tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66507709852254505592024-03-18T13:26:37.173-07:00Archduke PiccoloA very personal, and eclectic, collection of wargaming plots and projects; battles and campaigns... with pictures; lotsa pictures....Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger693125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-30962078588513407752024-03-16T17:39:00.000-07:002024-03-16T19:17:23.929-07:00Siege of Osaka: The Battle Among the Tombs...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlu-yjm96SntSiYa7QxxKmO30aAgQ9xDQMGK64dQHOCzPDpX3_-bb72Axau90EgseJWt-4rO_T5ZocKIfrvDI6hD_y63IAru063SVZQyviQxxZd6eJlGV53FlN5oNdJfj982op27kox21qSwd6Q3JOVtRqlQEhPCNfmC2EuBiZhOqC_jQmNT_ZI7rFego/s2000/DSC00003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlu-yjm96SntSiYa7QxxKmO30aAgQ9xDQMGK64dQHOCzPDpX3_-bb72Axau90EgseJWt-4rO_T5ZocKIfrvDI6hD_y63IAru063SVZQyviQxxZd6eJlGV53FlN5oNdJfj982op27kox21qSwd6Q3JOVtRqlQEhPCNfmC2EuBiZhOqC_jQmNT_ZI7rFego/s320/DSC00003.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well over a month ago, in an earlier posting on this Sengoku project, I foreshadowed an account of a table battle using a very slightly modified <i>Portable Wargames</i> rule set and the set-up of a <i>Samurai Battles</i> scenario for the <span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Siege of Osaka: Battle among the Tombs, 1615. </i>The board you see in the picture is home-made, and has the same dimensions as the <i>Samurai Battles </i>game system.<br /><br />From an historical perspective, this battle followed immediately on from a previous action on the near side of river you see in the picture, over and around a ridge line just off the near edge of the map (see <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/03/sengoku-interlude.html" target="_blank">Sengoku Interlude</a> for the historical background, and the battle). Following that action, the army of Tokugawa forced its way across the river to be once more brought to battle by the Osaka Clan.</span></span></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmJbOXMtC4ZfNgBzEvMNJ0UtU3dr874XcCJzQsgl3ZyDjrGAYki8x0dndieNBpIPvVcRGLEYnXc7iEbOqiv6BPm3lVJ8z-dUS8DokxoaSq6Z5uY8zA0_6G_RNIgcOs5AjdSix8IyRY3lWmLoKwIfG_tKVYIHMM9xzT3QMjkwVvIu7OYmWjl9h2ZRHi1s/s4000/DSC00004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmJbOXMtC4ZfNgBzEvMNJ0UtU3dr874XcCJzQsgl3ZyDjrGAYki8x0dndieNBpIPvVcRGLEYnXc7iEbOqiv6BPm3lVJ8z-dUS8DokxoaSq6Z5uY8zA0_6G_RNIgcOs5AjdSix8IyRY3lWmLoKwIfG_tKVYIHMM9xzT3QMjkwVvIu7OYmWjl9h2ZRHi1s/s320/DSC00004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">These armies were very nearly equal in size and strength, the only difference being the mounted samurai unit under the direct command of Tadamasa himself. Here's the list:<br /><br /><h4>Army Tokugawa:</h4>1 Mounted Samurai unit @ 3SP (Strength Points) Elite<br />1 Mounted Samurai unit @3SP Average<br />2 Foot Samurai @ 4SP Elite (close combat weapons only)<br />2 Ashigaru Yari (Spear) @3SP Avg<br />2 Ashigaru Yari @3SP Poor<br />2 Ashigaru Tepo (Shot) @2SP Avg<br />1 Ashigaru Yumi (Bow) @2SP Avg<br />Army Command Tadamasa (with elite mounted samurai)<br />Sub-command Tatsaki (with poor the ashigaru yari unit fording stream)<br /><br />11 units + 2 Commanders => 3 Activation dice.<br />Total 32SP: Exhausted after minus 11SP; rout after minus 16SP.<br /><br /><h4>Army Osaka:</h4>1 Mounted Samurai unit @3SP Elite<br />2 Foot Samurai @4SP Elite (close combat weapons only)<br />2 Ashigaru Yari @3SP Avg<br />2 Ashigaru Yari @3SP Poor <br />2 Ashigaru Tepo @2SP Avg<br />1 Ashigaru Yumi @2SP Avg <br />Army Command Sanada (with mounted samurai)<br />Sub-command Susukida (with foot samurai on left flank)<br /><br />10 units + 2 commanders => 3 activation dice.<br />Total 29SP: Exhausted after minus 10SP; routed after minus 15SP.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5I0oRMVx4YCUGseoPTKX5YMgahZxiY3JCB29nQOYZTcVjCBQFZiaT971zs1BUiHpq6VfB_Lq3xhnezLGn1hQxj5pU9ZjD5CJA8fYuxZFEaQYAfpE4pRu9cB816yK4L01mOCmY-StOUGa1OnybOVsmfTebLFhrk-y0Xr1tEy_oRfhpIdB7RcBcx_5_lo/s3806/DSC00008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2363" data-original-width="3806" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5I0oRMVx4YCUGseoPTKX5YMgahZxiY3JCB29nQOYZTcVjCBQFZiaT971zs1BUiHpq6VfB_Lq3xhnezLGn1hQxj5pU9ZjD5CJA8fYuxZFEaQYAfpE4pRu9cB816yK4L01mOCmY-StOUGa1OnybOVsmfTebLFhrk-y0Xr1tEy_oRfhpIdB7RcBcx_5_lo/s320/DSC00008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Getting up early in the morning, Army Tokugawa is in the process of crossing the Ishikawa stream. Having established a line on the far side, the rear elements are still crossing at the fords. Tadamasa himself is still some distance short of the right hand river crossings. As the situation seemed to be one in which who has the initiative is in doubt, I rolled to determine who opened the ball. The White dice are Tokugawa; the Green, Osaka. <br /><br />A glance at the leading picture will reveal that winning the initiative roll did Tokugawa's army no good; a completely woeful score for activations. The number of units to be activated is the dice score divided by two, remainders ignored. Well, he could have done worse, but two units out of 11 to move, and the whole army not yet up, the most sensible course seemed to me to bring some of the laggard units into line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLVlXqH6xLz4vPYGVskeIwOGx_LevhqhGABwrgTaRG7Hj7Hc6XlCsssL-CS3rXaZFPOeNanzmAIN6eShpvWgfENNMobww71Uc_UAEAzYK_aMBFKGmg5PoAO4eJfnSfLHTZRD8zPEAxP18Fd1KH7_lqGeYV5Hg-FP3bGAFdw0eKWkJp0xPhNW9fzHEqEw/s4000/DSC00009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLVlXqH6xLz4vPYGVskeIwOGx_LevhqhGABwrgTaRG7Hj7Hc6XlCsssL-CS3rXaZFPOeNanzmAIN6eShpvWgfENNMobww71Uc_UAEAzYK_aMBFKGmg5PoAO4eJfnSfLHTZRD8zPEAxP18Fd1KH7_lqGeYV5Hg-FP3bGAFdw0eKWkJp0xPhNW9fzHEqEw/s320/DSC00009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Osaka roll in reply proved almost the exact reverse of the Tokugawa: two fours and a six, divided by two: seven units activated. At once, the left of the Osaka line surged forward to close the distance to the enemy.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWy9CwWVlJhxCgsF-2O5QM8wTe3iOcvxi-U9A00xlD-E9fwRDErg3gYPlb47Qrx31JOsIaHj_buEDoNOWY6jJTnT7khK3rZlyutfJLPgm4BGn0N7YP1qc9mAXS1Xd0f9_4WQ9PyxEmwVD4isGFyS5n6qujpmfAi7C8tdCL_ydIWibv3nc8RohtGou8Eg/s4000/DSC00012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2855" data-original-width="4000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWy9CwWVlJhxCgsF-2O5QM8wTe3iOcvxi-U9A00xlD-E9fwRDErg3gYPlb47Qrx31JOsIaHj_buEDoNOWY6jJTnT7khK3rZlyutfJLPgm4BGn0N7YP1qc9mAXS1Xd0f9_4WQ9PyxEmwVD4isGFyS5n6qujpmfAi7C8tdCL_ydIWibv3nc8RohtGou8Eg/s320/DSC00012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">... and then Osaka seized (won) the initiative (roll). although the activation dice were moderately disappointing - just 4 units could be activated this time - they were able to engage the enemy not far from the river crossings. Susukida's foot samurai struck a unit of arquebusiers (ashigaru tepo). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJSge9Vqbv_5fuRiwhCuZyTzKydgDeYqvYBrO6e2cKhn2aTr_OynmlMl67XmEEK9s2A6L_lB3SWkoM2g6AOk_dWXKXQSkMnxKWxgyoP9Uyx8fCV9T_fLREGnPdhX4rJ1O31hS0CFoTDwLfzrpsTjuZNo4Js-B3QdM80TcaZx7NA1QVBszzFtRMIfN1k0/s4000/DSC00013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJSge9Vqbv_5fuRiwhCuZyTzKydgDeYqvYBrO6e2cKhn2aTr_OynmlMl67XmEEK9s2A6L_lB3SWkoM2g6AOk_dWXKXQSkMnxKWxgyoP9Uyx8fCV9T_fLREGnPdhX4rJ1O31hS0CFoTDwLfzrpsTjuZNo4Js-B3QdM80TcaZx7NA1QVBszzFtRMIfN1k0/s320/DSC00013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The combat dice below tell the story. Requiring a 5 to hit, the ashigaru didn't come close. But the two rolled by the samurai added for the superior weight (two 'grades' +2) and the general with the unit (+1) came to 5. Having already hit the gunners once, this second blow wiped out them out, opening up a gap in the Tokugawa line.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65nstgtvNLpmDGJWzQlGm9uNmh5VJPtNYmLQ_SEvic2_vBMzmUkoLI9hsMVVxGMNYJZM4maNrcI3ahGDC624rZwHQNX7zQ6m9-qfq166UN9jDmW4jXQMN47-UyiZg8cP-3L5iBl3Fs8yztkFnzGiPRtPw6PzYk-sTYF0qmJx4rZfiO2CpjILIm68FlKg/s4000/DSC00014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65nstgtvNLpmDGJWzQlGm9uNmh5VJPtNYmLQ_SEvic2_vBMzmUkoLI9hsMVVxGMNYJZM4maNrcI3ahGDC624rZwHQNX7zQ6m9-qfq166UN9jDmW4jXQMN47-UyiZg8cP-3L5iBl3Fs8yztkFnzGiPRtPw6PzYk-sTYF0qmJx4rZfiO2CpjILIm68FlKg/s320/DSC00014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Tokugawa army response, with 5 units to be activated, was to set the shape of the whole battle for the duration. 11 rolled - 5 units activated...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCJrIHZkA6-it9AkdhU354YKKsM24DRwu4jB1I0QJ4fIL0I6719Lco_KeNPy3BmZnaKU8UgO3-2asCZsYqMl1nJ67mtir7qp8fmm7PA61Ij5545LiKYAf7jwnRS2S1J-eMQ8SVBxTBGfpKNBK2tty5jkRlJlwGxSivlQnIeGBTFaMuB-Nbn1iIui6yE0/s4000/DSC00015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCJrIHZkA6-it9AkdhU354YKKsM24DRwu4jB1I0QJ4fIL0I6719Lco_KeNPy3BmZnaKU8UgO3-2asCZsYqMl1nJ67mtir7qp8fmm7PA61Ij5545LiKYAf7jwnRS2S1J-eMQ8SVBxTBGfpKNBK2tty5jkRlJlwGxSivlQnIeGBTFaMuB-Nbn1iIui6yE0/s320/DSC00015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... The order went out to Tatsaki on the left to push forward and roll over the rather weak Osaka right wing, close by the Tomb of Emperor Ojin (represented by the Memorial Gate in the pictures). The attack scored an immediate success, the Osaka foot samurai here taking a hit. This left Tokugawa just enough initiative in the main battle to restore the gap in the line, and to bring his own mounted samurai across the river.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJx5Ne60e2iI2y0uPRKbEMl1qJ-kNTqmjRVvz9oRJgGMgmY5V4EcPG0IpP3FICK5gEnlFZk4T8gghcl9dcj8Epwn5Ug6fmYLu-sBjQAgY7Y8APO5pJxL3IrRPqri2-_0UdTwpnaWKbgZtGHGmrSljuDCThEkp8OH0NORuwNZxCqC4qWk2RnHdN95HwNI/s4000/DSC00016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJx5Ne60e2iI2y0uPRKbEMl1qJ-kNTqmjRVvz9oRJgGMgmY5V4EcPG0IpP3FICK5gEnlFZk4T8gghcl9dcj8Epwn5Ug6fmYLu-sBjQAgY7Y8APO5pJxL3IrRPqri2-_0UdTwpnaWKbgZtGHGmrSljuDCThEkp8OH0NORuwNZxCqC4qWk2RnHdN95HwNI/s320/DSC00016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpKp0T8Rtiut8PSWS9f8hL5LNh5ZDnqcez6itQwC0Nhqz2VoooSmSe_6OOOYnhun7uPIGjvCRfDuK0UvVt3G9aFaFM89orvlJQ-2_q5KeHQZq63TImSAxP8zfJCEUiksNlcA7I8rhZMumUlkQA9k0FfQlDHvb23N98sr-St7egzEXHk1A-GQ7-qGUa7U/s4000/DSC00018.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpKp0T8Rtiut8PSWS9f8hL5LNh5ZDnqcez6itQwC0Nhqz2VoooSmSe_6OOOYnhun7uPIGjvCRfDuK0UvVt3G9aFaFM89orvlJQ-2_q5KeHQZq63TImSAxP8zfJCEUiksNlcA7I8rhZMumUlkQA9k0FfQlDHvb23N98sr-St7egzEXHk1A-GQ7-qGUa7U/s320/DSC00018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKXmeoytGt-yzEVBJZw5CNY2OLqMRuitTLAh3uimMj0Qt4lEkt6pS4QK_UetlsbYaYfpX-3WCWqjho1NIRUw7kGRtk8fdSqa5CN25W8dOw8FcWkqEfb5vsWRJ5xSnAd6qgvuRk0cHiS-psoeO06o0SwkJonCwFhimjP0TLdFruk1Hv5mpe9655LxUIoA/s4000/DSC00017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKXmeoytGt-yzEVBJZw5CNY2OLqMRuitTLAh3uimMj0Qt4lEkt6pS4QK_UetlsbYaYfpX-3WCWqjho1NIRUw7kGRtk8fdSqa5CN25W8dOw8FcWkqEfb5vsWRJ5xSnAd6qgvuRk0cHiS-psoeO06o0SwkJonCwFhimjP0TLdFruk1Hv5mpe9655LxUIoA/s320/DSC00017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The action was becoming general all along the Tokugawa centre and left, and losses were beginning to mount, too. Apart from the loss of a unit of arquebusiers, the bowmen had been reduced by half its strength, and one of the better quality spearmen had also taken losses. On the whole, the Osaka army was coming off rather better from the close quarter fighting. On the extreme left, their own ashigaru yumi had enveloped the Tokugawa line, flanking Tokugawa's bowmen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2Gv6orlUFq21rbLodm6DUp5urysI9aXoQxQfnFPZQVoeoUZZOjwAAiUsTtUAC4K0pKmkVKqG9K7Tuc-SeuUDhe9KAyRO5ql1DdaBWP9jTrX1ZRJ-lO2Sj39chCZ3mBxDGiU1Z12b1pNX_NhVXWsByPukBv9t1KWPgJ62jA289BW0u8HvcUmcmDQqMRw/s4000/DSC00019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="4000" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2Gv6orlUFq21rbLodm6DUp5urysI9aXoQxQfnFPZQVoeoUZZOjwAAiUsTtUAC4K0pKmkVKqG9K7Tuc-SeuUDhe9KAyRO5ql1DdaBWP9jTrX1ZRJ-lO2Sj39chCZ3mBxDGiU1Z12b1pNX_NhVXWsByPukBv9t1KWPgJ62jA289BW0u8HvcUmcmDQqMRw/s320/DSC00019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />Luck came at least partially to the aid of the yellow flags: a fine activation roll bringing 7 units into the action. Tokugawa was able to bring on a general battle all along the front line. This was helped by winning the next initiative roll, which, with activations for 5 units, seemed to indicate matters were going well for Tokugawa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGIAeySCjzgk4RxLnkygq-O2Wm1sqya7xXEWBCiDd1Hyb2PeI-6G0t9g635iRDlLiptJysFHbATnyIsHxSVQaMzLtwW3NykiOnynQiUvoN_xAtod-UXMV3Aao3e_zRqqzidln8EkxfAb-ZNzRn7WHyQQutPds114gI-2HJdK1mRjzBCSimZ26g8nmv0Q/s4000/DSC00020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGIAeySCjzgk4RxLnkygq-O2Wm1sqya7xXEWBCiDd1Hyb2PeI-6G0t9g635iRDlLiptJysFHbATnyIsHxSVQaMzLtwW3NykiOnynQiUvoN_xAtod-UXMV3Aao3e_zRqqzidln8EkxfAb-ZNzRn7WHyQQutPds114gI-2HJdK1mRjzBCSimZ26g8nmv0Q/s320/DSC00020.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Losses had indeed been fairly heavy on both sides. So far, Tokugawa was enjoying the greater success on their left, at this point having knocked off 2SP from their opponents at no loss to themselves. The main battle, however, was going less well. Osaka had to mourn the loss of two further SPs, but Tokugawa had by now lost 5. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rArWihXud_GrpTEKfpERQRuCzVOcsNa9vJ7C5uTcIT-Mj9uXacgFy1vJ4svATiunFepC-ssW1FIS81o2btWl3T8rdLvIyIMBO7bhzIer9oDjE9LeFbm4lcDXcx6-cC4choqsg91GBFtgbKyvCtw0Z-2XCOi_3rpfa7DW0q6bINhkTCIijEgQyav8qdI/s4000/DSC00021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rArWihXud_GrpTEKfpERQRuCzVOcsNa9vJ7C5uTcIT-Mj9uXacgFy1vJ4svATiunFepC-ssW1FIS81o2btWl3T8rdLvIyIMBO7bhzIer9oDjE9LeFbm4lcDXcx6-cC4choqsg91GBFtgbKyvCtw0Z-2XCOi_3rpfa7DW0q6bINhkTCIijEgQyav8qdI/s320/DSC00021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />Fortunately Tadamasa could now call up the second unit of mounted samurai towards the main action (though he might instead have reinforced what success the Tokugawa army had so far enjoyed, to push on the left).<br /><br />For their part, Osaka were inclined to leave the isolated pair of units on the right to look after themselves whilst the main army concentrated upon the foes to their front. In their own activation roll, 4 out of 5 points available went to this front. One of those went to the private battle far out to the Osaka left between the respective bow units.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID2KK2r8VSidG5YfXwdTddaMCOwgOHz5sctvlCqK0ttLMR2voxb-5B421bve7FC77JY0glN3SalpwXHDDdTsogMuQ2h70CruBKqAchNcdIS_FUC2K1cYui4dMNQT0geyU2GzIOWh1zBwjr2bliYfK4YrIyKT513dmahx-wwpEHB1ZrtZXss78zKOSb5Q/s4000/DSC00022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="4000" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID2KK2r8VSidG5YfXwdTddaMCOwgOHz5sctvlCqK0ttLMR2voxb-5B421bve7FC77JY0glN3SalpwXHDDdTsogMuQ2h70CruBKqAchNcdIS_FUC2K1cYui4dMNQT0geyU2GzIOWh1zBwjr2bliYfK4YrIyKT513dmahx-wwpEHB1ZrtZXss78zKOSb5Q/s320/DSC00022.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />However one activation point was spared to bring forward the foot samurai on the right to engage against the odds the Tokugawa left.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMYUo-LHR_Wyc08IOEREwlpTcDCQBPla_CLF1Hmo41DsUzuiUV55Fr2ba358_F9V49iwfM1-n5DX0lmpKj7Svogb16JkeW4v-HkKZJWAh2HxlLcForlz87cEndjVLAb5SsWm88ok_MqYrj50IAftJwJl1AkwpDtpsKFXIqYtIPnIgz_X6oWPI43zjlrE/s4000/DSC00023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMYUo-LHR_Wyc08IOEREwlpTcDCQBPla_CLF1Hmo41DsUzuiUV55Fr2ba358_F9V49iwfM1-n5DX0lmpKj7Svogb16JkeW4v-HkKZJWAh2HxlLcForlz87cEndjVLAb5SsWm88ok_MqYrj50IAftJwJl1AkwpDtpsKFXIqYtIPnIgz_X6oWPI43zjlrE/s320/DSC00023.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Tokugawa's activation roll - 9/2 -> 4 units, was spent mostly in engaging the enemy, and was successful in driving them back in the centre, but without doing much real harm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvO-X2fXZOPX_K8BJerYNl5I2WyJNKVChXXn7q1b9bEc2cYyhw01J6Mjf08aoxbnSgNGIOikXb-mFs48wHRPIbJoUVxwv5rSExVelNcsfx7h2ymtvJoIxNJMl_Bk3CcrBWFgmBUX7eg-oeOsNjBUvNDPc3bJes21RhWwEKQWvP3TLeRptZjjafoOhZVw/s4000/DSC00024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="4000" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvO-X2fXZOPX_K8BJerYNl5I2WyJNKVChXXn7q1b9bEc2cYyhw01J6Mjf08aoxbnSgNGIOikXb-mFs48wHRPIbJoUVxwv5rSExVelNcsfx7h2ymtvJoIxNJMl_Bk3CcrBWFgmBUX7eg-oeOsNjBUvNDPc3bJes21RhWwEKQWvP3TLeRptZjjafoOhZVw/s320/DSC00024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Then the effort to wrest the initiative came to something of a lull on both sides, Tokugawa managing to activate just three units. At this point the situation was becoming rather worrying for the Tokugawa army, having by now lost 7SP - 4 of them from units destroyed - to just the 4 from Osaka. One of the two destroyed units was the the unlucky bowmen on the right, freeing up the Osaka unit that defeated them. None of the Osaka units had yet been destroyed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJJVKlJcCwg9COLBs_OcM9_k9tkizxdzw73ScxsJL60mNvCZX6hoHneSuFInpn3FuZVjxbMYmHaF6ItUCy7UWdKSp1_L7Cu1GqCmvFaI5BKXdWgcmtzlgNKtwhaXKACTz6Vl161sFaSrDLwxepH9IESk2oIvitTWlRR7cq-fgnTKuuuTOMY5255r5pjk/s4000/DSC00025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2390" data-original-width="4000" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJJVKlJcCwg9COLBs_OcM9_k9tkizxdzw73ScxsJL60mNvCZX6hoHneSuFInpn3FuZVjxbMYmHaF6ItUCy7UWdKSp1_L7Cu1GqCmvFaI5BKXdWgcmtzlgNKtwhaXKACTz6Vl161sFaSrDLwxepH9IESk2oIvitTWlRR7cq-fgnTKuuuTOMY5255r5pjk/s320/DSC00025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>On the other hand, the Green activation roll turned out to be equally dismal. Their line had been pushed back a little, and could not have been easy to restore...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb7-0wa9eSECBlcVwI0zP7DHeFH7qpTOKucs4E-ISbmIGTJNJtiqWeLV-qZZxy9sWRaz9yEhBNCl9N3wERjqAC1I_wFvuEjWEpqYNxA1L7gEiOqSXZH2-Ym-eanz1rO0scJZg68CTAjP1CSkkWwiysM_I01Z4RpVBJveHlgmEnflbViiVzOUUnNVUaKo/s4000/DSC00026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb7-0wa9eSECBlcVwI0zP7DHeFH7qpTOKucs4E-ISbmIGTJNJtiqWeLV-qZZxy9sWRaz9yEhBNCl9N3wERjqAC1I_wFvuEjWEpqYNxA1L7gEiOqSXZH2-Ym-eanz1rO0scJZg68CTAjP1CSkkWwiysM_I01Z4RpVBJveHlgmEnflbViiVzOUUnNVUaKo/s320/DSC00026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">...But then the Osaka army once more found their impetus, winning the initiative roll back again, and 5 units activated. Two units swung off to the left to take on and isolate the Tokugawa samurai not far from the Emperor Ingyo tomb. On the other flank, the Tokugawa spearmen there were finally scattered, and the arquebusiers reduced as the Osaka men there continued to defy the odds against them.</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HGLfFO1JYx4rb8ybz1rRW2dloam2u3WtU-3eWUpgBz6jIyQiYqNpWIAhul16EP4xHDGXgmgwG8ZqFxouLSv7Kv88w4b3ipHmuVJ8sCV6MyrF4Eo5BAQLogI512bePH-muzCVzBznHIT6REnJ5YvhdHt2f6ecVxkfXsqViE00jXwbkuUOEkAHvUseu7Y/s4000/DSC00027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="4000" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HGLfFO1JYx4rb8ybz1rRW2dloam2u3WtU-3eWUpgBz6jIyQiYqNpWIAhul16EP4xHDGXgmgwG8ZqFxouLSv7Kv88w4b3ipHmuVJ8sCV6MyrF4Eo5BAQLogI512bePH-muzCVzBznHIT6REnJ5YvhdHt2f6ecVxkfXsqViE00jXwbkuUOEkAHvUseu7Y/s320/DSC00027.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Tokugawa were certainly getting much the worse of the fight, as losses continued to mount. Outmatched by their Osaka adversaries, they had by now lost 12 SPs. The exhaustion point reached, there could be no further attempt to assault the Osaka line. For their part, Osaka's losses were barely half their foes', and they were determined to push their victory home.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjGqaBgm90QDhSEzU8oGhnzJn4M0gVw_1AsNtQIaGAKyIyaZYFDopgRMQkZXyw3H7tsdKT9etrc4pFlzK1kRi5TY8q2NufYfbmqBBruGy3jT9gGTL1qxBzscqqAhoOcxJuP0DXhn6FSR82b_wyhg4gtgMVNTodj9jEn6V5YF7DIZGkBSAwEuckKSHbc8/s4000/DSC00028.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="4000" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjGqaBgm90QDhSEzU8oGhnzJn4M0gVw_1AsNtQIaGAKyIyaZYFDopgRMQkZXyw3H7tsdKT9etrc4pFlzK1kRi5TY8q2NufYfbmqBBruGy3jT9gGTL1qxBzscqqAhoOcxJuP0DXhn6FSR82b_wyhg4gtgMVNTodj9jEn6V5YF7DIZGkBSAwEuckKSHbc8/s320/DSC00028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The tide of battle going against Tokugawa, their commander, Tadamasu, at once ordered his army to break off the action: he 'won' the initiative roll. With a fine activation roll, that bid fair to bring off his army without much further loss. Units still in contact with the enemy were left to fight on, whilst the unengaged units drew off.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgAWDObiL1ndMdBa37JHeCg-uW_OM-UaNwQn7pnCiQhOlx84cC5KXYmaAGBt9lTvAEiBwKVfx_leyhu60QldTBU8vj_ndInGKp6h3P91Kn10p79ni1mIhqZKOYI4MFJR4VVJL_B1KapnFSvI9cckDZunXpLYee8cubRvyshOBrsAeWZyHRUM2LlPDw00/s4000/DSC00029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgAWDObiL1ndMdBa37JHeCg-uW_OM-UaNwQn7pnCiQhOlx84cC5KXYmaAGBt9lTvAEiBwKVfx_leyhu60QldTBU8vj_ndInGKp6h3P91Kn10p79ni1mIhqZKOYI4MFJR4VVJL_B1KapnFSvI9cckDZunXpLYee8cubRvyshOBrsAeWZyHRUM2LlPDw00/s320/DSC00029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In fact, must of the army was thus enabled to break clear, putting some distance between themselves and the victorious Osaka army. There remained the isolated, and somewhat depleted samurai on the Tokugawa right, a unit of spearmen covering one of the river crossings in the centre, and another depleted unit - arquebusiers - on the extreme left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Ti6bRqoMM5f_JRR9mN1EeBBsCkpcOMzrcJ0ueCBUTf9_kPbU2-EUVq8KLgcxiLaoEXDruvjWI7V5Eq1GmVEsx-7X7ebrflo89CyTDXsUwug7A3K-3Ay2n0ZsVpA0BDvUE16IFY8wfzn2PX76QhRYPtDY3UpTAVuMgFpbfrGjKg38lyYyOrB145vKwE/s4000/DSC00031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Ti6bRqoMM5f_JRR9mN1EeBBsCkpcOMzrcJ0ueCBUTf9_kPbU2-EUVq8KLgcxiLaoEXDruvjWI7V5Eq1GmVEsx-7X7ebrflo89CyTDXsUwug7A3K-3Ay2n0ZsVpA0BDvUE16IFY8wfzn2PX76QhRYPtDY3UpTAVuMgFpbfrGjKg38lyYyOrB145vKwE/s320/DSC00031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The fate of the last of these was quickly sealed, though they fought valiantly until the last, even managing briefly to drive off some of their assailants.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRakjK1r3ai0NCwM-52a-ovWg73bw9AGaag1lWK7Ys040iNiFMFhH3iB3hEBhcoyZCC6YOzsJRvEpsClAj5WV_C7LH5C6gLsrHMBXv7ovnNSh1uWpAxc_oJoTvpOyBew7TGbaA4ewzdwbef03eU9cG72r91CCImXkdSoucx-0n7ewiqw_NUmFVQz6A6xk/s3162/DSC00032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3162" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRakjK1r3ai0NCwM-52a-ovWg73bw9AGaag1lWK7Ys040iNiFMFhH3iB3hEBhcoyZCC6YOzsJRvEpsClAj5WV_C7LH5C6gLsrHMBXv7ovnNSh1uWpAxc_oJoTvpOyBew7TGbaA4ewzdwbef03eU9cG72r91CCImXkdSoucx-0n7ewiqw_NUmFVQz6A6xk/s320/DSC00032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Their retreat towards the river was, however foredoomed. With little enough to do but watch their defeated foes retreat into the distance, Sanada's mounted samurai fetched a hook into the arquebusiers' rear, whilst the foot samurai returned to the frontal attack. The final few pictures tell the story. The surrounded ashigaru even managed to knock holes in the mounted samurai unit (Sanada himself remaining uninjured). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3-GWmt-YoHLLkoqlBqimxjgGIb6BfX-f1E47S-cvNWRXCWbCdex70Q9LEGT1Gk0Ap25MzazPrtsA_I4S1mfHICgzkh2HZnXlicJqtAO-6vL3MMNknmQvp7scHun0lnNvICvsfPfwuDu1Z2-2_cxVZ590w1pyamh_4O7ir0zwRyRm8TCjGCjp04dFwtk/s4000/DSC00033.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3-GWmt-YoHLLkoqlBqimxjgGIb6BfX-f1E47S-cvNWRXCWbCdex70Q9LEGT1Gk0Ap25MzazPrtsA_I4S1mfHICgzkh2HZnXlicJqtAO-6vL3MMNknmQvp7scHun0lnNvICvsfPfwuDu1Z2-2_cxVZ590w1pyamh_4O7ir0zwRyRm8TCjGCjp04dFwtk/s320/DSC00033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The isolated Samurai on the other flank soon also broke off the action, though their way back to the army, cut off as they were from the river crossings, might have been problematical. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan0mG_2WBBeuG9bmghNyOrTff92ST26FgAmVCWb9mymxu0ynvFDnQYTL0pgG4dA5LD_5vWNmJhZ12gtqylQjovlLz9mAm62g7JIOVcfRuIcdHYkGl-N5Zro-JaGPepVsJqQ9dZpDAjf22cTedBVGFV-nvzOnYXMHiVfxE-IA3SUWimtkQtd7v9KDZdhs/s4000/DSC00034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan0mG_2WBBeuG9bmghNyOrTff92ST26FgAmVCWb9mymxu0ynvFDnQYTL0pgG4dA5LD_5vWNmJhZ12gtqylQjovlLz9mAm62g7JIOVcfRuIcdHYkGl-N5Zro-JaGPepVsJqQ9dZpDAjf22cTedBVGFV-nvzOnYXMHiVfxE-IA3SUWimtkQtd7v9KDZdhs/s320/DSC00034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The final action of the day found Osaka samurai catching up with an ashigaru unit holding the east-most river crossing, and, at some cost to itself, putting a quick end to it. Thereafter, the remains of the Tokugawa army made off as bets it could.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mmyvFKnAcx_zXkeJVqfncGLzpQ6qVXKwMBDfaNmvaPOSs1UpNEtXUb0A1WFh8KMU7Bn6vFwtxaoGzFjQMlpI5w_HCaFYOZNVR4GZHFOUooevPx09YMRaV__bDxsj-gfV0G9hV_IyBnzOfnpe5evMCEB3ryl6YA_cuttrSMU4f9G7Wdo0DcPqnFOZhyphenhyphens/s4000/DSC00035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mmyvFKnAcx_zXkeJVqfncGLzpQ6qVXKwMBDfaNmvaPOSs1UpNEtXUb0A1WFh8KMU7Bn6vFwtxaoGzFjQMlpI5w_HCaFYOZNVR4GZHFOUooevPx09YMRaV__bDxsj-gfV0G9hV_IyBnzOfnpe5evMCEB3ryl6YA_cuttrSMU4f9G7Wdo0DcPqnFOZhyphenhyphens/s320/DSC00035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This was a resounding victory for Osaka - as unexpected as it was decisive. Fifteen SPs the Tokugawa lost,1SP short of routing. Four units were destroyed. Osaka lost 10SP - and not a single unit destroyed. In a campaign, this would amount to a disaster for Tokugawa Ieyasu.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF2dVVdabvFoi4j0mPwFyUtBosBsFrZgGcq3clY7IJzWYaBCztbX-pvoBQ50-wV3HXP00ruiT2Tdp6q_StR40e0UaGM7r354PPwVsAl9UrZ8y0gSSt1CebvYadTfLJnMxcXEkVvflCQ-MS8xZprM0WwD9kf0e4krMFrDWHe1Qctt_Y-pCUCNmOSMpsrM/s4000/DSC00036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF2dVVdabvFoi4j0mPwFyUtBosBsFrZgGcq3clY7IJzWYaBCztbX-pvoBQ50-wV3HXP00ruiT2Tdp6q_StR40e0UaGM7r354PPwVsAl9UrZ8y0gSSt1CebvYadTfLJnMxcXEkVvflCQ-MS8xZprM0WwD9kf0e4krMFrDWHe1Qctt_Y-pCUCNmOSMpsrM/s320/DSC00036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />This was one battle in which the initiative swung back and forth, both sides getting a fair share of two-in-a-row moves. Possibly the damage was done when Tokugawa's first activation roll was so miserable, and there was at least one other occasion when a mediocre roll left Tokugawa, with plenty to do, lacking the resources to do them. That the first initiative roll went Osaka's way, following a superb score in response to Tokugawa's opening, perhaps already the latter was reading the 'epimural' script.<br /><br />Just a reminder of how activation rolls are determined, I have modified (very) slightly the system in the Portable Pike and Shot book. Permitting one general - excluding army command - for each whole multiple of 6 units, both armies received 2 activation dice for the 2 generals allowed to both armies. A further activation dice was allowed for each whole multiple of 6 units. As both armies fell short of the whole dozen of units (generals don't count as units) both received one more only. Both therefore received just 3 activation dice. <br /><br />As it turned out, as no generals were lost, and not quite enough on the Tokugawa side to bring them down to fewer than 6 units, neither side suffered an attenuation of their available activation dice.<br /><br />Altogether, this was probably the most exciting Sengoku battle of my series to date. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-86578253892220989482024-03-06T13:15:00.000-08:002024-03-06T13:15:03.816-08:00Thirty Years' War: Work in Progress<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWbybv5J0THL8uREEooBI4AVC71picW5lCqWL6fWGGwuU7rQ4HqBZ7hpEjt-GXWygM5c0xdzFZqzaeBgEh27ix89WkM4fZLw8cHpQD6zWWP57VOfEVwxER_0EUXnXGwFEmI5ZJAm4Cx0dxbPS2OQkZIasGiBbzNbkTUUMk5Kxi16cnzcRFcNmu_T9mv4/s4000/DSC00066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWbybv5J0THL8uREEooBI4AVC71picW5lCqWL6fWGGwuU7rQ4HqBZ7hpEjt-GXWygM5c0xdzFZqzaeBgEh27ix89WkM4fZLw8cHpQD6zWWP57VOfEVwxER_0EUXnXGwFEmI5ZJAm4Cx0dxbPS2OQkZIasGiBbzNbkTUUMk5Kxi16cnzcRFcNmu_T9mv4/s320/DSC00066.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What's in front of where I an sitting right now</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Reading another blogger's progress 'decluttering' in preparation for moving house, I bethought myself of the chaos I present here. Good morning Bob! This is my working upon completing and sorting out my long neglected Thirty Years' War (30YW) project. In front of me there's 60 horses, 22 riders, 16 figures for a couple of pike blocks and a couple of musketeers...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio7Vw2O04wZRCWskRhjkdIgtYadsys-Nd2qXMeJdGTMl5X-sHV8oxpTczQzTxcT-nlcaT5Sr-S-N5JxKvwlCHyzwpxTRB0BBIPHZzLlvHzCef0GpiReRHAxoHrHMm-8Lsy-U_NtaVe1XAZJHdvRl27xs6jD5UAsScDKFR50YRG7aiisoQGFNcHix0ot0/s4000/DSC00067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio7Vw2O04wZRCWskRhjkdIgtYadsys-Nd2qXMeJdGTMl5X-sHV8oxpTczQzTxcT-nlcaT5Sr-S-N5JxKvwlCHyzwpxTRB0BBIPHZzLlvHzCef0GpiReRHAxoHrHMm-8Lsy-U_NtaVe1XAZJHdvRl27xs6jD5UAsScDKFR50YRG7aiisoQGFNcHix0ot0/s320/DSC00067.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early morning cuppa...</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3auLNz6lnAZNdtepBpNAoU7vNq4R_NCCNRpGCQCWs-LX3yhdETorOq8PanP2TQal49GZqjcMRq9kbStcqo5bv8_CMneBoYikqH6hP1gPWNaIms7tSgZR3vspfXhhU1vDw8d-hGJmS_PM4ZgI0hMInmD0O4q45MU0EI6xfGjvBbcMfwu0-lc3Z_yOM5j4/s3479/DSC00068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="3479" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3auLNz6lnAZNdtepBpNAoU7vNq4R_NCCNRpGCQCWs-LX3yhdETorOq8PanP2TQal49GZqjcMRq9kbStcqo5bv8_CMneBoYikqH6hP1gPWNaIms7tSgZR3vspfXhhU1vDw8d-hGJmS_PM4ZgI0hMInmD0O4q45MU0EI6xfGjvBbcMfwu0-lc3Z_yOM5j4/s320/DSC00068.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The board I used for spray undercoating</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Guns, including a little battalion gun(one of five) for the Swedish Army. I have 9 Revell cannon, of which probably 5 will go to the Imperialists (Austereia), 4 to the Swedes (Severeia) along with the 5 battalion guns.There are also on this board 38 horsemen, 9 artillerymen, and an overlooked horse...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C_STdFlLc6hMgArP9HE3R2CX4GD_lh_DXz5g46yK61XWmWnkffe3BtWlErQTa1qa9ajVYDxcVk9XMZR9MVutEMDUlzpYdoKrh2DDteHtM6khUV6Uyd2RXQNucFC3t2LikeVJ2q6yeXMoooGBObOAnIi3Bno10t35tiHQkx5ww1fXRq9U4iznn_Yi-10/s4000/DSC00069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="4000" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C_STdFlLc6hMgArP9HE3R2CX4GD_lh_DXz5g46yK61XWmWnkffe3BtWlErQTa1qa9ajVYDxcVk9XMZR9MVutEMDUlzpYdoKrh2DDteHtM6khUV6Uyd2RXQNucFC3t2LikeVJ2q6yeXMoooGBObOAnIi3Bno10t35tiHQkx5ww1fXRq9U4iznn_Yi-10/s320/DSC00069.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More horsemen. The polystyrene board on the left houses a whole <br />other project. That really ought to be decluttered!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bur wait! There's more: 33 more horses and their riders... I quick estimate indicates I have over 250 horse to distribute between the two armies. The Imperialists are slightly the larger force, but the Swedish, supposedly, the harder hitting<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBakDnYQyQZtdspzxlDgR91pRExxvj_GbUrHXx4N8ZLsxQpYqovFj9sRuQw3xdZzwxH-AZkMNY6oqLkzUUvXzQ0941hML5ICG780OCC2CAp73hbm6AO_ZHZQ_B3hQOs-pugljIL70NR71GNEA6acrf5ki5vn-n38bK5LIaY7o4xO3f12VVWxerkK9DkPY/s4000/DSC00070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBakDnYQyQZtdspzxlDgR91pRExxvj_GbUrHXx4N8ZLsxQpYqovFj9sRuQw3xdZzwxH-AZkMNY6oqLkzUUvXzQ0941hML5ICG780OCC2CAp73hbm6AO_ZHZQ_B3hQOs-pugljIL70NR71GNEA6acrf5ki5vn-n38bK5LIaY7o4xO3f12VVWxerkK9DkPY/s320/DSC00070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Finished Imperial stands of horse and foot, and, in the smaller box, some commanded musketeers...<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZeib5kRuO88YYA9mJtmwTXWbk3EGFfR6qPiRYaoTHtVH1i6_HEV2TZSNCV5GGd0eye8g5ej-nLdJ9wt_dbbL_IbRrM26TPTo9oMOplvQCgp2wqwszlES5ojVrEXY8hGE9LRPBqbyU-H-aEt0UsqCfgfpbjuCYEYS4poI-1zRklA_5RAwO5Cg1tRiypY/s4000/DSC00072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZeib5kRuO88YYA9mJtmwTXWbk3EGFfR6qPiRYaoTHtVH1i6_HEV2TZSNCV5GGd0eye8g5ej-nLdJ9wt_dbbL_IbRrM26TPTo9oMOplvQCgp2wqwszlES5ojVrEXY8hGE9LRPBqbyU-H-aEt0UsqCfgfpbjuCYEYS4poI-1zRklA_5RAwO5Cg1tRiypY/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Yet more horse - 49. Finished, but never properly based upon their 3-figure stands.. Most of these will fetch up in the Swedish army.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQIOD17aST3q7-nwmr4GrGvKokp7T6FAjBitJB_r2BgCZ4JWyWROd3MVj-PLHdXQ71UajJBQBkfeEFVMg2KDAXsBz2Fj81YxY10A-6xVvRSfS5Zuxx43oAAinuXdEBalzBB0t7aNMIHC-QfOvcp4lBOIBqan7BqZf6dqOfTw-h3YA5XJmOMh1Pkt87H8/s4000/DSC00073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQIOD17aST3q7-nwmr4GrGvKokp7T6FAjBitJB_r2BgCZ4JWyWROd3MVj-PLHdXQ71UajJBQBkfeEFVMg2KDAXsBz2Fj81YxY10A-6xVvRSfS5Zuxx43oAAinuXdEBalzBB0t7aNMIHC-QfOvcp4lBOIBqan7BqZf6dqOfTw-h3YA5XJmOMh1Pkt87H8/s320/DSC00073.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh yes: the chessboard. For analysing my online <br />games. I no longer play 'real time' but more in the <br />way of 'correspondence chess'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Another view of my desk top. I am starting to form the habit of listening to stuff on YouTube and elsewhere whilst painting stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9Jm-XhOSm6CTuzZiSaO-XCcPoooxslFGmqQ9o1vcRw4nuut1NmcmX0lbnn90QhRZEKfjHfsoofoSFRo8o1BhceSaoSqWchnJrC2L3DhTHcjgqPzeOzN3HE-ArOkzalrJiIeqc909xbvtCUoqVIbQ8WiUUqgN1giOoREirOMQ1Gyu7T_UDiqy6BcsxKg/s3504/DSC00077%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="3504" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9Jm-XhOSm6CTuzZiSaO-XCcPoooxslFGmqQ9o1vcRw4nuut1NmcmX0lbnn90QhRZEKfjHfsoofoSFRo8o1BhceSaoSqWchnJrC2L3DhTHcjgqPzeOzN3HE-ArOkzalrJiIeqc909xbvtCUoqVIbQ8WiUUqgN1giOoREirOMQ1Gyu7T_UDiqy6BcsxKg/s320/DSC00077%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Among the clutter, an almost finish 6-figure unit of Imperialist pistoleers ('Dutch cavalry' under the Portable Pike &Shot Wargames convention...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhgOB6m9rZI9wQ4o7UerJr8gSSQwtKoJI4NptMfF5aTHYPzre0jxupM9LLAb67EUBQZDF26oH5Nb_Mn29-FO30_RXooioRlwsJTZXPmoPAsenkIm3lWuOgazwnrlCyx_F_BwpVnEC-LrXbpn_8U3HIWvqOnJ3uCZm2x5VzMHfo0m92QCOfykliTZwtPY/s3127/DSC00078%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="3127" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhgOB6m9rZI9wQ4o7UerJr8gSSQwtKoJI4NptMfF5aTHYPzre0jxupM9LLAb67EUBQZDF26oH5Nb_Mn29-FO30_RXooioRlwsJTZXPmoPAsenkIm3lWuOgazwnrlCyx_F_BwpVnEC-LrXbpn_8U3HIWvqOnJ3uCZm2x5VzMHfo0m92QCOfykliTZwtPY/s320/DSC00078%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">... and here, in front of some scattered Swedish pikemen, a 6-figure unit of Swedish Cavalry, counting as 'Swedish Cavalry' under the PP&S Wargaming convention. <br /><br />When I began this project, I had the numbers - the whole aimed-for armies - clear in my mind, and I was able to get the figures for those numbers. Unfortunately I have after near-on 30 years no clear memory of the numbers involved. I think the Imperialist army was going to have 188 foot and 120-odd horse, not counting command stands, plus 5 cannon. Something over 300 figures. The Swedish were to be a deal smaller - a little south of 300 figures, at any rate. As the project now stands, the latter will comprise, apart from the horse, seven 20-figure battalia (140 figures right there), with several 6-figure (2 stand) units of commanded musketeers. I have yet to decide whether the kneeling fellows with light muskets/carbines(?) will be dragoons and forlorn hope, or that the forlorn hope to be a line of single commanded musketeer stands. <br /><br />Now, I'll have to sort out who goes where...</div><br /> <p></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-1242122318684024232024-02-29T03:01:00.000-08:002024-02-29T03:01:15.845-08:00Thirty Years War - a Brainwave...?<p>It was whilst responding to a comment in my previous posting that an idea occurred to me that I simply had to follow up. Martin Rapier had a good word to say about my 2-hex tercio for the Portable Pike & Shot Wargame. The thing looks good, but for the idiosyncratic pike to shot ratio: 8 figures to 12. It were better reversed. I wasn't that chuffed about my battalia, either, with their 8 pike figures to 6 shot. <br /><br />All very wrong, whatever the 'look'. (<i>At least that was what I was thinking when I typed this. I'm now not quite so certain of that, at least for the tercio</i>.)<br /><br />But the thought suddenly flashed across my mind: what about a three-hex tercio? It would mean changes to how units are meant to be oriented... So I had a look...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM5RD8kLwsFZRJO63W2cSTwOW_p_NTOi4BkTZHHMA_f1iNxZagnuG5EJJr7uGWlb3hGjluYWJrnV5FvFAtLlpHCUpWgj7F5uAtdg0aBdd6zDqH5x_M_IOKWTaAjyxgSPpJnRvinGwWDeMwXKHOMt5-5be37_hF3O0P9vngqSVGwv-_FPw6HcoD_mxjiQ/s4000/DSC00062.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM5RD8kLwsFZRJO63W2cSTwOW_p_NTOi4BkTZHHMA_f1iNxZagnuG5EJJr7uGWlb3hGjluYWJrnV5FvFAtLlpHCUpWgj7F5uAtdg0aBdd6zDqH5x_M_IOKWTaAjyxgSPpJnRvinGwWDeMwXKHOMt5-5be37_hF3O0P9vngqSVGwv-_FPw6HcoD_mxjiQ/s320/DSC00062.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A late type of tercio formation: 12 shot, 16 pike.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />... and here it is. One tercio. I seem to recall that later tercios dropped the rear musket 'sleeves', leaving a vaguely Y-shaped formation a bit like this. Here the pike to shot ratio is 16 to 12, which seems to me 'about right'. And then I go and Wikipedia the topic. Lo and behold - a tercio with 1200 pikes; surrounded by a 'corselet' of 1400 muskets, plus a further 500 muskets divided equally among the four 'sleeves'. A 12:19 pike to shot ratio. So maybe my 2-hex tercio ain't so 'wrong' after all. Oh, well: to continue... <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkLRpXn4mAYPAKcS1vG09BF-Uc4-cElzFZzPi5qCiGNw1hmzl_mYqTvcd1buOFwCTXCI0S3fKH_pE4AeMHdwtX-2lBdQnqZE6MbCkxHnmn3WeWUf4CK4nL4zbg-0-S213Po5vop6infFTcb67od_JAFMFDc3kvu_CxnZ8cgC7hH3mGU_xM7uaUIJsFAY/s4000/DSC00063.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkLRpXn4mAYPAKcS1vG09BF-Uc4-cElzFZzPi5qCiGNw1hmzl_mYqTvcd1buOFwCTXCI0S3fKH_pE4AeMHdwtX-2lBdQnqZE6MbCkxHnmn3WeWUf4CK4nL4zbg-0-S213Po5vop6infFTcb67od_JAFMFDc3kvu_CxnZ8cgC7hH3mGU_xM7uaUIJsFAY/s320/DSC00063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSnFWgtOA9nTC4W8d9gI_AEwZr7ltFNu7Nz7frN7v14erT8rxpWjHBTEiyteV8G9ZWL7HrC5TTevFKd23kHfBPBFH5YlpyN4iRdI20037TEvTM_vP7skDXjxLgXk-beBAg4sbQqmLuGWGiyEiKpeD0Fvop9NvaMWXXtKMYHRZJ2Bk_LTrEwCHWZWhi5I/s4000/DSC00064.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSnFWgtOA9nTC4W8d9gI_AEwZr7ltFNu7Nz7frN7v14erT8rxpWjHBTEiyteV8G9ZWL7HrC5TTevFKd23kHfBPBFH5YlpyN4iRdI20037TEvTM_vP7skDXjxLgXk-beBAg4sbQqmLuGWGiyEiKpeD0Fvop9NvaMWXXtKMYHRZJ2Bk_LTrEwCHWZWhi5I/s320/DSC00064.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 'battalia' - or 'brigade'. 12 shot, 8 pike.</td></tr></tbody></table>How would a 'battalia' unit look, then? Just the way I originally designed it: 12 'shot' figures to 8 pikes. If however, I decided that the 2-hex tercio is after all OK, then the battalia might have to be modified to 2 shot elements in line, with a single pike element to their rear. That would still fit inside one hex, and the pike: shot ratio would be 4:6. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYekytl94Z-iFWl4qOn42M2EbpIPdjpWH95ymBnTHPbP3jtUCjAy7-vqLW4Bdt8Dql2_X3hISYequQ5eSIAZt236AopvofAUm6hgrtX7FxvZTSlajcYM4y96JxO0bjRZs9HRUeAX13M_hvBp8UpQJqOa2OGByS8w5W9RVSvmIEcS_A1Xt18vUKYUe2pQ/s4000/DSC00065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYekytl94Z-iFWl4qOn42M2EbpIPdjpWH95ymBnTHPbP3jtUCjAy7-vqLW4Bdt8Dql2_X3hISYequQ5eSIAZt236AopvofAUm6hgrtX7FxvZTSlajcYM4y96JxO0bjRZs9HRUeAX13M_hvBp8UpQJqOa2OGByS8w5W9RVSvmIEcS_A1Xt18vUKYUe2pQ/s320/DSC00065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Of course, this sort of thing - the 3-hex tercio and the 2-hex battalia (or brigade) would require a major rethink about the rule set and the conduct of manoeuvre and combat. For example, both musket wings/ sleeves, could concentrate their fire upon the centre hex in front, but only one could shoot into the respective hexes alongside. Nor would there be any question of facing a hex side, either. <br /><br />How would the horsed formations work? I'll leave that question for another time. The thing will simply <i>have</i> to be tried out.<br /><br /><i>To be examined anew... </i><br /><br /></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-79768308491877905692024-02-28T14:25:00.000-08:002024-02-28T14:25:26.250-08:00Thirty Years War - Yet Another project<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy4aqsRYEpkCGrPwsdggnXCQrxCF61AT92JlfKJ1gvhEZsMLDukrfEQUXfHZ9FEaGrv6sU3I5cbhGjx_KcOGXVxofiNuXDWFSRwQzp_elpCmn0jog9HEF8GcGMt_mDxq-wAshEaIXYuJ2qu53Eg0nTdXCp3jM4e8wbE1uYFV7R2AmUaj9LZBQ58EYi4s/s4000/DSC00052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy4aqsRYEpkCGrPwsdggnXCQrxCF61AT92JlfKJ1gvhEZsMLDukrfEQUXfHZ9FEaGrv6sU3I5cbhGjx_KcOGXVxofiNuXDWFSRwQzp_elpCmn0jog9HEF8GcGMt_mDxq-wAshEaIXYuJ2qu53Eg0nTdXCp3jM4e8wbE1uYFV7R2AmUaj9LZBQ58EYi4s/s320/DSC00052.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Imperialist Foot and Horse</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSow1SNMwV2_xggeyszlZGbfYi5_nBx0xv1OE-PWIncDnAOr2fT6Cve2U_Ce5D2e64Jn7cshVFHnbzO9ABjsVxqkL2MGZDKXCobStYTwzTPanB9v6PPqk_VlGMqTMqoQvu7QSQ8kUYnWf0OG7x1tC9F9ffyjouQM2WlA_Co5LTMVIcG-dLK_MLaWXn5DY/s4000/DSC00053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSow1SNMwV2_xggeyszlZGbfYi5_nBx0xv1OE-PWIncDnAOr2fT6Cve2U_Ce5D2e64Jn7cshVFHnbzO9ABjsVxqkL2MGZDKXCobStYTwzTPanB9v6PPqk_VlGMqTMqoQvu7QSQ8kUYnWf0OG7x1tC9F9ffyjouQM2WlA_Co5LTMVIcG-dLK_MLaWXn5DY/w200-h150/DSC00053.JPG" width="200" /></a></div></div>Feeling a little jaded, and rather inclined to procrastinate upon the narrative of my latest <i>Sengoku </i>action (the pics have been uploaded, and even the notes noted, but finger to keyboard is the sticking point) I suddenly bethought myself to the unfinished portion of my Thirty Years' War (30YW) armies (Sweden/Severeia vs Imperialist/Austereia). The Imperialists are about done, apart from the artillery, but the Swedes have a long way to go.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadmSw33a4g_nT2TlAYsZPMKyXeQzb73gbm2GTyqynC2dpKhbZivtNRijJ47C5YIwCCQggzRHlGzgAuRq9dgUkfBfB35Ore61USr1NdLGWi_-3RlYcPuFuRKKf0Am-zCQMzHM1X_BMbBCj44jxe5u6WCj4R3VVCZI-OBNYLXlXdCbQUyZoC6o3SNoUJyk/s4000/DSC00054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadmSw33a4g_nT2TlAYsZPMKyXeQzb73gbm2GTyqynC2dpKhbZivtNRijJ47C5YIwCCQggzRHlGzgAuRq9dgUkfBfB35Ore61USr1NdLGWi_-3RlYcPuFuRKKf0Am-zCQMzHM1X_BMbBCj44jxe5u6WCj4R3VVCZI-OBNYLXlXdCbQUyZoC6o3SNoUJyk/s320/DSC00054.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Imperialist Horse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS65tYAz6IrLL-uAu4ZxYlr3ri4ak3zKpvryPW3dD5huz3ml-7dE5tYXChBW_jfpFQc7y44PDxGDWS4kclp4JPoS2zIc7LKjUZ9QmrYRqDtv8lNM1GHQrO28Zv2yx_Im8ooXR5ZLg31Yc0mOxANp_QZ2v-MdiIVkIchJw1ATOiaNqMRmrvg5Hqzl_4lUc/s4000/DSC00055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS65tYAz6IrLL-uAu4ZxYlr3ri4ak3zKpvryPW3dD5huz3ml-7dE5tYXChBW_jfpFQc7y44PDxGDWS4kclp4JPoS2zIc7LKjUZ9QmrYRqDtv8lNM1GHQrO28Zv2yx_Im8ooXR5ZLg31Yc0mOxANp_QZ2v-MdiIVkIchJw1ATOiaNqMRmrvg5Hqzl_4lUc/s320/DSC00055.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Swedish foot - designed for <i>DBR </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v72NsOY6cZv1uBrD1H2URgeh2ST3Zx1lQIIIgBvFDN-3gkWbcToxPFR9ydZr4zxPKbHYiuizu_HkUVRWe1yOIp1b6eM73RzNfXYlLhuOiKD2qKlKWOoWolTPrjp4KtllXnT0pNeiABPJmp8OeHpgKMjiRxnLruHqCHOnkva-jZYuM7vJUdSFK5lJCQY/s4000/DSC00056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v72NsOY6cZv1uBrD1H2URgeh2ST3Zx1lQIIIgBvFDN-3gkWbcToxPFR9ydZr4zxPKbHYiuizu_HkUVRWe1yOIp1b6eM73RzNfXYlLhuOiKD2qKlKWOoWolTPrjp4KtllXnT0pNeiABPJmp8OeHpgKMjiRxnLruHqCHOnkva-jZYuM7vJUdSFK5lJCQY/s320/DSC00056.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The semi- and unfinished bits</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />H'mmm - rather more to get done than I imagined. When I began, I had a particular organisation in mind, with my own rule set, and bought all I needed to realise the project. This was near-on 30 years ago. Most of the finished stuff you see here, has been that way all this time. But having a clear-cut end point, the thing ought to have been finished long ago.<br /><br />Then came <i>De Bellis Renationis</i>: <i>DBR</i>. It seemed to achieve a considerable popularity in this town, so, after a long thought (and much hesitation), I decided to go with it. BIG mistake. It was like magic: the moment I made the decision and reorganised the armies, the bottom fell out of local interest in <i>DBR</i>. I just <i>knew</i> that would happen! There were two reasons for this, I think: one reasonable, one not so much. The reasonable reason was that <i>DBR</i> was (and remains) in my view wanting in development. The unreasonable: the whole game system will ill geared towards the 'competition' mindset that chooses to attach itself to the <i>DB*</i> game systems.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_8GxlqEN1wkN1XKTY12gpJp_R4K70hsVB5uaqZXCMy8hCycu72RgfeG9HsXpYDDNA4nsNZHNJBuQWEH9lI9KYiZ93S2ZNUNdEXbab9kxB3QfnbgLOP3UcNBafrJuXEtSN7VAKmfqnU0lrf1hl9Yr4w50duQLDGX-7dUjRbE_da0ZJp_gYsSzFovqfs0/s4000/DSC00057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_8GxlqEN1wkN1XKTY12gpJp_R4K70hsVB5uaqZXCMy8hCycu72RgfeG9HsXpYDDNA4nsNZHNJBuQWEH9lI9KYiZ93S2ZNUNdEXbab9kxB3QfnbgLOP3UcNBafrJuXEtSN7VAKmfqnU0lrf1hl9Yr4w50duQLDGX-7dUjRbE_da0ZJp_gYsSzFovqfs0/s320/DSC00057.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some Imperialist 'commanded shot'...</span></td></tr></tbody></table>So I was stuck with a half finished project and a game system that didn't fill me with enthusiasm, and which anyway ill-accorded with my inventory of figures. And I couldn't really go back! At any rate, here we are, having to sort through the whole thing and build up for either <i>Portable Wargames</i> or Free Table action.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3VpXZ3hK_3-sVb7h7Dy4wHTZb1o6fHVL9iOj6-NguA0NLiz6PiXSDI63lq4pildKRrBCyup47mGYYZ0VUypBCOkixkwnonyvBJLKs7CiBzom2CPBH-SY96tL6dnOctMp9NxE4aTtxYdmIBl6KrUwRLJBXFtmE_FKgYvB_lLrIbmqDbgS426x2aa-t7Q/s4000/DSC00058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3VpXZ3hK_3-sVb7h7Dy4wHTZb1o6fHVL9iOj6-NguA0NLiz6PiXSDI63lq4pildKRrBCyup47mGYYZ0VUypBCOkixkwnonyvBJLKs7CiBzom2CPBH-SY96tL6dnOctMp9NxE4aTtxYdmIBl6KrUwRLJBXFtmE_FKgYvB_lLrIbmqDbgS426x2aa-t7Q/s320/DSC00058.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Artillery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The artillery is <i>Revell</i>, but I have added a number of battalion guns for the Swedish army. These are simply <i>Airfix</i> Napoleonic French gun carriages mounting<i> ESCI</i> Napoleonic RHA gun barrels. I reckon they make fine battalion guns. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn1gJzvvc1bkzToO6B7ofxW2PvA3AfPrcuilqBtBqN6DJjGszC_iygybkxWdt5JxMBquwTJpCpTU1tBrONk9dctHsCkybP4tH93vIyn5EJ8vR8Z9CO7_4qupPd-eBgxhjnM3qbwCOw5d1OzysALjJIe1OgE7fvJAAJaIxhrFzYdU8OEZtmCfwHTzZmQA/s4000/DSC00059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn1gJzvvc1bkzToO6B7ofxW2PvA3AfPrcuilqBtBqN6DJjGszC_iygybkxWdt5JxMBquwTJpCpTU1tBrONk9dctHsCkybP4tH93vIyn5EJ8vR8Z9CO7_4qupPd-eBgxhjnM3qbwCOw5d1OzysALjJIe1OgE7fvJAAJaIxhrFzYdU8OEZtmCfwHTzZmQA/s320/DSC00059.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some lighter horse which probably will go into the Swedish Army</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPATr3KnclN0X5Ey1LlDXBne-P4SjBzB-qMdVxkkb_4WsYy3EGxB1lTwgEgOgZix3fpC1TR2d-9WAWe-5jkAsqOB3YaUb_pbv18a06Am9lcZDf_6qgDHX7vFroJYZlAvRS998sA7OI7uFOvgWPha_nzYox1rs7CcVHriOP2RcaT47f3dmlE_p7ayb1bPE/s4000/DSC00060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPATr3KnclN0X5Ey1LlDXBne-P4SjBzB-qMdVxkkb_4WsYy3EGxB1lTwgEgOgZix3fpC1TR2d-9WAWe-5jkAsqOB3YaUb_pbv18a06Am9lcZDf_6qgDHX7vFroJYZlAvRS998sA7OI7uFOvgWPha_nzYox1rs7CcVHriOP2RcaT47f3dmlE_p7ayb1bPE/s320/DSC00060.