tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115831154575907882024-02-18T15:10:10.605+01:00Project Leipzig (1813)A wargaming Project using miniatures, Napoleon's Battles, Lasalle and Song of Drums and ShakosRafael Pardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00482026140017463557noreply@blogger.comBlogger779125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311583115457590788.post-34772936502708663292018-12-21T09:13:00.001+01:002018-12-21T09:13:53.136+01:00Season's Greetings/Felices Fiestas<br />
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In order to add randomness (a must for a solo wargamer!) I have used the "Holding Action" programmed scenario from the Grant's book ”<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programmed-Games-Scenarios-Charles-Grant/dp/0904417271" target="_blank">Programmed Wargames Scenarios</a>”. I designed an EXCEL worksheet following the Grant's book indications and made six different outputs. A die roll choose the number 6: <br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;"><u>Deployment and Reinforcements</u></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><u>Russian retreating units</u></span></strong><br />
Its mission is “<em>to cause the enemy the maximum delay without taking unacceptable losses</em>”, i.e. higher than a 40%. The main body does not deploy further the line RL. One light unit can be deployed forward. The force will be divided into a main body (85%), 60 % on high ground to the west and 40 % on high ground to east , and a Reserve (15%). Two units (one at least must be infantry) will occupy Probsthain village.<br />
The retreat will be ordered when casualties reach a 30%. The defence will be "broad in depth using isolated strong points, mobility and local counter attacks". A breakthrough by approximately 30 % or more of the French Force will result in the break off from combat of the Russian forcé, which will then pursue the French Force which has broken through. <br />
<strong><span style="color: blue;"><u>French pursuing units</u></span></strong><br />
Its mission is “<em>to break through the Prussian forces as quickly as possible and continue the advance on the route heading south-east</em>”. NOTE: A breakthrough cannot occur on the right-hand side of Russian's position but only in the centre or left segments close to the high-road. The French force is divided into an Advance guard (15%, 4 units), a Main body (65%, 16 units) and two Flank guards (10%, 2 and 3 units) arriving at a máximum distance od 24" (60 cm) from the central road. Their respective arrival times (starting the Lasalle arrival procedure p. 91) are: <br />
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<em>- Advance guard</em> (7th Light Cavalry Brigade, 3 Reg. + 1 HB bat): Second turn<br />
<em>- Left flank guard</em> (8th Light Cavalry Brigade, 2 Reg.): First turn**<br />
<em>- Right flank guard</em> (1st Brigade Belair, 3 Bat.): First turn**<br />
<em>- Main-body</em> (Rest of units): Four turns after Advance guard<br />
The French plan of attack will be: The Advance guard will attack quickly straight down the main route, hoping to break through the centre. The Main force will advance rapidly, but on a broad front probing for a weakness in the Russian defence and then committing the reserve. Any isolated position or strong point will be bypassed and the opportunity to break through will be ignored, unless it is available to at least 25 % of French Force at one time.<br />
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The map has been slightly changed<br />
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I hope to spare time to be able to play this Scenario.... before Easter!!!<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;"><strong>Sit tibi terra levis</strong></span></i><br />
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"<em>The game was played on 15 July 2016, at the Historicon Miniature Gaming Convention in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The game lasted from 1:00 in the afternoon until midnight, and we completed 26 turns of a 30 turn scenario. </em><br />
<em>At that point, we called the game, judging that it would likely be a slight Russian victory. Most of the Victory Points in the scenario are in the village of Friedland and the two bridges at Friedland in the Russian rear, and the French were very close, but could probably not take the village before the end of the game</em>"<br />
See a simple of the <a href="http://napoleonsbattles.org/aar/friedland_historicon_2016.html" target="_blank">AAR</a>:<br />
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In bed with a sort of flu and waiting to play with my little men...<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Watch this space!!</span></strong><br />
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For the French side, were involved elements from the <strong><span style="color: blue;">Sebastiani's II Cavalry</span></strong> Corps and from the <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Bertrand's IV Corps</strong></span>.<br />
