46 - Rocoux

Rocoux
11 October 1746
Pragmatic Alliance
Cards 292A – 297A
Morale: 3
Tactical Victory: 28
French
Cards 298A – 303A
Morale: 1
Meanwhile, in the Austrian Netherlands, the dynamic Maurice de Saxe had the Pragmatic Army of Maria Theresa's allies on the ropes. Charles marched to their rescue, took command, and then... the Austrians sat on their hands and watched while they got the tar beat out of them at Rocoux. Huh.
46
Waldeck's Left
4
2 / 3
Attack
Right, Right Center
1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Right
1 hit.
292A
♦
Waldeck's Right
4
3 / 4
Attack
Right Center, Right
1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Right Center
1 hit.
293A
♦
Ligonier's Left
4
4 / 5
Attack
Left Center, Left
1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Left Center
1 hit.
If Ligonier's Right Routs or Retires, this card Routs immediately.
RETIRE
294A
♦
Ligonier's Right
4
5 / 6
Attack
Left, Left Center
1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Left, Left Center
1 hit.
If Ligonier's Left Routs or Retires, this card Routs immediately.
RETIRE
295A
♦
Austrians
8
If you want, you can Shift sticks from this card like you would any other. It is at the very least more than our boy Chuckles did. You may not however Shift sticks to this card.

Sticks on this card count toward Tactical Victory. That is, at the start of the game, you already have 8! Of course, Shifting will reduce that number.

George II blamed the defeat on Charles's inaction. If you had asked Charles, though, he'd have said that holding their position near the Jeker kept the line of retreat open, and is what saved the Pragmatic Army. In any case, the Austrians don't have much to do in this scenario, but here they are just the same.
296A
♥
Rearguard
4
4 / 5 / 6
Attack
Left, Left Center
1 hit plus 1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Any enemy attacking it
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit and never more than 1.
IN RESERVE (Ligonier's Left)
297A
♥
Left
6
( 3 / 4 )
Attack
Ligonier's Right, Ligonier's Left, Rearguard
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Ligonier's Right, Rearguard
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
298A
♠
Left Center
6
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Ligonier's Left, Ligonier's Right, Rearguard
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Ligonier's Left, Rearguard
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
299A
♠
The Mouth of Hell
II
Straight 4
Bombard
Two Cubes
Screen
One Cube*
Any enemy attack
* If there are two cubes on this card when a Screen is triggered, expend both of them.
A Dutch officer dubbed the fire from the French batteries as "one of the most terrible ever seen, and it looked as if hell had opened her mouth to swallow us up."
300A
♠
Right Center
6
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Waldeck's Right, Waldeck's Left
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Waldeck's Right, Waldeck's Left
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
301A
♣
Right
6
( 3 / 4 )
Attack
Waldeck's Left, Waldeck's Right
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Waldeck's Left, Waldeck's Right
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
302A
♣
Deep Ranks
6
Doubles
Absorb
Pair, Voluntary
Any friendly formation
Suffers hits.
De Saxe attacked in eight columns, each much deeper than the thin allied line.

And yes, I know those should be French and not Prussian uniforms on the other blue cards. Look, you're lucky you're getting art at all. Don't push it.

303A
♣