Division H
Chris Townsend's Indians 64 v. EdmondDantes' Graeco-Bactrian 43
Chris Townsend's Graeco-Bactrian 46 v. EdmondDantes' Indians 8
The terrain had a small hill on the Indian left, a woods on the Indian right, and mostly rough ground in between, with the widest open gap between the centre and the woods. The Graeco-Bactrian side was mostly open, with some woods flanking a road pointing at the Indian centre left. Both generals concluded that the burden of the attack was on the smaller Graeco-Bactrian army.
EdmondDantes deployed a large cavalry force to attack the hill, with a mixed force of cavalry, elephants and phalanx on the left, and some medium troops in the centre. The cavalry broke against a strongly defended hill, where close fighters protected light artillery and massed archers on its crest. The central medium troops cleared one of the two rough areas of archers, but eventually succumbed to the arrows of the remaining (the Indians have LOTS of archers). The cavalry and elephants on the Graeco-Bactrian left were distracted by a flanking attack of Indian cavalry originally hidden behind the woods, and archers in the woods. The phalanx nonetheless charged alone through the gap, destroying all in its path - until one band of massed archers managed to survive melee with a phalanx long enough for a light chariot to deliver repeated flank charges.
In the mirror, the Graeco-Bactrians massed all of their elephants and phalanx, supported by a few light and heavy cavalry against the Indian left flank hill. Unfortunately for the Indians, they had planned a massed cavalry attack on that flank, and the cavalry had no chance against the elephants and phalanx. The Indians tried to compensate by attacking forward from the middle rough with their superior numbers, but were stopped either by the Graeco-Bactrian defended woods, or cut down in the open by the bulk of the Graeco-Bactrian cavalry.
Good games. The Indians are challenging to play with their primary strength in elephants and massed archers. So we are going to do some practicing before the next tournament
Chris Townsend
