Auerstadt with Bernadotte showing up

With some of the old Cambridge Rd gang visiting from UK, Canberra & Black Hills we had 8 present for this Friday afternoon battle using PeterC's 15mm Napoleonics.  Our reseach indicated that fighting the historical scenario acurratel wouldn't be a lot of fun as we don't have any players in the group dumb enough to simulate the historical Prussian tactics & hamstringing them by too may restrcitions woudl make it a boring game.  So we made a scenario where Bernadotte showed up.

At the start  Davout is deployed in the foreground with the Prussians arriving in a long column of 6 mixed arms divisions.

The Prussians deployed slowly as the divisons came up.

As the Prussians began their attack on Davout, Bernadotte's cavalry came onto the table on the road halfway down the left side of the table.

The Prussain Reserve Corps at the rear opf the colum is deplying to their right to face Bernadotte as the Advance Guard cautiously attacks Davout.

Bernadatte sends part of his force forward at the Prussian Reserve & part thu the woods to support Davout. Davout begins a counteratack.
Prussians cuirassiers made a charge against Bernadottes centre in an attempt to disrupt his deployment.  It had some success, but there was no reserve to support them so they pulled back.  

On the right, the terrain is favouring Davout's defence against supererior numbers.
In the centre Prussian dragoons have almost broken thru tDavout's line .|
On the left of Davout's line hsi counterattck is pincered bthe Prussians against Berndotte's infabtry in the woods.
In the distance, the Prussian Reserve is fighting a delaying action against Bernadotte's advance on their LOC.

After 5pm dusk was called. 
Davout's line has held, though the centre only just.  His left is close to breaking out to join Bernadotte. 

Casualties are light as most of the time was taken up in deployment.
Davout has lost 8 inf out of 18, 1 cav out of 3, no art out of 2 broken.
Bernadotte has lost  inf out of 18 & 1 cav out of 3, & no art out of 2 broken.
Prussian's Avance Guard has lost 7 inf out of 20, 6 cav out of 16 & no art 5 broken.
Prussia's Reserve has lost 4.5 inf out of 12, no cav out of 4 & 1 art out of 3 broken. 

There was no clear winner at nightfall. 

The Prussians lost 29% units broken, the French 22%.
At the start the French were outnumbered by 34%, but the points were equal as the French had better quality troops & comamnd.
The Prussians lost 29% units broken, the French 22%, so the butcher's bill favoured the French, but the Prussians did far better than historically when Bernadotte. didn't show up. 

Starategically, that aftermath would have to be a Prussian withdrawal as Jena was being lost at the same  time, but theis army is still fit to fight & maintained cavalry superiority so an orderly retreat would be achieved.