Battle of Saltanovka, July 1812

Today we played a wonderfully crafted game, by Mauro, who prepared a Shako 2 scenario depicting the Battle of Saltanovka, a difficult engagement for the Russians, who needed to attack the French by crossing a difficult riverbed, with very tight timings of arrival.

All units, in 15mm scale, have been superbly painted and owned by Mauro.

The game went well for the French players, mainly due to the superior tactical stance of all the troops.

Lessons learned at Le Bois De Boulogne, like the infantry Brigade defensive tactical formation, called by the well known Colonel Devenice, “Jet-de-six”, were widely used and allowed to repulse all enemy attacks with very high losses.

Some photos which do not give justice to the wonderfully table organised by Mauro.