079.Verneuil_c - "What if" - WDS Age of Longbow Volume I
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Date: 17 August 1424 - Size: Medium - Location: Verneuil, Eure Dept, Normandy, France
Scenario Briefing: What If - 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. It seems the Milanese may have been deployed in front of the army rather than on one of the flanks as would be more usual. The sunbaked earth made it too hard to fix stakes in the ground and hundreds of the English archers were quickly cut down or routed. 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.
15 turn variant scenario with the Milanese cavalry deployed in the front of the army and with no withdrawal time. To compensate for this, archers are able to deploy stakes, but they will not have time to do so before the initial Milanese charge.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Milanese mercenaries, Side B = English and pro-English Normans.
Best played Head-To-Head or as the French / Scottish / Milanese side against the English A/I.
Scenario Briefing: What If - 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. It seems the Milanese may have been deployed in front of the army rather than on one of the flanks as would be more usual. The sunbaked earth made it too hard to fix stakes in the ground and hundreds of the English archers were quickly cut down or routed. 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.
15 turn variant scenario with the Milanese cavalry deployed in the front of the army and with no withdrawal time. To compensate for this, archers are able to deploy stakes, but they will not have time to do so before the initial Milanese charge.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Milanese mercenaries, Side B = English and pro-English Normans.
Best played Head-To-Head or as the French / Scottish / Milanese side against the English A/I.
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