Spoken like a true partizan British cavalry commander Ray
Of course the odds were tough for the Allies.. the campaing was in Wellington';s own words..
a near run thing
That was reflected in our game during the part 3 of which saw the remnant of
Uxbridge's Cavalry Corps rally on a road crossing south of Genappe. At this point
Saxe Weimar's brigade were already heading back south to defend the ridge near Gemioncourt Farm when 25,000 Frenchmen hove into view. They fell back on the crossroads to find themselves reinforced by
Maitland's 1st Brigade of Guards. Laterally they were supported by Bijlandt's brigade on their right and the
Duke of Brunswick's light brigade on their forward left. Behind the village of Quatre Bras stood
Brunswick's 2nd Brigade and
Pack's Brigade newly arrived.
The French cleared Gemioncourt and threw
Jerome's and Bachelu's divisions at the crossroads in a furious assault which saw the
1er & 2e Leger temporarily control part of the ridge before being decimated by close range musketry and canister fire. A final assault by
Campi's brigade made progress against the
Guards but was stopped at nightfall allowing the allies to fall back in good order to a little place known as... eh Waterloo I think!