078.Verneuil_b - What If, Dawn Approach - WDS Age of Longbow Volume I
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| Turns: | 32 |
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| First Side: | Side_A (ALB1) |
| Second Side: | Side_B (ALB1) |
Date: 17 August 1424 - Size: Medium - Location: Verneuil, Eure Dept, Normandy, France
Scenario Briefing: What If, Dawn Approach - The decisive English victory at Agincourt, combined with the Anglo-Burgundian alliance, had enabled Henry V to conquer Normandy. After the death of Henry V in 1422, his brother John, Duke of Bedford, continued the conflict on behalf of his infant nephew, Henry VI. The pro-Dauphin Armagnac French sought Scottish military assistance, with Scottish archers hoping to counter the English bowmen. The Scottish contingent had helped secure victory at Baugé in 1421 yet had failed to ward off defeat at Cravant in 1423.
The French had agreed to fight the English at Ivry on 15th August 1424, in order to relieve the besieged fortress, but since their Milanese mercenary cavalry hadn't arrived in time they dishonorably failed to turn up and the fortress promptly surrendered. The angry Bedford led his Anglo-Norman army in pursuit of the enemy, although his Burgundian allies now left him in the lurch and some Normans - realizing that the French army was numerically stronger - now switched sides. Meanwhile, the French had taken Verneuil by a ruse, with Scottish soldiers pretending to be captured English prisoners claiming that the English army had been defeated.
Once the English army approached Verneuil, the French would rely on the Milanese heavy cavalry - on armored horses, giving them protection against arrows - to shatter the English line. However, the Milanese then attacked the baggage train and pursued the routers off the battlefield, only returning at the end of the battle. Meanwhile, the English line managed to rally and, after a fierce fight, routed the French wing and then surrounded and massacred the Scots. Casualties were heavy on both sides, but the costly English victory allowed Bedford to consolidate his hold on Normandy and Anjou.
This 32 turn scenario, which has no withdrawal time for the Milanese cavalry and allows archers to deploy stakes, starts in the early morning with the English army about to emerge out of the woods north of Verneuil.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Milanese mercenaries, Side B = English and Pro-English Normans.
Best played Head-To-Head or else as the English side against the French / Scottish / Milanese A/I.
Scenario Briefing: What If, Dawn Approach - The decisive English victory at Agincourt, combined with the Anglo-Burgundian alliance, had enabled Henry V to conquer Normandy. After the death of Henry V in 1422, his brother John, Duke of Bedford, continued the conflict on behalf of his infant nephew, Henry VI. The pro-Dauphin Armagnac French sought Scottish military assistance, with Scottish archers hoping to counter the English bowmen. The Scottish contingent had helped secure victory at Baugé in 1421 yet had failed to ward off defeat at Cravant in 1423.
The French had agreed to fight the English at Ivry on 15th August 1424, in order to relieve the besieged fortress, but since their Milanese mercenary cavalry hadn't arrived in time they dishonorably failed to turn up and the fortress promptly surrendered. The angry Bedford led his Anglo-Norman army in pursuit of the enemy, although his Burgundian allies now left him in the lurch and some Normans - realizing that the French army was numerically stronger - now switched sides. Meanwhile, the French had taken Verneuil by a ruse, with Scottish soldiers pretending to be captured English prisoners claiming that the English army had been defeated.
Once the English army approached Verneuil, the French would rely on the Milanese heavy cavalry - on armored horses, giving them protection against arrows - to shatter the English line. However, the Milanese then attacked the baggage train and pursued the routers off the battlefield, only returning at the end of the battle. Meanwhile, the English line managed to rally and, after a fierce fight, routed the French wing and then surrounded and massacred the Scots. Casualties were heavy on both sides, but the costly English victory allowed Bedford to consolidate his hold on Normandy and Anjou.
This 32 turn scenario, which has no withdrawal time for the Milanese cavalry and allows archers to deploy stakes, starts in the early morning with the English army about to emerge out of the woods north of Verneuil.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Milanese mercenaries, Side B = English and Pro-English Normans.
Best played Head-To-Head or else as the English side against the French / Scottish / Milanese A/I.
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