092.Brier Creek_CL - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| First Side: | British |
| Second Side: | Continental Army |
Date: 3 March 1779 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Medium - Location: Along the Old Augusta Road, West of the Savannah River (Georgia-South Carolina Border), ~60 miles of NNW Savannah, Georgia.
Scenario Briefing: Lieutenant Colonel Mark Prevost, opted to execute a plan devised by his predecessor, Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. Sending ~500 highlanders north on the old Augusta road to demonstrate against the American southern flank, he marched his main force north to cross Brier Creek at the Paris' Mill (building a temporary bridge there). It would place him in the American rear and pin them against the Savannah River, the swamps, and Brier Creek.
In the afternoon of March 3, an American rider announced the impending arrival of the British at the American camp. General John Ashe deployed his troops as best he could, while Prevost did the same. The highlanders in the center were eager to avenge one of their own, who had been murdered and his body abused during the occupation of Augusta. The American defense would not last long. The defeat was nearly pivotal in that it extended the war in the south by at least another year, as the American militias would need to rebuild.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Brier Creek Battleground by Daniel Johnson.
Scenario Briefing: Lieutenant Colonel Mark Prevost, opted to execute a plan devised by his predecessor, Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. Sending ~500 highlanders north on the old Augusta road to demonstrate against the American southern flank, he marched his main force north to cross Brier Creek at the Paris' Mill (building a temporary bridge there). It would place him in the American rear and pin them against the Savannah River, the swamps, and Brier Creek.
In the afternoon of March 3, an American rider announced the impending arrival of the British at the American camp. General John Ashe deployed his troops as best he could, while Prevost did the same. The highlanders in the center were eager to avenge one of their own, who had been murdered and his body abused during the occupation of Augusta. The American defense would not last long. The defeat was nearly pivotal in that it extended the war in the south by at least another year, as the American militias would need to rebuild.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Brier Creek Battleground by Daniel Johnson.
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