Campaign Battle

Me and Bailey are in a campaign run by Lee at MAWS. Me, Bailey, Les and Rob are playing the French invading Spain in the Napoleonic wars. Jeff, Bob, Mark and Bruce playing the British and Spanish and Andy playing for Portuguese.
A brief history, there has been a few battles with wins and loses on both sides, the French are pushing on Madrid with British and Spanish holding the surrounding area and the city. Another French and British corps are facing of at each other on the north coast. Can not go into to much detail as those spying  British may sneak a look!! Ha Ha.
Tonight's game was a continuing encounter over a village on the road north west of Madrid, The Last battle was fought over the village with the Spanish taking heavy casualties and falling back to Madrid. The British staying  in the village and the French pulling back after not gaining the village and taking casualties. Battle was classed as a draw.
The Battle.
Bob leading the British (helped by Mark) were to hold the village and force the French back. Bailey leading the French (helped  by Ste & Rob) were to force the British out of the village and advance on Madrid.
The terrain on the table meant the road up the middle was narrow with thick woods and hills on the sides causing slow movement in open order for the French to advance against the British with fortified positions in the village.
The French advanced the cannons up the middle and sent infantry up the flanks the canon exchanged fire most of the game but not many casualties caused due to long range exchange's. The left flank was a skirmish clash with the 95th rifle being destroyed and a unit of highlanders getting caught by the French. On the right flank there was a thick battle of shooting and close combat raging back and fourth with I think one unit of British and one French being destroyed and a lot of casualties and shaken markers being put down. Near the end of the game Bailey did a large cavalry charge trying to force the battle with a British mortar being destroyed and receiving casualties himself but no units being broken. The game ran out of time being called a draw with the French holding the high ground around the village but the British holding strong in the village. The French had far more numbers but could not bring the numbers on in any force.
It was a great tense game which could have gone either way right to the end, a lot of shaken units on both sides. The British were still in a lot of cover but the French still had a lot of units not in contact.

A big thank you from all players to Lee for running the campaign and providing most of the scenery and lovely figures.

Ste