Graeco-Indians vs Early Achaemenid Persians in ADLG

My Graeco-Indians clash with the Early Achaemenid Persians of my club mate, Mick, King-of-kings.  I forgot to take one at set up, so this is after turn one.

Centre

Left

Right

We started fighting in the fields.  Not ideal to face Javelinmen with my elephant.

 Mick’s immortals drive off my skirmishers

 

We face off on the right.  Lots of bow armed cavalry and some camels pretending to be armoured cavalry.

My other elephant and swordsmen get stuck in.  How hard can come bowmen be to kill.  It goes quite well but disaster strikes on the right.

In the centre my cunning shift to the right crushes the reckless immortals

 

And we’re winning the archery on the right.

After compulsory pursuit the elephant is hit in the flank and destroyed!😱

Everyone else lines up

The collapse in the fields continues

The main lines clash in the centre

In the fields the Persian Javelinmen finally start to break.

As do the Sparabara who have been ground down slowly

The Persian cavalry start to outflank the Graeco-Indian right

Meanwhile a wide sweep by some Arachosian light horse threatens the embarrassingly improvised Persian camp.  Just one more hit on the disguised-camels and the camp sacking points are in the bag!

 A phoenix’ eye view of the closing stages

The last of the Javelinmen break and the Graeco-Indians salvage some honour from the wreckage on the left.

The reverse occurs in the centre as the phalanx flanks collapse.

 

On the right the Persian cavalry finally flank the Graeco-Indian line but it is too little too late.

 

 

Despite a desperate fight, the Arachosians cannot defeat the disguised camels and it is all over.

Both sides broke at this point, for the narrowest of winning draws to the Persians, 24-23.  Grrr!  So close and yet so far.