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| View of the table from the Russian side |
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| View from the French side |
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| French advance |
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| Doronino left and buildings of Shevardino right with Shevardino Redoubt centre |
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| French attack Shevardino |
Last Wednesday night Rick and I met down at the Vikings Club for the first club game of the New Year. We played a 6mm Command and Colors Napoleonics game with the scenario of Shevardino Redoubt fought on 5 September 1812, part of the Battle of Borodino. Rick commanded the French and I had the Russians. We took a fair while to set up so we reduced the number of victory banners from the usual ten to eight. It was a cracking game with considerable ebb and flow in fortunes from turn to turn but the Shevardino Redoubt proved to be a tough nut to crack. In the end the Russians just managed to pip the French at the post with 8-7 victory banners.
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| Russians counter attack |
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| French capture Shevardino and Doronino but Shevardino Redoubt holds out |
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| Russians are forced to retreat |
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| Russian left flank has been quiet |
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| French attack |
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| Russians counter attack and recapture Doronino in the centre |
