Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Napoleonic: French v. Austraians

This scenario was based on Lobositz in 7YW
Austrians: 1 line inf div (7 bats), 1 landwehr inf div (7 bats) 7, 2 cav divs (4 regs ea), 3 batteries, 4 yeger coys.
French 1 veteran inf dov, 1 line inf div (6 bats), 2 cav divs (4 regs ea), 3 batteries.
The Austrians deployed first & win if they don't break before 10pm. 
The French come on in a column through the defile & have to break the Austrians to win.
The Austrians are deployed for battle. Infantry in the centre, cavalry on their left.  Their yegers are deployed out of shot on a wooded hill on the left of the French approach.
The French lead their advance with their cuirassiers turning to the right, veterans following.
The Austrian cavalry have dvanced over the creek.  Their grand battery has been rolled forward into range with infantry support.
The Austrian cavalry have charged the French cuirassiers.  The Austrian grand battery has already hurt the cavalry & is now pounding the infantry.
With numbers on their side the Austrian cavalry are pushing the cuirasiers back.  The French infantry behind are cramped for space to deploy.
The French cuirassiers have broken & the Austrians cavalry fall back from the line of squares.  The Austrian infantry are counterattacking on the near flank.  
French musketry & artillery have broken the Austrian battery, but it has done its work.  Witht eh French vets tied up by cavalry on the far flank the French line are outnumbered on this flank & are crumbling.
The French line division has broken.  The French dragoons & hussars made a death or glory charge in the centre.  They broke a grenadier battalion which failed to form square, but failed to break through.
The French conceded the battle with 40 mins play time left. 

The French were well beaten by the Austrian's aggressive defence. 

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