Spanish First Rate one of los Meregildos

The ship has been on my hobby desk for way too long. I was trying a new aproach to rigging that didn't work out and I had to touch it up and start over... it took me a while to get back to it.  

This is a Simmon Mann print done for me by Arofan. Its a Santa Anna class though I preffer to call them by their informal name Los Meregildos 

The ships were build in Ferrol and Havana at the two great Spanish shipyards. 

I added a few small bits from an old Warlor kit to added lanters to the quaterdeck these were too fine to in the print file to survie the clean up process.  

Carnage and Glory 1st Coalition Clash

I'm catching up on my battle reports over the summer. 

A view from a Dutch redout faccing the French advance. 

over to the left the Fench are hurrying forward with cavalry ahead of the infantry. 

I sned my small cavalry unity moves on to the flank of the coming cavalry clash.

Joining in... as Allied and French cavalry clash in the center  

Invantery attack on the right though the corn. 

The resultes of the cavalry clashe are mixed with the French winning one fight but losing two others.. leading to French cavalry behind the Allied line (but the unit is rather exauhsted)  

Allied Cavalry takes French infantry in the Flank

Helping stablize the Austrina infantry line. 

French intantry are pileing in as are allied cavalry heavy boddy blows ahve been exhanged but its anyones game as I have to leave... it was an eventual French vistory if I recall. 
 

La Ferme aux Rennes action at Neckar

 Another eddition of Arofan's late 17th/early 18th centeruy game. 

The Germans move in on the French camp catching it by suprise as the fog lifts... 

The works are facing the wrong way. 

French troops move out on their left... 

an exchange fire occurs... followed charged of french cavalry and infantry... 

followed charged of french cavalry and infantry... 

That goes badly for the German Allies... The French suffer too, a cavalry unit routs, and several french infantry units are hammers including the Swiss who break but then recover. 

on French right and center the battle is in the ballance but on the left the French have the advantage and the allied German force must with draw.