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| Side view of armies deployed |
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| Opposite end |
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| Britons' left flank |
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| Britons' right flank |
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| Britons' centre |
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| Trebonius' foraging party |
Last Sunday afternoon I played a solo Command and Colors Ancients (CCA) game out in the shed. The scenario was Trebonius' foraging party against Cassivellaunus' Britons during Caesar's invasion of Britain in 54 BC:
https://www.commandsandcolors.net/ancients/maps/77-gallic-wars-59-51-bc/343-219-foraging-party-54-bc.html
Caesar describes the encounter in his Gallic Wars:
...Caesar had sent Gaius Trebonius with three legions and all the cavalry to forage, the enemy suddenly swept in from all directions upon the foragers-so vehemently that they did not even hold their distance from the standards and legions. Our men launched a fierce counter attack, drove them off, and did not stop following them until the cavalry, trusting the support of the legions they saw following right behind, threw the enemy into headlong flight and killed a large number of them, giving them no opportunity to regroup to take a stand or jump down off their chariots.
The Landmark Julius Caesar The Complete Works 5.17. 2-4 pp.142-143 Translated by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Anchor Books, 2017, New York.
The Romans had six command cards while the Britons only had five command cards but moved first. The Britons played a mounted charge card first, attacking on their right and left flanks with their chariots and light cavalry. The Romans played a counterattack card with their Gallic and German cavalry forcing the Britons to retreat with casualties. In the end it proved to be a hard fought game with Cassivellaunus' Britons giving a good account of themselves, the Romans winning 6-4 victory points.
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Britons' play a mounted charge card
attacking on their right flank |
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| and on their left |
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| Romans' counterattack on their left |
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| and their right flank |
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| Britons retreat with casualties |
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| Casualties mount |
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| Romans win 6-4 victory points |
