The Battle of Colombey-Nouilly took place during the Prussian advance on Metz on 14 August 1870. The game was played at the Sheffield club using Martin Rapier's 6mm toys in late 2010. I can't really remember very much about the game, except that the Prussians had quite a hard time of it overcoming the dug in Frenchies, so I have captioned the photos as best I can.
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| The lead Prussians arrive, but an entire French Division has taken position on the ridge line. |
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| The Prussians deploy guns to support their attack. |
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The lead Prussians are repulsed by morale failure (yellow counter) while the remaining French frantically try to dig in (green counters). |
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The French are subjected to (much) bombardment - a second Prussian regiment is just emerging from the woods on the left. |
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| More Prussians arrive to (hopefully) envelop the French. |
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| Finally the French are looking a bit worse for wear! |
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| An overview of the battle. |
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| The Prussian advance resumes - a fresh division is formed up on the right. |
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| The Prussians finally are in a position to make progress on the left.... |
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| ...but French cavalry arrive to shore up the line. |
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| The Prussians are poised to march on Metz. |
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