Gorodetchna 1812

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A small unusual scenario in 1812 . The austrian Hilfkorps with the saxon corps versus the army of admiral Tormassov

The Saxon

CC2 (Skilled) Reynier
1st Division Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
DC1 (Competent) Le Coq

Line Infantry (reformed) Von Steindel Small Average Drilled Line Medium Artillery 4 1 50
Line Infantry (reformed) Unit Name Small Average Drilled Line Medium Artillery 4 1 50

2nd Division
DC1 (Competent) Von Funck Large Average Veteran Line No attachment 1 30
Line Infantry (reformed) Grenadier Large Average Veteran Line Medium Artillery 6 1 88
Light Infantry 1st light Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 48

3rd Division
DC1 (Competent) Gablenz Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 1 30
Light Cavalry Hussars Small Average Veteran Line No attachment 4 40
Light Cavalry Polenz Chevaulégers Small Average Veteran Line No attachment 4 40
Light Cavalry (Lancers) Prinz Clemens Chevauléger Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 40

Heavy Foot Artillery Unit Name Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 2 48
Medium Foot Artillery Unit Name Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 2 40
Horse Artillery Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 2 48

The Austrians

CC1 (Competent) Prince Schwarzenberg
1st Division Siegenthal
DC1 (Competent) Siegenthal
Light Cavalry Hesse homburg hussars Small Average Drilled Line 4 32
Line Infantry (non-reformed) Prinz de ligne Small Average Drilled Line Rifle Skirmish 4 1 42
Line Infantry (non-reformed) Sottulinski Small Average Drilled Line Skirmish 4 1 40
Medium Foot Artillery Unit Name Large Average Drilled Line No attachment 3 60
Unit Name Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
2nd Division
DC1 (Competent) Von Frohilih
Light Cavalry Hohenzollern Chevaulégers Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 32
Light Cavalry O'Reilly Chevaulégers Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 32

3rd Division Bianchi
DC1 (Competent) Bianchi Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 1 30
Line Infantry (non-reformed) Hesse-Homburg Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 32
Line Infantry (non-reformed) Lilenberg Hungarian Large Average Drilled Line No attachment 6 48
Line Infantry (non-reformed) Hesse-homburg 2 Small Average Drilled Line No attachment 4 32
The russians

1st Corps
CC1 (Competent) Tormassov
1st Division
DC1 (Competent) Kamenski Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Light Infantry 28th + 32nd Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Line Infantry (reformed) Vlaniminski Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Line Infantry (reformed) Dneprovski Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Light Cavalry Pavolvgrad hussars Large Superior Drilled Line No attachment
Medium Foot Artillery 34th battery Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Heavy Foot Artillery 18th battery Small Average Drilled Line No attachment

2nd Division
DC1 (Competent) Markoff
Light Infantry 10th + 38rd Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Line Infantry (reformed) Vitebski Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Line Infantry (reformed) Kozlovski Small Average Conscript Line No attachment
Medium Foot Artillery 28th battery Small Average Drilled Line No attachment

3rd Division
DC1 (Competent) Lambert Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Light Cavalry Alexandria Large Average Drilled Line No attachment
Light Cavalry (Lancers) Tartar Uhlan Small Average Drilled Line No attachment
Light Cavalry Ural Small Average Irregular Line No attachment
Light Cavalry Don Small Average Irregular Line No attachment
Light Cavalry Kamluk Small Average Irregular Line No attachment
Horse Artillery Unit Name Small Average Drilled Line No attachment

4th Division
DC1 (Competent)
Heavy Cavalry Tverski Small Superior Drilled Line No attachment
Heavy Cavalry Taganroski Small Average Drilled Line No attachment

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Now for more history :

http://www.antiquesatoz.com/habsburg/1812/gorodets.htm

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So now how did we play it .

The status quo at Gorodetchna bridge was not played . We used a 6 x4 table,and concentrated on the real battle .

The scenario is best suited for 3 players.

On the 4" side we deployed most of the austrians and on the long edge the saxons + some austrian cavalry and 2 infantry units Hesse-Homburg of the austrian bianchi command .They could not be deployed side by side but mixed in the saxon depoyment ( I love historical like deployments ). the austrian cavalry would arrive on turn 1 as reinforcments just behind the saxon cavalry .

Special austrian rules :

The austrians did fight and 60% of the total loses of the austrian hilfkorps happened during this battle . napoleon was so impressed that he urged Emperor Ferdinand to give to general Schwarzenberg is Marshall promotion

Now will the austrians be agressive or not . The austrian secretly rolls a die +2 . the result ( 3 -8 ) is the number of demoralisation points he can accumuate before withdrawing . The austrian looses 1 point for each unit that becomes disrupted, 2 points for a wavering unit and 3 points for a routed unit. each time a unit recovers morale, the austrian recovers morale . The austrian player loses the game if the austrian korps demoralises - but the saxon can still win ).

The marsh proved less an obstacle than the russian thought it would be . So the austrian players roll a die when he first arrives on the edge of the marsh . 1-2 the marsh is dry and units may cross it as open terrain, 3-4 it is rough terrain, 5-6 difficult terrain .

The river may be crossed the turn after the unit moves adjacent to it .

Forces on both sides have been adjusted so as to be playable .

We played that scen 3 times both armies being deployed within 16 MU from each other . Once the russian just crushed the saxon assault , once the russian managed to hold for 8 turns and we decided it was an historical result, the russian held long enough . One the russian won because the austrians lost courage and retired from the battle early

The most important thing, it was fun and quick .