Salamanca Wargames Weekend April 2008 [Joe's Pics]

Joe

Setting Up - Friday Night 04-04-08

Dave Brown - author of General de Brigade

Mr Brown - dreaming of an OBE from Her Majesty

Setting Up - Friday Night 04-04-08 - Troop deployment begins

Richard organizes his division

10am Saturday 05-04-08 - The Game Begins

Pakenham's advance through the woods

Frenchies assess the opposing forces

Battalion advance in massed column

Brown & Bull clock the position of the British elite units

French centre advances

Brown lovingly fondles his eagles

Portuguese at the ready

British 68th Foot approach Salamanca

General Jackson assesses the enemy's strength

King's German Legion advancing

"Plan? What Plan?!?"

French Dragoons advancing sideways!

Kel's surpise

The British are coming

French right wing

Ferey and Foy's divisions

Patiently awaiting a change of orders... grrr!

Norman D L looks anxious to get into action

French Dragoons

1st Btn 6th Regt Legere - veteran French Light Infantry

Ferey's division (left foreground) advance on their own initiative

The 95th Rifles on top of Los Arapiles

Marshal Brown carries out some running repairs

Nonchalent super-glueing in the face of the enemy's advance

If you go down to the woods today...

Game Move 2 begins

Mike suddenly takes notice of the French advance

Tim dices for a change of orders

Foot artillery on the advance

"C'mon you Reds!"

Monsieur Jackson prepares to let slip his poodles of war.

Loads o' luvverly British cavalry on the advance

Ferey leads the French attack on the right flank

Dave ponders launching a long range artillery salvo at the audacious Brits.

Norman primes his cannons

Ferey continues his bold advance

At last the French right flank support is ready for the off.

No vacancies in Salamanca this week

Pakenham's lads break cover and attack

First Action! First Blood!

British right flank thrusting boldly

General Pakenham (extreme left) personally directs his artillery fire

Pakenham killed!!!

Skirmishers mix it up

Brits get a bit windy after Pakenham bites the dust so early in the battle

General Jackson mounts a robust defence

British centre right gets ready for the big push

A whiff of grapeshot

French right flank - opening actions

Norman DL's unexpected conversion to Islam in the middle of the British advance caused some consternation back at Horse Guards

The table starts to grow

General Marmont, sponsored by Pierre Cardin.

French 8 pounders open up on the British centre

Formidable formations. British and Portuguese battalions awaiting orders.

Here come the cavalry

Early advances by both armies on their respective right flanks begins to shift the battle line diagonally across the table

"Low on ammo! I don't believe it!"

Foy's boys in the van of the French attack

Closing for the kill

General Jackson, standing like a stone wall.

French advance to claim the centre

General de Brigade Chemneau & ADC (Foy's Division)

The Portuguese get stuck in

British skirmishers get canistered. That's gotta hurt!

The 95th Rifles advance to meet the 6th Legere

French High Command, remarkably jocular in the face of their impending doom

The British advance gathers momentum

The French advance determindly upon the Greater Arapil

Massed British cavalry close for the kill

Yet more depth is added to the table... just in case.

French line battalion advancing

British Guards and King's German Legion form line

General Ferey closes on the KGL (foreground)

52nd Foot (Guard) and 95th Rifles hold the high ground following the decimation of the 6pdr Royal Artillery battery atop Grand Arapil

KGL remain steady under artillery bombardment

Strong Portuguese advance in the centre

British 6 pounders load up with canister to provide an effective incentive to the 95th Rifles to keep advancing

Mr Jackson actions his cunning plan

The battle hots up alll along the line

British cavalry get ready to deliver the coup de grace

Shedloads of luvverly lead!

British High Command stop for tea

Cocked dice on a flat table... how is this possible!?

General Jackson comes under renewed pressure as British cavalry smash home

Ferey prepares to charge his columns in against the British line

Things get bloody for the French left

Marmont provides cavalry support to a beleagured Richard

76th Line Infantry Regt gets knocked back by British musketry

French artillery battery on Lesser Arapil evacuate their casualties

In go the 6th Legere

Start of 5th game move; British initiative... again!

6th Legere begin the difficult climb

Portuguese advancing towards the centre

British cavalry punches through the French left

Move 6: the crisis on the French left worsens

Ferey's division pummels the end of the British line (extreme left)

French baggage moves out of harm's way

Highlanders and KGL move to the French flanking attacks

French manouver on right flank, hoping to draw away British reserves from their centre

Heat of Battle. The start of a 1+ hour game move.

