ADLG - Game Report 190

Ostrogoth (95) vs Kushan (107)

For the second game of the day I decided to bring out the Ostrogoths. I had finished these very recently and they were ready for a try out before the Oxford one day event at the end of January. However, I'm not sure that Paul’s Kushans were the ideal opponent for the Ostrogoths in their first meeting. Nevertheless, my deployed with the infantry in centre and the cavalry out on the wings. Everyone was impetuous apart from the bowmen, the camp is fortified.

On the right flank. The cavalry successfully manoeuvred to avoid hitting the elephant directly in the face. Well, despite this good fortune, the cavalry didn't come off entirely scot free in the combat round. In the centre. Infantry have manoeuvred and split their line. With three units of heavy infantry and bowman facing the medium cavalry, while the remainder move to the left to support the left wing against the Kushan’s Cataphracts.

As one might have predicted, the heavy cavalry on the left did not do well against the Kushan Cataphracts. There are now lots of gaps where the Kushans simply blew my cavalry away. In the centre the Kushan Medium Cavalry have skillfully avoided the infantry and now advancing towards the rear of the remaining cavalry on the right wing.

Inevitably the Medium Cavalry attacked the Bowman and rolled straight through them leaving in the centre a gaping hole. On the left the Cataphracts are trying to mop up the remaining cavalry, and will be soon engaging the remaining infantry that was sent over to support them. On the right we're now down to 2 remaining cavalry units to face the Kushan horde they aren't going to survive long either.

Outcome

A Kushan win by 25 to 13.

Lessons Learnt

Not the ideal enemy to confront on the first outing.

The infantry line was relatively sound, but the flanks protected by the Bowmen were weak and unable to really support anyone.

The right wing attack against the enemy left was in principle a sound idea but perhaps could have been executed better.