American War of Independence Fictitious Game

Hello There! I managed to make a game at the New Buckenham Historical Wargamers. Chris put on a fictitious American War of Independence game using his collection of 28mm figures. This is a collection which has been growing for over twenty years.

This is the southern part of the table which has the ford which will be assaulted by the British. You can just see the bridge which will be assaulted by the Germans.  

Just behind the American line are reinforcements led by Washington which includes the U S Marines

The British forces should have been given extra morale as they could see how one of the American prisoners had been treated.

The game was resplendent with 'Fluff' as it is called. Here is but a small example.

The British forces advancing to the front towards the ford held a steady line and showed no sign of wavering...yet.

Here is an example of the buildings on the board. I am not sure of which supplier but it looks like an offering from Hovels to me.

Many locals decided to make off where it was safer.

This is the American attack on the bridge being crossed by the Germans. On the first move the Americans attacked the bridge in the hope of stopping and clogging up the enemy advance on the bridge. This worked at first but the superior training of the Germans told and eventually the Americans were driven off.  

Washington and the U S Marines made quick progress along the road but had to make a change of front later as the sneaky British under Cornwallis appeared to their flank!

Here is the Fight on the Bridge. The Germans, (Hessians?), slowly forced the Americans back. Two of the four Americans units were Raw Militia one of whom refused to do anything except to run away, (which was expected), and the other marched to the assistance of the Marines on the flank.  

This is the British flank attack which soon closed in on the American reinforcements.

Here the fight for the bridge continues as the German forces form a bridgehead and push out.

The British made it across the ford and after some refusals to close with the enemy, (some rather effective artillery and musket fire for the rebels), they closed and drove off some of the Americans leaving the flank open on the other units.

This was the final result of the bridge crossing.

Here are the last views of the British flank attack before the game ended.

The objective for the Americans was to slow the British and give them a bloody nose. They managed this but their losses were also high.

The rules used were a (very) modified set of Bruce Quarries Napoleonic rules but you would not know. These were written in the mid '90's and have provided many entertaining games. 

Further photos can be found on the club facebook page here