Dwarves Vs. Warriors of Chaos - Campaign Battle - Seige

This campaign is being finished off under 7th Ed Rules.
Army list 1 and 2 may not be legal as 7th ed. Armies, this is allowed provided total dwarf forces (Armies 1, 2 and 3) when combined are a legal force. Extra Shield Bearers to Lords leading armies is campaign approved.

Scenario:

The dwarves are attacking. My two main dwarven armies have converged on a chaos town.
There is a turn limit of 10 turns, after which time a winner will be declared should one side be in obvious command of the field, otherwise a draw will be declared and the assault will begin again next turn, with possible reinforcements from the neighbouring hexes.

Attacker (Dwarves) to deploy first
Roll of for first turn (Dwarves Win)

The map:

Battle Location: Hex D6

The dwarf armies have approached from the north and north east.
An empire army allied with the dwarves is approaching from the north as well.

The river shown on the chaos deployment picture is actually a lava stream, and impassible.

Dwarf Army List:

(Detailed item breakdown to follow)

Army 1:

Dwarf Lord on Shield Bearers:

Dwarf Lord: on OathStone

Thane BSB:

Rune Smith:

Master Engineer:

Longbeards: x15 GW

Longbeards: x15 HW/Shield

Thunderers: x10

Hammerers:

Ironbreakers:

Bolt Throwers: x2

Cannon:

Flame Cannon

Army 2:

Dwarf Lord on Shield Bearers

Runelord with Anvil

Thane with RoBrotherhood

Longbeards:

Thunderers:

Hammerers:

Miners:

Cannon:

Organ Gun:

Chaos Army List:

Daemon Prince:

Chaos Lord:

2 Chariots:

8 Chaos Knights (Including a BSB)

8 Marauder Cavalry

32 Chaos Warriors

12 Foresaken

Chaos Troll

Conscripts:

2 x Hellcannon

30 Chaos Warriors (On walls, armed with rocks)

Dwarf Deployement:

The final unit of Longbeards is mostly off screen to the left you can just make it out.
The unit at the back is the longbeards with great weapons.

The Ironbreakers unit with lord on oathstone is the metal unit to the left.

The other two metal units are the hammerers with lords.

Artillary is spread around.

The Runelord is on the hill.

Battle report:

Turn 1:

Dwarves:

Movement:

All infrantry, with the exception of the Thunderers on the hill moves forwards.
The flame cannon also moves forwards to close range on the enemy, and cover the advance:

Shooting:

Most things are out of range, the two cannon attack a tower each. The left cannon partially collapses the tower in front of it. The right cannon merely shakes its target.

The bolt throwers fire into the weekened tower.

The Runelord Strikes his anvil inflicting wrath and ruin on the left hellcannon as well, killing one of its chaos dwarf crew.

Chaos:

Deciding the best form of defense is attack, a chariot and the marauder cavalry come out, and the large unit of chaos warriors begins to filter out. The knights inside reform to leave, and the troll passes its stupidity test and moves with the demon prince to prepare to exit the fotress next turn.

The Hellblaster on the left fails its rampage check and charges down the tower.

The one on the right engages in some spectacularly effective counter battery fire and blows the organ gun to pieces, though the crew are unscathed.

Turn 2:

Dwarves:

Movement:

The army continues its advance, still including a unit of thunderers and a flame cannon marching with them. The units on the left begin to wheel to move around the river of lava to their front.

I forget to roll for the miners. Not ideal.

Shooting:

The cannons continue to pound their respective towers.
More damage to the left tower.
The right tower is heavily shaken this turn. The ramparts are blown to pieces, showing the hellcannon there and its crew with flying debris but causing no real damage.

One bolt thrower goes for a shot into the flank of the marauders, but misses despite the efforts of the master engineer.

The other fires on the chariot hoping to explode it (S7 hits under 7th ed) but also misses.

The rune priest strikes wrath and ruin again, hitting the chaos warriors. Causes no damage but may help block the gate.

Chaos:

Movement:

The warriors clear the gate regardless.

The troll passes its stupidity check and advances out, with the demon prince.

The knights pass out to the other side. The forsaken march heading for the flanks of the chaos warriors to support them. Other chariot almost makes it out.

Shooting:

The crew of the left cannon drag it back up the tower as it can't see anything from where it is now.

The right Hellcannon however target a spot in front of the organ gun this time, going for the cannon. Some debris from the ramparts must have got jammed somewhere however as it missfires, and blows itself sky high, bringing down the tower its on, and inflicting a few casualties on the warriors on the neighbouring walls.

