Spain/Carthage battle report

Spanish defeat Carthage 4-0; Carthage loses 2 Wb, 1 Ax, 1 LH.

After the battle, Spain's army is: 5x3Ax, 1x2Ps

Carthage's army is: 2x3Cv, 1x2LH, 3x4Sp, 1x2Ps

No general or camp captured, so no additional losses.

Summary: The Spanish, defending, set up terrain, choosing a BUA and road, two steep hills and a woods. The Carthaginians ended up with the BUA in their deployment areas (not their choice) and gave it a wide berth in set up (and play).

One Spanish Ax was deployed in the BUA. The others, and their lone Ps, were set up in two columns ready to march onto one of the steep hills overlooking the Cartho deployment area. Their LH general set up behind.

The Carthos had two blocks of foot: one of 1 Ax + 2 Wb in column, one of 3 Sp backed by a Ps. The 2 Cv (one a General) were behind these, while the LH were in a column on their outside flank. They sent the LH column on a sweeping move between the steep hills around the Spanish rear, while the Ax+2WB block climbed up the hill to attack the Spanish foot.

The Spanish Ax deployed into a line, supported by their Ps, and waited for the Carthos to come to them. The center Ax (supported and uphill) forced the leading WB (who was overlapped and getting no support because of the BG) to retreat. Then the outside Ax doubled the Cartho Ax (uphill and overlap plus a 5-2 dieroll). When the Wb came back in, joined on their other flank by a Sp, they lost first one Wb, then its follower (two combats in which the Spanish Ax was uphill and supported against a Wb that was overlapped and unsupported: 5-1 even before you get to the dieroll). In at least one of those the Wb was actually double-overlapped, as the Carthos realised that Sp in BG are actually *worse* than Ax.

The Spanish LH(G) fell back away from the Numidians to get them close to the hill, then got close enough to them to be attacked as a line (but not outflanked). The Numidians got a recoil on the overlapped Spanish LH(G), but then an Ax lurking on the hillside closed the door on the righthand Numidian as the LH(G) came back, and the QK ended the game.