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We finish with a picture of the one <i>Portable Pike and Shot</i> game I've tried out. The thing was played out last year. This experimented especially with tercio and battalia formations on my hex-board. As the original rule set seem to be designed for square grid cells, I propose at some point to outline my own modifications for my own hex-grid playing surface. The gimlet-eyed reader will observe considerable differences from the earlier formations.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ttv7cfvrry46TXLDF_rej8IozO35VZa5QtusrCFi9-1KD49SholNNdwlpG1dVRelcqxx-4dp_OLD2aIAaGMyQWuaNPeEzGlf11UDfNY-vOJVVZqPKZ5nkhIcoGohr-iKxQECBqPIQvMPWIs7QEMInExlbmMSzT6xY54aMFQqe2SLLwg0fVeP8-I6j7A/s4000/DSC09431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2516" data-original-width="4000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ttv7cfvrry46TXLDF_rej8IozO35VZa5QtusrCFi9-1KD49SholNNdwlpG1dVRelcqxx-4dp_OLD2aIAaGMyQWuaNPeEzGlf11UDfNY-vOJVVZqPKZ5nkhIcoGohr-iKxQECBqPIQvMPWIs7QEMInExlbmMSzT6xY54aMFQqe2SLLwg0fVeP8-I6j7A/s320/DSC09431.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/05/pike-and-shotte-pw-30yw-action.html" target="_blank">A 30YW action</a> reported in May last year...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />C.f.: This picture taken many years ago...<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBRLD1MryTxUoqSE_RVPi5xiF1sHpfmF3GUZRec7haG_2sujnYvIKRug1jnlTjnIC3xUY8lYjXEPL5xcM_rGeyCekZOxxyAyXaU6WEzl2UUJazv2HfVj7fQSIebU8POQN5z0lPv4FYdgWfYPNzPhm9e6Vs71DwGc3CoGLf7cDVBMOOx8cyA46KQwQt6o/s3249/Ion's%20Pics%20053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3249" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBRLD1MryTxUoqSE_RVPi5xiF1sHpfmF3GUZRec7haG_2sujnYvIKRug1jnlTjnIC3xUY8lYjXEPL5xcM_rGeyCekZOxxyAyXaU6WEzl2UUJazv2HfVj7fQSIebU8POQN5z0lPv4FYdgWfYPNzPhm9e6Vs71DwGc3CoGLf7cDVBMOOx8cyA46KQwQt6o/s320/Ion's%20Pics%20053.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>To be continued...</i></div></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-29964851226881826252024-02-24T14:18:00.000-08:002024-02-24T14:18:34.562-08:00Armies in Boxes - Napoleonic Austrians<p>Whilst the Sengoku narrative is in the pipeline, and having done most of the 'finishing work' (flocking bases mainly) for my Napoleonic Austrians, methought it meet that (a) I house the troops properly and in a more accessible fashion, (b) take some pictures, and (c) fill the 'blank air' space with this posting. This is my Austrian Army for my projected - I was going to say 'planned', but that would be an exaggeration - <i>War of the Nations</i>.<br /><br />In the following the figures and artillery are <i>Minifigs</i> except where otherwise stated. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh5CV2bf8Oxrs3zR2YliPupGzfk9ojrbfWprFHeafvvOeqMHNBbiRGGo_51agszRdysOWxBlDKvY8_ac5R0DAfMXj7ZTjMuD7zYHOR3nr2DC1JGgjTQgZ-oQa-Yg8gUNAyoMm-QdxczfK2_rOzCULkNVVVDfiCKr_olhW0CIKBa5S_iu82D4OJkUdeXk/s4000/DSC00037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh5CV2bf8Oxrs3zR2YliPupGzfk9ojrbfWprFHeafvvOeqMHNBbiRGGo_51agszRdysOWxBlDKvY8_ac5R0DAfMXj7ZTjMuD7zYHOR3nr2DC1JGgjTQgZ-oQa-Yg8gUNAyoMm-QdxczfK2_rOzCULkNVVVDfiCKr_olhW0CIKBa5S_iu82D4OJkUdeXk/s320/DSC00037.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Minifigs: Horse, Foot and Guns.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>I Army Corps:</b><br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Corps Commander with 1 figure</li><li>Staff/ Aide-de-camp with 1 figure</li><li>3 Fusilier Divisions @ 24 figures = 72 figures (14,400)</li><li>1 Jager Formation with 24 figures (4800)</li><li>1 Light Horse (Uhlan) Brigade with 12 figures (2400)</li><li>Artillery Park of 2 pieces (64 cannon) and 8 figures (1600)</li></ul><div>Total strength 118 figures (including command), 2 cannon (23,200 men and 64 cannon)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EdSlpjE5-FM7FZ244x4p_D23gWR1PsRqSZqyWm9coIpmI49aUaYoIUeDDmGWo0Tqs4b5cea6jKNFJR59MCYtTf0oBU0svBE9fR7HlNyzAvrJF69HicFlG3PGX6jFK4jyAyLyDlqMjq_kuhLstpRgvvO0Q812ubMGwCGMToJP0fvoasuYGZX8idEQcYI/s4000/DSC00038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EdSlpjE5-FM7FZ244x4p_D23gWR1PsRqSZqyWm9coIpmI49aUaYoIUeDDmGWo0Tqs4b5cea6jKNFJR59MCYtTf0oBU0svBE9fR7HlNyzAvrJF69HicFlG3PGX6jFK4jyAyLyDlqMjq_kuhLstpRgvvO0Q812ubMGwCGMToJP0fvoasuYGZX8idEQcYI/s320/DSC00038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCawZc5LnxiqaOmmIzwKFi3SZn1Yq5xm4soySybJtvZyyrdlRQ1acgc1a25O8PWeEJ189P0ghcxdXu_YewVYLAarYkoER3Uw38t4onnIkWHrQDMZxDbBhIhKS4XT0V_PQQV105SdDEod5Gn7lgWrFh9lZzBTysnUcmUO6L65EipJHMR-a_PX3zAfeTK40/s4000/DSC00042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCawZc5LnxiqaOmmIzwKFi3SZn1Yq5xm4soySybJtvZyyrdlRQ1acgc1a25O8PWeEJ189P0ghcxdXu_YewVYLAarYkoER3Uw38t4onnIkWHrQDMZxDbBhIhKS4XT0V_PQQV105SdDEod5Gn7lgWrFh9lZzBTysnUcmUO6L65EipJHMR-a_PX3zAfeTK40/s320/DSC00042.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hinchliffe Grenadiers (I think) but can't <br />place the line infantry. The rest are Minifigs.<br />The extra guns (with limbers) belong to IV and V Corps</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b>II (Hungarian) Army Corps:</b><div><ul><li>Corps Commander with 1 figure</li><li>Staff/ Aide-de-camp with 1 figure</li><li>1 Grenadier Division with 24 figures (4800) (<i>Hinchliffe</i>)</li><li>2 Fusilier Divisions @ 24 figures = 48 figures (9600) (<i>Provenance unknown</i>)</li><li>1 Semi-Regular Freikorps Formation with 18 figures (3600) (<i>Minifigs</i>)</li><li>1 Light Horse (Hussar) Brigade with 12 figures (2400) (<i>Minifigs</i>)</li><li>Artillery Park of 2 pieces (64 cannon) and 8 figures (1600) (<i>Minifigs</i>)</li></ul><div>Total strength 112 figures (including command), 2 cannon (22,000 men and 64 cannon)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrmqzJx2MTeuyW6OMTSIpJLZ6GmqSjxVsMubnsGTrwX5_AxUisG4EkSkKhj1-423sThWGioY7EQOL-w9OU92IUqsLMBuzcA9We4YjSeMGD7zS48KAZz5vlLOtq3K-hRqJ5GsVTG-uHFDEtP51_PRoPKDkafdhZYZXVhRFg9f7M0SK4l_3les_GJmlTfg/s4000/DSC00040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrmqzJx2MTeuyW6OMTSIpJLZ6GmqSjxVsMubnsGTrwX5_AxUisG4EkSkKhj1-423sThWGioY7EQOL-w9OU92IUqsLMBuzcA9We4YjSeMGD7zS48KAZz5vlLOtq3K-hRqJ5GsVTG-uHFDEtP51_PRoPKDkafdhZYZXVhRFg9f7M0SK4l_3les_GJmlTfg/s320/DSC00040.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKslShBEXEWKxzi4boeIjJuZlkrymvlaw-qUyYlBqJRkT5oQY0dB58kIQ7bR38Xd7898Kjz_xw7ItVw5LHHbb1PEUBS934zoY365-mXTYWxlHSzJWP5Vp5Ie9glkpVr6JHr3DIomo1U5T-4MPCChZCQ67j5BrZYDkqXFDmLYXK_bzZBV3cQfkYPkxDq28/s4000/DSC00044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKslShBEXEWKxzi4boeIjJuZlkrymvlaw-qUyYlBqJRkT5oQY0dB58kIQ7bR38Xd7898Kjz_xw7ItVw5LHHbb1PEUBS934zoY365-mXTYWxlHSzJWP5Vp5Ie9glkpVr6JHr3DIomo1U5T-4MPCChZCQ67j5BrZYDkqXFDmLYXK_bzZBV3cQfkYPkxDq28/s320/DSC00044.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All Minifigs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div><b>III Army Corps:</b></div><div><ul><li>Corps Commander with 1 figure</li><li>Staff/ Aide-de-camp with 1 figure</li><li>3 Fusilier Divisions @ 24 figures = 72 figures (14,400)</li><li>1 Grenze Formation with 24 figures (4800)</li><li>1 Light Horse (Hussar) Brigade with 16 figures (2400)</li><li>Artillery Park of 2 pieces (64 cannon) and 8 figures (1600)</li></ul><div>Total strength 122 figures (including command), 2 cannon (24,000 men and 64 cannon)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBBfbiXNK8dVOjiV4zLe6MXiYD-9jeHCRUv5DlECj3mb47KGK17hd9RF3wE91ZZMbUKtIPvHuhUF0QrMhy09qKPV2Dx7h9lyBX2uX-2HLutQyJaRvBrY7FeN053D4VWnI2jsWW-KQTBq3UoLzjx6lPuXBg1IjEsskHipvFpAN4hkLgycnDPVPbvpJ56E/s4000/DSC00045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBBfbiXNK8dVOjiV4zLe6MXiYD-9jeHCRUv5DlECj3mb47KGK17hd9RF3wE91ZZMbUKtIPvHuhUF0QrMhy09qKPV2Dx7h9lyBX2uX-2HLutQyJaRvBrY7FeN053D4VWnI2jsWW-KQTBq3UoLzjx6lPuXBg1IjEsskHipvFpAN4hkLgycnDPVPbvpJ56E/s320/DSC00045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>IV and V Army Corps: </b><br />As smaller formations, these have been accommodated in one tray, minus their cannon. All these were obtained long ago when one could eke out Minifigs figures reasonably cheaply with figures of other manufacture. I don't know all of these.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eXsAc6Ea1_gJBRJRtz1LKl36h9W7Xff5j-xpcsrBt7XHrmn_uQSkjhdttzsofgyKvfCN2SMGETPRuvysHtexpqxBJ_359g_deZ9bAtnEn2LNmbFPnKB1dUn0coxRiIy-S59ylYofS5hPzr7v0ttsvrOFkHwmvJbiNT-qBCSnFgmNxXORdVKX6hm1dis/s4000/DSC00046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eXsAc6Ea1_gJBRJRtz1LKl36h9W7Xff5j-xpcsrBt7XHrmn_uQSkjhdttzsofgyKvfCN2SMGETPRuvysHtexpqxBJ_359g_deZ9bAtnEn2LNmbFPnKB1dUn0coxRiIy-S59ylYofS5hPzr7v0ttsvrOFkHwmvJbiNT-qBCSnFgmNxXORdVKX6hm1dis/s320/DSC00046.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An eclectic collection of Warrior and (I think)<br />Hinton-Hunt knock-offs, and Italieri and HaT <br />plastics. I don't know what manufacture is the <br />line of metal chevauxlegers on the right</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b>IV Army Corps:</b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Corps commander with 1 figure (<i>Plastic - Italieri, I think</i>)</li><li>Aide de camp/ Staff with 1 figure (<i>Ditto</i>)</li><li>1 Grenadier Formation with 16 figures (3200) (<i>Warrior</i>)</li><li>1 Fusilier Formation with 18 figures (3600) (<i>Warrior</i>)<br /></li><li>1 Fusilier Formation with 20 figures (4000) (<i>Warrior</i>)</li><li>1 Grenzer Formation with 24 figures (4800) (<i>HaT plastics</i>)</li><li>1 Chevauleger Brigade with 8 figures (1600) (<i>Unknown, metals</i>)</li><li>1 Artillery Park with 1 piece (32 cannon) and 4 figures (800) (<i>Minifigs</i>)</li></ul><div>Total strength: 92 figures including command, 1 cannon (18,000 men and 32 cannon)<br /><br />The <i>Warrior</i> figures don't really 'go' with the <i>Minifigs</i>, being smaller, and stylistically different in appearance. But they do make a fine formation of their own. One problem with them, though, is that their muskets are <i>very </i>fragile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz1kT53JIrzrWXYarwbL_kAUQi5fdNIsLv4souILCFQ4yomsOlD1n8TB3ZjL6mSbBpsuGFAPGSbOXoYrduozgv5wJ7z2SnGrb3qeRD-96Ov-PuEL9EKMMW0bBbTp_glxsLww6b-C1HOi_tGTbSgUY7FTzlYuLeVMoDK7ExYpjM4UAID14ZWP501LzM20/s4000/DSC00047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz1kT53JIrzrWXYarwbL_kAUQi5fdNIsLv4souILCFQ4yomsOlD1n8TB3ZjL6mSbBpsuGFAPGSbOXoYrduozgv5wJ7z2SnGrb3qeRD-96Ov-PuEL9EKMMW0bBbTp_glxsLww6b-C1HOi_tGTbSgUY7FTzlYuLeVMoDK7ExYpjM4UAID14ZWP501LzM20/s320/DSC00047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>V Army Corps:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Corps Commander with 1 figure (<i>Plastic, probably Italieri</i>)</li><li>Aide-de-camp/ Staff with 1 figure (<i>Ditto</i>)</li><li>2 Fusilier Divisions @ 24 figures = 48 figures (9600) (<i>Hinton-Hunt - mostly very badly pirated, bought cheap, but some work actually made them into vaguely presentable figures</i>)</li><li>1 Grenzer Formation with 24 figures (4800) (<i>HaT plastics</i>)<br /></li><li>1 Hussar Brigade with 16 figures (3200) (<i>Italieri plastic</i>)</li><li>Artillery Park with 1 piece (32 cannon) and 4 figures (800) (<i>Minifigs</i>)</li></ul><div>Total Strength: 94 figures including command, 1 cannon (18,400 men and 32 cannon)<br /><br />I admit to planning to retire the plastic Hessen-Homburg Hussars, replacing them with metal Hessen-Homberg Hussars, but, come the sticking point, didn't have the heart. There is no real point, I have decided, to replace the plastics with metals, as they are fairly compatible in appearance with the metal figures - 'Hinton Hunts' especially. So the metal Hussars were painted as other units. The same could be said of the plastic grenzers. As this box is pretty crowded, the IV and V Corps artillery parks are in the II Corps box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7gCCchblMvOKNUkCGV1hG4wwKBErcxR9ueAGXSsE5CtQH778siV9JAut8LJF8cBpyNk4eLSjvTxIfGWj2RzvW704GeskSCEeWASVBT7OOjJrauK8J2G4gyF45tgrvvkY9wumn2VuN1qfJ9NVc9UqWPGiRWQMAp4Z4S_q84zj3I3VgwRW5Yc_iTeey_U/s4000/DSC00048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7gCCchblMvOKNUkCGV1hG4wwKBErcxR9ueAGXSsE5CtQH778siV9JAut8LJF8cBpyNk4eLSjvTxIfGWj2RzvW704GeskSCEeWASVBT7OOjJrauK8J2G4gyF45tgrvvkY9wumn2VuN1qfJ9NVc9UqWPGiRWQMAp4Z4S_q84zj3I3VgwRW5Yc_iTeey_U/s320/DSC00048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8p8aZWk0OhQyTWYoB4OHuUVV5dbaDpSzPStq1pPIo8g8Yau87KCSqYjk-5IbSr20aqFuJvXnig48itJnRbglc8YBW4GpWOZNMPGVdAC-wz4ruuD1bTKm1GhQNaA603644J1EztlxMdqDEO96NM7AIfo5r4fnYSjKsoBLbd00BC3VyNJNBAu0d_4DL7E/s4000/DSC00049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8p8aZWk0OhQyTWYoB4OHuUVV5dbaDpSzPStq1pPIo8g8Yau87KCSqYjk-5IbSr20aqFuJvXnig48itJnRbglc8YBW4GpWOZNMPGVdAC-wz4ruuD1bTKm1GhQNaA603644J1EztlxMdqDEO96NM7AIfo5r4fnYSjKsoBLbd00BC3VyNJNBAu0d_4DL7E/s320/DSC00049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>I Reserve Corps:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Corps Commander with 1 figure</li><li>Aide-de-camp with 1 figure</li><li>2 Grenadier Divisions @ 24 figures = 48 figures (9600)</li><li>2 Cuirassier Brigades @ 12 figures = 24 figures (4800)</li><li>1 Dragoon Brigade (attached) with 12 figures (2400)</li><li>1 <i>Chevauxleger</i> Brigade (attached) with 12 figures (2400)</li><li>Artillery Park of 2 heavy pieces (64 cannon) and 8 figures (1600)</li></ul><div>Total Strength: 106 figures including command, 2 cannon (20,800 men with 64 cannon)<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5aLaiv9LjwOfAxkDW8lXDuo5S-WQZc48cYibGqEWmcHccKxi1lOaUAC4D7Ce9WrNUI-oqX_AuedFwvrsZ5pxz1YC_1qpQeOwG9-o6iopOkoTukl54ZVm_96mG_cDg6V-efdoj8mVyDKqu-3_O6WtYwlb6W61yINTzsBybd9JStcsFPCAM7A7C1LsAYg/s4000/DSC00050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5aLaiv9LjwOfAxkDW8lXDuo5S-WQZc48cYibGqEWmcHccKxi1lOaUAC4D7Ce9WrNUI-oqX_AuedFwvrsZ5pxz1YC_1qpQeOwG9-o6iopOkoTukl54ZVm_96mG_cDg6V-efdoj8mVyDKqu-3_O6WtYwlb6W61yINTzsBybd9JStcsFPCAM7A7C1LsAYg/s320/DSC00050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The Dragoons and <i>Chevauxlegers</i> are not organic to this formation, but are liable to be attached to other Corps where they might have need for extra horsed troops. The grenadiers and cuirassiers are, as you can imagine, elite formations. In this box the Army Commander in Chief, Archduke Charles might be discernable on the left behind the guns. The guns themselves are scratch-builds, as I wanted a couple of 12pr pieces, which <i>Minifigs</i> don't do for Austrians. The guns themselves are metal, as are the wheels on one of the guns. The gun carriage itself is balsa wood, with a skewer or matchstick axle tree; the balance achieved by gluing a steel nut under the end of the trial to offset the weight of the metal gun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jvPsQ7YYKtdIoTekaPJ1XC6ppLBn7RVrZ0AZwrZPs3kfPuXrKdLNHLZKpJ2kOAb0Ht7DGMrOEokXX8_AfmVHkTHjOeZaFCbOZfibNLRd4H8OLw6OvfcxVCnyv4j2AltiisggDOylVhwJKiVnyQsBWrLrOI1GqrPQWjtQUelmP8gGmoKzt8SVx5JcVEI/s4000/DSC00051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jvPsQ7YYKtdIoTekaPJ1XC6ppLBn7RVrZ0AZwrZPs3kfPuXrKdLNHLZKpJ2kOAb0Ht7DGMrOEokXX8_AfmVHkTHjOeZaFCbOZfibNLRd4H8OLw6OvfcxVCnyv4j2AltiisggDOylVhwJKiVnyQsBWrLrOI1GqrPQWjtQUelmP8gGmoKzt8SVx5JcVEI/s320/DSC00051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br />Army totals: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>14 Command and staffs</li><li>112 Horse (22,400)</li><li>480 Foot (96,000)</li><li>40 Gunners (8000) with 10 guns (320 cannon)</li><li>646 Total (126,400 with 320 cannon)</li></ul>The cavalry are rather over-represented in this army, and the artillery rather under-represented. But I'm not too fussed. The cavalry are over-represented in my French and Prussian armies as well. I find that with some rule sets, the armies are rather dominated by artillery, if not in practical strength on the table, at least in numbers. If I have a quibble about the Age of Eagles rule set, it is in that regard. I prefer the artillery to have a powerful presence in themselves, but not in numbers such as to dominate the entire battlefield. I have seen that happen! <br /><br /></div></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-62884088930732204162024-02-10T16:01:00.000-08:002024-02-13T12:29:30.277-08:00Sengoku: the Project that Wasn't.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdRu9AzRmpWoMwzGKrwrjlfvouzXoveLmdmwSuX1ZPYAVU8_V0gfvtjN4PzkB-eMWR49qAlUjdlsE9jQ99MuXfh9NZbKQnXVJ8vCH5ySm6htVaAy0oQUl0IMSb9KgcFGJpckyXo7WoEfJmqyz6V3NN_4EaScmnPnM0Sr4cIvhntdB1PWc78PVqTNUmyQ/s3987/DSC09438.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3987" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdRu9AzRmpWoMwzGKrwrjlfvouzXoveLmdmwSuX1ZPYAVU8_V0gfvtjN4PzkB-eMWR49qAlUjdlsE9jQ99MuXfh9NZbKQnXVJ8vCH5ySm6htVaAy0oQUl0IMSb9KgcFGJpckyXo7WoEfJmqyz6V3NN_4EaScmnPnM0Sr4cIvhntdB1PWc78PVqTNUmyQ/s320/DSC09438.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A 30YW action with Revell figures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Way back in January 2021 I bought a copy of Bob Cordery (and Co) book <i>The Portable Pike & Shot Wargame</i> (2020). My primary interest in purchasing this little volume, of course, lay in the title. I had a pair of 30YW armies sitting idle: Imperialist/ Austeria and Swedish/ Severia. Incentive to do something with them.<br /><br />Guess what.<br /><br />Once past Bob's introductory chapter we run into this: 'The Portable Wargame: A Sengoku Variant' by one Antoine Bourguilleau - historian, journalist, translator and, it seems, a teacher at the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne. That was serendipity if you like. Interest piqued, methought to embark upon this newfound topic of interest. But I didn't want to commit to a whole new project for which I didn't have the space to accommodate.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XjZbdK9IirQ4_tKxY3GrHa2ZvKixSPdM2btkZRYc8eO9rDbTcV0W2Grk4IPO-6rFzht3aqA1l3Q4EmyEgfGqg7l4fYQgwNEOTiYaxkbajIamQcSuq0RlHwMhwUzZs2UNPWctvNUtfz1qsj6xYmUqX7tThRVfTZdMshNMPy-96uKTWVGgHnNUx8C9PyY/s3999/DSC07880.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2342" data-original-width="3999" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XjZbdK9IirQ4_tKxY3GrHa2ZvKixSPdM2btkZRYc8eO9rDbTcV0W2Grk4IPO-6rFzht3aqA1l3Q4EmyEgfGqg7l4fYQgwNEOTiYaxkbajIamQcSuq0RlHwMhwUzZs2UNPWctvNUtfz1qsj6xYmUqX7tThRVfTZdMshNMPy-96uKTWVGgHnNUx8C9PyY/s320/DSC07880.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shogun board set up for action. Some readjustments have <br />already been made. The Orange faction looks too scattered...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Casting my mind to the playing pieces for the boardgame I knew as <i>Shogun</i>, but which has been renamed over the years as <i>Samurai Swords</i>, and later as <i>Ikusa,</i> methought: plenty there: 5 factions with 9 figures each of Samurai archers and swordsmen, and Ashigaru arquebusiers; and 36 figures of Ashigaru spearmen. Plus 3 Diamyo, though on foot, representing the small cavalry elements, plus 3 flag bearers identifying the 3 armies available to each faction.<br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQFm05DaVkNicW-gU5xCnUZLbIKHgfcz3Wl5UqMmPIt8hz3Kay2txE9gV2ptBxCc7LKGVP4ngf4S9j35eu90hJrU_KDK-Xzc_sifq_NkOGvQ9a_R0eZvGHlDJZGvtvAU7V1Xbm3fQIcfPOLFnC4brckxfVNKSL0_g_w60-rNOD1Tu0sstMYSfRPth3Xw/s4000/DSC07380.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQFm05DaVkNicW-gU5xCnUZLbIKHgfcz3Wl5UqMmPIt8hz3Kay2txE9gV2ptBxCc7LKGVP4ngf4S9j35eu90hJrU_KDK-Xzc_sifq_NkOGvQ9a_R0eZvGHlDJZGvtvAU7V1Xbm3fQIcfPOLFnC4brckxfVNKSL0_g_w60-rNOD1Tu0sstMYSfRPth3Xw/s320/DSC07380.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The first Sengoku action: the defence of a castle against <br />Ikko-Ikki attack. Clan Oda, Red; Ikko-Ikki, every<br />colour <i>but</i> Red.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />So I had the foot: what was wanting was the cavalry arm. OK, that keeps things within bounds: I bought 3 boxes of Zvezda mounted Samurai. And a command box as well. Enough for 3x 3-figure units for each army, plus mounted commands for three more.<br /><br />I got quite a lot of mileage out of those armies...<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDoqXlq1A7Qawm4xRXsy97MCVxVySTUSuku-0a3Y1-vRQPkc9Fj1zNRa28A3K4oqLto1k7pngIkJYDssoT8scHpOtnaiBBqnWhPzN6K3GgR1enczdCg0sylHPUxeYPbWOl9nqCvnF2B0WlIfLNwDHi9qgHrIY0HK4shzw8XAWL1i4zQwCWXVnmYjTNgs/s4000/DSC07420.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDoqXlq1A7Qawm4xRXsy97MCVxVySTUSuku-0a3Y1-vRQPkc9Fj1zNRa28A3K4oqLto1k7pngIkJYDssoT8scHpOtnaiBBqnWhPzN6K3GgR1enczdCg0sylHPUxeYPbWOl9nqCvnF2B0WlIfLNwDHi9qgHrIY0HK4shzw8XAWL1i4zQwCWXVnmYjTNgs/s320/DSC07420.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early action: Clan Oda attempts to recover a castle <br />lost to the Ikko-Ikki</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_uIl-jZEttyDuJGpz_mm2cnev6Es4PgxzYp2GYMSjIWbpG8-0CPdFG8nbyjvM_PCi7xFRVhemAbpM5S3D9E__PXqyoyr35z-MXipUEDh9YoHrWWNXChQxYCBZ2-NLSvdUfPSwybwKwQMbqYwxCt5relEyD_5ojdpUL4rkBZUIeaKlCmn9naKxrlaI7w/s4000/DSC07900.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_uIl-jZEttyDuJGpz_mm2cnev6Es4PgxzYp2GYMSjIWbpG8-0CPdFG8nbyjvM_PCi7xFRVhemAbpM5S3D9E__PXqyoyr35z-MXipUEDh9YoHrWWNXChQxYCBZ2-NLSvdUfPSwybwKwQMbqYwxCt5relEyD_5ojdpUL4rkBZUIeaKlCmn9naKxrlaI7w/s320/DSC07900.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More action among the warring clans</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So I had all I wanted from this project and more. <br /><br />And then some Vogon places 3 boxes of Zvezda Foot Samurai for sale at $5 the box at last year's Bring-and-Buy. Resistance was, obviously, impossible, especially given the high quality of the Zvezda figures. 44 Figures the box, I reckoned on allocating them among the 5 factions. That has proved rather intractable, so I bought a fourth box (Mini-Kiwiland online retailer) at the usual retail price - nearly half as much again as the three B&B boxes. I am now on the lookout for a fifth.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH36QAZkO2H4nlbATSdZQ5KA-BHZx57RCKrQQIch99YjKDK_P5U36LwLiYN4K18Yp7dPGC1Zafx-syTHpKIwHDq5By964YVBCEfZEced-e2vFEqsZYiTtpO_y2sgAbugwObM6RkheuNyMBupsq8aEChcH6b5WNYngMDwaduN3Gu5DmVDfmomAK36h3Qc/s4000/DSC09987.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH36QAZkO2H4nlbATSdZQ5KA-BHZx57RCKrQQIch99YjKDK_P5U36LwLiYN4K18Yp7dPGC1Zafx-syTHpKIwHDq5By964YVBCEfZEced-e2vFEqsZYiTtpO_y2sgAbugwObM6RkheuNyMBupsq8aEChcH6b5WNYngMDwaduN3Gu5DmVDfmomAK36h3Qc/s320/DSC09987.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow (Orange) and Dark Blue (Purple) armies. Some surplus <br />Ashigaru Yari from the Shogun game have been recruited <br />into both armies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />These I have subjected to my own minimalist paint work: black undercoat, white drybrush, single main colour. I have, however, gone a little further, placing a simple uniform pattern on the<i> nobari</i> flags, metal weapon blades, and the odd extra detail. Added to these armies are a number of spare Ashigaru Yari figures from the Shogun game - enough for eight stands altogether.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ouD5gIk64uk5q4Ef1MbLpnlbbK9Hmzfl0Ce8z2GK5pso2LVjX6I4OxUDoQcM19zzEieMJExkt3BcvP3Zh7-WULoLDEPEvh8cKdeaNAW06y_jWeUpIRrH8lcjMoqqVg_ozs8PdCko1n11NpvZ9wZ0HPaJrFUDPq5x6V8c2czi14zowi_MKr11q7FmtQ/s4000/DSC09996.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ouD5gIk64uk5q4Ef1MbLpnlbbK9Hmzfl0Ce8z2GK5pso2LVjX6I4OxUDoQcM19zzEieMJExkt3BcvP3Zh7-WULoLDEPEvh8cKdeaNAW06y_jWeUpIRrH8lcjMoqqVg_ozs8PdCko1n11NpvZ9wZ0HPaJrFUDPq5x6V8c2czi14zowi_MKr11q7FmtQ/s320/DSC09996.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Army</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The figures are no longer deployed individually, but mounted on stands. I began by having as many figures as the strength points for each element. This really didn't work for these figures, so I have gone for stands of threes and twos. To some extent, the number has been dictated by the figures available. There being three standing Samurai arquebusiers per box, it seemed reasonable to place them all on a stand. Their Strength Point (SP) value will be according.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLIGWNPQhvdW9GK2oeBV2Izp7HNy4KiWBIvU3X_DXYiJHxDOrIdE2kvnj5vJu7ZYlLZDOEbgGz8euI-eIBAYjlMmpdB3OwI7kluuT6CT_34IMal8khoJH94MopnUU1zWyP_jJeT450oHD2y880CcZp0eG7iD_u10P2yKsj1r37KWfm-GT4VXYWsDrXr8/s4000/DSC09997.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLIGWNPQhvdW9GK2oeBV2Izp7HNy4KiWBIvU3X_DXYiJHxDOrIdE2kvnj5vJu7ZYlLZDOEbgGz8euI-eIBAYjlMmpdB3OwI7kluuT6CT_34IMal8khoJH94MopnUU1zWyP_jJeT450oHD2y880CcZp0eG7iD_u10P2yKsj1r37KWfm-GT4VXYWsDrXr8/s320/DSC09997.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Army. I might have to do something about the colour<br />of the stands.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Now, having played through the original <span style="text-align: left;">Antoine Bourguilleau rule set, though impressed by some aspects of the way it played (e.g. that a defeated army could successfully disengage in a plausible manner - not something many rule sets achieve), on the whole I found the activation system, especially with a single general, just a little too ... bitty. I was a little dissatisfied with the resulting game. Whilst there is some indication that historical Samurai Army commanders found their followers a little 'sticky', I wanted a little more action. Although not exactly contrary to the Bourguilleau rule set, I have adopted a convention of assigning, apart for the Army Commander, one 'general' per 6 units, or stands.<br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigf9_8LXvtBLHdFpLgj_jtHGEAHJBgSTO1W9s-pm8NwUpH9YUOfswFKS7uvAD91TtFh7Ww5dQTVOiCZOj6tbrR6LwsXKsCbniP-Cyhfnuf6sdBZsXcNMwAJ_HTSrd-Vbbip5FqPJu_OxvzDA85tmqTRNyUi-68_YBnTcFgTUR-S8XKUFPtkGTG4BS2x6M/s4000/DSC09992.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigf9_8LXvtBLHdFpLgj_jtHGEAHJBgSTO1W9s-pm8NwUpH9YUOfswFKS7uvAD91TtFh7Ww5dQTVOiCZOj6tbrR6LwsXKsCbniP-Cyhfnuf6sdBZsXcNMwAJ_HTSrd-Vbbip5FqPJu_OxvzDA85tmqTRNyUi-68_YBnTcFgTUR-S8XKUFPtkGTG4BS2x6M/s320/DSC09992.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fortified castle. The buildings are detachable...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A point worth observing, too, is that I consider the expression 'rounding down' to mean 'rounding to the nearest integer, with exact halves being rounded to the nearest integer below'. Context of these rules indicates that the author really means truncating, that is to say, dropping the remainder of any division. To illustrate the difference:<br /><br />Suppose you have 11 units, with 1 general: <br />'Rounding Down' as I interpret it:<br />11/6 => 2 + 1 General, gives 3 activation dice. We roll (2+3+6)/2 => 6 units activated<br />'Truncating'<br />11/6 => 1 + 1 General, gives 2 activation dice. We roll (3+4)/2 => 3 units activated.<br />The difference of 2 out of 11 available units seems to me significant.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmHglCj3Dqi4jAffgFwLd5CbgkY-FmJJLtHHL8UCj-Dh1Q-Jg3nwrkYi8YmEnAZ6HaaHNIiRXzw-OHyAbofawbjsJOpuxagDsAzn9cseq8TRaHHhujkQzfOccxi2NV02oQr5j2UUTwTxQzNVhCl2hMHR09kFANY49voPK5zIhVbubDL4pDIzGwlrs78s/s4000/DSC09993.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmHglCj3Dqi4jAffgFwLd5CbgkY-FmJJLtHHL8UCj-Dh1Q-Jg3nwrkYi8YmEnAZ6HaaHNIiRXzw-OHyAbofawbjsJOpuxagDsAzn9cseq8TRaHHhujkQzfOccxi2NV02oQr5j2UUTwTxQzNVhCl2hMHR09kFANY49voPK5zIhVbubDL4pDIzGwlrs78s/s320/DSC09993.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..<span style="font-size: x-small;">. and the detached buildings form a village or town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Very well, but on the whole I have preferred to stay with the 'truncating' the division of the number of units by 6, but adding for more than one general. Here's why.<br /><br />The Sengoku Wars seem to have been well chronicled, and are replete with outstanding personalities. I notice that this is reflected in the Richard Borg game system in <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/09/samurai-battles-at-club.html">Samurai Battles</a>. (See link for an account). Lots of generals/ personalities. I probably wouldn't be quite so generous. The conventions I came up with for my games are:<br />1. 1 activation die for each whole multiple of 6 units (divide by 6 and truncate the quotient);<br />2. 1 activation die for the Army Commander;<br />3A. 1 sub-general for each whole multiple of 6 units; <br />3B. 1 activation die for each sub-general.<br /><br />The effect of this is a fair measure of control in the early stages - enough for brisk action yet retaining some chance effects - but gradually degrading as losses mount. Attached 'permanently' to particular units, these commanders share the fate of their units. The loss of a general's unit might well cost an army <i>two</i> activation dice come their next turn.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FCx-uPMiDkrXAUN7KV8Wsq7P3lcDOd__NkNIKzFiKkO4ZeY-dS8MV3qX7wLbADqznDYKYBCC-RXyXCQs8JGN9RU47snKkFN54WM7SLKGJhEp8Bt-jIsxuunGDJrF1p5uRmrindTLamIh0Ae3DgARtCltKVe8I8LXzZRb_hZnPV2hIJzFOTlIn5UOgzY/s2241/DSC09259.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2241" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FCx-uPMiDkrXAUN7KV8Wsq7P3lcDOd__NkNIKzFiKkO4ZeY-dS8MV3qX7wLbADqznDYKYBCC-RXyXCQs8JGN9RU47snKkFN54WM7SLKGJhEp8Bt-jIsxuunGDJrF1p5uRmrindTLamIh0Ae3DgARtCltKVe8I8LXzZRb_hZnPV2hIJzFOTlIn5UOgzY/s320/DSC09259.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Command tent, marquee or pavilion. I tend to think<br />of it as a pavilion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Going back to our 11-unit army, we would be allowed <br />1 activation die for the 11 units (just one 'whole multiple' of 6);<br />1 activation die for the Army commander;<br />1 activation die for the one sub-general permitted.<br /><br />The above picture is of a small command pavilion/ tent/ marquee, which seems to have been a feature of many Samurai army high command. I'll probably make one more, but more oblong and more open in front. These will count as static units, unable to initiate combat, but able to defend themselves. I suggest it be given 1 SP only, but elite status. The 'General with' addition to the combat dice will ensure it dies hard...<br /><br />As the Zvezda figures offer a greater variety of figures, the Bourguilleau simplified TO&E will have to be amended - for my games at any rate.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN6cdIMgdEgjbFrzzUbAXvuVyzbgeHav3YMxV99rNatAu4Endbe83IX_aZMj_Y1rEC4njEmRH9lPRd6mUsWLUqUjNasGC1zKRGe9DSpHfja2iz0eH3JX4A20aVmuuaRpbaABXkY2Ehyo5GteqJBKB5I8FNXk_0q0rmsvPiogIZGt0rMExaU3xRedA1G5o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="405" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN6cdIMgdEgjbFrzzUbAXvuVyzbgeHav3YMxV99rNatAu4Endbe83IX_aZMj_Y1rEC4njEmRH9lPRd6mUsWLUqUjNasGC1zKRGe9DSpHfja2iz0eH3JX4A20aVmuuaRpbaABXkY2Ehyo5GteqJBKB5I8FNXk_0q0rmsvPiogIZGt0rMExaU3xRedA1G5o" width="272" /></a></div><br />Notes:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>E = Elite</li><li>A = Average<br /></li><li>P = Poor</li><li>Artillery ranges are short (1 grid area) and long (2-3 grid areas).</li><li>Pavises count as cover for incoming shot or bow fire.</li><li>Command pavilion (tent, marquee) can not move, nor shoot nor initiate combat. However, in combat it counts as an elite unit.<br /></li></ul><div>Here seems a good place to pause. To come:<i> Siege of Osaka: Battle among the Tombs, 1615</i><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoFM_-riCp1_I0GA0ztjuHvzSZjNflfbfkqCTvMeF0PogfP1B0zmzr8qc3XoZ9rm7cT-CDKunHW3eGuKTFyI2obWBjZe53nw-FGWyt3oeBkHUoyQOvv3ecVGkp_1CTBb2xkm7J4MT2JV7sdyjN_Y_wphT5n7Gjmsiaf1eQ-Dp4Mr1Pj_dbxzjYsOTqg/s4000/DSC09235.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoFM_-riCp1_I0GA0ztjuHvzSZjNflfbfkqCTvMeF0PogfP1B0zmzr8qc3XoZ9rm7cT-CDKunHW3eGuKTFyI2obWBjZe53nw-FGWyt3oeBkHUoyQOvv3ecVGkp_1CTBb2xkm7J4MT2JV7sdyjN_Y_wphT5n7Gjmsiaf1eQ-Dp4Mr1Pj_dbxzjYsOTqg/s320/DSC09235.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Siege of Osaka: the <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/03/sengoku-interlude.html" target="_blank">Heights of Komatsuyama</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-41035612470518190082024-02-07T15:38:00.000-08:002024-02-07T15:38:25.410-08:00Hyderabad - a project out of the blue<p> A <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2024/02/amritsar-to-kargil-wargaming-south.html" target="_blank">recent article</a> in Bob Cordery's blog is the inspiration for this posting - something to which 24 hours ago I had given hardly any thought. The particular topic that caught my eye was 'Operation Polo' - the annexation by the newly independent India of the State of Hyderabad. There were probably good reasons for such aggression: that Hyderabad was entirely bounded by India itself; the State was landlocked (despite some effort in obtaining a seaport, even under lease); and the ruling Prince was having a deal of trouble curbing the insurrectionary elements within his borders.<br /><br />Was this a possible topic for one of my 'Map Games'? First of all, the map:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnLJMg44TmX62o2Dt6rgmeOBjRzvyZFLXJFlp_WXIzk9mJ8xr48MlcSRWYF1ynreqFXl0H1p0iQhbpIxi3215N5NOUiffLS9VdYBaEFjX0S7ZSqG-48gUjKo26x3eaTsjSUS9GOEaQ8psAGjmO4hINaAiHhHkesiehRfdz1CkIXaLARI2zNsvILd9d-I/s887/Annexation%20of%20Hyderabad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="887" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnLJMg44TmX62o2Dt6rgmeOBjRzvyZFLXJFlp_WXIzk9mJ8xr48MlcSRWYF1ynreqFXl0H1p0iQhbpIxi3215N5NOUiffLS9VdYBaEFjX0S7ZSqG-48gUjKo26x3eaTsjSUS9GOEaQ8psAGjmO4hINaAiHhHkesiehRfdz1CkIXaLARI2zNsvILd9d-I/s320/Annexation%20of%20Hyderabad.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Map games' for 'Operation Polo' </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Yep: that's to go on my table. I've arranged the map to include the Portuguese territory of Goa, which city, it was hoped, might serve as landlocked Hyderabad's entrepot. If Hyderabad can not come to some arrangement with Goa authorities and Portugal, perhaps more persuasive methods might be examined...<br /><br />If this proves impractical, an alternate set-up suggests itself. Hyderabad is conveniently divided up into twelve what we might call provinces. The following map shows that they are grouped into four 'Divisions', but I don't really imagine that for our purposes, the Divisions have much importance. The idea here is that the provinces can be the the determinants of 'area movement'. Battles might be resolved as was done in my <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-first-blacklands-war-table-of-links.html" target="_blank">'Blacklands War'</a> of three years back, or the map might be drawn on a reasonably sized card surface, and the campaign played out like my <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2012/08/war-on-marnon.html" target="_blank">'Marnon War' </a> .<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh-xLBK_Y6RaSqqBUlOgo7gskOm-7kxCLogD8_mgbArVN_te6gdAwNO_HsZXOqY36dFMMhg89gi7pmhL_knSxzvfD-ID8Zlymx2Mnhv2k8Dbpmo5BKxb-cxVudzJ79wDunJ4C3vR51hZ-D1GRKjft_wNYhnPgXrOc1UPkRQ228iU_wktiRySgGHxddrY/s1174/Aurangabad-District_Hyderabad-State.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1174" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh-xLBK_Y6RaSqqBUlOgo7gskOm-7kxCLogD8_mgbArVN_te6gdAwNO_HsZXOqY36dFMMhg89gi7pmhL_knSxzvfD-ID8Zlymx2Mnhv2k8Dbpmo5BKxb-cxVudzJ79wDunJ4C3vR51hZ-D1GRKjft_wNYhnPgXrOc1UPkRQ228iU_wktiRySgGHxddrY/s320/Aurangabad-District_Hyderabad-State.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Area Movement' Map of Hyderabad</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Operation Polo - the 'police action' - carried out by India involved limited numbers of troops - according to Wikipedia, some 35,000 Indian, against 22,000 Hyderabad State Forces, and anything up to 200,000 Razakar irregulars. Considering that Bob Cordery <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2024/02/operation-polo-some-information-about.html" target="_blank">mentions </a>1500 of these Razakar, one is somewhat disinclined to accept that 200,000 were ever deployed for action.<br /><br />Considering the size of the State - some 300 miles (say, 480km) square - the limited forces available to both sides indicates (to me at any rate) a considerable strategic scope. That India completely surrounds Hyderabad does permit them to attack from anywhere, against which the Prince could probably mount only a problematical defence.<br /><br />Now, for a tentative TO&E for both sides, based on Bob's posting. So:<br /><h4>Hyderabad forces:</h4>2 horsed cavalry regiments @ 3 stands <br />2 light armoured regiments @ 2 x Humber, 1 x Daimler (I have no Staghounds)<br />2 infantry regiments @ 4 stands (3 rifle, 1MMG)<br />1 artillery battery (1x 25pr gun/howitzer)<br />4 Razakar irregular infantry units @ 4 stands (4 rifle)<br /><br />11 units. These forces will presumably have wire and land mines available, and to be capable of creating dug-in positions, and demolitions if deemed appropriate.<br /><br /><h4>Indian (Sangrian) forces:</h4>10 infantry regiments @ 4 stands (3 rifle, 1MMG)<br />1 motor regiment @ 3 stands (2 rifle, 1MMG) , 1 medium or 2 light trucks<br />1 light armoured regiment @ 3 x M3 Stuart<br />1 medium armoured regiment @ 3 x M4 Sherman<br />1 cavalry regiment @ 3 stands<br />1 artillery regiment @ 3-4 x 25pr gun, howitzer<br />1 field engineer company with 1 stand, 1 bren carrier <br />2 ground attack squadrons @ 1 a/craft (probably a Spitfire, as I have no other aircraft)<br /><br />16 units + 2 air squadrons.<br /><br />Now, though I have listed multi-stand units, such a TO&E might not be practical for a single table top game of this operation. Rather, each unit might have to be represented by a <i>single</i> stand or vehicle. The one exception there might well be the Indian artillery, split up into 3 or 4 batteries, one with each column.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76Yp2fHvYWMM3UwNghzgWLYFXgQA_QG9mNtm8dolmbqi85mJsRfmAy56XUp4RV2aos529KXqBIyoY9EcKsAGdrhjlqJPKkw1g_4u3TsvcF3st-kle8AbNYZ7j83wLD2SAeK-CcKb49cdidgIovBc8sBoLAP2r-s5R7XtygG4FYOuP64p2DOwJZCmk71g/s1950/OperationPolo1948-06-2-24-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1950" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76Yp2fHvYWMM3UwNghzgWLYFXgQA_QG9mNtm8dolmbqi85mJsRfmAy56XUp4RV2aos529KXqBIyoY9EcKsAGdrhjlqJPKkw1g_4u3TsvcF3st-kle8AbNYZ7j83wLD2SAeK-CcKb49cdidgIovBc8sBoLAP2r-s5R7XtygG4FYOuP64p2DOwJZCmk71g/s320/OperationPolo1948-06-2-24-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">However, if playing the thing out as the invading columns progress province by province, then the forces for each Indian column may be drawn from 'expanded' TO&E. The Hyderabad forces would have to be divided such as to offer some kind of resistance to each of the four invading columns, yet retaining enough force capable of concentrating upon and defeating at least one of them.<br /><br />The invading columns each attack one of the four 'Divisions': at <span style="color: #bf9000;">Aurangabad</span>, <span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Adilabad</span>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">Nalgonda</span> and <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gulbarga</span>. The first actions will take place in each of those provinces, depending upon what forces have been allocated to the respective columns, and, from the Hyderabad point of view, which of the four 'fronts'.<br /><br />Well, that is as far as I have got with this project, but I think I have the beginnings of two very different games depicting the same operation.<br /><br /><i>To be examined further...</i><br /><br /></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-65008621632400064532024-02-05T14:47:00.000-08:002024-02-05T14:47:46.616-08:00Portable Montereau, February 1814 (3)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxEyLBfkM85V_gkNrcRA9_HLWPvSi5hfMtblf0frRZShSgkOupMAxj-Z8wDLQdKpM5MFNVNL9PZaYPXN34T4n0dxlCPMX7toH41wDZsC38xUXIM5V4GLrD_zSkcFF9VDhPq4a3nhZV_Of35PT_NxrKciOU1I3VdFOGuYlROG8Qzrh7rcDAVsCv3pdtjE/s4000/DSC09902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxEyLBfkM85V_gkNrcRA9_HLWPvSi5hfMtblf0frRZShSgkOupMAxj-Z8wDLQdKpM5MFNVNL9PZaYPXN34T4n0dxlCPMX7toH41wDZsC38xUXIM5V4GLrD_zSkcFF9VDhPq4a3nhZV_Of35PT_NxrKciOU1I3VdFOGuYlROG8Qzrh7rcDAVsCv3pdtjE/s320/DSC09902.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Turn Six (and Seven): The Allies seize the initiative:</b><br />In doing so, they repulse Marshal Victor's assaults upon Surville and St Martin once and for all. Very little remains of the Line Divisions, or of the Paris Reserve. Now, were Victor alne in this fight, his corps would have routed long ago - and many rule sets would have prescribed precisely that. In my view, although such a rule in fine for the overall army command, it is 'double jeopardy' for the army's constituent formations. Victor has just 6 Strength Points remaining. Very well: what has happened to the other 12? There is your rout. Apart from killed, wounded and captured, thousands of stragglers are milling about the battlefield. A tiny group of brave men remain with the colours, and remain in the fight. That the other formations are still taking it to the enemy is also keeping Victor's command in being.<br /><br />Well, that's my rationale, anyhow. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QWZx_4KAm7HRxRTMiD40vuCT-H5JGScjmvDZrLJH_yZu09wKdQXtZhQoVX31XbymRhhqCph55Sc9oV7vsf1BZTzIkyyPCdcjlulIjyTJZ6GwOIdEFqHepGJi-0hT81fXsloqPl3JCL0yVeKu-CrNHQYKQfRuyI2ASd-KOMmt_mqPAle4En9XdUlGaKA/s4000/DSC09903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QWZx_4KAm7HRxRTMiD40vuCT-H5JGScjmvDZrLJH_yZu09wKdQXtZhQoVX31XbymRhhqCph55Sc9oV7vsf1BZTzIkyyPCdcjlulIjyTJZ6GwOIdEFqHepGJi-0hT81fXsloqPl3JCL0yVeKu-CrNHQYKQfRuyI2ASd-KOMmt_mqPAle4En9XdUlGaKA/s320/DSC09903.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>But fortunes elsewhere on the battlefield are at best mixed. Kirsch's Austrians and the Wurttemberg Light Infantry are pushing Milhaud's tired cavalry back towards Luat, but a cavalry battle raging close by Surville is holding up the river crossing by Bianchi's Corps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvO2AvtOoig9puIjIs_0T4LmCEIWJWzXNjckZoJ-P4QcaPuVTd_DmOQHjtqTpWp752CpiOG798U30pdKMQl_Dk8riBY3eyB8-Pqx1nTLt2WXj0aB8I8iCIgvaA8oP8-Ebc8TV-ZmaZQMGcJiq65UIMHPidaOhAGpo2ja2ke4CxM7C1xIRm4EWbFTOrcE/s4000/DSC09904.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvO2AvtOoig9puIjIs_0T4LmCEIWJWzXNjckZoJ-P4QcaPuVTd_DmOQHjtqTpWp752CpiOG798U30pdKMQl_Dk8riBY3eyB8-Pqx1nTLt2WXj0aB8I8iCIgvaA8oP8-Ebc8TV-ZmaZQMGcJiq65UIMHPidaOhAGpo2ja2ke4CxM7C1xIRm4EWbFTOrcE/s320/DSC09904.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>What happened to the Bavarian breakout? Somehow their fate escaped the attention of the battlefield artist. Although driving off Pajol's hussars, they drew the attention of the powerful brigades of the National Guard. Heavily outmatched, the Bavarians did not long survive the encounter. The victorious National Guard continued marching on towards Villerton.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYz7JmSU0w8dvNd9dx09nu0PvjK4ZohLvhQ33CMyL_et-8LxfvC1I6kGwVrLWioH8gc1ViVKrd3nzf726BoyaldH-DtPwnN0kvSZgfiwYghyP1YkhOp_RkSl293u-VuRe7ayWGeTLl1kttr3B_w_OtGYDtZrEfDEPQivUspacyDmaCgGhJjbfii0lwD0/s4000/DSC09905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYz7JmSU0w8dvNd9dx09nu0PvjK4ZohLvhQ33CMyL_et-8LxfvC1I6kGwVrLWioH8gc1ViVKrd3nzf726BoyaldH-DtPwnN0kvSZgfiwYghyP1YkhOp_RkSl293u-VuRe7ayWGeTLl1kttr3B_w_OtGYDtZrEfDEPQivUspacyDmaCgGhJjbfii0lwD0/s320/DSC09905.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />In the meantime, the long column of Bianchi's I Corps remained held up along the road, unable to move until the Surville garrison clear the streets of the town.<br /><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd63bQauG9j2FQTv6MlBIdA-HxG2-7SeeU0-xq9nrjGrsszQIiZoWyuzlJHuLmvYwY0hWC71TjESQchQAQJ-Fl3tUfazgautVv5Uau5u3rJi1Ltqq3haENnrryNrNTzD_dAqTUEdChByTHjeVcB-L0eaBmEX2n3nrumks2w85_nb_eRL9M1Cq8Elv4pQ/s4000/DSC09906.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd63bQauG9j2FQTv6MlBIdA-HxG2-7SeeU0-xq9nrjGrsszQIiZoWyuzlJHuLmvYwY0hWC71TjESQchQAQJ-Fl3tUfazgautVv5Uau5u3rJi1Ltqq3haENnrryNrNTzD_dAqTUEdChByTHjeVcB-L0eaBmEX2n3nrumks2w85_nb_eRL9M1Cq8Elv4pQ/s320/DSC09906.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>The dragoons reinforcing Pajol's chasseurs, the long drawn out running battle with Walsleben's cavalry came to a sudden end with the latter's collapse. Suddenly Kirsch's artillery line was threatened from a flank... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9tUnflRjchkEl3L6IoGproAw4BgrGuvDGYsPWAXCL2D1VEKb7EZCS2jlzRkODWYRI6mRmmV1jahJ3cZ8C74E5VRHAKv-wFVj2XLFUv0lAysqMM5Y_SFIUp2OaPzfg1V5qn8DaksjG7cIalXlO_z8Uy3c_YmwRn9gWVK-UZHCfAaafrgzy_TWAHZtMI4/s4000/DSC09907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9tUnflRjchkEl3L6IoGproAw4BgrGuvDGYsPWAXCL2D1VEKb7EZCS2jlzRkODWYRI6mRmmV1jahJ3cZ8C74E5VRHAKv-wFVj2XLFUv0lAysqMM5Y_SFIUp2OaPzfg1V5qn8DaksjG7cIalXlO_z8Uy3c_YmwRn9gWVK-UZHCfAaafrgzy_TWAHZtMI4/s320/DSC09907.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>... and it was now that the portentous dark cloud began to blanket the fields to the north: the Emperor napoleon, and the Imperial Guard. Exelmans's light horse and Delort's heavies, led by Nansouty (wearing a chasseur uniform in this day), advanced across the fields, whilst Friant's Old guard took the road through Forges to Luat.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IGTIKpvu3cLmOxaPoyChf8w3DIgVA7HBTmhHHETUOUZCK9kSnnlVXHUu0TCAn8KhEsj57O5STlePiaGxydGA22tD8zsDzE4SC_spzoc2ROxg5fm2pil9cMYy9g4VhaxrnIcPDtGedpcVkDbcLqEby9NFK1Ews9U_4p0eKH7rdLFwrltGhccYh87l8F8/s4000/DSC09908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IGTIKpvu3cLmOxaPoyChf8w3DIgVA7HBTmhHHETUOUZCK9kSnnlVXHUu0TCAn8KhEsj57O5STlePiaGxydGA22tD8zsDzE4SC_spzoc2ROxg5fm2pil9cMYy9g4VhaxrnIcPDtGedpcVkDbcLqEby9NFK1Ews9U_4p0eKH7rdLFwrltGhccYh87l8F8/s320/DSC09908.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCx2nkdBnPPgrQv1W4Sb-8fSowks_zeDnctzxDCQWsGBF5Do8-h69GNLJ5mLNBX5sjxJxOaC9Z_oxVJGcRjSRlhcKA8uHmVZlrUCd1V0SYbfBDjjdkb8fGRPp6lEw-czF5fGJtJekIEndkkyYs-PvUcP-ly3YaKpew8Z3-uiWlhU913PUfZu4tZMLF1s/s4000/DSC09909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCx2nkdBnPPgrQv1W4Sb-8fSowks_zeDnctzxDCQWsGBF5Do8-h69GNLJ5mLNBX5sjxJxOaC9Z_oxVJGcRjSRlhcKA8uHmVZlrUCd1V0SYbfBDjjdkb8fGRPp6lEw-czF5fGJtJekIEndkkyYs-PvUcP-ly3YaKpew8Z3-uiWlhU913PUfZu4tZMLF1s/s320/DSC09909.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />As Milhaud and victor pull back from St Martin towards Luat, Schafer and Doring's brigades follow up. By so doing they clear the road for Bianchi's delayed troops to cross the river into Surville. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgamOxc5tzUYy6P2HY2J-VoUT_SAgkvhUCq32ubZhZbO5azUYAHia_ZmNhfN7dyJGNd_dwLD4z7rI-8FvnsVayXD0fz6vwq0BLYLgLi8GevXLTyDoa6VevwgjKFVTCwa58seWo4amXnQFkWSVH-BxOqBVuNzxdAV3wAJyp9led6CVaxZGbsqHavzDALk/s4000/DSC09910.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgamOxc5tzUYy6P2HY2J-VoUT_SAgkvhUCq32ubZhZbO5azUYAHia_ZmNhfN7dyJGNd_dwLD4z7rI-8FvnsVayXD0fz6vwq0BLYLgLi8GevXLTyDoa6VevwgjKFVTCwa58seWo4amXnQFkWSVH-BxOqBVuNzxdAV3wAJyp9led6CVaxZGbsqHavzDALk/s320/DSC09910.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Led by General Koch himself, Austrians and Wurttembergers drive the formed remnants of Duhesme's Division upon the equally depleted Paris Reserve. Marshal Victor rallies what is left of his infantry in a new line.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryX7JngbwKnk4eqEOQN1F2ZKUXkyr9cJgM9koTD95z17biHTdV5mpoUsEuTtromdZHeoOpSVIyEVlfvGkvrFsg_LeKW7S4F3bdj_2e-hA-GyNDTUcXqn0bk0xu5IgysuXgyqzltGOZ70I6JUtp_nUqy3nv3JDCKpQV43MCGEpgGXQWOXo6R6f7yurH7s/s4000/DSC09911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryX7JngbwKnk4eqEOQN1F2ZKUXkyr9cJgM9koTD95z17biHTdV5mpoUsEuTtromdZHeoOpSVIyEVlfvGkvrFsg_LeKW7S4F3bdj_2e-hA-GyNDTUcXqn0bk0xu5IgysuXgyqzltGOZ70I6JUtp_nUqy3nv3JDCKpQV43MCGEpgGXQWOXo6R6f7yurH7s/s320/DSC09911.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Turn Eight: The Allies keep the initiative.</b><br />The quick-witted and observant reader will wonder what happened to Turn 7, and so do I. I think I simply forgot around this time to take enough pictures, and thereby omitted the move marker. However the previous two pictures seem sufficient to me to indicate two turns had gone by, as Koch drove back Victor's Corps well away from the riverside towns.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44kQMft4eY4rK2U2_xyiu2dIRPetEOrs_A5j_h_s4KNq70U5vzCxr5hfTmdrSzi3K27ruGxjQTqLYFHbQPDZDrcb_l1j7b5O8lvY-bIUHtJOFQjzBOgMSELeeFbp8kwxFY0F1UkKan44v-C8Io3Pv1sesAYYCM8vOVD6jO1c5cccxCs-FHyUNJo0yKP8/s4000/DSC09912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44kQMft4eY4rK2U2_xyiu2dIRPetEOrs_A5j_h_s4KNq70U5vzCxr5hfTmdrSzi3K27ruGxjQTqLYFHbQPDZDrcb_l1j7b5O8lvY-bIUHtJOFQjzBOgMSELeeFbp8kwxFY0F1UkKan44v-C8Io3Pv1sesAYYCM8vOVD6jO1c5cccxCs-FHyUNJo0yKP8/s320/DSC09912.