In order to make an interesting and balanced game, I took units of the <a href="https://server16040.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll11&CISOPTR=1277&CISOBOX=1&REC=3" target="_blank">Nafziger's Orders of Battle Collection</a>. The <strong><span style="color: blue;">French</span></strong> were taken from list 813JIA "French Order of Battle for Leipzig, 16-19 October 1813" and the<strong><span style="color: #38761d;"> Russians</span></strong> from the 813IIK "<em>Army of Silesia, End of September </em>". Some units were not used, to acommodate a feasible number of units on the tablegame.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Russian Army</span></b> <br />
Moral 38 Break point 13<br />
12 Battalions/4 Regiments/3 Cossack Pulks/ 3 batteries<br />
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<strong>Cavalry Rearguad Yuzefovich (-/-)</strong><br />
<strong>1st Brigade Rüdinger (-/¶)</strong><br />
Kargopol DR R/E/Pu<br />
Kiev DR R/E/Pu<br />
<strong>2nd Brigade Uschakov (-/¶)</strong><br />
Smolensk DR R/E/Pu<br />
Kurland DR R/E/Pu<br />
<strong>Cossack Brigade: Kuriatov (-/*)</strong><br />
Karpov #2 S/I/Pu<br />
Lukowkin #2 S/I/Pu<br />
Grekov S/I/Pu<br />
<strong>10th Division Lieven (-/¶)</strong><br />
1st Brigade Salfinski (-/-)<br />
1/Jaroslav IR R/E/SK1<br />
2/Jaroslav IR R/E/SK1<br />
<strong>2nd Brigade Sass (-/¶)</strong><br />
1/Crimea IR R/E/SK1<br />
1/Bieloserk IR R/E/SK1<br />
2/Bieloserkn IR R/E/SK1<br />
<strong>3rd Brigade Achlestischev (-/-)</strong><br />
1/8th Jaeger R/E/SK2<br />
2/8th Jager R/E/SK2<br />
1/39th Jager R/E/SK2<br />
<strong>Artillery</strong><br />
Position Bat #10 Foot/4guns/H/1Hw<br />
Light Bat. #24 Foot/4guns/M/1Hw<br />
Horse Bat. #24 Foot/3guns/M/2Hw<br />
<strong>16th Division Repninsky (-/-)</strong><br />
<strong>1st Brigade Rachmanov (-/¶)</strong><br />
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1/Kamchatka IR R/E/SK1<br />
2/Kamchatka IR R/E/SK1<br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">French Army</span></strong><br />
French Army Moral 46 ; Break point 15<br />
14 Battalions/7 Regiments/4 Batteries<br />
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</tbody></table><strong>C-i-C Sebastiani (-/*)</strong> <br />
<strong>II Reserve Cavalry Corps Sebastiani (-/*)</strong> <br />
<strong>2nd Light Cavalry Division Roussel d'Hurbal (+1/*) </strong><br />
<strong>7th Light Cavalry Brigade Lagrange (+1/-)</strong> <br />
11th Chasseurs à Cheval R/A/Pu <br />
12th Chasseurs à Cheval R/A/Pu <br />
5th Hussars R/E/Pu <br />
<strong>2nd Heavy Brigade Thiry (-/-)</strong> <br />
5th Cuirassiers V/E/Sh <br />
8th Cuirassiers V/E/Sh <br />
<strong>8th Light Cavalry Brigade Dommagnet (+1/¶)</strong> <br />
9th Hussars R/E/Pu <br />
2nd Chevaulégers R/E/Pu/Ln <br />
Artillery<br />
7/1e Horse Artillery Horse 2Guns/M/1Hw <br />
2/11e Horse Artillery Horse 2Guns/M/1Hw <br />
<strong>12th Division Morand (+1/-)</strong> <br />
<strong>1st Brigade Belair (-/-)</strong> <br />
1/8e Légère R/A/SK1 <br />
2/8e Légère R/A/SK1 <br />
3/8e Légère R/A/SK1 <br />
<strong>2nd Brigade Toussaint (+1/*)</strong> <br />
1/13e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
2/13e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
3/13e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
4/13e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
<strong>3rd Brigade Hulot (-1/-)</strong> <br />
1/23e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
2/23e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
4/23e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
4/13e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
1/137e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
2/137e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
3/137e Ligne R/A/SK1 <br />
Artillery <br />
1/2e Artillerie Foot 3Guns/M/1Hw <br />
3/2e Artillerie Foot 3Guns/M/1Hw <br />
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The <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">General Yuzefovich</span></strong>, commanding the<strong><span style="color: #38761d;"> Langeron's rearguard cavalry</span></strong>, fought a defensive action in order to protect the retreat of the <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Osten-Sacken's Corps</span></strong>. A small combat took place at <strong><span style="color: red;">Probsthain</span></strong>, along the route leading to north, against elements of the <strong><span style="color: blue;">Sebastiani's II Cavalry</span></strong> Corps and the <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Bertrand's IV Corps</strong></span>. <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Yuzefovich</span></strong> achieved his goal, and the Russians escaped northwards, reaching the main body of the Army of Silesia after a long and risky detour.<br />
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<strong><em><u>Sources</u></em></strong><br />
- L.G. Fabry, «<em>Mémoires de Langeron, général d'infanterie dans l'armée russe, campagnes de 1812, 1813, 1814 publiés, d'après le manuscrit original</em>» Paris 1902.<br />
