Thus far it's been fairly uneventful and both sides have been pretty cautious in their approach. Frederick is advancing by small columns of 12-20,000 men apiece on a broad front, whereas the Austrians have largely been content to gather their forces near Prague. I'm not going to go into too much detail here, as the players might be reading!
Turn 1: Fred splits his large army at Dresden into three - two columns head south and east respectively, while he retains the third column at Dresden. Another force remains stationary at Zittau. Three more Prussian columns meanwhile, descend from Silesia in the east.
Browne's large Austrian army falls back from Budin to Welwarn, while another remains resolutely stationary at Koniggratz. A third force however, mounts a demonstration toward Zittau.
Turn 2: The bolder of the Austrian armies has detected the force approaching from Dresden, so has hastily beaten a retreat to Liebenau; a wise move, as the approaching force combines with the Zittau garrison and advances on the freshly-vacated Austrian position. Frederick meanwhile brings his corps eastward from Dresden, hoping to cut off the Austrian retreat. The southerly Prussian column advances to Lobositz, picking up another Prussian column along the way, which has arrived from the west. Nothing much else happens, except that the main Austrian army has been considerably reinforced and is now commanded by the Prince of Lorraine.
Turn 3: Frederick advances to cut off the Austrian retreat, hoping that his subordinates will join him... They sit on their arses and Fred's 18,000 now have to fight a battle against 28,000 at Munchengratz... However, Fred does have all his Guards and his heavy artillery reserve with him...
The wily Austrian commander manages to out-manoeuvre Frederick and force him to fight on ground of his choosing. A confident Frederick accepts battle...
Here's the setup for tonight's game.
The Prussians have 3x Cuirassier Regts, 2x Dragoon Regts, 1x Elite Hussar Regt, 4x Infantry Bns, 2x Elite Infantry Bns, 2x Grenadier Bns, 4x Guard Bns, 1x Light Battery, 3x Heavy Batteries and battalion guns.
The Austrians have 4x Cuirassier Regts, 2x Dragoon Regts, 2x Hussar Regts, 17x Infantry Bns, 2x Grenadier Bns, 1x Croat Bn, 3x Light Batteries, 2x Heavy Batteries and battalion guns.
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