Ottoman Army Review....

Reviewing my 40mm Ottoman army; the main purpose is to check what I have, if anything needs adding (or replacing) so that I can do a last casting run on the very tired moulds before they go in the bin (the figure masters will be kept just I case..).

So here are the assembled troops...

Overall I have as much as I can use and nothing really needs adding. With the Tatars as allies it's a big enough force and a good match for the Polish army. So I'll be off down the garage sometime to ferret out the moulds for disposal - anything that has a generic use like the horse variant I'll keep.

Polish V Ottomans: A Cavalry Engagement

 I thought I ought to get the tweaked Polish cavalry form the previous couple of posts onto the the table this year; so for the last game before Xmas, in a scenario loosely adapted from one of the 'Fire and Sword' books - forces from Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth will have to defeat an Ottoman Turkish force.

I used a cut down version of my 17C home-baked rules for a sort of 'fast play', to give a simpler game with this cavalry encounter; routed units and casualties removed as the game moved on...

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The two armies initial deployment,  the Ottoman force ...

The Polish: Winged Hussars, Pancerni, Light Cav and Lithuanian Tartars

The light cavalry units on both side move forward....

they clash ......

in the centre the green unit of polish Light cavalry defeats and routes two units of Ottoman cavalry and is then met by another Ottoman light cavalry unit; the blue unit of Polish light cavalry are beaten and rout their place taken by a supporting unit of Pancerni...

The Ottoman cavalry move forward on their right and are met by some Tartars

And then receive a flank attack for a unit of Pancerni

The elite Ottoman cavalry join the fray, attacking the Pancerni

The elite Ottoman cavalry defeat the Pancerni

The Ottomans seem to getting the upper hand  .....

The Winged Hussars charge into the elite Ottoman cavalry... while the Tartars push on and into the next Ottoman unit...

The Winged Hussars practically wipe out the elite Ottoman cavalry unit and kill the Ottoman commander as well; then they move on into the next block of Ottoman cavalry, who hold the charge just ...

The Winged hussars regroup and are about to plough through the remaining Ottoman cavalry with the Tartars hitting them in the flank...

a bad day for the Ottomans

a win for the Polish

Chocim 1621 - part of battle - disperse the attack

The Battle Of Chocim, was a combined siege and series of engagements between 2/Sep & 9/Oct 1621, between Polish-Lithuanian and invading Ottoman forces; for full description see....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khotyn_(1621)

An informative plan map of battle, with some useful info on (in Polish) can be found here...

https://s.twojahistoria.pl/uploads/2017/10/bitwa-pod-chocimiem-1621.jpg

I decided to setup my gaming table to run through a scenario based on an engagement on 7/Sep when a small force of Polish cavalry (Hussars & Reiters) dispersed a large Ottoman attack.  For the setup I used my 17C Polish troops, a couple of units form my 17C Pike & Shot collection plus my 18C Ottoman style army (which is usable for 17C). Almost all figures in use are my own home-casts.

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A view of part of the Polish defences.....

The Hussars, supported by Reiters, move out to attack the approaching Ottomans...

The Ottoman attack force ...

The Polish cavalry charge .....

The Hussars and Reiters smashed through the Spahis and then into the infantry - result attack in tatters and dipsersed.  

Not much of a challenging scenario, but a lot of fun to setup the table and to 'play with my toys'  😁