<a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k112152r" target="_blank">http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k112152r</a> <br />
- M. V. Leggiere, « <em>Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany. The Franco-Prussian War of 1813. Volume 2. The Defeat of Napoleon </em>». Cambridge Military History, 2015.<br />
<a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/military-history/napoleon-and-struggle-germany-franco-prussian-war-1813-volume-2" target="_blank">http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/military-history/napoleon-and-struggle-germany-franco-prussian-war-1813-volume-2</a> <br />
- F. Nafziger “<em>Napoleon at Leipzig: The Battle of Nations 1813</em>”. The Emperor Press, Chicago, 1996<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Leipzig-Battle-Nations-1813/dp/1883476100" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Leipzig-Battle-Nations-1813/dp/1883476100</a><br />
- <a href="http://rafa-pardo-almudi.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Duben"><span style="color: #336699;">Duben</span></a> Lasalle Scenario <a href="http://www.rafaelpardoalmudi.com/LSduben_1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699;">Duben</span></a><br />
- <a href="http://rafa-pardo-almudi.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Raguhn"><span style="color: #336699;">Raguhn</span></a> Lasalle Scenario <a href="http://www.rafaelpardoalmudi.com/LSraguhn_1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699;">Raguhn</span></a> <br />
MAPS: GeoGREIF <a href="http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/geogreif/search?sft=schilde&map=suchen" target="_blank">http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/geogreif/search?sft=schilde&map=suchen</a><br />
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I found information of this small affaire in the book "<em><span style="color: blue;"><strong>Mémoires de Langeron, général d'infanterie dans l'armée russe, campagnes de 1812, 1813, 1814 publiés, d'après le manuscrit original, pour la Société d'histoire contemporaine, par L.G.F. [Fabry]. 1902</strong></span></em>" that can bee <a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k112152r" target="_blank">downloaded free from the Gallica site</a>.<br />
Below you can see part of the pages 299 and 300, where this combat is described.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A French fantassin knocks down the last Cossack ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... while the Prussian is dismounted by a French shot ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... but he re-mounts and leads his Fusiliers towards the safety</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... running from the French...</td></tr>
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The <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Allied patrol has been defeated</span></strong> and the<span style="color: blue;"><strong> French take the buildings</strong></span>, finishing a very hard affaire: Too many losses for so little result!<br />
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The next thing will be a Lasalle Scenario: <strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">Probsthain. A retreat in haste</span></strong><br />
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<script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script> <script src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=rpardoalmudi" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END -->Rafael Pardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00482026140017463557noreply@blogger.com0Valladolid, Valladolid, España41.652251 -4.724532100000033141.2728905 -5.369979100000033 42.0316115 -4.0790851000000332tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311583115457590788.post-14681240093380458422016-05-15T13:52:00.002+02:002016-05-15T13:53:57.257+02:00Prelude to Dessau (II)<strong><span style="font-size: large;">A</span></strong> <span style="color: red;"><strong>cavalry melee</strong></span> is formed when the <span style="color: blue;"><strong>French</strong></span> hussars pursue the <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Cossacks</strong></span> towards the houses.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French hussars catch the cossacks defending the houses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two cossacks make recoil the lone hussar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two more hussards join the melee knocking-down one cossack, but the remaining cossack finishes one hussar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... whereas the other cossack stands up again while facing the French</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The confused melee continues and a cossack is knocked-down from his horse...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and, finally, both cossacks are dismounted...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... while the approaching French infantrymen fire into the mele, wounding one cossack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... although he buys the time necessary to allow the last cossack to mount and reject the hussars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lucky Fusilier shot woundes the French officer, forcing the retreat of the last hussar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Allied have stopped the French attack</td></tr>
