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Greetings all. First off, thank you for allowing me into this forum and Happy New Year to all of you. I have been following the posts and I hope to contribute...
Welcome, Semi-skirmishers are from the old days when the rules were only available as a free supplement to ACW fire and fury But was dropped for simplicity...
Well to start the new year right, I did some in-depth page turning on Pakenham's march over the holidays and I think the best solution may be a scenario...
Col. Bill, The time for the start of Pakenham's march and subsequent attack from some period sources are: Grattan says that Pakenham's columns were formed and...
Bill - Muir's book (Salamanca: 1812 , published in 2001) is a masterpiece and well-written. It's one of the most detailed looks at a Napoleonic battle other...
Bill G. wrote: Well to start the New Year right, I did some in-depth page turning on Pakenham's march over the holidays and I think the best solution may be a...
Bill H I had been pondering over Tom Holberg's posting on the NapSeries, wondering if the Fab Four :-) had covered exactly the point you describe. Apparently...
I remember reading in the original edition of 'Volley and Bayonet' that, for the individual infantryman on all sides of the Napoleonic Wars, ALL infantry...
Charles: One other thing: While Mark's explanation is simplicity itself, Pakenham had his division in that formation for days in anticipation of just such a...
Charles: Hmmm, while what you say is true, that's simplistic, even for the individual soldier. Moving in column, those company 'lines' had to then keep in sync...
I've often heard this as well, if we are talking operational maneuver. Evidently Wellington apologized to Blucher regarding the traditional tardiness of the...
Gavin, It is probably true that the French could usually outmarch the British over long distances. Many reasons have been given for this, including the fact...
... Pakenham had ... such a move. ... attack, it ... Bill, This is the main point here. From a rules point of view the mechanism already exists to represent...
Mark and Gavin: The Retreats Corunna and Burgos retreats were messy, disastrous affairs, but the French didn't catch the British either time, so the French...
Mark: Yep. At 2.5 miles an hour, a brigade can march 40 inches in an AOE game turn. We have been experimenting with just that. Allowing 40 inch march time with...
Actually Mark, I disagree. First, even if Movement by the Flank (MBTF) were full speed, it would still fall short by half as regards the distance needed to...
Bill, I have been thinking along similar lines, but the problem I perceive is that if move rates are vastly increased it gives too little time for the opposing...
Col. Bill, This manoeuvre was by no means unique and would have been familiar to any Napoleonic army. The only unique feature is that Wellington and Pakenham...
Hmm, this might work. Have the 40" move as part of the Reserve Movement step until units are in the tactical zone. Might limit this to units in March Column...
No, we're still not on the same sheet of music. I know that the movement and facing drill used by the 3d Division was by no means unique. What I am suggesting...
Bill G. wrote: From what I read here it seems that the time frame calculated is correct. What made it possible was a relatively unique (I gather this given...
I think it would work as Bill H described, but I do have some concerns. First, one of the great pluses for AOE is its speed via simplicity. Right now we...
Bill, I am guessing that this 40" move applies to F&F where the ground scale is 1"=60 yards. Presumably in AoE the maximum move would have to be 20" as 1"=120...
Col. Bill, Longstreet's move is a good comparison. Representing friction by reducing the maximum potential move is one way of tackling the problem, but I think...
Actually I think Mark gotcha on that one. In AOE you'd move 20" per turn, not 40. Regards, Bill G ... Bill, I am guessing that this 40" move applies to F&F...
Ya got me. We haven't actually applied it to AOE yet--obviously. ;-7 Bill H. Actually I think Mark gotcha on that one. In AOE you'd move 20" per turn, not 40. ...
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