The Sword and the Flame in North Africa (Finale).

 

The Arab cavalry charge the French right flank unit - and die in vast numbers !

 

 

The Tirailleurs drive the Arabs from the village - their officer is wounded at the moment of  triumph .

 

 

The French set up their artillery .

 

 

The Arab cavalry is driven off .

 

 

The artillery range in on the Arab flanking force !

 

 

To compound their misery the Arabs draw a chance card and halt having thrown a '4' .

 

 

The Arab infantry rally after being driven out of the village and charge to retake it .

 

 

After a fierce melee they rout !

 

 

Another unit charges into the village and is mown down by disciplined volley's - the French at this point in the game threw exceptionally well !

 

 

With most of the Arab forces in retreat one of the cavalry units lost its leader and went berserk ! charging the French battery .

 

 

The lone surviving Arab managed to wipe out the Artillery crew and wound the CinC  (throwing +2 on dice) .

 

 

This hero then charged at a infantry unit and was cut down by their volley . A interesting game - the poor Arabs had some bad luck - their reinforcements did not arrive , the had little ammo and the French could not roll a dice wrong !. This has inspired me to get back into wargaming the Foreign Legion again , I must  point people to the following website- brilliant !-

 

 

 

http://www.warflag.com/shadow/