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The streets of Surville now unencumbered, Bianchi's column begins to pour across the bridges. Then comes another hold-up. Barely emerging from the western outskirts of Surville, Raigecourt's cavalry run into Milhaud's chasseurs. This is doubly bad news, for the chasseurs shortly before have overrun Austrian artillery that had formed a battery line between St Martin and Villeron. Bianchi's column seems to be facing more delays.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFZUO7_WgflFjYPUVt_wrZOGNPvOHmZb7R_7k4Ym9wGLzvi1PnLkC_egVvXMFVW3uXbxfow1hUgoGg6fKM_7EGbrd59jCvhh1tD21UajN0hFXkkPQJVB96Ou2J-91MnUCowU0FRF911FcdnsAyYASDHVmU7JHSe2JLxOIKWUlRLZ1gZFeiha_l49xtrM/s4000/DSC09913.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFZUO7_WgflFjYPUVt_wrZOGNPvOHmZb7R_7k4Ym9wGLzvi1PnLkC_egVvXMFVW3uXbxfow1hUgoGg6fKM_7EGbrd59jCvhh1tD21UajN0hFXkkPQJVB96Ou2J-91MnUCowU0FRF911FcdnsAyYASDHVmU7JHSe2JLxOIKWUlRLZ1gZFeiha_l49xtrM/s320/DSC09913.JPG" width="320" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p>However, Raigecourt does receive some support from some of Bianchi's artillery detached and in battery in a loop of the river, firing into the flank of Pajol's horse. On the other hand French pressure has been so determined, that the Wurttemberg advance guard infantry have now been cut off in Villeron and are under heavy assault from Pacthod's National Guardsmen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11kBX6W4DDSkJm7lwpp8hU3JBwOR4I5wfrsj88K43zxZfByUQwsN1r-Jqt0KxmjT2JrYaWheW8aLN6Ff0-UttRIn278ILoS0DEkI1DR8fAm-NKlHyIlyRxeF2hOcLLhSfCF4oTQsjF3Ue7T4DiNDyAGaYJSXZ8p_IXrjwUbKpwvTrh2oI9OmPRe0Kd3Y/s4000/DSC09914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11kBX6W4DDSkJm7lwpp8hU3JBwOR4I5wfrsj88K43zxZfByUQwsN1r-Jqt0KxmjT2JrYaWheW8aLN6Ff0-UttRIn278ILoS0DEkI1DR8fAm-NKlHyIlyRxeF2hOcLLhSfCF4oTQsjF3Ue7T4DiNDyAGaYJSXZ8p_IXrjwUbKpwvTrh2oI9OmPRe0Kd3Y/s320/DSC09914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>All this while, the Imperial Guard continues to pour into the battlefield. The leading elements of the Old Guard are marching through Luat, where they are greeted by Milhaud's dragoons. The Guard cavalry remain north of the Luat-Piat Buisson road.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFDvQyHx3NTxZClE5gYgqqiOhbRZ0NfvraePZ-KPd9lpDCt_PF9wPSa_HcTKzOVKA6CaCu1gAvrNRZc_jjXWAKNWazaItANZz-_bbeTGmDEtVIozh6_Wc6p5oqAJjKQveX318CJk602THZtYseOw8tl9Eqk_bPQu6NHKgoSUm-a8kgxPJ-0GT-1dxrWs/s4000/DSC09915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFDvQyHx3NTxZClE5gYgqqiOhbRZ0NfvraePZ-KPd9lpDCt_PF9wPSa_HcTKzOVKA6CaCu1gAvrNRZc_jjXWAKNWazaItANZz-_bbeTGmDEtVIozh6_Wc6p5oqAJjKQveX318CJk602THZtYseOw8tl9Eqk_bPQu6NHKgoSUm-a8kgxPJ-0GT-1dxrWs/s320/DSC09915.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">However depleted Victor's command, supported by Milhaud's horse artillery, continue to stand against the Allied counter-attacks. The artillery repulse a brigade sized Austrian attack, and drive the assailants back into St Martin. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei8ZkWNuYlQJWSoW-MpTNHDQ5owLhG0h7KYoq9yWUURXRyAZeuuGMC6ZHJytoQBIu-XiYkZA-fZ8vYpjpSGgRSC3s4wiLC4bWPPKjMn8oPMjvEsc_viS1pdQNb4a2FQF4M0i1Drm_enfEZ6YGTDYnHaHtuSLzxwUk25fBiBEonhY6JgDJxlOxwbjj4q8/s4000/DSC09916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei8ZkWNuYlQJWSoW-MpTNHDQ5owLhG0h7KYoq9yWUURXRyAZeuuGMC6ZHJytoQBIu-XiYkZA-fZ8vYpjpSGgRSC3s4wiLC4bWPPKjMn8oPMjvEsc_viS1pdQNb4a2FQF4M0i1Drm_enfEZ6YGTDYnHaHtuSLzxwUk25fBiBEonhY6JgDJxlOxwbjj4q8/s320/DSC09916.JPG" width="320" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p>It is becoming apparent that the Imperial Guard can reinforce the French attacks far more quickly than can Bianchi the beleaguered bridgehead. Unable to break out into the open, Raigecourt's cavalry are clogging the streets of Surville. It is only the stout resistance of the green-coats in Villeron that has delayed Pacthod's advance upon the riverside town.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UL3cdTueMTK19SBFrtjSdyhcS7fVxTtyZMjg1nnRd1jI5jkUOX76PJCkHNteqFVr25myTR30L8I8Bs0DhVODwll1S4zZsszvT4GnOpYbURTt3y344xj8lXKWqUrEpNhY0P2XofkZ6q_qt35npWeBvi-foEZCi4Zzc2LqgG021U3NJXMrtTyTYBuhN6I/s4000/DSC09918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UL3cdTueMTK19SBFrtjSdyhcS7fVxTtyZMjg1nnRd1jI5jkUOX76PJCkHNteqFVr25myTR30L8I8Bs0DhVODwll1S4zZsszvT4GnOpYbURTt3y344xj8lXKWqUrEpNhY0P2XofkZ6q_qt35npWeBvi-foEZCi4Zzc2LqgG021U3NJXMrtTyTYBuhN6I/s320/DSC09918.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The situation indicating that there was no real prospect now of expanding the bridgehead, let alone saving the garrison of Villeron, Prince Eugene of Wurttemberg sounds the retreat. Darkness drawing in upon a late winter afternoon, the Allies are able, less the Villeron garrison, to pull back across the river overnight. With no escape, Stockmeyer's Wurttemberg advance guard surrender themselves after dark. Otherwise, there was no pursuit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkxLbqJyKsXfJ4K0jwuRBpksthpYyUSYBr7tHEbExgFvvqoFli6sFP1Cwp3urfVGtNfQ24WCqwrZ8KL9_jF12ZtWW6jmXptlJ-6A0SyS0BlmQSY9WRurdZsCBUC00TBtNA7cNcs6M0rdlJ8RUb2jvxBMY-1oprPARBoTLfJkl0Uf9KYybSbAVz1iJw8w/s4000/DSC09917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkxLbqJyKsXfJ4K0jwuRBpksthpYyUSYBr7tHEbExgFvvqoFli6sFP1Cwp3urfVGtNfQ24WCqwrZ8KL9_jF12ZtWW6jmXptlJ-6A0SyS0BlmQSY9WRurdZsCBUC00TBtNA7cNcs6M0rdlJ8RUb2jvxBMY-1oprPARBoTLfJkl0Uf9KYybSbAVz1iJw8w/s320/DSC09917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Undoubted French victory though reported in the Bulletin, there was no question that the Grand Armee had received a severe knock. Marshal Victor's Army Corps had lost over half the total French losses, and they fell just barely short of the Army's exhaustion point. For their part, the Allies had lost just 26SP not counting a divisional commander (Walsleben) and also not counting what remained to surrender of Stockmeyer's light infantry. <br /><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-58106585430363638962024-01-31T18:31:00.000-08:002024-01-31T18:31:32.136-08:00Portable Montereau February 1814 (2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwhorZmD39dnCmRiOWgIy7Qjag84Li5D0rAlOFxVJiJkD5nMla-lX6SiHXgeCK0UhBXUq_zzg_5BtaWhBPC9d9VotgWxuwNVEE1GoF3BEHlwrdr6t5TTks3329S84XK5rfDkqxQApS0bVWpVNk9fdL19BdRWIh3ffVWnRAHkIfjf_OdHg7aIK-Z3yDiQ/s4000/DSC09876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwhorZmD39dnCmRiOWgIy7Qjag84Li5D0rAlOFxVJiJkD5nMla-lX6SiHXgeCK0UhBXUq_zzg_5BtaWhBPC9d9VotgWxuwNVEE1GoF3BEHlwrdr6t5TTks3329S84XK5rfDkqxQApS0bVWpVNk9fdL19BdRWIh3ffVWnRAHkIfjf_OdHg7aIK-Z3yDiQ/s320/DSC09876.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkSulugq6MufsUHW5D08tVvcxdseuekzOQII7eB4P1TUm1Lc1X_pFL2rGasLL3fyRPggXySMnxS-rVq6yf-SHm4QvXSXEegPxj9LPumJV8njVaz-mxs4QVSv82lkh24tc6zycuR2vRwVgOcceXgjIxhReT9nB2U2rVkNns98L4LcvI6yPX53rUl8wKOk/s4000/DSC09873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkSulugq6MufsUHW5D08tVvcxdseuekzOQII7eB4P1TUm1Lc1X_pFL2rGasLL3fyRPggXySMnxS-rVq6yf-SHm4QvXSXEegPxj9LPumJV8njVaz-mxs4QVSv82lkh24tc6zycuR2vRwVgOcceXgjIxhReT9nB2U2rVkNns98L4LcvI6yPX53rUl8wKOk/w200-h150/DSC09873.JPG" width="200" /></a><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Turn 3: French seize the initiative.</b><br />Assaults on Surville and St Martin. Marshal Victor leads Chateaux's and Duhesme's Divisions - now starting to look rather ragged - against Doring's Wurttembergers just east of the town, whilst Gerard brings up the Paris Reserve for an assault on St Martin. Milhaud's horse artillery takes up a supporting battery position. General Milhaud himself leads Pire's Dragoon Division into Jett's light horse west of St Martin. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh74oFr3umqerzjKZMDUS6S3MBUL31lKm5ltPP9pjye48jIPiYWlQ7hOnuxa2PIjcCclkdJDlChwMFNrS9NqotUpyrjhAE5NeCcsVgyUjaMpCmlIcPdq_CmbIW595wmTm15SgbFo2_e4Jfunv4taFNceV2KTE4kcnnFsQJsYJwNH8m2XY7Tv6aPDOL4I/s4000/DSC09875.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh74oFr3umqerzjKZMDUS6S3MBUL31lKm5ltPP9pjye48jIPiYWlQ7hOnuxa2PIjcCclkdJDlChwMFNrS9NqotUpyrjhAE5NeCcsVgyUjaMpCmlIcPdq_CmbIW595wmTm15SgbFo2_e4Jfunv4taFNceV2KTE4kcnnFsQJsYJwNH8m2XY7Tv6aPDOL4I/s320/DSC09875.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Allied artillery on the south bank of the Seine is proving something more than nuisance value. Victor's Corps artillery gets the worse of the artillery duel against Koch's foot artillery deployed close by Hohenlohe's brigade.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVVeYRmKjoQO1jeqIKj_lQu_JleLkn3GoQeLf0lXUSDl4QdviudfkQuhrRe1UbIYxLScHFe8IeSr2titlPbVM1RaYiADOLjjk6HxGK-4e6fHxFKwt59GtBFVxwPxhprpQeLTpmtkiJ6D_G_WG1QBadfYRydgIQmUT07v_7zMv6J0csTvzLFb2DtZZpvA/s4000/DSC09877.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVVeYRmKjoQO1jeqIKj_lQu_JleLkn3GoQeLf0lXUSDl4QdviudfkQuhrRe1UbIYxLScHFe8IeSr2titlPbVM1RaYiADOLjjk6HxGK-4e6fHxFKwt59GtBFVxwPxhprpQeLTpmtkiJ6D_G_WG1QBadfYRydgIQmUT07v_7zMv6J0csTvzLFb2DtZZpvA/s320/DSC09877.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Close by Villeron, the Austrian hussars are being gradually driven back, but are still giving a good account of themselves. Along the Bois de Valence road, Walsleben carries on a stubborn resistance against the National Guardsmen. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1a6skVwJb5715XxnKideOS1v3heBRiD_SqF_f3yJPr04AQhmo_iuKLMyYJUOxxnyJB_4FaqVZXH96Ys9sdftfLss4VlJReS0VOvt6-B2QUfkYPIr7IE8kaW71qBlOn-RVjKfg0KisFBZh_mBkoD3CDJjrUiy-c2O9emL14BRs4aONM3WNpeOaDycj60/s4000/DSC09879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1a6skVwJb5715XxnKideOS1v3heBRiD_SqF_f3yJPr04AQhmo_iuKLMyYJUOxxnyJB_4FaqVZXH96Ys9sdftfLss4VlJReS0VOvt6-B2QUfkYPIr7IE8kaW71qBlOn-RVjKfg0KisFBZh_mBkoD3CDJjrUiy-c2O9emL14BRs4aONM3WNpeOaDycj60/s320/DSC09879.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Ominous news: a considerable column of Austrians are spotted marching down the south bank river road towards Montereau. This is Bianchi's Austrian I Corps - the Advanced Guard of hussars, dragoons and grenz; followed by two infantry Divisions and lots of artillery.<br /><br />This was an option given for the original Age of Eagles scenario that I thought ought to be included for 'play balance'. I may come back to that! Meanwhile, you can see the advantages of 2-figure stands: a road column looks like a road column!<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewWo6-O35hj6n1OpE5xe0pnpUU00d8GlYxiKhnopglCUDAJL_nJkQoFMOpYniIajmBmjLEHAShthZ7eRmIi-Zd3hvKGPvYbKRBVKkCfv4QtO5YMiGjIKvDZVGfJK3xvMLWiXTiz0vgha3Sa1Yxvtd2GQC4ST_ym0EtPV5FDC-PlwhLXKzBMezMzIajiw/s4000/DSC09878.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewWo6-O35hj6n1OpE5xe0pnpUU00d8GlYxiKhnopglCUDAJL_nJkQoFMOpYniIajmBmjLEHAShthZ7eRmIi-Zd3hvKGPvYbKRBVKkCfv4QtO5YMiGjIKvDZVGfJK3xvMLWiXTiz0vgha3Sa1Yxvtd2GQC4ST_ym0EtPV5FDC-PlwhLXKzBMezMzIajiw/s320/DSC09878.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Turn Four: The initiative remains with the French.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Bitter fighting continues on the front of Surville and St Martin. The Wurttembergers are holding up well for all Victor's exhortations, and the Austrians are inflicting casualties also on the Paris Reserve. This picture is one of those occasions in which the disparate scales of the Italieri plastics (the figures are actually Prussian) and the Minifigs metals are apparent. The Austrians are also Minifigs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx16HQRgDaE48_qzR0sgBCd1sK7n9RxR9MzKrSWij5sw57W2buk7ynQMqDRr2NEVoRCfhZUvIc2LBdXMGsaaRTd4MvBnfr6jmF7XqFyNyTYA3ilfeIO3zeix5XIDNTgxxIuIjzubReZPiJ20Yr4vHVBWR_hvn37GJjdGA5pJYL-qEBS1xx_wc2ubbuN0/s4000/DSC09881.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx16HQRgDaE48_qzR0sgBCd1sK7n9RxR9MzKrSWij5sw57W2buk7ynQMqDRr2NEVoRCfhZUvIc2LBdXMGsaaRTd4MvBnfr6jmF7XqFyNyTYA3ilfeIO3zeix5XIDNTgxxIuIjzubReZPiJ20Yr4vHVBWR_hvn37GJjdGA5pJYL-qEBS1xx_wc2ubbuN0/s320/DSC09881.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3CatqbRdXqB48kCE3dBFrhtz8JA765jJvO5ptS67neaV_pXa9CghYfQjQw5NMwfOSGtOVnLrvFug0LZntq2qwsweeESDKSR-9Nb37FuSFnJ4I4pbQXifllYF2yp-iZ5SdxT5zdC_NIGGdY3rgFZAXu9QeCg4uzpSWgZwe93Dj1lyn9O1nxITihL5zcI/s4000/DSC09883.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3CatqbRdXqB48kCE3dBFrhtz8JA765jJvO5ptS67neaV_pXa9CghYfQjQw5NMwfOSGtOVnLrvFug0LZntq2qwsweeESDKSR-9Nb37FuSFnJ4I4pbQXifllYF2yp-iZ5SdxT5zdC_NIGGdY3rgFZAXu9QeCg4uzpSWgZwe93Dj1lyn9O1nxITihL5zcI/w200-h150/DSC09883.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>So fierce has been the Wurttembergers' resistance, that despite Victor's august presence, their assailants are fairly repulsed. In response to the enfilading artillery fire, he orders a change of front alongside his own battered guns. The counter-battery can not last much longer.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh36u2UU63blfn9eOUuWmIe9cxa8pEEKWrZ00Popr7VUJyhEc-fUvhWCGlverdsNvjrPELi-VxxdJgrGq0FXRl0yWlG2gna2afjFO7NmWuL1sgot6jRNSzpfhJusOhbDnexDWSYhuj0YEIu-Cn5TYdwbsC4aq5kzvb6Vu8R_k61Lovw866mb4MjPpdBvU/s4000/DSC09882.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh36u2UU63blfn9eOUuWmIe9cxa8pEEKWrZ00Popr7VUJyhEc-fUvhWCGlverdsNvjrPELi-VxxdJgrGq0FXRl0yWlG2gna2afjFO7NmWuL1sgot6jRNSzpfhJusOhbDnexDWSYhuj0YEIu-Cn5TYdwbsC4aq5kzvb6Vu8R_k61Lovw866mb4MjPpdBvU/s320/DSC09882.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Near Villeron, the Allied horse can count five times their numbers of mounted enemy close by, though for the moment only Pajol's dragoons are in direct combat with them. However, now the rather supine Bavarians, isolated in the Piat Buisson village, still can't make up their minds to break out. This is the downside to Prince Wurttemberg's rather scattered defence: keeping all the elements in hand. <br /><br />I'm a whisker more generous than Bob Cordery's Army Corps level Napoleonic game in determining whether Corps Commanders' orders are carried out. Rather than taking each multiple of 3 or part thereof of grid areas distance between commander and unit under command, I just round the quotient (3 still the divisor) to the nearest whole number. Piat Buisson being 5 hexes from where stood the Prince of Wurttemberg, they required a 3 or better on a D6 to make any kind of move. So far, that wasn't happening.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwEmG3vmsbpJRmdqiaG2lSQZtvxchjmsySzA03Q7ltAIavikvsVn3RT3vd85y2pDnzuwg7hPy3sViRFTF1r2y6pT6BdIO1um4LRniR6mnIeDV28JiS-glivvXkLZdSKGw9gkt83DR3WNXsd85Scm281j9qFYxZAc2bqelC20cjLuIR_vFDFunPOUW0Bk/s4000/DSC09884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwEmG3vmsbpJRmdqiaG2lSQZtvxchjmsySzA03Q7ltAIavikvsVn3RT3vd85y2pDnzuwg7hPy3sViRFTF1r2y6pT6BdIO1um4LRniR6mnIeDV28JiS-glivvXkLZdSKGw9gkt83DR3WNXsd85Scm281j9qFYxZAc2bqelC20cjLuIR_vFDFunPOUW0Bk/s320/DSC09884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>By now the head of Bianchi's column had reached Montereau. Kirsch's Austrians and the accompanying battery have already crossed the river, and is passing though Surville. The artillery has formed a battery position between Surville and Villeron, where they are covered by Jett's cavalry. Having driven off Milhaud, Jett strikes the Cavalry Corps main body in flank just north of the latter village.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBN0STOZpFoI0IeCpmsE6nse2agHA2SM-qkTk2T-yMDMHUXdmZRGn_ktQF2zE5Gywi8FLHfRhW4HZMDk1u7L8_1Pm_q2Tp5wjy8BsbTU9RG-ecqhcNg3JQczMxGWjVJu5ty1EmKjO53LmPStu5jQEDVtaG6S6AVI-aue1IgT7tNqUqSQJy6UB9zvGxqU/s4000/DSC09885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBN0STOZpFoI0IeCpmsE6nse2agHA2SM-qkTk2T-yMDMHUXdmZRGn_ktQF2zE5Gywi8FLHfRhW4HZMDk1u7L8_1Pm_q2Tp5wjy8BsbTU9RG-ecqhcNg3JQczMxGWjVJu5ty1EmKjO53LmPStu5jQEDVtaG6S6AVI-aue1IgT7tNqUqSQJy6UB9zvGxqU/s320/DSC09885.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>French progress is slow, and costly. Though Pajol's dragoons continue to drive back the Austrian hussars, they are taking heavy losses, and are starting to look a little worse for wear.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCUOTtdMq94QoCD1VRmp8Dk-EXyvS7lYWlgb540RoJ2eV8_ted7Zz-wTXqDeiQ3m9b-yT-BYy5ffNBBFZlNJ4cTgDzMa4I_-b8z7E_xixrm6pZfnaBAQTMsOCk4DGNRP1Ab_FjtGI7CZ1HykTTgtvCO9AxOAcuC3WcLK1sW3OgtDkc5Xd23B-b3vk7vA/s4000/DSC09886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCUOTtdMq94QoCD1VRmp8Dk-EXyvS7lYWlgb540RoJ2eV8_ted7Zz-wTXqDeiQ3m9b-yT-BYy5ffNBBFZlNJ4cTgDzMa4I_-b8z7E_xixrm6pZfnaBAQTMsOCk4DGNRP1Ab_FjtGI7CZ1HykTTgtvCO9AxOAcuC3WcLK1sW3OgtDkc5Xd23B-b3vk7vA/s320/DSC09886.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>General view: Jett's cavalry defeats Milhaud's dragoons, the latter retreating as far north as Piat Buisson, though keeping some distance form that place. Jett follows up into the flank of the main body of Milhaud's Cavalry Corps. Supported by Milhaud's artillery, The Paris Reserve continues to batter away at the Austrian garrison of St Martin, but are taking heavy losses. In the distance, Pajol is making little progress; Pacthod even less. Allied reinforcements are starting to pour across the bridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierhGQwzI9clqvO2DcbrcoU3egT7PqfVD_8S04VY1P-QRz-EpXmM9yrLi3XZt5DgYR4yL1fxMuchUhEdCf5rRcDALdVo1zUUL-N1ySMN3i0om3CDfZsv0fGwT3lIdnobKljI0e2QykUtASu9YXNrNhq0Ze5McPhZQ47Ze0PKqvZAGBMEgjoblHYmgyXno/s4000/DSC09887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierhGQwzI9clqvO2DcbrcoU3egT7PqfVD_8S04VY1P-QRz-EpXmM9yrLi3XZt5DgYR4yL1fxMuchUhEdCf5rRcDALdVo1zUUL-N1ySMN3i0om3CDfZsv0fGwT3lIdnobKljI0e2QykUtASu9YXNrNhq0Ze5McPhZQ47Ze0PKqvZAGBMEgjoblHYmgyXno/s320/DSC09887.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Turn Five: The French retain the initiative.</b></div><div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2puixBnOjPfXbxMauJhdNvKIAWTadSCR3EFADI270Uew2VF9qmiadu1zYj_XqKB4SuvT2CFHhQFmzY_8t8oClK8URTEpj8qMLJgd1nBLb-mFFmm9os9wkdgx2WXOH3NvmRm-577zw3PR1obKRu4QPRzqJPNh3DP4jwnIQVnMAFKzKNq_mV0w1eqiNA2g/s4000/DSC09888.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2puixBnOjPfXbxMauJhdNvKIAWTadSCR3EFADI270Uew2VF9qmiadu1zYj_XqKB4SuvT2CFHhQFmzY_8t8oClK8URTEpj8qMLJgd1nBLb-mFFmm9os9wkdgx2WXOH3NvmRm-577zw3PR1obKRu4QPRzqJPNh3DP4jwnIQVnMAFKzKNq_mV0w1eqiNA2g/s320/DSC09888.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Driving along the riverbank, Marshal Victor sees the opportunity to cut off the whole Allied bridgehead by pushing into Surville. His whole Corps is still stymied at the edge of the town and village. Having rallied his dragoons, General Milhaud piles into the flank of Jett's cavalry, still engaged with the main body of his cavalry corps. But his command has by now taken heavy losses already: 3SP overall. So has Victor: 5SP from his infantry alone. Not that the Allies in Surville and St Martin have come off unscathed: 3SP lost from the two defending brigades.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ixr4g5_zj6_U4q6uwHOAfIx9oRYbCnrrTPpsY32SblfNvyxWZF3793MfDBYlBXS2wqnfQmwoMMKvn4VTCKcPjBrW1oDWPDNg4SM_Dt_YNkpoUOF8qeuSHyKmcEPsllTFyyFBKgWADbjt5oJwjxgQC2qKZpKsh_NjAjzPd7TxBikIftPiP3RU3T9tQwE/s4000/DSC09889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ixr4g5_zj6_U4q6uwHOAfIx9oRYbCnrrTPpsY32SblfNvyxWZF3793MfDBYlBXS2wqnfQmwoMMKvn4VTCKcPjBrW1oDWPDNg4SM_Dt_YNkpoUOF8qeuSHyKmcEPsllTFyyFBKgWADbjt5oJwjxgQC2qKZpKsh_NjAjzPd7TxBikIftPiP3RU3T9tQwE/s320/DSC09889.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Bianchi's march. Kirsch's Austrians have already crossed into Surville to reinforce the western defences. Wurttemberg is under heavy pressure, but his troops are giving a good account of themselves. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSJ52ogzj1ZDLMXVmG5XwF61qD_2tsSz-V1R7ZHNQQMW2C0If1hJPZOS-9zU6qNDt8zU1l3KMcCZFpVe-VpnbyqKDvT1auNDfUWuoqSgGn7fwOVKY1WzODvdzq2EbsW-oulwuAOPoUqnCjh5L9P16oonrem1I_A6f_xe0eQfRU2QKE5Y7VV23lcOf6xg/s4000/DSC09890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSJ52ogzj1ZDLMXVmG5XwF61qD_2tsSz-V1R7ZHNQQMW2C0If1hJPZOS-9zU6qNDt8zU1l3KMcCZFpVe-VpnbyqKDvT1auNDfUWuoqSgGn7fwOVKY1WzODvdzq2EbsW-oulwuAOPoUqnCjh5L9P16oonrem1I_A6f_xe0eQfRU2QKE5Y7VV23lcOf6xg/s320/DSC09890.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Walsleben's cavalry, embattled for hours, has been driven back almost to Surville itself. The jagers in Villeron have been almost cut off, but for the moment well enough placed to engage the enemy. The Bavarians in Piat Buisson really are cut off, but still haven't made up their minds to break out. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK11Apq1UPzT3Afyy-sgkgdcFM4zSUAAnED-ErdnMhgLuAqrOoyMVQh5pvUYhkgSRQn2CfSbKtmy8dbYAdWCyar118Z6SXumErPjCy8QXGNrhTPwDp8UnP3Lzwqjr_KpE6oJ_WfWNg_2eqilYJsh-NBu9-BomojajgZ3RdRfIoGDZVKMnIF9ReaZdB1A/s4000/DSC09891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK11Apq1UPzT3Afyy-sgkgdcFM4zSUAAnED-ErdnMhgLuAqrOoyMVQh5pvUYhkgSRQn2CfSbKtmy8dbYAdWCyar118Z6SXumErPjCy8QXGNrhTPwDp8UnP3Lzwqjr_KpE6oJ_WfWNg_2eqilYJsh-NBu9-BomojajgZ3RdRfIoGDZVKMnIF9ReaZdB1A/s320/DSC09891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcU72IZCPpds2EK0S4572ESQvP8T5FSBkXXSxsR5zJaN8WAx1jw7uA3zV8cr-UdfYRzF2BP3GaS4bWvoCH6C6_Rt7VOefecPRlrLOMcJ4Fj6VaXWUShcPniq_I0JX6XD2n5s4bL5BsvNlwZ7ILbzK52xWxR27qqnmo95B1vFfsr19VulbG4GatiA6kfM8/s4000/DSC09895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcU72IZCPpds2EK0S4572ESQvP8T5FSBkXXSxsR5zJaN8WAx1jw7uA3zV8cr-UdfYRzF2BP3GaS4bWvoCH6C6_Rt7VOefecPRlrLOMcJ4Fj6VaXWUShcPniq_I0JX6XD2n5s4bL5BsvNlwZ7ILbzK52xWxR27qqnmo95B1vFfsr19VulbG4GatiA6kfM8/s320/DSC09895.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ominous portent for Marshal Victor - though not unforeseen: his artillery park has been silenced. Now the Allied artillery may, with complete impunity, bombard the flanks of his infantry trying to storm Surville.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JTPmFu0J4WzqJ1BXNhplk3xs9jGh8kiglSJQNTn-Dk1zWhChqKyESB2B-5nHbD7lsFQA9SdwL7mgCSl9WdpiLbTPVJU1W2CXSrXeW6NSEQYsPJFKtaEAm77ApRZo54Ti3pICkf6ffjHX7lgEez9GuYRUC_uv-tlywD8xmm8nuJdMGKs9PfVy86jSUm0/s4000/DSC09892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JTPmFu0J4WzqJ1BXNhplk3xs9jGh8kiglSJQNTn-Dk1zWhChqKyESB2B-5nHbD7lsFQA9SdwL7mgCSl9WdpiLbTPVJU1W2CXSrXeW6NSEQYsPJFKtaEAm77ApRZo54Ti3pICkf6ffjHX7lgEez9GuYRUC_uv-tlywD8xmm8nuJdMGKs9PfVy86jSUm0/s320/DSC09892.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Matters are looking far grimmer for the Allies west of St Martin. Walsleben's cavalry has been pushed back all the way to Surville, and Jett is being assailed front and rear by Milhaud's whole cavalry corps. There was to be no escape for him and his command.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8IEWVepNMO-kQFKc5BcbWFqFKs58Kd8F6wV5eN7oUopQtkcfNU-ZugmPsRsQoCb5TymgOtlgwyv8anXPUtCc0wZG0MqohqTWdI5cm4jteet9zt0cZvU-CWQyFpBgR_bce-tCfjCh4oysgITSra6uL3yz_dtu4f8A_rdFZWitzyS4spbrTvwdHXHhcuY/s4000/DSC09894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8IEWVepNMO-kQFKc5BcbWFqFKs58Kd8F6wV5eN7oUopQtkcfNU-ZugmPsRsQoCb5TymgOtlgwyv8anXPUtCc0wZG0MqohqTWdI5cm4jteet9zt0cZvU-CWQyFpBgR_bce-tCfjCh4oysgITSra6uL3yz_dtu4f8A_rdFZWitzyS4spbrTvwdHXHhcuY/s320/DSC09894.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jett's cavalry overwhelmed, the only link between Stockmeyer's light infantry at Villeron and the garrison is the battery of Austrian guns close under St Martin. But the rest of the Advance Guard is still on the road west, hanging on, but also in danger of being cut off. Once more Milhaud brings his cavalry up, this time to assail those Austrian guns.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9KNVIpCsM1XUdq27uvyfscn_JomuVSJaylY5ILa3LXkwhIVQ_4rKXFmwwg-m0v1EvYHddlI08sfbPjr80W66KOMkynVTH1FavfEtM2LBwv4W7N-J2UaG4dbXhaRytMhovGTpk4I6LgFPnoYaQoZCU1MON1NRlNe3f1jaBM8AmjOVCbWyNoZBP_GrPNg/s4000/DSC09896.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9KNVIpCsM1XUdq27uvyfscn_JomuVSJaylY5ILa3LXkwhIVQ_4rKXFmwwg-m0v1EvYHddlI08sfbPjr80W66KOMkynVTH1FavfEtM2LBwv4W7N-J2UaG4dbXhaRytMhovGTpk4I6LgFPnoYaQoZCU1MON1NRlNe3f1jaBM8AmjOVCbWyNoZBP_GrPNg/s320/DSC09896.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The battle continues to rage on Victor's front, the Allies grimly hanging on and refusing to budge. Rather than the Allied garrison, it was Victor's corps that was looking more than a little frayed at the edges. General Doring himself is commanding at the bridges, and bearing a charmed life. But he has found it necessary to deploy a gun battery to bolster the defences. Although against the added gunfire the already understrength Divisions of Duhesme and Chateaux have been simply battering themselves to pieces, it does mean that the sole river crossing from south to north is for the moment blocked.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVisxk711o6Byq3AkMRDJx-u-4hyphenhyphenMymWKlH-FMFt6x4xRWm4wqArGN8P7PCBxxZdDPF0_A1ENPz7yCwjY-yxWnrMpiAKddRutQqX9sY-8XXdhAuiYuc_Z54WAL6QIYS-2LT5CEe-wUVxg14pokGOFE9wHlGlRrT08rimb6KtRFtJ5E-pNdiauELHVkf0/s4000/DSC09897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVisxk711o6Byq3AkMRDJx-u-4hyphenhyphenMymWKlH-FMFt6x4xRWm4wqArGN8P7PCBxxZdDPF0_A1ENPz7yCwjY-yxWnrMpiAKddRutQqX9sY-8XXdhAuiYuc_Z54WAL6QIYS-2LT5CEe-wUVxg14pokGOFE9wHlGlRrT08rimb6KtRFtJ5E-pNdiauELHVkf0/s320/DSC09897.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>By now, the Allied bridgehead has been forced back into a tight perimeter about Surville and St Martin - apart from the cut off elements: The light troops in Villeron, the Bavarians in Bois Buisson... and the road block on the road junction a couple of kilometres west of the town. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfllr2jDh3_rKNYr06soRHDMdBpqDXBuAylO-OX-OrVJUDYgiDAZjdA2MldQ2kZ18dnTLwEcUOsHGz_9mDFaQnxzhlgQ1x3M-VV_tWAWKEVWziBxB5xuFrCbyIkRfXF2u9ihOaxrBcp3SjZSiZPYkOt10-j6YV-RJhv2P0pd6XHLaDDd7d6eZ40TazLs/s4000/DSC09898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfllr2jDh3_rKNYr06soRHDMdBpqDXBuAylO-OX-OrVJUDYgiDAZjdA2MldQ2kZ18dnTLwEcUOsHGz_9mDFaQnxzhlgQ1x3M-VV_tWAWKEVWziBxB5xuFrCbyIkRfXF2u9ihOaxrBcp3SjZSiZPYkOt10-j6YV-RJhv2P0pd6XHLaDDd7d6eZ40TazLs/s320/DSC09898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Holding for hours against seemingly overwhelming numbers, the resistance of this band of artillery and jagers has been finally overcome when Pajol's dragoons, victorious at last over the Allied light horse that resisted them for so long, came up the road to take them from behind. General Walsleben has surrendered with the few survivors.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqCWGnK6ivVpeFT1__-jeB0uTLn-mppidPrWJmBZUMjCzG_gW9rzG6x3W8sDFJkK-dULPzb_xYd7akVzhTbKK0HSXDFKuv0QMZp9vkfaFMedlDO761MgR-8bMVxluGY6D7IlIKC2hyphenhyphenuM0WrffgE9t6HzoC7FWhtQLjVK2CPBtBFXhrhyCH6FKqJqOsq8/s4000/DSC09893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqCWGnK6ivVpeFT1__-jeB0uTLn-mppidPrWJmBZUMjCzG_gW9rzG6x3W8sDFJkK-dULPzb_xYd7akVzhTbKK0HSXDFKuv0QMZp9vkfaFMedlDO761MgR-8bMVxluGY6D7IlIKC2hyphenhyphenuM0WrffgE9t6HzoC7FWhtQLjVK2CPBtBFXhrhyCH6FKqJqOsq8/s320/DSC09893.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Seeing at last how the battle was shaping, the Bavarians sheltering at Piat Buisson have undertaken to fight their way back towards Surville, to re-establish contact with their allies. This is in fact a second attempt, the first having been summarily driven back by masses of French cavalry. This time coming up into the left rear of Pajol's Hussars, they drive them away from Villeron, and make contact with the garrison.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCp7A9ZwVPR-79dunSkiyRL-ZllrRFFrG9GSB0kTkVHhizSDdPI8xKyGuaGgVuyvN0tfCHtj25BbhPbOUmfj-Aa5gTVYij7-snqe8ALoTl0RXiHyg4CnWxQkdR7VK9KjNQX_xu1C9a9FuOzK9t7pZCKbpFVrP-ZP4pkUzNhV6pL8fB6ffKgozYLnkjFk/s4000/DSC09899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCp7A9ZwVPR-79dunSkiyRL-ZllrRFFrG9GSB0kTkVHhizSDdPI8xKyGuaGgVuyvN0tfCHtj25BbhPbOUmfj-Aa5gTVYij7-snqe8ALoTl0RXiHyg4CnWxQkdR7VK9KjNQX_xu1C9a9FuOzK9t7pZCKbpFVrP-ZP4pkUzNhV6pL8fB6ffKgozYLnkjFk/s320/DSC09899.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />For the moment it seems that the Bavarians might escape, and perhaps add weight to the defence of the bridgehead.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRZYyG6Uw1VUkoUcU8XErVFOKD-nLz4COt4H-RN9T7ZYr-lI-lo49YPhrEbOrBzgYnrNyc1FBeUYzc0zUXSnIE5XqVUNMobUiEuZIJqUniCMe3hAddHQEl9NzN5Amj2QuM_-Dtk7Ww8_t-hGZOHNygTGDdVlVhyWC38r-0Ey_C020r1oFJja66EF6gfg/s4000/DSC09900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRZYyG6Uw1VUkoUcU8XErVFOKD-nLz4COt4H-RN9T7ZYr-lI-lo49YPhrEbOrBzgYnrNyc1FBeUYzc0zUXSnIE5XqVUNMobUiEuZIJqUniCMe3hAddHQEl9NzN5Amj2QuM_-Dtk7Ww8_t-hGZOHNygTGDdVlVhyWC38r-0Ey_C020r1oFJja66EF6gfg/s320/DSC09900.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />The light infantry garrison at Villeron is also attempting to break out. Some confused fighting breaks out in the area of St Martin and Villeron between French cavalry and Allied foot. Milhaud's chasseurs rode over an Austrian gun battery, but ran into Kirsch's infantry beyond. Practically surrounded on three sides - St Martin is still in Austrian hands - the situation seems untenable for the French light horse.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk25zQ4HgUYDfhnjEmUiXrIDRMv03dYqdDyAqbZmrGZR_pgPG_m5vAQStmsx_T0uYODidkcX8RRsYBUSffGix_aqIoCqXg70SZaKn2boxVn4pyEaoZm9-HvcDcJT7NATBvUTYHMB17kO5kJFilxENEdZzUYMTa0YOwo0kMD3papD2a2u78vxhJ-Vx0Jp8/s4000/DSC09901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk25zQ4HgUYDfhnjEmUiXrIDRMv03dYqdDyAqbZmrGZR_pgPG_m5vAQStmsx_T0uYODidkcX8RRsYBUSffGix_aqIoCqXg70SZaKn2boxVn4pyEaoZm9-HvcDcJT7NATBvUTYHMB17kO5kJFilxENEdZzUYMTa0YOwo0kMD3papD2a2u78vxhJ-Vx0Jp8/s320/DSC09901.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Marshal Victor continues to drive on his army corps that is being worn to a shadow. Very little remains of the unfortunates of the Paris Reserve, although the Austrian garrison has also taken severe losses. <br /><br />But now, seemingly in the tide of French assaults and the Allies desperate defence, the initiative passes to the hands of the latter...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBzNCq2ER1O_syWeXgeUAmaSpL3J6Cl_7CnDBM641AMi4oqow_ReuiCn7IWHPSfDj0QpL_nGx_oAsZZ0oOFHZrpobD91TWA4_tWfsFOzyy61B7llxRWf5kO7efm4dT3J7cW8jtHj7ywXU_4NGENIzhJtg_EUJPdE4Ac3ZkuSmekWXohffqnTtI3nO-SE/s4000/DSC09902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBzNCq2ER1O_syWeXgeUAmaSpL3J6Cl_7CnDBM641AMi4oqow_ReuiCn7IWHPSfDj0QpL_nGx_oAsZZ0oOFHZrpobD91TWA4_tWfsFOzyy61B7llxRWf5kO7efm4dT3J7cW8jtHj7ywXU_4NGENIzhJtg_EUJPdE4Ac3ZkuSmekWXohffqnTtI3nO-SE/w200-h150/DSC09902.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turn 6 - Allies win the initiative.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To be concluded... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-89531279795591490542024-01-27T16:01:00.000-08:002024-01-27T16:01:01.857-08:00Portable Montereau February 1814 (1)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX28aRT5o9r9WcBIesO8cJe3BWsm_Nmf-_QYdFy43JQjy3Etrkk1Up02zasbxAPEbXpsNmp1kVmNn1_bEhuunw1pgQbqifaC3ramZDmHK-lceMwvt-Gi6dKQdlcfvvZULzDaw5IXCRlZA3Z1jjlgj4D_x_TgD8xJpXs71h4jq9NQRpLOhEb4XuxKNnfw/s4000/DSC09846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="4000" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX28aRT5o9r9WcBIesO8cJe3BWsm_Nmf-_QYdFy43JQjy3Etrkk1Up02zasbxAPEbXpsNmp1kVmNn1_bEhuunw1pgQbqifaC3ramZDmHK-lceMwvt-Gi6dKQdlcfvvZULzDaw5IXCRlZA3Z1jjlgj4D_x_TgD8xJpXs71h4jq9NQRpLOhEb4XuxKNnfw/s320/DSC09846.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Against the Allied invasion of France in 1813, Napoleon had, in a flurry of combats and battles, forced the Army of Silesia, commanded by Feldmarschall Blucher, back, away from Paris. By this time, Prince Schwarzeberg's Austrians and German allies had reached Mormont, just 20 miles - 32km - from the capital. Catching the advanced elements literally napping - or at least barely wakened from the night's bivouac - the French attacks scattered formations (if they could still be so called) of Russians, Austrians and Germans. At once Schwarzenberg called for a retreat through Montereau to the south bank of the Seine. The Corps of Prince Wurttemberg - a mix of Wurttembergers and Austrians, with a small formation of Bavarians - was ordered to maintain a bridgehead at Montereau, and to hold the crossings. <br /><br />Montereau was precisely the where Napoleon chose to concentrate his army before a decisive strike. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI56zR8ReC8vKv-II35Tl9_rSHnptPvY_eO8PPEe5VnHBp0sP4jaiSz4PlWW8aV8Vw35QE-vIWU_INkUPcuhjoGDwZh7RCzgNZEHMuTCW9ezvYNsw0UJXtSdmnHONQWPmH9_NC8azEWawkQD5K2-h8pywJb9wtwEb5P-TseE85VCxO_PSMk_rROP98Dw/s4000/DSC09845.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI56zR8ReC8vKv-II35Tl9_rSHnptPvY_eO8PPEe5VnHBp0sP4jaiSz4PlWW8aV8Vw35QE-vIWU_INkUPcuhjoGDwZh7RCzgNZEHMuTCW9ezvYNsw0UJXtSdmnHONQWPmH9_NC8azEWawkQD5K2-h8pywJb9wtwEb5P-TseE85VCxO_PSMk_rROP98Dw/s320/DSC09845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The leading pictures show the table battlefield, the following map forming the 'blueprint' for the layout.<br />For an introduction to this action, check out <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/12/yet-another-portable-army-war-game.html" target="_blank">'Yet Another Portable Wargame'</a> from 4 December.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNaDfAg_wG2J_coYm3B5GCtaOIteA_zaUhzn7c8RW4EiO-NSzO91dr6XfnTazWG8I-Rc3ygBCZLEnnAycCLXKrtI8ajEYtBDvzMg8Fpcl-SwlJWQZc7Y1R1y0Qg8zRqJX9Eiq8q7uV1P-_-IW-ohO7rB-e8k8IqHu7I4FEz6zFTmihaU4diq63_Yj2aA/s1015/Montereau%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1015" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNaDfAg_wG2J_coYm3B5GCtaOIteA_zaUhzn7c8RW4EiO-NSzO91dr6XfnTazWG8I-Rc3ygBCZLEnnAycCLXKrtI8ajEYtBDvzMg8Fpcl-SwlJWQZc7Y1R1y0Qg8zRqJX9Eiq8q7uV1P-_-IW-ohO7rB-e8k8IqHu7I4FEz6zFTmihaU4diq63_Yj2aA/s320/Montereau%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The opening French attacks formed a species of pincer movement. General Pajol's Provisional Corps advanced from the west, through the Bois de Valence and Dragon Bleu. His rather polyglot formation, comprised three brigades of cavalry and one infantry Division, backed by a sizeable park of artillery, horse and foot. The cavalry comprised a mix of chasseurs, hussars and dragoons. From the east through Courbeton, came the V Cavalry Corps of General Milhaud, and II Corps under Marshal Victor.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-tVqDBXUORVzh5VkDwqpzJNWbFxWe-tAlxgFsrzGD88uT3Bq0dpewxuMcA6e44LqcP2YUdglQ2Lvq_9od7kB4EHAZKRnMOLezzI7h85I2Lks_dbKr_4RnjV7gOoVbjmWCtnTYc953GLe88WcoyGZ8gDEhYAM34vXMH2Ng1UMMZnD5doFegc5xzuw6N8/s4000/DSC09843.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="4000" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-tVqDBXUORVzh5VkDwqpzJNWbFxWe-tAlxgFsrzGD88uT3Bq0dpewxuMcA6e44LqcP2YUdglQ2Lvq_9od7kB4EHAZKRnMOLezzI7h85I2Lks_dbKr_4RnjV7gOoVbjmWCtnTYc953GLe88WcoyGZ8gDEhYAM34vXMH2Ng1UMMZnD5doFegc5xzuw6N8/s320/DSC09843.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The following pics show the location of the scattered elements of Wurttemberg's command. The accompanying map will identify the various formations: The Bavarian Brigade at Piat Buisson, Advance Guard in Villerton (Wurttemberg light infantry with a skirmish element) and in the scattered wood between there and Dragon Bleu; Schafer's Austrians at St Martin, with Doring's Wurttembergers close by near Surville. The rest of Koch's Division, Hohenlohe and the artillery, are some distance off, on the south bank of the Seine. Kirsch's Austrians are on the south bank also, west of Montereau itself, along with one of the two Austrian batteries. The other, horse artillery, are close by Jett's cavalry, near St Maurice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jIbSbWy1FjyxFty1_qc3TH9dUN-rCzgiOpA4VO44pdSJbg_BL2PT1ezDZRv_oL3BhH8LGxUjhUQPANcNHlO4PbnqQVUJD3iAE8g3cEf-tHdtINti54I-E3UM3IlD6oYJaO275Ep7EqDL6Yw0ZHNAG8UBhnT8eYenma6nvPXPCbEAz66jOZEe2IQwp6o/s4000/DSC09849.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jIbSbWy1FjyxFty1_qc3TH9dUN-rCzgiOpA4VO44pdSJbg_BL2PT1ezDZRv_oL3BhH8LGxUjhUQPANcNHlO4PbnqQVUJD3iAE8g3cEf-tHdtINti54I-E3UM3IlD6oYJaO275Ep7EqDL6Yw0ZHNAG8UBhnT8eYenma6nvPXPCbEAz66jOZEe2IQwp6o/s320/DSC09849.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bavarians at Piat Buisson. In the distance, Stockmeyer's <br />light infantry at Villeron, and Wasleben's light horse and guns <br />blocking the road from the west. The Division commander <br />seems to be conducting a personal reconnaissance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7J0CA4h84FXv2ff8TeKzhxwnmC2yuKMb9XbE4dXu_gQTd6lpqvSN-L0cic2eojSb8yetKoc-YZWjMoeKsUwPzzjocwIu-yv5lBnV_1D09kIfaVo-WEbvPhhBZWNM9sQM4tdTPEI3wsA4vJXKWeOi3V3tTFzkmfnEoUFWu_6zYOppXDd5XVZyH-jJYm8/s4000/DSC09844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7J0CA4h84FXv2ff8TeKzhxwnmC2yuKMb9XbE4dXu_gQTd6lpqvSN-L0cic2eojSb8yetKoc-YZWjMoeKsUwPzzjocwIu-yv5lBnV_1D09kIfaVo-WEbvPhhBZWNM9sQM4tdTPEI3wsA4vJXKWeOi3V3tTFzkmfnEoUFWu_6zYOppXDd5XVZyH-jJYm8/s320/DSC09844.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikITCyMEJb6_qqavoLLXtdRQmNiaw8bA5Tq8n32Z-a23a3oX6MytHlMKRA09v2ZHrRS4KCDJTRtLzmHTZV4GcfoXRz_ojrpcs2f2nF-HXY75r720JraTHfO8hERhDCIigTH04lSQ605mZxutfWlIucUkNa60zCbyEieWCWQ9rSsR6uowElDzkSwOqJStA/s1015/Montereau%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1015" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikITCyMEJb6_qqavoLLXtdRQmNiaw8bA5Tq8n32Z-a23a3oX6MytHlMKRA09v2ZHrRS4KCDJTRtLzmHTZV4GcfoXRz_ojrpcs2f2nF-HXY75r720JraTHfO8hERhDCIigTH04lSQ605mZxutfWlIucUkNa60zCbyEieWCWQ9rSsR6uowElDzkSwOqJStA/s320/Montereau%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l38DH8hDpg7_y6CnIen_2Id0ieqtBQXtwr_zvgGjhK5VIUU1-jDHdJ3dz3vFFwH3CjWxwMnAcB0hGmqFU8alEW504V6LyxtLvh0sHyc5cCCMO-Ix6YCrhNZZWdLmqOJ07HInS6bsSx9ADV2OVLbOO3H2GLUFFvleCCmdS9DhJHjWHT4u5e5ypR6qihM/s4000/DSC09848.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l38DH8hDpg7_y6CnIen_2Id0ieqtBQXtwr_zvgGjhK5VIUU1-jDHdJ3dz3vFFwH3CjWxwMnAcB0hGmqFU8alEW504V6LyxtLvh0sHyc5cCCMO-Ix6YCrhNZZWdLmqOJ07HInS6bsSx9ADV2OVLbOO3H2GLUFFvleCCmdS9DhJHjWHT4u5e5ypR6qihM/s320/DSC09848.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Schafer's Austrian Brigade at St Martin. Close by, at Villeron,<br />Wurttemberger light infantry (I'm using Nassauers as proxies)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_q8uvYbBsow9IMtPj_MmvSSGNO1idIzQYYu9OipXgVPZWDuMyr-Ty-PleWhPcC5P9uj-Dbv5tT9sfPS6-9uIgM9yaO5cOUaFoJT-c-KEdMKokDfjCPntGmCRU-LFFCerS6eqvFb5j6isChQxTxFdHTaTFhx-cdVIIcOrOYeqS_KzQFPqhybxpviC7VWU/s4000/DSC09847.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_q8uvYbBsow9IMtPj_MmvSSGNO1idIzQYYu9OipXgVPZWDuMyr-Ty-PleWhPcC5P9uj-Dbv5tT9sfPS6-9uIgM9yaO5cOUaFoJT-c-KEdMKokDfjCPntGmCRU-LFFCerS6eqvFb5j6isChQxTxFdHTaTFhx-cdVIIcOrOYeqS_KzQFPqhybxpviC7VWU/s320/DSC09847.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">On the east bank of the Seine: Hohenlohe's Brigade, Wurttemburg artillery, <br />Austrian horse artillery and Jett's Dragoons and mounted Jager.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ57BCc0dybxY6PxVcNwg3e1DkcPhviJT1cODQWXXQHWskQZQjJcmxKEDbvvab7FQWyp_FUlgD-_mwg8OPPcw7lgUZ0DtVQ0cXFOJmFYQyG1IKhwjkeZLFh85u-N4WIqrGkIDVFVKf55eJ_pUd9yv35KEYLipGHCu2WSliolNOu8K7uMMwAyP2P97JvRs/s4000/DSC09856.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ57BCc0dybxY6PxVcNwg3e1DkcPhviJT1cODQWXXQHWskQZQjJcmxKEDbvvab7FQWyp_FUlgD-_mwg8OPPcw7lgUZ0DtVQ0cXFOJmFYQyG1IKhwjkeZLFh85u-N4WIqrGkIDVFVKf55eJ_pUd9yv35KEYLipGHCu2WSliolNOu8K7uMMwAyP2P97JvRs/s320/DSC09856.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">View from behind the Seine, as Marshal Victor's<br />Corps pushed down the river bank from Courbeton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkg1DC23IA-iw87rTWWUd6JnFoUEMPz8phHlx0_VnwGUsS5k9MoIxVtRcZSMidDG9qAPoHNAOQaPhETlNhhzzkaFQCM0oZXTlrs6lsOLbEqSjAqwNk7MhWHOkxcBw0zwQQOJt8n6Z9_bLX0M1e3K-sPA13l4WekBDpRjgGxLC92C3FCCMx7PL5SzGB-Q/s4000/DSC09855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkg1DC23IA-iw87rTWWUd6JnFoUEMPz8phHlx0_VnwGUsS5k9MoIxVtRcZSMidDG9qAPoHNAOQaPhETlNhhzzkaFQCM0oZXTlrs6lsOLbEqSjAqwNk7MhWHOkxcBw0zwQQOJt8n6Z9_bLX0M1e3K-sPA13l4WekBDpRjgGxLC92C3FCCMx7PL5SzGB-Q/w200-h150/DSC09855.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><b>Turn One. French (White die) win the initiative.</b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQzfHHqYiQJYDzNknjLSGma9_1xAJV3-1EZrQVxhyphenhyphen3RTUKXDm_Iax_FkDoutCKf0FmIGm2Lv2p6Vs6jWy0V2ALufcUXuqn8RIhnttqEMqbZf5F1TOhSUTU_olJT1kMBlhGzMy5CuKVwSsLyTtaGJqe88xVlX8DYpI527vZ9pfH41dHh5qfGwICNuy6iA/s4000/DSC09854.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQzfHHqYiQJYDzNknjLSGma9_1xAJV3-1EZrQVxhyphenhyphen3RTUKXDm_Iax_FkDoutCKf0FmIGm2Lv2p6Vs6jWy0V2ALufcUXuqn8RIhnttqEMqbZf5F1TOhSUTU_olJT1kMBlhGzMy5CuKVwSsLyTtaGJqe88xVlX8DYpI527vZ9pfH41dHh5qfGwICNuy6iA/s320/DSC09854.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">St Martin and Villeron.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AEnY-wgB-eUWLc4kqHtFCVTBwqXfweuuIGNzkDDIDSy-kN7mfJGKJYteHEqi8dKdH_c_Uc9DUGWi5IjElYhlC1_EAuvzjoESl9YCz5fdwVRnwd-G4Br7ENIxB5wUmvMSnz04Qe5TQ91fjPlGPZLAAVTBT5SOEPSjzEj6THpvkoCW5QI3AXZLXiP8zz8/s4000/DSC09853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AEnY-wgB-eUWLc4kqHtFCVTBwqXfweuuIGNzkDDIDSy-kN7mfJGKJYteHEqi8dKdH_c_Uc9DUGWi5IjElYhlC1_EAuvzjoESl9YCz5fdwVRnwd-G4Br7ENIxB5wUmvMSnz04Qe5TQ91fjPlGPZLAAVTBT5SOEPSjzEj6THpvkoCW5QI3AXZLXiP8zz8/s320/DSC09853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The action opens: General Pajol's Provisional Corps, comprising Pacthod's National Guard Division, stiffened (presumably) with 'Le Terrible' 57th Regiment; two brigades of light horse (chasseurs and hussars), and one of dragoons, emerging from the Bois de Valence. The cavalry fan out whilst the infantry and guns continue down the road toward Surville and Montereau.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAxMqkRAlumDLJMj4DeZFii0OXl4ecB4NR0A0PjntMziiTGQ_nd3su1TmVGejydZjmtpFeEp0ZrgaOLgc0K2B4Pd725I2KoNkuBVsisuH1qmeqL0vCf8Su9qbwk0KWt8JbG9U6uMCLLlGrzpopzvA09XT13QtpgIiy1iUyFS_V5kItuMrXGyxNuyRSeM/s4000/DSC09850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAxMqkRAlumDLJMj4DeZFii0OXl4ecB4NR0A0PjntMziiTGQ_nd3su1TmVGejydZjmtpFeEp0ZrgaOLgc0K2B4Pd725I2KoNkuBVsisuH1qmeqL0vCf8Su9qbwk0KWt8JbG9U6uMCLLlGrzpopzvA09XT13QtpgIiy1iUyFS_V5kItuMrXGyxNuyRSeM/s320/DSC09850.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>General Pajol himself leads the chasseurs through Dragon Bleu, whilst the hussars push down alongside the infantry on the road, and the dragons sweep around the north side of the hamlet. Facing them is Walsleben's light horse - Austrian hussars - and Wurttemberger Jagers zu Pferd. The latter have dismounted some of their number as skirmishers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SkWx3zU8GCMN7b3GXqs61Y7O90weEU8k3dFFqeUbNUXK0xQ7wpZ5gls6j4-RloDVSYAjO4E38HGGPnFpqoxQ1j1lty6tO6HWtnEhJZpmGDaf1NE0tFlnrLEe1gef0VM50wj3N_Ts9EA2T0tk1HM34_Ui__STvrQ6HEees28DmGsn20xlwmtYyyJZf3M/s4000/DSC09852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SkWx3zU8GCMN7b3GXqs61Y7O90weEU8k3dFFqeUbNUXK0xQ7wpZ5gls6j4-RloDVSYAjO4E38HGGPnFpqoxQ1j1lty6tO6HWtnEhJZpmGDaf1NE0tFlnrLEe1gef0VM50wj3N_Ts9EA2T0tk1HM34_Ui__STvrQ6HEees28DmGsn20xlwmtYyyJZf3M/s320/DSC09852.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Off the the east, Marshal Victor's II Corps marches down the road directly towards Surville. General Milhaud's V Cavalry Corps takes the parallel road heading towards St Martin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiHcNG_RCdzjOfstbXy4pZerzYVUv0EbXIcao0mTgtPWdpML0hEsVC_5Sl3MgIK0xJWKlMNWeLs-EEprNA02uryoPa6B5cHGvcZ7xlMvbYsRzt8-o8aGDO-0ViB6ZmIYSDjFH_0yEwXEjRaixb63zDJoIuFdB6OjG0Ra6CKuWANRQSg9FMg3BZITWZr0/s4000/DSC09851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiHcNG_RCdzjOfstbXy4pZerzYVUv0EbXIcao0mTgtPWdpML0hEsVC_5Sl3MgIK0xJWKlMNWeLs-EEprNA02uryoPa6B5cHGvcZ7xlMvbYsRzt8-o8aGDO-0ViB6ZmIYSDjFH_0yEwXEjRaixb63zDJoIuFdB6OjG0Ra6CKuWANRQSg9FMg3BZITWZr0/s320/DSC09851.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRVSZAhheDZZwnx-rY0BuSlTIA_cdxsHDsZ1Iqggi7yK7dzJAbxE9JLFjEgVG9hTQ3rytfqoM3UFFbNhWG7MxF0dLt1zFratuc1eozuuV62GvJrzge0s4DglEYhEUmKHP7sXneNHa_OGiXInTaDMLLPJfJ86Z5aDu7EdNQDUeelZpSeyfXVpehEiwn8M/s4000/DSC09857.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRVSZAhheDZZwnx-rY0BuSlTIA_cdxsHDsZ1Iqggi7yK7dzJAbxE9JLFjEgVG9hTQ3rytfqoM3UFFbNhWG7MxF0dLt1zFratuc1eozuuV62GvJrzge0s4DglEYhEUmKHP7sXneNHa_OGiXInTaDMLLPJfJ86Z5aDu7EdNQDUeelZpSeyfXVpehEiwn8M/s320/DSC09857.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>As Victor's infantry, preceded by a cloud of skirmishers, trundle toward the town and its river crossings, Allied artillery open up from the south side of the river. Luckily, their first salvos are not very effective...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIPOKnrgTopu2m3mUYf1tJyNH35FeqUbVkxVB10EgiDJcvzBVYaAc_wceJeNDTmYcEg16mprFXwMjWyLUJukUUMb_sjR7AhY9DXROKniewnVQHU2qVi-UfUvxqUGb3SsoTS_zaTR8ccUBGre07fHU3AzxF6TphqNcFnp1lUU3pYdZ3u6cmi4NmDLnGkI/s4000/DSC09858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIPOKnrgTopu2m3mUYf1tJyNH35FeqUbVkxVB10EgiDJcvzBVYaAc_wceJeNDTmYcEg16mprFXwMjWyLUJukUUMb_sjR7AhY9DXROKniewnVQHU2qVi-UfUvxqUGb3SsoTS_zaTR8ccUBGre07fHU3AzxF6TphqNcFnp1lUU3pYdZ3u6cmi4NmDLnGkI/s320/DSC09858.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Milhaud's cavalry - two small Divisions of dragoons and one of <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>chasseurs à cheval</i></span></span>, swing northwards, almost as far as Luat, to make room for Victor to expand his front to attack Surville and St Martin, both.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJoxL9kgwAxNOp6ww9nMF4IrHtkTlvACUq6b_nOl506tt2y_y1LE81cItSuz9nCNH6Nsc1g2g1X0ciXoWb6x-6o8I3j65m0_KMR421lnc1yLQ3VyWZ4zViAbguGGqW9JecaHQ-xZBOQS23_T5YFaRA_lEp0o5sS7MkvrTB-0YiD1H5H9nrS2-nsxlU7Q/s4000/DSC09859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJoxL9kgwAxNOp6ww9nMF4IrHtkTlvACUq6b_nOl506tt2y_y1LE81cItSuz9nCNH6Nsc1g2g1X0ciXoWb6x-6o8I3j65m0_KMR421lnc1yLQ3VyWZ4zViAbguGGqW9JecaHQ-xZBOQS23_T5YFaRA_lEp0o5sS7MkvrTB-0YiD1H5H9nrS2-nsxlU7Q/s320/DSC09859.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>At the other end of the battle front, the Allies set up a road block of artillery, supported by the mounted Jager skirmishers. Although Walsleben himself stands with the road block, his excellent light horse take on Pajol's chasseurs, led by the Corps Commander himself. In this battle, the Austrian Hussars are rated 'elite', Pajol's cavalry - inexperienced and indifferently mounted - as 'poor'.*<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap13b7Qf0MNlYLNrETScFVDbEAP3dXe79kpfJu64UXwDF3xPJZF5aqyryAntl6YUJeZGeycGF7LxSZxef-fYLfXeWj_-7GERSynEA7S7Wu9InxbVa8z-EoHILUlz-Tg_UixotFBqZDI2P7p8yAhKBl4wkCOUaAkB276vlBknRIfW2maPwz4f-Eagty0/s4000/DSC09860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap13b7Qf0MNlYLNrETScFVDbEAP3dXe79kpfJu64UXwDF3xPJZF5aqyryAntl6YUJeZGeycGF7LxSZxef-fYLfXeWj_-7GERSynEA7S7Wu9InxbVa8z-EoHILUlz-Tg_UixotFBqZDI2P7p8yAhKBl4wkCOUaAkB276vlBknRIfW2maPwz4f-Eagty0/s320/DSC09860.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The French hussars cross the road to reunite with the rest of the corps cavalry, causing a delay to Pacthod's infantry column.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOHdfPVyJ5unyX2mwxAqSdv2tZzU5PWjAb7S-KId0v85PPp_Utwm3lmm84_QvoxM7-Ht8YDThHy1t7AifZLkuuliJ7AOLqBiwnfNrvimHtysLgNHVN7jGqwZ0jKvyjujRaftW_DjB8yugO9SXmoWrA41kXZbVJNqUlq7VpsNaurhIrlgBjbSFs5SgjqE/s4000/DSC09861.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOHdfPVyJ5unyX2mwxAqSdv2tZzU5PWjAb7S-KId0v85PPp_Utwm3lmm84_QvoxM7-Ht8YDThHy1t7AifZLkuuliJ7AOLqBiwnfNrvimHtysLgNHVN7jGqwZ0jKvyjujRaftW_DjB8yugO9SXmoWrA41kXZbVJNqUlq7VpsNaurhIrlgBjbSFs5SgjqE/w200-h150/DSC09861.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><b>Turn Two. Allies win the initiative.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXomDpD4qOoDAXP00jFDTPJsEkjrQmKmsZBkl1ZZ5GsDCKoc5vWvhS-37lyrLhhSuSL_JWXYMU6jWIAzxjJFym2pQ90idF8aZSfKescy6qPhecvmhMj7hF0jp4T154gT40xKBPWHnbzcpofOER4TnwcDuU6PIajQGEu58wN_12szCgQqJhcuQwmLWbe48/s4000/DSC09862.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXomDpD4qOoDAXP00jFDTPJsEkjrQmKmsZBkl1ZZ5GsDCKoc5vWvhS-37lyrLhhSuSL_JWXYMU6jWIAzxjJFym2pQ90idF8aZSfKescy6qPhecvmhMj7hF0jp4T154gT40xKBPWHnbzcpofOER4TnwcDuU6PIajQGEu58wN_12szCgQqJhcuQwmLWbe48/s320/DSC09862.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The Allied artillery have plenty of attractive targets to begin procedings. East of the town, safe from any counteraction by the French, Koch's foot and horse artillery enfilade Victor's columns pushin towards the town.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEict3vruSiUPL7vQxZJlerK6gDgb5-ZBheCZDp1lN_P9tp_0mYgWd8SaAzJfFe-y74zsd5cr6jerDHDpI2hnG9RlacbJqeKm-30QeXmxJCY5das2lM-RHjYDoX1jixMjDw4vhBGMmahv6WTOdRiQt9km8P8hG8fjDHntPGDu-X1llXN-OHtOADX3cnCwDA/s4000/DSC09863.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEict3vruSiUPL7vQxZJlerK6gDgb5-ZBheCZDp1lN_P9tp_0mYgWd8SaAzJfFe-y74zsd5cr6jerDHDpI2hnG9RlacbJqeKm-30QeXmxJCY5das2lM-RHjYDoX1jixMjDw4vhBGMmahv6WTOdRiQt9km8P8hG8fjDHntPGDu-X1llXN-OHtOADX3cnCwDA/s320/DSC09863.