4 June: 0400 Aftermath of Bethany

The enemy Brigade attempting to force the gully had pretty much wrecked themselves in the attempt. However with four brigades in this wing,General Mattieu sends Pham and Zervos's brigades to move by the route taken by IR13 and undertake immediate pursuit. Meanwhile the rest of the wing spent the evening getting across consolidating and reorganizing.

That night Brigade Wasserman moved 5 miles west to the small town of Amity. The commander expected that he would be able to make a clean getaway. Unfortunately the assembly of stragglers and the extraction of the wounded resulted in slow going.

It was with great surprise that by 0400 Gen Wasserman received a report from his reargard Dragoons of an enemy force of at least brigade strength being hot on his heels. The Slobobians had pursued through the night after them.

Wasserman realized that this wounded and supply columns would be overtaken unless he could deal a bloody nose to his pursuers. With little rest the Brigade turned and took up positions around Amity and by dawn were ready for another fight.

Rules to be used: Polemos: Commandant de Battaile

Per my Carnage & Glory campaign files these are the two combatant strenths and OBs before the battle starts:

Brigade Wasserman

    [ 412] General de Brigade Wasserman - Active C [450 paces]

[ 112] 7th Jaeger bn                     0/ 480      

[ 113] 1bn 4th Line                      0/ 500       

[ 114] 2bn 4th Line                      0/ 450       

[ 115] 1bn 9th Line                      0/ 810      

[ 116] 2bn 9th Line                      0/ 907       

[ 117] 1bn 22th Line                     0/ 706      

[ 120] 1-3 foot artillery                0/ 105 [ 4] 

[ 121] 2-3 foot artillery                0/  59 [ 3] 

[ 122] 1st Compagne Miilitia bn          0/ 550      

[ 123] LaSalle's Volunteer Grenzers      0/ 395       

Strengths:

losses/active

    0/  4798 Bayonets

    0/   164 Artillerists

    0/     7 Cannon

    0/  5002 Total of all arms

          15 Standards present

Brigade Hylton

    [ 416] General de Brigade Hylton - Active B [450 paces]

[ 118] 2 dragoons                        0/ 420      C+

[ 119] 11 Hussars                        0/ 495      C+

Strengths:

losses/active

    0/   915 Sabres

    0/   915 Total of all arms

           2 Standards present

    Brigade Pham

    [ 512] General de Brigade Pham - Active C [350 paces]

[ 516] 1bn IR21                          0/ 796      C-

[ 517] 2bn IR21                          0/ 810      C-

[ 518] 3bn IR21                          0/ 770      C-

[ 519] 1bn IR13                          0/ 825      C+

[ 520] 2bn IR13                          0/ 504      C+

[ 521] 3bn IR13                          0/ 761      C 

[ 522] 12th Light                        0/ 577      C 

[ 523] 13 Foot artillery                 0/ 181 [ 7] C+

    Brigade Zervos

    [ 514] General de Brigade Zervos - Active B [500 paces]

[ 526] 1bn IR19                          0/ 806      D+

[ 527] 2bn IR19                          0/ 776      C-

[ 528] 3bn IR19                          0/ 800      D+

[ 529] 1bn IR25                          0/ 795      D+

[ 530] 2bn IR25                          0/ 800      C-

[ 531] 3bn IR25                          0/ 766      C 

[ 532] 13th Light                        0/ 800      C 

Strengths:

losses/active

    0/ 10586 Bayonets

    0/   489 Sabres

    0/   524 Artillerists

    0/    21 Cannon

    0/ 11599 Total of all arms

          29 Standards present

Initial positions: Slobobian Briagedes Pursuing at top f fame. In Amity Freedonians deploying