[FKoC AAR] With Pike and Musket, English Civilwar

[LuckyLewis]

I guess the Parliamentarians aren't all that happy over your recent occupation of Plymouth. Looks like the next update is nicely set up with what looks like a rather large battle.

Keep up the good work, Temuzu! +rep.

[Temuzu]

Thank you m'lord!

And yeah, should be a rather large battle indeed. Though there is going to be a few more battles before it, as the two updates have happened inside the same turn

[King Of Scotland]

Nice!

[Temuzu]

Update 3
The Siege of Warmick

After the battle of Plymouth, Earl of Hampton was ordered to take Warmick from the Parliament. This battle was bound to be harder than the battle of Plymouth, due to the fact that the enemy was holding up in the castle, with two separate walls protecting them. Nevertheless, Earl of Hampton assaulted the castle.

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As the battle started, Hamptons men were ordered to stay in the small trench like terrain, to stay covered from both vision and counterfire.

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The artillery started firing upon the battlements, as the men watched from the side, anxiously waiting for the battle to commence.

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After minutes of bombardment, the battlements finally fall! The walls are now open to our troops.

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As soon as the dust settled at the walls, Hoptons men yelled "For the King!" and charged towards the breach.

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The first ones to reach the walls were the musketeers, only to find them abandoned. Their orders were to go and capture the gatehouse, which was quickly done. This way the cannons could be moved into the streets to destroy the second layer of walls.

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The men gathered to the main streets, facing the last gatehouse protecting the Parliamentals. The cannons were moved in, and a brief moment of silence fell to the battlefield, only to be broke by the random yells of Parliamental commanders. A few seconds later the cannons began to fire. It only took a few shots to break the portcullis of the gatehouse.

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Now the pikemen were ordered to advance and take the central plaza of the castle from the rebels. the Parliamentals were still forming as the pikemen reached the gates.

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As the pikemen marched through the gate, enemy musketeers opened fire on them. Many casualtys were taken before the lines reached the enemy.

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However, the musketeers were too slow, and they were caught between the two lines of pikes. They were killed to the last man, by both enemy and friendly stabs.

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The main battle had now began, and the pikemen of both sides switched stabs at eachother. The right flank of pikes tried to flank the enemy, only to be halted by hostile musket fire. They moved in to join the rest of the unit.

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The enemy forces were pushed back, as both side received severe casualtys. The last to fight was the unit of musketeers.

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After the enemy forces were beaten, the enemy commander tried to escape, but he was caught, and stabbed to death like a pig.

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The battle was one of the bloodiest so far, but Warmick was taken. The settlement was sacked, and the money was granted to the royal treasury.

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However, a counterattack was more than possible, as a huge Parliamental army was stationed just outside Warmick.

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[Lord Lancelot]

Cool update, I like this AAR

[LuckyLewis]

Agreed, nice battle report, and particularly impressive screenshots too.

[Temuzu]

From you Lewis, the screenshot part is... The damn most beautiful thing I have ever heard

[Temuzu]

Update 4
Battle of Oxford

After the capture of Plymouth, the Parliament made several counterattacks. One aimed towards Plymouth, in order to retake it, and one towards the capital, Oxford. Oxford was heavily defended by both King Charles and Lord Astley, who was positioned at the outskirts of the city.

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Meanwhile, Prince Charles, the faction heir, was advancing towards Wales, and would only meet little resistance.

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As soon as Oxford was besieged, Lord Astley received an message from the King, requesting help in the upcoming battle near Oxford. Astley moved his forces east of Oxford, and ordered the attack to begin. He would receive some support from Oxfords garrison, and perhaps the King himself.

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The battle began early in the morning, with both sides in formations, ready to commence battle. Astley ordered his dragoons to advance and harass the enemy cavarly, while the rest of the army held the line, and cannons started bombarding. But the Parliamentals had different plans. They charged their cavarly towards the dragoons, who started firing towards them, while the musketeers in the mainline fired whenever they could.

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The battle was full chaos from the very beginning, with horses running everywhere, gunpowderflashes blinked in the smoke, and men screaming in terror and pain as they were trampled by the Ironsides horses. The dragoons began to flee the field, but a few units remained in their position and fired to the advancing cavarly. The Parliamenal cavarly was halted, for a few minutes.

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The Parliamentals foolishly counterattacked to the lines of pikes in the center, which resulted in their annihilation. Meanwhile on the left flank, Parliamental Troopers attacked the Royal Harquebusier cavarly.

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As the cavarly retreated in the center, they were soon replaced by lines of pikemen. The cannoncrews had continued firing through the battle, but they were soon impaled while trying to keep the cannons firing.

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But finally, some good news! The King had arrived to the field with his personal bodyguards, and started advancing towards the enemy. This gave the men a morale boost, and they started pushing forward in the center, soon breaking the enemy.

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As the Harquebusiers had fought against the Troopers, they had not noticed the great danger slowly moving towards them behind the enemy cavarly. Pariamental pikemen soon started killing the Harquebusiers, but they kept on fighting, even though they knew it was a battle they could not win.

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Now, the center had reached the enemy reserves. Parliamental musketeers fired upon the pikemen, and many good men were killed in the process. But immidiatedly after the pikes reached the musketeers, they routed and fled to the fields. The cavarly that had retreated sooner tried to save their comrades, but failed in it.

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The other musketeers were causing so much casualtys, that Lord Astley himself ordered his bodyguard to charge the enemy. Just meters away from the enemy, an lucky shot from a Parliamental musket pierced Astleys armor, and killed him instantly. In the chaos of battle his men didnt even notice this, and kept fighting.

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One of the enemy Trooper units tried to break from the combat, and rushed through the musketeer lines. At the same time, the King marched to the battlefield, and inspired from his precense, the musketeers charged the Troopers and surrounded them.

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As Astleys men routed the musketeers, they noticed that their general had been killed. After this, they furiously charged the Parliamental cannons, slaughtering every single one of the crewmen.

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Meanwhile the musketeers had surrounded the enemy general, who was in command of the unit trying to break out. He was dehorsed, and mauled to death with musketstocks.

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The battle was over, and the Parliamental army was decimated. Only one unit of cavarly survived, and they retreated south. Royalists lost a lot of men aswell, over 500. The retraining was started in Oxford. Lord Astley was buried to the battlefield, and a small cross was build to the place where he was expected to have been killed.

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[Temuzu]

Im not a fan of monologs, y'know?

[Lord Lancelot]

Great update I like this period what is in mod +Rep

[Temuzu]

Things are starting to get interesting in the new update!

[Herr Lindstrom]

Wonderful AAR. +Rep. AVENGE LORD ASTLEY! he deserves that much at least

[Dave Strider]

Would lord astley's name happen to be Rick?