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The<span style="color: blue;"><strong> first French attack</strong></span> has come to an end and the cavalry in both sides is now out of the fight. However, the<strong><span style="color: blue;"> French</span></strong> are still menacing the <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Allied position</strong></span>. <br />
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</tbody></table><strong><span style="font-size: large;">J</span></strong>avi Gámez, the owner of the publishing rights and the soul behind the <strong><span style="color: red;">4th Edition of Napoleon's Battles (NB-4)</span></strong> continues to add material to the <a href="http://napoleonsbattles.org/index.html" target="_blank">Napoleon's Battles</a> web site. The latest addition is <a href="http://napoleonsbattles.org/scenarios/1811_albuera.html" target="_blank">Albuera</a>, a scenario of the Peninsular War.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Albuera </span></strong>was a bloody battle fought in May 6th, 1811 by Beresford against Soult and, if the memory does not fail to me, it was included in one of the previous editions of Napoleon's Battles. Myself, I designed <strong><span style="color: red;">another version</span></strong> that is available in my web site (<a href="http://www.rafaelpardoalmudi.com/NBalbuera_1.html" target="_blank">Battle of La Albuera</a>)<br />
According to Javi, the new scenario is no longer a military promenade for the French player, who now faces a serious dilemma because of his/her disadvantage in points, 367 vs. 442 of the Allies. For the design and the OOB's, Javi has used classical sources (Oman, Napier) as well as the more modern books written by Michael Oliver, Juan Jose Sañudo and Mark Thompson.<br />
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And the best thing: the <strong><span style="color: red;">new scenario is free and available to all NB fans in </span></strong> <a href="http://napoleonsbattles.org/scenarios/1811_albuera.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: red;">Albuera</span></strong></a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and a second kills another...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...with a third fininshing the third one! </td></tr>
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Meanwhile in the other road, a confused cavalry melee ends with the <span style="color: red;"><strong>withdrawal</strong></span> of the rest of the <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Cossacks</span></strong> towards the house<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The enemy riders face off in several individual combats ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... favoring one side...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..or another...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.... but the fighting quality of the regular French Hussars..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... forces the retreat of the Cossacks</td></tr>
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The <strong><span style="color: red;">Prusso-Russian</span></strong> patrol is forced towards the house with heavy losses<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Watch this space!</span></strong><br />
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At the first lights of October 11, 1813, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>three Cossacks</strong></span> are watching the western (cemetery) road, whereas <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>other three</strong></span> are in the south approach. The Russian NCO at command of the Cossack contingent remains in the cabin log (under the effects of the vodka!!). On the other hand,the <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Prussians</span></strong> have placed only two sentinels and all the contingent is still in the house.<br />
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Meanwhile, the French are approaching fast<br />
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You can watch the development of the battle by following the instructions for the use of the visor<br />
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The next wargaming activity will be a Scenario for Song of Drums and Shakos.<br />
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The French party is commanded by the lieutenant Breton (10th Hussars) and includes sergeant Dupuis, 3 privates of the 10me Hussards as well as sergeant Lefevre and 6 privates (3/2me Légere IR). The Prussian rearguard patrol is commanded by lieutenant Mueller, sergeant Kroos and 6 privates of the 3/3th Reserve IR and includes also sergeant Ulianov and 6 men from the Karpov#2 Cossacks.<br />
