121.Blackstock_CL - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| First Side: | British |
| Second Side: | Continental Army |
Date: 20 November 1780 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Small - Location: Blackstock's Farm along the Tyger River, South Carolina ~70 miles SW of Charlotte.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Brigadier General Thomas Sumter arrived at Blackstock's Farm and took the opportunity to rest and refit. Seeing that the farm provided a good defensive position, the Americans took this ground under firm determination to defend it & not retreat further. Riflemen were placed along wooden fences, outbuildings and tree lines.
As was his wont, Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton was driving his forces relentlessly in pursuit of his quarry and his mounted troops (including British regular infantry equipped with horses) left the infantry, artillery, and baggage behind. He was alerted to Sumter's presence when he came upon a few scattered parties (including Tory prisoners who were ridden down mistakenly) and prepared to attack the rebel position. Sumter, seeing that Tarleton had divided his forces hoped to goad the British into attacking so as to defeat the British in detail. Tarleton would oblige when the Georgia rifles began to exchange fire and he attacked a numerically superior force in a strong position.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Nothing but Blood and Slaughter, Volume Two by Patrick O'Kelley.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Brigadier General Thomas Sumter arrived at Blackstock's Farm and took the opportunity to rest and refit. Seeing that the farm provided a good defensive position, the Americans took this ground under firm determination to defend it & not retreat further. Riflemen were placed along wooden fences, outbuildings and tree lines.
As was his wont, Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton was driving his forces relentlessly in pursuit of his quarry and his mounted troops (including British regular infantry equipped with horses) left the infantry, artillery, and baggage behind. He was alerted to Sumter's presence when he came upon a few scattered parties (including Tory prisoners who were ridden down mistakenly) and prepared to attack the rebel position. Sumter, seeing that Tarleton had divided his forces hoped to goad the British into attacking so as to defeat the British in detail. Tarleton would oblige when the Georgia rifles began to exchange fire and he attacked a numerically superior force in a strong position.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Nothing but Blood and Slaughter, Volume Two by Patrick O'Kelley.
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