Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

At this half hour General Major Hobe at Mon Plaisir farm, is holding on but moving backwards from French Cannons.
2215 hrs: Hmm, Napoleon asks his staff, "Is it ever night here in Belgium?"

2230 Between Bois dit Tassemere and Bois d’ Hez the 6e Husaren ran into 400 French line troops and a detail of skimmers.
On the road North of Clar Bois 500 French line troops were heading north sighted by the 5th e Ulanen.
The French 2nd e Carabineers are reduced down from 200 to 50 are still surrounded by Prussian Infantry and Kav.

After the French line Regt took out their guns the 11/IR #18 attacked them and ran them off in the village of Maransart.
The # 18 is under the command of General Major Losthin.
All quit on the western front at this half hour of dust.
2215 Hmm, Napoleon asks his staff, "Is it ever night here in Belgium?"

2200 After the French line Regt took out their guns the 11/IR #18 attacked them and ran them off in the village of Maransart.
The # 18 is under the command of General Major Losthin.
All quit on the western front at this half hour of dust.
2215 Hmm, Napoleon asks his staff, "Is it ever night here in Belgium?"

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[/img]http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s637/mmm1127/thAH6B1JD7_zpsfed2e391.jpg[/img] 2300 At the top of the hour the French 2nd e Carabineers were eliminated by the fire power of the Fus IR #26, Fus IR #, Jagerdet’s IR #2.

500 French Infantry of the Line are in the hamlet of Ophaim.
2300 hrs: Chief of Staff, Marechal Soult “Perhaps the night turn will begin at the midnight hour”...
2315 hrs: The dusk that never seems to end...

2330 Prussian General Major Jurgass Kavalerie sent a volunteer into the Hamlet of Thyle to see if the French have moved ObersLt. Watzdorft, this battle makes heroes every hour.
0245 This dawn of battle the French VI Corps was spotted by a Sq of the 5th Ulanen near the hamlet of Le Dernier Patard , the Legers of the 1/8eme with General de Div Teste leading them.
600 French Dragoons were ceasing some lone Jagers near Maison du Roi

0400 hrs: Much activity as the plans for the coming day are sent out from Imperial HQ.
As the dead and dying are removed from the field of honor and the dead are buried in mass graves and the sound of lambs are heard above the grouping of Arms, for the coming killing day slowly approaches as fathers in units say goodbye maybe for ever to their sons and brothers kiss one another for the last time the men turn their heads to the sky and bow and pray...

<y son I hope to see you aging if not in this life I know in the next take care of your self...
O Lord I know you have taken care of me all my days I ask that you do the same on the morn, keep me in your perfect peace oh father and my I be brave in your sight amen...

0430 “Ah, at last we have daylight with 40 hex visibility, and now the dance of war continues” said Napoleon to his Chief of Staff Soult.
0430 At this hour in a half General Lt. Roeder get his depleted Kav command in some kind of battle order somewhere north of the hamlet of Loupoigne. The morning air had the smell of gun power in it as the Cannons begin to roar. My unit was sent on another assignment do we were small in number at less I had a command and an important mission!

0445 hrs: The action begins with cannon firing upon the Prussian kavalerie that are advancing upon Le Dernier Patard, and elsewhere along the extensive battle front.
0445 And so the dance begins, with both sides exchanging greeting to one another pity the fool that their commanders send up first!
A minor Kav action around hamlet of Loupoigne, French squares and legers that OberstLt. Lutzow felt that he had to remove!

0500 The next move on the dance floor!
ObeastLt Lutzow made a name for himself yesterday in the Kav duels in and around the hamlet of Malpaquie village of Marbais villages of Fonteny and Genappe .He was always out front of LtGeneral Roeder’s Kavalerie command. Force to retreat towards the village of Loupoigne. His Lw Hussars are performing like regular Army Hussars.

Obeast Marc Bummer of the with sixteen cannons unloaded on Cuirassiers of the IV Cav Corps at Sart-Dame-Avelines killing a few of the French Armored Knights .

0515; The early morning movements of bayonets, sabers, and cannon appear to be occurring in the environs of Le Dernier Patard.
0515 The next move
ObeastLt Lutzow was able to remove his depleted Brig from the claws of the French Infantry that were bent on the destruction of that Brig. Some 700 line infantry where hot on their heels as we speck.
The IV French Cav Corps wanted nothing to do with OberstLt Marc Bummer cannons as they beat a hasty retreat from out in front of his cannons.

The 6th Husaren ran into them that is 500 French Dragoons under General de Brig Picquet and Col Planzeau the 6th Husaren were led by Oberst Panzer.
OberstLt Fritz of the 5th Uloaned stands near our guns firing on the VI Corps squares that are position themselves south of Le Denier Patard.
General Major William Litz reward Gunner Ritz for his keen eye!