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Walsleben's guns, under their general's eye, pounds the French column on the road.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao69PThYEebJ1GWeq_hiZ4NU5HCN0cbTHGkk8kXA4KoWt2mrJY73C89clbkDZWxncQUY9ew8mt8Hcx6tek4JZNwd02R5fZObEe9hsDf1YpxXCJiwaOhVgEb8KWcuooBn68g7spia-yqQvVSRVlB_UHte6vh9GKP-NkI41-ZIAbDOvrq8JwlixA3wuNDk/s4000/DSC09864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao69PThYEebJ1GWeq_hiZ4NU5HCN0cbTHGkk8kXA4KoWt2mrJY73C89clbkDZWxncQUY9ew8mt8Hcx6tek4JZNwd02R5fZObEe9hsDf1YpxXCJiwaOhVgEb8KWcuooBn68g7spia-yqQvVSRVlB_UHte6vh9GKP-NkI41-ZIAbDOvrq8JwlixA3wuNDk/s320/DSC09864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The first clash of sabres begins at the crossroads west of Villerton. Unexpectedly, the inexperienced chasseurs get the better of the fight, and the hussars take some loss...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0PvFGD6mMuA3l8I9_lDDtoFLSWfZdjPUDLvv9eNjIap0ViwoINxN-LNTc1dnhlIYZArg_W7MooaJcI48n9KLBF8ZddRTUrNnT1Drij0liFELfRAdFXsfhGSwR5v_ltzn5Ve8DCg_JHLv0wxPnEU7sOrHjGEVUElrhuOnd1KVTc5mdFn9wrw3nC0uLz0/s4000/DSC09865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0PvFGD6mMuA3l8I9_lDDtoFLSWfZdjPUDLvv9eNjIap0ViwoINxN-LNTc1dnhlIYZArg_W7MooaJcI48n9KLBF8ZddRTUrNnT1Drij0liFELfRAdFXsfhGSwR5v_ltzn5Ve8DCg_JHLv0wxPnEU7sOrHjGEVUElrhuOnd1KVTc5mdFn9wrw3nC0uLz0/s320/DSC09865.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOEXR_1K7Iuv_oQKuNSsz6a9cXEm3latoe48mrBj13XMoMuyOh_jpHJtUcOBa_wvoM_vgjozaVdNy-kqamIl2oxUJNX1tAyxL4kdroiNIMHORdsLKhb-sMg49KTLD0S8D8c6Oazvk7Ij5q85TrTsk4EB1MPxEIL_shbgzP-5nZGFE9m_LvJRELoGka_E/s4000/DSC09866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOEXR_1K7Iuv_oQKuNSsz6a9cXEm3latoe48mrBj13XMoMuyOh_jpHJtUcOBa_wvoM_vgjozaVdNy-kqamIl2oxUJNX1tAyxL4kdroiNIMHORdsLKhb-sMg49KTLD0S8D8c6Oazvk7Ij5q85TrTsk4EB1MPxEIL_shbgzP-5nZGFE9m_LvJRELoGka_E/s320/DSC09866.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Meanwhile, anxious to permit the passage of reinforcements from the south bank - Jett's Cavalry and Kirsch's Austrians - Doring's Brigade, having themselves moved through the town to face Victor, begins a counter-attack that sweeps aside Duhesme's skirmishers. Pushing on, the Wurttembergers inflict casualties upon Duhesme's main body as well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLze1K9wwijgTzZ3fExoxXKKiwGzQ1qKz3rYjLlWL34AWklMyb3G0RbTgIehuoVwqepbHskFOyWjy8DTVUMj8XCDlj_UWERYlOmWJR6hBOZTDXq86sdjYzf8KcAqkRjgH5Co0APj9xi-voCq6sryF5tL2cornIH85fHqK9Jp3_Ffb9LAN_PZBR1xzPP2o/s4000/DSC09867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLze1K9wwijgTzZ3fExoxXKKiwGzQ1qKz3rYjLlWL34AWklMyb3G0RbTgIehuoVwqepbHskFOyWjy8DTVUMj8XCDlj_UWERYlOmWJR6hBOZTDXq86sdjYzf8KcAqkRjgH5Co0APj9xi-voCq6sryF5tL2cornIH85fHqK9Jp3_Ffb9LAN_PZBR1xzPP2o/s320/DSC09867.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSb8vUxw5mofMLaya64Gna8D8R5DqlL7ghxhnD4dbknxTMIYZ0eeJi5ppVzm8ttMFUaysBIIu95y5bAAm4ZEnbDMK0gjA7MP98ug_8vCXzI4vZj7s18FhF10hEhRUhx4fJijxfjdfE_ZarUQd3MRnYpej0K0MqFgpYgJrAAiJMbaJj-0Q_uhRcJc4muM/s4000/DSC09868.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSb8vUxw5mofMLaya64Gna8D8R5DqlL7ghxhnD4dbknxTMIYZ0eeJi5ppVzm8ttMFUaysBIIu95y5bAAm4ZEnbDMK0gjA7MP98ug_8vCXzI4vZj7s18FhF10hEhRUhx4fJijxfjdfE_ZarUQd3MRnYpej0K0MqFgpYgJrAAiJMbaJj-0Q_uhRcJc4muM/s320/DSC09868.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />From small beginnings, the cavalry battle near Villeron drew in the whole of Pajol's mounted arm. Whilst the chasseurs held the hussars in front, the dragoons and hussars came in from left and right. This ought to have swept the Austrians aside, but, after such an inauspicious beginning, the latter recovered their fighting aplomb. The French hussars were forced to break off, and the dragoons took some losses as well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39vWOs5kq2TB0KQeKOmvxyUrNJwnJ1pA9b4XwQdTdOnDXMjRGSZN0en_12KhVseQmqDTQJCxuJwm-0RFGodAxUAVGxAGIBs-oML1SFGrwiqpTW4NIvzBJapwgBleU98kDC_7-nbw9gnbtAXzpzKviGvRZZnR3K1FLpXMpZTHwORonKu9Ke5xyJ9oD-OM/s4000/DSC09869.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39vWOs5kq2TB0KQeKOmvxyUrNJwnJ1pA9b4XwQdTdOnDXMjRGSZN0en_12KhVseQmqDTQJCxuJwm-0RFGodAxUAVGxAGIBs-oML1SFGrwiqpTW4NIvzBJapwgBleU98kDC_7-nbw9gnbtAXzpzKviGvRZZnR3K1FLpXMpZTHwORonKu9Ke5xyJ9oD-OM/s320/DSC09869.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Probably now would have been a good time for the Bavarians, watching the roads north for the arrival of another French column - Napoleon was up there somewhere - to have inserted themselves into this cavalry action. They did eventually, but by then events had overtaken them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1fKj6Gz1jsmii2DEjSp6989w839DVq85wdA9y2kpJPBuGgbj2mIUUUIFLXjFdWH-uBzV_N2kWiEtTzeRvsCYCn5LAKij7mc7e4T3Dz8SQ56-xvHToMBtkUQZWxuTgZx6OqBSAnBsU_IRZ7Ar6DDy7lhQnyfHP2iuyr75eRuvTNit3gAbuZbKg3xsYFg/s4000/DSC09870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1fKj6Gz1jsmii2DEjSp6989w839DVq85wdA9y2kpJPBuGgbj2mIUUUIFLXjFdWH-uBzV_N2kWiEtTzeRvsCYCn5LAKij7mc7e4T3Dz8SQ56-xvHToMBtkUQZWxuTgZx6OqBSAnBsU_IRZ7Ar6DDy7lhQnyfHP2iuyr75eRuvTNit3gAbuZbKg3xsYFg/s320/DSC09870.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As yet the battle was just beginning. Though Duhesme's Division of Victor's Corps had been intercepted on the road - and was taking enfilading fire from Allied artillery, General Gerard's Paris Reserve Division (long on Strength Points but short on 'quality') was bringing St Martin under close assault. They were to find the defending Austrians stubbornly hard to shift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW5U1XpRac_6IooHT4CbICimuP13be22a8MtPdh8EE5g7KihUaPyKd1ZxESyQoJqtTPYoNJwoURKMJzLxVtmXlKNZ4qJol3RQ_vseFAYufhyUY3cW1uZcik5vkqe2Z90QOkR9XdQIrn7uLHILzmbAeVf8U1F9mMMbMBEFOeumgCI3pk300Y61rScZnaw/s4000/DSC09872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW5U1XpRac_6IooHT4CbICimuP13be22a8MtPdh8EE5g7KihUaPyKd1ZxESyQoJqtTPYoNJwoURKMJzLxVtmXlKNZ4qJol3RQ_vseFAYufhyUY3cW1uZcik5vkqe2Z90QOkR9XdQIrn7uLHILzmbAeVf8U1F9mMMbMBEFOeumgCI3pk300Y61rScZnaw/s320/DSC09872.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In an effort to relieve the Divisional columns of Duhesme and Chataux from the gunfire incoming from across the river, Victor ordered his own guns to deploy for counterbattery action. In the event, this did little enough to help the infantry...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1rbzdeWTDj-gRASAt2500mcrKUhMDTnirPndz9Fzdc5_f9aTvYnvX3jKlYCoYbkVeNtXDTZcNwtU7DJVuMyBVlJ2gavyTFRK4t54EZv0_BlilpZt1yfo9cwnp4-herN9JsWY0nkiaTt2is7IdOn0idxkcx2lJVVZ-D5GF0iAKjZd6qywF15O9yydxCw/s4000/DSC09871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1rbzdeWTDj-gRASAt2500mcrKUhMDTnirPndz9Fzdc5_f9aTvYnvX3jKlYCoYbkVeNtXDTZcNwtU7DJVuMyBVlJ2gavyTFRK4t54EZv0_BlilpZt1yfo9cwnp4-herN9JsWY0nkiaTt2is7IdOn0idxkcx2lJVVZ-D5GF0iAKjZd6qywF15O9yydxCw/s320/DSC09871.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>So far, the overture.<br /><i>To be continued...</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />* The 'poor' rating of Pajol's cavalry belies their performance in the actual battle. Ordered into a charge, they swept all before them, all the way into the town, apparently because the troopers could not control their mounts. Experienced cavalry commander as he was, Pajol counted upon precisely this lack of riding experience when he ordered the charge! </div><br /></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-73900583581579836102024-01-21T16:41:00.000-08:002024-01-21T16:41:00.632-08:00Portable Gettysburg - Draft Version Part 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIPw-sQha_WGg4BpKUU5mcxLhys1IXjkoDLDUQIk5UybpMqYUJ51SDs_AcjQ61nlvHd55uWCb0mErqkdKFL5wRy62PDQU4GNDgI2j0d2-tYysk1Af812YQoHVdbt83sTg4Ia4qh5W5H6Vg2Usee3uJpYFquOnt24o38EyuW_fFLCMWmhG_vCzSvZvdQY/s1600/DSC09939.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIPw-sQha_WGg4BpKUU5mcxLhys1IXjkoDLDUQIk5UybpMqYUJ51SDs_AcjQ61nlvHd55uWCb0mErqkdKFL5wRy62PDQU4GNDgI2j0d2-tYysk1Af812YQoHVdbt83sTg4Ia4qh5W5H6Vg2Usee3uJpYFquOnt24o38EyuW_fFLCMWmhG_vCzSvZvdQY/s320/DSC09939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The July 1 battle at Gettysburg proving as one-sided as it was, the action was to be taken up the 'next' day, July 2. <div><br /></div><div>In playing out the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, I had to choose between beginning at daybreak, or waiting for <i>Lt-Genl Longstreet</i> to complete his peregrinations bringing his two available Divisions into line. Historically, it was not until 4:00pm that he was sufficiently satisfied to throw forward the Divisions of <i>Hood</i> and <i>McLaws</i> against Dan Sickles's III Corps. Meanwhile, <i>George Pickett's</i> Division was still somewhere back along the Chambersburg Pike.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNY_PHqGCcJoMAKLs3gdlWfPvVn1FXBib3oVzfMIBq1iargBNRiLp2kd7Q3itXcBfUsMbClLwDwCtcjUTDu3ZBIWT28VoaNJt7q_n7Gasi4nlUSLAygwftPPAMD2myN42M7-V7jaZnGrF-UPaGs3uTE_zqCbsm_nPHzkNH8LN-SccsuKOBAOoUHOrrOn0/s4000/DSC09938.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNY_PHqGCcJoMAKLs3gdlWfPvVn1FXBib3oVzfMIBq1iargBNRiLp2kd7Q3itXcBfUsMbClLwDwCtcjUTDu3ZBIWT28VoaNJt7q_n7Gasi4nlUSLAygwftPPAMD2myN42M7-V7jaZnGrF-UPaGs3uTE_zqCbsm_nPHzkNH8LN-SccsuKOBAOoUHOrrOn0/s320/DSC09938.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>For his part, apprehensive of the rising ground before him where he stood in the morning, Maj-Genl Sickles had pushed forward his troops as far as the Emmitsburg Road. There they took up positions in a peach orchard and an adjoining wheat field. Behind them, Trostle Woods and the Devil's Den offered refuge in the event of III Corps being pushed back.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4Yc_m-2myUoePVf9XuWwDfmU29vrkNGV9fcth6ab0xGtwjypxmAlxi5OHP8oACAujKo4GEaDUYJJ9Hy_rB-M2oar2hIYTNZl8dGGlaQus48X_aB-AlN8P0leQ-FVrrVFCIqQLPLUVVnlTLfY8uLGcmkktUE0q3jok-un-m5nusxBCssbmJKt9feFyo4/s4000/DSC09940.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4Yc_m-2myUoePVf9XuWwDfmU29vrkNGV9fcth6ab0xGtwjypxmAlxi5OHP8oACAujKo4GEaDUYJJ9Hy_rB-M2oar2hIYTNZl8dGGlaQus48X_aB-AlN8P0leQ-FVrrVFCIqQLPLUVVnlTLfY8uLGcmkktUE0q3jok-un-m5nusxBCssbmJKt9feFyo4/s320/DSC09940.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Four o'clock arriving, the troops in place, <i>Longstreet</i> lurched forward, <i>Hood</i> on the right making for the Devil's Den and the Round Tops. To his left, <i>McLaws</i> aimed for the Wheatfield. Birney's Division would have its hands full. Humphries's Division occupying the Peach Orchard and a length of the Emmitsburg road north of it was the target of <i>Anderson's Division</i>. The <i>I Corps</i> Artillery and half of <i>III Corps'</i> guns supported these attacks.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYhbpHNZagU8lBOZTcvsujryzSB275lybRnH9ljRWKLhT1_mRGcuBF0Nnum0Qq7YgVTirM5C2o5mH8P4fuN_P-c8vYTchuFdOIs-dMrEMwortOT63Bt1vyh9cIgGZWtXh6W8L3a88i9dxZeZweHv0zIllCrN1qjp1DML7qgH_ailxPwX_ougEbavXq4I/s4000/DSC09941.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYhbpHNZagU8lBOZTcvsujryzSB275lybRnH9ljRWKLhT1_mRGcuBF0Nnum0Qq7YgVTirM5C2o5mH8P4fuN_P-c8vYTchuFdOIs-dMrEMwortOT63Bt1vyh9cIgGZWtXh6W8L3a88i9dxZeZweHv0zIllCrN1qjp1DML7qgH_ailxPwX_ougEbavXq4I/s320/DSC09941.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I didn't bother, by the way, with the 'oblique order' of<i> Longstreet's</i> method of attack, with brigades in pairs lurching forward at 15-minute intervals. For one thing, such intervals fell beneath the grain of the time scale I was using. Even at 1 turn per hour, the time scale was generous relative to the ground scale.<br /><br />Meanwhile, <i>A.P. Hill's</i> remaining two Divisions: <i>Heth</i> and <i>Pender</i> struck towards Seminary Ridge and the Emmitsburg Road, and the Cemetery eminences beyond. Only half the <i>III Corps</i> artillery supported this attack.<br /><br />At this point my first 'Note to Self'. When I do this again, Seminary Ridge will be moved a hex-row westward. It is far too close to Gettysburg and the Cemetery Ridge. The Seminary itself will probably remain where it stands, prolonging the ridge's SW-NE alignment.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1bilZYsuej3ni-h9Yzj76Uzm5vwTTv0khUe1KlV4bBT08yPbpj104f_pGPR4ur0wXt5FpuwtJFZtH_pplZfLjid4DQUZBQuNYIp-0ck9ks_FT1SsjqKSogsPnrGBoWC7YJyY1Dz1QNLZSLhX0Lj3Y6EkPsSZEzMwWrZVCdvkQEguVjMfB53SSUrsdmk/s1600/DSC09937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1bilZYsuej3ni-h9Yzj76Uzm5vwTTv0khUe1KlV4bBT08yPbpj104f_pGPR4ur0wXt5FpuwtJFZtH_pplZfLjid4DQUZBQuNYIp-0ck9ks_FT1SsjqKSogsPnrGBoWC7YJyY1Dz1QNLZSLhX0Lj3Y6EkPsSZEzMwWrZVCdvkQEguVjMfB53SSUrsdmk/s320/DSC09937.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Although intended to 'go in' at the same time as the attacks from the west, <i>R.S. Ewell's II Corps</i> began rather poorly placed. <i>Johnson's Division</i> stood on the Hanover road, prepared to strike at Slocum's XII Corps lining Rock Creek south of Culp's Hill. But <i>Early</i>, close by the Hanover Road river bridge, and <i>Rodes</i>, in the northern outskirts of Gettysburg itself, were going to require some time to get into battle.<br /><br />Another 'Note to Self' - bring all three Divisions, and the guns, closer by one hex to the Union lines - <i>Rodes </i>inside Gettysburg. Probably<i> Early</i> should be standing at the road junction west of the river bridges; and <i>Latimer's</i> artillery on the rising ground (Benner's Hill) over which runs the Hanover Road. <i>Thos Brown's</i> artillery should stand between the road junction and the town. We will soon see the effect of the piecemeal nature of <i>Ewell's</i> attacks later on.<br /><br />I might also consider placing Powers Hill beyond Williams's southern flank. It's not there because I don't have enough hill. <br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-SrcPB0K3tcpYSKyaDfAL4XBGk9TfwGrMG7lzdLIFHJYlOALnxu_kWaX05FZ9JlbLlobhpGCHUqcayh-mWGmG1wgy87ZNuwJ3M2hwnZBA6_bCT4-K8iHwy6YOy5VvjGYMjCJTgVom2OGs3Uych85j8loVhBrSYqvh4isas9TfEPj_xFhcK39DX2BgMg/s4000/DSC09942.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-SrcPB0K3tcpYSKyaDfAL4XBGk9TfwGrMG7lzdLIFHJYlOALnxu_kWaX05FZ9JlbLlobhpGCHUqcayh-mWGmG1wgy87ZNuwJ3M2hwnZBA6_bCT4-K8iHwy6YOy5VvjGYMjCJTgVom2OGs3Uych85j8loVhBrSYqvh4isas9TfEPj_xFhcK39DX2BgMg/s320/DSC09942.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The late start by <i>Early</i> and <i>Rodes</i> left Johnson's Division alone taking on Slocum's entire XII Corps. Once in action, <i>Latimer's</i> guns redressed some of the balance, but, in effect, it was 5 Strength Points (SP) against 6++. The loss of a quarter of his strength to gunfire before getting fairly to grips did not augur well for <i>Johnson's</i> prospects.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYbKx-Vpw_Qw54tIxVG0nUorI6kJ8lvQ4Bl-yFx0BTfxsYrN4ycfXDC2WCCdalfsoLBYf4km1alX2qBmL2PKOt5BhosbpsBxPLlD4opl6OuQhkqzanpTki7L-AegGrSKKiaNgRuWCjEfmEjE9pMKi6LJFv0edF4ODxBI4Z1C1zPRCKBMFxWfbtjU0Rp4/s4000/DSC09943.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYbKx-Vpw_Qw54tIxVG0nUorI6kJ8lvQ4Bl-yFx0BTfxsYrN4ycfXDC2WCCdalfsoLBYf4km1alX2qBmL2PKOt5BhosbpsBxPLlD4opl6OuQhkqzanpTki7L-AegGrSKKiaNgRuWCjEfmEjE9pMKi6LJFv0edF4ODxBI4Z1C1zPRCKBMFxWfbtjU0Rp4/s320/DSC09943.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Whilst Slocum was fully engaged with <i>Johnson</i>, on Culp's Hill, Wadsworth's Division had the undivided attention of <i>Early</i>, supported by <i>Brown's</i> artillery. Nor could Doubleday, alongside on Cemetery Hill, lend a hand: <i>Rodes's</i> Division would soon be surging out of the town and up the slopes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugkIJfqeiuNkhlSLejNemOi2ZQ36jLsQ9kLqrr1_1pAIbRonUfmjcfUsM6iwslAOdWREyMQNk_Uz3oOkvbAZ2D5a9uWCQhPGnw_3qKWJh-klbIVTx9TXnFAlLxQDOqIpljcCGqqaIr_HTij9Hk4maR9cNvd4fC3VT7b5nCaRHz26DjMnb3yfxAHj8_T0/s4000/DSC09944.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugkIJfqeiuNkhlSLejNemOi2ZQ36jLsQ9kLqrr1_1pAIbRonUfmjcfUsM6iwslAOdWREyMQNk_Uz3oOkvbAZ2D5a9uWCQhPGnw_3qKWJh-klbIVTx9TXnFAlLxQDOqIpljcCGqqaIr_HTij9Hk4maR9cNvd4fC3VT7b5nCaRHz26DjMnb3yfxAHj8_T0/s320/DSC09944.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />In the centre, <i>Pender's</i> Division was soon surging up Seminary Ridge, with <i>Heth</i>, perhaps a half-mile to their right where the ridge descended to the level of the plain, striking at Robinson. The battle was becoming general all along the front.<br /><br />Standing in reserve close by the Baltimore Pike creek bridge stood Sykes's V Corps. He soon decided to bring his whole command on behind the Round Tops to form a reserve line behind the embattled III Corps. Far to the south, the heads of Sedgwick's VI Corps column could just be made out, approaching up the Baltimore Pike.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq99YA_rFrarzat1X__PUZP1GSP2CKQfDysWSnGi7wgHDldwx6zs35PS3MztrB3MukRHyuwHQHY0TuL4q1zSn6SLH23WCfuTTdSAId6-kUjJfhQzVC9lVYskFDyboGRFZNU1NC_hLcYP17sD9Qj4mMBCLZJ8ih4oEgdpLsgX-QdmbBf24dqjhks8soAUE/s4000/DSC09945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq99YA_rFrarzat1X__PUZP1GSP2CKQfDysWSnGi7wgHDldwx6zs35PS3MztrB3MukRHyuwHQHY0TuL4q1zSn6SLH23WCfuTTdSAId6-kUjJfhQzVC9lVYskFDyboGRFZNU1NC_hLcYP17sD9Qj4mMBCLZJ8ih4oEgdpLsgX-QdmbBf24dqjhks8soAUE/s320/DSC09945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i>McLaws</i> and <i>Anderson</i> were very soon in close action. The former scored such heavy early successes that Birney had to draw his Division's reserves out of Devil's Den to maintain a front alongside Humphries. <i>Anderson</i> was finding Humphries devilish hard to shift. Now, here I gave the Union the benefit of cover, which might have been a mistake. The Wheat Field I considered open, but Devil's Den and the wooded Round Tops I intended also to offer benefits to the defender. I'm inclined to thing that is much too generous to the Union, especially at my chosen ground, time and unit scales.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPemZnS7fIM1P6KvtUMsBTsEawsM0gnMta9GcCv6chK3mie_QeQ-cwlTIkuZnvkQCqtm8MtoAM82u5Qvpn4yk-Gn0X-YhLRheEncFdyTxligkMriJJvlUxUINL8p_VNPL1G0711FBBadfiFfAVYI47mwECV_dnY-Xkg325BLXgCCVZ_uNdTcTrrHkQPkc/s4000/DSC09946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPemZnS7fIM1P6KvtUMsBTsEawsM0gnMta9GcCv6chK3mie_QeQ-cwlTIkuZnvkQCqtm8MtoAM82u5Qvpn4yk-Gn0X-YhLRheEncFdyTxligkMriJJvlUxUINL8p_VNPL1G0711FBBadfiFfAVYI47mwECV_dnY-Xkg325BLXgCCVZ_uNdTcTrrHkQPkc/s320/DSC09946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The fighting in the north was not going the way of the Confederates. <i>Johnson's</i> heavy losses induced Williams to strike across Rock creek on his own account. Nor was <i>Early</i> enjoying overmuch success to begin with. The fighting on Culp's Hill was settling into a battle of attrition. <i>Rodes</i> was still some distance from the action.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ-Uz8LuSuFfv77FqDijOgeVJ5_6WXnb1gPznPu4KRWHROD3EK3FDN-h9_yKzTmbDz3DgitqRMm8onlC7g01vxAk1kaQEFr3nqDSLoqYztp0k57nauuzkGZTuf9FSS08nbm8QO_272K__gu9LAzoXjiOggD7tKLN_BOyUpd27hBizXpvX6ba-4xj5WvI/s4000/DSC09947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ-Uz8LuSuFfv77FqDijOgeVJ5_6WXnb1gPznPu4KRWHROD3EK3FDN-h9_yKzTmbDz3DgitqRMm8onlC7g01vxAk1kaQEFr3nqDSLoqYztp0k57nauuzkGZTuf9FSS08nbm8QO_272K__gu9LAzoXjiOggD7tKLN_BOyUpd27hBizXpvX6ba-4xj5WvI/s320/DSC09947.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><i>A.P. Hill's</i> attacks were also proving costly - to both sides. In carrying the Seminary Ridge, <i>Pender </i>was reduced to half strength. <i>Heth</i> was in no better state, though there remained little under Robinson's command apart from the Division HQ. All the same, it seemed that the <i>Army of Northern Virginia</i> was making progress on this front.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWeaRfvkKk5KDvLWx8YVRs8F4TFlrlr3DKvNDfMFJHJV5gNj-Lx8XelYQ2oAnO7K9UDJZMinTo2equhoFj7F0lzN-CuIj-AUL6_BEKBxiN8GS0S9Z7LcVJW8TkJHMHUVBf320Cf8DDSh1JWcWjSxxvTvdaPDz5wQOD9oPag05YnHUA9xyWI-etnd8en0/s4000/DSC09948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWeaRfvkKk5KDvLWx8YVRs8F4TFlrlr3DKvNDfMFJHJV5gNj-Lx8XelYQ2oAnO7K9UDJZMinTo2equhoFj7F0lzN-CuIj-AUL6_BEKBxiN8GS0S9Z7LcVJW8TkJHMHUVBf320Cf8DDSh1JWcWjSxxvTvdaPDz5wQOD9oPag05YnHUA9xyWI-etnd8en0/s320/DSC09948.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpdf7vvGcFYciYCvNXgjXux7Y-ERc3eS4T4PEBwH8arYhEShBBPVGwZwZ2jlyhl26bKsA8oxkA38EBZejzWMJrGRhb0ALIFhVyeKV8aggkQAdl-T1U299I6-sQhRNrDhfBmtlKz8uoCNqH6ml52sXoTP6yMYMeh5j4PZZ2WtdKTfDnie-8OvnBi6URGA/s4000/DSC09949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpdf7vvGcFYciYCvNXgjXux7Y-ERc3eS4T4PEBwH8arYhEShBBPVGwZwZ2jlyhl26bKsA8oxkA38EBZejzWMJrGRhb0ALIFhVyeKV8aggkQAdl-T1U299I6-sQhRNrDhfBmtlKz8uoCNqH6ml52sXoTP6yMYMeh5j4PZZ2WtdKTfDnie-8OvnBi6URGA/s320/DSC09949.JPG" width="320" /></a><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">Mixed fortunes prevailed on <i>Longstreet'</i>s front. More accurately things were going his way, pretty much; it was <i>R.H. Anderson</i> who was stalled in front of the Peach Orchard, and taking a beating. Humphries simply would not be shifted. <br /><br />Humphries was divided between two hexes: 2SP within the orchard, 1+ and the Corps artillery to their right in front of Cemetery ridge, where stood Hancock's II Corps. At least<i> Pegram's (III Corps)</i> and the <i>Washington Artillery (I Corps)</i> were discouraging any counter-attack from Humphries's right wing.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL46fq6O_pn2asafz_l_2ddHZCRWIj_M8f2ihB0gAiKoX-7aLLww9YledOMMCI5kpljkYCZKCJZ8Ar7jMr89cjaN6b9AnT8v9VbXP3zHPN9uNUSaKOf4nFfUYNScKuDWtS_JWVXGSdIN8C752c6d4Qo8cE2pLQA9TnBO8n0G4sCai-AL7RVNQP1tPzy2k/s4000/DSC09950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL46fq6O_pn2asafz_l_2ddHZCRWIj_M8f2ihB0gAiKoX-7aLLww9YledOMMCI5kpljkYCZKCJZ8Ar7jMr89cjaN6b9AnT8v9VbXP3zHPN9uNUSaKOf4nFfUYNScKuDWtS_JWVXGSdIN8C752c6d4Qo8cE2pLQA9TnBO8n0G4sCai-AL7RVNQP1tPzy2k/s320/DSC09950.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The sun was close to the horizon as <i>Early</i> finally swept Wadsworth from Culp's Hill, and <i>Rodes</i> began his assault upon Cemetery Ridge.<i> Johnson </i>had been driven well back from Rock Creek, but that left Geary's Division exposed to <i>Early'</i>s follow-up attacks towards the Spangler's Spring. <i>Pender</i> and <i>Heth</i> were stalled along Seminary Ridge as Howard's Corps - such as who survived the previous day's debacle - held them off from further advances.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z62nxzi_BTzq6t0aDjPcQp1DxBePCTXrqVQ7YaprtshIdXXT7RbPHgsUqXuqSSxiTK7GlOChmv7jpdos_RQ_Zobpto6QPNprHJs5TcNjMCKbW7P3zelpaUqAMA_Cqlkk9ownr-UsE5Et2NQiObs_PxZEJgBqwkorMtak7hMWPDyGZvtBEI9xxIXPwUM/s4000/DSC09951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4000" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z62nxzi_BTzq6t0aDjPcQp1DxBePCTXrqVQ7YaprtshIdXXT7RbPHgsUqXuqSSxiTK7GlOChmv7jpdos_RQ_Zobpto6QPNprHJs5TcNjMCKbW7P3zelpaUqAMA_Cqlkk9ownr-UsE5Et2NQiObs_PxZEJgBqwkorMtak7hMWPDyGZvtBEI9xxIXPwUM/s320/DSC09951.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Reduced to shadows of themselves, <i>Pender</i> and <i>Heth</i> desisted from further attacks. <i>Anderson's</i> command practically destroyed (0SP remaining), McLaws swung left to drive Humphries at last from the Peach Orchard. <b><i>Hood</i></b> took over the assaults on Devil's Den, the remnants of Birney's Division fled to and over Little Round Top, with the <i>Confederates</i> in close pursuit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6K0x69AyBmYmLT67DK_HZhbGQ2t4y7NO1XFotLv-X9kmxiWBINk1d7XPmt4H5HghSxMhopEHBt85MGwkdzbuxwMqcuAiymFSQhGuXCvtuJzRzOvSsVpNtTqZaDxcOLnlAjdolbkHPEQGaLCkHJ8N17rp84zEIhDE2OCMJGxUFrBtE3BR4i453Ul9eHk/s4000/DSC09952.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2141" data-original-width="4000" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6K0x69AyBmYmLT67DK_HZhbGQ2t4y7NO1XFotLv-X9kmxiWBINk1d7XPmt4H5HghSxMhopEHBt85MGwkdzbuxwMqcuAiymFSQhGuXCvtuJzRzOvSsVpNtTqZaDxcOLnlAjdolbkHPEQGaLCkHJ8N17rp84zEIhDE2OCMJGxUFrBtE3BR4i453Ul9eHk/s320/DSC09952.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />At this point I unexpectedly had to bring this action to a halt and pack it all away. But I was debating whether or not to play out one more turn anyhow. The four turns that had passed represented four hours' fighting. It was now 8:00pm, and probably getting dark. I called it at this point.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL22SRSP2I9SPSBzKbADU3XscTYNAkUHXqvqWdRj3223YzcBDMOWnDWrZY361RnKouXjamAq5AHizT1hXi21SdH1ZWxWEB8XVvZmgHzBeYfvc4Os4apYRcvxtPFrgEIRLcwM7Bbrq3A1VJZhaWgSDWG0jFhouDVbDXSu_XVkoTiv0hmotQkBp-Wet5ddM/s4000/DSC09953.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL22SRSP2I9SPSBzKbADU3XscTYNAkUHXqvqWdRj3223YzcBDMOWnDWrZY361RnKouXjamAq5AHizT1hXi21SdH1ZWxWEB8XVvZmgHzBeYfvc4Os4apYRcvxtPFrgEIRLcwM7Bbrq3A1VJZhaWgSDWG0jFhouDVbDXSu_XVkoTiv0hmotQkBp-Wet5ddM/s320/DSC09953.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />For all its time limitations and the bits that could have been improved, this turned out to be quite an exciting action. Losses were very heavy - on both sides. Whereas the previous day, the Confederates won a crushing victory, this day losses were close to even, possibly favouring the Confederacy by only the slenderest of margins.<br /><br />Nothing remained of <i>Anderson's</i> (<i>III Corps</i>) and <i>Johnson's</i> (<i>II Corps</i>) Divisions. <i>Heth</i> and <i>Pender</i> (<i>III Corps</i>) were both reduced to 1SP each, and <i>Early's</i> Division's strength had been halved. Only <i>Hood</i> and <i>McLaws </i>(<i>I Corps</i>) and <i>Rodes</i> (<i>II Corps</i>) were close to full strength still.<br /><br />For the Union, little remained of I, XI and III Corps; and Geary's Division of XII Corps had also been destroyed. But plenty of strength remained. Hancock's Corps had hardly been engaged at all, and then only at the end of the day; Sykes and Sedgwick hadn't even fired a shot.<br /><br />One of the reasons for the heavy losses was that I allowed for few retreats. As units (formations) wore down, it seemed reasonable to allow a remnant to retreat - if it could. Units reduced to 0SP stayed on the table, represented solely by their commander or flag. Note, by the way, that I gave the Union formation flags only to Corps level, whilst CSA Divisions got them. The fact of the tiny size of many Union Divisions simply made giving them a flag most inconvenient. Giving them Division commanders seemed to me sufficient, and probably unnecessary. <br /><br />When returning the days' losses halved overnight, they were for convenience allocated by CSA Division or USA Corps. They were, however totalled by Army and then halved. I counted two or three 'pluses', by the way, as 1SP. So an army that lost, say 10SP and 5 'pluses' would get back 5+2=7SP. Unfortunately, the valuable <strike>piece of scrap pa</strike> document upon which I scribed the losses has been lost to history. I think I threw it out. Definition of trash: what you throw away forty-eight hours before you discover a use for it.<br /><br />The set-up for 'Pickett's Charge' might have been promising. <i>Johnson</i> and <i>Anderson</i> could have been brought back to 2SP each, <i>Early</i> to 3SP and <i>Heth</i> and <i>Pender</i> also to 2+ or 3SP. The Union Army would have recovered a similar number of Strength points.<br /><br />So far the experiment was a qualified success insofar as I have a pretty good idea what to do next time.</div><div> <p></p></div></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-44866669092015047952024-01-19T16:05:00.000-08:002024-01-19T20:10:05.828-08:00Portable Gettysburg - 'Draft' version part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmbC-Jw3uDQGMoUp5u6yawAe3mCHdkWd-aBLknI6_hy6R2E2_sId5heRPBzPQbmTnLUXno1ThRz2SXzFiV98bnqZkiyu1mx5eKFrsZG4pf127uuJ6ztOgbTR3x4z5y-N3iLIs_4KSY19dScitSNKqmKEXT288sDAC_Dcs-GK9sMFlV8Og_1Nz-DjDk24/s4000/DSC09919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmbC-Jw3uDQGMoUp5u6yawAe3mCHdkWd-aBLknI6_hy6R2E2_sId5heRPBzPQbmTnLUXno1ThRz2SXzFiV98bnqZkiyu1mx5eKFrsZG4pf127uuJ6ztOgbTR3x4z5y-N3iLIs_4KSY19dScitSNKqmKEXT288sDAC_Dcs-GK9sMFlV8Og_1Nz-DjDk24/s320/DSC09919.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Just on a month ago, 20 December 2023, I wrote up some prep work for a <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/12/towards-portable-gettysburg.html" target="_blank">'Portable Gettysburg'</a>. I played out at least some of the the thing just over a week ago. The first pics here are of the battlefield laid out. I had to find some extra hill or ridge from somewhere - e.g. Herr and Cemetery Ridges: must tidy them up a bit. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBDMLU9-qv9IYn9_Nk0Ig0lazh0qE1xpGrhfQwUzKU91WOTp_AH7nMEGLKXRGXnSeik-BeNZr4ECt545z5tz5zphmmel6Elj_T0Nm0nWXfx31nMk3_o8GGdY_aKF-pn4rI1uQWAJOwaRSY2EOOQ_wTUD7Wo9X78sWeH1kSf3SMnNn1jk5WqxZigmt7j8/s4000/DSC09920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBDMLU9-qv9IYn9_Nk0Ig0lazh0qE1xpGrhfQwUzKU91WOTp_AH7nMEGLKXRGXnSeik-BeNZr4ECt545z5tz5zphmmel6Elj_T0Nm0nWXfx31nMk3_o8GGdY_aKF-pn4rI1uQWAJOwaRSY2EOOQ_wTUD7Wo9X78sWeH1kSf3SMnNn1jk5WqxZigmt7j8/s320/DSC09920.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The Peach Orchard is a dead giveaway, ain't it though? My peach trees (made more than 30 years ago) are in blossom whatever the season!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo8tDwY7M74I7XVtpFAl_Z_8KDSmTGut-vgaakGFkNDJs8XxlTDmUzMUf7Uu5PJfegxAjDZdf6VB3kBkvW6E20ohWs86lgw-idswJ7GtzzRPNA3mtG8z9BqDvT-1iZlyz_FPCIhyhKD9lCYzdODgGrSFaZoVddDV_QJuA-F8HmssJnA-xbDj1euMqJ4s/s4000/DSC09921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo8tDwY7M74I7XVtpFAl_Z_8KDSmTGut-vgaakGFkNDJs8XxlTDmUzMUf7Uu5PJfegxAjDZdf6VB3kBkvW6E20ohWs86lgw-idswJ7GtzzRPNA3mtG8z9BqDvT-1iZlyz_FPCIhyhKD9lCYzdODgGrSFaZoVddDV_QJuA-F8HmssJnA-xbDj1euMqJ4s/s320/DSC09921.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVR9eRJ4k6dmFt_Kd3hJ2nn1RkkvT8uqHzdSHTpaSg5PXSkj_MN5dGEk8wncM-_JK2SetwtzvrKtusX6t6O5kihjZbWq0fRX5wZ9RUnrMlxxYKthpJekKeDZFQx9M0riUfAauuvYLl3tHkthNXAozlHhCQ3yqShHh0T5r-qmhsvB6vtC3vMpGV_lYyPs/s2000/DSC09923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVR9eRJ4k6dmFt_Kd3hJ2nn1RkkvT8uqHzdSHTpaSg5PXSkj_MN5dGEk8wncM-_JK2SetwtzvrKtusX6t6O5kihjZbWq0fRX5wZ9RUnrMlxxYKthpJekKeDZFQx9M0riUfAauuvYLl3tHkthNXAozlHhCQ3yqShHh0T5r-qmhsvB6vtC3vMpGV_lYyPs/s320/DSC09923.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here are the armies laid out. I included the cavalry of both sides, although the main action between them would not 'fit' on my table. Buford's 6-figure Division has a starting role on July 1; and part of Kilpatrick's late July 3. It seems that Gregg put in an appearance at some point, but without being engaged in the main action. Possibly the cavalry action could be reserved for my chessboard (8x8 square grid) as a separate action.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLbwbtn2dV3zhZkNS6FXaFgcgUXFw0Ym1OkmsOkhUsYr3CFfp7As4KlR8NCzLI4kIYOm74X338vvJrFvUZ8Y1cb1BrrQ0QGahWdlZqG9SUdSbqYMcdOPI7beqXCdBLVhOqhJckkwbXUzx68Kf2sZK_ZzVUjKnzvXsibMsbX_bf-310KBdt_gW9-l58M/s2000/DSC09922.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2000" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLbwbtn2dV3zhZkNS6FXaFgcgUXFw0Ym1OkmsOkhUsYr3CFfp7As4KlR8NCzLI4kIYOm74X338vvJrFvUZ8Y1cb1BrrQ0QGahWdlZqG9SUdSbqYMcdOPI7beqXCdBLVhOqhJckkwbXUzx68Kf2sZK_ZzVUjKnzvXsibMsbX_bf-310KBdt_gW9-l58M/s320/DSC09922.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Tjq0LOg3wHZC2SboIV8H7U-UV4A9zH0AhPl3sgBL6GlHAYm2RIZLsXFSSbcEFuC3eaKiP-qcPYMtc0P6dDDAJUvndS4gXJNRUTVJ7ZaVRE80wNQzmwMFTrzD3eqnrqo_yoDVvOQZmHe3417BAxAoIc49D2xoJfjvNW9RvwzXksKwRTSMiluAE9EmyNA/s2000/DSC09924.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Tjq0LOg3wHZC2SboIV8H7U-UV4A9zH0AhPl3sgBL6GlHAYm2RIZLsXFSSbcEFuC3eaKiP-qcPYMtc0P6dDDAJUvndS4gXJNRUTVJ7ZaVRE80wNQzmwMFTrzD3eqnrqo_yoDVvOQZmHe3417BAxAoIc49D2xoJfjvNW9RvwzXksKwRTSMiluAE9EmyNA/s320/DSC09924.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The action starts off promisingly with a 'continuity glitch', that is to say, I used the wrong figures to represent <i>Heth's</i> Division. This formation was split in two - the brigades of <i>Archer</i> and <i>Davis</i> leading (represented by 2+ Strength Points) with <i>Pettigrew</i> and <i>Brockenbrough</i> (2SP) following. Lining McPherson's Ridge stood Buford's Cavalry Division, 2SP, supported by cannon (1SP). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn_2FDsQK24_1F5djIt0XncfXN96LD4lcfcLfyWhHry75zQ0PR1jhGeb_fjSYaBYqfqOQjC31Llg2h4tfp3HnRBcp4tsLYeuzUaSOYgu10fRp9i341Mg0eWvDpOwRe-J7AZxdKwaZvUbsmqmdOORTXe1c__mEWIEDpZ-6rU9BQQNNPqaBdsequgOBq7s/s2000/DSC09925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn_2FDsQK24_1F5djIt0XncfXN96LD4lcfcLfyWhHry75zQ0PR1jhGeb_fjSYaBYqfqOQjC31Llg2h4tfp3HnRBcp4tsLYeuzUaSOYgu10fRp9i341Mg0eWvDpOwRe-J7AZxdKwaZvUbsmqmdOORTXe1c__mEWIEDpZ-6rU9BQQNNPqaBdsequgOBq7s/s320/DSC09925.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Just as Buford prepared to hold his line, two army corps, J.F. Reynolds's Ist, followed by O.O. Howard's XIth came marching up the Emmitsburg road. Somewhere behind them, off the table, was Dan Sickles's IIIrd Corps.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7PeHVgr-17gS3ry55mL75FV-Z9z4-jdbHLgX-S6X_umLoCrsXRInnv5ChgxeOJvw9zSj4i-KlWzZ0kz9CsG2O5t2HyrmFaEpX5dxOtB8U8UaXLg70l2Q2ahlla2QI-C9eYACO6duaqmgv-w56G8Aiv0PwZhR-o0hBmuXCN_pA0d9ZT2pzOdFr-qLrNY/s4000/DSC09926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7PeHVgr-17gS3ry55mL75FV-Z9z4-jdbHLgX-S6X_umLoCrsXRInnv5ChgxeOJvw9zSj4i-KlWzZ0kz9CsG2O5t2HyrmFaEpX5dxOtB8U8UaXLg70l2Q2ahlla2QI-C9eYACO6duaqmgv-w56G8Aiv0PwZhR-o0hBmuXCN_pA0d9ZT2pzOdFr-qLrNY/s320/DSC09926.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For his part, <i>Harry Heth</i> was supported by part of the III Corps artillery. Divided into two wings, Buford's right was driven off the ridge and routed (1SP destroyed), and part of the ridge captured. The second half of <i>Heth's</i> Division later followed up and united with the rest of the Division, where they were joined by the artillery.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWdpY4nS5IACBEjJ_nIh9AZ45aBXz-S_aHXoBs2ULlMepLgfF64BDLMg0m0mjAbouUGKqpn1pF2es6nnsQNDf2d0AdjQlrJsWyqVBiVlp-HdUTMYWD7Wkskz848-J6LrifsgWLxGdbddXmQYRgMhziUK7GaXFopsdSel3wA1-mybsHb0ROMC-enfHfqM/s4000/DSC09927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWdpY4nS5IACBEjJ_nIh9AZ45aBXz-S_aHXoBs2ULlMepLgfF64BDLMg0m0mjAbouUGKqpn1pF2es6nnsQNDf2d0AdjQlrJsWyqVBiVlp-HdUTMYWD7Wkskz848-J6LrifsgWLxGdbddXmQYRgMhziUK7GaXFopsdSel3wA1-mybsHb0ROMC-enfHfqM/s320/DSC09927.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Coming up behind them on the Chambersburg Pike, <i>Dorsey Pender's</i> Division was on the march, followed by the rest of the III Corps Artillery. By this time, Maj-Genl Reynolds was in action, Buford pulling out the remnants of his command back to Seminary Ridge. Wadsworth and Robinson counterattacked the front of MePherson's Ridge, whilst Doubleday occupied the rising ground - part of Oak Ridge - on the other side of the railway cut.<br /><br /><i>At this point the eagle-eyed reader will observe that the Confederate infantry have suddenly exchanged their blue kepis for brown slouch hats. Having 'colour coded' the CSA formations - blue kepis I Corps, black hats II Corps, and brown for III Corps, I simply forgot, and on came for the first corps to arrive: the blue kepis. 'Yarooh!' says I (or its rough equivalent - remember, this is a family show), and made the amendment. </i> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32kZthAmK0ySP_qkGpVOs2HN2Zr5RbJghmgx-CMmnfxmAYJkKTALcLSKGtnmPa3oXYEIMShUme7ac7W8V2sEHQ1PU5zipcMIAQBBHJWWcoHulCzeOGiueBiHU3dUsXYlfO26DES4zsneIf-mSsawTedNSsJVlwTZv0Wc-moeop4deaivJXhgbwdNrDtY/s1600/DSC09928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32kZthAmK0ySP_qkGpVOs2HN2Zr5RbJghmgx-CMmnfxmAYJkKTALcLSKGtnmPa3oXYEIMShUme7ac7W8V2sEHQ1PU5zipcMIAQBBHJWWcoHulCzeOGiueBiHU3dUsXYlfO26DES4zsneIf-mSsawTedNSsJVlwTZv0Wc-moeop4deaivJXhgbwdNrDtY/s320/DSC09928.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br />Meanwhile, Oliver Howard was bringing up his XIth Corps to form a line extending Reynolds's around the north of Gettysburg. The leading Divisions of <i>Lt-Genl Ewell's II Confederate Corps</i> were arriving, <i>'Old Jube' Early</i> pushing down the Harrisburg road and <i>Emmett Rodes</i> to their right cresting Oak Ridge.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqbyjGAwqoF8NYL_Lwu8N2XvE75TCaN2XH-MnZysysFhfhSz3L4Q2l7FsVfNUBlrxxScJ11RNHxTkMjty1tDZc6le9RR9K2vViDCzQegfNIGsfDEjnbWzX9w5VJigmJOZYD0XGu8qEqUf49BQfUIfHCCgnxgrmMzyqKdLv6nXRDkGx4xarZfE6kT0eWk/s2000/DSC09929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqbyjGAwqoF8NYL_Lwu8N2XvE75TCaN2XH-MnZysysFhfhSz3L4Q2l7FsVfNUBlrxxScJ11RNHxTkMjty1tDZc6le9RR9K2vViDCzQegfNIGsfDEjnbWzX9w5VJigmJOZYD0XGu8qEqUf49BQfUIfHCCgnxgrmMzyqKdLv6nXRDkGx4xarZfE6kT0eWk/s320/DSC09929.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Suddenly, Doubleday was caught front and flank by <i>Pender</i> and <i>Rodes</i>. Howard led Schurz's Division to aid Doubleday, but even together they were overmatched. Barlow's Division found itself facing almost double their numbers in <i>Early's </i>command, supported as it was by half the <i>II Corps</i> artillery.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8NaNl7ZUdIieiArWh7LS95tmBpM-BD58fFXgO-UAbtYFAF_sOxc90nLpPiWnwmeMvb_VchgS63vUecj3F9KvZ5v4tmkorHUXi1thAOfaUjOU1IprXWYRSz0cbgHO9gxDwmsQct6asWxDlk39lAIX82Ia27CvOTn_zKtT7t_eEJJOo5-sEDpCp1SfqVE/s4000/DSC09930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8NaNl7ZUdIieiArWh7LS95tmBpM-BD58fFXgO-UAbtYFAF_sOxc90nLpPiWnwmeMvb_VchgS63vUecj3F9KvZ5v4tmkorHUXi1thAOfaUjOU1IprXWYRSz0cbgHO9gxDwmsQct6asWxDlk39lAIX82Ia27CvOTn_zKtT7t_eEJJOo5-sEDpCp1SfqVE/s320/DSC09930.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In short order the whole of I Corps was being cut to ribbons, though Schurz was for a time holding his own. <br /><br />During the course of this day's action, I was using the PW combat system ... sort of. Hits were resolved as 1-3 = -1 SP; 4-6 = 1 SP retreats. Not sure why the whole force within the target hex area weren't retreating, but it seemed right at the time. However, if and when detached SP/elements wished to rejoin, the smaller portion had to join the larger. In the pic below, two of Doubleday's Division had been forced back, leaving the commander himself with just one Brigade (SP). To reunite his Division, Doubleday had to pull back to where his other two brigades (SPs) stood.<br /><br />For the July 2 action, I found this method wholly impractical, on account of a much more crowded battlefield. Although I tried to use it, eventually I found myself simply 'taking the loss' unless the ground behind were clear. I think now it were better simply to have the whole formation - or the part under close assault - retreat or else all hits are SPs lost. This is a decision for the next time I play out this battle. By the by, you will observe that I use the American 'Month-Day' convention of dating. I use this convention exclusively for ACW and AWI, or any other war games in which US Americans are my 'main' characters. For all other war games, I use 'Day-Month' (For my varsity lecture notes, I began early to label my pages with year-month-day as a six-digit string...very easy to keep things in order, that way).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_q5SotKNXftSKzkSzICCLgZYKTSUbkfRjZef0yv20hW4FqgRZkeaolSeR4u06-1WSttwHK-1UgbYy6IrQsVqYozfy__ctWlKzJlKBzoK-wl_Eq5c6efBiZGyIJ_io6KkQvEKNpoDuLV2Ru_qqgR7sJYxcBE-2Gnoq6wpauMeeoaz_Gamg6DqdXxsDGs/s4000/DSC09931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_q5SotKNXftSKzkSzICCLgZYKTSUbkfRjZef0yv20hW4FqgRZkeaolSeR4u06-1WSttwHK-1UgbYy6IrQsVqYozfy__ctWlKzJlKBzoK-wl_Eq5c6efBiZGyIJ_io6KkQvEKNpoDuLV2Ru_qqgR7sJYxcBE-2Gnoq6wpauMeeoaz_Gamg6DqdXxsDGs/s320/DSC09931.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">At any rate, their own losses so far negligible, <i>A.P. Hill's</i> two Divisions drove Reynolds all the way back to Seminary Ridge, where they joined Buford's remnants. Of Howard's Corps, Barlow was driven fairly into the down - blocking Steinmetz's advance, leaving Schurz all alone against the might of three Confederate Divisions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8XxS4cV9wuJUu5o_zldh3hlmmKpuv_rEOunjuK0bZQXXc7DFbVIeaDWfl2gKTlP-v07f_8sUcy6RAF-1ypzqR3wqtplKZxqtISelhyd-9XZzVz99TZDbBH5P7YFyLgauuKF0jBT6PDeR7h1A5pec3W_ICSQPC-8HdJWImVCdD9F5S5cdgkMSyN-qqsI/s4000/DSC09932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8XxS4cV9wuJUu5o_zldh3hlmmKpuv_rEOunjuK0bZQXXc7DFbVIeaDWfl2gKTlP-v07f_8sUcy6RAF-1ypzqR3wqtplKZxqtISelhyd-9XZzVz99TZDbBH5P7YFyLgauuKF0jBT6PDeR7h1A5pec3W_ICSQPC-8HdJWImVCdD9F5S5cdgkMSyN-qqsI/s320/DSC09932.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />They could not stay there long. Back and through the town they fled.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6UcOlJ2nBEqm3IAP8ZkQTBvBDEbfbgbS4_0Rqh06uVgsglA8Kj3tfx3vobNAJPhzBQBf3650wpVGeuRUG54P2jmRbz1lVldIlU_c5UQhSX_0oU4v90cgs6BbXvbaJAPMueyf0GIQy-S8s05m530nTQeCA2mrxB-8b-1u93ilFrLf_JNm-I9w642gh04/s4000/DSC09933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6UcOlJ2nBEqm3IAP8ZkQTBvBDEbfbgbS4_0Rqh06uVgsglA8Kj3tfx3vobNAJPhzBQBf3650wpVGeuRUG54P2jmRbz1lVldIlU_c5UQhSX_0oU4v90cgs6BbXvbaJAPMueyf0GIQy-S8s05m530nTQeCA2mrxB-8b-1u93ilFrLf_JNm-I9w642gh04/s320/DSC09933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Very soon the Confederates were pressing up against the north and west faces of the town, with <i>Heth'</i>s Division attempting to storm the Seminary Ridge. East of the town, <i>Early's </i>Division faced Culp's Hill, as yet unoccupied, and not too far distant.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpApf6cB56WlSW-LuhrliIFoy_lrdVLEoAQoEjqU2JL2Ll6DlICeWRjUvow4kEWuBR2vskVQUFHIxfS4jbA4SI1I6aRKNdPYvxKFjQFGE_2OIAk-rS51MJf_mV-JVEI88jLjBllM0-9HfIvRLeEhkWC3mZXWppqUI1ttqPwjX7ibVyqq9YAQ4hGQdKvQ/s4000/DSC09934.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpApf6cB56WlSW-LuhrliIFoy_lrdVLEoAQoEjqU2JL2Ll6DlICeWRjUvow4kEWuBR2vskVQUFHIxfS4jbA4SI1I6aRKNdPYvxKFjQFGE_2OIAk-rS51MJf_mV-JVEI88jLjBllM0-9HfIvRLeEhkWC3mZXWppqUI1ttqPwjX7ibVyqq9YAQ4hGQdKvQ/s320/DSC09934.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>By now, the evening twilight was drawing in. <i>Heth</i> was stalled in front of Seminary Ridge,<i> Pender</i> still some distance off to his left, and the <i>Corps artillery</i> in support from McPherson's Ridge. <i>Rodes </i>was beginning to drive through Gettysburg itself from the Carlisle Road, and early poised to push on to the high ground south of the town.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqgGeyE_lU9VNK8inzi3XMloUI53LU3yZ1SZhoKOLcjBIe3AXQ-OrKvjlj8r0McXfdBNOVK-HDaLMOqlL0VqTK_N_J2MLtZX-3FYUbaklB52-TR2lByMb_hsl4Tfyc2BoBt9V_TmrBJ3LqvpnR2buCTVwxUFxsls2HSW5SqYjAGeJGJ22Lal3ZPqgJAw/s1600/DSC09935.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqgGeyE_lU9VNK8inzi3XMloUI53LU3yZ1SZhoKOLcjBIe3AXQ-OrKvjlj8r0McXfdBNOVK-HDaLMOqlL0VqTK_N_J2MLtZX-3FYUbaklB52-TR2lByMb_hsl4Tfyc2BoBt9V_TmrBJ3LqvpnR2buCTVwxUFxsls2HSW5SqYjAGeJGJ22Lal3ZPqgJAw/s320/DSC09935.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Such was the situation as nightfall ended the action.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc9aSCBDQV9uma-4mNpC31sfcStR0jRRo_l0U-VsFy41f9y2hhlQntV2MFtnELkfTRAYacVe4AWfVhfwrTRELIO4ZejqdRouD_SZ1wHPB2117SDPxmU8R4MOnqON0_NMwJOGx0Mb3ASXr5mtyYeg0KMeion3dsyfI0EjVDNHEpWG0-WyRG8SJ1wIZ1j4/s4000/DSC09936.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc9aSCBDQV9uma-4mNpC31sfcStR0jRRo_l0U-VsFy41f9y2hhlQntV2MFtnELkfTRAYacVe4AWfVhfwrTRELIO4ZejqdRouD_SZ1wHPB2117SDPxmU8R4MOnqON0_NMwJOGx0Mb3ASXr5mtyYeg0KMeion3dsyfI0EjVDNHEpWG0-WyRG8SJ1wIZ1j4/s320/DSC09936.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For some reason, my memory had conflated this action into what I thought would be a single posting. But I find I took a few more pics than I had thought. Somehow they fetched up in two different places in my archives. So Part 2 will have to await another time.<br /><br />This first day's action turned out, much to my surprise, very one-sided. Not only had the Confederates the numbers, the goddess Hexahedra smiled upon them with a benignity reserved solely for the Divinely favoured. <i>Early</i> lost an SP, and I think <i>Heth</i> lost merely his 'plus'. The Union lost both cavalry SPs, and there wasn't very much remaining of Reynolds's corps, either. Howard's, too, had been knocked about, though they had more often than not resulted in retreats through the town.<br /><br />Now, I had Reynolds and Howard on the road at the beginning of the action, but the battle was to develop according to this schedule:<br /><br />Turn 1 (08:00-9:30) - Buford in place on McPherson's Ridge, with 1SP cannon. Half of <i>Heth</i> arrives<br />Turn 2 (09:30-11:00) - Reynolds enters the action.<br />Turn 3 (11:00-12:30) - Howard forms line to right of Reynolds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> - Dice for arrival of <i>Rodes</i>: 5 or 6 required<br />Turn 4 (12:30-14:00) - <i>Rodes</i> and <i>Early</i> arrive,<i> Rodes</i> on Oak Ridge, <i>Early</i> down Harrisburg road<br />Turn 5 (14:00-15:30) - <i>Pender</i> arrives with remainder of <i>III Corps</i> artillery down Chambersburg Pike<br />Turn 6 (15:30-17:00) -<br />Turn 7 (17:00-18:30) - I Corps Rally on cemetery Ridge.<br />Turn 8 (18:30-20:00) - Nightfall<br /><br />At the end of the day - 'overnight' - formations would receive back half the previous days' SP losses. Two lost 'pluses' would count as a whole SP. I kept count of the respective losses by Confederate Division, and by Union Corps. I rather think that when I do this one again, I might have to 'pose code' the Union army corps, or perhaps use some sort of labelling. The question remained how I was to conduct the second day's action. <i>'Old Pete' Longstreet</i> was up with two of his Divisions; <i>Ewell</i> and <i>Hill</i>, both, also had their 'missing' Divisions (<i>'Alleghany' Johnson's</i> and <i>R.H. Anderson's</i>) in hand. Should it begin at 8a.m - or wait until <i>Longstreet's</i> ponderous preparation were ready? <br /><br />I decided upon the latter, but therein lies a further problem: the time scale. Now, I had settled upon 1 turn to 90 minutes. That simply won't do. A three-move battle would take us from 4pm to 8.30 - well after sunset, though it might not yet have been full night. An hour per move isn't much of an improvement: 4 turns only. <br /><br />We'll end here with a little bit of an appetiser: early action on July 2.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aWXj-4_wYV6ETvr3wbcqV6tOiXgFots4_uTgTLi1Pj8ey8oWhcH7traiZta6LajPimKdfI_LhI7dRP90vjcwu_p7_yJUQNCb9eYFG9uV4Dd_mUIWmOAwhT_L-Gw1zx2DW_AIXRFRlbZAO7sN8BGThODRLyKfIhaZLLzE8HgJERh7ObPipV-296D-DT4/s4000/DSC09939.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aWXj-4_wYV6ETvr3wbcqV6tOiXgFots4_uTgTLi1Pj8ey8oWhcH7traiZta6LajPimKdfI_LhI7dRP90vjcwu_p7_yJUQNCb9eYFG9uV4Dd_mUIWmOAwhT_L-Gw1zx2DW_AIXRFRlbZAO7sN8BGThODRLyKfIhaZLLzE8HgJERh7ObPipV-296D-DT4/s320/DSC09939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>To be continued...</i>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-37710666512463359312024-01-16T15:05:00.000-08:002024-01-16T15:05:00.076-08:00Hot Action at the Woolston Club<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_qCf_228tpqqHXs9gcL3SnztLsr_rc3Fz2ep8xzCcZNCvqrmDxUdKfDe8XL8fnHacNVExbp2Ap9Os6SHOCsZIBvaRi_RIs5-k2Gh594RFuMilZi4jkvuYY54LVnSHzlec2D2IDunNYy-5rhBbAohDCw3xIeh6HkV11iM5QtWyi9BGdE2Fqax7qzOWws/s4000/DSC09957.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_qCf_228tpqqHXs9gcL3SnztLsr_rc3Fz2ep8xzCcZNCvqrmDxUdKfDe8XL8fnHacNVExbp2Ap9Os6SHOCsZIBvaRi_RIs5-k2Gh594RFuMilZi4jkvuYY54LVnSHzlec2D2IDunNYy-5rhBbAohDCw3xIeh6HkV11iM5QtWyi9BGdE2Fqax7qzOWws/s320/DSC09957.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A mass of Austrian cavalry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>My spies tell me that, having recently painted a fresh batch of Napoleonic Austrians, Mark was looking to test them in battle. Paul invited me and some of my French forces along to the Woolston Club (I'm still a member) for a pickup action. This was a scenario of his own devising; the rule Mark's own <i>321</i> <i>Fast Play Napoleonic Wargaming</i> (I think it's called). It is pretty 'fast play' all right, when a game of well over 700 figures gets fought to a finish in less than 5 hours, with a decent beak for lunch.<br /><br />Here's a rough diagram of the scenario. The place names are my own invention. As I don't recall anyone paying much attention to the roads, I've left them off the map. North is off to the top.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhE07JB-45fuxwABeTBpg65nztSg8NogugcbRaGDhoAjQNWhpfnnfOG2DoeoMmvHSd86Vx05d9rtb_nvqiEOfH1oja3GDAhwX3YRSlZod_RURKlUXsCrp0DqsYpqO-BJmBHeN3tdRqeG5OkZZ9dLe5Jrz7gZ4aBJWQq9VA_ukrGWdM8GoAjw7aGHqfHg/s733/Woolston%20Club%20Day%2014%20Jan%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhE07JB-45fuxwABeTBpg65nztSg8NogugcbRaGDhoAjQNWhpfnnfOG2DoeoMmvHSd86Vx05d9rtb_nvqiEOfH1oja3GDAhwX3YRSlZod_RURKlUXsCrp0DqsYpqO-BJmBHeN3tdRqeG5OkZZ9dLe5Jrz7gZ4aBJWQq9VA_ukrGWdM8GoAjw7aGHqfHg/s320/Woolston%20Club%20Day%2014%20Jan%202024.