That was my first thought too, but then I remembered that firing might also include musketry, which would be unaffected by the state of the ground. That's why...
Paul: The Military Channel had its battlefield Series on last night and one of the episodes focused on Napoleon's choice not to engage Wellington until the ...
This seems a bit harsh, but on the other hand there are those who say that if it had not rained the Emperor would have beaten Wellington, so perhaps this is...
The effect you are attempting to recreate will only be relevant to long range round shot. Musket fire and canister would not be affected. The cannon will fire...
First, as has already been mentioned, you will have to take the reduction in FPs due to combining artillery with musketry. A DRM won't work. In general the DRM...
This is an interesting point. However I think if the terrain is modelled with any accuracy - and the deployments are historically similar - then the Rules with...
Good answer Gavin But see my earlier message ref Line of Sight. Regards Clive ... _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN...
Can I complicate matters by challenging the premiss of the argument? I have spent enough time wandering about open country in Europe to know that if ground is...
Bill see my earlier messages - am I missing something reference line of sight - do the rules exclude units behind ridge at Waterloo from being targetted anyway...
Another theory, of course, is that most of the Allied army were posted on the reverse slopes at this point, (apart from the Dutch Belgian Bylandt's brigade who...
Yup. You have to be very close to the spine of a ridge to have fire. Artillery will not be able to target most of the Allied army if the terrain is correct and...
I do find this point interesting and represents my experience when I was overseas for four years, albeit in Bavaria. On a similar note if indeed Napoleon...
First off, as it has already been noted that this would affect long range only. (I used to be #3 on a full scale German 4 pdr, AWI) repoductionw/stainless...
... Point of detail: roundshot have no fuses and do not explode, whether the ground is wet or dry. ... I would avoid drawing too many conclusions based on that...
Tousard, writing in 1811 in his artillery manual for the Americans presented the use of skip shots or ricochet fire as one of the major artillery developments...
Not necessarily as Gneisenau (unlike Blucher) was in no great hurry to join Wellington and spent some time moving various Corps around, leading to a traffic...
The mud at Waterloo did badly effect the French artillery and battlefield archeology as well as experiments show that in boggy weather shot would wedge in the...
Not necessarily. AOV will still use 360 infantry per stand for compatibility and other reasons, not the least of which is to insure even the largest battles...
True enough, point taken. Warmest regards, // Bill // Wilbur E. Gray Colonel, US Army (Ret) HMGS East Webmaster www.hmgs.org ... Not necessarily as Gneisenau...
... - but this argument is mainly about roundshot which on the day tended to bury itself in the mud and explode where it was or just sink and defuse. ... I...
Hi, WIKI, what is that? Will I kill It! Cheers Jesper ... Fra: NapoleonicFireandFury@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NapoleonicFireandFury@yahoogroups.com] På vegne...
Heh, WIKI = What I know Is, as in the concept behind the famous Wikipedia. I'm going to Wiki that variant. Warmest regards, // Bill // Wilbur E. Gray Colonel,...
Hi, About the Danish artillery; Danish batteries had the following, Horse artillery, 8 light 6pdr. guns and 2 heavy 10pdr. howitzer, Field artillery, Heavy...
I rather enjoy reading everyone's contributions. But can we agree that the reduced effect should only apply to the artillery fring at longer ranges (i.e...
I was going by Sveriges Krig Aren 1808 och 1809. Stockholm,1890 And by Den Danske Haers Historie til nutiden On Den Norske Haers Historie indtil 1814....
Bill - I understand that the old story that Napoleon was forced to delay the start of the battle until 1230 hours because he wanted the ground to dry is now...
It looks like 1808 war the year of change. When is the $64 question. I would guess that my OB is from early in the year because they were refered to as Foot...
Hi, Glad to help. On 8. january 1808 by royal decree the Crown Prince ordered that all 3pdr. batteries be made mobile how long it took your guess is as good as...
How did it take 20 posts before (BillH) noted that canister uses ricochet effects too? Is this really subject to discussion/contention? If the discussion is...
