ADLG - Game Report 209

Umayyad Arab (131) vs Arab Conquest(131)

The final test outing of the list I had selected was against Paul’s Arab Conquest – a blue-on-blue encounter. The final design had two large cavalry wings with a solid centre of mediocre supported heavy spearmen. A battle we fought out at Entoyment in 28mm. Paul gave me the privilege of attacking him in the desert. I deployed with the infantry command in the centre flanked by the two cavalry commands. The one on the left had the benefit of some medium troops to navigate the rough going on that flank.

We advanced to contact along the line with the cavalry on the right negotiating the rough terrain in an attempt to turn the enemies left. While on my left the cavalry have moved around the brush to engage the weak enemy left flank’s cavalry and descend on their rear – or I hoped they would do so!

The contact in the brush has been less than successful and the medium troops have been outclassed by their conquest peers (this would be a recurring theme for me at Roll Call). The enemy cowmen providing flank support are proving an annoyance.

After a couple of turs of combat the Arab Conquest have broken the most of me infantry line and are now ring to mop up the remains. The attempt to move around the enemies left has been less successful than around the enemy’s right flank, where the camp was not far from being a viable target.

Outcome

A win for the Arab Conquest by 24 to only suffering 23 of 26.

Lessons Learnt

I should have been more dynamic and targeted the camp when it might have made a difference between losing and winning.

At this stage I was relatively confident with the army going into Roll Call; my own hubris was about to defeat me.