Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 8/14

13th turn : Explosion sinking of the third ship
The frigate Serieuse (36 guns ship) allotted to the inland side of the France navy starts bombardment.

  

The Goliath which received bombardment did not go as the historical fact to sinking by blow, although "it is only impudent" fought back.
Then, although a Serieuse loses bombardment power, it is continuing appearing to the last turn.
Again, the powder magazine of a Conquerant is hit directly, and a volley of a Zealous causes loud explosion and sinks.
Two ships will be sunk into the agency dealing a blow by one ship.
Still more, 3 boats, the Leander (50 guns ship) belonging to the backmost row of the British fleet for which it pressed from the sea side (starboard of the France fleet), SWIFT Shure (74 guns ship), and Alexander (74 guns ship), open the gun port lid, and began to provide an aim in an enemy ship.
A Minotaur starts a counterattack to an enemy at last.

On the other hand, a sail aim for the France fleet to also dull an enemy's leg is stopped, an aim is provided in a hull, and bombardment is started.
It became exchange of the Critical Hit as a result.
First, the artillery shell, as for, the surrounding ally warship carried out explosion sinking and which the Spartiate number wounded all over released pierced the rudder of the Goliath number (Movement point -1).

to be continues 9/14

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 7/14

12th turn   Loud explosion!

So far, although it was an equal battle, one artillery shell which a Zealous released hits the powder magazine of a France ship-of-the-line Guerrier, and sinks with one shot (Critical Hit).
Furthermore, the powder magazine of an almost unhurt France ship-of-the-line Aquilon is hit, and it can come to it, and the artillery shell which a Vanguard released explodes again and sinks.
The Conquerant and Spartiate(both France fleet) which were inserted into both ships of the line covered severe damage in response to influence of explosion.

On the other hand, the Minotaur which succeeded in separation of the mast turned the rudder, at last, could be added to the battle and bombarded an L'Orient and a Franklin.
As a result of losing two ships and suffering damage from the blast, the France fleet which has fought fifty-fifty till then will be cornered in an instant.

to be continues 8/14

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 6/14

11th turn: Attack on both sides!

At last, as a historical fact, the British ship of the line succeeds in the surroundings lump to inland, and starts bombardment from both the gunwales to an enemy ship sequentially from a top Guerrier.

Here, damage began to arise in the hull of the France ship of the line for the first time.
However, although damage to a hull was received, a gun is adding the effect which hardly suffered damage and also took down the anchor, and it had only the power fought on equal terms.
On the other hand, the ship of the line of Britain which a Goliath etc. precedes and turned to the enemy's port side cruises, receiving the first cartridge from the ship of the line of France.

The British ship of the line  Minotaur which faces from the France fleet starboard wing receives the firing guns broadside of an L'Orient again.
A Minotaur is separation of a mast going wrong and receiving severe one-sided bombardment again.
However, although the Defense received the rake shot in the enemy's 80 guns ship-of-the-line Franklin, firing guns broadside were showered over the Aquilon from point-blank range, a Bellerophon also faced the Conquerant, and it performed firing guns broadside.

It continues 7/14

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 5/14

 9th - 10th turn: Firing guns broadside of L'Orient

A wind changes into a "breeze".
As a result, "-1" of the movement point is carried out.
It succeeds in a Minotaur and a Bellerophon separating the sail which became entangled to the 8th turn, and it is in a full sail state, and it moves forward toward an enemy ship and progresses just before an enemy's range from the port side side of the Majestic to precede.
Squadrons, such as a Goliath which is going to carry out the attack on both flanks of the France fleet from the inland side, performed merciless bombardment to a Guerrier.
Though intense bombardment was received, the head warships of France fleets, such as a Guerrier, were able to be miraculously managed with slight damage.

10th turn:

The Defense which turned the rudder that an attack on both flanks should be carried out from the sea side starts bombardment.
The France fleet also fights back.
The ship of the line of 7 boats in from a head before a flagship L'Orient starts bombardment.
The Minotaur which was present in the outside of a defense has exposed the body to the rake position of the flagship 120 guns ship-of-the-line L'Orient of the France fleet, and a foremast is blown away with one blow of the first shot firing guns broadside of an L'Orient.
The blown-away mast will hang down to the starboard of a Minotaur, and this warship will fall impossible action.
Although the British fleet was reorganizing the posture at last from confusion of initial shock, in this stage, the France fleet had rebuked the enemy overwhelmingly, without also receiving great damage.

