As you noticed in my previous posts I have had a smal 24hour run of fixing up a 200p Muskets & Tomahawk Provincial force for the club game last night.
We run a 400 point game on 8 players! and it worked realy nice, M&T work very fine with multiple players on each side.
OOB
British
1xProvincial Officer
2x12 Trained Provincials (Fielded as regulars i.e. geting the Firing Line trait.)
1xIrregular Officer
2x8 Rangers
1x6 Bloodthirsty Indians
French
1xRegular Officer
1x8 Regulars
1x6 Canadian Militia
1x6 Bloodthirsty Indians
1xRegular Officer
2x8 Regulars
1x6 Bloodthirsty Indians
The British force had to burn the village and the French to protect it.
Here comes the first hand account from Sergeant Johnson of the New Jersey Provincials:
It was during the summer of -57, I was with the 2nd company of the Jersey Blues. Captain Parker had planed an attack on a small French settlement.
The raid was conducted by the 1st and 2nd company supported by a company of Rangers and some Indian allies and the order was to burn the place to the ground.
We marched along the trail to the village with colours flying and drums setting the pace, The Rangers and Indians advanced through the forest on our right right flank. We expected the inhabitants to have fleed the field...
As we approaced the outskirts of the village we could see some movement amongst the houses, but Captain Parker urge us to march on and get the business done as he wanted home to supper...
Quite unexpected a company of Frensh regulars emerged from the village and delivered a devastating volly bring a third of the first companys men to the ground...
Just by Captain Parkers stediness the company hold their ground and continued a steady advance towards the village and the enemy...
When on close range the Jersey Blues 1st company formed a line and sent a promt responce to the Frensh insault. Regardless of the first casulties, and the fact that our indian allies alread had bailed out, we felt that we had the upper hand of the froggys...
Several vollys was delivered from both sides, the smell of gun powsder was immense...
As our 1st company had a shootout with 2 French companys our Rangers had advanced thorward the village for a flanking action...
The Ranger company, that was advancing to flank the french line infantry, was caught by a group of bloodthirsty indians that didn´t leave a single one of them standing...
I now seized the initiative and ordered the 2nd Company to make swift advance to the left and form a firing line behind a fence to support the 1st company in there shootout with the froggys...
All occupied by shoting at the froggys on the other side of the field, I didn´t notice the small group of indians that was advancing to flank our firing line...
At the same time as our 1st company was routed, by the concentrated french fire, my own company was in disintegration after a fierce flank attack by some bloodthirsty indians, I didn´t see them coming and suddenly I was running for my life with the few remains of the 2nd company...
Captain Parkers desperatly tried to rally the few remain of his 2 companys but was soon overwhelmed by the victorious indians...
As I was running against the forest I saw poor Captain Parker get scalped and as I reached the saftey of the woods several of my fleeing comrades fell by enemy fire...
It was a true dissaster almost 2 companys of Jersey Blues was gone, I still awake at night dreaming nightmares about the battle, in the end we where just a few managing to get back for evening supper...
Sergeant Johnson
New Jersey Provincials
Even ending up on the loosing side this time we had once again a greate game of Muskets & Tomahawks. The Rules worked really nice even with 8 players. I will try to play the Provincials in a bit smaller groups next time to get more flexibility and I might paint a bit more details on the as even geting their butts kicked they put up a real fight...