Turn 3:

Dwarves:

Movement:

I remember to roll for the miners this turn, and they show up on the right, just outisde the fortress walls.

The rest of the army gets a move on again. The Longbeards on the right continue to march, hoping to support the miners. Everyone else slows to a more cautions pace, hoping to give the artillary time to do its work.

Shooting:

The right cannon shows just why dwarf artillary is to be feared, landing its shot just in front of the chaos chariot on the right, threatening the miners. The blast smashes the chariot to pieces, and kills the troll behind as well. A slightly higher roll on the bounce, and it could have been curtains for the demon prince too.

The left cannon and bolt thrower had most of their vision obscurred by their own forces, so again fired into the tower containing the other chaos hell cannon. This time they brought it down, killing the guns crew and wounding a few of the warrios on the walls nearby. Sadly the falling rubble did nothing to the chaos knights.

With the Troll and the Chariot gone, the Thane took a pot shot at the demon prince, however was just out of range.

The now well forward thunderers blasted at the warriors of chaos arrayed in front of them, killing one.

The right bolt thrower launched a bolt at the marauder cavalry but missed.

The anvil struck a note, however this time got it wrong, and misfired. Fortunately the problem was not a major one and it would be ok next turn.

The flame cannon aimed a jet of fiery death at the warriors, but also for some reason failed to fire, however the crew were sure the problem would be fixed next turn.

Chaos:

The Demon Prince charged the Miners, who decided to hold their ground and stand and shoot. The Marauder cavalry also rushed to aid their lord.

The Chaos Warriors uncertain of the distance to the dwarf lines shuffled forward a little.

The forsaken now along side them, with the knights just behind.

The hellcannon, now without crew rushed forward to attack the dwarves.

Shooting:

With the hellcannon on the charge, there was no chaos shooting this turn.

Hand to Hand:

The blasting charges of the dwarves inflicted two wounds on the Demon Prince after they held their nerve enough to throw them. Bellowing in anger, the Demon Prince screamed a challenge, and the Prospector wielding his steam drill stepped forwardm, intent on finishing the beast off.

The demon prince ripped the brave prospector to shreds, however was let down by the marauders by his side who did little. The Thane with the unit and another dwarf who had weathered the storm caused significant casualties on the horsemen. At the end of combat, the number of the dwarves won out, and the horsemen fled, straight throught all the chaos lines. Not of the chaos troops however seemed to mind. The Demon prince was made of sterner stuff however and carried on the fight.

Turn 4:

Dwarves:

It was all looking a bit messy. The dwarf infrantry units advanced some more. The Longbeards, unsure of reaching the demon prince and the miners, even with the aid of the anvil this turn decided to march forwards again. The rest of the dwarf melee troops shuffled forward some more.

Shooting:

It all began to unravel. The left cannon and bolt thrower, still with their lines of site to the enemy blocked began to soften up the main walls around the gate.

The right cannon fired at the chaos knights, intending to thin their ranks, but the ball fell short. The right bolt thrower aimed at the other chariot, but missed.

The thunderers fired again, killing three more chaos warriors.

The Runelord then struck his anvil again. Whatever went wrong last time had obviously still not been fixed, and again the rune was mis-struck, this time shattering the anvil and killing the runelord and his guard.

The flamecannon then tried again to roast the chaos warriors, in a perfect position to land the entire template on them, and again misfired. The flamecannon however survived its second scare intact.

The Lord on the far left hurled his hammer at the warrior champion in the large unit, however was just out of range.

Hand to Hand:

Again the Demon Prince bellowed a challenge. Rather than throw his life away the Thane moved back within the unit to bolster the men at the back. Failing to kill enough to prevent retaliation, a miner was able to strike at the creature though his pick bounced off its armour.

Again though the numbers of the dwarves were telling and the prince lost combat. Still it remained, determined to fight on.

Chaos:

Things were looking grim for the dwarves. Seeing the situation darken, The Master Engineer crewing the bolt thrower unslung his ancestors war horn and blew.

The noise was as loud as the Horn Hold itself, and the chaos forces were notably worried. The Chaos Knights faltered, unsure of themselves for the first time in decades and the warriors shuffled awkwardly forward. The forsaken did not care, however they were pinned in between the warriors and the lava.

The Hellcannon cared so little it rushed forward and was consumed within the lava.

The marauders rallied, and turned to face the miners again.

The remaining chariot however was not worried in the least and belted forward in towards the miners.

Shooting:

With the demise of the last hell cannon there would be no more Chaos shooting. The dwarves had total fire superiority now.