It continues 6/14 

9th turn :

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 4/14

7th turn - 8th turn: War readiness!
In fact, all the France warships ended charge to the starboard gun by the side of the sea in this stage, and all the naval fleets to the L'Orient which carries out a seat in the center of a fleet finished preparation of the gun of the port side, and were contained in war readiness.
The back naval fleet started the work of the hook with a spring from an L'Orient to the anchor.
Incidentally, in the France fleet, the movement of a fleet also becomes possible by ten turns.
It cuts in 3+1 turn to the work which raises 5+1 turn and an anchor to hoisting a sail as work.
However, the commander (My) of the France fleet gave priority to preparation of bombardment for the battle for which it pressed at hand.

7th turn :

As soon as the France fleet went into a range to the British ship of the line which is imminent and comes, it made it begin to attach a muzzle of a gun from a gun port lid.
Following a Guerrier number and a Conquerant number, a Spartiate number catches in a range the Vanguard number which is Nelson's seat boarding, and starts bombardment.
Admiral Nelson's seat boarding Vanguard number turned the rudder to the right, and when it arrived at the position of firing guns broadside, it performed the first bombardment to the Conquerant number as a British warship.
On the other hand, the British warship of the front lines including a Goliath was this distance, it thought that the damage inflicted on an enemy was slight, the first cartridge was preserved, and distance with a hostile fleet was intently packed at full speed.

8th turn:

The Orion number of the British warship which runs a head starts bombardment, and a Vanguard number also performs firing guns broadside at the time of said.
Although 3 boats bombarded succeedingly, since the warship of France had received the command "provide an aim in a sail", even if it took out "6" with the hit table, it did not obtain the result of the Critical Hit.

It continues 5/14 

I am safe.　Thank you!

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 3/14

5th - the 6th turn: The first gun voice

5th turn:

It succeeds in getting through somehow the Goliath which ran aground ashore.
However, the Goliath had already arrived at the position in front of the range of an enemy ship.
The Guerrier number located in the head of the France fleet and the continuing Conquerant number perform the firing guns broadside of the starboard by a first cartridge precious with a last-minute range in conformity with a bad tradition of France.
In this distance, mutual firing guns broadside could aim at only the sail, and did not do big damage to a Goliath.
This gun voice told that the battle started completely to all the soldiers who happened to be present on that occasion.
On the other hand, that a Minotaur and a Bellerophon separate the sail which became entangled goes wrong.

6th turn:

The Guerrier of the France fleet is changed to a Goliath, a Conquerant is again changed to the Zealous of succession at a target, and firing guns broadside are performed.
On the other hand, as for the Minotaur and Bellerophon of the British fleet, rigging was still entangled.

It continues 4/14

PS.I am safe.
Thank you!

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 2/14

3rd turn - 4th turn: Disgrace of the British fleet

The 3rd turn and the British fleet are divided into two hands that it should turn to right and left of the France fleet.
However, in order that the Goliath number which went the head to along a shoal might avoid a shoal, when the rudder was turned, the following Zealous number and the subsequent Orion number changed into the state in front of a collision, and were pinned in one place.

The Culloden number which arrived at 3rd turn on the battlefield ran on a rock, and it became impossible furthermore, to participate in a battle.

The seat boarding Vanguard number of Nelson who progressed the 4th turn and the outside, the Minotaur number following behind, and a Bellerophon number cannot respond to the rudder end in the face of a Vanguard, either, but collide.

Although the Vanguard number has been avoided by a hairbreadth, a Minotaur number and a Bellerophon number become entangled and are stranded.
Furthermore, the Goliath number was taken at the shoal and stranded this time.

It continues 3/14

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798) 1/14

1st turn - the 2nd turn :The British fleet entrance!

1-2nd turns move forward aiming at the France fleet where the British fleet anchors to the Abu Qir bay silently.
1st turn in particular has not changed, and each warship of Britain is hurried in the state of a full sail, and carries forward a ship.

The point brunt of the British fleet which discovers the France fleet and moves forward

At the time of the end of the 1st turn seen from the France fleet

It continues 2/14

Battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798)/Initial Setup

 Battle of Nile Game Data.
 -The used Napoleonic Naval models 1:1200 scale by Langton Miniatures.
 -Rule is "Wooden Ships & Iron Men/Avalon Hill/1975", and used the Advance rule.

The lower photograph just finished arrangement of both fleets.

 However, an original scenario, geographical feature (position of a shoal), etc. of the game made all the naval fleets in which an exact thing and both armies participated more nearly historically appear.
Therefore, things, such as a frigate warship, a brick warship, and a gunboat, 16 gate warship Mutine (Hardy is indispensable too) which joined the British navy uniquely, etc. appear in the France navy.
And appearance turn of the Culloden which enters first is corrected in the scenario.
The rule of the shoal in which the original France navy carries out concealment arrangement decided to check only stranding of a rejection and the Culloden which was not able to participate in a battle in fact to instead of.

-It continues-

Battle of Pavia (24 February 1525)(8/8;last turn)

8th turn: The Beginning of the End (the last turn).......

