Phil Despite what AoE says the 1806 Prussians had two 6 pdrs per bn (not 3rd bns) so each brigade had its usual 8 gun 12 pdr foot btty and anything from four...
Much thanks Drew, Phil et. all. The howitzers are the cannons with the much shorter barrels I assume. What was their advantage? Accuracy? Doug p.s. Happy...
Doug Good question, I dont know is the answer. They are good for blind firing behind ridges, dropping into towns, woods behind walls etc. a mixed battery is a...
Doug, Guns - long barrel, relatively small bore used for solid round shot and canister, which as its name implies was a thin walled tin or canvas bag of musket...
Drew: 1806 Prussians, how many of the Btns. Were fielded, all 3 or just 2? What was a brigade, division, Korps Mike Sent from my iPhone ... [Non-text portions...
Mike 1st, 2nd bns of 5 coys and two grenadier companies per regt. The third bns were not mobilised for 1806. Standard oob was Armee Korps of Two Divisions and...
Be careful you don't work backward too much from current mortars or howitzers. The didn't use indirect fire in the modern sense. The howitzer was used to fire...
I need to reread over 100 books to find the specifics but the Prussians certainly used howitzer batteries to probe behind ridge lines in the 7YW period and the...
I've read the same thing: that Frederick II of Prussia was prepared to waste ammunition with speculative shelling behind ridges and hills. Anything to annoy...
I am thinking about reducing the DRM for defences by one for all howitzer batteries. Plus introducing a burning building/magazine chance option for specific...
Hi Drew, A version of a house rule for buildings/townships etc being set alight by artillery fire is in one of the two “Downtown Fire and Fury” house rule...
A French infantry brigade 'A' is successful in B&S combat and opts to make a breakthrough move of 4.5", engaging a Russian infantry brigade 'X' in the process...
Sorry - bad formatting - try this: A French infantry brigade 'A' is successful in B&S combat and opts to make a breakthrough move of 4.5", engaging a Russian...
Third attempt: ;-) Sorry - bad formatting - try this: A French infantry brigade 'A' is successful in B&S combat and opts to make a breakthrough move of 4.5",...
Allan Iirc Breakthrough moves are done AFTER all normal B&S results in the order the owning player desires. So A has to move to contact the NEAREST eligible...
Drew Yes – I appreciate the sequence and the eligibility criteria. What I am interested in is whether the ‘normal’ B&S rules regarding participating...
My interpretation would be Support is allowed for combats that started the charge supported so no two seperate charges converge in breakthrough to support each...
David/Allan Yes and No to Davids restriction. If it was a supporting brigade behind then treat the breakthrough as if one unit IMHO but if side by side the...
Drew My understanding is that a breakthrough is a spontaneous charge and as such it is not done in the in the best of tactics so no thinking or troop control...
Hi, ... Not possible. Following B&S, X must retreat 2" from the final position of B - p. 54. ... No. The defender never counts more than 2 ranks deep - p. 48. ...
Don’t have the rules in front of me right now, but what John wrote seems right on the money. Colonel Bill Sent from Windows Mail From: trimsaran2003 Sent:...
John & Bill Thanks for the responses. I made an error in the diagram: the intent was to show each unit in Line of Battle (single rank) not Line of Battle...
Do defenders count all ranks when in masse ? Re attackers "Incidental" contact. In the case of a 2nd attacker contacting this forces the brigade to split its...
... Yes. My earlier comment re: only 2 ranks referred to LOBS - p.48 ... Not so. See fig 32C, p.50. This shows the `option' you describe below to be correct. ...
Hi, Allan ... LOBS is defined on p.27. Y would count as supporting X if it meets the requirement where LOBS is formed by 2 (or more) units in line for the...