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rough sketch of the battlefield</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Orders of battle:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">This was something of an encounter battle </span></h4><b>Austrian:</b> advancing from the Northwest corner of the board - 2 foot along either edge adjacent to that corner. <br />Line Brigade - 5 Infantry @ 24 figures plus one skirmisher unit, 12 figures = 132 figures<br />Line Brigade - 3 Infantry @ 24 figures = 72 figures<br />Grenadier Brigade - 2 Grenadier @ 24 figures = 48 figures<br />Light Brigade - 2 hussar and 1 chevauleger regiments @ 12 figures = 36 figures<br />Heavy Brigade - 3 cuirassier units @ 12 figures = 36 figures<br />2 Field Batteries, each 2 guns and 4 crew = 16 figures (attached to infantry brigades)<br />1 Horse battery, 2 guns, 8 figures<br /><br />Totals (excluding commanders) = 348 figures and 6 guns<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwk0zHyMv6O4TP5x6EZeEfBsHM9Xk74d7VvWnQSHFrqEB-MNIq_rwMossHtWE1RLmYieH0xS8g6jvfssQkuAA0A53j548SGhyphenhyphenkB6rxlNZNQlr4LV4nN7PRvCG6W-OtNFgiyI-kEw8ChugFWbppfOk_LbzhITNkfHAmJwBGDYBVVAbdsoio8PZNUdfQW8/s2778/DSC09959.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="2778" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwk0zHyMv6O4TP5x6EZeEfBsHM9Xk74d7VvWnQSHFrqEB-MNIq_rwMossHtWE1RLmYieH0xS8g6jvfssQkuAA0A53j548SGhyphenhyphenkB6rxlNZNQlr4LV4nN7PRvCG6W-OtNFgiyI-kEw8ChugFWbppfOk_LbzhITNkfHAmJwBGDYBVVAbdsoio8PZNUdfQW8/s320/DSC09959.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnificent Austrian light horse: hussars<br />and chevauxlegers</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /><br />French (and Allies): advancing from Southeast corner of the board - 2 foot along either edge adjacent to that corner.<br />1st Infantry - <br /><span> </span>4 Infantry @ 24 figures<br /><span> </span>1 skirmisher unit @ 12 figures<br /> <span> 1 battery @ 8 figures and 2 guns</span><p></p><p><span>2nd Infantry -<br /><span> </span></span>4 Infantry @ 24 figures</p> 1 skirmisher unit @ 12 figures<br /> 1 battery @ 8 figures and 2 guns<br /><br />3rd Infantry -<br /><span> </span>4 Infantry @ 24 figures<br /> 1 skirmisher unit @ 12 figures<br /> 1 battery @ 8 figures and 2 guns<br /><br />Light Brigade -<br /><span> 1 Lancer regiment @ 12 figures<br /></span><span> 1 Chasseur light horse regiment @ 12 figures<br /></span><br />Heavy Brigade -<br /><span> 1 Cuirassier regiment @ 12 figures<br /></span><span> 1 Dragoon regiment @ 12 figures<br /></span><br />Totals (excluding 6 commanders) = 396 figures and 6 guns<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The disparity in numbers was made up by the Austrian qualitative superiority: cuirassiers and grenadiers.<p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSia1FlwMpjn2yiNWTVqbo1DhuIsKehoCAphgvgtnyb4piv4UtNYT0eLYJ6mySYY33lPZj9PGAGiN2rExHI0k9N6gCLk7BDw4K2vDS_LHR-fzh_ezTUgCnZUi6Z33x5kHsvuQKAYJLvImtMv2n87zCKM68SOwcwT7dw8EhHtbdZlwIfYeasbAmmyNo78/s4000/DSC09956.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSia1FlwMpjn2yiNWTVqbo1DhuIsKehoCAphgvgtnyb4piv4UtNYT0eLYJ6mySYY33lPZj9PGAGiN2rExHI0k9N6gCLk7BDw4K2vDS_LHR-fzh_ezTUgCnZUi6Z33x5kHsvuQKAYJLvImtMv2n87zCKM68SOwcwT7dw8EhHtbdZlwIfYeasbAmmyNo78/s320/DSC09956.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The action opened with Paul bring his brigade of Italians and Westphalians towards the central village (which I've called Mittelsburg) supported by his light cavalry - lancers and chasseurs. I brought 1st Brigade to the right of the town, 3 regiments on the far right flank beyond the woods, a skirmisher screen through the woods themselves, and the artillery, with a regiment in support between the woods and the town.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZSUPu4b22BkSSKm0CVa_4qMrVv6CIhtKs45wYgek4_B192fE9LuU0W7SqlobUDK3KmavnYIWGIDksc2bKnh9EgkCXFa6VZz4ElK5KqinkHpdozwW4EwA2NUipuSdX0fUkLC1CS1vTMzzGXvID5eDtbTvfJwOrerAb9IxVGR6fo-ptxWcmj_8U9unZE/s4000/DSC09955.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZSUPu4b22BkSSKm0CVa_4qMrVv6CIhtKs45wYgek4_B192fE9LuU0W7SqlobUDK3KmavnYIWGIDksc2bKnh9EgkCXFa6VZz4ElK5KqinkHpdozwW4EwA2NUipuSdX0fUkLC1CS1vTMzzGXvID5eDtbTvfJwOrerAb9IxVGR6fo-ptxWcmj_8U9unZE/s320/DSC09955.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The 'French' advancing from the south, the flank beyond the town was left open, thinly screened by Paul's white-coat skirmishers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHG5S0OHTlxgDu8wOl_34oLF7blKNxT6Wf7DRS9yX8XBMibWCvt9I46x6RxAd9KmSF9rBeU4kTqc7M7R023guzjBtyjO7lnffklIxsk5QeBTq3A4Ekq635m1b2mEmX-_mEwwFdoUBavdUPdkkq-dkXv2rrVuRRkU5pT-NnV_TkKgyuwbQ2Rm5mC-DcjU/s4000/DSC09954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHG5S0OHTlxgDu8wOl_34oLF7blKNxT6Wf7DRS9yX8XBMibWCvt9I46x6RxAd9KmSF9rBeU4kTqc7M7R023guzjBtyjO7lnffklIxsk5QeBTq3A4Ekq635m1b2mEmX-_mEwwFdoUBavdUPdkkq-dkXv2rrVuRRkU5pT-NnV_TkKgyuwbQ2Rm5mC-DcjU/s320/DSC09954.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlo2W5MnQOExZFqtKsPHgN8xIqdujvIt6rlghIPzSlaaGksl0Xm8fCQtWdjYrfFkxRTHrn3apJ5pCgFaqeuwHMJcyPNfgKWDRMbT-tol_IVPMCO0HSZ1CZdUs9fwUg6ITSnqJpGTHr6qGrsrK08GCccVZq_8RqhRn79Re0Yo4zExWe3N2BWFufJjV5QU/s4000/DSC09960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlo2W5MnQOExZFqtKsPHgN8xIqdujvIt6rlghIPzSlaaGksl0Xm8fCQtWdjYrfFkxRTHrn3apJ5pCgFaqeuwHMJcyPNfgKWDRMbT-tol_IVPMCO0HSZ1CZdUs9fwUg6ITSnqJpGTHr6qGrsrK08GCccVZq_8RqhRn79Re0Yo4zExWe3N2BWFufJjV5QU/s320/DSC09960.JPG" width="320" /></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Austrians led off with their cavalry. The heavy horse, three formidable regiments of cuirassiers backed by a gun battery formed a line facing the woods, whereat the two lead French regiments east of the woods formed square. That there was neither horse nor guns to support the French foot in this sector was to lead to considerable difficulty in their maintaining this flank.<br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYzUKDQ4QvJL51C8eufn-PCidlDYqAzegpQDTAQb25OAr8sxO9VOfpiTAuB7A71cQuIKFgZ70R7EEqtJc8jtys8bqEwAR6iXIiz5BsNJHEYtkpoNWguEHt5atZSDuzUGmDxgwhaIdb84bzmyFjKtO6JjEmE5qlmzD-xlANq_-4s17Vh2FxNNsJgM1vsU/s4000/DSC09961.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYzUKDQ4QvJL51C8eufn-PCidlDYqAzegpQDTAQb25OAr8sxO9VOfpiTAuB7A71cQuIKFgZ70R7EEqtJc8jtys8bqEwAR6iXIiz5BsNJHEYtkpoNWguEHt5atZSDuzUGmDxgwhaIdb84bzmyFjKtO6JjEmE5qlmzD-xlANq_-4s17Vh2FxNNsJgM1vsU/s320/DSC09961.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">On the other hand, the Austrian horse was unable to prevent the Westphalians seizing Mittelsburg and placing the town in a state of defence. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XYPCqDDPZwILBWQYQTGXXapO8z4e5UFXcNFT9kaDMFkJMnElpbYeSm14CLvusvCL_f5EvcLToIkfS55aPcOAWLIVOQIjHoz9SmyWFFvWSFAhjugX9K70MPGoEGM2Z9T2addnshWuvkYU80EFrN_z3MHeB9dM1jntj_UmT5tNbHzeb1miabifGDxKduQ/s4000/DSC09962.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XYPCqDDPZwILBWQYQTGXXapO8z4e5UFXcNFT9kaDMFkJMnElpbYeSm14CLvusvCL_f5EvcLToIkfS55aPcOAWLIVOQIjHoz9SmyWFFvWSFAhjugX9K70MPGoEGM2Z9T2addnshWuvkYU80EFrN_z3MHeB9dM1jntj_UmT5tNbHzeb1miabifGDxKduQ/s320/DSC09962.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>West of the town, the Austrian light horse formed a flank. Whilst the 2nd Chevauxlegers - the Garde du Corps of Prinz Hohenzollern-Hechingen according to a French observer - remained as a flank guard close by the west road, the two Hussar regiments, pushed on beyond the French left flank. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpcPzCYEHxuG9NM0WKfz0_BvxubHPhSOSn8WuDTemnkY9pR0UWKX9ZMWsatiGoPQZu6uiCeo4gRa3cE5NiHZbLU6qbYCLtELlEsHygzZya-5TcoIGTfqZswhGKmOS-NXcv5LmSQVS_3_LQmFZTLnIWuetRtM8nRgGBbw9uRihxiaaJ-uefY4uLQxu9E0/s4000/DSC09963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpcPzCYEHxuG9NM0WKfz0_BvxubHPhSOSn8WuDTemnkY9pR0UWKX9ZMWsatiGoPQZu6uiCeo4gRa3cE5NiHZbLU6qbYCLtELlEsHygzZya-5TcoIGTfqZswhGKmOS-NXcv5LmSQVS_3_LQmFZTLnIWuetRtM8nRgGBbw9uRihxiaaJ-uefY4uLQxu9E0/s320/DSC09963.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The 2nd Archduke Joseph Hussars, together with the 10th Stipsisz, eventually formed line facing eastwards into the rear of the French position.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHl7-7irLMMkP7ggBBRImGKEO-6NzBZcuWU9i6usJYLONZK6D5hoe97WWZOX8HqVJ9IOGYLJYUxcyjGhTrZvgPTj8iQYWvG121wzVEfytDx0oswQAOMPEWw0Tz-hwybYrp4mgsWOST3K_m7LCUajvq2UlXMjBAyiH1lEz3uTjyn4bguJPOL9RPEADPs7w/s4000/DSC09964.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHl7-7irLMMkP7ggBBRImGKEO-6NzBZcuWU9i6usJYLONZK6D5hoe97WWZOX8HqVJ9IOGYLJYUxcyjGhTrZvgPTj8iQYWvG121wzVEfytDx0oswQAOMPEWw0Tz-hwybYrp4mgsWOST3K_m7LCUajvq2UlXMjBAyiH1lEz3uTjyn4bguJPOL9RPEADPs7w/s320/DSC09964.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The first Austrian brigade to appear was a large formation of five regiments, together with a battery of guns.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xMAjtY3Uf1aykfxvI2vpZn-g594uAc5VgmhYdk3SU0bqP8Sm7GWBtBxjk2tn_oL295fNMw-OUBKUvxpKGgzN_qsHVWCeROfqJw_Lm10QJmS6joshdrp3vBqsyzIzRjV-v7vNJD28xvFnKG08GA0F1H2k-t7Pr6zFGaTg7Ycexrd0FRkIuHvxpLLc33k/s4000/DSC09965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xMAjtY3Uf1aykfxvI2vpZn-g594uAc5VgmhYdk3SU0bqP8Sm7GWBtBxjk2tn_oL295fNMw-OUBKUvxpKGgzN_qsHVWCeROfqJw_Lm10QJmS6joshdrp3vBqsyzIzRjV-v7vNJD28xvFnKG08GA0F1H2k-t7Pr6zFGaTg7Ycexrd0FRkIuHvxpLLc33k/s320/DSC09965.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Straight up the road they advanced, directly towards Mittelsburg town. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj73K6Hbw2ayjkf-aTZqysIQzllSQ1tGixdr5VgZ1t3zCDOpLkqpMJMCnDCRBKGLHOIYRbRZ0KDgAHtoPW61qYLUAaWuOxmmI4XXapLQkelWmKKEkejc-PvJoRKS9buQgmAZXn8zz6BzSdDwy1YKmD8pTxfQMw72VHQGJH8JRwQXCSwsC3Ik6uevYCEAw/s4000/DSC09966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj73K6Hbw2ayjkf-aTZqysIQzllSQ1tGixdr5VgZ1t3zCDOpLkqpMJMCnDCRBKGLHOIYRbRZ0KDgAHtoPW61qYLUAaWuOxmmI4XXapLQkelWmKKEkejc-PvJoRKS9buQgmAZXn8zz6BzSdDwy1YKmD8pTxfQMw72VHQGJH8JRwQXCSwsC3Ik6uevYCEAw/s320/DSC09966.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>In view of the situation developing in the centre and on the left, the newly arrived 3rd French Brigade marched to sustain the Italian battalion squares that were then forming an attenuated and refused flank almost due south of the town. At this point the plan was simply to shovel the enemy hussars out of the way, but that was later, with the arrival of the heavy brigade, to something more ambitious.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwTIRE_qYCFNZxx12Htp8pyLaIxRhWjZ-8H7Jid3YEYl6pzdH7Xa_eq61YZgNp8M2fBWAbHK0-ilF-Y5uKtDwGNwjSfwIuKCGa2-BOqFHlJkH1IVKAilDmrKnuNYOQKNubp4qDUXosMGJcCYwnEKBcc6tgWUkDy_SQtso0HehX9LqcuXy0TE7VJ5Fguo/s4000/DSC09967.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwTIRE_qYCFNZxx12Htp8pyLaIxRhWjZ-8H7Jid3YEYl6pzdH7Xa_eq61YZgNp8M2fBWAbHK0-ilF-Y5uKtDwGNwjSfwIuKCGa2-BOqFHlJkH1IVKAilDmrKnuNYOQKNubp4qDUXosMGJcCYwnEKBcc6tgWUkDy_SQtso0HehX9LqcuXy0TE7VJ5Fguo/s320/DSC09967.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Between the squares and the village 2nd Brigade had placed their artillery. There seemed to be little enough real threat to their position, but those Austrian light horse did present a nuisance hindering the Italians from any real positive moves on the west flank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwUQrediGdYJjj77BLHsvS8F-nb6OxAbqJ3c3cNcolf4nvYbNaPxtGX4QREJB1rMYoDCH4Eq75Qcfsq2vkbMacjXriuwnEVYidwBxY22iiEDIOFBj3C1RoUW5oMXHa5pPpcpz-l8RbTgNul0tjB55ProlLMYKj4ZMgAnlYkwvw0iBJhRpCm57384UgaY/s4000/DSC09968.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwUQrediGdYJjj77BLHsvS8F-nb6OxAbqJ3c3cNcolf4nvYbNaPxtGX4QREJB1rMYoDCH4Eq75Qcfsq2vkbMacjXriuwnEVYidwBxY22iiEDIOFBj3C1RoUW5oMXHa5pPpcpz-l8RbTgNul0tjB55ProlLMYKj4ZMgAnlYkwvw0iBJhRpCm57384UgaY/s320/DSC09968.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Shortly after the arrival of 3rd Brigade, the French heavy brigade trotted into the field, their attention also being directed towards the enemy hussars hovering in the western distance.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjM115bZVFm-ZVQYXzXYDOScBnU4Fv7vO1WNDHysHbBQWR7zEXLDH8YzbzYO7EthzMGp3TN2aMO_LpTsdjCTZrFXQA9ubS_MI_oXoKT4zdHoebzXEZyAZmPMXSyCx4qQyg5FQYImdCTnunekxmjDg2hKfFjMsmR_SLfn2yyfnneokyvC5cUev82sdOfgU/s4000/DSC09969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjM115bZVFm-ZVQYXzXYDOScBnU4Fv7vO1WNDHysHbBQWR7zEXLDH8YzbzYO7EthzMGp3TN2aMO_LpTsdjCTZrFXQA9ubS_MI_oXoKT4zdHoebzXEZyAZmPMXSyCx4qQyg5FQYImdCTnunekxmjDg2hKfFjMsmR_SLfn2yyfnneokyvC5cUev82sdOfgU/s320/DSC09969.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Soon the hussars could discern a formidable array of four infantry and two cavalry regiments, together with a gun battery, heading at no leisurely pace in their direction. About this time, the brigade commander - I do like to assign names, don't you? Let's call him General de Brigade Jean-Luc Dulthud - had begun forming a battle plan for his command.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf6x0ApmxF405Es3HGOrYIX3BOn31Hv43q7bub3HfznTdLiPK8F6tvQR9TDBicQnfEhFBWXMsn55PjASeyHRNR2rwo3W_ZA3oPm1-tXV7lk47fJji1L2eMhOCp5L1xSMWioxnYjgIMBxGMbQRiy9TknbGTy5qBlEEMNq_zrHoZcU9NGmoSYa0fFDgQdA/s4000/DSC09970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf6x0ApmxF405Es3HGOrYIX3BOn31Hv43q7bub3HfznTdLiPK8F6tvQR9TDBicQnfEhFBWXMsn55PjASeyHRNR2rwo3W_ZA3oPm1-tXV7lk47fJji1L2eMhOCp5L1xSMWioxnYjgIMBxGMbQRiy9TknbGTy5qBlEEMNq_zrHoZcU9NGmoSYa0fFDgQdA/s320/DSC09970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Meanwhile a huge array of Austrian foot had assembled in front of the town. With little preamble, the lead regiment stormed the north end of the place and within minutes scattered its garrison. This success came with a considerable cost to the Austrians, enough that shortly afterwards, the victorious regiment was withdrawn, relieved by a fresh, grenadier, regiment. It was thought that further assaults would evict the Westphalians altogether from the town. That, in the end, was to be mistaken.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs5GgCLcErUrvM1PN3NpU_WN0fd5FgqU4vSDos64ya8Hp3nD2kmEXvI6J_0MOmU8OoVTTAIpwPlGN2OUQzb_V-jP7V9C03xyPw4wMjHOsvWWA_4_RB3cRsSyXNwwbeAkhELMJXOea7e581yQ4smvlER7Vo-nZ1uyV2o7AaNsjgjiIIg7ZV8p8947Y_rg/s4000/DSC09971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs5GgCLcErUrvM1PN3NpU_WN0fd5FgqU4vSDos64ya8Hp3nD2kmEXvI6J_0MOmU8OoVTTAIpwPlGN2OUQzb_V-jP7V9C03xyPw4wMjHOsvWWA_4_RB3cRsSyXNwwbeAkhELMJXOea7e581yQ4smvlER7Vo-nZ1uyV2o7AaNsjgjiIIg7ZV8p8947Y_rg/s320/DSC09971.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, General Dulthud was not lollygagging about. The infantry and guns rolled forward, flanked upon either side by the heavy horse: the cuirassiers on the right, the dragoons on the left. Too late, the hussars realised the danger.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsiD-Zt_f1eysRy0xEOjCqnnRQRTCUc9qChyphenhyphen1ct_noqOYBke68Ayrdqd8RlOrszbQNkQT7w2seJUd6JAB7xKEpPKIcqnv_WTH00qprtHZevSQs3CQR1KYqu9XJhS-3OPFbC-YnP-_GIHzdIgEf6b1foKWxXuK7J31FcHZbF0QafIpSJcMvS8W4yUln5A/s4000/DSC09972.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsiD-Zt_f1eysRy0xEOjCqnnRQRTCUc9qChyphenhyphen1ct_noqOYBke68Ayrdqd8RlOrszbQNkQT7w2seJUd6JAB7xKEpPKIcqnv_WTH00qprtHZevSQs3CQR1KYqu9XJhS-3OPFbC-YnP-_GIHzdIgEf6b1foKWxXuK7J31FcHZbF0QafIpSJcMvS8W4yUln5A/s320/DSC09972.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Straight into the Erzherzog Josef Husaren galloped the cuirassiers, their right flank covered by an Italion column. The Dragoons were unable quite to reach the Stipsicz Hussars, but drew close enough to pin them. This was to be the first step of the French plan to sweep the Austrian right clear of cavalry, and to bring up 3rd Brigade, with such of the 2nd that could be spared in a broad advance deep into the Austrian right wing.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3p-QYubEa3aJra8tdpavMgk2_Bc5gBTuby4gHQ2iXbmhxkkvg2WHkbqAFiqj_mUgfjVwYcV6OgV3E4aUsuQxmS9ImDKY9uyUgI4Ml7C6M1-WXrxyBG9RQwiijbC8q7IwohE-9YEUoa_bkQFtiuT2fuAm4S7Z1YawJkd7XX12X6b94CTmG6P3ID3OZKFA/s4000/DSC09973.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3p-QYubEa3aJra8tdpavMgk2_Bc5gBTuby4gHQ2iXbmhxkkvg2WHkbqAFiqj_mUgfjVwYcV6OgV3E4aUsuQxmS9ImDKY9uyUgI4Ml7C6M1-WXrxyBG9RQwiijbC8q7IwohE-9YEUoa_bkQFtiuT2fuAm4S7Z1YawJkd7XX12X6b94CTmG6P3ID3OZKFA/s320/DSC09973.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">French cuirassiers' first charge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Victorious over the hussars, the cuirassiers followed up by sweeping aside the Austrian chevauxlegers lingering upon the west road, and fetching up behind the Austrian right, near Nordheim village. Feldmarschallleutnant von Ott had perforce to detach units to occupy Nordheim village and to present a flank against the lone cuirassier unit.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAtX_q-tSAuOvMDFl71kKgek7MxRrLsm1PUXOORWXk3vfv3JtBHsTbkDe9dx7EpNB3UWW5k8J4yV2s3yHarsmVz37l2OqO1-or0jPKrE8dD0FauBf7LXwOvQ-gI3593U_an85j8__J4y3Q6D_LCYY3qTxcB4U5aAgqj1BnjLIrTu8O919rwmCt55Bm08/s4000/DSC09974.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAtX_q-tSAuOvMDFl71kKgek7MxRrLsm1PUXOORWXk3vfv3JtBHsTbkDe9dx7EpNB3UWW5k8J4yV2s3yHarsmVz37l2OqO1-or0jPKrE8dD0FauBf7LXwOvQ-gI3593U_an85j8__J4y3Q6D_LCYY3qTxcB4U5aAgqj1BnjLIrTu8O919rwmCt55Bm08/s320/DSC09974.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">French cuirassiers 'menacing' the Austrian right rear</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The French cuirassiers might well have found themselves in a position analogous to that of their defeated enemy, but for the steady advance of the rest of Dulthud's push. The Austrian reaction was sufficiently vigorous to induce the French cuirassiers to retire behind the infantry. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqEytJ1RsMltuQDAsdys2KNmIjvLKXJoTBnwSuVYYKIsm2TMCIiRw7DsmjpZvflyu5dO3NI9-4wLP-RD6-Iz2pz5gCGU2dy0G-0dz4uh4cheiNejvHEl9DBRRw3kK9kMgzcBAczEwi21o1GNzOgPfGbj7OUBUljMit6VmXsp4s2MTPBPUSlw_gPTZoJA/s4000/DSC09975.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqEytJ1RsMltuQDAsdys2KNmIjvLKXJoTBnwSuVYYKIsm2TMCIiRw7DsmjpZvflyu5dO3NI9-4wLP-RD6-Iz2pz5gCGU2dy0G-0dz4uh4cheiNejvHEl9DBRRw3kK9kMgzcBAczEwi21o1GNzOgPfGbj7OUBUljMit6VmXsp4s2MTPBPUSlw_gPTZoJA/s320/DSC09975.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Although steady, the French advance was not quite fast enough to strike across the west road before the Austrians could form a line. Something of a lull descended upon this flank, the Austrians comfortably enough holding the line against French rather piecemeal attacks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wNs7mmXRjPVWrsQRr6NKr5Ixadx1KcL2WID2v-sCkBMbHUy1PkzQrq8l8ZmtHYJhkZqt0v250fFrQfBrMtObJqLZkCM2ybrmIUAXKGyAOrwzJUyrBSII89c3tPnorChHE7etLkNIOEBXqSEPxFRCsOVg5C5EQcvtMxOdaDHy2PgsqewcYUtaIYaeeNY/s4000/DSC09976.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wNs7mmXRjPVWrsQRr6NKr5Ixadx1KcL2WID2v-sCkBMbHUy1PkzQrq8l8ZmtHYJhkZqt0v250fFrQfBrMtObJqLZkCM2ybrmIUAXKGyAOrwzJUyrBSII89c3tPnorChHE7etLkNIOEBXqSEPxFRCsOVg5C5EQcvtMxOdaDHy2PgsqewcYUtaIYaeeNY/s320/DSC09976.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By this time much had happened on the other side of the town. The French skirmishers had quickly been driven from the woods, whereat an Austrian regiment began marching though it in support of an infantry attack between the town and the wood. I seem to recall a quick attack by the lancers that overran an Austrian battery; at least the pictures seem to indicate the disappearance of some of the Austrian cannon. But the the sole French regiment had been forced back (which allowed room for the lancers' charge). The lancers in turn pulling back drew in an attack by no fewer than three Austrian infantry regiments against the 1st brigade artillery. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0QCNEouI_PZPTBgTsHChGPfKXinybGn9GKt7WcJs4fO93sQaS2axKlGJyhDhmq4lbCieNDKReEqNjfGoQRLb_GO3hXOTfbPAAxE4vzaJKJztXScE55uaFK8afkVAmjz6Sb6he4g5uXrVC-T_utnPJSCNDQY8G4LD5M19cTsdVldR8vreeQ_4xzwIh0o/s4000/DSC09977.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0QCNEouI_PZPTBgTsHChGPfKXinybGn9GKt7WcJs4fO93sQaS2axKlGJyhDhmq4lbCieNDKReEqNjfGoQRLb_GO3hXOTfbPAAxE4vzaJKJztXScE55uaFK8afkVAmjz6Sb6he4g5uXrVC-T_utnPJSCNDQY8G4LD5M19cTsdVldR8vreeQ_4xzwIh0o/s320/DSC09977.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />East of the woods, the earliest probes by the Austrian cuirassiers, easily rebuffed, covered the assembly of Austrian foot as well. Caught in square by the Austrian columns, the lead French unit was overcome.</div><div>On this sector the Austrians maintained a steady pressure as French resistance crumbled.<br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckbckZQNv8-FhkvjU0SK9MK8ROm5tMDwvJwQvZnFEjakwnvNDU-O4gvcJxhdFzo0EkIxJRRtl2O9x8d1e1Oio1hgD3Zc4XoyMA3AFsO-8ssxc-msxONKFOLkLT-s4Ha_ElUIoTBSknnEYcZvK2R7poQll7bvtS4Wffz_JP_JzFIJbZ1t10Jt8SlbjwRQ/s4000/DSC09978.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckbckZQNv8-FhkvjU0SK9MK8ROm5tMDwvJwQvZnFEjakwnvNDU-O4gvcJxhdFzo0EkIxJRRtl2O9x8d1e1Oio1hgD3Zc4XoyMA3AFsO-8ssxc-msxONKFOLkLT-s4Ha_ElUIoTBSknnEYcZvK2R7poQll7bvtS4Wffz_JP_JzFIJbZ1t10Jt8SlbjwRQ/s320/DSC09978.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crumbling French resistance on the right</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One by one the Austrians eliminated the French columns. Charging past the second column, a fresh unit crushed the third. When another Austrian column attacked, these victorious troops were in a position to strike the rear of the second French column as they were hit in front. Such as who survived of the surrounded French were forced to surrender.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYibwAXgacG2uH1gM1t-wscBsnkpgOTn-lnZT9zEecIXWG4BJh6kf3ZxWME5dhEzf6pvvHzlSNO5QZThtJxlZlMLPVBPZKpXCs9iwQripsZRdJhJvqwq_6Grs-umeHsotbPKYqcGCeRKcp25BvQTu9U21d7NulmESj4qvXYpm80t4_ZsDYj8x0qOUnaQY/s4000/DSC09979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYibwAXgacG2uH1gM1t-wscBsnkpgOTn-lnZT9zEecIXWG4BJh6kf3ZxWME5dhEzf6pvvHzlSNO5QZThtJxlZlMLPVBPZKpXCs9iwQripsZRdJhJvqwq_6Grs-umeHsotbPKYqcGCeRKcp25BvQTu9U21d7NulmESj4qvXYpm80t4_ZsDYj8x0qOUnaQY/s320/DSC09979.JPG" width="320" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Had the Austrians enjoyed as much success in the defile between Mittlesburg and the Eichegeholz woods, they might well have claimed the victory overall. Although they forced back part of the line, the French artillery remained steadfast, and even shredded an Austrian battalion. On the whole, however, the French had been forced off their line. They were barely able to form an exiguous defence line between Mittelsburg and the Sudendorf hamlet.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoIPUlgv2qPqW2rpWZXimVhqmlhMeF_9qWeOpsiNdMqkUbLPS7Vu89CUASu1R0mRXx8qLKaHnu3ozGVKo4HqmjmpQ_M99qK-73Troh7PdxOu3FCQgJ4A1ef4GAwp0AYAXE_ejBv4qogDxpbfsBFC07qXt6Zr6mjCLcPo-zToh5tW16YfVsgJu894fl24/s4000/DSC09980.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoIPUlgv2qPqW2rpWZXimVhqmlhMeF_9qWeOpsiNdMqkUbLPS7Vu89CUASu1R0mRXx8qLKaHnu3ozGVKo4HqmjmpQ_M99qK-73Troh7PdxOu3FCQgJ4A1ef4GAwp0AYAXE_ejBv4qogDxpbfsBFC07qXt6Zr6mjCLcPo-zToh5tW16YfVsgJu894fl24/s320/DSC09980.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">French and Italians form a thin reserve line between <br />Mittelsburg town and Sudendorf village</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Such was the situation as darkness drew in: both sides enjoying some success upon their left flanks. Mittelsburg itself was still in dispute, neither side able to evict the other from their half of the town. Late in the day, the Austrians had begun to pull back a little on their left. Although the French made no such retrograde gestures west of Mittelsburg, I think on the whole their commanders were glad enough to see the action sputter to a close.<br /><br />After playing I think 8 turns, a die was then rolled each turn to determine whether it would continue for another. We played a ninth, which mark used to pull back his line a little. Having formed already our right wing reserve line, we didn't press all that hard on the other flank, though a further turn might have led to something of interest. It was a very hot day, so I think after 3-4 hours of action we were glad enough to call it quits!) </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K6xhqsOi8Uy3GjehCXkWMlF8oe6O1voB7OBdZE7fWeq72SEGoOt_-H4ynqJs-3mEt-cmBEPOnWqctisVegOsvr_05X0Own8Y_7QrSzDLhUCMNnVnbmK_LFEv1vMsVcpa4QjjFObRRKEcXh1v83RJAtx5E-sX9Y9Y_jZRN-4YqdVfjOva7oxX65nLBbc/s4000/DSC09981.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K6xhqsOi8Uy3GjehCXkWMlF8oe6O1voB7OBdZE7fWeq72SEGoOt_-H4ynqJs-3mEt-cmBEPOnWqctisVegOsvr_05X0Own8Y_7QrSzDLhUCMNnVnbmK_LFEv1vMsVcpa4QjjFObRRKEcXh1v83RJAtx5E-sX9Y9Y_jZRN-4YqdVfjOva7oxX65nLBbc/s320/DSC09981.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Things look very promising on this wing, before <br />nightfall ended proceedings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the post-battle analysis I think everyone was agreed that the thing was something of a drawn battle. Mark reckoned he had lost 6 units destroyed. We had lost 5 - three of them from 1st Brigade, and one of the Westphalians, plus one other I can't identify (Looking at the final two pictures I think we had lost just 4, but could be mistaken. Possibly Paul or Mark could clarify). <br /><br />However, fatalities among formation commanders was a bit of a problem for the Austrians. The French lost one. Before withdrawing from near Nordheim, Brigade General Philippe Vicomte Camelotte met his demise, which put the heavy horse out of action for a short time.<br /><br />Such was the Battle of Mittelsburg, an incident in one of the Franco-Austrian campaigns of the Napoleonic era.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> * * * * *</div><br />In the meantime, I have still to publish my accounts of the <i>Portable Wargames</i> versions of the Montereau and Gettysburg battles. Although the Montereau battle was played out almost a fortnight back, I think I'll post the Gettysburg action first as the more quickly told narrative. For reasons I shall relate in due course, I'll want to revisit that little project! Although I began the write-up of Montereau a week ago, this one will require, I think, several instalments, unless I decide to abbreviate the whole thing! For the moment: a pictorial sneak preview...<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2lhACrstaMMj2ZuY7YhRliYq_6J6sOeCo4d_gqCzyg2T_r15NxWruLUJoc_a-1feFJbJhhj_35WNXdR_51OxIxsF_RzT-tWJVbPk1y_gFeTN_DtBguBYLJTBgJ2zy2iXnKhOvEXCFV4Yy0v0w_i_YRoe1Cs_ICpMxQFPAHehYEJ76MGqr_WNq-8LzjM/s4000/DSC09939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2lhACrstaMMj2ZuY7YhRliYq_6J6sOeCo4d_gqCzyg2T_r15NxWruLUJoc_a-1feFJbJhhj_35WNXdR_51OxIxsF_RzT-tWJVbPk1y_gFeTN_DtBguBYLJTBgJ2zy2iXnKhOvEXCFV4Yy0v0w_i_YRoe1Cs_ICpMxQFPAHehYEJ76MGqr_WNq-8LzjM/w400-h300/DSC09939.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gettysburg: second day. Confederates about to launch their<br />late afternoon assaults.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQiXaZdJ7Z99zf8jYg9qxCg3q0HUdkcyzNQWfkeYfOZmEU0k1BXCCwZQ9u3u1h5ZKQKjJbyyCyKS1G4iB6PS_Z2axtg3OuQEiuHPPhlOJ4viftIDvewr8NPNSeefWVHr1U2cfYMA2E34f1X1E_VAP76plQq5L_GNsj4EXiDWcEbVOgGsl6Lzh41ViCMU/s4000/DSC09846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="4000" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQiXaZdJ7Z99zf8jYg9qxCg3q0HUdkcyzNQWfkeYfOZmEU0k1BXCCwZQ9u3u1h5ZKQKjJbyyCyKS1G4iB6PS_Z2axtg3OuQEiuHPPhlOJ4viftIDvewr8NPNSeefWVHr1U2cfYMA2E34f1X1E_VAP76plQq5L_GNsj4EXiDWcEbVOgGsl6Lzh41ViCMU/w400-h220/DSC09846.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montereau: arrival of Pajol's and Victor's Corps<br />from west and east...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-38019981477662770052024-01-08T16:44:00.000-08:002024-01-08T16:44:43.128-08:00One day in Outremer: 'Lanchester' Battles Extended (2)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjJer2ZWBkH55V0PmbKBJT0tStLz-MUA5K4_cjsYvDO4S8n0LFDW9ZzAUIE99q6O8VJt8A5CxL7v8CKEChY5IDQ0HnSe8qlgyhbBrLU-bS9fUDb-4R6vUXllyaVa-DfEBdd_StUOUVWiA1vWPAZyL7NI6p-CcQ0XnGDvRIKIOP6xdMyAPCAj2V5ApPFI/s2764/12%20Feb%202012%20008%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="2764" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjJer2ZWBkH55V0PmbKBJT0tStLz-MUA5K4_cjsYvDO4S8n0LFDW9ZzAUIE99q6O8VJt8A5CxL7v8CKEChY5IDQ0HnSe8qlgyhbBrLU-bS9fUDb-4R6vUXllyaVa-DfEBdd_StUOUVWiA1vWPAZyL7NI6p-CcQ0XnGDvRIKIOP6xdMyAPCAj2V5ApPFI/w400-h388/12%20Feb%202012%20008%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not WW1, but air combat was the basis of Lanchester's<br />Theory of Battles.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the previous instalment, I discussed a theory of battles suggested by one F.W. Lanchester. What he had in mind was the random melee of the type imagined of the aerial dogfights of World War One. It was in 1916 that Lanchester published his ideas. </p><p>The theory was that in such a random environment, the outcome was determined by the squares of the numbers involved on each side. One of the assumptions behind this was that all combatants were in it with an equal chance of killing or being killed. If one side has more battle prowess (man for man) than the other, it might affect the scale of the outcome, but, if outnumbered two to one, they had to have <i>four times</i> the battle prowess (however that might be measured) than their opponents, and that just to come out even (mutual annihilation).<br /><br />An article by Graham Jones in Wargames illustrated back in 1991 pointed out the limitations of this theory in the absence of randomness. However, upon reading that article, it occurred to me that some randomness did exist in the scenario he used to illustrate the problem. This was a force of 1200 people against 600, in which both sides had 200 in the firing line. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />Extending the Theory</h4>...It seemed to me that Lanchester's theory could be extended to cope with this, and even more general cased, i.e. to include firefights. True, the randomness of elimination of individuals does not extend over the entire forces, but it is reasonable to suppose that it will apply to the embattled front ranks - the forces actually engaged. This will be our first assumption. Our second will be that the unengaged ranks will act as a reserve from which losses will be replaced as they occur.<br /><br />A generalised battle along these lines might have as many as three 'phases'.<br />PHASE I:<br />Both sides have engaged in the actual fighting some number less than their overall numerical strength. The remainder on each side forms a reserve pool of replacements. The number engaged on each side need nit be equal.<br />PHASE II:<br />One side has been so reduced in numbers as to have exhausted its reserve pool. Its losses among those engaged can no longer be made good; and the force's fighting strength now declines. A battle could end in this phase.<br />PHASE III:<br />Both sides have used up their reserve pools. This is the straightforward Lanchester battle.<br /><br />Our extended battles might pass through any or all of these 'phases'.<br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">General Postulate:</h4>A more general postulate than Lanchester's might be <br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">The outcome of a battle depends upon the product of overall numerical strength and the numbers engaged at any given moment. This, of course, becomes the square of either if they are equal.</i><br /><br /><b>Symbolic Expression of the Generalised Theory:</b><br />What follows is in symbolic form the outcomes of the battles of the types just described. For reasons of (a) space and (b) I'd have otherwise to fiddle around with more symbols than indices and square roots, I'll omit the mathematical process I took to reach these conclusions. They weren't hard.<br />In what follows:<br /><br />R = numerical strength of RED <br />B = numerical strength of BLUE<br />r = maximum number of RED individuals that can engage at any time<br />b = maximum number of BLUE that can engage at any time<br />p = relative effectiveness of RED soldiers, compared with the basis of...<br />q = 1 = relative effectiveness of BLUE soldiers.<br /><br />Then: <br />RED wins in <span style="font-size: x-small;">PHASE</span> II if :<br /><br />prR - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span> > bB - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2 <span> </span><span> </span>or <span> </span>R > bB/pr - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2pr + r <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>[A1]<br /><br />with survivors <br />s(RED) = R - bB/pr + b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2pr<br /><br />BLUE wins in<span style="font-size: x-small;"> PHASE</span> II if:<br /><br />bB - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span> > prR - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2 <span> </span><span> or <span> </span>B > prR/b - pr</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span><span>/2b + b [A2]<br /><br />with survivors <br />s(BLUE) = B - prR/b + pr</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span><span>/2b<br /><br />RED wins in <span style="font-size: x-small;">PHASE</span> III if:<br /><br /></span>prR - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²/2</span> > bB - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2 or <span> </span>R > bB/pr - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2pr + r/2<span> </span><span> [B1]</span><br /><br />with survivors:<br /> ____________________ <br />s(RED) = <span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;">√ {(r(2R-r) - (b/p)(2B-b)}<br /></span><span><br />BLUE wins in <span style="font-size: x-small;">PHASE</span> III if:<br /><br /></span>bB - b<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²/2</span> > prR - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2 or <span> </span>B > prR/b - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2b + b/2 [B2]<br /><span><br />with survivors <br /> _____________________<br />s(BLUE) = </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;">√</span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;"> {(b(2B-b) - (pr)(2R-r)}<br /></span><span><br />Can you see at what point mutual annihilation will occur?<br /><br /><b>Back to Outremer...</b><br />Now, imagine you are one Yakub Salah ed-Din, surnamed 'the BLUE', a distant relative of Saladin, charged with the safekeeping of the vital caravan mentioned in the previous article. You are particularly concerned about Bedouin raids. Suddenly a scout comes in from the west, with word that that rapacious Frank, Reynald of Chatillon, has violated the truce and is, even now, in full march to attack the caravan. Seventy-one of his followers, according to the ever-reliable scout, Ali Muhammad the Far Seeing, knights and sergeants all, are riding hither filled with malice aforethought.<br /><br />Realising that a melee in the plain will lose retainers, caravan and credibility with Saladin, you recall that Reynald will have to pass through a defile not far west of here. Ten men abreast is the maximum the defile can accommodate. But just as they debouche from the pass into the open, they will have to face twenty Saracens at a time - not more will be in reach - to their ten. This promises your men a fighting chance.<br /><br />But you can't send off your whole hundred retainers: there's still the Bedouin to consider. So, what is the fewest number to send against the Franks? Maybe fifty will do? How about matching the Frankish numbers and send 71?<br /><br />To determine the numbers required, you want to send the minimum that will stop the Franks, whilst retaining the maximum possible protection for the caravan. Even if you lose the whole column, just so long as Reynald is stopped. That will suffice. We'll use relation [B2] and state that your strength B must be at least -<br /><br /></span>B = prR/b - pr<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span>/2b + b/2 <br />where R=71, p=2 (RED fighting ability twice as effective as BLUE), r=10 (RED front line) , b=20 (BLUE front line)<br /><br />B = (2x10x71)/20 - (2x10x10)/(2x20) + 20/2<br /> = 71 - 5 + 10 <br /> = 76.<br />So you must send at least 76 - although if you do send that many, don't expect to see anyone - Frank or Saracen - to come back from the west. You might, withal, send 77 instead, and leave just 23 men to defend the caravan. According to my calculations, you'll see 6 men come back.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Applications... Sort of.</h4>At this point I added a short paragraph indicating what I thought might be applications for war games. Of course, I didn't want mutual annihilation, but, having come this far, it was not that hard to envisage what might be going on if one side or the other was reduced by, say, one-third. Take that as the bench mark, and calculate (this again is where the calculus comes in) the losses on the other side.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1T-2ql98Kud-mAVsVyhz6jZDM37pVWrM6mIQS7Jc0lQw0gqUzvXBbz2MvI4xD9x1n3pafYqLOIaeU1moLbKeNZ55iXSeCcLI-8ckoWMFLaarwFfOILpTjTpc2J6W7xmeL6LpsXJ3ddBAjQbV6Y0GiYrCXE5KYzF3yuCrz1N2rwi1p_T4aASPJMfqiESo/s7008/Scan2024-01-08_215538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3684" data-original-width="7008" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1T-2ql98Kud-mAVsVyhz6jZDM37pVWrM6mIQS7Jc0lQw0gqUzvXBbz2MvI4xD9x1n3pafYqLOIaeU1moLbKeNZ55iXSeCcLI-8ckoWMFLaarwFfOILpTjTpc2J6W7xmeL6LpsXJ3ddBAjQbV6Y0GiYrCXE5KYzF3yuCrz1N2rwi1p_T4aASPJMfqiESo/s320/Scan2024-01-08_215538.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I was going to suggest the Lanchester model for a Space Opera game based on what I've heard and read of the Waddington board game <i>4000A.D</i>. I gather that a RED fleet of 20 ships would defeat with equal ease an opposing BLUE fleet of 19 or a squadron of 5 - and at zero cost. I thought it would be nice to have a table that offered standard results according to the Lanchester model. According to that model, the BLUE 5-ship squadron would be scarcely more than a speed bump for the 20-ship fleet - losing all five and taking out, with luck, maybe one RED ship. The 19-vessel BLUE fleet would inflict a deal more damage before going under, and leave just 6 RED ships out of 20 to limp homeward.<br /><br />I once put together a Table of Outcomes for fleets up to 20 or so ships a side, the losers being wiped out, of course, but it showed the numbers of survivors from the winning side. I would have produced it here, but the thing seems to have vanished the way of all good and useful things...<br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Limitations:</b></h4>Note that in all this, we are concerned with the overall result as a statistical expectation: who wins, and by how much. What is going on internally is another matter altogether. I will admit that, upon working out that a force outnumbered 2 to 1 had to fight, man for man, with 4 times the efficiency of the enemy just to break even, I concluded that, without that skill superiority, the odds of their winning was 4 to 1 against.<br /><br />It turns out that was wrong. In a forum discussion (long since defunct) I was informed that a study concluded that the odds against the smaller side's winning was 8:92 against - 1:11.5. Odd looking numbers, that, and I'm not 100% sure what they really mean. Something for discussion another time, perhaps...<br /><br /><br /><span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-945764370668954252024-01-05T14:32:00.000-08:002024-01-06T00:26:24.073-08:00One day in Outremer: 'Lanchester' Battles Extended<p>'Year of Our Lord, 1185. You are Reynald of <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-size: 14px;">Châtillon</span>, Lord of the Catle Kerak in Oultrejourdain. You hear of a large caravan with a 100-strong Saracen escort travelling northwards from Egypt, and now passing a short distance to the east. Though a truce in in existence, the treasure no doubt carried by the caravan is too tempting. You decide to attack it.' <br /><br /><i>Such was the opening paragraph of an article I wrote </i>thirty <i>years ago for the local war games club magazine, </i>Southern Sortie<i>. I think I was the editor at the time, and the issue was one of the last. We won't go into the demise of </i>Southern Sortie<i>. I had first encountered Lanchester's Theory of Battles as a high school calculus problem. It concerned two forces, one of 10,000 men, the other of 5000. For every one man any of the 10,000 might kill, a man of the 5000 would kill two. If the armies fought to a finish, would either of the armies still be in being, and how many would be the survivors? <br /><br />In a response to a comment in a red 'Mad Padre' posting, I mentioned using calculus for something to do with war gaming. The Padre expressed interest in seeing it. For a wonder the thing was still extant among the old SS issues I still have. The article doesn't actually show the calculus bits; just the results. At any rate, here it is.<br /></i><br />'...Your followers are few, and the castle must retain an adequate garrison. On the other hand, nearly 90 years of crusading experience has shown that, in the sort of confused melee you anticipate, your knights and sergeants-at-arms are, man for man, twice as combat effective as the lighter armed Saracens. You wish to send the fewest that will ensure a better than even chance of victory. How many men do you send? Would 50 do the job? Perhaps we should send 60, just to make certain?<br /><br />'This piece is unashamedly inspired by Graham Jones's articles on resolving melees in <i>Wargames Illustrated No41 and 41</i> (Feb, Mar 1991). In the first of these, he discussed the theory, published in 1916 by one F.V. Lanchester, which postulated that the outcome of melees involving two disparate forces was determined by the <i>squares</i> of their respective numerical strength. Now, I had run across the idea before, once as a calculus problem when I was at school (where <i>does</i> a quarter century [<i>now 55 years plus</i>] go?), and again years later in a discussion of Nelson's planning for Trafalgar. It seems that Lanchester's interest was in deciding the outcome of air battles in World War One. Graham Jones mentioned limitations of the theory in other kinds of battle [<i>we ware talking random free-for-all melees, here</i>], and it was this that set me thinking.' <br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF5rHU0R4peUjoLomxFD78wVFHzeuDhhw-ydhX0w3ynHwSGOL0at6lck5K0t1qAsJGn_8mjpooYCFOK6-pG36S0-Hm-MN33bzShTvGjkYI92KnFHL8qAAo4RLZXh4RKwEZR43eKRiG3bD8YwQxVJYRoEFYIZ3fpZKlCa4WaK3NDmgAUUQQOx_1XuDEayM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF5rHU0R4peUjoLomxFD78wVFHzeuDhhw-ydhX0w3ynHwSGOL0at6lck5K0t1qAsJGn_8mjpooYCFOK6-pG36S0-Hm-MN33bzShTvGjkYI92KnFHL8qAAo4RLZXh4RKwEZR43eKRiG3bD8YwQxVJYRoEFYIZ3fpZKlCa4WaK3NDmgAUUQQOx_1XuDEayM=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not the Crusades, but a free-for-all over the ramparts<br />of a British redoubt at Yorktown.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">'Lanchester's Theory</h4>'In symbolic terms, let us consider two forces: RED and BLUE. In a melee, each individual will get stuck in; anyone still standing will continue to fight until eliminated or until the enemy is no more.<br /><br />'Let RED comprise <i>R</i> individuals, and BLUE comprise <i>B</i> individuals.<br /><br />'Now, let us suppose that, for one or another reason, <i>if</i> in some time interval each BLUE man/unit expect to eliminate 1 RED, then <i>in that same time interval</i>, each RED man/unit would expect to eliminate a number of Blues that we shall call <i>p</i>. This <i>p</i>, which we might describe as RED's relative effectiveness, might relate to greater or lesser Proficiency, Protection, more or less Powerful weapons, or some other Pfactor. It will be a number greater than zero, but need not be a whole number (e.g. If a Red could eliminate 5 opponents in the time a Blue could eliminate 4, then we could say that BLUE's relative effectiveness is 1 and RED's is 5/4 = 1.25. Were the numbers reversed, RED's efffectiveness would be 0.8.<br /><br />Now, RED will win if pR<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">² > </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">B</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> or, if you like R > B</span></span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;">√ (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">p)/p<br /></span><br />BLUE will win if <span> </span><span> </span></span> pR<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">² < </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">B</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span></span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"> or, if you like B > B</span></span></span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;">√</span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">(p)<span style="font-size: 20px;"> </span></span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />and both sides will be wiped out if </span></span> </span> pR<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">² = </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">B</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">²</span></span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /><b>'Example:</b><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span><br />'Let us consider Reynald's situation. There are one hundred enemy, but since each of our men is worth [in a fight] two of any enemy, we don't need so many as 100, but somewhat fewer. How many is determined by substituting numbers as follows:<br /><br /><span style="color: #4d5156;">R must be at least equal to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">B</span></span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;">√</span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;">p)/p = </span><span style="font-family: times;">100</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times;">√(2)/2 = 100 x 0.7071 = 70.71</span><br /><span style="font-family: times;">0.71 of a man doesn't mean a lot, so we would send at least 71 men to deal with the infidel.<br /><br /><b>'Survival:</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times;">'We might be interested in knowing how many of our gallant lads we could expect to return after having wiped out the enemy. We will call this <i>s</i>(RED) and it is found by:<br /><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">s(RED) = </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">√(R<sup style="color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup> - B<sup style="color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup> /p)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYtYMd1qFaQT01yTvvjLNlBMxj4_SEciWkOm4GHRIphaxNSQpx0RghHDa7FICZfeiShJZefPvg1-piETTvO6D3IFBP4cKlbpK76ZYOED9sd5FgDn89eLO1zDpEVtod0KufiE-Nm0OeT9vm_9KSOGxah67O-x870ry-5dkeYTAm9po2LqF7zwsTQfrAKY/s11572/Sendoku%20Cartoon%20(2).jpg" style="font-family: times; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8326" data-original-width="11572" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYtYMd1qFaQT01yTvvjLNlBMxj4_SEciWkOm4GHRIphaxNSQpx0RghHDa7FICZfeiShJZefPvg1-piETTvO6D3IFBP4cKlbpK76ZYOED9sd5FgDn89eLO1zDpEVtod0KufiE-Nm0OeT9vm_9KSOGxah67O-x870ry-5dkeYTAm9po2LqF7zwsTQfrAKY/s320/Sendoku%20Cartoon%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Also not Crusades - but depictions of Japanese samurai<br />battles suggest a kind of randomness about them...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">(If BLUE wins, then <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">s(BLUE) = √(B<sup style="color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup> - pR<sup style="color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup>)</span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br />'If we sent 71 men (REDs) then we would expect to see <br /><br />s(RED) = </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(71</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> - 100</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> /2) = </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(5041 - 5000</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">) = </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(41) = 6 or 7 <br />i.e. six or seven survivors<br /><br />'If we sent 70, thinking the fraction [0.71] unimportant, we would lose all our men, and the surviving enemy would equal <br /><br />s(BLUE) = </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(100</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> - 2x70</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">2</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">) =</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(10000 - 9800</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> = </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">√(200) = 14.14'<br />Call it 14 survivors.