Aftermath...

 Where next..?

So, the fighting is over. It was hard-fought and genuinely could have gone either way at several points.

With the enemy in flight and his cavalry in pursuit Caesitius counts the cost of the battle.

From the legionary cohorts a centurion and forty nine men have died or been mortally wounded.

Seventy nine men were badly wounded, and thirty lightly wounded. This reflects the bitter fighting against the elite warriors at the top of their slope. 

The Nervii managed to get away with only about thirty guys lightly wounded, the Morini with twenty dead and about the same number badly hurt. The Dalmatian foot lost heavily: fifty men lost (some of their wounded abandoned when they broke), with thirty more suffering light wounds.

The cavalry casualties were ten Dalmatians dead, ditto the Tungrians.  The Gallic horse were left with twenty men lost (dead or overrun) and twenty with light wounds.

In all the Roman force lost 150 men dead or dying, 99 seriously wounded but likely to recover and 110 lightly wounded.

Caeog's men lost badly: three sub-chiefs died and Cyfwlch was wounded.

Some 98 elite warriors of the “knightly” class perished. 89 fell wounded and are in Roman hands. 50 got away with light wounds.  

The warriors of the second class lost 30 dead, 10 left on the field and 30 fleeing lightly hurt.

The levy lost 60 dead, seventy more left to the tender mercies of the enemy, and 110 wounded.

The skirmishers lost around 30 men.

Conclusion: 

The Romans certainly lost more than they might have done in an open fight, without that pesky steep bank. The Dalmatians and Gauls breaking (and abandoning their wounded) also pushed up the Roman losses.

From Caeog's point of view the battle COULD have been worse in terms of casualties, but his men are now scattered and roughly a third of his high status warriors are dead or in Roman hands. 

Cyfwlch, wounded, is disheartened. Cairbre also seems to have lost his fighting spirit. How many of his men, on the run amongst unsympathetic if not actively hostile septs, will rejoin the colours is another issue.

To add to Caeog's problems the zone where the battle took place, and two nearby zones, come out as clearly pro the Pax Romanum. He may not even know about the Roman force now at Leuca, but that could have been a final nail in the coffin.

Caeog, and those men he still has with him, vanish into the hills. The revolt is over...  

Well, that's another campaign done and dusted. The map work re. the Zone testing was a bit "sloggy" at times, and once the rebels failed to raise enough sympathisers in the early stages (due, to a very large part, by Caeog's indecision), it seemed as if the Romans were bound to win. But the narrative worked - and that last battle was, at times, a close-run thing. HAD Caeog won decisively things might have changed, but......

Where did the Post Battle Stats. come from?

For those unfamiliar with my post-battle shenanigans: for a game (and campaign) like the last one my wee guys who are rendered hors de combat during the fight (whether dead, wounded, cut about a bit, terrified, shamming or “Helping someone else”) and removed from the field are tested for again post battle.

This is a very simplistic method; a 1x6D throw per figure “lost”. 

On a result of one or two the guys represented by the figure are dead or mortally wounded. 

On a throw of three or four they are badly wounded; likely to survive with treatment, but needing help to move any distance (see “abandoned wounded” below) and requiring evacuation.

On a throw of five or six the chaps are wounded (cuts strains, bruises, minor upper body fractures), but not enough to prevent them from moving or carrying out basic duties if called upon. 

The only factor affecting the above is if wounded are at any time “Abandoned” - i.e. left on the field at any stage at the mercy (or otherwise) of the enemy. A unit which breaks is generally deemed to have left its badly wounded behind. Thus. If an enemy unit passes over the ground previously occupied by a unit as it broke, or if the enemy remain in possession of the field following a whole army breaking, the badly wounded MAY be deemed lost, either as victims of a ruthless enemy, or as prisoners of war (where culturally appropriate).

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Am taking break for a wee while as I'm off to Madiera for a week, but that will give me time to plan the next project before the fighting season kicks off (thus far Battles of Lewes, Bretten, Barnet, Bosworth, Evesham and Hastings are on my reenactment "to do" list for the season, plus some small, fun shows). 

As always, any comments, thoughts, ideas for projects and critiques are welcome; and encourage me to Carry on Blogging..