Spanish right
The Spanish right wing was theoretically quite strong with 2 cuirassiers, 1 dragoons and 2 big battalions Irish.
I opened the game moving the cavalry sideways to open room for the Irish battalions to confront Greg's cuirassiers.
Greg dodged this move, pulling his cuirassiers back, out of musket range. He turned his medium gun to my infantry.
Next round right wing cavalry brought a 6 and with a double move I attacked Greg's cavalry, but they had the better of it.
One cuirassiers of mine and one of his got 4 hits and retreated mutually, but my dragoons got 4 hits while his cuirassiers got 3.
With this minimal advantage he dared to follow up and next round he attacked them while they were reforming and dispersed them.
Center
In the center we advanced both our double lines and Greg shifted his second to the right, to find space so that he would have more shooters.
I pushed my center to the front for only two moves, then I waited for Greg to come.
Aspremont was a dashing Austrian general and rushed to attack frontally without preparation. His first line got many casualties.
Then, as I tried to keep my first infantry line steady to receive the wave of the second Austrian infantry line, while I was ready to shoot unmoved from close range,
my first infantry brigade brought a six, attacked and had the same luck with Aspremont.
Spanish left
My Walloon guards were chasing Greg's grenzers, and their only success was that one of the two battalions accumulated 5 hits and was done for.
Greg's cuirassiers advanced against my dismounted dragoons, who managed to shoot and fall back twice.
The moment they had reached with their backs at the river and the Austrian cuirassiers were ready to attack, the dragoons released a devastating volley
and both cuirassier regiments reeled back with 4 hits each.
Spanish right again
While my brave Irish brigade was advancing, the Austrian artillery poured canister to them, so a cuirassier regiment found them too weak, attacked them and
Mac Donald lost one of his gallant regiments. The other fell back to stay level with my cavalry brigade which had received damage and was recovering.
At this moment, both our first infantry lines had melted away and all the rest formations of both combatants were in a total mess and needed at least
a couple of rounds to reorganize. So we decided to call it a day.
Losses
The Spanish lost 6,5 points while the Austrians 4.
A winning draw for the Austrians
The cunning Austrian fox did it again
Here is the final picture of the center of the table
