The initial assault and determined defence

In the first part of our campaign, My wolves assaulted the front lines of the Eldar in an attempt to break the forward defense line. Behind that line, somewhere in the territory is a beacon we want to reach. For this first mission we used the Vanguard special mission. Here's is my assembled, 1500pt force: 

Rune Priest
9 Grey Hunters in Rhino
9 Grey Hunters with Wolfguard
5 Wolfguard Terminators in Drop Pod
5 mele-melta scouts
5 sniper Scouts
Whirlwind
Predator Anihilator
6 rocket spam Long Fangs

Jon brought his Altansar army list featuring a few proxy models:

Farseer

Maugamra

10 Guardians w/warloc in waveserpent

10 Guardians w/warloc in waveserpent

10 Harlequins w/shadowseer, death-jester, troop-master

5 Shining Spears

2 Wraithlords

At the beginning, I am forced to hold all my forces in reserve, which concerned me a bit at first because my heavy weapons and snipers had to walk onto the table.

Jon deployed first, getting ready to strike fast. not much happened first turn. My drop pod fell, I fired some shots to no avail and Jon used the turn to turbo-boot and get everything into position.

In the second turn, I moved my troops closer to the objectives while he moved closer to me, particularly with his harlequins. My snipers did manage to come in, but they had to walk in from my far right side. My shooting continued to be really crappy and then Jon blew up my predator.

In the third turn, scouts decided not to show up that turn, my whirlwhind decimated his guardian unit in one shot, and my sniper killed 2 shining spears AND managed to pin them! However the harlequins got some nasty shots into my terminators and finished them of in the assault... without losing a single quin >:-( Then the game took a comical turn.  one of the wraithlords exploded my rhino in close combat, killing no marines and 4 harlequins! I at least had that small ray of fleeting sunshine.

In the fourth turn I rapid-fired his other guardian unit (the one with the Phoenix lord), cause a morale check, and his unit fled! I also continued to mow down 3 more quins with my other unit. (meanwhile snipers continue to fire pot shots). Scout came in near another objective in order to hold it (as per scenario rules). His wraithlord, quins, farseer, and remaining warloc and single guardian all assault my grey hunter squad, losing his guardian, warloc, and the rest of the quins, but not before they killed all the marines off. His other wraithlord assaulted my second marine unit, killing one, causing morale, I fail, and the wraithlord trips and I get away! However this caused the Phoenix lord to "chase" the unit because they could not rally (and I just realized they ran the wrong direction!).

In the end, I almost tied it, but he killed my scouts holding the objective. I killed about 1/4 his army and he killed all but my sniper scouts.

I made a few tactical blunders that made me frustrated to the end. Jon played his army very well and no doubt out-did me tactically. Although I lost this part of the campaign, I enjoyed the game and look forward to the future battles. Stay tuned!