The Grand Duchy of Stollen

The situation by the end of Turn Two sees the Zichenauer defence (right) to the east of the various built up areas, more or less deployed to meet their Stollenian attackers.  The latter are still marching onto the field and have not yet deployed for action.

The morning of 1. September 1769 dawned gray and rainy but cleared somewhat and dried out by midday although the threat of additional rain hung in the air.  The Zichenauer rearguard had retreated to the village of  Sägemühledorfand environs since losing to the Stollenians at Blasthofheide on 12. August.  

The Zichenauers, commanded by Colonel von Kohlkopf, withdrew southward where they were  caught by a Stollenian advance guard just outside the small village of Sägemühledorf.  Von Kohlkopf, not wishing to incur the wrath of his commander, the notorious General Phillipe de Latte, reluctantly decided to give battle and let the chips fall where they may.  Here then is the account of the resulting action.

The Stollenian OOB (Colonel Karto…

The field of battle, basically laid out, though I need to add a small river and mill run for the mill.

Spent a pleasant few hours yesterday evening, after the usual post-dinner long walk around the neighborhood, applying acrylic gloss to some cavalry figures until about 10pm.  I then thought it was time to set the table for the planned Action at Sägemühledorf, aka Sawmill Village.  So, here is what we have minus a few forthcoming last-minute details.

Since each side will have an element of light infantry added to its order of battle this time around, it made sense to have a slightly larger playing area available.  What you see above is a 6'x8' surface covered with a single Hotz matt.  Atop that are roads and fields, also by Eric Hotz.  The trees are cake decorations that I've had since 2006, affixed to Litko terrain bases back in 2016 with The Young Master's help.  The various houses were scratch-built at different times by yours truly. The mill is the most recent model …