Vimeiro 1808

 Junot has finally managed to gather his army and marches on Wellesey intent on pushing him to the sea

 The french got the initiative and began by bombarding a helpless british unit on the ridge

 The french left under Henri Delaborde marched to Vimeiro, garrisoned by the british avant garde

 General advance

 The brits were quick to answer, sending their light dragoons over the bridge that crossed the Toledo brook

All of the british army advanced, save their left that moved to Ventosa 

  

 The french right, led by Solignac deployed in line just out of musket range of Toledo

 The dragoons moved to cover from the british cavalry...

 ...the main assault on Vimeiro

 The british guns were forced to limber by counter battery fire

 The french took Vimeiro without any trouble

 Save that their general, Delaborde, was killed during the assault, he died a hero's death tough so I'm ok with that!

 The british lost no time in garrisoning Toledo

 And Ventosa

 In their far right half of Lord Hill's command descended from the heights

 While the other half charged the dragoons who failed to reform into line

 The combat was even...

 ...til' french infantry stormed out of Vimeiro and crashed into the light dragoon's flank

 With predictable consecuences

Now Lord Hill sent his infantry trough the Alcarabichela and into Vimeiro 

 The Toledo brook kept separating the opponents in the center

 But soon the french were on the attack again!

 The british guns were forced to limber yet again, and with enemy dragoons dangerously close

 Lord Hill's men kept crossing the river under innefective fire

 The dragoons fell short of their charge, with their horses stuck in the river bed's mud

 The french guns now opened fire upon Toledo, heralding an inminent attack by Solignac's massed columns

 Hill thought again and retreated his men to the other bank of the Alcarabichela, judging the french position too strong

 Wellesey sent some infantry in line to shot upon the french however

 Soon a violent fusillade erupted across both banks of the brook

 The dragoons made contact, altough suffering some loss from canister

 Assault proceeding in Toledo with the defenders concentrating their fire upon the grenadiers

 The guns never really had any chance

 Junot, leading his cavalry was wounded and taken to the rear in improvised stretchers made with a pair of muskets and a saddlecloth

 Wellesey, also wounded retreated from the field

 The british center fell back

 As did Hill's infantry

 The fast flowing water was making the advance difficult for Solignac's command who also wanted to assure sucess by a combined charge of both his units at once

 The dragoons now fell upon the retreating infantry

 Who cooly wheeled about

 Now the french stormed Toledo

 Solignac, leading from the front was wounded, now the french sucess rested in the hands of nothing but AdCs!

 The grenadiers tough were well disciplined and motivated and drew the british out 

 The dragoons were repulsed, something expected after the losses they had suffered. 

 But they didn't have had enough and charged again despite their blown horses.

 However the british were too stubborn to die, and the french command decided that they had done their part in slowing the infantry moved them to the rear. New french units were already crossing by the bridge with lethal intent

 These french now charged across the bridge

 And routed the exhausted redcoats

 With the last british units regrouping around Ventosa, the whole french army now moved against them

 The imperial guns also unlimbered and moved quickly to the right

With the situation looking beyond desperate the british player gave up.

So quite a non historic outcome with the french destroying two thirds of the british army without suffering any loss, the only part which looked remotelly like the actual thing was the brits running from the grenadiers, since back then they tought that none less than the imperial guard was coming upon them (due to the french bearskin hats) and run rather than face the "legendary" guardsmen.

 I'm sure that if my father finally managed to learn the rules and how to properly use his forces he would achieve at least one victory! But as per now he's worse than the Prince of Orange XD.

Also putting books under the grass may be a solution in a rush, but now I see that a proper ridge is needed so I'll make one in the near future