December 28 2020 Ashland MA Bolt Action

The Japanese  counter attack on Iwo Jima was fated to fail from the start.  Their expected artillery bombardment never occurred and that seemed to confuse the Japanese troops and commanders.  Their lone tank was slow to arrive as well as many of their troops.  When the troops did arrive they were slow to take the initiative.   They did destroy two american squads and capture the first bunker.  The tank once it arrived was devastating, as the Americans had no anti tank equipment.   But the Jansen commanders charge into the second bunker failed and with no commander there we no time left for their troops to take the last two  bunkers.

• Rules Bolt Action
• Commanders of the Japanese: Mike  and Joe 
• Commanders of the Americans: Bob and Chris

• Results American Victory

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In the Battle of Vimeiro on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro  during the Peninsular War. This battle put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal.

• Rules Shako
• Commander of the British forces: Joe  Celia
• Commander of the French forces: Chris Bonni

• Result British Victory

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Vimeiro was a complete rout as Joe had been saving up his good rolls all summer.

Let see , he broke a French square with second rate Portuguese Calvary , he chose not to from square in the face for French dragoons and beat them up.

The worst was was when Chris's French grenadiers needed anything but a "1"  , well let's just say their division broke....

The Allies were intent on capturing Paris, but after Blücher’s unsuccessful attack in February, choose to retire as Napoleon rushed to the aid of his two Marshals covering the city. Falling back to Laon, a natural defensive position and an important road junction, Blücher deployed his 90,000 man army and waited.

Napoleon ordered Ney and Mortier to attack the towns of Ardon and Semilly on March 9th. Blücher choose to hold back his reserves, when he saw the relatively small number of French troops marching to the attack, believing that Napoleon must be trying to turn his flank. Napoleon, however, had actually committed almost his entire force in the series of frontal assaults.

The fighting on this front this day would end in a French Victory. On the French right, Marmont destroyed the advancing Prussian  Grenadiers and killed General Von Horn.   The French Cavaly was then able to route the Prussian artillery securing  the French right flank.   In the Center the French Cavalry was not as successful but the guard artillery in a coordinated bombardment was able to break the allied army.

• Rules  Commands and Colors 
• Prussian Commander Bob
• French Commander Chris

• Result French Victory