1805 Osteriches V the Corsican Mountebank

[Shahbahraz]

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[Shahbahraz]

Ok, it's a particularly horrible blog design - and no mechanism to follow/subscribe. But I will check out the content later. After pasting it into a black on white document.

Many moons ago there was a wonderful website covering bad web design, and 'funky' white on dark backgrounds were well evidenced as harder to read. Content is king though!

[RMD]

That does look like fun and I'm slightly jealous...

[RMD]

Ok, it's a particularly horrible blog design - and no mechanism to follow/subscribe. But I will check out the content later. After pasting it into a black on white document.

Many moons ago there was a wonderful website covering bad web design, and 'funky' white on dark backgrounds were well evidenced as harder to read. Content is king though!

Nobody could ever accuse my blog of bad design.




It's never been 'designed'.

[grizzlymc]

Thus far, it is the best run campaign I have ever been in. We helped Andrew tweak the campaign rules by playing the campaign as a board game with an abstract battle mechanism but this will be the first operational phase. The approach could be used for any scale of campaign and is (generally) independent of the tabletop rules. We are using the crown and anchor rules because they give us a decision for a multi corps battle in a day.

I'm glad we got the playtesting done, I'd have hated to be told that Bagration was NOT a silent partner half way through a campaign game.

[grizzlymc]

I haven't had time to write up the operational part of the campaign, but today we fought our first battle, a Russian corps of three infantry and one cavalry divisions strung out along the road attacked by a French corps better deployed, photos, maps and operation to follow.


A hard fought first battle for our 1805 campaign. Otterhoven is located to the East of Munich; in google earth it is called Ottenhoven. A pretty little village, in rich agricultural lan. In 18
06 it hosted a party of one division of RuTssian tourists. Having little time to do much more than despoil some women folk and knock loopholes in the walls, these worthies made ready to defend the pretty little burg from an assault by Marshal Soult’s corps.

Behind them, about two kilometres to the NW were the second division of Kutuzov’s corps, commanded by Doctorov. Some 8 kilometres further back were Frick’s division and the Cavalry. Facing us was the might of Soult’s Corps, similar in strength, but better concentrated.

The battle commenced with an all out assault of two divisions against the tow. At its high water mark this attack occupied the first three blocks of the town, but was driven back in a meat grinder of a fight. An attempt to refuse the Russian right saw two artillery brigades broken in two turns by newly arrived French Cavalry. A horrific assault by French reinforcements saw the village fall, at the risk of widespread fatigue.

An attack by two of Doctorov’s brigades drove back the French right drove back the French infantry on that flank and broke a French Artillery brigade. The situation was grim, Russian units were accumulating fatigue but then the reinforcements of Frick’s division set up a second line 500 m to the north of the village. The exhausted Russian troops streamed back behind Frick and rested. The arrival of fresh Russian troops allowed them to break several (4?) French brigades and their assault ran out of steam.

As a chilly autumn evening closed on the battlefield, the Russian line had held and the previously fatigued units were advancing back to the fray. The French will retreat.

After prayers for deliverance, Marshal Kutuzov ordered double servings of vodka and borscht for the army, with champagne and local pork products for the more refined ranks. It is my privilege to tell the Tsar of all the Russias that we have met the enemy and they are ours.

You remain my obedient servant

Marshal Kutuzov

[Essex Boy]

Seriously impressive stuff.

Iain

[MarshalNey]

Good going Griz!

[grizzlymc]

I gave your mate from Dalmatia a right rogering.

[grizzlymc]

Andrew has written a far better account of the games and those parts of the campaign that aren't military secrets.

https://throne-and-altar.blogspot.com/