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Dowly · 01-04-10, 03:15 AM

263BC
Liberating Messana

I got impatient and decided not to wait for the 2nd legion to be amassed and went in with what I had; 4xHastati, 4xPrincipes & 2xlight cav. roughly 1600 men. I was against mostly spearmen, some 1200 men.

Fraps didnt want to take piccies for some reason.

Anywho, this turned to be one of the easier battles. My spy had opened the doors for us and with Messana having that crappy wall around it with no towers near the gates, I could move around without having to dodge arrows.

I massed all my troops to the main gate, Hastatis in front and Principes right in their arse. The hastatis threw their spears over the wall and made the defenders fall back few dozen meters, this was a welcome event as I could puor in the first wave and get them inside the walls without a fight.

2 units covered both the east and west roads to the gate, while the remaining two pushed into the mainstreet to bottleneck the defenders there. One spearman unit tried to throw my eastern guard out, but they fled after a short fight. The main street was where the battle was decided, the enemy threw it's cavalry and infantry against mine. I had held back the infantry for sometime successfully, but the enemy cavalry managed to push my troops back towards the gate.

I relieved the middle units and swapped them with the E & W defenders who were rested and in full strenght. At the same time, I marched the Principes in and ordered two units to go E and down the alleyways which lead to the mainstreet, right into the enemy's flank.

Despite few javelin thrower guys, my principes got to the mainstreet undisturbed and set up so that one unit watched to the N (towards the town square) and blocked enemy reinforcements and the other charged to S, to the rear of the enemy forces fighting at the maingate.

This worked and the enemy started to flee, straight into my flanking forces. Only few got thru to the town square. I pulled all my hastatis out of the city to get some rest, while all my principes approached the townsquare from east and west. At this time, the enemy had 3 units left, none of them full strenght, so it was easy pickings to march to and surround the townsquare. Full volley of spears thrown from point-blank range by 4 principe units does wonders.

I lost ~150 men and the enemy lost all but 2, Messana occupied. More troops from Rome and onwards to west to have a go at the Carthagenian troops I spotted earlier on.

01-04-10, 03:15 AM	#8
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,056 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	263BC Liberating Messana I got impatient and decided not to wait for the 2nd legion to be amassed and went in with what I had; 4xHastati, 4xPrincipes & 2xlight cav. roughly 1600 men. I was against mostly spearmen, some 1200 men. Fraps didnt want to take piccies for some reason. Anywho, this turned to be one of the easier battles. My spy had opened the doors for us and with Messana having that crappy wall around it with no towers near the gates, I could move around without having to dodge arrows. I massed all my troops to the main gate, Hastatis in front and Principes right in their arse. The hastatis threw their spears over the wall and made the defenders fall back few dozen meters, this was a welcome event as I could puor in the first wave and get them inside the walls without a fight. 2 units covered both the east and west roads to the gate, while the remaining two pushed into the mainstreet to bottleneck the defenders there. One spearman unit tried to throw my eastern guard out, but they fled after a short fight. The main street was where the battle was decided, the enemy threw it's cavalry and infantry against mine. I had held back the infantry for sometime successfully, but the enemy cavalry managed to push my troops back towards the gate. I relieved the middle units and swapped them with the E & W defenders who were rested and in full strenght. At the same time, I marched the Principes in and ordered two units to go E and down the alleyways which lead to the mainstreet, right into the enemy's flank. Despite few javelin thrower guys, my principes got to the mainstreet undisturbed and set up so that one unit watched to the N (towards the town square) and blocked enemy reinforcements and the other charged to S, to the rear of the enemy forces fighting at the maingate. This worked and the enemy started to flee, straight into my flanking forces. Only few got thru to the town square. I pulled all my hastatis out of the city to get some rest, while all my principes approached the townsquare from east and west. At this time, the enemy had 3 units left, none of them full strenght, so it was easy pickings to march to and surround the townsquare. Full volley of spears thrown from point-blank range by 4 principe units does wonders. I lost ~150 men and the enemy lost all but 2, Messana occupied. More troops from Rome and onwards to west to have a go at the Carthagenian troops I spotted earlier on.