1758 Fort Carillon – Vassal Tutorial – 1758 Fort Carillon – Vassal Tutorial – Morning of July 6th (cont’d)

In the previous post, I did not complete the first British turn fully – the landing of the main army was only getting started.

One Massachusetts regiment was ambushed after landing and retreated off-map. But the British now follow-up with another regiment landing in the same place – they now know there are French around and cannot be ambushed by the same unit again. If there was another unit in Skirmish mode, that could attempt the ambush, but it’s too far away.

The New Jersey Regiment lands into the ZoC of the French patrol which decides to pull back three hexes. This is the other special ability you have in Skirmish mode.

However, the NJ being aggressive, they start moving inland and follow the retreating French who still feel they don’t want to engage in combat.

The French take their second (and last) retreat option and pull back again, now all they back into the friendly fortifications where they lose the Skirmish mode automatically (due to stopping at a fortification).

I am landing the irregulars before most of the line infantry to ensure my strongest units can land uninterrupted. I want to save them for later engagements and not be delayed on the initial stage of the operation.

Finally, the whole army is on the shores of the lake. It is divided into two parts and really isn’t in any type of optimal situation. My idea is to tie up enough French on the western side (top part of the map) and hit hard on the opposing side.

The two Artillery Castles are still held back outside the effective range of the French cannons. Technically, they could have fired, but I didn’t bother now to speed up the game.

What will likely happen next is a French counter-attack against the weaker British on the western side… but that’s on my next post.