Tim commits his division to the attack. Foy moves to support Ferey on the right.

Bloodbath in the centre.

French cavalry to the rescue... at last!

British pound the French left.

British cavalry smash through the French lines

Marmont under pressure

Tim takes to the table

French guns line up opposite British battery and open an artillery duel

British left regroups in anticipation of French flank attack

French Light Infantry baggage wagon vignette

Mr Brown gets ready to counter the British cavalry with his plucky but poorly mounted Dragoons.

French columns hammer the British/Portuguese middle

French Chasseurs strike home against the British in line before they can form square

Tough fighting in the French centre right

Norman DL swats up on British Cavalry Morale outcomes

French conscript battalions mauled by musketry from the famous fighting 52nd

British Highlanders rush to close a gap in the flank

Move 7. French guns get ready to blast the KGL at the salient of the British line

Norman DL pounds the French attack with his 6 pounders

Marmont conducts a spirited defence of the French centre left field

French Dragoons... still advancing sideways!?

The British strengthen their left flank

French columns poised to charge

Wide gap torn through French left flank by boisterous British cavalry

British advance upon the French left flank continues unchecked

Old Glory; new paint

British Hussars charge through the gap in the French lines

British Line Infantry in close support to the hussars

French feeling the strain in the centre

French Chasseurs move quickly to counter the British cavalry threat

French columns advance towards the British lines. Classic Napoleonic!

French Heavy Cavalry General de Brigade & ADC

British take and hold the ground on their right flank

British over-commit their reserve to support their extreme left flank

Royal Artillery tears the Frenchies a new one!

Last move of Saturday and still everything to play for!

british 52nd cream the French conscripts while the 76th Line Infantry Regt engage the KGL in a tough melee

French baggage train does a runner while nobody is looking

Foy's plan takes shape. French launch a massive outflanking manouvre.

Foy's advance (from the French side)

French melees atop the Grand Arapil

95th Rifles and 6th Legere... still at it tooth and claw!

Foy seeks to take advantage of the fractured British left flank

Crash! Bang! Wallop!

The battle ebbs and flows for the British in the centre

French Dragoons engage the British cavalry breakthrough

The British centre takes a pounding from Marmont's cannons

French switch to line formation for max firepower

The pounding 8 pounders

French columns prepare to charge

Artillery duel and a bloody melee on top of the Grand Arapil

uriahheep2000 · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

great stuff joe im going to have to get myself a better camera

great commentary as well glad you enjoyed yourself

thanks for the pics
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Tardis · * Major * Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 847

excellent

Joe · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated. Regards my camera, it's a 10Mpx Canon Ixus 900 Ti compact digital. You can check out the following Amazon link for all its glorious technical details:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-Digital-Camera-10-0MP-optical/dp/B000IMD246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1207669940&sr=8-1

I've been using Ixus cameras since 2004 and I've had uniformly good results. If you're looking for particularly good value then I'd recommend the Ixus 65. I've seen second hand ones in vgc going for under Â£70 recently. It has a very nice lens, a large 3" display that is crisp and clear, and image stabilisation - very handy when shooting indoors without a tripod on long exposure times.

I'd also recommend that you track down a useful bit of freeware called ColorWizard. Just google the name and you'll find a download site. It has a great auto-colour balancing feature that's simple to use. I run all of my pics through ColorWizard to ensure optimum contrast, colour and lighting levels.
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Maturin · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Joe
Great pictures! 8-)
Nothing like a complete anthology to get the feel for things eh ...
well done, and thanks for the game everyone!
Some more pics here if you are one for punishment.
Cheers
Tim
http://generaldebrigade.greatboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=2745&sid=54e88ef326b54b4d00a12c24bd9282bd

uriahheep2000 · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

hi tim now youv found us i hope your gona contribute to the site

are you going to send me your pics tim ?
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The Man From La Mancha · Private Soldier Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 101

Crikey...

Its games like that, which make me wish I still lived in the UK!

Peeler · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

Whoa! Toatally brilliant Joe, many thanks for posting them up, must have taken a while to do. They do show the size and extent of the game, and I do like the 'action shots' of the gamers. Some look very athletic! Excellent stuff.

Just one question re the camera though...is it programmed to made Gamers waistlines look bigger than they actually are?

No? Hmm, hey ho.... Laughing

Really good, many thanks.