<br /><br /><b>Assumptions: </b><br />'Lanchester battles presuppose several things: <br />1.Morale is not a consideration; battles are fought until one or both sides are annihilated. This unrealism is not, in my view, sufficient to invalidate the theory outright. Morale, if it is related to risk, might well be related in some way to the statistically expected outcome.<br />2. Chance variations are not addressed. When we arrive at a value for relative effectiveness, we are talking of statistical expectations, or mean. We will continue in this article to set this element aside.<br />3. These battles are general melees in which everyone is equally involved. All RED individuals have an equal random chance of being eliminated, and so do all BLUES, though the two need not be the same.'</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"></span></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCjolIN1mFwQiG1lRTbf40ccf_cm_1nnGSAvcixBsrNzmQ057PyU-kmDRSoFNS79pmL5BMV8ZmH0QfPaHhHEM2_vudVOe3mpxImJr-3wBVhlhjEYd7z57f-D9tKI4ET1cQqw8_Mq6jGCyOIOW8wNQNwrRji60eKla79-D3Ju4uM6u2xFU2HdpQ97nfLU/s3757/Napoleonic%20Playtest%20006.JPG" style="font-family: times; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="3757" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCjolIN1mFwQiG1lRTbf40ccf_cm_1nnGSAvcixBsrNzmQ057PyU-kmDRSoFNS79pmL5BMV8ZmH0QfPaHhHEM2_vudVOe3mpxImJr-3wBVhlhjEYd7z57f-D9tKI4ET1cQqw8_Mq6jGCyOIOW8wNQNwrRji60eKla79-D3Ju4uM6u2xFU2HdpQ97nfLU/s320/Napoleonic%20Playtest%20006.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why should Lanchester's theory of battles <i>not </i><br />apply to this sort of battle?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><b>Limitations.</b><br />'Concerning that last assumption, Graham Jones observed that the theory failed when confronted with a lack of randomness. In particular, he cited an instance in which, to use his numbers, 1200 formed infantry in 6 ranks fought 600 enemy in 3 ranks. Both sides have frontages of 200, and only these can kill or be killed. Hence the emphasis on melees.'<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /><i>But need that be a limitation? Could Lanchester's ideas be extended to accommodate such a scenario? I rather thought they could...</i><br /><br /><i>To be Continued</i>: Extending the Theory. <i>The Second half of my </i>Southern Sortie <i>article.</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-2623754723822348372024-01-02T18:05:00.000-08:002024-01-02T18:05:13.276-08:00Eckmuhl Campaign (5)<p><b> Day 8:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mAA8HR8TI8_oYts9G_xeV1ke5kYunrgw1J1qHtjlIg4jNBQbtdtsoVFBNjs-vuCfiiMu_9JzspbAmi8sVk-URE6spn45ZqnfWJ6dBM1jVpF18Rbyxj1GtbXwNr77khOntsEINVHh0vryWGkJrOdUT0fNnJtg41SJDDyY6J1em_wfDlUxv_Xh188b5ms/s4000/DSC09818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mAA8HR8TI8_oYts9G_xeV1ke5kYunrgw1J1qHtjlIg4jNBQbtdtsoVFBNjs-vuCfiiMu_9JzspbAmi8sVk-URE6spn45ZqnfWJ6dBM1jVpF18Rbyxj1GtbXwNr77khOntsEINVHh0vryWGkJrOdUT0fNnJtg41SJDDyY6J1em_wfDlUxv_Xh188b5ms/s320/DSC09818.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Napoleon and Vandamme arrive at Freising just as <br />Messena storms the town.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p></p><p>The day's delay imposed by Austrian light cavalry upon Vandamme's corps, and upon Napoleon himself bought little respite. The next day found a concentration of three French army corps around Freising. Leading the attack Massena's IV Corps stormed the town, crushed <i>Prince Liechtenstein's</i> garrison, and sent it reeling across the Isar. By the time Napoleon arrived, the town was already in French hands, and Massena was preparing to cross the bridge in pursuit.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7wge_8kyWvKgzFD6bJsa_A4G4W-JQrOQFQhJvvr7e-NImoYNfJhhUCm9Dajh-utOdx102tVviH1OcQ-fT9zFAtKHKebCkD0oFd1IJFvIRMzaiwrvxsGVXWDxmamV-t-0wiJD3rvt_6Ri7zusghD_27YNnvBMK5Ytjse8xgZWg8Ogh6smT9CNkPMMJXQ/s4000/DSC09819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7wge_8kyWvKgzFD6bJsa_A4G4W-JQrOQFQhJvvr7e-NImoYNfJhhUCm9Dajh-utOdx102tVviH1OcQ-fT9zFAtKHKebCkD0oFd1IJFvIRMzaiwrvxsGVXWDxmamV-t-0wiJD3rvt_6Ri7zusghD_27YNnvBMK5Ytjse8xgZWg8Ogh6smT9CNkPMMJXQ/s320/DSC09819.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Heavy losses to IV Corps and <i>I Reserve</i>, both, but the latter<br />forced to abandon the town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This defeat rather threw into disarray the Austrians around the Isar River. <i>II Reserve Corps</i> had just set out to march northward to help around the Teugen area. Night fell just as the head of <i>Kienmayer's</i> small column was clearing the Landshut bridge.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlhLPb-b9V1eEK8OJorB5dwfylkXMvTPMsZB3MjHCWS4kOg9adoJmEempWGa_OcptfBE_yl1ODUQWLaALvomJ_Rv13FWsLjkXfq-FhXk2VexnDEcVbiusVjy2pHbi9FiontnSPG_86MEp9Qp35zG0USUyfLeak8Su9dxcB1bYEd4srpqvq2VKMck-M6M/s4000/DSC09823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlhLPb-b9V1eEK8OJorB5dwfylkXMvTPMsZB3MjHCWS4kOg9adoJmEempWGa_OcptfBE_yl1ODUQWLaALvomJ_Rv13FWsLjkXfq-FhXk2VexnDEcVbiusVjy2pHbi9FiontnSPG_86MEp9Qp35zG0USUyfLeak8Su9dxcB1bYEd4srpqvq2VKMck-M6M/s320/DSC09823.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">V Corps and II Reserve Corps will <br />have to hurry back...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In the area between Regensburg and Eckmuhl, the situation suddenly took on a more dire aspect for the Austrians. Following up their victories the day before, Gudin's half of III Corps was in full march for Regensburg, and Lefebvre's VII Corps caught up with <i>Hohenzollern's IIIrd</i> on the road south. The guns heard from the direction of Eckmuhl late the previous day had not after all indicated a full battle, but that Lannes had also run <i>Rosenberg</i> to earth near Eckmuhl.</div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKt91TS_D56sEcAHV7nRpqp15sKrhim9FxWttI5Nx5IARsD_7J6rezT9ZYJ7ARj4Pst4F0M33o9PiCwTqsEUXGtwgZQDkfSE1kpa8SS_UoM8M92GrC-4S8r_wgNwAgDf5i8YXfUzDpnjEFHcTKyTU_Xniud5ixQymBB3CMAHEgdtLgNNVH6S2ICBNfyk/s4000/DSC09817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKt91TS_D56sEcAHV7nRpqp15sKrhim9FxWttI5Nx5IARsD_7J6rezT9ZYJ7ARj4Pst4F0M33o9PiCwTqsEUXGtwgZQDkfSE1kpa8SS_UoM8M92GrC-4S8r_wgNwAgDf5i8YXfUzDpnjEFHcTKyTU_Xniud5ixQymBB3CMAHEgdtLgNNVH6S2ICBNfyk/s320/DSC09817.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Battles imminent along the Regensburg-Eckmuhl road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Confident of victory after the successful actions of the previous days, Lannes threw his troops into the attack. The campaign had so far tended rather to deplete the corps of both sides. Lannes's numerical superiority was only marginal, and he received an unexpectedly sharp rebuff. He fell back discomfited to Langquaid. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy-aNOK59slLysMlyGnxzSFHAsXUtcwD8nVgbYtTkDp3fjTDzD4LUD1BqpE979OP6QoWNks5ht-N1dUL7lndlUSdaaYbSjbFnUKQPTp4pVwKw-rVAOhh5gjnWNsej2TmA7OC3sKt9CqF-_YFNoltzsh3gL94I5VeHFPpa5BDczRjT9YkawHvNUDyNWLc/s4000/DSC09820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy-aNOK59slLysMlyGnxzSFHAsXUtcwD8nVgbYtTkDp3fjTDzD4LUD1BqpE979OP6QoWNks5ht-N1dUL7lndlUSdaaYbSjbFnUKQPTp4pVwKw-rVAOhh5gjnWNsej2TmA7OC3sKt9CqF-_YFNoltzsh3gL94I5VeHFPpa5BDczRjT9YkawHvNUDyNWLc/s320/DSC09820.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lannes attempt to cut the road at Eckmuhl...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><br /><i>Rosenberg</i> might have continued his retreat to Landshut, but being made aware of Lannes corps flanking the road, and the parlous situation developing east of Teugen and south of Regensburg, elected to remain where he was to ensure that the road was kept open. <br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8clQdCSExuB4K1FisUgKE4_p1LjstrVM6xXOBNALuskFfr47A9611IsDZrYYljqeflGxgv45O3ctctbGFrPx8kXxetoc0qOtpEx3C64eeFs7oOtYuub5S6AzoQKZ985hx84GNsJpTBAWPeg841RyAzaybs6g3L4ZP0Y477DeUrRRoYTeXrtXh7OBvSIQ/s4000/DSC09821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8clQdCSExuB4K1FisUgKE4_p1LjstrVM6xXOBNALuskFfr47A9611IsDZrYYljqeflGxgv45O3ctctbGFrPx8kXxetoc0qOtpEx3C64eeFs7oOtYuub5S6AzoQKZ985hx84GNsJpTBAWPeg841RyAzaybs6g3L4ZP0Y477DeUrRRoYTeXrtXh7OBvSIQ/s320/DSC09821.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">... but is sharply rebuffed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This was, however, to overlook that St-Hilaire's command, though also badly depleted, was still a force in being, and also in a position to block the road somewhere north of Eckmuhl. It was still possible for<i> I Corps </i>to escape through Regensburg, and for <i>III Corps</i> to brush by St-Hilaire. Much depended upon how events developed the following day. Who would get in the first blows?</div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXpFUDVqh8tHpjojBWmsKV8fIGEzfovcIkOZJ9p4-rffgZrgGB2f47LK7wv2XdHgs0cWfzHhxHxjfVa6dYtP3FeSydjIh07F1r68YMZm7CznFRgqGy_IjfJapJsPjqw0vtuEmQjzHDAhSlgSi9vebpeNOTgKO1Gkga94ULBk5bWezOcMvR1EjJcZOVnU/s4000/DSC09822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXpFUDVqh8tHpjojBWmsKV8fIGEzfovcIkOZJ9p4-rffgZrgGB2f47LK7wv2XdHgs0cWfzHhxHxjfVa6dYtP3FeSydjIh07F1r68YMZm7CznFRgqGy_IjfJapJsPjqw0vtuEmQjzHDAhSlgSi9vebpeNOTgKO1Gkga94ULBk5bWezOcMvR1EjJcZOVnU/s320/DSC09822.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian <i>I </i>and <i>III</i> Corps in trouble</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Day 9:</b><br />The French did. Before <i>Bellegarde </i>and <i>Hohenzollern</i> could get their troops on the road, Gudin and Lefebvre were upon them with horse, foot and guns. Passing by Regensburg, Gudin attacked from the north. Marshal Lefebvre opened the ball from the Teugen road. St-Hilaire completed the investment, coming up from Geisling just in time to close the road south.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j0e5tvliNeYaDJjgUh1uX_CrU5ZUgGCGKjmXjymbFn8vB03s7EFdHY0KR3Ob0M9TId921ZWHyu7K_qFCJmDuaL7K011Bl5BVbLiCMY6qLkIgYF2PClyWIE9mxUAd5YSqXq6QM90-y56y6HsDepl2uBJ5FfiAqYmvfCIzvICflM-j8K3oY3a16Gzv7GE/s4000/DSC09827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j0e5tvliNeYaDJjgUh1uX_CrU5ZUgGCGKjmXjymbFn8vB03s7EFdHY0KR3Ob0M9TId921ZWHyu7K_qFCJmDuaL7K011Bl5BVbLiCMY6qLkIgYF2PClyWIE9mxUAd5YSqXq6QM90-y56y6HsDepl2uBJ5FfiAqYmvfCIzvICflM-j8K3oY3a16Gzv7GE/s320/DSC09827.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Battle of the Danube!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The surprise complete, Lefebvre's Bavarians and Gudin's veterans crushed the Austrians jammed against the Danube riverbank. Only remnants remained to surrender to the French commanders. St Hilaire had only a walk-on part, but his appearance sealed a huge victory for the Grande Armee.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfw_J10mBnwRnicJOn1bFKGuURmprF2eBRvCrPVg8URm_Ph5jDE_EhVPHAIkpOd9KhATi0FMly-uhyNgrDCLOaOXULmiNF7FkZn2UZShh-MZsLGizL-z5A7nXE7YzsWeUc02q7q1Gpn7tRAKjv4h4J2Co3YwWUxmTH2e3Wly1S-zv-DtwHPZCtBsR99s/s2000/DSC09828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfw_J10mBnwRnicJOn1bFKGuURmprF2eBRvCrPVg8URm_Ph5jDE_EhVPHAIkpOd9KhATi0FMly-uhyNgrDCLOaOXULmiNF7FkZn2UZShh-MZsLGizL-z5A7nXE7YzsWeUc02q7q1Gpn7tRAKjv4h4J2Co3YwWUxmTH2e3Wly1S-zv-DtwHPZCtBsR99s/s320/DSC09828.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkHZmyLZuVmM9aWfJtOCH8zPmqABDKYCVyxJoa6lZtq3NRqqZdWjFkB-OtxZakEumSkfEKFqbp6BgE18FqzDoVPuyRx8JO9919Awi6g4vOE598RI7OD6SqOpATZqoT9sSU5tni9FIjTf318m6YAdyDIEHhwKHiY841_Ln5p0ZNrvamuvG1kdi3bq2JWo/s4000/DSC09829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkHZmyLZuVmM9aWfJtOCH8zPmqABDKYCVyxJoa6lZtq3NRqqZdWjFkB-OtxZakEumSkfEKFqbp6BgE18FqzDoVPuyRx8JO9919Awi6g4vOE598RI7OD6SqOpATZqoT9sSU5tni9FIjTf318m6YAdyDIEHhwKHiY841_Ln5p0ZNrvamuvG1kdi3bq2JWo/s320/DSC09829.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Totally defeated, Bellegarde and Hohenzollern<br />offer their swords</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Further south, Marshal Lannes, his Corps replenished overnight by the return of stragglers and lightly wounded, once again attacked <i>Rosenberg</i>. Victory here would bring a fine conclusion to a successful campaign. It was not to be. Even facing two to one odds, <i>Rosenberg</i> emphatically repulsed a second attack. He could now resume unmolested his march south.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbWWvKwSUiee1wx2xlkMddSz1fnVBaGR_CD5Zg52Obeo1yrNzqLDxRzNYjdzYeIbj00Ojbem9BqVw0Fe0eKmOUgTVxFX9ybmI5eUOHLRq3Q_Hd_pLxnxNsjXierq8X19g3dp5FSLX3C7UErkZpK6Z4WcWKGymaqamFrDVFLkbo3DeM4ad7896k_PYTiU/s2000/DSC09830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbWWvKwSUiee1wx2xlkMddSz1fnVBaGR_CD5Zg52Obeo1yrNzqLDxRzNYjdzYeIbj00Ojbem9BqVw0Fe0eKmOUgTVxFX9ybmI5eUOHLRq3Q_Hd_pLxnxNsjXierq8X19g3dp5FSLX3C7UErkZpK6Z4WcWKGymaqamFrDVFLkbo3DeM4ad7896k_PYTiU/s320/DSC09830.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marshal Lannes's second attempt to sever the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Whether he might get by the river crossing at Landshut might well have been problematic. After taking Freising for the second time, Marshal Messena was in full march in pursuit of <i>Liechtenstein's I Reserve</i> <i>Corps</i>, whilst Napoleon directed Vandamme along the north bank of the Isar, reaching Moosburg at nightfall. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0l8Gr9u2vUGosRxdWAjma8RkUYW08mp5Q136SsVWnvUXUg30LofhSqdXfggccJoZnMAogol9d4FHjR4Og2p07pTIl-LraxQoenvpfdGhfYPUwfgIwjhKKUOEr8Y_9pSdjbI5FyODl9DKxuhAPv4NfIP9LUPInOvmnp3UVZ1r0XeJTdnwf9F7V3bW790w/s4000/DSC09831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0l8Gr9u2vUGosRxdWAjma8RkUYW08mp5Q136SsVWnvUXUg30LofhSqdXfggccJoZnMAogol9d4FHjR4Og2p07pTIl-LraxQoenvpfdGhfYPUwfgIwjhKKUOEr8Y_9pSdjbI5FyODl9DKxuhAPv4NfIP9LUPInOvmnp3UVZ1r0XeJTdnwf9F7V3bW790w/s320/DSC09831.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Napoleon and three of his army corps, on both sides <br />of the Isar, in full march to Landshut</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />It was plain that whatever moves <i>Archduke Charles</i> was contemplating, the day's disasters had rendered them nugatory. Hastily recalling <i>V Corps</i> from Pfaffenhofen and taking <i>II Reserve Corps</i> back across the bridge into Landshut, the Archduke brought off the remains of his army. Soon he would be in full retreat to Vienna.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulj-bYtT7-bOjcqjkElKkAPMfJdGurKEcn1Q1ZiJSnfkPXO3wcOcsN9RR7_Au24xwSPythwMHCTYKLANHXBUllYrDkORpjYyp7DJPLkkmeQic6UhfJdA7MAw9kOv4Bk4VjCI2sCcTj3PwCSzhjYqD1qeoLA5PxcdQajFsj26-ZJyffdYa-CIeeMf2BcA/s4000/DSC09824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulj-bYtT7-bOjcqjkElKkAPMfJdGurKEcn1Q1ZiJSnfkPXO3wcOcsN9RR7_Au24xwSPythwMHCTYKLANHXBUllYrDkORpjYyp7DJPLkkmeQic6UhfJdA7MAw9kOv4Bk4VjCI2sCcTj3PwCSzhjYqD1qeoLA5PxcdQajFsj26-ZJyffdYa-CIeeMf2BcA/s320/DSC09824.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Austrians will be lucky to escape at Landshut...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br />The operations around Regenburg and Landshut were a fine beginning to Napoleon's 1809 campaign. Two whole Austrian army corps, <i>I</i> and <i>III</i>, had been forced to surrender. True, at least two French Corps, III and Marshal Lannes's Provisional, were left but shadows of themselves, but at least two of the Archduke's surviving corps were in no better state.<br /><br />Altogether, the Emperor Napoleon found the dictating of event to <i>Le Bulletin</i> a rather more than usually enjoyable task - hardly a chore at all, really.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Concluding comments:</h4>To readers barracking for an Austrian victory - sorry to disappoint. After some fine successes in the middle of the campaign, the sudden turn into disaster was quite unexpected, although I think I was feeling some misgivings as the sun set upon<b> Day 7</b>. One sensed then that Napoleon's forces becoming in the ascendant, but Austria seemed yet to be in a position to hand out a few hard knocks. Indeed they were: Rosenberg redeemed his defeat at Langquaid by twice repelling Lannes's attacks near Eckmuhl.<br /><br /><br /><b>Issues:</b><br />A number of issues emerged with this project, enough to resolve me to revisiting the thing some time.<br /><br />(1) The first is the map. The hex-map I created and posted here (<a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/12/eckmuhl-campaign.html" target="_blank">Eckmuhl Hex Map</a>) I simply could not reproduce on the table, and was probably too detailed anyway. I had quickly to extemporise a practical map that seemed more or less recognisable. I have already begun a new hex map, orienting the thing such that the top of the map represents northwest, rather than north. That should broaden the space between the Danube and the Isar rivers, and create a bit more space for operations around Freising. <br /><br />The operations around Freising in this hastily extemporised incarnation really were hampered by the 'edge of the world' effect and too little room to move.<br /><br />(2) I think I have the OOB's scale and movement rates about right, now, though one has to remind oneself that enemy forces in adjacent hexes does not imply a battle. One side or the other must attempt to move in to the other - costing 1 hex of movement - to bring on the battle. I forgot this when looking at the pic of Lannes and Rosenberg at the end of Day 7. In deferring the account of the Day 7 afternoon action to the posting for Day 8, I forgot that in fact Lannes had only just caught up with Rosenberg with his whole command. The battle could not begin until the 8th. I think my narrative skirts around and recovers from that slight mistake.<br /><br />(3) Much to my surprise and gratification, this campaign once again showed the potential effectiveness of small, independent cavalry corps using this system. It's a chancy business, of course, the probability of a two-horse 'cavcorps' being swatted out of the campaign reasonably significant.<br /><br />(4) Flags, etc. They are really there to help identify who's who - French or Austrian in the pictures. Having no Wurttembergers or Bavarians, their role was taken by the French. The actual command is in the form of a mounted general officer, and the troops are what they are. The fighting power of the guns are represented by the gun crews. If they are lost, the formation keeps its guns whilst half the lost gunners may be returned. If upon overnight renewal the formation still has no gunners, then its artillery is lost for good. That no formation actually did lose its artillery outright until the end of the campaign was probably due to my manner of reconciling - renewing - losses.<br /><br />(5) My method of renewal of losses was fairly liberal, pretty much prioritising upon who needed what most. The overall losses for the day were totted up, and, for each arm, halved. I rounded odd halves up for infantry, and down for cavalry and gunners. Any formation commanders lost - the French III Corps was unlucky in that regard - counted towards losses, and were automatically replaced 'overnight'. Davout's early exit from the campaign lost the formation under his command his +2 combat modifier, reducing to the standard +1 for commanders when St-Hilaire took over. When the commander was lost, the formation had no commander for the rest of the 'day' (1 IGoUGo turn in this campaign). That does not stop it moving and fighting, but it does mean there is no +1 in combat for the commander in the meantime.<br /><br />Later on, this method of returning losses kept St-Hilaire in action, even though at the end of the campaign it had been reduced to 1 infantry, 1 light cavalry and 1 gunner! <br /><br />Overall, the attritional effects weren't really noticeable until well into the campaign, yet decisive results were still obtainable.<br /><br />(6) Built up areas. I've been making several BUA 'footprints' to use when troops occupy or pass through the same. Much as I admire the '2.5D' towns and villages others have made, I have far too many of the 3D variety now to build a whole new collection. My 'footprints' are the compromise.<br /><br /><br /></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-10782661110130693712024-01-01T15:21:00.000-08:002024-01-01T15:47:10.141-08:00Eckmuhl Campaign (4)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOizr2UJmfoxCbYKlaK7N_IMtbe6HaS5hHikDNoh055QDlUNfIoyYQCGljYaGgoZNtowEcEVhVsR3pWVanaDWIlwp28aHZjlQLQn93CWs2BFhdFgvyGDKxnFPzXFj6meHJjx0TdcYbgQhUb42lRVnLSMSCe4PDjVaGmxOaC7LTZ1L10arid03L0fWFGxU/s2000/DSC09808.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOizr2UJmfoxCbYKlaK7N_IMtbe6HaS5hHikDNoh055QDlUNfIoyYQCGljYaGgoZNtowEcEVhVsR3pWVanaDWIlwp28aHZjlQLQn93CWs2BFhdFgvyGDKxnFPzXFj6meHJjx0TdcYbgQhUb42lRVnLSMSCe4PDjVaGmxOaC7LTZ1L10arid03L0fWFGxU/s320/DSC09808.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Large scale actions at Teugen and Langquaid, morning, Day 7</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Day 7:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In readiness for an overwhelming concentric attack upon the Hohenzollern's isolated corps at Teugen, the French were once again anticipated by the Austrians seizing an early morning initiative. <i>Rosenberg</i> (<i>I Corps</i>) sortied from Regensburg to strike in flank Davout's formation - now commanded by General St-Hilaire - before their attack against Teugen could get fairly under way. <br /><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Against such odds, the outcome was inevitable. St-Hilaire was driven southeastwards, away from Teugen, and even from the Eckmuhl road, almost as far as Geisling.</span><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBADdT51CM4DN4cm9vQMrVn-W9VLbmFBMvGRV0SA3g3a1Kn4EQ-fVUhAlJti9BpGEgBPlWoQw_ZQzPOm0_FiZCIRfDUZ2G4b0i2s2HYEI07Sh7jNNtair1OrFqjbIjuEEojWjCOSRjjnMrW699DLO0gqIMqdkElvVlDDL4ewirbxg05UOHSGRB0G4OeU8/s4000/DSC09812.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBADdT51CM4DN4cm9vQMrVn-W9VLbmFBMvGRV0SA3g3a1Kn4EQ-fVUhAlJti9BpGEgBPlWoQw_ZQzPOm0_FiZCIRfDUZ2G4b0i2s2HYEI07Sh7jNNtair1OrFqjbIjuEEojWjCOSRjjnMrW699DLO0gqIMqdkElvVlDDL4ewirbxg05UOHSGRB0G4OeU8/s320/DSC09812.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I Corps defeats what remains of Davout's command</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">At the same time, as part of Archduke Charles's early dawning initiative, </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Ludwig's V Corps</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> had marched up into the rear of Lannes's army corps at Langquaid. Faced with </span><i style="text-align: justify;">IV Corps </i><span style="text-align: justify;">in front and </span><i style="text-align: justify;">V Corps</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> behind, Lannes's position was beginning to look desperate.</span><br /><br /><br />(<i>An aside here: All that remained of Davout's command at this point was the commander, St-Hilaire, the flag - a formation signifier only, and not a fighting element - and the gun - without gunners. About to remove the formation from the table, I bethought myself that something - not a lot - would remain of the corps after the returns at the end of the day. So I kept the remnants on the table. The upshot will be related in due course.</i>)<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr7YqOYgc8N1rDvInHfcEK9CCLtN1zhyn_dXBvZ0JySPi9mJIa-UTue7_KjZMGxT-Xb0ludcNtqujHO_fVqYXc08FjOBdJn4kgCUer6y6WWpFDGHmEpfxUa-lIph6rAiFNOVLVt-vPHTr4h-qgiuc5GgU3FzcjFGusmE0Ff9qdfk9_TU4XkbP7lYPPQc/s4000/DSC09814.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr7YqOYgc8N1rDvInHfcEK9CCLtN1zhyn_dXBvZ0JySPi9mJIa-UTue7_KjZMGxT-Xb0ludcNtqujHO_fVqYXc08FjOBdJn4kgCUer6y6WWpFDGHmEpfxUa-lIph6rAiFNOVLVt-vPHTr4h-qgiuc5GgU3FzcjFGusmE0Ff9qdfk9_TU4XkbP7lYPPQc/s320/DSC09814.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Teugen and Langquaid fall to the French.<br />St-Hilaire's exiguous remnant stands cut off <br />and isolated.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Following up the success of <i>I Corps</i> attack from Regensburg, <i>III Corps</i> was able to break out from Teugen and reach the road junction that offered an escape route to Eckmuhl and south to Landshut. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Lr64RljjHZXZaWUnX5Y8bdqCEQ744lyCS3G1Y-Q0wksYamntXgzjVjZeLsAtKLGhwqWpVD1riANXBunYrQcpqA8ANh_BSAGyak23511cWrmUZxNa_chHaLlwx9_riFy_Awexd5_Q031rz4mO8-FvdvpCFfx1eG_7TrC_l1kKAfb1Dc5zIZsYTmEFiU/s4000/DSC09813.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Lr64RljjHZXZaWUnX5Y8bdqCEQ744lyCS3G1Y-Q0wksYamntXgzjVjZeLsAtKLGhwqWpVD1riANXBunYrQcpqA8ANh_BSAGyak23511cWrmUZxNa_chHaLlwx9_riFy_Awexd5_Q031rz4mO8-FvdvpCFfx1eG_7TrC_l1kKAfb1Dc5zIZsYTmEFiU/s320/DSC09813.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I </i>and<i> III Corps</i> join forces south of Regensburg</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">All looking encouraging for the Austrian army, but for the actions about Langquaid. Assailed front and rear, Lannes fought a brilliant defensive action, throwing back both <i>V Corps</i> and <i>IV Corps</i> in turn. The former fell back to Pfaffenhausen, whilst <i>IV Corps</i> retreated to the Eckmuhl-Landshut road. <br /><br />At this point, though it seemed that the Austrians could scarcely achieve more than they had done in the theatre south of Regensburg, at least the road south to Landshut remained open, just the remnants of Davout's command presenting the possibility of any kind of hindrance.</div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6obGFwy3TyWxehJ3iM_uaQ0WG1E9MrRg7bWJ4iuvXixsfK4SF7oBZ1cK3wLKHEggWK8XrhKGWwsPUHrsEDTznPtoKOTPlNWgnOgSMtp7uSFtC2ZUMRO_4qFlBvKhRb_sBheQ7OKCYoxEzdw66ZQa6vrVPIs6ut2JKlvagUa8U-pTmQMOhSPyUqkTYRI/s4000/DSC09809.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6obGFwy3TyWxehJ3iM_uaQ0WG1E9MrRg7bWJ4iuvXixsfK4SF7oBZ1cK3wLKHEggWK8XrhKGWwsPUHrsEDTznPtoKOTPlNWgnOgSMtp7uSFtC2ZUMRO_4qFlBvKhRb_sBheQ7OKCYoxEzdw66ZQa6vrVPIs6ut2JKlvagUa8U-pTmQMOhSPyUqkTYRI/s320/DSC09809.JPG" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Freising</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Upon the Isar river, the Austrians had not yet given up hopes of recovering Freising, and hence control of the river crossings there. <i>Prince Liechtenstein's Reserve Corps</i> returning for a second attempt to retake the town, <i>Feldmarschallleutnant Kienmayer</i> was on the road from Landshut. to join the action. For their part, the French seemed to be undergoing a reshuffle, Massena pulling back west of the town, whilst Oudinot re-entered the place.<br /><br />(<i>Another aside: I confess, I'm a little puzzled myself what was happening at Freising - at a complete loss as to the reasons for the reshuffling of the French forces there. Possibly they wanted to make room for Napoleon and General Vandamme's Wurttemberg Corps. If so, that scheme hit a snag...</i>)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSI5pKwIsLq9GWOgHt7LgmKsGKGRGkrMf2Eu3zUFHDGN3R1fQq8BjxIp_YC1LSHPzt1SGrwY0ymFgkh6yi4_CJvv8xeC7P6beXgIxTO5VHfky8GzMVUgLpBwyyPh5eWC23526lgtz2t-eyPEIrzHgr-9rWbG4VRjutTF9fPhEtTvfuLKIxHNUSdqeegM/s4000/DSC09810.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSI5pKwIsLq9GWOgHt7LgmKsGKGRGkrMf2Eu3zUFHDGN3R1fQq8BjxIp_YC1LSHPzt1SGrwY0ymFgkh6yi4_CJvv8xeC7P6beXgIxTO5VHfky8GzMVUgLpBwyyPh5eWC23526lgtz2t-eyPEIrzHgr-9rWbG4VRjutTF9fPhEtTvfuLKIxHNUSdqeegM/s320/DSC09810.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some mysterious shuffling about by French forces<br />at Freising, whilst <i>VI Corps</i> cavalry block the road from Au.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The situation at Freising looking dangerous for the Austrians, the isolated <i>Cavalry Division from VI Corps</i> suddenly appeared on the road in front of the Wurttembergers just as they were about to exit from Au. In a brilliant little operation, the unsupported <i>light horse</i> held the road closed all day from dawn until dusk, finally being driven off and scattered the following morning.<br /><br />(<i>Yet another aside: These little cavalry formations can sometime effect more than their scant numbers might suggest. The two figures, added to their arm of service, gave them 3 dice. Even with only half his corps present at Au - the rest of the column, and Napoleon, not yet up and back along the road - Vandamme had double the dice, and a fair chance of clearing the road at once. At the first clash, the horsemen bounced from the infantry squares (presumably). At the attempt to clear the road, Napoleon having brought up the rear half of the column, the Austrians lost half their cavalry, but as the Wurttembergers also lost a figure, the march south remained stalled for the afternoon.</i>)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0oiS-vTcnAWOgfjLfBskEeLcw5qQ5eGOElmiRNYuZ0WKp-DqbGms__iQK5LahGpaY81NjlpdcPT_YN3j9hKosZNAVENFu6PPlrvdbaiZUy7kKeaWGlfR4FlT9ueJwmZtFaV7y1TrDgvfLZWFO0dz9WB7hkVBuVkGJcF0O6DZqYOTbh09iM3U-f8fa6o/s4000/DSC09811.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0oiS-vTcnAWOgfjLfBskEeLcw5qQ5eGOElmiRNYuZ0WKp-DqbGms__iQK5LahGpaY81NjlpdcPT_YN3j9hKosZNAVENFu6PPlrvdbaiZUy7kKeaWGlfR4FlT9ueJwmZtFaV7y1TrDgvfLZWFO0dz9WB7hkVBuVkGJcF0O6DZqYOTbh09iM3U-f8fa6o/s320/DSC09811.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">For the whole day, VI Corps cavalry fight a gallant <br />rearguard action in front of Au village.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The success of this operation went far to assist <i>Prince Liechtenstein's</i> second attempt to storm Freising. Surging across the river Ammen, <i>I Reserve Corps</i> broke into the town, surged through the streets, and threw Oudinot's Corps back down the river road. The second time Freising had changed hands was not to be the last. Napoleon had gathered too much strength in the locality for the town to be held indefinitely. However, on this day, he had cleared the road south from Au too late to affect the immediate situation.</div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TkOncEEXylLosun7nuDtLqCrDSzmrqgc3AOFFyoaZhlI6AecFEXGfhquL9Ij1ePsxUvnR2Yg8iyeRTKyUgLB1FFmVH3DROrpvvCAekJcNdz7W6dU5Dz7mwxVgSWrwOkYEBqz-JJqNp-BBFi6oXP34spSKJoflg9PCmF3gKe8h330uCeRECEtW_c3cdE/s4000/DSC09815.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TkOncEEXylLosun7nuDtLqCrDSzmrqgc3AOFFyoaZhlI6AecFEXGfhquL9Ij1ePsxUvnR2Yg8iyeRTKyUgLB1FFmVH3DROrpvvCAekJcNdz7W6dU5Dz7mwxVgSWrwOkYEBqz-JJqNp-BBFi6oXP34spSKJoflg9PCmF3gKe8h330uCeRECEtW_c3cdE/s320/DSC09815.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Battle of Freising: Prince Liechtenstein and I Reserve Corps <br />live up to their elite status and carry the town.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Realising that to continue his westward march from Landshut would simply be to block the retreat <i>I Reserve Corps</i>, <i>Kienmayer</i> retraced the steps of <i>II Reserve Corps</i> to cross the river bridge at Landshut, leaving <i>VI Corps</i> to garrison the place. The remnants of <i>V Corps</i> had meanwhile arrived at Pfaffenhausen, guarding against a possible French push from the Arnhofen or Langquaid area. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPBFHn65dr-uDlVp7m2rmGiRfqysNFr3xVn5mCRdWrVf-ETdENb2csdaU7SgJY2ZKGW3nh_3OqZgtPLmaJHA5_uGC_QDMrkd7W9AhKetzTT9Nn00y-a2FKci-Zkd7mUoT_MD5VM3DLrKDGNUFvez0r6ecpbs-fzjfc8h3azWUdHdxj-1GPz1AgcTw2O8/s4000/DSC09816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPBFHn65dr-uDlVp7m2rmGiRfqysNFr3xVn5mCRdWrVf-ETdENb2csdaU7SgJY2ZKGW3nh_3OqZgtPLmaJHA5_uGC_QDMrkd7W9AhKetzTT9Nn00y-a2FKci-Zkd7mUoT_MD5VM3DLrKDGNUFvez0r6ecpbs-fzjfc8h3azWUdHdxj-1GPz1AgcTw2O8/s320/DSC09816.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But there was to be no push south towards Pfaffenhausen. Instead, three Army Corps marched eastwards along a broad front in pursuit of <i>III </i>and <i>IV Austrian Corps</i>. Lannes pushed eastwards from Langquaid to catch up with <i>IV Corps</i> just south of Eckmuhl. Lefebvre led VII Corps through Teugen - the fourth time this village changed hands - ending the day not far short of the Regensburg-Eckmuhl road. Marching along the Danube river road, General Gudin's command had almost reached the Regensburg town walls when nightfall drew a halt to operations. </div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96Sopux6quq8OfyVAXobLu7QxqwbwaejluFbPLz-Qvk-5-r-vWiH_47TeuCLNZHVEU0P8jTDuxBk4PTq0w7c6PgM2urCdL3CJQMZkVxTD6kUx263BItyrksNu3ZvcDx4gdmAhDLEtH9o7qU7Jewpuzxwa-mSebBDDR8C7m5kXoa09VisiMsOs0N1NJgU/s4000/DSC09817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96Sopux6quq8OfyVAXobLu7QxqwbwaejluFbPLz-Qvk-5-r-vWiH_47TeuCLNZHVEU0P8jTDuxBk4PTq0w7c6PgM2urCdL3CJQMZkVxTD6kUx263BItyrksNu3ZvcDx4gdmAhDLEtH9o7qU7Jewpuzxwa-mSebBDDR8C7m5kXoa09VisiMsOs0N1NJgU/s320/DSC09817.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />As daylight faded with the going down of the sun, the only sound of battle could be discerned coming from the direction of Eckmuhl. They could hear the guns, the sounds of a late afternoon action. Marshal Lannes had caught up once again with <i>Rosenburg's IV Corps.<br /></i><br />In summary, then, the Austrians had achieved a morning victory over St-Hilaire and recaptured Freising in a brilliant forenoon assault. A <i>small cavalry force</i> had fought a gallant and successful rearguard action at Au, and <i>III Corps</i> had escaped the trap at Teugen. Against those Austrian successes could be counted Lannes's brilliant victory that defeated <i>IV</i> and <i>V Corps</i>, and the French pursuit through Teugen. But one action remained to be decided before the <b>Day Seven's</b> end. Would Marshal Lannes cut the Eckmuhl-Landshut road - or could <i>IV Corps</i> hold open the way?<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-53298118524778182742023-12-31T15:50:00.000-08:002023-12-31T15:51:14.470-08:00Eckmuhl Campaign (3)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpK8Di7SC9sFgBXQkclom5SHAHGyl3CvjWlKybCqKTQAfXXHSRbbr-EDn-DC0CHhneB_gdzQUCeb7YCYoLPHLl_VJcZanQ0sNMh-arhc3ENNfqwAqumsloLEonLQaB9AputlH4P2iRFqYxhNA1YI2avJCY_hau9SUbsROVZtJdBUxR7havGNRrhX0zrA0/s4000/DSC09788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpK8Di7SC9sFgBXQkclom5SHAHGyl3CvjWlKybCqKTQAfXXHSRbbr-EDn-DC0CHhneB_gdzQUCeb7YCYoLPHLl_VJcZanQ0sNMh-arhc3ENNfqwAqumsloLEonLQaB9AputlH4P2iRFqYxhNA1YI2avJCY_hau9SUbsROVZtJdBUxR7havGNRrhX0zrA0/s320/DSC09788.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The previous instalment of this narrative ended with the tremendous clashes east of the Abens river and about Teugen. The Army Corps of Marshals Lannes and Lefebvre, were pushing eastwards from Arnhofen, along the along with half of Marshal Davout's III Corps under General Gudin. Immediately opposing this large force were the Corps of <i>Hohenzollern-Hechingen (III)</i> and <i>Archduke Ludwig (V)</i>, keeping safe <i>Rosenberg's IV Corps</i> holding at Teugen. Marshal Davout himself was directing the counterattacks with the half of his corps that remained under his command. Though tenuous, his contact with the rest of Grande Armee was being kept open by his garrison at Regensburg - then under assault from <i>Bellegarde's I Corps.</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa3z0R9U6mYNqCqf9RgCuXzuJ6SOlQ4mCl-E92O5RCJ-dYEIwEsXKBrWwRTeViRtoRH-8rwRYooR9__oKykYmKGRdLfe-kfhzcTWDEy6R6pjXmzozi477BpjVFY_TKQkaE-3O4MJI58sHvCBUlJaId-Hd7bH_sQuZroPSkVBN1Lloeny36UJO-5Wc3kg/s3223/DSC09789.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3223" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa3z0R9U6mYNqCqf9RgCuXzuJ6SOlQ4mCl-E92O5RCJ-dYEIwEsXKBrWwRTeViRtoRH-8rwRYooR9__oKykYmKGRdLfe-kfhzcTWDEy6R6pjXmzozi477BpjVFY_TKQkaE-3O4MJI58sHvCBUlJaId-Hd7bH_sQuZroPSkVBN1Lloeny36UJO-5Wc3kg/s320/DSC09789.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Day 5:</b><br />As the battles raged about Arnhofen and Teugen, Napoleon himself was accompanying General Vandamme's Wurttembergers. Having reached the banks of the Abens River, the question was weather to cross it at Siegenburg, or turn southwards towards Au and Freising to join the action to force the Isar.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFxHhV6xUgQtH0HlSoTtti8rYjnmEops3SpwVI4ALzLA8kxFvsXvO_tn6ORqR6-ywYeyM6kQTKuPnZ8J2xd-c5cWgg3qasvM32AfC4BXlpehHoTnI7G3DxPmour-RTlPaNSlGiUadmF7ugwwGz5HdxCMvDMKJJmHel7EqoX6nNq5AtieStxkmdP2saqc/s4000/DSC09790.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFxHhV6xUgQtH0HlSoTtti8rYjnmEops3SpwVI4ALzLA8kxFvsXvO_tn6ORqR6-ywYeyM6kQTKuPnZ8J2xd-c5cWgg3qasvM32AfC4BXlpehHoTnI7G3DxPmour-RTlPaNSlGiUadmF7ugwwGz5HdxCMvDMKJJmHel7EqoX6nNq5AtieStxkmdP2saqc/s320/DSC09790.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Napoleon to self: 'Continue east or head south?'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvZaubIqbUbzygjd65EqLoZj-mbnPf2Nf8veAskSKAs-eqxDKe6kUir_R2lkHqDlOQ5Dr_kaoj6GrYbRMe9X9D9_t4qd0V2g_Zq-C0o65W_GHxNfV15oxcWKFgN6O9I9HsGNPoSQ0609ya2GqHxjzw9BH2ajzFUoJRBYCwJJJ73h4FtdLONBBqHZL70Q/s4000/DSC09791.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvZaubIqbUbzygjd65EqLoZj-mbnPf2Nf8veAskSKAs-eqxDKe6kUir_R2lkHqDlOQ5Dr_kaoj6GrYbRMe9X9D9_t4qd0V2g_Zq-C0o65W_GHxNfV15oxcWKFgN6O9I9HsGNPoSQ0609ya2GqHxjzw9BH2ajzFUoJRBYCwJJJ73h4FtdLONBBqHZL70Q/w400-h300/DSC09791.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Battle of Teugen: three army corps the side, though the French <br />III Corps is the equivalent of two.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p></p><p>Perhaps the battles to the east decided him. Between them, Lannes and Lebebvre drove <i>Ludwig </i>with heavy loss back down the Pfaffenhausen road, but <i>Hohenzollern held</i>. From the east, Davout stormed into Teugen, retook the place, and shovelled <i>Rosenberg's corps</i> south towards Lanquaid. This left <i>Hohenzollern's</i> corps perilously placed - almost surrounded by three times their numbers. How was their escape to be effected?</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc6qZgwqIcAwyu0v-Pm3XutIcu24Eq5qcl4eRjXjERD_VInIPpj0_d84lMDJhACt8bQUkjWZkCsaVj2NiphWSCz1yXTJq1ZA-k9D-tAhXpAwfRdnHE9ITHPBhlL1C8YfF02YbTPGn2icRGCt_dGQ0qCYltUtdNTTNakcGYKTsp-smiryD5vvpdVB6_zg/s4000/DSC09793.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc6qZgwqIcAwyu0v-Pm3XutIcu24Eq5qcl4eRjXjERD_VInIPpj0_d84lMDJhACt8bQUkjWZkCsaVj2NiphWSCz1yXTJq1ZA-k9D-tAhXpAwfRdnHE9ITHPBhlL1C8YfF02YbTPGn2icRGCt_dGQ0qCYltUtdNTTNakcGYKTsp-smiryD5vvpdVB6_zg/s320/DSC09793.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Teugen changes hands a second time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Far to the south at Freising, <i>Hiller's VI Corps</i> was in full retreat towards Landshut, whilst General Oudinot made good his hold upon Freising and the western end of the river bridge. Marshal Massena's Corps was behind him on the Pfaffenhofen road. Coming down the Moosburg road,<i> Prince Liechtenstein</i> was marching along the north bank of the Isar. His objective: to retake Freising and secure the river crossing there. In view of what was facing him: a tall order, indeed.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLvuOISoUm2fKyvBJHrmKU-ZN_TKPbYM-PIYLqQotJUol-VBJKDm38S2c3IH07SmWgSuEhaAruCSaiQ23db-OHtlpaJlVYct9alstZQquruHU8S1GtzQ6yNtxWN89hqD4YFM0s16d97ltmtuHgvKBIqifuY3wVYYKhblKOh8eB7_HcrAaiSpQweBCz70/s4000/DSC09792.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLvuOISoUm2fKyvBJHrmKU-ZN_TKPbYM-PIYLqQotJUol-VBJKDm38S2c3IH07SmWgSuEhaAruCSaiQ23db-OHtlpaJlVYct9alstZQquruHU8S1GtzQ6yNtxWN89hqD4YFM0s16d97ltmtuHgvKBIqifuY3wVYYKhblKOh8eB7_HcrAaiSpQweBCz70/s320/DSC09792.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">VI Corps retreat from Freising</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Day 6:</b><br />In view of their successes at the end of the day, the French high command became too complacent. For in the morning that followed, the <i>Austrians</i> seized the initiative and bade fair to reverse the results of the day before. <i>Bellegarde</i> finally burst through the Regensburg garrison, and surged across the river. Now Marshal Davout was in real peril, practically surrounded by enemies, and his communication with the rest of his command and the Grand Armee as a whole completely cut off. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_1DG61j6fR5d9T113NV1uxLGnAwmOcsr1ja4MVAUhdQjPE0x6dZusCtRJyA4nGCf8CHBHo9IstE6oXKleGauuUwghbH5hrqiaNfMO-L06tlEJIrPsVcIxkOIrMgmcopqE-pBjp6jhtsqAA2k5mh_mAYgHFm4Mxykf6SRiGTcyXf0K3vU84Ub8Xvl8MY/s4000/DSC09795.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_1DG61j6fR5d9T113NV1uxLGnAwmOcsr1ja4MVAUhdQjPE0x6dZusCtRJyA4nGCf8CHBHo9IstE6oXKleGauuUwghbH5hrqiaNfMO-L06tlEJIrPsVcIxkOIrMgmcopqE-pBjp6jhtsqAA2k5mh_mAYgHFm4Mxykf6SRiGTcyXf0K3vU84Ub8Xvl8MY/s320/DSC09795.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Bellegarde's I Corps</i> carries Regensburg, and cuts<br />off Marshal Davout from the main French Army.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XWgmbrqQhGQ2ckYDtrdVNR621vdTZURmy7Tp7m4iuvIbd_KVT-YnrlbS8-N1yJL9c3LFOJS8SQ2miVLVADL8G_RyTGE0yZnEfOdHz3Yf5-CbZVZPP4CJDXr1Phuk-GkcTuyc8fwhGsafRJSMiKxqHrNFEFpzJqBWfekixyYAahc0iq_1RGpGFV7okn8/s4000/DSC09794.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XWgmbrqQhGQ2ckYDtrdVNR621vdTZURmy7Tp7m4iuvIbd_KVT-YnrlbS8-N1yJL9c3LFOJS8SQ2miVLVADL8G_RyTGE0yZnEfOdHz3Yf5-CbZVZPP4CJDXr1Phuk-GkcTuyc8fwhGsafRJSMiKxqHrNFEFpzJqBWfekixyYAahc0iq_1RGpGFV7okn8/s320/DSC09794.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Austrian III Corps's</i> breakout battle at Teugen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Austrian's early attacks by III and IV Corps proved more than the Iron Marshal could withstand. Although IV Corps was repulsed, and drew off southward, III Corps broke into Teugen village and decisively drove the French eastwards, and away from their friends. Much reduced in numbers, the French retired eastwards, across the front of the none too distant Austrian I Corps. They were also reduced by Marshal Davout, seriously wounded and out of the campaign.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKgTgbumlwsV128Bf8RSHEIw0wZklRHWTOQ1yQJ4MHoCXkRnvEpNFhIRejlFQiK7oF6Ke-n4ro7F1Qrqd5ADVP8uJSVMssEEtX-LkuYfnbCtJSXbX2mGa4tGloBkcS7L-T52HGQg48pGffpxatDR49Ju5glTDtCJqrr9Muj7ptJ3bCYVnrvNL036yT2g/s4000/DSC09797.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKgTgbumlwsV128Bf8RSHEIw0wZklRHWTOQ1yQJ4MHoCXkRnvEpNFhIRejlFQiK7oF6Ke-n4ro7F1Qrqd5ADVP8uJSVMssEEtX-LkuYfnbCtJSXbX2mGa4tGloBkcS7L-T52HGQg48pGffpxatDR49Ju5glTDtCJqrr9Muj7ptJ3bCYVnrvNL036yT2g/s320/DSC09797.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A third time, Teugen changes hands. Marshal Davout seriously <br />wounded in the battle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This success, and the retreats of IV and V Corps had brought the Austrians out of a parlous strategic situation, and threw Marshal Davout's demi-Corps, now under the command of General St-Hilaire, into one that might have seemed well-nigh hopeless. But there were powerful French forces not too far away on the other side of the enemies in between. The complication was the addition of Bellegarde's corps to the foes arrayed against them. Now there were four Austrian facing three French army corps.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGstRR6jnbQK1kpBUiWs3g8x9zWrOCh8LeuWD04wKX6DrMivtPsfJVD71bc2RSg923PXpklnBN-quemKamknHuptdJo9GDQmb5uTC8uZVrIfr06FGVZrfp2xrKwssPnfAW9plhfhGaJG8oRjw49yfrw3VBp_950u9doxP-DtUyRqKiqKVvpRhb2dLEuk/s4000/DSC09796.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGstRR6jnbQK1kpBUiWs3g8x9zWrOCh8LeuWD04wKX6DrMivtPsfJVD71bc2RSg923PXpklnBN-quemKamknHuptdJo9GDQmb5uTC8uZVrIfr06FGVZrfp2xrKwssPnfAW9plhfhGaJG8oRjw49yfrw3VBp_950u9doxP-DtUyRqKiqKVvpRhb2dLEuk/s320/DSC09796.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Austrians have taken Teugen and extricated <br />themselves from a dangerous situation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least, there ought to have been four Austrian corps. But <i>Ludwig's V Corps</i> had taken very heavy casualties, and had retreated a far south as Pfaffenhausen. The Austrians around Teugen would have to do without <i>V Corps</i> for at least a day.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiqnBfYa8GOc3-i2wasdFNQQkdFAEiW1c9Z-5AZ13l-vr-gPW5_n9lhc9NGpeIojsQoyIqIxrif4oG5q1xw1c57s53dhiJu3ljq_sQxSDFLK-gSZlCQ2i9DozwzzNIi0TQSewCML1hZ5YOnNO2GJ3vDtR2tTgsG1MDSVNQOVBDqS-xWuz4NTWRea5og0/s4000/DSC09798.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiqnBfYa8GOc3-i2wasdFNQQkdFAEiW1c9Z-5AZ13l-vr-gPW5_n9lhc9NGpeIojsQoyIqIxrif4oG5q1xw1c57s53dhiJu3ljq_sQxSDFLK-gSZlCQ2i9DozwzzNIi0TQSewCML1hZ5YOnNO2GJ3vDtR2tTgsG1MDSVNQOVBDqS-xWuz4NTWRea5og0/s320/DSC09798.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Events were not going in French favour to the south, either. <i>Prince Liechtenstein</i> was preparing to ttack across the river from Moosburg, just as <i>Hiller</i> was pulling back along the Landshut road. There <i>Hiller</i> ran into <i>Feldmarschallleutnant Kienmayer's II Reserve Corps</i> coming the other way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_u0X-NAvYTI7vZKNsXxMQPzegoS3cb3kdKtRqPi3RsiGkamb58rnUI-JF4yT0yPNUF4bzPtDhz0BlOmU-Bb4JO7DNpy-yu5goiUEjxCXS6rTk_khnJOrffDrWkAYBptSaQf3GQJEkpOOdCJxSgqtj-YA5A4FaOgm5O4SJT8jXCsLaPtP8HSzlLnpzLzY/s4000/DSC09799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_u0X-NAvYTI7vZKNsXxMQPzegoS3cb3kdKtRqPi3RsiGkamb58rnUI-JF4yT0yPNUF4bzPtDhz0BlOmU-Bb4JO7DNpy-yu5goiUEjxCXS6rTk_khnJOrffDrWkAYBptSaQf3GQJEkpOOdCJxSgqtj-YA5A4FaOgm5O4SJT8jXCsLaPtP8HSzlLnpzLzY/s320/DSC09799.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q5XAXlyg2VJvKZnvonOTFWsL2u4heZwA8Mft6Km2Deh-3E5T0rhZcCIPiezNyNGaO1rCncc40sp4LRPHqiKApcBGNgRPCjiVzSqn5-bfDtdO9mBJSKuiojaMJ5UUgBH1t4CfS2fk_beIEnFmeB4RRyXoV344-eUIYUjMFgFnMQYl4_bZJW7y6JXrTCU/s4000/DSC09800.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q5XAXlyg2VJvKZnvonOTFWsL2u4heZwA8Mft6Km2Deh-3E5T0rhZcCIPiezNyNGaO1rCncc40sp4LRPHqiKApcBGNgRPCjiVzSqn5-bfDtdO9mBJSKuiojaMJ5UUgBH1t4CfS2fk_beIEnFmeB4RRyXoV344-eUIYUjMFgFnMQYl4_bZJW7y6JXrTCU/s320/DSC09800.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The traffic jam that ensued - a real 'edge of the world' problem the way I set up the table - meant that both formations fetched up back around Landshut, in order to resolve the tangle. Prince Liechtenstein was on his own.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0iOqsa3e1mElqrV95mnum25Z3cwHq-alOaZ-65IPKsokAlqgmMe_zTak8S6erPj9inaZFA0J_R5DBBWB2zvtDTMeSO2vTgskEnoBcYG_iRB_X43-g6zanidSy1gNh-QQjG0KtnRzRCGca8Z8OJkMpwnRqVZN0pHFSA9pMOzajiBKOyQljP9noA5Bo30/s4000/DSC09801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0iOqsa3e1mElqrV95mnum25Z3cwHq-alOaZ-65IPKsokAlqgmMe_zTak8S6erPj9inaZFA0J_R5DBBWB2zvtDTMeSO2vTgskEnoBcYG_iRB_X43-g6zanidSy1gNh-QQjG0KtnRzRCGca8Z8OJkMpwnRqVZN0pHFSA9pMOzajiBKOyQljP9noA5Bo30/s320/DSC09801.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUONTgJ2YF2ttzDRX0sxeURO3o8zBatGjZEyZhf5wqhlSbtZQAkJiIylVOfiEpsDxM3-31eh6g8kjuBXQ8aJknNpQsQjfH3S3c-nan8Z1C4PShQYToHvxL02tZ7ggUfSVHyRE7RmQ5xv56g384s5X3WZd-nl-H_RmYZbx93vjvKR_yGtcBptDYueyN-U/s4000/DSC09802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUONTgJ2YF2ttzDRX0sxeURO3o8zBatGjZEyZhf5wqhlSbtZQAkJiIylVOfiEpsDxM3-31eh6g8kjuBXQ8aJknNpQsQjfH3S3c-nan8Z1C4PShQYToHvxL02tZ7ggUfSVHyRE7RmQ5xv56g384s5X3WZd-nl-H_RmYZbx93vjvKR_yGtcBptDYueyN-U/s320/DSC09802.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Recovering their aplomb, and before<i> Bellegarde</i> was in a position to prevent it, III and VII Corps surrounded <i>Hohenzollern's Corps</i> at Teugen, the main attacks coming in from the west side. However, the approach marches taking most of the day to keep the corps closed up, the initial attacks were probes only. The main attacks had to wait upon the morrow.<p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU34gln4j1ykXx9l-0Jrm2vvKqI63f4m0UVrFUw-mUPpSdFvLlWpXS9a05dsUtbtpNLHwGL3ygiOhqb4QvIMagP3VufxXLfyNTR9JH1XceEhOORpeoxl1Yt6EKIfS2YS6wHbNXa8-qO6JYMnIQUVkKW2oXa7649dr22zFqSdjC6niZirxZmp887Uo7Mg/s4000/DSC09803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU34gln4j1ykXx9l-0Jrm2vvKqI63f4m0UVrFUw-mUPpSdFvLlWpXS9a05dsUtbtpNLHwGL3ygiOhqb4QvIMagP3VufxXLfyNTR9JH1XceEhOORpeoxl1Yt6EKIfS2YS6wHbNXa8-qO6JYMnIQUVkKW2oXa7649dr22zFqSdjC6niZirxZmp887Uo7Mg/s320/DSC09803.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At the same time, Marshal Lannes moved up his command, seized Langquaid, and readied himself to attack <i>Rosenberg</i> also the following morning.