4 June: Morning...The Battle of Amity

Initial deployments

Defensive preparations where barely underway when the Slobobians appeared along the main road in force. One unanticipated development was the concentration of all light forces into a  single ad hoc force which was dispatched to find away around the Freedonian right flank.  Wasserman's deployment included for the first time militia, which had been assembling at Amity over the past two days, and had been responsible for whatever defensive positions there were. As such they occupied the advance position and were first in actin when the Slobobians struck. Within a half hour the Militia battalions were routed. But hey had caused sufficient disorder within the Slobobian ranks that Pham passed through the next regiment to continue the attack.

View from behind the Freedonian position looking East

Townspeople alerted Wasserman as to the attempted flanking movement by the Slobobians. he saw with alarm that they would strike his artillery position and rushed the tired 7th Jaegers and his dragoons to bolster the right flank.

At this point the engagement became general with both sides artillery shelling portions of Amity as the fight developed back and forth. Soon much of the town was on fire.

The Successive blows against the Freedonian line each in turn sent them reeling rearwards. The many hedgerows and  built up terrain of the village did not work in the favor of the Freedonians, unable to make best use of their rapid fire needleguns against the swarms of Slobobian attackers. The superior numbers of the Slobobians insured that there was always a fresh battalion to throw into each attack, regardless of the casualties of its predecessor.

Desperate charge of the 2d Dragoons

Ultimately Wasserman was able to draw off his force, admittedly not in the best of order. A fresh Slobobian battalion set off in pursuit. A timely, if desperate, flank charge from the 2d Dragons, slammed into the lead attackers, and thus put an end to any immediate pursuit. However eth cost was high, nearly the entire regiment killed, wounded, captured.

In the end each side lost a further 25% of their force,(Freedonains 1400, Slobobians 2300)... losses the Freedonians could ill afford. However, Wassrman was now able to extract himself, with no enemy pursuit. The Slobobians were too disorganized to follow, and would wait at Amity the rest of the day, reorganizing and awaiting the rest of their column, on the way down form Bethany.

And thus came to a close the four days which would be known as the  Battle of the Frontiers...