From the Unicorn to the Palace...

Scenario: The Musketeers: von Messing, Scharfe, Fischer and Hofler, are to escort an incognito VIP from the Unicorn coach house across a market square to one of the palace entrances.

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Von Messing is introduced to the VIP...

Von Messing leads off with Scharfe, Fischer and Hofler with and the VIP in the middle ...

Trouble ahead, two swordsmen block their way...

von Messing and Hofler take them on...

and push them back allowing the VIP, Scharfe and Fischer to move towards the market square...

von Messing downs one, while Hofler wounds the other badly....

As they move into the market square they are set upon by three more swordsmen, directing them is the infamous Hook, by his size is Schwerter ( a mercenary with two swords).... Hofler hangs back and keeps and eye on the VIP while the others are busy ....

Scharfe badly wounds one who falls back; von Messing downs one, but Fischer is just holding off the other.; Hofler and the VIP edge into the square

Two more swords arrive to support the Hook, the two Zwilling sisters....

Schwerter moves into the attack and engages von Messing, the musketeers (with the VIP behind) are being pushed back into a corner by some market stalls....

Scharfe finishes off a badly wounded man and then crosses swords with one of the Zwilling sisters; von Messing is only just about holding his own against the 'two sworded' Schwerter ....

The musketeers have the edge,  Scharfe and von Messing fight Schwerter, with Fischer tussling with the other Zwilling sister.

Schwerter is downed....

Scharfe, Fischer and Hofler take on the Zwilling sisters and the Hook; while von Messing leads the VIP through, a wounded swordsmen makes a brave attempt to block the way....

The Hook has had enough and runs off, the Zwilling sisters also withdraw....

von Messing deals with the swordsman who blocked his way easily...

the VIP is passed into the care of the palace guard....mission over

Northern Hoflandt - Battle of Appelstrudel

The Monrovian army has crossed the border into the Northern Hoflandt, in a belated show of support for their ally Sax-Jarlsberg. Just south of the border town of Appelstrudel they are confronted by a Wittenberg army.... 

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A view of the battlefield (Monrovian forces at the rear of the table, Wittenberg forces at the front); view from the Wittenberg left flank....

a couple of close views of the infantry....

view from the Wittenberg right flank....

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The action starts, the Monrovian horse trot forward....

The infantry on both sides advance...

On the other flank the Monrovian cavalry start to move froward.....

The cavalry clash on one flank, the Monrovians receiving fire from the Wittenberg dragoons..

The infantry advance into musket range...

The cavalry get to grips on the other flank .....

On their right flank the Wittenberg cavalry have pushed back the Monrovians....

The infantry exchange fire......

On the left flank the Wittenberg cavalry have routed the Monrovian cavalry, and start to move against the Croats....

On their right flank Wittenberg cavalry beat and rout the Monrovian cavalry regiment and move straight on into the supporting unit....

Wittenberg's reserve cavalry unit, move towards their left flank....

The last Monrovian cavalry (on their left flank) stand and just hold the Wittenberg attack....

The Wittenberg cavalry pile into the Croats...

The Wittenberg infantry charge home, push of pike and general melee in progress..

The Wittenberg reserve cavalry unit, taking some ineffective fire in the flank from the Monrovian dragoons, start to envelope the flank of the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment...

The Monrovian cavalry is holding on.....

so is the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment.....

the crunch in the centre ....

Cavalry chase routing infantry, the Monrovian reserve infantry regiment forms a schiltron, Wittenberg infantry move froward and round behind the next in line Monrovian regiment....

The allied Croats hold the charge from the Wittenberg cavalry......

The Monrovian cavalry just about hang in there and keep back their attackers....

The the bulk of the Monrovian infantry has turned and run..... the Wittenberg infantry will soon turn to attack the last Monrovian regiment ....

The Croats lose their melee badly and rout, some Wittenberg cavalry chase them off while a regiment reforms....

A Monrovian infantry regiment makes brave last stand as the rest of the army beats a hasty retreat ....

A Victory for Wittenberg..

Battle near Ziegenfeldt...

Saxe-Jarlsberg have sent a small probing force through the hills into the Hoflandt, their presence was detected and a similar sized force of Wittenberg troops now faces them near the town of Ziegenfeldt.

The Wittenberg commander examines the deployment of the Saxe-Jarlsberg troops and gives the order to advance...

Both sides advance slowly....

As they close the artillery opens fire with little effect

As the infantry move into musket range, the cavalry engage on both flanks....

The advancing Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry receive fire and men go down...

They return fire and then slowly move forward to push of pike...

The Wittenberg cavalry win on one flank........

The Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry have the edge on the other flank .....

The infantry are now fully engaged in the centre..... neither side can gain an advantage...

The winning Wittenberg cavalry don't pursue and move round the back of the engaged infantry ...

The Wittenberg cavalry lose on the other flank .....

however the Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry pursue them and then move on to pillage the baggage....

The Wittenberg cavalry attack the Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry in the rear.....

Its all over, the remaining Saxe-Jarslberg infantry run for it .....

A victory for Wittenberg