Plataea the battle - moves 4-6

 Trying to mix a couple of videos in on this one... if it works, start of move 3 and after completing movement (but not combat) of move 7...

The Spartans on the hill are starting to look more and more threatened.

The orange shields are rushing up to plug the gap in the centre

While the other Corinthians try to block the left.

Quick picture to show how things stand on move 4...

Centre outflanking movement continues

The right flank Spartans hit the green and red sparabara units (Corps 2 and 3)

It didn't go well for the Persians - Corps 3 dies.

In the attritional warfare on the Athenian left another hoplite element goes under. As each element is classed as a separate entity for combat end elements are proving quite susceptible to outflanking and overlaps.

There is now a big hole in the Greek centre with the Spartans isolated from the other Greeks. The Persian 'Crescent'  light cavalry are moving away from the orange battalion to make way for the infantry moving up.

More nibbling away at the flank of a phalanx battalion - this time the Grant Spartan battalion loses an element.In this case, the element behind the 'dead' element had been pushed back so it was directly behind the next element to be pushed back - the whole Spartan battalion rolled low - combats may be individual when needed, but the entire battalion only throws once for the random factor. Saves time, less messy.

Meanwhile Corps 2 of the Persian army is just hanging on.

Leaving this video to show the position on move 7, after movement but before I start resolving combat.