Mexican/American Game Completed

Tonight, we completed our battle/game we started a couple of weeks ago. I plan on posting some pics of the game as I have blogged earlier. First the report.

As the game continued, I had managed as the Mexicans, to rout the Americans from the town. I moved in and held my ground after a melee with the gringo's. On our right flank, it wasn't so good. We were pushed back until we ended up in somewhat of a pocket. The Americans pressed hard as they should have. They were superior troops to our Mexicans. But, we did bloody them quite considerably! As the Mexicans, we put up a fight! The one thing the Americans didn't do, was to bring their artillery up to support their attacks. With the poor firing of the Mexicans, they could have stood off and just shot our faces off. But they didn't!

As the gringo's pressed on the right, we failed morale's, but we reached a point where the die rolling went our way. This frustrated the Americans. Just when they would fire and cause casualties, we held. The Texas Rangers managed to get loose on our right. Managing to get behind our units, they routed a couple of units, but finally pressed their luck and were smashed! The ended up charging an 8lbr battery and I rolled well, routing them to the point they were no longer a fighting unit. One stand out of six, is useless in this game. The gringo's were able to bring up a couple of regular army units, but they had their faces shot off. Oh, it wasn't like we had our way, we lost heavily as well.

In the center where I was controlling the best Mexican troops, I was able to rout the Americans from the town. The Americans were forced to fight for the town twice to the glee of the Mexicans. After winning one melee, and causing a stalemate with another in the town, I pressed my advantage until the Americans won a melee against me. From that point, the Americans were able to control the town. Falling back, I was able to snipe at the Americans, but I was outnumbered.

Once I was forced back, I was unable to get a decent line of fire. My 11th Line moved up, but couldn't hold. My 2nd Light was routed, only to recover and lend a hand against the Texas Rangers. Once my Zapadoras were routed off the board, was the battle called. My 8lbr artillery piece only had 1 round left, my best units were routed except for the 2nd Light. The 2nd Light was down to 2 stands facing the Rangers and another almost full strength American unit. 6 stands. My 4lbr battery was out of ammo. We called the battle, but it was well understood that the Mexican Army put up a hell of a fight, and caused severe casualties amongst the American units.

It was a good time had by all. One of the highlights was when a Mexican cavalry unit charged an American unit. I lost the initiative die roll, which allowed the Americans to move first. The Mexicans survived the musket fire, losing all stands but one. That stand made it's morale and melee'd the American infantry. The Mexican cavalry stand won the melee, with one stand, and routed the American infantry! This was one of the examples that frustrated the Americans! If a campaign was being played out, the Americans would have suffered heavily. As the Mexicans, we too were bloodied, but it may have been considered a Mexican victory based upon the losses suffered by the Americans.

Pictures to follow.