Maurice does Fontenoy

The Battle of Fontenoy was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought on 11 May 1745, a French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe faced the Pragmatic Army of 52,000, led by the Duke of Cumberland.

Allied Order of Battle 

Dutch: 

1 Elite Regular Infantry (Garde te Voet & Grenadiers) 

3 Trained Regular Infantry 

1 Elite Regular Cavaly (Guard Dragoons) 

1 Trained Regular Cavalry 

1 Artillery 

Anglo-Allied: 

1 Elite Regular Infantry 

6 Trained Regular Infantry (2 British,4 Hanoverian) 

1 Elite Regular Cavalry (Guards) 

1 Trained Regular Cavalry 

2 Artillery 

National Advantages: Lethal Volleys, Steady Lads. 

Army Morale: 18.

French Order of battle 

3 Elite Regular Infantry (Gardes, Swiss, Irish) 

8 Trained Regular Infantry 

2 Elite Regular Cavaly (Gardes/Gendarmes, Cuirassiers du Roi) 

4 Trained Regular Cavalry 

3 Artillery 

National advantges: à la Baïonnette.

ArmyMorale: 18.

The French objective marker represents not only the army’s line of communication, but also the immense ensemble of lords, ladies, and earthly delights accompanying King Louis XV, who was a spectator to the battle.  Maurice called this "the travelling whorehouse. " Consequently, allied capture of the objective ends the game immediately.

Notables

French Service

La Duc du Pommesfrittes

In Allied Service

Alan Breck Stuart.

Massed cavalry battle on the Right.

A pounding from the French guns

Allied Dragoons defend the redoubt

The Duke moves up his line

King Louis watches from the comfort of his coach

Saxe leads his Cavalry in

Hussar!

And an oops!

The Duke is hit by a whiff of grape.

The Currassier charge

It's all mixed up on the flank.

It's a bold attempt!  The French have allied cavalry in their rear now.

The shock markets tell the story of how bloody this is getting.

The French guns hold on. 

But it's the allies who are winning.

Once again those damned French guns deal damage.

But French morale fails.  The Duke has won!

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