I have rebased my 1818 Royalists on big bases, so I took the opportunity to do a photo shoot including some units I’d not featured before. This is the army that won at the Battle of Cancha Rayada (19 March 1818) and lost to San Martin at the Battle of Maipo (5 April 1818). For those interest in the earlier armies I’ve also got the Royalist army for 1817.
1818 Maipo
At the Battle of Maipo (5 April 1818), fought near Santiago, Chile, the Patriot Army of the Andes led by Argentine general José de San Martín effectively destroyed the Royalist forces in Chile commanded by General Mariano Osorio. Note: Maipo is often spelt Maipú.
Wargaming the Battle of Maipo 5 Apr 1818
On 5 Apr 1818, in one of the bloodiest battles in the Wars of South American Independence, the Patriots under San Martin decisively defeated the Royalists under Mariano Osorio. Although I posted a draft of this back in January 2012 I completely updated it so have reposted it.
Steven’s 1817-18 Chilean Army on Big Bases
When I rebased my Argentine army I also transferred my Chilean army to Big Bases. This is the Chilean element of San Martin’s Army of the Andes from my 1817-18 Chilean Project.
Steven’s 1817-18 Argentine Army on Big Bases
I have rebased my Argentine Army of the South American Wars of Liberation on Big Bases. All infantry and cavalry on 80mm x 40mm bases. 12 figures per infantry base; two bases to a battalion. 6 figures per cavalry base/squadron. Guns stayed on 40mm x 40mm bases; one gun per base.
Maipo – A Liberators Portable Wargame Battle Report
Back on 10 Oct 2012 Andrew Coleby and I had a go at Bob Cordery’s Portable Wargame. I didn’t write it up at the time because I was busily converting this site to WordPress. Nominally the game was for the Battle of Maipo. I like the idea of wargaming on a chess board but the rules themselves need refinement.
Maipo – A Liberators HOTT Battle Report
Chris Harrod and Kevin Pridgeon played my Liberators HOTT scenario for Maipo. Chris was the defending Royalists and Kevin the attacking Patriots. It was Kevin’s first try with historical wargames and Liberators HOTT in particular. A good fun game but the HOTT timescale didn’t work.
Maipo – A Liberators HOTT Scenario
This scenario is in the Liberators book (Fletcher, 2005, p. 66-67). These are my notes for playing the scenario with the Liberators HOTT.
Maipo – A Liberators QPR Scenario
Maipo is a scenario in the Liberators book (Fletcher, 2005, p. 66-67). These are my notes for playing the scenario with the Liberators Quick Play Rules.
Battle of Maipo – A Lasalle Scenario
I outrageously copied the content of this scenario from Francisco’s Lasalle Scenario from Cold Wars 2011. All I did was put it in my standard scenario format. So, after this paragraph, all references to “I” means Francisco.
Maipo – A Liberators QPR Battle Report
Chris Harrod and I played the Maipo Scenario from the Liberators book using the Liberators Quick Play Rules. We rolled for sides and Chris got the Royalists and I got the Patriots.
Pezuela’s Order of Battle before the Battle of Maipo
John Fletcher cited Pezuela’s order of battle and his associated thinking on the Liberators Forum For Free. The words are John’s.
Steven’s Chilean Army for the South American Wars of Liberation
This is the Chilean element of San Martin’s Army of the Andes from my 1817-18 Chilean Project.
Steven’s Royalist Army for the South American Wars of Liberation
This is my Royalist army from my 1817-18 Chilean Project. Roland is working on the Patriots including the Argentines and Chileans. I’m painting the Royalists.
Patriot Artillery in the 1817-18 Chilean Campaign
It isn’t clear from the various orders of battle for the Chilean 1817-18 Campaign which patriot artillery is Argentine and which Chilean. This the what I can figure out.
Steven’s Argentine Army of the South American Wars of Liberation
This is the Argentine element of San Martin’s Army of the Andes from my 1817-18 Chilean Project.