Commands & Colors: Tricorne
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Commands & Colors: Tricorne
Description
A Commands & Colors game covering the The American Revolution and more.
Games and Expansions:
C&C Tricorne: Jacobite Rising (2020)
C&C Tricorne: The American Revolution – The French & More! (2018)
C&C Tricorne: The American Revolution (2017)
Games and Expansions:
C&C Tricorne: Jacobite Rising (2020)
C&C Tricorne: The American Revolution – The French & More! (2018)
C&C Tricorne: The American Revolution (2017)
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Little Ferry
A few days before the battle of Culloden, a strong force of Jacobites, under the command of Mackenzie, was sent north in an attempt to recover needed supplies that had been lost during the Skirmish of Tongue. This force arrived …
1746-04-15
Preston
Since the start of the uprising in October 1715, Forster, in command of the Jacobite forces, had kept his small army on the move hoping to recruit more soldiers. By early November, he was at Preston. Unbeknown to Forster, Wills, …
1715-11-12
Culloden (Flanking Move)
When Cumberland’s line of battle marched forward on the 16th, Charles army was not nearly ready and far weaker than it should have been. The Jacobite guns opened the battle, but were no match for the Government artillery. Charles had …
1746-04-16
Culloden
It was 13 April when news of Cumberland’s approach reached Charles. Orders were sent for the clans to rendezvous at Culloden House at the edge of Drummossie Moor. The Moor was rough with heather shrubs, small marshes and generally flat, …
1746-04-16
Falkirk (Stage 2)
When Charles laid siege to Sterling Castle, it brought the Government army out into the open and the two armies meet at Falkirt Muir. In the early going of the battle the Highlanders on the right held their ground against …
1746-01-17
Falkirk (Stage 1)
As Prince Charles withdrew from Britain, he paused to place Sterling Castle, the historical “Key” to Scotland, under siege. Hawley, in command of the Government army, left Edinburgh with about 7,000 men to relieve the siege. Charles’ plan of laying …
1746-01-17
Inverurie
Lewis Gordon had been raising forces for the Jacobites in the North, but when confronted by John Campbell, who was the King’s CIC, was joined by Munro and MacLeod’s troops, Gordon choose to retire to Aberdeen. The Government forces halted …
1745-12-23
Clifton
Being pressed North by the Duke of Cumberland, Price Charles ordered his Jacobite army to fall back to Scotland. Murray, when he received the order to retire to Carlisle was still in Clifton and already engaged with the Duke of …
1745-12-18
Prestonpans
Prince Charles, the young pretender, returned to Scotland in July and sent messengers with the lighted cross that called for the clans to rise. John Cope, who was now the Government’s Commander in Chief in Scotland, marched with a small …
1745-09-01
Glen Shiel
In 1719 Spain and England were embroiled in war. A planned invasion of England by 5,000 Spanish soldiers was foiled when storms broke up the entire fleet and only two ships reached Loch Duich. Not long after landing, the few …
1719-06-10
Sheriffmuir
In 1714 George I was proclaimed King of Great Britain and Ireland, John Erskine Earl of Mar, began to raise a Jacobite army in an attempt to return James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, to the throne. In response, …
1715-11-13
Alness
In early October 1715 Sir Robert Munro, still loyal to the Government of George I, was secretly assembling his clansmen with the intention of taking Inverness. To join him in his effort he appealed to John Gordon, Earl of Sutherland …
1715-07-10
Cromdale
Through the winter of 1689-90, the Highland army gradually diminished in numbers. King James, hiding in Ireland, aware of the precarious state of his supporters in Scotland, sent clothing, arms, ammunition and provisions. At the same time he…
1690-05-01
Dunkeld
Following the death of Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Killiecrankie, command of the Jacobites passed to Colonel Alexander Cannon. The Scottish council, fearing the continued Jacobite onslaught, ordered the 27 year old Lieutenant Colonel William…
1689-08-21
Killiecrankie
Following the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688, the English Parliament replaced King James VII with William of Orange and his wife Queen Mary. Many Scots took exception to this and in response, John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, raised a force…
1689-07-27
Yorktown (Assault On Redoubt #9 & #10)
Revolutionary War battles tend to focus on British and American soldiers engaged in close, hand-to-hand combat, the siege of Yorktown, however, was primarily waged at long range by artillery, with relatively few direct troop confrontations. One key…
1781-10-14
Gloucester Raid
The British Army was under siege in Yorktown and running short of supplies. Cornwallis sent Tarleton to Gloucester, just across the York River, to search for supplies. Tarleton, believing that he only faced militia, sent out raiding parties. Mercer,…
1781-10-03
King's Mountain
After the skirmish at Musgrove’s Mill, Ferguson received news that a large body of militia was advancing towards him and he moved the Loyalist units he had raised and organized in Carolina to join Cornwallis in Charlotte. Just a days …
1780-10-07
Springfield