Hand to hand:

The chariot was as disappointing an ally to the Demon Prince as his cavalry had been. Even the chariots scythed wheels failing to tip the balance, it managed to kill one dwarf. The delay of the Longbeards did not go unnoticed by the Thane. He knew now help was not coming, but he also knew that the numbers of men with him were vastly depleted. He had to buy them the time to attack the charriot they would need. To do that he had to keep the attentions of the demon off of his men, so moving into combat he challenged the beast and a fight to the death began. The fight was over quickly however was not as one sided as the beast expected. It managed to overpower the Thane, but only just. The chaos gods pleased that their champion had slain the dwarf were less pleased with the difficulty he had doing so, so granted the Demon Prince an additional point of strength. As he died however the Thane saw the tide turning in the favour of the dwarves.

For their part two of the miners managed to strike home with picks on the body of the war chariot. With the remnants of their numbers rallying round the banner, the forces of chaos were worried. The chariot now broke and fled.

Again the Deomon Prince held firm.

Turn 5:

Dwarves:

Movement:

Seeing the miners numbers dwindling before their eyes, and having heard the crack of the anvil the Longbeards knew they still couldn't make it in time. They were however aware they could make a difference elsewhere in the fight.

The longbeards who had been advancing up the right flank for so long now hurtled into the flank of the dithering warriors of chaos.

Seeing the charge of the Longbeards the elite troops with the Lords pressed forwards. If the Longbeards could hold them this turn and bottle up all the chaos troops, a devestating charge was on the cards from the dwarves all the way up the line.

Shooting:

The flame cannon switched its attentions from the Warriors of Chaos who now had more imminent things to worry about (such as raging long beards) to the foresaken. Something was still wrong however and AGAIN the machine misfired. The Thunderers fired on the forsake as well killing two.

The Lord on his Oathstone hurled his hammer into the melee (we ruled he could as it strikes as a close combat attack) and this time was ablt to drop the Warrior Champion stone cold dead.

The right bolt thrower fired on the knights again, and failed to hit, again. The right cannon fired on the forsaken, killing two of them, and killing the marauder champion behind them as well now his unit was so small.

Hand to Hand:

The demon attacked the remaining miners alone, reducing them to just one remaining. The dwarf struck back, but the protective magics around the beast saw it unharmed. Forced into facing the demon alone, the nerver of the standard bearer finally broke, and he was cut down where he stood.

The longbeards launched a furious series of attacks on the chaos warriors, and although only one found its mark the stream of anger was so intense the chaos warriors could do little other than try to protect themselves.

As the number of blows landing on them intensisified, having been utterly outmanouved and hit in the flank, they broke and fled. As they ran from the dwarves, they ran headlong into the lava and were wiped out. The rampaging Lonbeards crashed into the flank of the forsaken as they persued the hapless warriors.

Chaos:

Movement:

Seeing the onrushing dwarves, the marauders reformed and charged into them.

The Knights also recovered their wits an charged for the Lord and unit of hammerers on the right.

The Demon Prince returned to the frey having been a bit too enthusiastic in his persuite of the fleeing foe.

The chariot simply rallied.

Hand to Hand:

The charging marauders had the initive, however it did them no good. For alll their bluster and the hooves of their steads, they inflicted no damage to the dwarves at all. The majority of the charging longbeards however ignored the horsemen and threw themselves into the forsaken killing three. The Longbeard facing the marauders brought one down. The remaining foresaken were too shell shocked to attack back

Facing this solid wall of shields and axes, both the foresaken and the marauders broke and the charge of the longbeards that had begun so recently came to an end as they drove the remainder of the choas troops into the lava. After halting their persuit they herd signals from the horns of other units. IT was time to turn around and face a demon.

The Chaos Knights fared better. The Chaos Lord cried out a challenge and was met by the unit champion. His knights managed to slay 3 hammerers. Whilst he cut the champion to ribbons the Dwarf Lord went to town on the Knights, however was only able to land one blow. His hammer glowed however as the Master Rune of Alaeric the Mad did its work, shattering the armour and the body of one knight. The combat was a bad one for the dwarves, but they held, and now the charge was broken.

Whats more, another Lord and his unit of hammerers had gathered steam and begun to charge into the knights flank already.

The third of the royal brothers was moving his Ironbreakers forwards in support of the Longbeards to face the demon prince.

As he did so, back on their main battle line the Master Engineer was giving orders for all artillary to fire on the demon prince, with the exception of the flame cannon which was being ordered back for repairs. The Thunderers were also preparing to aim a volly at the demon, and the longbeards were preparing to face the charge that was surely coming.