Clash In The Valley

 It's taken me 8 days to play 14 short, simple, turns but it was finally done yesterday. Here's the next fictional Blog post of my Nova Scotia (or Acadian) Campaign.

The British force contained one British regular battalion of the 60th, Royal Americans, and 3 battalions of New England volunteers, along with some Rangers. The defenders were a mix of Mi'kmac and Acadians supported by some Compagnies franches. The British objective was to seize the bridge over the Blue River and prepare to advance farther up the Valley ][on the next day. 

Now the story continues from the previous posts.

The British forces quickly deployed and opened fire. 

On the second assault upon the Acadian farm, the 60th drove out the defenders and pushed on.

A crow flew overhead and expressed its opinions. about the nosy firefights as the British troops pushed foreard....

The Colonials and Rangers were having a hard time clearing the wooded hills on their flank when an order came to leave a small flank guard and press on to the main job,

After various firefights  with the Acadians in cover giving better than they received, they were slowly forced back from position to position to avoid being out flanked or taken more casualties than they could withstand.

At last, the 60th, despite heavy losses, were in a position to drive out the Acadians from the last farms and woods, and charged with bayonets fixed and crying "Huzzah!!".

The tattered remnant of the 60th Foot was forced to fallback after being repulsed and taking heavy losses. Several of the Colonial volunteers had also taken heavy casualties after prolonged firefights.
Reluctantly, the order was given to fallback and regroup.