Square Bashing at Lenton Gamers

Inspired by the recent battlefield walk near Ypres James fancied another game of Square Bashing. I was able to escape Dad's Taxi duties for the evening and make it down to the club.

We had a fairly standard set up but with just 650 point armies (I think), got all the toys out and went at it.
James and I commanded the British (that I had painted) attacking Bob and Mike using James' Germans.
James supplied the splendid terrain cloth and all the scenery and planes.

 British on the start line

 Tanks to give the chaps courage

 The hun dig in

 A healthy stonk lands on the chateau

 The initial British barrage blew holes in the wire, giving the attackers hope!

 German barrages disrupt the British assault

The chateau is attacked

The British attack struggled to get started. We called in a plane, who at first refused to turn up and then failed to kill anything at all with its strafing run.
Meanwhile the Germans cleverly disrupted our advance with barrages. Bob had played before and knew what he was about - which is clearly most unfair!

Late in the game the British assaulted the Germans in the chateau but despite the accompanying tanks were thrown back. The beastly Hun even deployed fiendish gas against the plucky Tommys!

In the end the British attack stalled and the Germans remained in control of their trenches.

A great fun game with good company.