager Duchess of Nienweiller.  He just has to get her out of the Convent and avoid a duel with Colonel Incontinenz, her "Uncle."