Fresh from their victory at Mozzerella the Gluttonian Proper Mealers were marching back to Bourguignonne, the lone P.M.'er city in the east of Gluttonia. Little did they know that forces gathered against them; behind them the Small Platers of Hollandaise marched with all haste to catch up while in front of them the nervous recruits of the S.P. city of Veloute gathered to block the highway. Sunrise would test the resolve of all the men as they struggled to enforce their will.
the field of battle north is to the right
opening moves; the green tercio and two brigades of Horse
move to delay the Hollandaise troops who are rapidly moving south
to the south the Veloutian militia put up a brave front
facing the P.M. Horse and the wounded (but still deadly) tan Tercio
the Hollandaise troopers shifted to the south bypassing the dreaded Tercio,
spotting this move the P.M.ers shifted their heavy horse in that direction
as the Tercio and the S.P.er foot and Horse exchanged volleys
away to the south the Veloutian Horse skirmished forward to try to delay the advancing enemy
despite being outnumbered two to one they put up a game fight
by concentrating its fire on one of the Hollandaise Foot units the Tercio was able to break them but it suffered substantially from the return fire, the Hollandaise Horse continued to shift to their left to get between the two halves of the P.M. army, a lot of fire was ineffectually exchanged between the Horse of both sides
the Veloutian Horse found their room to maneuver being progressively restricted by the advancing enemy troops but at last their artillery was able to fire on the advancing Tercio
in an heroic effort to silence the guns the Count de Marinara charged the guns,
he and his bold troopers perished in this effort
to the north the green Tercio began to disengage and move south covered by the skirmishing fire of their Horse, in the center opposing heavy Horse brigades faced off across a farmer's filed
meanwhile the the Count de Veloute and his Horse tried to push between the enemy Horse units to gain freedom of movement in the center of the battlefield, they died in a hail of fire from the enemy Horse, the tan Tercio continued its unstoppable advance
to the north the green Tercio had cleanly broken contact and was moving along the road to the south covered by the Horse, the Hollandaise troops resumed their advance, in the center the Hollandaise Horse had shattered one of the P.Mer cuirassier units threatening the escape of the Tercio
in one mighty assault the tan Tercio shattered the Veloutin militia,
while the cuirassiers tried a frontal assault upon the other Foot unit but were repulsed
the Hollandaise Foot gave chase as best they could
having dispensed with the Veloutian Horse
the southern half of the P.M.er Horse were now free to assist the escape of their compatriots
in the next turn the tan Tercio dispersed the artillery unit
and lined up to attack the lone remaining militia Foot,
the lone remaining Veloutian Horse gamely attacked the opposing cuirassiers
to distract them from the militiamen
the end of play in the north,
the P.M.er Horse have successfully screened the withdrawal of the green Tercio
in the center, after a disastrous round of poor dice rolling the Hollandaise Horse find themselves down to one unit facing three times their numbers
far to the south the Veloutian Militia only avoided destruction by fleeing the battlefield
Having weathered the storm the Proper Mealer force resumed its march to Bourguignonne, garnished with fame and glory. The Veloutians consoled themselves with the thought that, despite be freshly raised militia units,they had performed well. Far to the north the Hollandaise soldiers cursed their uniformly poor luck and prepared for a long fight. The high cost of setting an example of bravery was driven home by the loss of a general on either side.
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