News
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The Pressure on the ridge
The allied lines start to crumble, with so much pressure to the west of La Haye Sainte the Dutch Belgiums have to give way in front of the tide of French coming over the ridge before them…
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Heroics at La Haye Sainte
The Dutch Belgium infantry around La Haye Sainte continue to exasperate the new French owners, even fighting off the attentions of the local French Cuirassier commander…
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relentless advance
The French continue their advance across the valley and nothing so far has done much to stop it… but with the arrival of the Prussians to the east will that change things?
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The Prussians are arriving
The Prussians arrive finally around Papelotte and relieve the allies there but this also releases the Young Guard…
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A view from the front
The wargames holiday centre is all about large scale wargames, the sort of wargames you dream of but very rarely have, even at the biggest wargames clubs… well we have them every weekend! Just look through a few of the pictures below and you will an idea of what we mean by large scale. The
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Pressure starting to tell
The allied lines are stating to be pressured all down the valley from Hougoumont to Papelotte…
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Pressure at Papelotte
The position of the outbuildings at Papelotte means that things get hot quite early, so with the French pushing hard things can get tricky. The key for the French is to effectively clear the skirmisher buildings then they are free to move onto the main assault. Sometimes its best to try and shoot the skirmishers
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Waterloo – continued advance
Over the next couple of turns the French continued to advance across the valley into the allied guns… The French continue to advance over turns 2 and 3 to the east of Hougoumont The French advance on La Haye Sainte The French Guard cavalry moving across the open ground to the west of Papelotte French
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The French Advance at Waterloo
“Todays fox”… Napoleons French are lined out and ready and are advancing across the board whilst Wellington sits on the ridge in front of them waiting the onslaught…
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Waterloo, initial deployments
OK so here are the basic initial deployment areas for the battle of Waterloo. The French are preparing to attack the British, who are positioned opposite them on the ridge the other side of the valley…
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The big day is nearly upon us…
Well tomorrow is the big day… the first weekend event at the NEW wargames holiday centre. We will be welcoming some old faces and some new ones to the centre to fight the battle of Waterloo.
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Dedication to our dear friend.
Mark opened today’s events with a dedication to the man whose vision and support has made this new Wargames Holiday Centre a possibility, Mike Ingham…
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