I like to use a "Hougoumont" style house rule on this. Wellington detached the light companies of the Guards to reinforce H, leaving the rest of the battalion...
Excellent reply Mark. Also, the battery stopped the French from coming around the flank of the Chateau to attack the north gates again - perhaps the weakest...
I think the original accounts are a bit coloured. The French took the woods very quickly, so quickly that when they go to the north gate of Hougomont it was...
Files section needs to be sorted. Couple of inappropriate links. Secondly, has anyone gamed Bailen or any other all Spanish/French Battles in the Peninsula?...
Pat, I've had the game "fired up" on several occasions but still haven't played it! I too am looking for an opportunity for my Spanish troops to give the...
I did Bailen (adapted from a NB scenario) tough little fight, good for 2-3 players. Michael Brown mwsaber6@msn From: Patrick Berkebile Sent: Thursday, April...
Oman's History of the Peninsular War would be a good place to start. Plenty there on the Spanish role. Luke In a message dated 02/04/2009 15:21:23 GMT Standard...
Also there have been a couple of good books published on Albuera in which the Spanish played a significant role. Luke In a message dated 02/04/2009 15:45:49...
... You can look for "The Spanish Army in the Peninsular War" by Charles J. Esdaile published by Manchester University Press, 1988. [Non-text portions of this...
Luke wrote: Also there have been a couple of good books published on Albuera in which the Spanish played a significant role. ... Bill [Non-text portions of...
What the Spanish normally do :-) Seriously though I am thinking in particular of Albuera 1811 by Guy Dempsey and The Battle of Albuera 1811 by Michael Oliver...
Hi, I wondered if anyone has a view as to how to handle Waterloo period Prussian Cavalry Brigades? Some of the brigades have heavy cavalry and lancers in the...
I believe the majority of the unit would need to be lancers in order to receive the Lancer bonus. Probably need to reference the exact OB to determine whether...
If you had a command with two or more cavalry brigades with the mixed composition, you could cheat a bit. Make one unit heavy cavalry and the other lancers. It...
Actually, its covered on page 52. And if at least half the stands are heavy or lancer, then the brigade is heavy or lancer. Thus you could have a brigade that...
Prussian III Corps 2nd Brigade might prompt some discussion but the rest are clear cut. - Allan ***************************** Royal Prussian Army of the Lower...
Just how much heavy cavalry were in the cavalry brigades in the Army of the Rhine - I get the impression from looking at OBs (mind you, a look, not a careful...
Mark: Thanks - as I recall, the "weight" of cavalry largely depends on the mounts - having no knowledge of how the Prussians mounted their dragoons, this makes...
Makes good sense This is a very helpful thread - I have just picked up my first Prussian cavalry division, and I am trying to figure out the best way to game...
Currently painting up some Ottoman border troops and janissary ortas, for use in AOE or for lace wars derivative. Any suggestions on how eastern foot, new...
Got this OB from somewhere,did the maths and each figure works out to be equivelant of one fig for aoe, ie 90 men. Spanish briefing for General Reding: The...
Here's the french too. French Briefing for General Dupont: The Spanish countryside is in revolt around you. Enemies are everywhere. Your corps of conscripts is...
I'm just getting started on this as well. Find the Ottoman Wars group. There's a lot of really helpful information over there. Mark has been particularly...
Great question I think most Ottoman foot would be conscript and the Janissaries would be regular - the days of eh Janissaries as elites had passed by the time...
Ok… here goes for my 2 cents from the research I’ve done. Cavalry: Suvarileris Guard – Regular, Heavy Cavalry, Lances Mamluk – Elites, Heavy Cavalry,...
Gentlemen I would differ by making Janissaries columnar..they fought in platoon type formations with a a "platoon" rushing forward to fire, and then dropping...
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