Charge!

The next phase of the Waterloo Remodelled project is, arguably, the main event of the Waterloo story, namely the French cavalry charges onto the Allied squares.

To date, we have completed Plancenoit (14 sections), Hougoumount (nine sections) La Belle Alliance (two sections), La Haye Sainte (two sections) and Papelotte (two sections).  The cavalry charge requires 50 sections, so bigger than all the rest combined.  This is therefore a major undertaking that is requiring careful thought.  

It's probably as well to start with the plan which is shown in this picture:

Completed squares are shown in red, with others still in production.

I then pegged out an area on my (drought affected) lawn, creating fifty sections and put down the completed squares to give a sense of scale.  It's enormous!

The target area, with grids:

And in detail:

Meanwhile, the team have been hard at work producing cavalry.

Carabiniers:

Red Lancers:

Polish Lancers:

Line Dragoons:

Empress Dragoons:

Horse Grenadier, test, with many on the way:

Cuirassiers:

Mamelukes:

Guard Chasseurs:

Grand Battery:

Dutch square:

British Light Dragoons: