A flag for the Jagers and Elchingen

I finally finished those Russian Jagers I started back in May and to celebrate have issued them with their colours. I have a couple of sheets of old REVO flags No24 Russian Inf 1813 bought way back when (see I told you Mrs S they'd come in handy some day). I'm not sure if the Jagers would actually carry colours but what the heck mine will.

Colour bearer converted from a line officer. The flag needs a bit of a touch up around the edges. I was amazed to find that the self-adhesive was still working after 20 years!

Goya came over this week to christen my new Command & Colors hex cloth. I chose the battle of Elchingen simply because the map doesn't have much terrain and niether do I. I've wanted a CCN mat for years after Tony lured me into me into the game system with his magnificent hex table and terrain. Here are a few pics from the game, I won't bore you with a game narrative but suffice to say I was trounced 7 to 3 by Goya's Austrians.

The hexes on the cloth are 120mm across the flats and neatly accommodate my movement trays. I only picked up the hill hexes from Warbases the day before the game and didn't have time to paint them.

We both thought that my large French force was going to steamroller the Austrians but how wrong we were.

My first move was to occupy the town. This was the first and last part of my plan that went well.

In go the Noddy's (they always make me think of Noddy but nobody else seems to agree).

You can never have too many Cuirassiers, certainly not in this game anyway.

The Austrians remained calmly 'nailed' to their ridge - the Duke would have been proud.

My Carabiniers squashed between two Austrian cavalry units towards the end of play.

I will be working on adding further terrain for the hex cloth and finding a scenario that the French can't lose.