War over Tor Astroc

WAR OVER TOR ASTROC
MORANION'S HIGH ELF DEFENDERS
Moranion - Elven commander riding barded steed wearing heavy armour and carrying a sword of battle and an enchanted shield.
Melanar - Lvl 2 High Elf mage on foot with a dispel scroll and a power stone.
25 spearmen with command.
6 silver helms with command.
12 archers.
12 archers.
1 Tiranoc chariot with standard and scythes.
1 RBT.
5 reaver knights.
BARON WILLFRID'S BRETONIAN AVENGERS
(I didn't know the exact numbers and any of the magic items for the bretonians so this list might not be 100% accurate.)
Willfrid - Bretonian general on a pegasus, probably with a load of magic items.
Lvl 2 bretonian sorceress on foot with dispel scroll and something else (+1 dispel and power i think).
Roughly 14 archers.
Roughly 9 squires.
A lance of knights of the realm.
Some mounted squires.
Roughly 14 archers again.
SET-UP
High Elves: The chariot was on the far left, with some woods to the right with the reavers in it in a snaking formation. Then came some archers, an area of boulders, followed by the silver helms led by the commander and the RBT. To the right was a rocky peak, then the spearmen, the the mage and the rest of the archers on a hill.
Bretonians: One bowman unit to the left on a hill facing the chariot, then the squires in the ruin. Next came the knights, then the mounted squires, then an ancient monolith and the other bowmen on top of an elven hall. The sorceress was inside the ruin with the squires.
LET BATTLE COMMENCE...
The game started with the Bretonians praying, giving the first turn to the elves.
All the High Elves except the archers advanced, with the reavers snaking through the woods. The RBT let loose at the knights, felling 2 of them. The archers on the hill shot down 2 more bowmen off the elven hall. In my first turn, admid the excitement, i forgot to do magic! Doh!
The Bretonians had no charged to declare, so the army held (a tactic which has lost my friend many a game). The sorceress attemted to cast father of thorn on the spearmen but a double one followed by a 7 brought the magic phrase to an end. The bowmen on the hill failed to cause any damage on the reavers, while the squires felled one of the horsemen. The bowmen on the hall killed 1 spearman with a swift arrow to the neck. With no combat, we proceeded onto my turn...
The chariot on the left flank charged into the bretonian bowmen, and the reavers charged the squires. The spearmen advanced towards the mounted squires. My silver helms advanced slowly. One more inch and they would be in charge range of the knights next turn. Sometimes silver helms having a 2 better on a march movement proves effective. The comet of Cassandora is cast by the mage onto the bowmen on the hall. The RBT attemted to shoot down some more knights, but as the bretonians had prayed, would be stunned on a roll of 4+. With that i rolled a 6... The archers did no further damage on the bowmen on the hall. The charging chariot crushed 2 bowmen under its wheels, with another being trampled by a horse. The bowmen lost the combat by 1, and fled off the board, pursued by the chariot. The charging reavers speared 3 squires on their lances, causing them to flee. The squires that did not flee off the board were run down by the eager young horsemen. Both the chariot and the reavers escaped the comabt unscathed.
At the start of the bretonian turn, the comet landed on the bowmen, crushing 3 of them (when this spell builds up over several turns and finally lands, the results can be devasting for both sides). With so many commoners dead, the bretonian general fled, rather than have his knights up against spearmen, silver helms, reaver knights, and a charging chariot.
AFTERMATH
The battle was quite humurous. I crushed the foe even before the knights got into combat, and for once the tide was turned by my reaver knights and a lone chariot! The bretonian praying rule can prove to be very effective, but obviously not in this battle (though if it wasn't for that i may of been able to pick off a few more knights). My opponent has a habit of staying back and shooting. With his lizardmen I suppose this is fine, but with his bretonians, well... I have a habit of charging forth and getting into comabt as soon as possible, you might think me to be an orc! My opponent also has a habit of admitting defeat, while i would never do such a thing. If you want to die, die fighting.

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