Scourge of War: Quatre Bras
The road into Quatre Bras. Dutch infantry watch French Lancers advancing up the road towards Gemioncourt. A Belgian battery is chased off the field by French lancers. Early on the Lancers are terrifying. Behind the collapsing Dutch-Belgian line, the Belgian light cavalry under van Merlen arrive in Quare Bras with Wellington looking on. Dutch squares form on the north side of this stream flowing through the battlefield. In the distance you can see the walled Manor of Gemioncourt under attack by French forces. There is something mildly reassuring with the arrival of Thomas Picton and his infantry division on the Allied left. It is just in time too! The French right under Bachelu is threatening to cut the eastern road into Quatre Bras. Bachelu and Picton are about to meet head on. I am really starting to use the map view to move around the battlefield. I have yet to try an "in the saddle view" of the battle using couriers,...