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIHZvRKsp7199FuLwfos8TGbV4wfl5O7L-uXKDhl-d4C19Lm91vwm_OQLVhZi4ZpWnOk80pGR2j6yQWlhKVIlGVKpiae35VZlCUnxv27_j4COhdg-BOKiZXaVDWv8BvIgERg2ltvDA6-TcYFnWGZSWAr4WqevAP2k44BsdIa4tjCdryoMf7Bw1GQYxqA/s4000/DSC09804.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIHZvRKsp7199FuLwfos8TGbV4wfl5O7L-uXKDhl-d4C19Lm91vwm_OQLVhZi4ZpWnOk80pGR2j6yQWlhKVIlGVKpiae35VZlCUnxv27_j4COhdg-BOKiZXaVDWv8BvIgERg2ltvDA6-TcYFnWGZSWAr4WqevAP2k44BsdIa4tjCdryoMf7Bw1GQYxqA/s320/DSC09804.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Big battles imminent around Teugen and Langquaid, matters were reaching a head at Freising. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgM_yVUIIi84C1KUxyYh-5QANjFFxh74P5OPe7sPj1Oj3r_GHfKs0tdSHuyfZ8T2Kul-4Zv7ExT5saxrMkNh0UkKhkSMD_m4hmy4iw5oMGFN3YA58_6XgpsCw7L_Evsa3TZXNP3o5RXu8uPM2ochqbqKnaIbL6GvU44eqb7jeMlgAHWYGty7mp2qFQdA/s2000/DSC09805.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgM_yVUIIi84C1KUxyYh-5QANjFFxh74P5OPe7sPj1Oj3r_GHfKs0tdSHuyfZ8T2Kul-4Zv7ExT5saxrMkNh0UkKhkSMD_m4hmy4iw5oMGFN3YA58_6XgpsCw7L_Evsa3TZXNP3o5RXu8uPM2ochqbqKnaIbL6GvU44eqb7jeMlgAHWYGty7mp2qFQdA/s320/DSC09805.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="text-align: justify;">Before <i>Liechtenstein</i> could launch his attack upon the town, Marshal Massena had brought his corps alongside Oudinot's into Freising, whilst the latter brought his own command north of the town alongside the Ammen river bank. The Emperor Napoleon was with Vandamme's command at Au, barely a day's march distant, although the orphaned cavalry of<i> VI Corps</i> determined to have some say in whether, or how quickly, Napoleon could bring the Wurttembergers forward.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GYXtw_1AstlJrUmhyphenhyphenYyqWwtim6GFhu9AI2xSZbIXdMpGPxM5-pjYg7Tdu66kswD2s2NoN-8ft0MdtQhE1eQIgOdl8O5vXhFk_5rZ-_vt5Av3H_h9p59KotcH-cy6OUu-4C-9qVUQWgSfFJvu9gW7m_-s0DudVUjW9NJ7jLFAL20pNMeJF_qM5zCouSE/s2000/DSC09806.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GYXtw_1AstlJrUmhyphenhyphenYyqWwtim6GFhu9AI2xSZbIXdMpGPxM5-pjYg7Tdu66kswD2s2NoN-8ft0MdtQhE1eQIgOdl8O5vXhFk_5rZ-_vt5Av3H_h9p59KotcH-cy6OUu-4C-9qVUQWgSfFJvu9gW7m_-s0DudVUjW9NJ7jLFAL20pNMeJF_qM5zCouSE/s320/DSC09806.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The battles between Massena and Oudinot against <i>Prince Liechtenstein</i> were soon decided. Defeated by double their numbers, the Austrian grenadiers and cuirassiers fell back upon Moosburg. But both French corps knew from their losses they had been in a deadly fight.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SBR0KGOBlwxViiLktOI2nJ1iHInwwfA3XDkwCL1m6D7wvHUU101dmMbCnmHFCVc_yY9KYnY5ovPMVmZ_2JLVhMXY6KFKBdVzpgmXdF6BhyW_OMvjQH7g-phFqiSMcox35TiZ0Yp6IReS9oj-pAgnWcnjVfFpMT6PC8Ew-OeL03Vt_gBb7_AjcuXrzgw/s4000/DSC09807.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SBR0KGOBlwxViiLktOI2nJ1iHInwwfA3XDkwCL1m6D7wvHUU101dmMbCnmHFCVc_yY9KYnY5ovPMVmZ_2JLVhMXY6KFKBdVzpgmXdF6BhyW_OMvjQH7g-phFqiSMcox35TiZ0Yp6IReS9oj-pAgnWcnjVfFpMT6PC8Ew-OeL03Vt_gBb7_AjcuXrzgw/s320/DSC09807.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So matters stand at the end of Day 6 (24 April), the issue still very much in doubt around Teugen and Langquaid, further large scale battles imminent. Nor is the French hold upon Freising yet fully secure, leaving aside the matter of advancing further upon the vital town of Landshut. Oh, yes, and there's that little isolated Division of cavalry from <i>VI Corps</i>, hanging about Au: they too will have their own contribution to make to the history of this campaign.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6746074184596712992023-12-30T13:26:00.000-08:002023-12-30T13:26:31.640-08:00A Reminder for Me...<p>A recent Bob Cordery posting concerning the use to be made of a spare piece of pasting board reminded me of something I've been walking on for well over a year, now. <br /></p><p>I have an interesting piece of carpet I picked up off the street a few years ago. Somebody has dumped it. But the thing seemed to be in reasonable condition, so I did the civic-minded carpetatarian thing, and rescued it. You know: before it rained. Or something. <br /><br />What made it interesting...?</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9JHhNwG2vEExA8TEPHWAhtk_HzFvqKh4mOBS_4YCHUTxgqAEzfS_STLxL6G_tTuU2fZ8fwu3cKVDg5LK24mr7SF4AdXzX2qXbpBk9AmzF0O36iP2prqfmoXxmQTPpomLhSlEWgJev0fKWm8t3SjGoQQvu9AqCy9U-0cgukDUevY_5UsHSDzymsnySY8/s4000/DSC09841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9JHhNwG2vEExA8TEPHWAhtk_HzFvqKh4mOBS_4YCHUTxgqAEzfS_STLxL6G_tTuU2fZ8fwu3cKVDg5LK24mr7SF4AdXzX2qXbpBk9AmzF0O36iP2prqfmoXxmQTPpomLhSlEWgJev0fKWm8t3SjGoQQvu9AqCy9U-0cgukDUevY_5UsHSDzymsnySY8/s320/DSC09841.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Salvaged carpet for war games?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Coloured a sort of 'sea green', the thing got trimmed off to 28"x70" (72cm x 180cm). It's lying on my bedroom floor (goes fairly well with the walls) as the most convenient (least inconvenient) storage location.</p><p>I've been thinking of cutting the thing in half to make, when reoriented, a 35" x 56" (90cm x 144cm) game surface. Conveniently, I have some off cuts from this carpet, plus others of a rather lighter hue, that can form elevated ground. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaAqVl_pxX_eafEH2nd2asffYqJWEWsTNBMbV7pJLUEn7ZpJa7bOSu7h2Q2DrkE6KkHdto9NZqxqh0S09shjm5gYKEWndaBIWZAO-m_qWFqMo-242LhRqvp0LSMGzQnzwn5QMV3J2fjJGzfk0EF9AWbpAelD8JTwy-RW3BCYt4h9luvWoUBEMllP1mRw/s3586/DSC09842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3586" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaAqVl_pxX_eafEH2nd2asffYqJWEWsTNBMbV7pJLUEn7ZpJa7bOSu7h2Q2DrkE6KkHdto9NZqxqh0S09shjm5gYKEWndaBIWZAO-m_qWFqMo-242LhRqvp0LSMGzQnzwn5QMV3J2fjJGzfk0EF9AWbpAelD8JTwy-RW3BCYt4h9luvWoUBEMllP1mRw/s320/DSC09842.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Off cuts for elevated ground. The paler items I have had<br /> much longer, from some other source.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Were the playing surface divided into 6cm squares - the exactly right size for my Chromatic Wars armies - that would make a field of 15 x 24 squares. The question is, though: do I really need yet another playing surface? I seem to have plenty as it is...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg276Guf3LoVQ-j_4neTB_rdLSlEZAZZNdt66a1dbKmkl2ihbNGr5hooacbAjaH1VpVa4ZZqGjPZXltd8sccaS3aSH1zdsGnOApleNLDLIlUj8Vw4xxkRccCPLJgUQ8SQbLGXLpgT2vKT1YX5XwHKcMEg4undqXRwwztfoTw5Bl17M-alZMq1dzKLOpPGA/s2160/2017-10-21%2009.09.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2160" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg276Guf3LoVQ-j_4neTB_rdLSlEZAZZNdt66a1dbKmkl2ihbNGr5hooacbAjaH1VpVa4ZZqGjPZXltd8sccaS3aSH1zdsGnOApleNLDLIlUj8Vw4xxkRccCPLJgUQ8SQbLGXLpgT2vKT1YX5XwHKcMEg4undqXRwwztfoTw5Bl17M-alZMq1dzKLOpPGA/s320/2017-10-21%2009.09.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An old hotel quilt thingy - great for deserts or possibly <br />winterish - square grid. Salvaged from an earthquake site <br />(over a year after the earthquake that wreck the hotel).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai3yr0Fv7eQZ1h1d8eGiyVRkJ1RV5hoCpiPxL3H3MxGwAjl-ZjFcR6l0GY_VwAs-KdbrGXZeY1_9-9x6daq2aKsveD15BDDBv_LZwXQtuWrx4_1hYMOiYhIXluFzYbB3z9iCNpMWtVXNZWE8abPJV5SH1PSpOJaLXrlMfosTmprNEeu_tnxAyWnDM7_Y/s4000/DSC08547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai3yr0Fv7eQZ1h1d8eGiyVRkJ1RV5hoCpiPxL3H3MxGwAjl-ZjFcR6l0GY_VwAs-KdbrGXZeY1_9-9x6daq2aKsveD15BDDBv_LZwXQtuWrx4_1hYMOiYhIXluFzYbB3z9iCNpMWtVXNZWE8abPJV5SH1PSpOJaLXrlMfosTmprNEeu_tnxAyWnDM7_Y/s320/DSC08547.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">PW3x3 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcAJoGyW5szwQXYrz_aAI9_CPLlFHtwuVl8Z3ryz0zE-jjVbQpRyYb4ywKcGS8der7-sqzXAo_Y9_AC_LmzgXqobTOhzMICTBKGOOcN_ayR-N0IpfdwezxP65eX2Hl1rsggTSnik9x0bfAPZLQtHxbdhjop5nGMSegUMk706_1C4Errv23CJetiyQFvo/s3798/2017-09-13%2022.16.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="3798" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcAJoGyW5szwQXYrz_aAI9_CPLlFHtwuVl8Z3ryz0zE-jjVbQpRyYb4ywKcGS8der7-sqzXAo_Y9_AC_LmzgXqobTOhzMICTBKGOOcN_ayR-N0IpfdwezxP65eX2Hl1rsggTSnik9x0bfAPZLQtHxbdhjop5nGMSegUMk706_1C4Errv23CJetiyQFvo/s320/2017-09-13%2022.16.57.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Memoir '44</i> game board - great for my mediaevals<br />and for Sengoku battles as well</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HycAuAzFTjF5uypEZhLe3fKAzuhl0GKXBJlSIiVWXqqX1-o6qBZ0sW-iciRtQhNJjz6C09aByOVL6lj3JhYfZDz3uRQtQSi5W-sjyHk-wIo-iHmU9U9yHY34rvrTyIq_4-jF-kVvq6fd5JmMAjNRi4Se6JG1X0RG90aBj8wgUWXnScyo0FDEoeRH8Kc/s4000/DSC09235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HycAuAzFTjF5uypEZhLe3fKAzuhl0GKXBJlSIiVWXqqX1-o6qBZ0sW-iciRtQhNJjz6C09aByOVL6lj3JhYfZDz3uRQtQSi5W-sjyHk-wIo-iHmU9U9yHY34rvrTyIq_4-jF-kVvq6fd5JmMAjNRi4Se6JG1X0RG90aBj8wgUWXnScyo0FDEoeRH8Kc/s320/DSC09235.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An alternate Sengoku board... Made from ceiling tile<br />(I think). The grid cells are a whisker smaller than <br />the <i>Memoir '44.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01NBCJEEH803_nHwzmepAM2vJ6BAY2FmlsxeKpmD-FYFbGXI5JF3HuSNM9RBgZF-T3AhqkGpT7amh70NAZ4PQVKN9KVzdzLrAF9QfmSPFs2Agdse3y1b7aAUNU7qO6OeVQD-B_AtejvpC50mghF20MxGgz8F-n8Hi_KH-biqZERH7Q9se0yQeUJL_v-0/s4000/DSC06888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="4000" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01NBCJEEH803_nHwzmepAM2vJ6BAY2FmlsxeKpmD-FYFbGXI5JF3HuSNM9RBgZF-T3AhqkGpT7amh70NAZ4PQVKN9KVzdzLrAF9QfmSPFs2Agdse3y1b7aAUNU7qO6OeVQD-B_AtejvpC50mghF20MxGgz8F-n8Hi_KH-biqZERH7Q9se0yQeUJL_v-0/s320/DSC06888.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10x10 square grid, used for the First Blacklands War.<br />Plywood surface that was intended for earthquake repairs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHN9ap7aRBLRmBZ9KAgIQrIpb1wEEVcAYcAsN9usgs62zPwmQMFDc0Un2imA3LwNXhXEg-aerpgNT8iMKfTbAyNduad16n1GkXPHc-d0QkwCpekKnqUwC2Hvw1yDdOq_7v_w6QVxq8tKAzga0XEe5C7yBimge3L5fKNKKg5q-aHYNPTicGdfinYr9tWY/s4000/DSC04065%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHN9ap7aRBLRmBZ9KAgIQrIpb1wEEVcAYcAsN9usgs62zPwmQMFDc0Un2imA3LwNXhXEg-aerpgNT8iMKfTbAyNduad16n1GkXPHc-d0QkwCpekKnqUwC2Hvw1yDdOq_7v_w6QVxq8tKAzga0XEe5C7yBimge3L5fKNKKg5q-aHYNPTicGdfinYr9tWY/s320/DSC04065%20(1).JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A quilt I bought in 1976. In 47 years it has <br />faded some... Ungridded</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uHsSby6hRLY1m-1J-niUrnw_tQIJks6ucsgWSnDOtzLKof_yxjUWoOJywdU5sQRoAnMmaWuDvko8pM_aFsGpMHVTGn8IL8-zoeLMcBNUTJ5f5u0KXYRIpAh270pjV2V2-pWBy7DoTX8_vuZYu_qWczy14HckN9zARAUkfsmhMCOxN0MfC0Oz_x8U02o/s4000/DSC08177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uHsSby6hRLY1m-1J-niUrnw_tQIJks6ucsgWSnDOtzLKof_yxjUWoOJywdU5sQRoAnMmaWuDvko8pM_aFsGpMHVTGn8IL8-zoeLMcBNUTJ5f5u0KXYRIpAh270pjV2V2-pWBy7DoTX8_vuZYu_qWczy14HckN9zARAUkfsmhMCOxN0MfC0Oz_x8U02o/s320/DSC08177.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ungridded blanket I picket up somewhere about 40 years ago,<br /> specifically for its colour, to be used for War Gaming...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxsYtEvnp6ynDuHKjLr4u_3KjOVa7r07MCXf2EDF-KNd7aCdPBbCy7RA2M0WrxAllJcc_VmgzBU6DqigI4jMMnmyrT1Tdk3L97a-gO9F25ZePZKNmsfN-a9cusqxzDPQ3ANtb817aiRb8zCsClKcXme7-IBWuUhK1BW3gqNGpIMlUmuDkfFGdyFFjxn4/s4000/DSC06508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxsYtEvnp6ynDuHKjLr4u_3KjOVa7r07MCXf2EDF-KNd7aCdPBbCy7RA2M0WrxAllJcc_VmgzBU6DqigI4jMMnmyrT1Tdk3L97a-gO9F25ZePZKNmsfN-a9cusqxzDPQ3ANtb817aiRb8zCsClKcXme7-IBWuUhK1BW3gqNGpIMlUmuDkfFGdyFFjxn4/s320/DSC06508.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Artificial lawn - ungridded. Good size for One Hour Wargames.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTav9PjG_UrRh0VniodGsn99cFnFvG1n9MiqXaRT4nVTWY71iLsCAD1oPU0lEN1puoqlmQg9zK0IMDEp4wSk-VX4n_PDeFviSYxmL-3w8jfv23Ppsg0klQ3rOf603dtxEbdpE72lOW5KSuuUgVjTjgPDZjZaz30PD8Pd18FYeKPyXJUT3YVtqSiWM5GtM/s4000/DSC05413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTav9PjG_UrRh0VniodGsn99cFnFvG1n9MiqXaRT4nVTWY71iLsCAD1oPU0lEN1puoqlmQg9zK0IMDEp4wSk-VX4n_PDeFviSYxmL-3w8jfv23Ppsg0klQ3rOf603dtxEbdpE72lOW5KSuuUgVjTjgPDZjZaz30PD8Pd18FYeKPyXJUT3YVtqSiWM5GtM/s320/DSC05413.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Probably my favorite: my hex board... <br />Another, larger, piece of plywood. Very versatile.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>I didn't fully realise before I began this inventory just how many war games surfaces I have available. All this probably explains why, after two or three years, I never got around to doing anything with this piece of carpet.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-87416239963786560442023-12-26T16:36:00.000-08:002023-12-31T15:45:52.239-08:00Eckmuhl Campaign (2)<p>The action in the campaign was so convoluted and complicated, that I'm not sure my memory is altogether able, despite so many pictures, to recall the events with 100% accuracy. Which just goes to show that the narrative of the Duke of Wellington's proverbial ball is a complex undertaking. Having said that, no doubt the histories of Baron Jomini and Major-general Marbot will follow much the same storyline as here inscribed. Note that in the following, Austrian commanders and formations are given in <i>italics</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xslOguhz0mE_c10v8uUuJYwpzTkXPy1_Mpbj2K4DX5Eo4K0OKiICDeSaGOumGuR19KL6k3zcMvMYMJKP0KCqncU3ROAHViUu85CEi6geLlDapRWk4FynI4D-M-ZvuI6q6XuASpcWcwrsXkIVJHS9gwNPDQtd-g-5ihsrEdEZvizQtjo-0XVjoTwaSg0/s4000/DSC09764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xslOguhz0mE_c10v8uUuJYwpzTkXPy1_Mpbj2K4DX5Eo4K0OKiICDeSaGOumGuR19KL6k3zcMvMYMJKP0KCqncU3ROAHViUu85CEi6geLlDapRWk4FynI4D-M-ZvuI6q6XuASpcWcwrsXkIVJHS9gwNPDQtd-g-5ihsrEdEZvizQtjo-0XVjoTwaSg0/s320/DSC09764.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Day One - 19 April 1809</b><br />Napoleon's arrival at Ingolstadt late 18th April came not a moment too soon. Early the following morning, the Austrians seized the initiative, the <i>III Corps</i>, followed by <i>Archduke Charles</i> accompanying the <i>V Corps</i>, moved upon Feking, at that moment occupied by part of General Morand's wing of the French III Corps. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHerpx9iHnQLtchgIBighB-pXdg-PKsuawSTz8kZhyho8YjVlFIUvjFlut3HzPNIsukNLkyFAwj4POY7N-DtCNhQrdteW2s7EkTUuIulp2lIqJnZYOp3dd3IVo9r36HZtGB1ZAyDBIwdIvTit4-7_TmXKNwbu_Q1a954Z4PlQfpEH7ZGGZ4fgrKKJt1w/s2000/DSC09767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHerpx9iHnQLtchgIBighB-pXdg-PKsuawSTz8kZhyho8YjVlFIUvjFlut3HzPNIsukNLkyFAwj4POY7N-DtCNhQrdteW2s7EkTUuIulp2lIqJnZYOp3dd3IVo9r36HZtGB1ZAyDBIwdIvTit4-7_TmXKNwbu_Q1a954Z4PlQfpEH7ZGGZ4fgrKKJt1w/s320/DSC09767.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>At the same time, <i>I Corps</i> arrived upon the north bank of the Danube opposite Regensburg. There, Marshal Davout had had the foresight to place about a brigade of infantry (2 figures) into the fortified city. If <i>Bellegarde </i>wanted to cross into the place, he would have to fight for it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAEzaOH4tzPxMfEGrN82QozpxlO7nYJ6TP8kDKs6Hn2lU3R2qlPJ5V1GngjoaZD_G-7uN0loPgfDIqivTmFJOdQTOycHUAmFYaktFdMNV2MzErCvUFnt2qk6p9fBT37taIVbTS6150qUzea0BpQTonPXTtlVUTTaYHxwmqlIzR1BwGuFwjtk9LlN5BZU/s4000/DSC09766.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2479" data-original-width="4000" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAEzaOH4tzPxMfEGrN82QozpxlO7nYJ6TP8kDKs6Hn2lU3R2qlPJ5V1GngjoaZD_G-7uN0loPgfDIqivTmFJOdQTOycHUAmFYaktFdMNV2MzErCvUFnt2qk6p9fBT37taIVbTS6150qUzea0BpQTonPXTtlVUTTaYHxwmqlIzR1BwGuFwjtk9LlN5BZU/s320/DSC09766.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>As the three Austrian army corps pushed northward, French columns to the west were marching upon the line of the Abens River. By quick marching, Marshal Lefebvre's VIIth had almost reached the river brdge, but were unable to effect the crossing before <i>Hohenzollern-Hechingen</i> had passed and were assailing Morand's command at Feking. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JVN0aZz69qVBLeY69Jb0bIjUP0PhU31c-4QU2r32Jb-cv1EVY_pGYuB8V7hJQgq6AxWa_yQaM2NaDAeCNOEk7FLH3SskzWEyLHUr9GHQuu9ZlQ9Hy50rvV2uVI8YEJFoCduIT0omisuKvqxe7OXL_LBkj5YsBhxIxxkPxKRAtQvrafz6Dtgln5JZmwI/s1586/DSC09765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1586" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JVN0aZz69qVBLeY69Jb0bIjUP0PhU31c-4QU2r32Jb-cv1EVY_pGYuB8V7hJQgq6AxWa_yQaM2NaDAeCNOEk7FLH3SskzWEyLHUr9GHQuu9ZlQ9Hy50rvV2uVI8YEJFoCduIT0omisuKvqxe7OXL_LBkj5YsBhxIxxkPxKRAtQvrafz6Dtgln5JZmwI/s320/DSC09765.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To the south, meanwhile, Oudinot's II and Massena's IV Corps were in full march towards the vital point, Freising, the nearest crossing of the Isar river. This was a race, for Freising had been left with no garrison. Originally earmarked for the march north from Pfaffenhausen, <i>Hiller's VI Corps</i> had turned about at Moosburg, and were making all haste to reach the place first.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSO-HQLEOXgepgxZoJj5ZYWWdMg7qdu360gkRlXho74BqXq5gieT5b4kTd4YaRP6__mEwbluIQIdVeLaiGGohM_r7Lqxc-9DUtFempdIb_GAgRxBBEpTYfspfednbCd4NE9cjw9Gjp5YhgWnpjzRNOv546NNeedLRqjJtrmGtsfQ1tHEDW6ukN3AWW0Q/s4000/DSC09768.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSO-HQLEOXgepgxZoJj5ZYWWdMg7qdu360gkRlXho74BqXq5gieT5b4kTd4YaRP6__mEwbluIQIdVeLaiGGohM_r7Lqxc-9DUtFempdIb_GAgRxBBEpTYfspfednbCd4NE9cjw9Gjp5YhgWnpjzRNOv546NNeedLRqjJtrmGtsfQ1tHEDW6ukN3AWW0Q/s320/DSC09768.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>Hiller</i> barely made it (<i>a fortuitous initiative dice 'win' for Austria - the initiative was to continue switching from one side to the other during the course of the whole campaign</i>). On the march, the light cavalry had to be left on the north bank of the Isar tributary, the Ammer stream. This circumstance was to leave them out of the subsequent action, and to have further consequence later on. Hurrying up, Oudinot declined to launch a quick attack 'off the march', preparing a full scale attack for the following day. Wresting the initiative following day, Oudinot's attack found <i>Hiller </i>without his light horse. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUlhrm2h4Oa7FkfMIWU8PDDHaLz6b3EiVgiTu69jLXcnE0z3RkIninie8jnsDlPWhfsOuLkcqGA2AojIBtQ7gRPPCjzw19AgUiOg1xeq_L51QPwmwxh5t0JoL5IDCZtaQC2Dg28xmkZ8LG_rowyTzoHIAKvrViMbLhejuYB4jaiArDHczGcgZH606gog/s4000/DSC09769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUlhrm2h4Oa7FkfMIWU8PDDHaLz6b3EiVgiTu69jLXcnE0z3RkIninie8jnsDlPWhfsOuLkcqGA2AojIBtQ7gRPPCjzw19AgUiOg1xeq_L51QPwmwxh5t0JoL5IDCZtaQC2Dg28xmkZ8LG_rowyTzoHIAKvrViMbLhejuYB4jaiArDHczGcgZH606gog/s320/DSC09769.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Having detached a small garrison at Regenburg, Marshal Davout might have marched to join the other wing of his army corps at Feking. Reckoning, however, that Morand could probably hold open the lines of communication westwards, he instead directed his troops immediately to hand to the village of Teugen, reaching the place at the end of the 20th April. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueXV12M_mxgu3GiLVBMoWN06OMqvLVcuySlDydt8YnTFtoydrxMiVoNnv-ktQa4AW_JZchoS4i6zuT-Pj8iQ-SOBiQUAQo3LKomEiiPzja6NraY5dzdexHvY6l6Ng3PUJMS3ZxBGLrZtnvICyVeVtoJgvfyshtMNKpsO7gxdLd2aFrPBwjyzxYumnvqY/s2000/DSC09770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueXV12M_mxgu3GiLVBMoWN06OMqvLVcuySlDydt8YnTFtoydrxMiVoNnv-ktQa4AW_JZchoS4i6zuT-Pj8iQ-SOBiQUAQo3LKomEiiPzja6NraY5dzdexHvY6l6Ng3PUJMS3ZxBGLrZtnvICyVeVtoJgvfyshtMNKpsO7gxdLd2aFrPBwjyzxYumnvqY/s320/DSC09770.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>He was just in time. <i>Rosenburg's IV Corps,</i> up from Lanquaid and already close by, was preparing an attack. It was going to be a busy day for the whole of III Corps, attacked by two <i>enemy</i> corps (<i>III and IV</i>) with a third (<i>V</i>) in support.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHJwnh-AM07a4omDf-NjMKtHQJEXUGHzr9rK7-NeLL4t-LexH5CgcH0AGdpC7swelmvwgPUmWnGnLPMiZ5gBBUJ3CRQ1fMmsCgeFmzeAU3pW6tA0wyaXDmydi-r3hhlIyfrUDJsHxWsgtteTX1T5HgW6rpZT9A4jCAgnVzQEb3f-9CrZDdYPj6QITsI0/s3141/DSC09773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3141" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHJwnh-AM07a4omDf-NjMKtHQJEXUGHzr9rK7-NeLL4t-LexH5CgcH0AGdpC7swelmvwgPUmWnGnLPMiZ5gBBUJ3CRQ1fMmsCgeFmzeAU3pW6tA0wyaXDmydi-r3hhlIyfrUDJsHxWsgtteTX1T5HgW6rpZT9A4jCAgnVzQEb3f-9CrZDdYPj6QITsI0/s320/DSC09773.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This was not to mention <i>Bellegarde's</i> command, just then commencing its first trans-riverine assault upon Regensburg. The first probes received a quick rebuff, but it could be only a matter of time before the garrison would be overcome.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKDLZ-p_g9Co6k8hBf4_S5GJWVsoGLVH7E69lUt8QtQM92INlp8LoDdvn8FnaVi1cnyPzDkTgzWOl2KCzZxlERwfeHCn3o6gIVQ5OkTsE_qNjQeA2VbBKP3DsHnNxBL2Kk5vvoyCdW7hIEewOhK45lFGsxIj0khOwK3tPuLR9_aADWGBtjmUVRYjBPJU/s4000/DSC09774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKDLZ-p_g9Co6k8hBf4_S5GJWVsoGLVH7E69lUt8QtQM92INlp8LoDdvn8FnaVi1cnyPzDkTgzWOl2KCzZxlERwfeHCn3o6gIVQ5OkTsE_qNjQeA2VbBKP3DsHnNxBL2Kk5vvoyCdW7hIEewOhK45lFGsxIj0khOwK3tPuLR9_aADWGBtjmUVRYjBPJU/s320/DSC09774.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>For its attack upon Feking, <i>Hohenzollern</i> had split his corps in two, one attacking up the road, the horse taking a flanking route (<i>I'll be honest; I have no recollection why I did this. Maybe it was to tie up the trailing half of </i>Morand's<i> command). </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZeNPoypfw167oe74u7yi7rjS1GLacLWTqizIzhXLLqk62GViPDBlWzyyH-j87UguQx_IQSqTJe5G9ILkXTXBDqp81XrcAytwawLPYm7ZNQMiYORhH7IpyZkyHcrDKN9-rb0ZjAoYrV1_HtYP5jRbJlPoOItaBMDOZUxDfY6UJD59ZpTQoIBjIfNgCzo/s4000/DSC09775.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZeNPoypfw167oe74u7yi7rjS1GLacLWTqizIzhXLLqk62GViPDBlWzyyH-j87UguQx_IQSqTJe5G9ILkXTXBDqp81XrcAytwawLPYm7ZNQMiYORhH7IpyZkyHcrDKN9-rb0ZjAoYrV1_HtYP5jRbJlPoOItaBMDOZUxDfY6UJD59ZpTQoIBjIfNgCzo/s320/DSC09775.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zHjtcKecbtPGgFcMf_A_z67dCjt5Po6daOh5RKtxX7oLmYABhP1sNf1R6QVJdwPfPf4Fry3rWX_ZAApAskoPwla84D06fW3ah064Y8mWk-HwK0xiewyvLRM722rKFBPON0_Hht1hfVwv1F0K1a6gT6gB6nlc_YYw-IqUGtcfi5YDvhKdHS5MdO94rk4/s4000/DSC09776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zHjtcKecbtPGgFcMf_A_z67dCjt5Po6daOh5RKtxX7oLmYABhP1sNf1R6QVJdwPfPf4Fry3rWX_ZAApAskoPwla84D06fW3ah064Y8mWk-HwK0xiewyvLRM722rKFBPON0_Hht1hfVwv1F0K1a6gT6gB6nlc_YYw-IqUGtcfi5YDvhKdHS5MdO94rk4/s320/DSC09776.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The following pics tell the tale of Hohenzollern's first attack. Totting up the figures and arms engaged, both sides rolled ten dice. Matching pairs eliminated - the crossed dice in the photo - the remainder indicated the losses. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1itQhrKgnqt0V8br_LDjlsit6ZS8rL_kqgAkZEagVr3WyHyHSTclnVIKyMEWUARbpqM_MNyMrcOXciXeYQkWWb9uTz_hyphenhyphenY2ywdWWFw98nNi2aJADVzXdN3nOcdRKnhFoY8oPYvjj7vwnk8BG-_Hkag3OYYqwZ3gdu4cqmtgPLADfur5I2WRghLjLBR8c/s2000/DSC09777.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1itQhrKgnqt0V8br_LDjlsit6ZS8rL_kqgAkZEagVr3WyHyHSTclnVIKyMEWUARbpqM_MNyMrcOXciXeYQkWWb9uTz_hyphenhyphenY2ywdWWFw98nNi2aJADVzXdN3nOcdRKnhFoY8oPYvjj7vwnk8BG-_Hkag3OYYqwZ3gdu4cqmtgPLADfur5I2WRghLjLBR8c/s320/DSC09777.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WXmSlvB_ed52eNavMoMUTxgtvWkNaaIbI1vluGdBvCGmoN0CNiD_HvdpsIfjAPbNDGHFF2ZKNfSm7W88BmOJCpgLWFtXvbGQ500NMfk6JmDnLjY6IUXD4cgShOw712uce8yuPm8q-61VB24gmOWYtJsTvoQa7UyHO7v8jyB3Im50wjh8aWFQP-4W_ik/s4000/DSC09778.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WXmSlvB_ed52eNavMoMUTxgtvWkNaaIbI1vluGdBvCGmoN0CNiD_HvdpsIfjAPbNDGHFF2ZKNfSm7W88BmOJCpgLWFtXvbGQ500NMfk6JmDnLjY6IUXD4cgShOw712uce8yuPm8q-61VB24gmOWYtJsTvoQa7UyHO7v8jyB3Im50wjh8aWFQP-4W_ik/w200-h150/DSC09778.JPG" width="200" /></a>Blue first: the French eliminated 2 Austrian foot, and both gunners. The third '1' is redundant. </div><span style="text-align: justify;">Orange next: three French infantry eliminated, and two horse. The three '6's also indicate that General Morand is at hazard....</span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1TbpIZfjkmbdJheCGIbrWM31zNQd5DdXzWHuGIf8ehmhkm0wkwdsCgClj7i7akfZQTE-VbOiQ5YLuOJCSisA9kq_Q184jiIUlkG7W1L6O0x9wd50F5okmODp5ytor9F4HQg4tnvFaWSFmjxHLI5Dv-6gpb3SVMXEQxJ1-061AfMzTVJHwGWidHOEX4E/s4000/DSC09779.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1TbpIZfjkmbdJheCGIbrWM31zNQd5DdXzWHuGIf8ehmhkm0wkwdsCgClj7i7akfZQTE-VbOiQ5YLuOJCSisA9kq_Q184jiIUlkG7W1L6O0x9wd50F5okmODp5ytor9F4HQg4tnvFaWSFmjxHLI5Dv-6gpb3SVMXEQxJ1-061AfMzTVJHwGWidHOEX4E/w200-h150/DSC09779.JPG" width="200" /></a>... and here were the rolls for his fate. The '6' renders him hors de combat - dead, seriously wounded or taken prisoner. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Overall, this was a defeat for Morand, but if the following picture doesn't lie, it seems that a quick counterattack during the French half of the turn recovered the village. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0raz51lUy10Xa72hpjQRswH__WXHTvH-PeHgITM1xyJnr3QZH9MC-FeKq8Kc3kD7xa12n3U0VXBxnzUxqCdflB2SQPWg7TasTtJ3mJhbehyanOz32RmxKV5Yx-GYLxhtnYWjjY_1GTdelSqqCrnitEIi79VJf5icYUC13zhjoIDGK-Kred9mPfNFz-7A/s4000/DSC09780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0raz51lUy10Xa72hpjQRswH__WXHTvH-PeHgITM1xyJnr3QZH9MC-FeKq8Kc3kD7xa12n3U0VXBxnzUxqCdflB2SQPWg7TasTtJ3mJhbehyanOz32RmxKV5Yx-GYLxhtnYWjjY_1GTdelSqqCrnitEIi79VJf5icYUC13zhjoIDGK-Kred9mPfNFz-7A/s320/DSC09780.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Bellegarde continued to batter away at Regensburg, but by evening of the 20th, half the garrison was still grimly hanging on.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokYZm2p_7i6scmVw7oCV2AX7MS5UoAa4ynYif8_3ca9L5UHSB48CweZy2FYEwAIKhpLC0UHrAOOG-BCbHrRssPnQPhuKcpGSdRjXSayCeSn4ap4CKdMdVx6u1VlSC4tqrJWXAkWpi5TRhRboqCh8FXD0E8Ghuw7besmCxotPFNNrwzlPEaTbFsZAQ6m0/s4000/DSC09781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokYZm2p_7i6scmVw7oCV2AX7MS5UoAa4ynYif8_3ca9L5UHSB48CweZy2FYEwAIKhpLC0UHrAOOG-BCbHrRssPnQPhuKcpGSdRjXSayCeSn4ap4CKdMdVx6u1VlSC4tqrJWXAkWpi5TRhRboqCh8FXD0E8Ghuw7besmCxotPFNNrwzlPEaTbFsZAQ6m0/s320/DSC09781.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Day three, 21st April</b>, was a successful one for the Austrians. <i>Rosenburg's</i> powerful attack drove Marshal Davout out of Teugen - the first of many changes of hands throughout this campaign - and a renewed Austrian attack again took Feking. Following <i>III Corps</i>, the archdukes, <i>Charles</i> and <i>Ludwig</i>, brought <i>V Corps</i> up to Arnhofen before Lefebvre could bring his men across the Abens. Davout's whole III Corps was now cut off from the rest of La<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Grande Armée</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1rJztI9QdFzUGAOOkMIVdcL86Sxqk1JBTtl4wcBRTShjNimmB3sJKWkcU31ToV3FohwbyBUPheH153xoDzK6Dc0rdPZNaomjBVAVqqnjP55aKNtjYqyz2zThIQiew4akH9_X2zHUNbAubzf7IhH0elmWEOMoNQzyY7rdiwrIQFoQAEi-F3MPwQfyjN4/s4000/DSC09783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1rJztI9QdFzUGAOOkMIVdcL86Sxqk1JBTtl4wcBRTShjNimmB3sJKWkcU31ToV3FohwbyBUPheH153xoDzK6Dc0rdPZNaomjBVAVqqnjP55aKNtjYqyz2zThIQiew4akH9_X2zHUNbAubzf7IhH0elmWEOMoNQzyY7rdiwrIQFoQAEi-F3MPwQfyjN4/s320/DSC09783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For the whole three days, Davout's Corps, split into three parts counting the Regensburg garrison, had been in battle with three Austrian corps (<i>I, III,</i> and <i>IV</i>, with a fourth (<i>V</i>) in the offing. But six French and Allied corps were making the best speed they could to redress the balance. General Oudinot was about to attack <i>VI Corps</i> at Freising, and Massena was not far distant on the other side of the Ammen River with IV Corps. Lefebvre was also ready to force the River Abens in the face of <i>V Corps</i>, and Marshal Lannes was not far behindhand, approaching Siegenburg.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C7Cg_BC6ix-bEHza4JbsrO_FM65vwILBzBGDBKewsyF8QrcH09ZulEZAR3k6FdcwNjrXJTmCKAfrDLog75H7l3oDGjjYBtl93HVwWQ6-ZAOoHdnzamNfH3zq29w7cjrNAMoCUaBu-uMhyBqZRwkgN1RB8OQRy1kNLAKmiFT2xuPnXxYY3MdIxb9xSsc/s2000/DSC09784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C7Cg_BC6ix-bEHza4JbsrO_FM65vwILBzBGDBKewsyF8QrcH09ZulEZAR3k6FdcwNjrXJTmCKAfrDLog75H7l3oDGjjYBtl93HVwWQ6-ZAOoHdnzamNfH3zq29w7cjrNAMoCUaBu-uMhyBqZRwkgN1RB8OQRy1kNLAKmiFT2xuPnXxYY3MdIxb9xSsc/s320/DSC09784.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">All the same, as evening drew in on 21 April, the strategic situation was looking rather more rosy for Archduke Charles, than it was for Napoleon.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmwINfPadLlBUR-QNlDLLJliN84cWo2eNh69h-t3CnkCGMwzf7Oc4txbOMxWOmF-939YmqR3f0H8OGi22Xa8iN1mbGUq5Fwu9QZYI_oTx-v1h_0kiN3_qWQ26dyb2-zkLx-HI_w-KdM6niyk-FE19zQp0sfV0F8dQlIyUhtAGf1ryrWDUxr_UHzmJ-Xc/s4000/DSC09785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmwINfPadLlBUR-QNlDLLJliN84cWo2eNh69h-t3CnkCGMwzf7Oc4txbOMxWOmF-939YmqR3f0H8OGi22Xa8iN1mbGUq5Fwu9QZYI_oTx-v1h_0kiN3_qWQ26dyb2-zkLx-HI_w-KdM6niyk-FE19zQp0sfV0F8dQlIyUhtAGf1ryrWDUxr_UHzmJ-Xc/s320/DSC09785.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Day 4: 22 April</b><br />This day, it was the French who opened the ball. Before <i>Hiller </i>could call in his light cavalry, still on the road from Moosburg on the far side of the Ammen, Oudinot threw his entire II Corps into the attack at Freising. It was at once successful, the French broke into the town, and <i>Hiller</i> beat a hasty retreat across the Isar, towards Landshut. Realising too late the threat to that vital point, <i>Prince Liechtenstein</i> directed his <i>I Reserve Corps</i> - made up of elite grenadiers and cuirassiers - thereto. They were still over a day's march distant when Freising fell to Oudinot's corps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fxsaunrMxjVHT8jvXGXURjsKFl8tqe15U2NRkZ11bwdRJePMTZbdDjbGTN-AbgGwiwXT04jD4CF_xlTPw2VhpScsgmAhC-3bvHe5i1Plt3VYMvGV5zWmQzWtGffPz6gY_hRBSWlAZOaH0FEEP4Zk2EsqVf9heQmUoUGsifvEMOBDcNU9m96OTky_vM8/s4000/DSC09787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fxsaunrMxjVHT8jvXGXURjsKFl8tqe15U2NRkZ11bwdRJePMTZbdDjbGTN-AbgGwiwXT04jD4CF_xlTPw2VhpScsgmAhC-3bvHe5i1Plt3VYMvGV5zWmQzWtGffPz6gY_hRBSWlAZOaH0FEEP4Zk2EsqVf9heQmUoUGsifvEMOBDcNU9m96OTky_vM8/s320/DSC09787.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Matters were drawing to a head, too, throughout the day around Teugen. Recapturing Feking for the second time, General Gudin, having replaced the unlucky Morand, followed up <i>III Corps</i> as it withdrew. Lefebvre forced <i>V Corps</i> were forced back to the southeast out of Arnhofen. The three Austrian army corps formed a compact triangle in and west of Teugen.</div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVnQeA6wKTKSYwYYhB-9Y2Fabl65QrOTJmSBTFH7I0iVgms3SDaoY_ihOqfZC9IOS3j5_h7dOWGWb-RwlZuWcwatCDDaeT3yfHo7GXBDMD5qO0Hcb0JCbdhQrzPpABwCvpyrseKNBjyMQtPUChEOLedFBzWBe3TOuwKPtQy3qx1cPIEv2Uoo4fowX_OE/s4000/DSC09788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVnQeA6wKTKSYwYYhB-9Y2Fabl65QrOTJmSBTFH7I0iVgms3SDaoY_ihOqfZC9IOS3j5_h7dOWGWb-RwlZuWcwatCDDaeT3yfHo7GXBDMD5qO0Hcb0JCbdhQrzPpABwCvpyrseKNBjyMQtPUChEOLedFBzWBe3TOuwKPtQy3qx1cPIEv2Uoo4fowX_OE/s320/DSC09788.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />They were facing a lot of pressure from the French. Marshal Lefebvre had at last forced the crossing at Arnhofen, and Marshal Lannes, with his Provisional corps, also crossed the river at Siegenburg. Altogether, Lannes, VII Corps and elements of III Corps were facing <i>III</i> and <i>V Corps</i>. To the east of Teugen, Marshal Davout was preparing his own counterattack against <i>IV Corps.</i>..<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-15983795845476872302023-12-24T14:30:00.000-08:002023-12-25T12:17:30.303-08:00Season's Greetings...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSOsXJD2JkVltYfUyQDN2UuEa-pAIKMDvcfo2UiByRdzdUJ0oOJNncRCJi74pDtTrVO3rDIHgKm2PFiYRqfo78JoDazd_lpGAIrY6mUVoYNIviwtcbUAJBjYLUPkQtykABWi80npo51HzjKiEXcn_KksmaPHw7cfzzHm4NTr4Ja7pyhb75AomqL2i3GA/s1200/River%20walk%20021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1200" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSOsXJD2JkVltYfUyQDN2UuEa-pAIKMDvcfo2UiByRdzdUJ0oOJNncRCJi74pDtTrVO3rDIHgKm2PFiYRqfo78JoDazd_lpGAIrY6mUVoYNIviwtcbUAJBjYLUPkQtykABWi80npo51HzjKiEXcn_KksmaPHw7cfzzHm4NTr4Ja7pyhb75AomqL2i3GA/w640-h432/River%20walk%20021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-62389612641876411702023-12-24T14:18:00.000-08:002023-12-25T12:15:18.520-08:00Eckmuhl Campaign<p>The following begins my pictorial narrative of my 'one table campaign' based on the actions that kicked off the War of the Fifth Coalition in Bavaria and Austria, 1809. I gave notice of this project a couple of weeks back in my <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/12/shambattle-of-steroids.html" target="_blank">'Shambattle on Steroids'</a> posting. <br /><br />Here I'll start with the prep work - the map and the forces involved. I'll add a few 'teaser' pics. Maybe.<br /><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphuojTFEMJLiHewjB81QQsIf0Q_QKpRt_OiKca3_RhuGCwWlSHg55nrFj49XF2OVyxX9GCtAlngMPYoC430Q6h-0yIpYZf2PmuBP1TabLxTeB3MXS6msQ57GmJ-04NxikRN0mtjn-oXYjo2ulGV5eb87IosM1gn-zeo72WkON9FwXKT77FqWBHkfEfH8/s4000/DSC09764.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphuojTFEMJLiHewjB81QQsIf0Q_QKpRt_OiKca3_RhuGCwWlSHg55nrFj49XF2OVyxX9GCtAlngMPYoC430Q6h-0yIpYZf2PmuBP1TabLxTeB3MXS6msQ57GmJ-04NxikRN0mtjn-oXYjo2ulGV5eb87IosM1gn-zeo72WkON9FwXKT77FqWBHkfEfH8/w640-h480/DSC09764.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Looking northwest from Landshut on the River Isar. <br />To read the formation identification you might have to enlarge the picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The first thing to do was to create a map to fit my table. What follows looked very promising...<br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVmXqPZhllaTVb9mwaiaOQFdly0CiDogMTyxmjnVmu-DdubHdOt8HSaE7RyDgHpqNk3erIm4xy4kwigy-5CSf6YxtT5F9igQyJqDjVrF_c857PRP5a54gWZRuYlAg4362hua8cjN2oEgg_TQRIS0T38lij68nUgLR13M3rCwLTJIn1wTHwCl0Oka6stM/s677/Eckmuhl%20Campaign%201809.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="677" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVmXqPZhllaTVb9mwaiaOQFdly0CiDogMTyxmjnVmu-DdubHdOt8HSaE7RyDgHpqNk3erIm4xy4kwigy-5CSf6YxtT5F9igQyJqDjVrF_c857PRP5a54gWZRuYlAg4362hua8cjN2oEgg_TQRIS0T38lij68nUgLR13M3rCwLTJIn1wTHwCl0Oka6stM/s320/Eckmuhl%20Campaign%201809.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The map as originally envisaged </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />But when it came to the setting up, I found it impractical with my available terrain equipment. So I was forced to compromise and simplify the thing right down. Even then it left certain design features to be desired. Nevertheless the thing did provide for a very interesting campaign, full of incident. That the initiative kept changing hands throughout the action added to the excitement and suspense.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBky7uhdI4Truv25kStZXqvTW-hOlD6K7c_JwOoQ0ePUh5NggBKKHQaASUEA7PHU2DFwy6J0ADt_CE96HdLOTnPEMh7NAoOqjLi42PjJsAyuGn4Nv_Z_RWAsrPxwjGBwICAcbbtNSuCOwIdQ2jiG6sRKiiyDFsVE7NuNFIivUpYzYWBRkR11z1YD9vsc/s1015/Simplified%20Eckmuhl%20Map%20Game%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1015" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBky7uhdI4Truv25kStZXqvTW-hOlD6K7c_JwOoQ0ePUh5NggBKKHQaASUEA7PHU2DFwy6J0ADt_CE96HdLOTnPEMh7NAoOqjLi42PjJsAyuGn4Nv_Z_RWAsrPxwjGBwICAcbbtNSuCOwIdQ2jiG6sRKiiyDFsVE7NuNFIivUpYzYWBRkR11z1YD9vsc/s320/Simplified%20Eckmuhl%20Map%20Game%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The map as I finally settled upon. It might have been better to <br />have reoriented the map so that the Isar and the main<br />stretch of the Danube were nearer parallel to the table edges.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Brief Background:</h4>Taking advantage of Napoleon's entanglements in Spain, Austria resolved upon war in April 1809, even without the hoped for help from Prussia. Since the debacle of 1805, the Austrian Empire had embarked upon a wholesale military reform, so it was a refurbished army that Archduke Charles led into Bavaria as the opening move of the campaign. Having good reason to anticipate hostilities, Napoleon issued instructions for his army's responses: to withdraw to a central position. Miscommunications of one sort or another, together with Austria's earlier than expected advance, caught the Grand Armee on the hop, with much of Marshal Davout's III Corps hovering around Regensburg (Ratisbon) in danger of being cut off from the main army.<br /><br />Such - in very broad brush terms - was the situation as Napoleon finally arrived, late in the afternoon of 18 April, at Ingolstadt on the north side of the Danube, some 70-75km upstream from Regensburg.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Armies:</h4>I derived the following Order of Battle from that used in the Snappy Nappy 'Campaign in a day' posted in the 'Blunder on the Danube' blog - very entertaining read. Of course, the formations on a single table are very much scaled right back. However, I permitted rather more troops of all arms than I had for the Waterloo campaign back in April. This went towards offsetting some of the drastic attritional effects of that project, which were further offset by recovering some of the losses at the end of each 'day'.<br /><br />As the Austrians were the aggressors at the outset of this campaign, we'll begin with their army. Note that the the only distinctions within each arm are (a) between grenadiers <i>versus</i> all other infantry, and (b) cuirassiers <i>versus</i> all other cavalry. The elite troops are to be found only in the Reserve Corps, and receive a bonus in combat.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsINqSSGDabsGJ0s_l_hECYCjCtx-di3numpqEqd6_9ZfoDHwztgdR_J6K8rKoYA2qPV91-M8GukqCsBGzlH7CSE-9TNmLvcU5Y9hV4xMRG72i_tvph3XkRc7DXV_xUPNHjDn9-vJ1mluNS8riMnr21E77D8ypuaqVN7lIERU6iVXXsZKJBBPSXxiTKA/s4000/DSC09766.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2479" data-original-width="4000" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsINqSSGDabsGJ0s_l_hECYCjCtx-di3numpqEqd6_9ZfoDHwztgdR_J6K8rKoYA2qPV91-M8GukqCsBGzlH7CSE-9TNmLvcU5Y9hV4xMRG72i_tvph3XkRc7DXV_xUPNHjDn9-vJ1mluNS8riMnr21E77D8ypuaqVN7lIERU6iVXXsZKJBBPSXxiTKA/s320/DSC09766.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Developments along the Abens stream.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Austria-Hungarian Army:</h4><b>Commanding in Chief, Archduke Charles</b><div><b><br />I Army Corps:</b> Graf Bellegarde (<i>north bank of Danube, near Regensburg</i>)<div> 4 line infantry, 1 jager, 1 freiwilliger, 2 uhlans, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>III Army Corps:</b> FML Hohenzollern-Hechingen (<i>Rohr</i>)<br /> 2 German line infantry, 2 Hungarian line, 1 grenz, 2 hussars, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>IV Army Corps:</b> Rosenburg (<i>Lanquaid</i>)<br /> 3 line infantry, 1 grenz, 1 jager, 2 hussars, 1 chevauleger, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>V Army Corps:</b> Archduke Ludwig (<i>north of Pfaffenhausen</i>)<br /> 3 line infantry, 1 grenz, 1 jager, 2 hussars, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>VI Army Corps:</b> FML Hiller (<i>Moosburg</i>)<br /> 6 line infantry (Hungarians), 1 grenz, 2 hussars, 1 chevauleger, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>I Reserve Corps</b>: Liechtenstein (<i>Pfaffenhausen</i>) <br /> 3 grenadiers, 3 cuirassiers, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>II Reserve Corps:</b> FML Kienmayer (<i>Landshut</i>)<br /> 2 grenadiers, 2 cuirassiers, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><br /><b>Totals: </b>33 foot, 17 horse, 14 gunners, 8 commanders, 7 flags - with the flags, 79 figures<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFDyHB-Q9Yr0CcxEtBsEBHY39Y9ueZdCCNBkzS6htSCb1R2-eV-qOG5IolR-3UCHHiFo-4CMomcCkNBclVtKF9CTzCFAK24cfQaK5Dhg-HGfXheeM1AHJx_lFU5AUjuE5jc5T5takXNwpRtp3726F4qZWUaNWo5WFusA5VSas1I8GOMw65Tqkt_dJfA0/s4000/DSC09769.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFDyHB-Q9Yr0CcxEtBsEBHY39Y9ueZdCCNBkzS6htSCb1R2-eV-qOG5IolR-3UCHHiFo-4CMomcCkNBclVtKF9CTzCFAK24cfQaK5Dhg-HGfXheeM1AHJx_lFU5AUjuE5jc5T5takXNwpRtp3726F4qZWUaNWo5WFusA5VSas1I8GOMw65Tqkt_dJfA0/s320/DSC09769.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">French IV and II Corps converge on Freising.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">French and Allies: </h4><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Commanding in Chief, Emperor Napoleon (<i>Ingolstadt</i>)</b></p><b>II Army Corps:</b> Genl Oudinot (<i>Au</i>)</div><div><span> 6 infantry, 3 light horse, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /></span><b>III Army Corps</b> (part): Marshal Davout (<i>hex south of Regensburg</i>)<br /><span> 5 infantry, 3 light horse, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /></span><b>III Army Corps</b> (part): Genl Morand (<i>Feking</i>)</div><div> 4 infantry, 3 cuirassiers, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>IV Army Corps</b>: Marshal Massena(<i>Pfaffenhosen</i>)<br /> 8 infantry, 2 light horse, 2 heavy horse, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /><b>VII Army Corps</b>: Marshal Lefebvre (<i>Neustadt</i>)<br /> <span> 5 infantry, 1 light horse, 1 dragoon, 2 gunner, 1 gun<br /></span><b>Provisional Army Corps</b>: Marshal Lannes (<i>Vohburg</i>)<br /><span> 4 infantry, 1 light horse, 2 cuirassiers, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /></span><b>Wurttemberg Corps</b>: Genl Vandamme (<i>Ingolstadt</i>)<br /><span> 3 infantry, 2 light horse, 2 gunners, 1 gun<br /></span><br /><b>Totals</b>: 35 foot, 20 horse, 14 gunners, 8 commanders, 7 flags - with the flags, 84 figures.<br /><br />Note that the flags serve to identify the armies to which the formations belong, which I thought might not be sufficiently clear without them. The French flags don't show up nearly as well as the Austrian, but the presence of flags always gives the armies a bity of a lift anyhow.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9RrCd5EWqc15tnZdASP4PuUrylORynh2n7h-pQ5NXRQ_hcHuzB8KC7AwtYEcePNVuro0bsxZM8-NQid4Gpuxgucl0ZIHdk91p_jV9XYriXvjGUkOmsQWVtB4qhzsVi3r_uxcvyCB9aoHwaRa8tIuZE2ibX-gkCmKYTGZ7B0PhjJqHYk7V-5r-Aki47w/s3141/DSC09773.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3141" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9RrCd5EWqc15tnZdASP4PuUrylORynh2n7h-pQ5NXRQ_hcHuzB8KC7AwtYEcePNVuro0bsxZM8-NQid4Gpuxgucl0ZIHdk91p_jV9XYriXvjGUkOmsQWVtB4qhzsVi3r_uxcvyCB9aoHwaRa8tIuZE2ibX-gkCmKYTGZ7B0PhjJqHYk7V-5r-Aki47w/s320/DSC09773.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First assault upon Regensburg,</span><br style="font-size: small;" /><span style="font-size: small;">defended by a small garrison of infantry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />Combat system:</h4>I thought it well to repeat my combat system here. It is laid out in more detail in my <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-hundred-minute-campaign.html" target="_blank">'Hundred Minutes'</a> posting, though I have since changed the effect of 'sixes'.<br /><br />To initiate a combat a formation 'enters' a hex occupied by an enemy formation. This entry, though nominal, counts as a move or part of a move. As such, moving to a grid area adjacent to the enemy is not sufficient to bring on a combat. If a formation exhausts its move upon reaching an adjacent enemy hex, it must wait until its next turn to attack, or for the enemy to do so it its turn.<br /><br />All combats are contested; both sides roll. The number of dice rolled is the sum of <br /><b>Figures</b> - horse, foot, gunners and commanders, but <i>not flags;</i><br /><b>The arms represented</b> - +1 for each arm: horse, foot, guns<br /><b>Command -</b> +1 for Napoleon and/or Davout present with the troops (yes, that means Davout gets counted twice). I seriously considered adding Archduke Charles to this, but it seems that a series of epileptic attacks impaired his command performance at this time.<br /><b>Special -</b> The Austrian reserve Corps being corps d'elite, they get one extra die in their combat rolls. Possibly the French III Corps ought to get the same, but the presence of Davout is enough, I think.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5kg4br36dQlDLSkGY_MkhwTp1aWfAyiF0_gzKSOWTf5SuvI-Cv2teWbfvfjdQLLTsmAv5liTD5US_eo_nAw6ibOtx0ZUZEDsnFY_2OGrIAONtDDQiE1ShqZMldlai0iOMbqYheRQVKZe1R4wvbRtQrGGodhC_HJwr36Lf9hQCFtZ1aX-ro3-a0PO-Q8/s4000/DSC09783.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5kg4br36dQlDLSkGY_MkhwTp1aWfAyiF0_gzKSOWTf5SuvI-Cv2teWbfvfjdQLLTsmAv5liTD5US_eo_nAw6ibOtx0ZUZEDsnFY_2OGrIAONtDDQiE1ShqZMldlai0iOMbqYheRQVKZe1R4wvbRtQrGGodhC_HJwr36Lf9hQCFtZ1aX-ro3-a0PO-Q8/s320/DSC09783.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fierce action around Teugen and Arnhofen. <br />Should Regensburg fall, Davout's situation would become <br />very perilous. He's the bald-headed cove at the left of <br />the picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><b>Example</b>:<br />III Austrian Corps attacks part of III French Corps, under Genl Morand, at Feking. </div><div>The Austrians have commander, 5 infantry, 2 horse plus 2 gunners = 10 figures.<br />All three arms are represented. Added to the figures, that gives the Austrians 10+3 = 13 dice.<br />Morand has 5 infantry, 3 light horse, 2 gunners plus command = 11 figures<br />Three arms are represented gives the French 11+3 = 14 dice.<br /><br />When all the dice are rolled, matching pip pairs are removed from the respective armies. For example, the Austrians roll:<br /><span style="color: red;">6,6,6,6,5,5,4,4,3,3,2,1,1.</span><br />and the French<br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">6,4,4,4,3,3,3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1.<br /></span>Removing matches <br /><span style="color: red;">6,6,6,5,5.<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">4,3,2,2,1,1. <br /></span>Now the hits are allocated as follows:<br />1 = artillery<br />2 = cavalry<br />3 = cavalry<br />4 = infantry<br />5 = infantry <br />6 = infantry and possibly commander <br />From the above, the French have lost all 5 of their infantry, and General Morand has three dice rolls to determine the effect of enemy fire. A 'six' will mean KIA, or its equivalent (e.g. wounded sufficiently badly to take him out of the campaign). Morand rolls, 2,5,6 so he is removed along with the 5 infantry figures. He can be replaced after 1 move.<br /><br />The Austrians in their turn lose an infantry figure (4), both their cavalry (2,2,3 - a bit of overkill there), and both gunners. As both sides lose 5 elements (excluding the command figure, who doesn't count for the overall win-lose result), the action is (so far) inconclusive. Were the battle to continue into the French turn - a counter-attack, say - then the Austrians, having neither horse nor gunners, will receive 5 dice for their infantry and commander, plus just 1 die for the sole infantry arm - 6 dice only. The equally battered French receive 5 dice for the 3 horse and 2 artillery, plus 2 for the two arms - 7 dice.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0QwZiAc0lISpsQdWMfxm3VeuSB3Q6ENlRts_z4v3fZ7TXfMbxOgJlj2dqmUk4Ungln5yim8oatUaWQ2m0Iw3VzWfifsoHaXyUw2KWXxsEHJAETd2YB_jlcrk1Kupn7xqQ5ZkjaNW768V_g3RQn-y5qoPdpJIcKlKWM-4HXeThxj465_p1v3Y3QRz7OM/s4000/DSC09785.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0QwZiAc0lISpsQdWMfxm3VeuSB3Q6ENlRts_z4v3fZ7TXfMbxOgJlj2dqmUk4Ungln5yim8oatUaWQ2m0Iw3VzWfifsoHaXyUw2KWXxsEHJAETd2YB_jlcrk1Kupn7xqQ5ZkjaNW768V_g3RQn-y5qoPdpJIcKlKWM-4HXeThxj465_p1v3Y3QRz7OM/s320/DSC09785.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Austrian VI Corps win the race to Freising - the advantage <br />of winning an initiative roll to get 2 moves in a row.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Movement:</h4>If in a road march, column of route is represented by figures marching along the road in pairs. The column of most army corps will extend to 2 hexes, even 3 for a large corps. Corps commanders and flags are exempt from this restriction, though it might not be such a bad idea to include them! In this formation a Corps may march 2 hexes the turn. Cavalry on their own may move 3 along roads, 2 cross country.