Saturday 30 May 2020

Teufelswasser Bridge (part one)

War came back to the Teiner Valley in 1770, the politics of the matter are tedious so I will not bore the reader too much and get to the action as soon as possible.

The border in 1770. Altstein in the west and Eisenburg- Essling in the east.


A small force from Eisenburg-Essling crossed the border at the Teufelswasser bridge and advanced on Hecksheim. But Colonel von Reiten was soon aware of a much larger force coming toward them. He had orders to retire if faced with superior numbers and so fell back to the bridge.

Von Reiten prepares to blow the bridge but the bluecoats marced through the night and by dawn were breathing down his neck.

He guarded the perimeter with 8 squadrons of dragoons, 2 battalions of line and 2 companies of  jager.

As the engineers toiled on the bridge the enemy appeared out of the morning mist. Blue Hussars.

And  4 squadrons of Meissen dragoons backed up by artillery.

The engineer captain assured von Reiten that the bridge would be ready for demolition in two hours, could von Reiten hold the Altsteiners long enough?.

To be continued...

2 comments:

  1. Hi Paul- Very interesting start to the Battle - I like how you've involved your MAP with the game. The Bridge shown is a nice looking model- have you scratch built it? Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Thanks KEV, the bridge is the Renedra pontoon bridge in non-pontoon mode, it does for ancients to relatively modern games.
      Regards,
      Paul.

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