Game 117 : Battle of Waterloo June 18th 1815

 No introductions required for this. Just some photos with some brief description of the action. 

A long shot looking from the French Centre-Right along the battlefield

A similar shot with the French cavalry now moving to support. This was the first French attack.

This is a little later, a shot from the French Centre-Left with La Haye Sainte to the right. The French infantry attack did get to just below the crest of the ridge where is was charged by the Union Brigade.

The Union Brigade was repulsed.

Back to the right flank and the Allies have deployed to receive the assault. Many attacks would be launched and the Allies would manage to hold.

Back to the Centre. The Union Brigade has retired to reform and Cavalry from both sides are now engaged. 

This was the turn of battle. French Carabiniers have broken through the British Guards. The Guards morale has stood, but the guns in support have been either ridden down to forced to retreat. British Light Cavalry will counter-attack to allow the Guards to reform in the rear.

The French Guard Light Cavalry are now in the fight. The Dragoon Guards would get cut down. Although still holding, pressure on the Allied line has increased.

The French Guard Heavy Cavalry reach the crest on the left and now dominate their front where a hole has now developed. Below them are the French Guard Grenadiers.

French Guard Grenadiers are now about to engulf the Dutch/Belgian Divisions who have already been fighting, tenaciously, all day. The result is inevitable. The French Guard Heavy Cavalry launch themselves at two Brigades of Uxbridge's Light Cavalry. Again, the result is as expected. That was the game end. Lots of fighting and then a sudden crack in the line which quickly increased in size and severity.

French Formations	Losses %			Prussian Formations	Losses%
	Infantry	Cavalry	Artillery		Infantry	Cavalry	Artillery
Imperial Guard : Drouot				Army Reserve	18	-	42
Friant	0	-	0
Morand	0	-	0	I Corps : PO Orange
Duhesme	0	-	0	Cooke	10	-	38
Guyot	-	0	0	Alten	12	-	50
LeFebvre	-	9	8	Perponcher	9	-	3
St Maurice	-	-	0	Chasse	12	-	63
I Corps : D’Erlon				Dutch-Belgian Cavalry : Collaert	-	-	9
Quiot	14	-	9	Trip	-	42	-
Donzelot	43	-	41	Merlen	-	51	-
Marcognet	36	-	6	Ghigny	-	17	-
Durutte	11	-	0
Jacquinot	-	25	50	II Corps : Hill
I Corps Artillery	-	-	0	Clinton	9	-	23
				Mitchell	2	-	25
IV Corps : Reille
Jerome	10	-	38	Reserve Corps : no General
Bachelu	30	-	6	Picton	14	-	35
Foy	7	-	38	Cole	10	-	54
Pire	-	20	0	Olfermans	18	64	52
II Corps Artillery	-	-	0
				Cavalry Reserve : Uxbridge
VI Corps : Lobau				Somerset	-	62	-
Simmer	0	-	6	Ponsonby	-	50	-
Jeanin	0	-	6	Dornberg	-	0	-
Domon	-	0	4	Vandeleur	-	10	-
Subervie	-	7	17	Grant	-	25	-
VI Corps Artillery	-	-	0	Vivian	-	0	-
				Arentschild	-	0	-
IIIC Cav Corps : Kellerman				Estorff	-	0	-
L’Heritier	-	31	29	Royal Horse Artillery	-	-	22
D’Hurbal	-	34	8
				IV Korps : Bulow
IVC Cav Corps : Milhaud				Hake	15	-	-
St Alphonse	-	18	8	Funck	0	-	-
Delorts	-	22	0	Losthin	9	-	-
				Hiller	3	-	-
				Prince William	-	15	-
				Braun	-	-	2
				II Korps : Pirch I
				Tippelskirch	0	-	-
				Krafft	0	-	-
				Brause	0	-	-
				Bose	0	-	-
				Jurgass	-	0	-
				Rohl	-	-	0
				I Korps : Ziethen
				Steinmetz	0	-	-
				Pirch II	0	-	-
				Jagow	0	-	-
				Schutter	0	-	-
				Roeder	-	0	-
				Holtendorff	-	-	0

The casualty returns demonstrates how heavy the fighting was.

The Generals in reposted before more beers and another night out!