Battle of Lobositz - Feb. 8, 2009

Croats defend the Lobosch Hill at the battle of Lobositz. Prussian IR13 Itzenplitz attempts to take the hill.



Prussian 12 pound battery atop the Homolka Mound support the CR10 Gendarmes and the rest of the Prussian cavalry in the center of the field.

Monsieur Chevert (Protz), Graf Frye (Randy) and Der Alte Fritz (moi, certainment) staged a refight of the battle of Lobositz today at the Little Wars Convention in the Chicago area. We used Charles S. Grant's Lobositz scenario from the Wargame Companion as our scenario guide, although we increased the overall size of the cavalry and retained the 10 btns per side that Charles recommends. I have to say that Charles has it right with regard to using only 4 cavalry regiments per side. That would have speeded up the game considerably, but nevertheless, we had a grand time with some mega cavalry melees.

Please click the line below to go directly to my blog entry:

http://altefritz.blogspot.com/2009/02/battle-of-lobositz-feb-8-2009.html

Be sure to click on all of the pictures to enlarge the view. Also, feel free to leave any comments on the blog site. I will post a similar, though shorter, battle report on the Campaigns in Germania blog tomorrow afternoon, USA central standard time.