Austrian OOB for Lindenau

The Austrian OOB shown in a previous post (see below) was true only on the paper. In the actual battle, Gyulai divided his command in three 'ad-hoc' columns.

The flanking columns were mainly composed from light infantry (Grenzer and Jagers), some battalions of line infantry and a small number of light guns, and would attack Lindenau from Leutzsch and Klein-Zschocheranu (B5 and B1 respectively in the attached table-top map) . On the contrary, the central column, including the remaining infantry, the heavy batteries and the cavaly, would attack directly Lindenau and the earthworks (A4).

Gyulai spread the light units of the attached Liechtenstein's 1st Light Division amongst the three columns, and assigned the command of the left and right columns respectively to Generals Hessen-Homburg (commander of 3rd division of his own III corps) and Czollich (commander of the 1st brigade of the 3rd division), while maintaining the control of the central main body. In addition, the Austrian C-i-C made several detachment to cover his flanks, so the actual force used in the attack amounted only to 20,000 men.

The Napoleon's Battles scenario for Lindenau includes three variations: (1) The 'non-historical easier way' using complete brigade and divisions of the original OOB and whitout detachments, (2) the 'semi-historical way' similar to the previous but using detachments and (3) 'the historical way' identical to the actual used by the Austrian general. Moreover, in order to increase the Gyulai's chances, there is also the possibility of 'calling the reinforcements'.

More information int the main web-site Battle of Lindenau (1813)