Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

I must confess that Anthony Barlow beat me in the first turn of MOE4.

So let me up my glass to this courageous english officers and please, join my table to drink to his victory.

Anthony, I hope for you all the best for the next turns of the tournament.

Best regards

Marechal Lamezec
Prince et Comte de Davout
French CIC

Thank you Yann for your generous gesture. But the truth is that this battle could have gone either way, and at one stage I thought I was going to lose. On the first turn I managed to secure a strong position for my artillery which overlooked his approach. From that moment on it was going to be very difficult for the French to shift me from it. But Yann attacked with such boldness and ferocity that he almost succeeded. But I was lucky in that my landwehr refused to break. We both lost about half of our artillery and both enjoyed some success in dramatic cavalry actions and just about fought each other to a standstill. In these small battles one or two instances of luck with melees and routs can tip the balance and in our case neither commander truly dominated the field.

Yes it will be nice to reach round 2 for the first time, but more importantly I can look back and reflect on what an honour it was to do battle with the great Marechal Lamezec, one of our club's true gentlemen. I raise my glass to you Sir!

<center>[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.r.barlow/nwc/nwc_personal_record.htm"]Brigadier General Antony Barlow[/url]
~ [url="http://www.geocities.com/anglo_allied_army_stats/Anglo_Allied_Army_Cavalry_Corps.htm"]2nd British (Union) Brigade, Anglo-Allied Cavalry Corps[/url] ~
~ [url="http://www.geocities.com/militaireacademie/dragoons.html"]4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards[/url] ~
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I should also thank Sir Muddy for creating such a good and balanced scenario. I could see from turn 1 that there was going to be lots of excitement and drama. Looking forward to the next one...

<center>[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.r.barlow/nwc/nwc_personal_record.htm"]Brigadier General Antony Barlow[/url]
~ [url="http://www.geocities.com/anglo_allied_army_stats/Anglo_Allied_Army_Cavalry_Corps.htm"]2nd British (Union) Brigade, Anglo-Allied Cavalry Corps[/url] ~
~ [url="http://www.geocities.com/militaireacademie/dragoons.html"]4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards[/url] ~
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Gentlemen,

Congratulations with the great game you had! And one more toast for Sir Muddy and his work.

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<center><b>Eyo Imperatorskogo Velichestva Leib-Kirassirskogo polku
General-Lieutenant Anton Valeryevich Kosyanenko
Commander of the Second Army of the West </b></center>

Congratulations, Antony. I do know what a fierce opponent you can be. [:)]

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Maj. Gen. D.S. "Green Horse" Walter
~ 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) ~
2nd (Union) Brigade, Anglo-Allied Cavalry Corps
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~ 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ~
[url="http://www.geocities.com/militaireacademie/"][/url]
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Antony .
Well done for getting to round 2.. Sir Lamezec . well done on putting up a great fight by the sounds of it..

One of the first to finnish i think.. Ed and myself are only 4 turns from ending this game. And like yours its anyones battle.. I am in front then he is in front.. Its been like that from turn 4 .

So a bottle to Sir Muddy .[;)]

<font color="red">Maréchal</font id="red">
<font color="red">BEECHAM</font id="red">
<font color="blue">La</font id="blue"> Commandeur, <font color="red">II Corps</font id="red">
ADN

Prince d` Istria et Comte d` Arles La Jeune Garde

"Toujours féroce,jamais étourdi"

Congrats Antony, Helga a round here. Yann my commiserations.

Marechal Beecham I am also through to round 2 and I shall play the winner of your game so I await the result with interest. I hope the legions of France will prevail for you.

Salute


General de Brigade Knox
Baron de l'Empire
2e Regiment Gardes d'Honneur (the regaled pheasants)
La Jeune Garde
CO. 1er Brigade, III Division Cavalerie Legere, III Corps Armee du Nord
http://www.aspire.co.nz/colinknoxnwc.htm

Congratulations Antony, I am also in a nailbiter with Dean.



Major General Ed Blackburn
Commanding Second Div, II Corps, AAA
3rd Bn / 1st Regiment of Foot Guards