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At Any Cost: Metz 1870 – Session 2, Part V – To Be The Quick, Or Be The Dead
By Josef Tham: To Be The Quick, Or Be The Dead, That Is The Question (8 pm) What a turn! The French are knocking on the doors of Tronville, Puxieux, and Mars-la-Tour, while Kraatz-Koschlau’s
Read More »At Any Cost: Metz 1870 – Session 2, Part VI – Darkness Descends
By Josef Tham: Darkness Descends (Dusk, 9 pm) Another amazing come-back from that Prussian stalwart, Kraatz-Koschlau! That man’s division is solid heroism and determination! Puxieux looks safe, with a fresh (although Shaken) brigade and
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Read More »Recon! Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg
Wayne Hansen Published on Jun 4, 2018 “This is an unboxing of Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg, an American Civil War hex and counter wargame designed by Hermann Luttmann and published by
Read More »At Any Cost: Metz 1870: An After-Action-Report – Part II – French Forces
By Josef Tham Part II At midday, the first units from Voigts-Rhetz’s X Corps (green) will show up from the south, with one infantry brigade and divisional artillery from Schwartzkoppen’s division plus a cavalry
Read More »At Any Cost: Metz 1870: An After-Action-Report – Part III – Early Morning Action
Part III By Josef Tham Situation At Set-Up As can be seen, the only Prussian formation starting on the map is Rheinbaben’s 5th Cavalry Division, although Wilhelm’s 6th Cavalry Division and most of Alvensleben’s
Read More »At Any Cost: Metz 1870: An After-Action-Report – Part IV – The French Close In
Part IV By Josef Tham Yet again the Bazaine’s Malaise chit was drawn early (put on Frossard’s battered corps to keep him from rallying or assaulting Flavigny again), yet again the activation chit for
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