In June, Clinton and Knyphausen planned to make a second attempt on Washington’s main encampment at Morristown. Knyphausen would drive north, while Clinton moved up the Hudson. If Washington moved to attack Knyphausen, Henry would come ashore and…
1780-06-28
Savannah
The occupation of Savannah by the British was part of their strategy to bring Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia back under royal control. General Prevost commanded the British defenses, while Comte d’Estaing’s and Benjamin Lincoln led the joint…
1779-10-09
Brandywine (Green's Rear Guard)
Sterling, Stephan and Sullivan divisions, on Washington’s right, could not hold against the steady attack of Cornwallis’ men. When ordered, Greene quickly moved and deployed his troops into line, which allowed the shaken troops to pass through their…
1777-09-11
Brandywine (Knyphausen's Attack)
At Chadds Ford, after Greene’s division was ordered to support the right, Knyphausen heard the sound of gunfire from the north and attacked. Once across the Brandywine, the Continental gun position was quickly overrun. Outnumbered, Wayne and…
1777-09-11
Brandywine (British Flank Attack)
Around 2:30 on the 11th, Howe’s plan was carried out. Cornwallis was in position and shook his column out into line near Osborne’s hill, resting his troops for an hour, and then advanced toward the Birmingham Meeting House. Washington, now …
1777-09-11
Brandywine (Washington's Attack)
Philadelphia, the capital of the newly formed nation, was the chief objective of British General Howe in 1777. The British, after landing at Elk(ton) Maryland from the Chesapeake, marched toward the city on the Baltimore to Philadelphia road. …
1777-09-11
Pell's Point
Sir William Howe, deciding against a frontal attack against Washington’s Continentals on Harlem Heights, instead planned to flank Washington, but the first attempt at Throgs Neck failed. A second attempt was planned, but Washington had already…
1776-10-18
Stono Ferry
The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an...
1779-06-20
White Plains
The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's...
1776-10-28
Eutaw Springs
With knowledge of the British whereabouts, it was late August when Greene marched his army towards Stewart’s British camp at Eutaw Springs. Stewart, unaware of Greene’s approach, by chance was alerted when a British foraging party ran into the…
1781-09-08
Hobkirk's Hill
Lacking sufficient men to attack the British in Camden, Greene retired north and occupied a strong position on Hobkirk’s Hill. Greene hoped that he could draw Rawdon out of Camden and defeat him in an open battle. Rawdon, concerned that …
1781-04-25
Guilford Courthouse
On March 14, 1781, while encamped at Deep River, Cornwallis was informed that Greene was encamped at Guilford Court House. Cornwallis decided to give battle, although he had only 1,900 men at his disposal. Cornwallis found the Continental positions…
1781-03-15
Cowpens
Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Continental Army in South Carolina, divided his forces sending Brigadier General Daniel Morgan to attack the British back country fort, Ninety-Six. Cornwallis dispatched Banastre Tarleton to catch the…
1781-01-17
Camden
Camden in 1780 had become an important base of operations for the British. In late July a Continental Army under Major General Horatio Gates marched from the North and was threatening the British supplies in Camden. On 14th August, Cornwallis …
1780-08-16
Monmouth
General Lee’s failed attempt against the British rear guard, gave Cornwallis, he believed, the opportunity to defeat Washington’s army and ordered his command to press the attack in the stifling summer heat. As the Continentals fell back, Washington…
1778-06-28
Long Island (British Flank March)
After the British landing on Long Island, Clinton was ordered to take an elite force and make a night march around the Continental left flank. While Clinton made the night march, Grant attacked the Continentals at Gowanus road, while Heister …
1776-08-27
Long Island (Grant's Attack)
On August 22, Washington received word that the British had landed on Long Island. His troops were deployed on the high ground in front of Brooklyn Heights, hoping to inflict heavy casualties on the British before his troops fell back …
1776-08-27
Bemis Heights (British Redoubts)
After Fraser was mortally wounded, the British retreated back to their camp. Arnold hearing of the Continental success rode out to join in the pursuit. The British had set up two redoubts near their camp, one was defended by Heinrich …
1777-10-07
Freeman's Farm (Saratoga)
The British campaign plan was to send General John Burgoyne from Canada, down the Hudson River and General Henry Clinton, up the Hudson River to capture Albany, which would spell the end of the American Resistance in the Hudson River …
1777-09-19
Bunker Hill
In the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, General Gage, the British commander in chief in Boston, planned to seize the Charlestown peninsula, but before he could act, on the night of 16th June 1775, Continental troops occupied Breed’s …
1775-06-17
Bemis Heights (Saratoga)
After the battle of Freeman’s farm, Burgoyne, running low on men and food, was still in a very difficult position, but decided to wait in the hope that Clinton would arrive to join his army. While in the Continental camp …
1777-10-07