Rommel at Cosnes, 1914 - part 2

 I sent players their briefings and some options a couple of days before the game.  The terrain had been laid out on a 60x39 inch area of my table.  Broadly the Germans had to recce the area and not take too many losses.  The French had to stop them and then get away.

Above - the view from the German end.

A detachment of French lurking in the orchard.

More French take up position on the hill.  The things which look like clumps of bamboo were my attempts at making stands of cut crops.  I'll cover them in a separate post.

While Rommel worked his way through the woods on the German left, Russell's chaps had a nice lay down on the edge of a field of crops.  The pink markers indicate prone figures.

Don't those red trousers stand out?

French on the forward edge of the orchard trying to spot....

...Rommel and his lads in the wood.

As soon as anyone had a target shots rang out...

...and soon a couple of the French were wounded and down.

In the wood, Rommel has paused to encourage a soldier who has been hit.  Hit so often in fact that he was soon being referred to by both sides as 'victim.'

Having apparently cleared the hill would Russell's detachment advance?

Simon led the French on the hill, John was the Sgt. in the orchard while Cpl. Diego and his friend skulked at the rear.

As the Germans advanced, Sgt. John began to pull back through the orchard.

'Victim' down again.  Oh dear.  Rommel can be seen in front of him.