The Gendarme led by the Francis-I of the France army left wing pursues the Arquebusier of the enemy who retreats, and sets foot a leg in woods.

The Pike-men of the Imperialist Army which established Paik was waiting and establishing there.

In right-wing back, behind [ trooper ] the Spain army which pushed back the trooper of the France army, the Imperial-Guards Archers(cavalry) of the France army was imminent, and was preparing the attitude to surround to it.

Other Spain Heavy Cavalrys are gradually driven into the Gendarme of the France army in woods.

Its ground should be held in a historical fact here.

The advance guard Arquebusiers of the Italian Pike-men of the center of the France army and a French Pike-men continues further further the Arquebusier and firefight of an Imperialist Army which were developed in woods, packing distance.

The central France army Landsknechts Black Band pushes back the Landsknechts of an Imperialist Army again.

However, the France army Landsknechts of the ultraright wing who projected near the Mirabello Castle is surrounded by a Spanish Pike-men and the Pike-men of a powerful Imperialist Army, and the fate is in a precarious state.

If an attack on both flanks is carried out from the back of the Black Band of the France army which the rest commands itself the powerful Imperialist Army Pike-men in which Georg von Frundsberg (sub-general) beat the enemy, is reversed, and pushed and pushed an Imperialist Army in the center, the central battle line of the France army will collapse.

That is, the end of a battle started here.

On the east side of a Vernavola river, the Swiss Mercenary of the France army and the Landsknechts of the Imperialist Army continued the hand-to-hand combat, and the Heavy Cavalry of the Imperialist Army which escaped from woods fought with the Cavalry unit of the France army which confronted each other, changed the hand-to-hand combat into the continuation state, and did not have transition of a battle line, either.

In this way, the battle of the Pavia serves as deadline timeout.

Although the right wing of the Imperialist Army was pushed, I think that it will be called just before annihilation when the center carried out the 3 more turn play.

Then, it is a visit how the central part party of the Imperialist Army made the attitude which attacks the left-wing Cavalry unit of the France army.

[Imperialist Army]

- A right-wing Heavy Cavalry will repeat retreat, without the ability to maintain a battle line by the charge of the France army.
However, even if it retreated, it succeeded in reorganizing an attitude, and the large-scale breakthrough of an enemy was required, without allowing.
- Although the Heavy Cavalry of the Spain army which retreated the Italy army trooper who withdrew from woods changed the hand-to-hand combat into the continuation state, in fact, the Imperial-Guards Archers(cavalry) of the France army was approaching the back.
- The mass blanket Arquebusier of Spain developed in the ultraright wing's woods shoots and retreats to the Gendarme led by the France king, and the rest leaves a battle to a Pike-men.
- The Pike-men of the France army which a central Landsknechts unit faces is pushed back by the further attack.
- The Heavy-Pike-men of Spain and the Heavy-Pike-men of the Imperialist Army made the envelopment attitude from the direction of a Mirabello Castle to the Pike-men of the France army which has moved forward.
- The bombardment party of the front of a Mirabello Castle performs bombardment to a Swiss Mercenary succeedingly.
- A left-wing Landsknechts continues a hand-to-hand combat to Swiss mercenary troops.
Mutual damage is equivalent, and both fighting it is continued, without pulling also one step.
- Although the left-wing Heavy Cavalry escaped from woods at last and charged to the trooper of the enemy who developed at hand, it was fighting in confusion and the hand-to-hand combat was changed into the continuation state.

[France army]

- Escape from the Cavalry unit and woods led by the France king, and though shooting of the Arquebusier developed in the front is received, move forward.
- The central Landsknechts unit pushed back the enemy again.
However, it is beaten by a Spanish Pike-men and the Pike-men of an Imperialist Army, and a right-wing Landsknechts is pushed back again and surrounded.
- The Arquebusier of an Italian Infantry and a Franch Infantry showers shooting over an enemy.
And the Pike-men cut down back prepared the charge attitude.
- The Pike-men unit of a Swiss Mercenary continues a charge.
- The artillery of the Swiss Mercenary who provided aim in the enemy of the direction of a Mirabello Castle shot succeedingly.

