Picts and Brits - Rematch

I set the same armies as in the previous game up again yesterday. This time the Picts defended, and the field was more open, with a couple of fields and some hills only. Great for cavalry; less good for the three Pictish psiloi.

Both sides deployed their cavalry on their left. The Picts favoured their left, hoping to use the psiloi to delay on their right whilst they did a concentrated attack with the infantry.

The British covered their right with the peasant hordes.

Early moves. The Picts advanced rapidly on their left and in the centre, whilst the British were slower. You can see their horse approaching the Pictish  psiloi in the distance. In the centre some Pictish spearmen had moved to delay the British cavalry but were themselves blocked by British light infantry.

The Picts charged home.

One element of hordes was swept away by the Pict infantry, whilst the other managed to hold off the horse.

But the Pictish line had a vulnerable open flank, and the British infantry quickly exploited it, destroying some Picts.

The peasant hordes collapsed, and the Pictish cavalry made a dash for the British camp.

However the British cavalry had now contacted the Pictish psiloi.

They put up a great fight, destroying an element of British cavalry, but losing one themselves.

However the British foot continued their advance in the centre and destroyed the remaining Pictish foot there to give the British a decisive victory.

The British won 5-1 (Destroyed four pike and a psiloi, for the loss of one cavalry and a couple of hordes)

The Picts are at a heavy disadvantage if they can't react to the enemy deployment and if the terrain is very open. They did choose some bad going to place, but it ended up being discarded.