Oct 12, 2020

Serbians versus Austro-Hungarians - Round I


Played a brief game with my 6mm figures yesterday between the Serbians (Top) and the Austro-Hungarians (Bottom).  Really a test-run than an actual game, but I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  Force distribution was two infantry battalions and one (albeit bloated) cavalry squadron per side.  The Serbians fielded more men (2,800), but the Austro-Hungarians (with a force of 2,500) were slightly better prepared for a battle of attrition.


Turn one, the cavalry squadrons move to contact.  (The Serbians had some pretty bad command roles early on).


The Austrian Dragoons charge into the mass of Serbian cavalry.


Turn two, the cavalry pass through each other's ranks! The Serbians make for the Austro-Hungarian (they're really Czech in this engagement) line, and the Dragoons try to outflank the Serbian infantry.  


Turn three, and the Serbians finally make a good command roll.  The 1st-line battalion moves to fire on the dragoons, and the larger second line battalion moves to the aid of the cavalry squadron, the latter receiving heavy fire from the Czechs.


The Dragoons are cut to ribbons by the Serbian rifle fire, and forced to retire!


Turn 4 and the Serbians go all in.  The (remaining) cavalry and the 2nd-line battalion charge headfirst into the Austro-Hungarian left, soon to be followed by the 1st-line battalion.


It's a tough fight, but the Czech infantry hold, taking the remaining cavalry prisoner, and enveloping the shattered Serbian infantry.  For good measure, the Dragoons return to the field to harass the remaining battalion.  Low on morale, the Serbians concede.

Serbian Losses: 1,003 (including 66 prisoners)
Austro-Hungarian Losses: 515