Christian decides to turn on his pursuers and gives battle in a strong defensive position at Lutter am Barenberg.
However, he finds himself outnumbered and on the defensive when Tilly is reinforced by Imperial troops. The Danish King Christian IV intervenes in the Thirty Years War and pushes Tilly back during the early summer. This is a race-against-the-clock rearguard situation where the focus is on the fate of the Protestant baggage train that is slowly moving towards the map edge. True to form, Christian decides to risk his army to save his baggage train, but ends up losing both. The Protestan army, slowed by a massave baggage train containing the loot from Christian's earlier campaigns, finds itself caught by Tilly's vanguard when within sight of the Dutch border. However, he soon finds himself unsupported and forced to retreat when Tilly's veteran army bears down on him. It contains an optional setup where the Protestants deploy in traditional fashion instead of in the Dutch style.įollowing the battle of Fleurus, Duke Christian rebuilds his army with raw recruits and reenters Germany. This battle is suitable as an introduction to the game system. This is a smaller pitched battle where a large but very unreliable Protestant army attempts to overwhelm the smaller but more experienced Spanish army. In a vicious five-hour fight, the Spanish hold, but enough Protestants break through to force the Spanish to lift an important siege in the Netherlands. The unpaid and mutinous Protestants attack at dawn in an attempt to break through. Cordoba's Spanish army blocks them at Fleurus in what is today Belgium.
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Replayability is further enhanced by optional free setup for both sides.ĭefeated and demoralized, the combined forces of the condottiere Mansfeld and Duke Christian try to escape the German theater and enter the service of the United Provinces instead. This is a rearguard situation, where the Protestants must delay the Catholics while simultaneously trying to retreat the majority of their army to safety. At first Tilly hesitates, but eventually the Bavarians attack and the Protestant army dissolves in a chaotic retreat. To protect the crossing, Christian makes a stand at a stream. The Bavarians under Tilly catch the forces of the zealous Protestant Duke Christian as they try to cross the river Main. A larger Catholic army tries to defeat a Protestant army that is not only protected by a wagonburg but also possesses a strong cavalry force for counterattacks. A powder wagon detonates in the midst of the Protestant position, scattering the defenders.
The Catholics storm the wagonburg and heavy fighting breaks out.
The Markgraf is aided by an invention of his own: special wagons equipped with sharp poles and small mortars. They catch his army near the town of Wimpfen, where it is drawn up in a defensive position in a river bend. Together they pursue the smaller army of the Markgraf of Baden-Durlach. Tilly joins forces with the Spanish under Cordoba. This is a short scenario where the qualitatively superior Catholic forces must crush the strongly positioned Bohemians who are bolstered by a large Transylvanian contingent of questionable reliability. Their Transylvanian allies desert them at the most critical point of the battle, causing the total collapse of the Bohemian army and its cause. The Bohemians make a stand on the slopes of White Mountain outside the town. The combined army of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic League under Johann Tserclaes, the Count of Tilly, strike a blow directly at the Bohemian capital of Prague. In the period covered, the armies deployed in more compact formations so each battle fits on half of a standard map. This game, part of the Musket and Pike Battle Series, simulates six battles of the early Thirty Years War. The Bohemian Revolt of 1618 triggered the Thirty Years War and in the early period of the war the Catholic/Imperial cause enjoyed an almost unbroken string of victories. Great Battles of the American Civil War.
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