<br /><br />This may imply that attacking 'off the march' will limit the troops available to those in the leading hex. Otherwise, the corps might wait until the tail of the column catches up before launching an attack. On the other hand, that might induce the enemy to attack the head of the column before the formation can be concentrated. This became quite a consideration early in the campaign.<br /><br />Of course, the corps can always stay concentrated, and move just one hex the turn. When the enemy is close, that's not a bad option.<br /> <br /><i>To be continued...</i><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span> </span><br /> </div><div><br /><span> </span><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-16814376572016717032023-12-20T21:34:00.000-08:002023-12-20T21:38:23.039-08:00Towards a Portable Gettysburg<p>Other projects for the moment hanging fire, I've been forced to allow this one to jump the queue. That nearly all that is posted here I did near-on a week ago. Certain little maintenance tasks about the house have contributed something to the present backlog, but a think the major snag lies elsewhere. Never mind.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XgbM1ds8_M-tNgz1ZFSJGbOb_nYuQf6fdVZ7rgMxwrQYNmc8c_jyU9jRowdm0sNCJHX6i0M1faXmMLW0vRC7AWP7udxotJEXgbcOhNoiwzemNo5m-n6eEfWxILb0V-2kGkv2HkK-6p7EBo05gEsTJa6eHHoxeynzoK1EilSUSVXusZnp_toyr9qrcmk/s4000/DSC09832.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="4000" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XgbM1ds8_M-tNgz1ZFSJGbOb_nYuQf6fdVZ7rgMxwrQYNmc8c_jyU9jRowdm0sNCJHX6i0M1faXmMLW0vRC7AWP7udxotJEXgbcOhNoiwzemNo5m-n6eEfWxILb0V-2kGkv2HkK-6p7EBo05gEsTJa6eHHoxeynzoK1EilSUSVXusZnp_toyr9qrcmk/s320/DSC09832.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lt-Genl James Longstreet's I Corps CSA: the three Divisions<br />of Anderson, Pickett and Hood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Whilst reading a comment upon looking back at my <a href="https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2014/12/battle-of-hughesville.html" target="_blank">'Battle of Hughesville'</a> post, I bethought myself to looking to my hex-grid table and my ACW figures and see how the Battle of Gettysburg would go. Let's start with the proposed table map:<br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8jxyZ-NkuNqiOzLB86ncnbWKjaEFYznNGg8F7VCKzeh0cJPRGTt3AczzuCJLp-BGnGkSwAhP02pNf7HCLfuKYLzU2fpU3ErL_yZ_Ybin2dg3wz9Xk8OPJg_ovyPUbBUB8y8bIvz9ovvYeyJYMvjPxjy2pm5P3P8NKwAXGPbwv5AXvXtxJqccLhwW3dY/s677/Portable%20Gettysburg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8jxyZ-NkuNqiOzLB86ncnbWKjaEFYznNGg8F7VCKzeh0cJPRGTt3AczzuCJLp-BGnGkSwAhP02pNf7HCLfuKYLzU2fpU3ErL_yZ_Ybin2dg3wz9Xk8OPJg_ovyPUbBUB8y8bIvz9ovvYeyJYMvjPxjy2pm5P3P8NKwAXGPbwv5AXvXtxJqccLhwW3dY/w366-h400/Portable%20Gettysburg.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Portable Gettysburg Map. This is designed for the whole <br />3-day battle, beginning with the clash between Buford's Union<br />cavalry and Heth's infantry Division.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>What was now needed were forces commensurate with the size of the map. This really 'suck it and see' country. I have departed somewhat from many of the Portable Wargame conventions, but have retained the core concept. The tactical units, with one (likely) exception are infantry and cavalry Divisions and artillery battalions. The possible exception is J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry Division, of a size of the Union Cavalry Corps, but comprising 6 brigades with no subdivision. I reckon General Lee ought to have awarded Stuart his 'third star'.<br /><br />Now, the forces comprised, roughly, as follows:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Union:</b></p>72,000 infantry: 7 Army Corps organised into 19 Divisions<br />13,000 cavalry: a single Corps organised into 3 Divisions<br />7,500 artillery: 370 cannon attached to Corps, plus an Army reserve park.<br /><br /><b>Confederate:</b></div><div><b><br /></b>54,000 infantry (ratio 3:4): 3 Army Corps organised into 9 Divisions <br />12,500 cavalry (call it even): 1 Division of 6 Brigades<br />6,000 artillery: 287 cannon (within 1 piece of exactly 7:9 ratio), all attached to Corps.<br /><br />My first thought was simply to allocate 2 and 3 Strength Points (SP) to the Union Divisions (3 each to the Cavalry Divisions), and 4 to the Confederate. Artillery would be 2SP each, the Union getting 9 cannon, the Confederates 7. However, a bity of research led to a whole different allocation of figures and SPs. Here's what emerged:<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xBCqP_yYPZ6hYjmHVQKUyYxiRdsorN0_BDRSUCm7HU4ZDgPdbR43GDZu-zpvJ1G8ZL7DMcniFQUJJ9b4jR-U2BY4VKQfORzoSrKAwOo1zjXySlV5A90-gzMPZHemtVRrtgrUn9XC-GW0Nfg0hTtz_HAX4NQiOtUWzamC4kYkdcPOaYgw9dFnovN8TiI/s4000/DSC09834.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="4000" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xBCqP_yYPZ6hYjmHVQKUyYxiRdsorN0_BDRSUCm7HU4ZDgPdbR43GDZu-zpvJ1G8ZL7DMcniFQUJJ9b4jR-U2BY4VKQfORzoSrKAwOo1zjXySlV5A90-gzMPZHemtVRrtgrUn9XC-GW0Nfg0hTtz_HAX4NQiOtUWzamC4kYkdcPOaYgw9dFnovN8TiI/s320/DSC09834.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maj-Genl Henry Slocum's small XII Corps USA:<br />Maj-Genl A.S. Williams commanding, <br />2 divisions (Ruger and Geary) and artillery brigade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Union Army:</span></h4><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Commander: Maj-Genl G.G. Meade</span></b><br /><b>I Army Corps: Maj-Genl J.F. Reynolds</b><br /><span> 1/I Division: 3900 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures SP2+*<br /></span> 2/I Division: 3000 ...6 figures SP2<br /> 3/I Division: 4700 rounded to 5000<span> ...10 figures SP3+<br /> I Corps Artillery<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> ...2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>II Army Corps: Maj-Genl W.S. Hancock</b><br /> 1/II Division: 3300 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures SP2<br /> 2/II Division: 3600 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures SP2+<br /> 3/II Division: 3600 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures SP2+<br /> II Corps Artillery ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>III Army Corps: Maj-Genl D.E. Sickles</b><br /> 1/III Division: 5100 rounded to 5000 ... 10 figures, SP3+<br /> 2/III Division: 5100 rounded to 5000 ... 10 figures, SP3+<br /> III Corps Artillery: ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>V Army Corps: Maj-Genl G Sykes</b><br /> 1/V Division: 3400 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> 2/V Division: 4000 ... 8 figures, SP2+<br /> 3/V Division: 2900 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> V Corps Artillery ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>VI Army Corps: Maj-Genl J. Sedgwick </b><br /> 1/VI Division: 4200 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures, SP2+<br /> 2/VI Division: 3600 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures, SP2+<br /> 3/VI Division: 4700 rounded to 5000 ... 10 figures, SP3+<br /> VI Corps Artillery: ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>XI Army Corps: Maj-Genl O.O. Howard</b><br /> 1/XI Division: 2500 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> 2/XI Division: 2900 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> 3/XI Division: 3100 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> XI Corps Artillery: ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>XII Army Corps: Maj-Genl H.W. Slocum</b><br /> 1/XII Division: 5300 rounded to 5000 ... 10 figures, SP3+<br /> 2/XII Division: 4000 ... 8 figures, SP2+<br /> XII Corps Artillery: ... 2 figures, 1 gun, SP2<br /><b>Cavalry Corps: Maj-Genl A. Pleasonton</b><br /> 1 Cv Division: 2752 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2 (July 1 and 2)<br /> 1 Cv Division: 4544 rounded to 5000 ... 10 figures, SP3+ (July 3 only) <br /> 2 Cv Division: 2664 rounded to 3000 ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> 3 Cv Division: 3902 rounded to 4000 ... 8 figures, SP2+<br /> Cv Artillery: ... 1 figure, 1 gun, SP1<br /><b>Army Artillery: Brig-Genl H. Hunt</b><br /> Reserve Artillery ... 3 figures, 1 gun, SP3<br /><br /><b>Totals: </b><br />148 infantry figures (SP43/[+12])*, 20-24 cavalry (SP7[+2]), 18 gunners for 9 guns (SP18).<br />Army totals: 186-190 figures, SP68(+14), excluding command SP<br /><br /><br />* Note:<br />Strength points (SPs) have been allocated per multiples of 3 figures (1500 men). Remainders a given a plus (+). Units combat according to their nominal SP. However, units with a + to their SP lose the 'plus' as their first loss, and then their 'standard' SP thereafter. In effect, 1/I Division takes 2 dice in combat, but require 3 SP losses to be destroyed.<br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcbAG3dje7alg70Z-4ODWVE3egkPLN7pah7GE5FgpTfh_xN8q0cb8zobb-nN9AfDdUon_7rFnrobmvZBusg2hDniKcrd0Dst81QseyS5GZQrHyjBg6YI_II-8LQSrsSXMqjHWcOWCuW9Ww5inNg8EMLG0n8U4zTxvijZxJ8w7FHL_NwlpoK7RK_YQc3k/s4000/DSC09836.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="4000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcbAG3dje7alg70Z-4ODWVE3egkPLN7pah7GE5FgpTfh_xN8q0cb8zobb-nN9AfDdUon_7rFnrobmvZBusg2hDniKcrd0Dst81QseyS5GZQrHyjBg6YI_II-8LQSrsSXMqjHWcOWCuW9Ww5inNg8EMLG0n8U4zTxvijZxJ8w7FHL_NwlpoK7RK_YQc3k/s320/DSC09836.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An early version of the Union Cavalry Corps. See list for <br />the changes. I've given Alfred Pleasonton a white horse...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">Confederate Army:</span></span></span></h4><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Commander: Genl R.E. Lee</b></span><br /><b>I Army Corps: Lt-Genl J. Longstreet</b><br /> McLaws's Division: 6900 rounded to 7000 ... 14 figures, SP4+<br /> Pickett's Division: 5500 rounded to 6000 ... 12 figures, SP4<br /> Hood's Division: 7400 rounded to 7000 ... 14 figures, SP 4+<br /> I Corps Artllery: ... 4 figures, 2guns, SP4<br /><b>II Army Corps: Lt-Genl R.S. Ewell</b><br /> Johnson's Division: 6400 rounded to 6000 ... 12 figures, SP4<br /> Early's Division: 5500 rounded to 6000 ... 12 figures, SP4<br /> Rodes's Division: 8000 ... 16 figures, SP5+<br /> II Corps Artillery: ... 4 figures, 2 guns, SP4<br /><b>III Army Corps: Lt-Genl A.P. Hill </b><br /> Heth's Division: 7500 rounded to 8000 ... 16 figures, SP5+<br /> Pender's Division: 6700 rounded to 7000 ... 14 figures, SP4+<br /> Anderson's Division: 7100 rounded to 7000 ... 14 figures, SP4+<br /> III Corps Artillery: ... 4 figures, 2 guns, SP4<br /><b>Cavalry Division: Maj-Genl J.E.B. Stuart**</b><br /> Hampton's Brigade: ... 4 figures, SP1+<br /> Fitz Lee's Brigade: ... 4 figures, SP1+<br /> Chambliss's Brigade: ... 3 figures, SP1<br /> Jenkins's Brigade: ... 3 figures, SP1<br /> Robertson's/Jones's Brigades: ... 6 figures, SP2<br /> Cavalry Artillery ... 2 figures, 1 gun</span></span></div><div><b>Imboden's (Independent) Cavalry Brigade: .</b>.. 4 figures, SP1+ <br /><br /><b>Totals:</b> 124 infantry figures (SP38[+6]), 24 cavalry (SP7[+3]), 14 gunners for 7 cannon (SP14)<br />Army totals: 162 figures, SP59(+9), excluding command SP.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QNqEMjbhSLIlWAOdhsfLY-zAh-57FJOd6jNk2W13a41iv24bOJDFW2aHCYn92ZVuPkEujGcPdKVNqdN8Xuhy5E1SieSioQ9IYytnfQeTe0d5Ajd6qTlZFBn9KBFodl3-FzyKPfq5k11vEg0t3eg1Xww0_cwt0bldPnDxqVtChK8cOb6AuzWnSV5ds5s/s4000/DSC09839.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QNqEMjbhSLIlWAOdhsfLY-zAh-57FJOd6jNk2W13a41iv24bOJDFW2aHCYn92ZVuPkEujGcPdKVNqdN8Xuhy5E1SieSioQ9IYytnfQeTe0d5Ajd6qTlZFBn9KBFodl3-FzyKPfq5k11vEg0t3eg1Xww0_cwt0bldPnDxqVtChK8cOb6AuzWnSV5ds5s/s320/DSC09839.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maj-Genl J.E.B. Stuart's CSA cavalry command**.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>** Note on Stuart's command.</b><br />It's not being practical to move around 20 figures as a single block - though it would probably be fairly historical, as it happens, I've broken up the Division into its component brigades - combining only those of Robertson and Jones. It seems that Jones's command was subordinated to Robertson's in some way. One could combine the brigades of 'Rooney' Lee and Jenkins - 6 figures, SP2 - a practical option.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Strength point system</b></p>As my ACW forces are mounted on strips of three figures, with occasional ones and twos, each multiple of three counts as a strength point (SP). The infantry and cavalry formations are multiples of three plus a remainder.<br /><br />In combat, the number of combat dice is equal to the number of three-figure stands it has: its SPs. So a 14-figure Division has 4 combat dice for the 4 x 3-figure stands. <br /><br />However, when the formation takes hits, the non-multiple 'remainder' is removed first, before there is any further loss to its SPs. A 14-figure division that takes a damaging hit will lose the 'plus', and the one or two figures that make the plus. It will require a second hit to start reducing its nominal SP value. Hence a 14-figure formation's SP is given as 4+, and not 5. It has the equivalent of 4SP for combat, and 5SP for survivability.<br /><br />As a formation incurs damage, the losses are removed. As it takes damage, a 14-figure Division will be reduced this way: 14 -> 12 -> 9 -> 6 -> 3 -> 0. In the above pictures, the flags simply signify Divisional command, and is not added to the formations' SPs. They have no SPs of their own, but are merely identifiers. A formation reduced to 0SP will have just the flag remaining, whereat it may be removed from the table. <br /><br />It is possible, however, that if the action continues into 2 and 3 July, that some losses might be recovered - stragglers and ambulant wounded perhaps returning to the colours overnight. In that case, the flags of formations reduced to 0SP remain on the table where the rallied remnants may be gathered.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Scales:</h4>The <b>figure scales</b> are very (<i>very!</i>) roughly<b> 1 figure to 500 troops</b>, and 1 cannon represents about 40 (41, actually) but, more specifically, <b>1 gunner to 20 guns.<br /></b><br />The <b>ground scale</b> is indicated by the map - roughly 6 miles by 5, or just under 10km by 8. This seems to indicate one 4-inch hex grid measures 2/3 km or 5/12 mile. That is a scale of roughly 1:6666<br />I derive my time scales from the ground scale, taking the square root. <br /><br />That gives me a <b>time scale</b> of 1:80 approximately. (I do like what I call 'approximate arithmetic': it should be taught in schools).<br /><br />If we imagine it takes 10 minutes to walk 2/3 km - reasonably brisk, but not exactly scorching shoe leather - then in 80 minutes, one may walk a little under 7km. Without going through the mathematics - something I discussed in this blog just over 9 years ago - I come down to an infantry move of 2 hexes the turn, and each turn an hour and a half (80 minutes, fudged to make the numbers nice). As the battle was fought in early July, we're looking at 16 hours of daylight - 10 or 11 game turns, starting at daybreak. Just because it makes the numbers simpler I'd go for 10 daylight turns, and, optionally, 1 more in the evening's gloaming.<br /><br />The prep work pretty much done, it remains <i>sometime</i> to play out the battle!<br /><br /><i>To be continued...<br /></i><br /><br /> <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-52979408047409235482023-12-17T01:01:00.000-08:002023-12-18T12:40:53.239-08:00Shambattle: the Bluvian Invasion.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgsF2qqmY-mRFyzQWvCCiOei3QVgaKky3Lo0u7RuOdMf4Q2jwpZlSNaoQdW3GZAjcJOuOXMQDII9I-7gHfyKXx8tBxp0nSb0EUFvS2MJqyiIyKmWFjPxbp5Cju2z-A2gZqV0QI69VWUV2L4ydXAoIk2WcRNcNcz8vvxUIOFv6XGMvDCzUB7MDTHUs3WY/s4000/DSC09737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgsF2qqmY-mRFyzQWvCCiOei3QVgaKky3Lo0u7RuOdMf4Q2jwpZlSNaoQdW3GZAjcJOuOXMQDII9I-7gHfyKXx8tBxp0nSb0EUFvS2MJqyiIyKmWFjPxbp5Cju2z-A2gZqV0QI69VWUV2L4ydXAoIk2WcRNcNcz8vvxUIOFv6XGMvDCzUB7MDTHUs3WY/s320/DSC09737.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>As one might expect, with three rather separated river crossing points available, the battle of the Purple River, took the aspect of three separated battles. So the narrative will proceed sector by sector: the Battle of Vermilion City on the west flank; the River Crossings in the centre, which we will call the Battle of Brookbank's Bridge, and, finally the action at Redville. <br /><br />Why the Red names? It was Bluvia who jumped off first, forcing the crossings and invading Redina territory. But first the deployments.<br /><br />Redina's infantry were deployed as four 'brigades'. The three 'sepoy' battalions were established in and around Vermilion City, with a Gatling gun company ensconced in the town itself. Two battalions formed 2nd Brigade, defending the centre crossings; two more formed 3rd Brigade, standing in reserve within the capital, Redton. Fourth Brigade garrisoned Redville. Supporting 2nd Brigade stood the artillery and the second Gatling company, and the whole Division of cavalry in a column of 4 regiments.<br /><br />The rear echelon Mobile Supply and Medical Columns ('<i>hospitals' in Shambattle parlance</i>) waited in readiness in rear of Vermilion City and Redville; and a more fixed medical establishment located itself in the Northwest quarter of the capital. <br /><br />Marshal Andre Azurena had divided his infantry into three brigades, 1er to 3me at Blueford, 4me to 6me at Cerulean City, and 7me to 9me at Blueburg. Of the cavalry, 4me Lanciers covered the ford west of Blueburg, whilst 2me Hussards stood east of the town. The other two cavalry regiments, 3me Lanciers and 1er Hussards stood ready for action at the central river crossing, with the immediate support of both machinegun companies and the artillery. <br /><br />The rear echelon units were located in much the same manner as the Redina - the mobile close by the river towns, and the permanent facility in Cerulean City.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNsNySTbbYHUB_a439CUU9pJvmlT07spvapeGwpystS6y_oVhGHAmTM-NQqbeyMX5EBEfhMxq2k-cQgG1JmBQuQNUpKLJdWPDodIAmxD3bvkVyjetd08uTC28Xj-v9k3qfmvcR2QbhVIwh6IqKmbs8xPO8mX8nsGE_ZLPKp1YOE_14L_1N3o6DuWdISk/s4000/DSC09739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNsNySTbbYHUB_a439CUU9pJvmlT07spvapeGwpystS6y_oVhGHAmTM-NQqbeyMX5EBEfhMxq2k-cQgG1JmBQuQNUpKLJdWPDodIAmxD3bvkVyjetd08uTC28Xj-v9k3qfmvcR2QbhVIwh6IqKmbs8xPO8mX8nsGE_ZLPKp1YOE_14L_1N3o6DuWdISk/s320/DSC09739.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This region of the world was notorious for loyalties that did not comport with which side of the border one dwelt. Within the ranks of both armies lay the seeds of disaffection and sedition. The tale was to discover that at least one unit in each army - 4th Cavalry in Redina and 5me Infantry in Bluvia - was ready to cast off its dutiful allegiance.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0dARCAvqeHTBnvxr65LsjsdppdZ6HkRTvYOhc5O1pA4Nrnuirliqy06grPIaGfB5k3c_OvSgFBEP4OidNkq8bB2WAk-ZIc9RcUPO7ko2bLFLXyfD4oUaxlNJ5wUjyERb290iYIsaYML19uZAcjrqTnUgIl9h-2alKkcNtTopTOcGYBFTETGvi_Y6-68/s4000/DSC09741.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0dARCAvqeHTBnvxr65LsjsdppdZ6HkRTvYOhc5O1pA4Nrnuirliqy06grPIaGfB5k3c_OvSgFBEP4OidNkq8bB2WAk-ZIc9RcUPO7ko2bLFLXyfD4oUaxlNJ5wUjyERb290iYIsaYML19uZAcjrqTnUgIl9h-2alKkcNtTopTOcGYBFTETGvi_Y6-68/s320/DSC09741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />It was the Bluvia Army that opened the ball on the fateful morning 1 April 1899. On all three fronts, the lead elements thrust across the river bridges to engage the Redina foes opposite. This narrative will follow the fates of the three sectors in turn: the attacks upon Vermilion City, the Brookbanks Bridge in the centre, and finally the isolated action at Redville.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN-MGHtg-Z2eTiVCT41LCsOGCWs7EXLRVKsxOvRuNNs9M41kxYmLJDBj8J8wcP5bixP70BtPWyxlgfxbbiPXRWAS7YOnrlUfRAJeZ13kZCW_wCrdT2vCN8yWsrjAH3dE59e8gGOOwwpf5f32ZhwcR3EyP9YDpEMOcJBSBjr0DPGDFgT7dHe5i_ruC4MI/s3494/DSC09746.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3494" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN-MGHtg-Z2eTiVCT41LCsOGCWs7EXLRVKsxOvRuNNs9M41kxYmLJDBj8J8wcP5bixP70BtPWyxlgfxbbiPXRWAS7YOnrlUfRAJeZ13kZCW_wCrdT2vCN8yWsrjAH3dE59e8gGOOwwpf5f32ZhwcR3EyP9YDpEMOcJBSBjr0DPGDFgT7dHe5i_ruC4MI/s320/DSC09746.JPG" width="275" /></a><p></p><p>The Battle of Vermilion City began with a combined thrust by 7me Infantry across the bridge directly against Vermilion City itself, with 4me Lanciers crossing the ford to meet the Redina 1st (Sepoy) Brigade. The Bluvian lancers met with immediate success, and, for several hours drove back the enemy infantry even beyond the 4011th MASH on the north road. This rather precipitate retreat rather saved 1st Brigade, maintaining its cohesion until the Bluvian horse was brought to a halt at about the point at which the road turned off towards Redton.<br /><br />The assault on the town itself enjoyed rather less success. Throwing back the first assault, the machine gun garrison was then replaced by 2nd (Sepoy) Brigade, with the 3rd in support. The machine gun company redeployed on the road facing westward between the town and 4011th MASH. This placed the machine guns in the right rear of the 4me Lanciers. Apprehending their isolation, the Bluvian horse began to pull back, a retrograde that was halted only by the complete disintegration of the unit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWcOToy1E5JRd1GvVsjZYCudh3E8icA6xe4TjsR8sK3ISrl94wE_j2rQ0ZbKkl3h2TWLZ1RGYUlGiuaFIve-Z2bKLBrjCAAKHPEzTCq1QHPhaIWKYQbHywEHvma3sxO1x4JJv8V1r8N6_ASELiTpem-gBAJByGSsGROGT-8nhKIvk9-aKKD6Bwgca1jk/s4000/DSC09749.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWcOToy1E5JRd1GvVsjZYCudh3E8icA6xe4TjsR8sK3ISrl94wE_j2rQ0ZbKkl3h2TWLZ1RGYUlGiuaFIve-Z2bKLBrjCAAKHPEzTCq1QHPhaIWKYQbHywEHvma3sxO1x4JJv8V1r8N6_ASELiTpem-gBAJByGSsGROGT-8nhKIvk9-aKKD6Bwgca1jk/s320/DSC09749.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Following behind the initial attacks, 8me and 9me Regiments assaulted the town from across the bridge and upon the flank obligingly left open by the lancers' attack. Undaunted, the defenders held, and even counterattacked when 3rd Sepoys struck the attackers at the bridge. Gradually, the Sepoy battalions restored the line of the river. <br /><br />Early appreciating the likelihood of strong resistance and the difficulty of forcing the border river, Marshal Azur<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">é</span></span>na had, the moment the action opened, set his <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Deuxième</span></span> Brigade, excepting 4me Infantry in motion along the west road from Cerulean City, over the Woody Hill pass and into Blueburg. This march took some time, by which time,<span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">T</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">roisième Brigade's attacks had been altogether repulsed.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1vJeYk_DYF7cfuHYZbY1Dq6f_11iOmJ1rPUVh3-Fe_pnfzH3vJaKZECadEHph0BlbW52aIhrvrmqIHG7JQkLQy_-BYVPPPYa7sZ51hHXeJxZ4e1NETyi0Y49A0RIu3nqxlXBg662oWF038PuCDuYzG4Bfl2Eh-Lp0_UtZSprMSR6IRMa2277zaazTAU/s4000/DSC09755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1vJeYk_DYF7cfuHYZbY1Dq6f_11iOmJ1rPUVh3-Fe_pnfzH3vJaKZECadEHph0BlbW52aIhrvrmqIHG7JQkLQy_-BYVPPPYa7sZ51hHXeJxZ4e1NETyi0Y49A0RIu3nqxlXBg662oWF038PuCDuYzG4Bfl2Eh-Lp0_UtZSprMSR6IRMa2277zaazTAU/s320/DSC09755.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pressing 5me Regiment into Blueburg itself, the Marshal placed himself at the head of the 4me, ready to cross over the west ford. He had the bad luck that across the river, standing somewhat back from the river bank, the 1st MG Company lay in wait. <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"><span>Sixième Regiment had hardly wet their ankles when the whiplash of Gatling fire shedded the entire unit. That the Marshal himself came away unscathed was a matter of luck; only his frock coat injured by two bullets (The above picture tells the tale: 3 hits upon the Bluvian infantry - enough to destroy the unit - and the sixes also hazarding the Marshal. The 5 and 3 subsequent rolls leaves the Marshal uninjured).</span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_B7-8BKdPsyXnh8Ph7OvLweQ4hXsJe2EhyScE7q1OMA2wjgcwms5xV5XvwfvTlQ08RfJO_0v8wBgu5D7mOTe0qvTjOxGEERm-q44WGg5gAboLujpolpMvVWAKdFmRUmapFWGWLETdDUAV4WuRBw19Wc8OIZPQ7LEQE8kVZlDqltEica1OJaO3ir3zVM/s4000/DSC09756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_B7-8BKdPsyXnh8Ph7OvLweQ4hXsJe2EhyScE7q1OMA2wjgcwms5xV5XvwfvTlQ08RfJO_0v8wBgu5D7mOTe0qvTjOxGEERm-q44WGg5gAboLujpolpMvVWAKdFmRUmapFWGWLETdDUAV4WuRBw19Wc8OIZPQ7LEQE8kVZlDqltEica1OJaO3ir3zVM/s320/DSC09756.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bluvian losses having been heavy among 3me Brigade, and this sharp rebuff to 4me infantry, the Redina defenders had not come off unscathed. The depleted 1st Sepoys had recourse to regroup at the nearest Mobile Supply and Medical Column to recover some of their strength. But for now a lull fell over this sector of the front. So matters stood at Vermilion City as events elsewhere brought the action decisively to a close. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAgik-4q_zkdrXF9dhcHWj5zPfmm6VJVPtISqsBNycewN6b34fhKiUChNzW9FKnZQ64seBxhGVGl2hi-PBmHYgmXLBfT-UrianNDPcFWn0hyphenhyphenofi-9v8csImBKmgjr8Q6ZuqIdysK7bpZATB-LcMKkknTq2fOOYofQQqAxB25hhtjuZfzmsgaAQeBKWnU/s3728/DSC09760.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="3728" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAgik-4q_zkdrXF9dhcHWj5zPfmm6VJVPtISqsBNycewN6b34fhKiUChNzW9FKnZQ64seBxhGVGl2hi-PBmHYgmXLBfT-UrianNDPcFWn0hyphenhyphenofi-9v8csImBKmgjr8Q6ZuqIdysK7bpZATB-LcMKkknTq2fOOYofQQqAxB25hhtjuZfzmsgaAQeBKWnU/s320/DSC09760.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Battle of Brookbank's Bridge </h4><div>The signal to attack no sooner sounded than the formidable Bluvian cavalry - 2me Lanciers leading 1er Hussards - hurled themselves across the bridge upon the waiting river guard, 4th and 5th Infantry Battalions. The latter were supported by the Redina artillery and the 2nd MG Company, but the Bluvian Horse could count on both Nordenfeld gun batteries, and the artillery park as well. On the whole, the Bluvian artillery showed the better practice. </div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iDTZgczAZSGicX6Dy7oY1RaruBQJKYO2JjaUmBk5ax-WnqkxEJjqBRybu7bdiG41X0SnIY5V1HNPhYqBYXGzgaDJlmTOyX-5gn3MyWJtbPzFrIwj3tWQtreiqDZO59W19rykuz0kVlXowDJJOkw49ofTe7ZoD43ZilQEUVOJudJhwhn0whorURgOqs8/s4000/DSC09735.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="4000" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iDTZgczAZSGicX6Dy7oY1RaruBQJKYO2JjaUmBk5ax-WnqkxEJjqBRybu7bdiG41X0SnIY5V1HNPhYqBYXGzgaDJlmTOyX-5gn3MyWJtbPzFrIwj3tWQtreiqDZO59W19rykuz0kVlXowDJJOkw49ofTe7ZoD43ZilQEUVOJudJhwhn0whorURgOqs8/s320/DSC09735.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inconclusive opening action at Brookbank's Bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">So did the machine gun company whose sole available target was the Gatling company opposite. Though losing half the battery itself, the Bluvians totally destroyed the enemy machine guns. This was to prove disastrous for the Redina Army in this front. They now faced two MG companies, for which they had no available reply.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYphEE-9Eum5pIHTGqLaTcpnxFf-OiJe7W0s0va9_102kLUJh_1h0JW1ieCVUpMFqAveZpFIF46u0q3HBgqOiYOBZRFwGpQ-JYA_cQyLNJ23TQt5_SI9NuOCWUpSCHxZ4kJLVQkRSDugctX9zGhGTc424acVhOcfo4OinNbKNkxzPAU8Jlo7rF_6Wr9Ho/s4000/DSC09738.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYphEE-9Eum5pIHTGqLaTcpnxFf-OiJe7W0s0va9_102kLUJh_1h0JW1ieCVUpMFqAveZpFIF46u0q3HBgqOiYOBZRFwGpQ-JYA_cQyLNJ23TQt5_SI9NuOCWUpSCHxZ4kJLVQkRSDugctX9zGhGTc424acVhOcfo4OinNbKNkxzPAU8Jlo7rF_6Wr9Ho/s320/DSC09738.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Large scale cavalry fighting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The battle stalled at the bridgehead, as the 2me Lanciers were thrown back, and the 1me Hussards took up the quarrel. At the same time, 3me Hussards essayed the crossing at the fords. Nothing loth, the lead Redina horse, 1st and 2nd Lancers met the hussars in mid-stream. Report had it that in fact the Bluvian horse intercepted the Redina cavalry attempting to overrun the machine guns lining the bank covering the ford.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5va9porSesqeJ5BnrfgDb36rQiGoyMy1k2bAOwdazlv4BKUXJeKS7HxOFYF3Q-XFQ7fa3LM2hyphenhyphenrUUGdIAjxRIcOTk2MfEE0XvCZQ0pbdV-GvYQA1u-FQPvYZE1yFv0Ti87TE2qbuwMt1I-w56qlWTtuublcoOJnlHGZC7lrRUewFAq8qr9hrKpI1Pvzo/s4000/DSC09742.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5va9porSesqeJ5BnrfgDb36rQiGoyMy1k2bAOwdazlv4BKUXJeKS7HxOFYF3Q-XFQ7fa3LM2hyphenhyphenrUUGdIAjxRIcOTk2MfEE0XvCZQ0pbdV-GvYQA1u-FQPvYZE1yFv0Ti87TE2qbuwMt1I-w56qlWTtuublcoOJnlHGZC7lrRUewFAq8qr9hrKpI1Pvzo/s320/DSC09742.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Covered by this intervention, the machine guns sidled off to the west. Soon afterwards, the 1me Hussards were also induced to retreat across the river, whereat the 2me Lanciers once more essayed the charge. So far, the activity of the Bluvian cavalry had failed to inflict mush loss (1SP only) upon the bridge defenders, much less to drive them back. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R75Ucdmi2LtZ0Ft58kuqHErPuWXaakzqoIxnK0MDUDvE-hNligMsBKmAeOxzsHl-wcgvWkRGlIk4noRR9P8ELFKNR7D69zXir4Je3jds7-iPG6_rZNMyEWgqJdWU3l5sUU9bGU1xxcs2wOSNluWVyUEUw0_wAXK8f1-6n4Uv3CZTg6TcQ4_R6gMDocM/s4000/DSC09744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R75Ucdmi2LtZ0Ft58kuqHErPuWXaakzqoIxnK0MDUDvE-hNligMsBKmAeOxzsHl-wcgvWkRGlIk4noRR9P8ELFKNR7D69zXir4Je3jds7-iPG6_rZNMyEWgqJdWU3l5sUU9bGU1xxcs2wOSNluWVyUEUw0_wAXK8f1-6n4Uv3CZTg6TcQ4_R6gMDocM/s320/DSC09744.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The galling incoming fire from the unencumbered Bluvian MGs persuaded the Redina command to detach a battalion to cover the riverbank east of the bridge. Perhaps he was persuaded by his success in hold the enemy horse at the bridge. No less an encouragement was the Redina victory at the ford. Although 1st Lancers were destroyed, the 2nd were there to keep up the pressure, and it was the hussars who scattered and fled. Rather than pursue across the river, this lancer unit faced front to the left, and threw themselves upon the flank of the embattled and depleted Lanciers, still engaged to their front. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxxViKDBgj3onlvalEoJIFek7KVfwGzUGhp_uFs8mPTvT9ogjnXy58IIsB9Ij96_rCPSP8TcaKm1J48HFEKxBsHOVaL_EMShI6zdpcLStoM_UVaYZz0nuqlu_vH2CcQAUkxU189B20Yn-NimDdyxO6w-zS2GPvIJIAdZdRI8WhwQypGnOq408izK8gp4/s4000/DSC09748.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxxViKDBgj3onlvalEoJIFek7KVfwGzUGhp_uFs8mPTvT9ogjnXy58IIsB9Ij96_rCPSP8TcaKm1J48HFEKxBsHOVaL_EMShI6zdpcLStoM_UVaYZz0nuqlu_vH2CcQAUkxU189B20Yn-NimDdyxO6w-zS2GPvIJIAdZdRI8WhwQypGnOq408izK8gp4/w400-h300/DSC09748.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The dice rolls tell the story. The cavalry score 3 infantry hits out of 3<br />placing the general ('6') in jeopardy. The '4' implies a retreat,<br />but the unit, already down to 2SP, has been destroyed. The two 'hits'<br /> scored by the infantry were both 'retreat' outcomes, which forced the lancers<br /> back 2 squares before the Redina lancers could get in their blow.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps this rude irruption raised Bluvian spirits to the heights of wrath. Laying about themselves with the abandon of who had nothing to lose, they rode down the infantry before them, drew blood against General Reddesley himself, before galloping off, across the bridge and behind the hussars on the south bank. So precipitate was the Bluvians' flight, the Redina lancers missed their prey. </div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZeBV5u8UapmJrIwpluoaqOL2atgWae-ycsTDKjgceOIMIOh0286Lmm78p_Zl1ID_Qyhd-FpfZLwuoFPzXY5SeO-ErpIN-yDUfeS9m8CyR_qcQyEfXToDxR6BunaaagZwTisKXGQVsrv7ChGhN7FWYMqBsUGDcbDy-tLGR7vI9zoi0rHyScbWUmPDuB8/s4000/DSC09750.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZeBV5u8UapmJrIwpluoaqOL2atgWae-ycsTDKjgceOIMIOh0286Lmm78p_Zl1ID_Qyhd-FpfZLwuoFPzXY5SeO-ErpIN-yDUfeS9m8CyR_qcQyEfXToDxR6BunaaagZwTisKXGQVsrv7ChGhN7FWYMqBsUGDcbDy-tLGR7vI9zoi0rHyScbWUmPDuB8/s320/DSC09750.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A lull falls over the central front. But sedition has <br />broken out in the 4th Dragoons! (The blue '6')</span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>It was at this moment that sedition among 4th Dragoons finally broke out. This was beyond merely mutinous insubordination, yet did not yet quite extend at once to stabbing their former comrades in the back. The unit chose to defect, and, cautiously waiting, sought a way to cross the river and make contact with Bluvian forces. Then, and not before, would 4th Dragoons turn their coats.<br /><br />(<i>This was decided by a dice roll, as explained in a previous posting. One it was determined that an insurrection would break out, it remained to determine its nature: mutiny, defection, or outright and immediate rebellion. Equal weight was given to the three options; the die roll ordained 'defection'. That meant the unit had, one way or another, to make contact with the enemy before undertaking any aggressive action against their former allegiance. Mutiny would have kept the unit inactive for the duration, except to move away from any approaching enemy. Rebellion would have led them at once to attack the nearest unit. Defection seemed hardest to pull off, and the unit had to wait until the ford was unexpectedly uncovered before the opportunity presented itself.</i>)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweW0NchXhDgB48JcM0xRJPuNc_8fxGnY9eQ1ggkE75uz28ZDTQNJv9Y3_WB44Rk1ZfCmfjuAUT2la7kAk3mujeocFFYXgMGXHbVEdSK2zFMUhDkJWOWX2Vxc8mLUQ-Pr-c4k70te1Rb2rkBbq2l_PUJH2nXrF22568a7yU5zTBcYQrN2uU5imA50VvDI/s4000/DSC09751.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweW0NchXhDgB48JcM0xRJPuNc_8fxGnY9eQ1ggkE75uz28ZDTQNJv9Y3_WB44Rk1ZfCmfjuAUT2la7kAk3mujeocFFYXgMGXHbVEdSK2zFMUhDkJWOWX2Vxc8mLUQ-Pr-c4k70te1Rb2rkBbq2l_PUJH2nXrF22568a7yU5zTBcYQrN2uU5imA50VvDI/s320/DSC09751.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Hello friends...!' </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGWTJV2dZ3TEHRHOp7tO66nSM2atM90mYoju-gRkQkKbIZoTPKIKxu0G57DfeTY0zRzQQwTnj9P18cY8sB2uPrxdY2Ahk8384AWUg27XuXycZMtfmK8CqadlS54ce79mkdY-SzPJo0fwD2fdAVlg_BfW534dpl8-xillXOmpEcK1D71uF_6unosy6d0A/s4000/DSC09752.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGWTJV2dZ3TEHRHOp7tO66nSM2atM90mYoju-gRkQkKbIZoTPKIKxu0G57DfeTY0zRzQQwTnj9P18cY8sB2uPrxdY2Ahk8384AWUg27XuXycZMtfmK8CqadlS54ce79mkdY-SzPJo0fwD2fdAVlg_BfW534dpl8-xillXOmpEcK1D71uF_6unosy6d0A/w200-h150/DSC09752.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'...May we join your party?'</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Somewhat serendipitously, such an opening revealed itself, when the other Bluvian horse drew back from the river bank. For, coming up from the long march from Cerulean city, 4me Infantry replaced 1er Hussards at the head of the bridge crossing, whilst the hussars sidled across to cover the ford. Rattling over the stones came the red dragoons, with all sots of display of friendship and accord. A brief colloquy between colonels, a statement of intent, assurances of replaced loyalty, and the dragoons turned about to re-cross the river. They would spearhead the attack.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkAQg5boUQk5GWTCtdQDw4RaHRei5dXYoGy0p1QJdfJDCytpHAgiJjec4wtuX22aw4krlgpnsvO_YB5pCfWPZQVhWqpkqbcxHUMCMjoAgrD08-n04OSUegqTENWOPa_K5ctFWJ8NuC5y7QmQO7REkoDZhhAd37bc-iSXc03XhJO2K9cJdk6y_FVlOR-k/s4000/DSC09753.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkAQg5boUQk5GWTCtdQDw4RaHRei5dXYoGy0p1QJdfJDCytpHAgiJjec4wtuX22aw4krlgpnsvO_YB5pCfWPZQVhWqpkqbcxHUMCMjoAgrD08-n04OSUegqTENWOPa_K5ctFWJ8NuC5y7QmQO7REkoDZhhAd37bc-iSXc03XhJO2K9cJdk6y_FVlOR-k/s320/DSC09753.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Faites comme bon vous, notr'amis!'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Such they did with dash and elan. Apparently their enthusiasm for the Bluvia cause outweighed any compunction brought upon by their perfidy. Although the general had attached himself to 3rd Dragoons, it did them no good. In a trice, without loss to themselves, the traitors scattered the 3rd to the four winds. The General afterwards himself counted himself lucky to have made his way back to Redton with no further injury. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-HRHsr3E6dJvOFkFl8yTKyM63SzsuAX08eoFBMVDK1ujxPUIj1OWgX7-WkSxw81ODenTeqF5JCZ9BM7Vo1GY4GaJNVE2QcuhQBOAlAbMeVS645bHTt7ly4YxJAO9ApW_XrL5ic_UDApsrivd5vO39wy2Rkoh8A8gMZ6jKJzwAWhIJ8pFADMp0MwgKcY/s4000/DSC09754.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-HRHsr3E6dJvOFkFl8yTKyM63SzsuAX08eoFBMVDK1ujxPUIj1OWgX7-WkSxw81ODenTeqF5JCZ9BM7Vo1GY4GaJNVE2QcuhQBOAlAbMeVS645bHTt7ly4YxJAO9ApW_XrL5ic_UDApsrivd5vO39wy2Rkoh8A8gMZ6jKJzwAWhIJ8pFADMp0MwgKcY/s320/DSC09754.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loyalists 0, Turncoats 2 - disaster for Redina!<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Had the 4me infantry equal success, the bridgehead would have been well established. But 5th Battalion moving across had closed off the Redina end. The Bluvian command about to exploit such success they had obtained in this sector of the front, they received a word that brought a term to the conflict.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEdAd7cnmZwKMaMn_qh8gMshWazMLhRBs3KYKQyXuyLTkUpe7bFc9yeiwGT0hcuHKL0LJMplz1aXQX1HzHLX9g3V27zMibu8hQa2XssUBYWHpY2sW0sfPu_pnlb4GKT4iJgID5WiQ6RIM6fHryaZ3aJtSpOMzZvOgVkk6DBlBYHCdYW7jjkyfodCEpGo/s4000/DSC09759.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEdAd7cnmZwKMaMn_qh8gMshWazMLhRBs3KYKQyXuyLTkUpe7bFc9yeiwGT0hcuHKL0LJMplz1aXQX1HzHLX9g3V27zMibu8hQa2XssUBYWHpY2sW0sfPu_pnlb4GKT4iJgID5WiQ6RIM6fHryaZ3aJtSpOMzZvOgVkk6DBlBYHCdYW7jjkyfodCEpGo/s320/DSC09759.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Action at Redville</h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJFvK4qRnkkX19h177gVXmX1QYhlSN8DS6Rgh5z8BTGc4RxV6FsLG8RC_C71sMAz38rSAS1TYBHx3pZVZI7IADW5kjSadP39EpIo8LbVNBvpVxv5mdkdvw-TPyMElXkeyecuR-pdCgjmVFXGudBX_2QCsK-l4up91cM_8F7zPJmfVou4ei541hT-5bgk/s4000/DSC09734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJFvK4qRnkkX19h177gVXmX1QYhlSN8DS6Rgh5z8BTGc4RxV6FsLG8RC_C71sMAz38rSAS1TYBHx3pZVZI7IADW5kjSadP39EpIo8LbVNBvpVxv5mdkdvw-TPyMElXkeyecuR-pdCgjmVFXGudBX_2QCsK-l4up91cM_8F7zPJmfVou4ei541hT-5bgk/s320/DSC09734.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Owing to the apparent difficulties of the terrain - the marsh on the Redina riverside near Redville, the Bluvians tended rather to view this operation as a holding attack only. La <span style="font-family: times;">P<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">remière</span></span> Brigade's three regiments were all that were allocated to the assault - the machine guns, artillery and reserves of infantry were elsewhere employed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPwNmE6lMSVR8b3_DSITwJyWjCHIXsl_QBHkJg3cqhVsq1nJuqEiPAgIYByPOI3W466hnGZqlR4L0I7e1wJ-FBAT8JD9sAmKg0uBhYsIhv9Wr0UuTwp1dHIahNBVn8DyornkdMQRMI9YSDs4rT9rIs3QbxRXBbbqHd9loZlz5xikN7x79hYOGa-39AW0/s4000/DSC09740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPwNmE6lMSVR8b3_DSITwJyWjCHIXsl_QBHkJg3cqhVsq1nJuqEiPAgIYByPOI3W466hnGZqlR4L0I7e1wJ-FBAT8JD9sAmKg0uBhYsIhv9Wr0UuTwp1dHIahNBVn8DyornkdMQRMI9YSDs4rT9rIs3QbxRXBbbqHd9loZlz5xikN7x79hYOGa-39AW0/s320/DSC09740.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTy7bPqts3M2ZtWXKQAie3wFAVHVj4I_VWbIfoxdSTHzzdP_3AacQViplCylXN9RMsArOlfMi7xA2a3TI7TIV0sOpqAq9PyLL_t0C_B6eKJsmmAiGya9yE0z5p_2-5V9eQXEV6UKTz45MUvE4EBtrzGqsrnEbDmfk0JvHo1ctKvGgsxuvdXGDK0wDl6I/s4000/DSC09745.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTy7bPqts3M2ZtWXKQAie3wFAVHVj4I_VWbIfoxdSTHzzdP_3AacQViplCylXN9RMsArOlfMi7xA2a3TI7TIV0sOpqAq9PyLL_t0C_B6eKJsmmAiGya9yE0z5p_2-5V9eQXEV6UKTz45MUvE4EBtrzGqsrnEbDmfk0JvHo1ctKvGgsxuvdXGDK0wDl6I/s320/DSC09745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nor did early developments much exceed expectations. The initial probing attacks immediately stalled upon the causeway through the swamp. After a prolonged fire fight, 1me <span style="font-family: times;">R<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">égiment was flung back with loss, but le 2me enjoyed far more success. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyPbluSVD19i-QkLHJCUUFXm_JZAgKjtcFPy9R8yqr8lv1LlqZZd8x-pn97MvCyEpMSwhTLIpvYOiIaB765OmNRnMsjFB6j8BlheOb4Ur7gmxgsmUXzE4KKBs-kKcMeORS-Hwnm6Q2XUzQ6sdTM2N-1BC_-DTL8XIJfyio_b9tgxxMZo9k62Ti8kF5-Y/s4000/DSC09743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyPbluSVD19i-QkLHJCUUFXm_JZAgKjtcFPy9R8yqr8lv1LlqZZd8x-pn97MvCyEpMSwhTLIpvYOiIaB765OmNRnMsjFB6j8BlheOb4Ur7gmxgsmUXzE4KKBs-kKcMeORS-Hwnm6Q2XUzQ6sdTM2N-1BC_-DTL8XIJfyio_b9tgxxMZo9k62Ti8kF5-Y/s320/DSC09743.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The hours of unremitting pressure - neither side able for so long to force a decisive result - it was the Redina garrison who first buckled. To be sure, they drove off the attacks by 1er and 2me Regiments, but the Bluvians had their 3me. Eighth Infantry pulled out of the line, but the 9th scarcely prolonged the struggle. A complete collapse, and suddenly the town of Redville was Bluvia's for the taking.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDweWVemXsWqHIKBjTljwUmr8PNNN3zjEoXnUtf5e1i05DsR0SMeazOPfBeG7fRpVEI-dnzzwncnoFL7weXqzoZZUmOCOWORTEHUDBtlYO955L2O8Y1qjIvBeDYzUnOQsuyk475YZ9-i4jsrEkEVU6ULlNZcJKSZULCzxbXADg2xVo6uTK7Ae1hEr-Ao/s4000/DSC09747.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDweWVemXsWqHIKBjTljwUmr8PNNN3zjEoXnUtf5e1i05DsR0SMeazOPfBeG7fRpVEI-dnzzwncnoFL7weXqzoZZUmOCOWORTEHUDBtlYO955L2O8Y1qjIvBeDYzUnOQsuyk475YZ9-i4jsrEkEVU6ULlNZcJKSZULCzxbXADg2xVo6uTK7Ae1hEr-Ao/s320/DSC09747.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Take it they did. <span style="font-family: times;">Le T<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">roisième</span></span><span face="lingolia, "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">drove through the town, and might have taken the 4022nd Mobile Supply and Medical Column, but disdained this easy prey to drive back the remnants of the defenders all the way back to Redton. </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoqNH3tcjZDhoGHLVEyD-TDyEulWaczvE6CX2yyI6phi3iygqafK1E27qHvB1g5JhSyCyWy32WxM9HZfzs-meapdZVVeQpEsmPSqcn8t36ZwOx6PsVWFP46-bL38XDNqJa6nblw4uJOTAwF4Y0krHGVVaF7YyofXkQINZRIBamsK1cPiOEF9hNyznrAY/s4000/DSC09758.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoqNH3tcjZDhoGHLVEyD-TDyEulWaczvE6CX2yyI6phi3iygqafK1E27qHvB1g5JhSyCyWy32WxM9HZfzs-meapdZVVeQpEsmPSqcn8t36ZwOx6PsVWFP46-bL38XDNqJa6nblw4uJOTAwF4Y0krHGVVaF7YyofXkQINZRIBamsK1cPiOEF9hNyznrAY/s320/DSC09758.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This disaster, added to the imminent defeat of their centre - held for the moment by a single infantry battalion, decided the battle. In a complete state of collapse, the Redina army sued for an armistice, the which the Bluvian High Command felt generous enough in the light of events to believe they could afford to grant.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nWLNO1fVPG1MdwtHIMReOELqtiz_CDIyKrqcxuUW29pXOKCSWJ6gne3CRh11gil1NBLuYt0ntyFvXw-nsH4U15ASRrOMpQ4vfJiAMMpDpCpeJ60mq34U6wcfZqmfIhIrp_ADhyphenhyphenzAQm9mqLKy9vb2aaRqppUPn27OFZ1-p2N_zES67QiTeSek99LU23A/s4000/DSC09757.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nWLNO1fVPG1MdwtHIMReOELqtiz_CDIyKrqcxuUW29pXOKCSWJ6gne3CRh11gil1NBLuYt0ntyFvXw-nsH4U15ASRrOMpQ4vfJiAMMpDpCpeJ60mq34U6wcfZqmfIhIrp_ADhyphenhyphenzAQm9mqLKy9vb2aaRqppUPn27OFZ1-p2N_zES67QiTeSek99LU23A/s320/DSC09757.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Very surprisingly this was indeed a decisive victory for the invaders. The defection and betrayal by 4th Dragoons - topped off with a resounding victory over their former comrades - did much to push the Redina army well beyond its exhaustion point, even, after a very careful count, to its 'rout' point. But what pushed Redina over the edge was the Bluvian victory at Redville, and the complete collapse on that front. So rapid was the collapse over two-thirds of the front that Redina's two reserve battalions never saw action, and would have been much too late to have restored their army's fortunes.<br /><br />Not that the battle was any kind of pushover for Bluvia. Their losses (17SP) were such as to leave its army sufficiently exhausted not to pursue farther than they did. But Redina's collapse was decisive for the outcome. The defection of the dragoons (2SP) and the (slight) injury to the General (1SP) was enough to bring Redina's losses to more than 24SP - the army's 'rout' point.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUZP6C-tKwV1e9HPv9w6clQnQMm43igpqYSlnCb7ZaqQzZz0arug7qRjQXkfYrUk_mGPJ3O8sUl2esGNvhrrIyh8ZjxCc5k8Jkdm4VXprY_SY8V2oRmyQbacHc3PIfIW7PITue-kvodVEi0EOvPMFW4gyh0KvJzL4ldnR9SHOrtmiz0dGQ9JylzazHbw/s4000/DSC09761.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUZP6C-tKwV1e9HPv9w6clQnQMm43igpqYSlnCb7ZaqQzZz0arug7qRjQXkfYrUk_mGPJ3O8sUl2esGNvhrrIyh8ZjxCc5k8Jkdm4VXprY_SY8V2oRmyQbacHc3PIfIW7PITue-kvodVEi0EOvPMFW4gyh0KvJzL4ldnR9SHOrtmiz0dGQ9JylzazHbw/s320/DSC09761.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A lancer unit replenishing at the mobile 'hospital' unit.<br />A Bluvian Infantry unit awaits its turn.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />So ended the border war. In the negotiations that followed, Bluvia in effect held Redville as its main bargaining chip, demanding a swingeing ransom for its return. The plenipotentiaries reasoned that, isolated from the rest of Bluvia as Redville was, the ransom was worth more to Bluvia as an accumulation to the state treasury than the town would be as a territorial possession. The demand haggled down to an amount the Redina treasury could just about bear, the neighbouring States settled down to their usual uneasily truculent truce, until the next occasion that the comity of nations might be upset.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYWErMz3JmX1DzjeTJXkD8zQeL12P3Dbzto_PeRu1rErJbBq5wNEggbhBXUgyv63HUDhmNP2BrrHdVU2A4vskExOejgG66Ee72c5s1utb2JRwtKm6wBHAJc7NMipQawalNjKFHf3uFctBRdhEyaSk85XEozBN47C6wLJbp_t-ttmPc_1MQddJM8Yw590/s4000/DSC09762.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYWErMz3JmX1DzjeTJXkD8zQeL12P3Dbzto_PeRu1rErJbBq5wNEggbhBXUgyv63HUDhmNP2BrrHdVU2A4vskExOejgG66Ee72c5s1utb2JRwtKm6wBHAJc7NMipQawalNjKFHf3uFctBRdhEyaSk85XEozBN47C6wLJbp_t-ttmPc_1MQddJM8Yw590/s320/DSC09762.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Close of the action. Bluvia has carried the town of Redville<br />and thrown the remnants of its garrison back upon Redton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br />Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-75431577678215279932023-12-09T15:02:00.000-08:002023-12-25T12:16:03.623-08:00Shambattle on Steroids... <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dq06Okpa9kWk3nE6roXpC8puKEDemE91p8FY_MuEvcwAC7ITpNiY2nro7zo5yWYD35yEmnlolHWkbBNDQxDklOVs5nyYh_OlcusygOyMqUCdRuimhpPnjkWDmzbMM90kmJMjM7dXsrvzIXRwp90Bv5A5UNHN-hQuiBz9eX7TJ-ueOqTPGvmEES7OcoY/s320/DSC09763.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An early preview of my present project - Napoleon's April 1809 Campaign against Austria. So far one complete plus one half turn have been played out. After early defensive successes at Abensberg and Regensburg, things have not gone well for the French. Once Archduke Charles seized the initiative (the French 'won' the first move initiative, the Austrians the second) he was able to take the fight to the French. For the French, both III Corps columns have suffered reverses (at Abensburg and Wolkering), and Oudinot's II Corps a major defeat on the Ammer River. The French also lost a general at Abensberg.<br /><br />However, the French response to these adverse events has yet to be determined... <br /><br />The battle narrative will be enlarged upon at some future date...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="3172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOneI2Xxt0rY8KwJ964S0AF1mbFh5uKSL3mfHZMBUW6iYQhhOBaIC9tV8-z3Tg1h3wHdbKJxu4PiubTklIYR4EdGscy-VxmSUuZUAH4GZXHlRuOaHPmtJXEGftyMx9EyMAxpklf4MANdNaoDIcZhGR0Qt0U__6PMi053QIi4MWSkNDvA7YekGyS1u0apY/s320/DSC09765.JPG" width="320" /><br /><br /><i>To be continued</i>... after <i>the Purple River Valley </i>Shambattle<i> story...</i></div>Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com6