Readying for La Rothière

Our first bicentennial game for 2014 will be based on the Battle of La Rothière, "the battle in the blizzard", 1st February 1814.

The table is nearly all set save for some river sections to represent the Aube, some trees in the woods at the eastern end, some snow-covered roves and the figures, of course!

I did up the orders of battle using a scale of around 1:33, so we'll have a few figures on the table; nearly 2 000 allied infantry, over 400 cavalry, 28 gun models, with roughly half that number for the French.

View of the table from the western end. Dienville on the River Aube in the foreground, with La Rothière in the centre.

Hopefully we can make it look as good as our Eylau game (he says immodestly!).