Newark Demo August 2019
The Battle of Ocaña 1809
(Napoleonic Spanish versus French)
Well a little change from the last couple of demo games as we switched to one of our favorite periods, Peninsular Napoleonic. We made the decision to go for something a little unusual, plumping for a game without British or Portuguese.
The historical battle saw the Spanish loose around 19,000 out of 51,000 resulting in the largest defeat throughout the whole war, ending the attempt to liberate Madrid as well as leaving the South of Spain open for the French.
Our demo concentrated on 2 key actions ; The first being the attack of the French German Division and the Cavalry action to the east of the town that ultimately led to the Spanish defeat. As expected we only really managed to play 3 turns, but it was all going horribly wrong again for the Spanish
Many thanks to everyone who dropped by to chat, and the kind comments on the game.
The historical battle saw the Spanish loose around 19,000 out of 51,000 resulting in the largest defeat throughout the whole war, ending the attempt to liberate Madrid as well as leaving the South of Spain open for the French.
Our demo concentrated on 2 key actions ; The first being the attack of the French German Division and the Cavalry action to the east of the town that ultimately led to the Spanish defeat. As expected we only really managed to play 3 turns, but it was all going horribly wrong again for the Spanish
Many thanks to everyone who dropped by to chat, and the kind comments on the game.