In this game, the Russian player chose to refight the previous scenario (capture the bridge) to see if they could do any better - please see the report on Crimean War Battle 20 for more information.

He decides to position one brigade to attack the bridge while a second brigade, (light infantry and divisional artillery) are positioned to attack the ford in the centre. In this scenario the Russian flanking forces arrive further down the table behind the hill. Their intention is to threaten the bridge to hold the British in position while they concentrate their forces at the ford on the British left to join up with the flanking forces.

The British C-in-C reacts to the Russian attack and changes the infantry brigade’s orders to move to the cultivated area to the left of the ford so they can defend against the attack on the ford and the flank. The Light Brigade are ordered to form to flank and advance to hold the gap between the wood and the rear table edge. After this it takes the Light Division and Light Brigade two moves to rally and move into position. The troops guarding the bridge start firing before they manage to rally, shaking some Russian units, killing the leader and delaying the Russian advance.

The Russian advance on the ford is slow as they wait for the light infantry and heavy batteries to get into place to cover the advance, but by this time the British infantry have withdrawn into the cover of the cultivated land.

The Russians on the flank move forward only to have the cavalry charged by the Light Brigade. The ensuing cavalry combat goes on for three turns until the Light Brigade chase off their Russian counterparts and turn back to threaten the rear of the weakened Russian infantry. The British reserves take six moves to rally, form up and move in support of the threatened flank.

When the game ended the Russians were holding both river crossings but the lone unit holding the bridge was unsupported and looking very vulnerable. On the other flank the Russian dragoons had been routed and the infantry had lost one third of their units. They were surrounded by the British cavalry retiring to their rear and the reinforcements from the 2nd Division (2 medium artillery and 3 infantry).