014.Moores Creek_CL_a - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| Turns: | 20 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | British |
| Second Side: | Continental Army |
Date: 27 February 1776 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Small - Location: Moore’s Creek, ~20 miles Northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Once numbering close to 2,000, the loyalist contingent had shrunk to 700-800 men, including 600 Highland Scots along with the remainder Regulators when they arrived in the vicinity of Moore’s Creek. Lieutenant Colonel Donald MacLeod assumed command following a council of war marched in the pre-dawn hours only to find the rebel defensive works abandoned. MacLeod ordered his men to adopt a defensive line, but then a Patriot sentry across the river fired his musket to warn Caswell. Hearing this, Lt.-Col. MacLeod immediately ordered his men to attack. A company of Loyalist Gaels approached the bridge before and after a brief exchange of musketry, Lt.-Col. MacLeod and Captain John Campbell seized the opportunity to lead a charge by a company of broadswords men across the bridge, only to go down in a hail of musket balls. The Patriots would in turn sweep back over the creek and force the loyalist forces back in what is generally considered a disaster for the Tory forces in North Carolina.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Southern Strategy by David K. Wilson.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Once numbering close to 2,000, the loyalist contingent had shrunk to 700-800 men, including 600 Highland Scots along with the remainder Regulators when they arrived in the vicinity of Moore’s Creek. Lieutenant Colonel Donald MacLeod assumed command following a council of war marched in the pre-dawn hours only to find the rebel defensive works abandoned. MacLeod ordered his men to adopt a defensive line, but then a Patriot sentry across the river fired his musket to warn Caswell. Hearing this, Lt.-Col. MacLeod immediately ordered his men to attack. A company of Loyalist Gaels approached the bridge before and after a brief exchange of musketry, Lt.-Col. MacLeod and Captain John Campbell seized the opportunity to lead a charge by a company of broadswords men across the bridge, only to go down in a hail of musket balls. The Patriots would in turn sweep back over the creek and force the loyalist forces back in what is generally considered a disaster for the Tory forces in North Carolina.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Southern Strategy by David K. Wilson.
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