Battle of North Point - Session Three - 31 January 2019

Session Three finds just two players engaged; Rod and Paul G. Consequently, the turns are taking a bit longer, particularly as a lot of units are in the ENGAGED status. With some time spent taking about the tactics of the period we nonetheless completed four action packed turns. The following photos represent the end state at 1740.

 The Naval contingent led by the indomitable Rear-Admiral Cockburn is now fully engaged with the 5th Maryland Regiment (in the distance behind the fence).

 The British howitzer has already been withdrawn from the artillery firing line. It seems the American battery has been targeting the howitzer in the hope of forcing a brigade morale check on the Divisional assets. However, in the first turn of this session the British battery inflicted a gunner casualty, which forced off one gun leaving two American guns. In the remaining three turns there were no gunner casualties.

 In the center the 2nd RMs are successfully engaged with the American riflemen in the buildings while the 21st Fusiliers are moving through the cornfield to engage American regulars on the fence line. The Royal and Colonial Marines are in reserve behind the 2nd RMs.
To the rear (foreground) the light Brigade are taking a well earned rest having suffered the brunt of the British casualties.

In the center foreground MGen Ross watches the engagement of the Third Brigade.

 On the British Army right flank, the Second brigade (4th and 44th), commanded by Colonel Brook, is moving across the river in an apparent bid to engage the American regulars in the flank.

 A view of the American left solidly anchored by the regular brigade.

 A view of the Virginia Brigade acting as an army reserve or perhaps to cover a possible American withdrawal?

 It appears that the Americans are endeavoring to slow the British advance in an effort to exhaust time and so prevent the British from gaining their objective before darkness. With only eight turns left before night the American strategy might work.