Defeat for the Danes

Just a small game this time with my Danes (four battalions and nine squadrons supported by two field guns) taking on an equally small English contingent (five battalions and nine squadrons) - the English must have forgotten to pay the Danes!
Deploying in a fairly conventional style and using the woods and hedges to protect my right all the horse were massed on my left flank - the more open of the two and the foot deployed in two lines across the center. My opponent deployed similarly except that he had some dragoons supporting his left flank.
Having some field pieces I decided to wait for the enemy advance and try to make some use of the guns. In the first few moves this seemed to pay off with my guns hitting every time. Indeed this continued into canister range and even the first musketry volleys.

Meanwhile the massed heavy horse had crashed together and fought several rounds of melee with no side gaining an advantage. Even the presence of the Danish Lifeguard did little to raise the prospects of a conclusion.

Finally the two front lines of infantry closed together and were almost within touching distance. Both sides blazed away and it seemed as though the Danes were gaining the upper hand. More red coats were falling than the Danish grey.
The first morale tests went in favour of the Danes too. Two English battalions stalled and seemed to be in some confusion. Thinking that they had an opening to exploit the Danes closed the gap to just a few feet.
Musket balls were rammed home in the expectation that the first line of the enemy could be routed with another good shot.
Muskets raised to the shoulder the order to fire was given and both sides opened fire. Whether it was the fact that the Danes were too eager or the English too well drilled, the fact was that the effect was not as great as hoped.
This disappointment was compounded by a wavering in the Danish ranks. Probably caused by the resilience of the enemy the result was to cause disorder and confusion in the ranks of the Danish foot.
The enemy whilst disorganised did manage to fire another round and this saw the end of the Danes.
In a single move both the flanking battalions of the Danish first line ran leaving behind the Wurrtemberg & Foot Guards. Despite the fact the Danish horse were now rallied and ready to go the Danish commander peered through the smoke and saw that facing him were two fresh English battalions with another two, weaken but still effective, battalions preparing to turn into his flank.
With a heavy heart the remaining Danes withdrew from the field whilst they still could.

As I said just a small game with only some six hundred figures on the table. Still for all that it was fun and a game that demonstrated the danger of defending your baseline. With the rout of the infantry the Danes were so close to their base table edge that they ran off in a single turn - if they had advanced by a single move they might have been rallied and fought on. All this caused by my blindness to the field guns. I had them & my opponent didn't so I was going to make damned sure I used them and in the end I think this was a major contribution to my defeat because I place too much reliance on what was less than 10% of the points I fielded.

My thanks to Mark for playing an enjoyable game.