This is a Scenario for Song of Drums and Shakos from Ganesha Games<br />
<i>* This skirmish game was played in the context of the <a href="http://rafa-pardo-almudi.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Dessau" target="_blank">Dessau Lasalle Scenario</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">The stream is broken terrain, fordable for mounted men. Wooded areas are also broken terrain.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Engaged Forces </b></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong> Prussian-Russians (3/3th Reserve IR and Karpov#2 Cossacks)</strong></span><br />
</span>This is a Mixed Nationality Squad. 1light infantry mounted German Officer, 1 light infantry German NCO, 6 light infantry German privates, 1 Light cavalry Cossack NCO and 6 Cossacks. 15 men 582 points<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><strong> French (10me. Hussards and 3/2me Légere IR)</strong><br />
</span>1 light cavalry Officer, 1 light cavalry NCO, 3 light cavalry privates, 1 light infantry NCO and 6 light infantry privates. 12 men 596 points<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Deployment</b></u></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #274e13;"> Prussians/Russians</span></strong><br />
Each nationality is commanded by their own leader, with the German light infantry officer acting as overall leader. Only the Cossack NCO talks German, so the orders given to private cossacks by the German lieutenant must follow the ‘Mixed Nationality Squads’ rule. Roll 1D4 for the number of Cossacks deployed and covering each of the West and South roads (re-roll if the sum is greater than 7). Roll 1D4 for the foot sentinels. The rest of the men are in the house (infantry) or the cabin log (Cossacks).<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><strong> French</strong></span><br />
The cavalry officer is the overall leader. Mounted and foot men enters by a different road (roll to choose).<br />
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<u><span style="color: red;"><b>Victory conditions</b></span></u><br />
Both sides have the same objective: to deny the enemy any information, so the winner will be the side remaining on the battlefield. No Morale checks are allowed.</span><br />
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This is not the only <em><strong>replicant</strong></em> to be made during 2016. <strong><span style="color: red;">Roy Batti (NEXUS-6 N6MAA10816)</span></strong> was incepted on 6 January.<br />
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As we await the filming of Blade Runner II, we can only say that <strong><span style="color: red;">it is 2016 and the cars do not fly!</span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Regimiento de Voluntarios de León (1812</strong>)</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Many more paints can be seen in his <a href="http://www.jordibrufotografo.com/" target="_blank">web</a> or in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jordibrufotografo/?fref=nf" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br />
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The rule-book is generally in accordance with the late <b><span style="color: red;">Bob Coggins's</span></b> opinions. The rules are written in a more modern and readable flow, avoiding the sub-sub-sub-...paragraph style of previous editions. The main differences in the game rules from previous editions are: <br />
(1) The <span style="color: blue;"><b>fight in built-up areas (BUA's) is now more realistic</b></span> and the change forces the attacker to make a costly hand-to-hand assault to take the village/town. This is achieved by a simple and elegant modification of the casualty assignament in the artillery fire phase, that makes almost impossible to disperse the defenders only by fire.<br />
(2) The<b><span style="color: blue;"> passage of lines</span></b> is now more difficult (as it was in the real world) and prevents lightning counterattacks by troops placed in the second line.<br />
There are other minor (but sensible adjustments) placed in the <b><span style="color: blue;">Optional Rules</span></b> section. The most significant is that <b><span style="color: blue;">routed units can now rally with no general attached</span></b> (with a -3 modifier)<br />
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You can follow the player reactions and the Javi's answers in the <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/napsbattles/info" target="_blank">Yahoo group</a> as well as in the <a href="http://napoleonsbattles.org/" target="_blank">Napoleon's Battles</a> page, that describes the changes in deep.<br />
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In conclusion, <b><span style="color: red;">a must for the Napoleonc grand-tactical wargamer!</span></b><br />
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