This was a toughie for the British, for several reasons. #1, Tony L was extremely patient as the French, attacking only where he had strength, and willing to pull back where necessary. #2, At one point I had in my hand THREE cavalry charges, and a bayonet charge. Given the ideal for me was to hold position, and only snuff out exposed units where possible (which he hardly ever seemed to leave out there), these cards were a dead weight. I used two of the cavalry charges simply to reposition troops, and likewise the bayonet charge for the infantry.
I did make a three glaring errors though. First, I left the RL's exposed for too long. Second, I moved the Guards over to La Haye Sainte instead of allowing him to advance in the centre and hold the wings. And then, I compounded the Gurads error by following up the LC attack on the HA around Hougoument. i did kill two units for the loss of the LC, but it left that wing very weak. This was probably my only real piece of offensive play, but it ultimately gave him Hougoument, the units defending around there, and therefore the game.
I thought I had the game early on, but Tony L played very well and slowly worked his way forward without giving me a good chance to respond. Too many 1-block units in my rear were preventing my cavalry from redeploying elsewhere and Tony seemed to take advantage of that, always having local superiority when it counted.
Well played mate. A much deserved victory.
