French Indian War - Game 13 setup

The next battle in the French Indian War campaign has the French commander Drucour in June 1758 move against the Seneca and their settlement. The campaign map (see Jonathan's Palouse Wargaming Journal for the campaign moves) has a forested area for the game and I added a fordable river into the mix making an assumption the settlement would be near a river.

Terrain is setup on the tabletop

Before placing the Seneca settlement on the tabletop French forces had roll a dice to determine the side they would arrive and deploy their forces in the first two edge rows. Once done, the settlement was placed on the opposite table edge and the dice decided which side of the river the settlement was placed.

Drucour deploys his forces on either side of the river

Seneca Warband units deploy be the settlement 

An overview of the tabletop set and ready to begin the game

Order of battle - the numbers in brackets are the number of units used to represent the regiments and warbands.

French:

• Commander Drucour (A0D1)
• 1 Regiment (3) Regulars
• 1 Regiment (3) Militia

Seneca:

• 1 (4) warband. A factor of 4 rather than 3 was used to represent the Seneca warband, but the one unit must remain within 2 squares of the settlement.

Drucour has an A0D1 command quality in the campaign game. Because the French are attacking the A0 means no upgrades to the units involved.