Flank attack... again

Finally some game time! With little time available I replayed the Flank attack scenario (n.6) from OHW, this time inverting the army composition.

Therefore, the French now had 4 Infantry units, 1 Light Infantry unit and 1 Light Cavalry unit. Their opponents, this time Austrians, had 3 Infantry units, 2 Artillery units and 1 Light Cavalry unit. I only took 1 picture towards half of the battle.

Mid battle situation

The Austrian deployed one arty and 1 infantry units as blocking force, while the rest deployed on the flank but north of the hill. The French therefore had to both face artillery fire during their advance and couldn't "outrun" the flanking force, which was able to support the blocking force effectively. This forced the French to use half their army to screen the flanking force - but this left too few units to broke through the blocking unit. In the end they were unable to move 3 units out of the trap (only 1 could do it) and were defeated.

I liked how this scenario run better than last time. Force composition can really influence the outcome, as well as smarter deployment by the flanking force. The troops trying to break through instead should really be aggressive or they won't be able to exit the 3 required units.