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I'm Dave and live in Morpeth, Northumberland in the UK.
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I am a painter/collector of figures first and a wargamer second. My thrill in this great hobby of ours is to place that final well researched & painted unit into the cabinet. The actual gaming with the figures is an important but secondary experience, we all like to win, but it isn't the be all and end all of it, being with good friends and having fun is.
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Dave.

Sunday 7 April 2019

10mm WSS. Cutt's assault column, Blenheim 1704

Though not completed yet I thought I'd set out the figures I have for the left hand attack on the village of Blenheim. As you can see I still have to paint up St Paul's fourth line in the column which comprised five Hanoverian battalions and some of the French battalions directly to the rear of Blenheim. The French Gendarme squadrons are partially represented but to get them all on I will need both a larger table and an extension to the house!
Other than that what you see is what was there on the day. I based the size of the village of Blenheim upon which French battalions physically fit into it, their footprint as it were but I am also grateful to Jeff Berry's fantastic Obscure Battles site with the most wonderful maps of this and other battles, find that Here

For today I will concentrate on the dispositions as just before Cutt's column was about to cross the boggy Nebel stream which stretched right across the battlefield. In subsequent posts I will attempt to play out the initial part of the assault using my adaptation of David Brown's General D' Armee.

Two views of Blenheim village.
 


Dismounted French dragoons lined the barricades on the far right with three battalions of the Navarre Rgt in the central portion of the defences.




More views from the other side of the village with an 8pdr gun battery in place..



A portion of the French Gendarmes supported by the Maison du Roi.



On the other side of the Nebel Cutt's column of British/Hessian infantry advance to assault the village of Blenheim.






Finally Palmes five squadron brigade of British cavalry are about to cross the stream, form up and take on the elite of the French cavalry.



Let's see how the playtest goes next post.
Dave.

11 comments:

  1. Wow, spectacular lines of battle...and beautiful village, sounds great!

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  2. This setup looks terrific, Dave!

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  3. Thanks chaps, lets see how it goes.
    Dave.

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  4. Looking really nice, a reflection of how much work has one into them.

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  5. Impressive looking setup 🙂

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  6. Wow that looks impressive

    https://www.10mm-wargaming.com/

    Take care

    Andy

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  7. Thanks for this. New to 10mm and working on deciding which range of miniatures to go with

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