 [Generalization]
It is selfish generalization of the Game.
Although the end of a battle remains and possibly was not in sight clearly in four turns, and it cannot declare, I think whether the troops on foot of the center of the France army had become what some units ask an enemy to mercy for in the back (it destroys completely in response to envelopment) by side envelopment from the Mirabello Castle tower house side.
However, even if time was required for a center to be destroyed totally and it did up to 12 turns, it cannot have gone up to there.
Although the Imperialist Army right wing was also having considerably forced retreat, since the trooper kept the enemy in doors during 2 turns as long as it carried out against the trooper, he cannot have resulted in the crisis of right-wing collapse in the attitude of the final stage.
However, at least one Imperialist Army Cavalry unit may have been destroyed totally (surrounded from back).
However, more than the player of the Imperialist Army right wing was apprehensive, the way of the player (he is me) of the center of the France army was carrying out consciousness to "Oh!, it lost" much.
Since the battle of the east side of a Vernavola river also had the point of having mistaken the rule greatly, it could not say clearly, but probably, deployment had changed a lot by whether the result at the time of the cavalry division of the France army charging first was a victory, and whether it was defeat.
Anyway, I think that deployment would be more dramatic since it was the battle line which was performing the battle from the beginning.
Since the direction which was being played was enjoying itself well, when it was, it was good at it.

[The subject of a problem and future]
Since it concentrated on its battle line, without interfering in the battle line of the player of not much others since the France army in the Pavia applied the surprise attack, but its battlefield was also large and it might be playing it by a lot of people, there was whether between players, the phase under turn has shifted enough and carries out plentifully.
I am just going to think that I will consider the scale of a battlefield, and adjustment of the player number next time on the level which can be played.

 -End of the Game......but continues!
             Next Battle is a "Naval battle of Nile(1-3 August 1798)".-

Battle of Pavia (24 February 1525)(7/8)

7th turn: The France trooper's slashing attack

The Gendarme led by the 1st Francis of the France army left wing corners the Cavalry unit of the Imperialist Army which retreats.
The Arquebusier of the Imperialist Army developed to the left wing fights back to it.
The France king avoids a bullet, prepares a rank and prepares the charge to an Arquebusier.
On the other hand, other Spanish Heavy Cavalrys and horse-riding Cavalry units began to be gradually pushed back by the Cavalry unit of the France army.
The advance guard Arquebusiers of the Italian Pike-men of the center of the France army and a French Pike-men continues further the Arquebusier and firefight of an Imperialist Army which were developed in woods, packing distance.
The Landsknechts Black Band of the central France army pushes back the Landsknechts of an Imperialist Army again.However, the France army Landsknechts of the right wing projected near the Mirabello Castle is pushed back by the charge from a Spanish Pike-men and the Pike-men of a powerful Imperialist Army, and the Pike-men of an Imperialist Army begins to surround the side.
On the east side of the Vernavola river, the Swiss Mercenary of the France army and the Landsknechts of the Imperialist Army continued the hand-to-hand combat, the Heavy Cavalry of the Imperialist Army which escaped from woods fought with the Cavalry unit of the France army which confronted each other, and continuation of the hand-to-hand combat continued.

[Imperialist Army]
- A right-wing Heavy Cavalry will repeat retreat, without the ability to maintain a battle line by the charge of the France army.
However, even if it retreated, it succeeded in reorganizing an attitude, and the large-scale breakthrough of an enemy was required, without allowing.
- Although it shot to the Gendarme led by the France king and 40 or more persons' horseriding was pushed down among them by the volley, since the mass blanket Arquebusier of Spain developed in the ultraright wing's woods grazed the bullet to the France king who commands a charge in the front line, it did not become precocious.
- Although the central Landsknechts unit pushed back the Pike-men of the impending France army, he is again pushed back in response to a counterattack.
- The Heavy-Pike-men of Spain and the Heavy-Pike-men of an Imperialist Army which were being back developed from the direction of a Mirabello Castle to the Pike-men of the France army which has moved forward devise a hand-to-hand combat, and also push back an enemy.
- The artillery of the front of a Mirabello Castle performs bombardment to a Swiss Mercenary succeedingly.
- A left-wing Landsknechts continues a hand-to-hand combat to Swiss mercenary troops.
Mutual damage is equivalent, and both fighting it is continued, without pulling also one step.
- Although the left-wing Heavy Cavalry escaped from woods at last and charged to the trooper of the enemy who developed at hand, it was fighting in confusion and the hand-to-hand combat was changed into the continuation state.

[France army]
- Although it escaped from the Cavalry unit and woods led by the France king, and shooting of the Arquebusier developed in the front was received, about forty persons' damage was suffered and the rank was disturbed, the horse head was arranged and the charge attitude was taken.
- The central Landsknechts unit pushed back the enemy again.
However, it kneads that a right-wing Landsknechts is likely to be beaten by Spanish people's Pike-men and the Pike-men of an Imperialist Army, is likely to be pushed back again, and is likely to be surrounded.
- The Arquebusier of an Italian Infantry and a Franch Infantry showers shooting over an enemy.
- The Pike-men unit of a Swiss Mercenary continues a charge.
- The artillery who received the command turns a gun mouth in the direction of a Mirabello Castle of the self-army left wing, and prepares a firing position.

(East side of the Vernavola river)

It continues(8/8)