There remained for the defense of German liberties and the Protestant cause, three 'knights errants'. First, Christian the IV of Denmark, hoping to increase his property and prestige at the expense of the Empire. Second, Christian of Brunswick, who loved campaigning and was Elizabeth of Bohemia's 'true' knight errant. Third, Ernst von Mansfield, professional soldier of fortune. They planned separate advances because they would only bicker and fight between themselves. Mansfield was tricked into attacking Wallenstein at Dessau Bridge, although Wallenstein was a beginner in the arts of war, well cared for troops dug in with the best artillery seen in the war to date, did in Mansfield's 'hey diddle diddle, up the middle' attack. Tilly skillfully used interior lines to defeat the Brunswicker's weak army and reinforced by Wallenstein, began pursuit of Christian's Danes. Christian swung around and raced for his base at Wolfenbuttel. For three days, the Danish rearguard held off pursuit. On August 27, the King saw that he would not cover the remaining twenty miles without disaster. Christian deployed his army and faced Tilly at Lutter. The Danes had 16,000 and 20 cannon of which 4,000 were English mercenaries. Tilly had 10,000 and 20 cannon, plus 8,000 from Wallenstein's army. The Danes had slightly more cavalry. Referee Notes: Merode does not want to take heavier losses than Tilly. The English have a 50% chance of routing if asked to advance and a 50% change of routing if in melee (they go on strike!). TILLY'S ORDER OF BATTLE Infantry Figures Morale Trcka Regt(Wallenstein)24 Militia A. von Waldstein Regt 24 Regular Schmidt Regt (Bavarian)24 Veteran Savelli/Walloon Regt 24 Regular Tilly Regt 24Elite Cavalry Benighausen 8 Veteran Cuirassier Alt-Tilly 8 Veteran Cuirassier Colloredo 8 Regular Cuirassier Kratz (Bavarian) 8 Regular Cuirassier Merode (Wallenstein) 8 Regular Cuirassier Des Fours 8 Peasant Arquebus Two heavy cannon Breakpoint = 5 *Officers: Tilly and Merode *Deploy second; the Wallenstein troops must be deployed together. *Roll 1D3 and lose same number of cavalry figures. *Merode should ask the referee his objectives. ORDERS OF BATTLE FOR LUTTER Infantry Figures Morale Blue Regiment 24Veteran Morgan's English 24 Regular* May (Red) Regt 24 Militia Rantzau Regt 24Militia Cavalry Duke Otto Ludwig 8 Regular Cuirassier Baudissin 8 Veteran Cuirassier Christian 8 Veteran Cuirassier Solm's Cheveleger 8 Regular Medium Badener 8 Militia Medium Hagen Arquebusiers 8Peasant Arquebus two heavy cannon *Danes may use commanded shot: The Danes are short of musketeers; roll 1D6 *Officers: Christian the 4th and George Fredrick of Baden Durlach *The Foot regiments have not been paid for over a year; perhaps not too much can be expected of them. *Breakpoint = 4 Map Key for both Lutter and Walhoff WOODS - Half movement for dragoons on foot and musket infantry-, all others prohibited. Others may melee troops at edge of woods. Hard cover. NEILE RIVER - Prohibited. STEINKER BROOK AND SWAMP: Half movement across; considered shaken while crossing; cavalry crossing at gallop roll 1& 6 = 1 loss. No charge bonus across. CREEK - Deduct one inch movement-, no charge bonus across. HEDGES - Half movement to cross; hard cover. No charge bonus across (the items that look like catapillars are hedges). HATCHING - Shows slight changes in elevation or gentle hills-, the arrows point downhill. Battle of Wallhof: January 16, 1626 The 30 Years War by Bill Boyle. Back to MWAN #102 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1999 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com