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The drums rolled in the myst, as the Austirans walked on the field... 30.000 great men! First went the Musketeers, a long grey-yellow line, followed closely by the Royal guard and the Jaegers. All this by the beating of the drums, wich played the Hoffbringer March.
After the ifantry went the vagons, and the Royal Artilery.... 15 bateries of the heavy 12 pounders.
The last followed the cavalry, the Kajzers Dragoons, the Uhlans, the glorius Hungarian hussars, and the last, the heavy cuirassiers.
At the head of the army proudly goes feldmarshal Blasius Wolfenbachi with his staff and his bodyguards, the Chevaulegers, and the Austrian flag proudly waving in the early morning air...


ooc- looking for a great game and a strategical chalange here... If you wanted to command an army in the times of Napoleon, here is your chance. i would need two players, one for the French general, and one for the Russian allies of the Austrians...I will post a map of the battlefield...the only thing the players who wish to join must do is to make up a general and an army, plase let the units be historicly correct and the numbers within a limit...

I hope for a great battle here!

Cheers!

If you'll Let me, i'll play as the Russians as General Furov Kelster with
90,000 Regulars
8,000 Calvary
40,000 Polish Conscrips
4,000 Dragoons
400 pieces of artillary ranging from 8 to 18 pound.
And before you say that's to many the russian military suffered nearly 700,000 Casualties when Napolean invaded. Hope to have your approval soon.

Sure you can play, but now we need to find somebody to control the French as our opponent (i think that he would need some 80.000 men to do it fair).
Do you know anybody that would play?

I'm interested. I'll take:

85,000 infantry
3,000 Dragoons
4,000 Cuirassiers
200 pieces of Artillery, six to twelve pounders


Distand drums pounds and dust rises in the distance as the French move. General Andre du Nivellette has led his men here, to engage the Austrians and their Russian allies. Although outnumbered, they would prevail. THere faith in the Emperor Napolean absolute. Their voices rise in song as they march to the beat of the drum.

Ahead of the main body of troops ride Dragoons, scouting and probing for the enemy.

Ok, thats ok, there is 3 of us now and we can play. I would just ask you both to half the numbers of your arilery for the reasons that at Liepzig, there was 560.000 combatants and still, there was around 350 cannons all together, and i have 30.000 and have 15x4=60 guns, so plase only take half of your artilery.

Oh, yes, and here is a more complete numbers of my army:
-10.000 Musketeers
-4.000 Jaegers
-4.000 Royal Guard
-6.000 Granadiers
-1000 Dragoons
-1000 Uhlans
-1000 Hussars
-1000 Cuirassirs
-1000 Chevaulegers
-60 twelve pounders

I think it would be best to post in turns, so the game wouldnt get confused, i'll go first sice i'm just posting, then go French and the last go the Russians, just to have our turns seperated.

Here is the map, i drawed the directions from were each army enters the battlefield. There are 3 villages on the battlefield, wich are good for defending (the big brown things are hills, just in case you would think it's a poo :D )


Map:

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Let the game begin!

The Austrian army enters Donkelpfutze. Wolfenbachi orders that the Austrian flag is unged on the city hall, were he organises his staff, hospital and a defencije position with 2 batteries (8 cannons) and 1000 Jaegers.

Then the column continues their advance towards the Glasernburg...the drums rumbled, this time playing the Grandier march.
The light hussar cavalry sprint forward to scout for the incoming french and to take the first loot from the town, while the commander was away...

The French sing as they march, the dust rising from the road. The early morning mist had begun to burn off and it seemed as if the day would be sunny and clear.The sound of 85,000 men marching in unision fills the air. The clatter of wheels and the clopping of horse hoofs mixing in with the din.

The green-jacketed dragoons race ahead of the army, heading for Glasernburg and the enemy. On top of a high hill south of Glasernburg General du Nivellette consults with his aides as an excort of dragoons secures the area. He snaps open his telescope and examines the country side. To the North-West he sees dust and the glint of steel. Immiediatly to the noth a troops of dragoons is cautiously entering the small town of Glasernburg, heading for the vital crossroads.

Further to the north he thinks he sees a figure on horseback. A Russian scout?

Behind him the French Infantry of the Line continue their march north.

In constrast to the other armies the spies had heard last night the Russians made no sound as they marched closer to the river. The heavier artillary and 1,000 Cavalry had made there way to the hills north of Glasemburg, in preporation for any shelling. The Generals had easily decided wear to set up in case of a French Retreat into a defensible position, on the western river side.

A 400 man scouting party was sent out to the south to collect from the fields the despretly needed supplies. At this state the general thought all they have to do is wait and will kill each other.

As the hussars aproach Glasrnburg, they prepare to enter, but when they see the dragoons, they turn and head back towards the main army. As Wolfenbach hears the news, he stops the coulmn and forms a line. he watches as his troops shake out of the marching column and for a defencive position betwen the both hills.

ooc-One cm represents rughly 100m.

From his position on top of the hill du Nivellete watches as the Austrians deploy into a line, all thirty thousand of them. It is an impressive sight. However...He hands a note to one of his aides who rides off down the hill.

In town more dragoons have taken up residence and are ereting barricades in the streets. du Nivellette's first division, consisting of twelve thousand men, has arrived at Glasernburg and are beginning to dig in. Behind them th other French Divisions are marching onwards.

Meanwhile, to the west, a group of dragoons spots the Russian infantry foraging in the fields and goes to the attack, swords shining in the bright morning sun as they fall upon the scattered Russians.

On the hill a brigade of infantry, four thousand strong, accompanied by three batteries of twelve pounders has just reached the crest, looking down on the Austrians. The guns begin to unlimber and the infantry begin to dig in. The Cuirriassers are beginning to deploy behin the crest of the hill a th efirst shell arches towards the Austrians, falling short.

Polish Conscripts fell under the practiced sword of the French. A Detachment of 1,000 Dragoons rode out twords the enemy cavalry, what was a few Polish to around 100 French Cussairs. The Dragoons rode into them carring little for their saftey, firing pistols at point blank range against sabres. The French soon routed fleeing back to there amassed ranks. Cannons, turned from their orginal position sluaghtered the remaining Polish as the Dragoons fled back to their lines as well.

Near the heavy artillary in the hills of Glasenburg a signal had been sent via Semephore for 8,000 Regulars and 10,000 Polish. A great blob detached its self from the Russian ranks, marching in no great order, just quickly.

The Austrian Sappers and enginers start digging trenches and making enbarkments, specialy on the left flank, facing the French on the hill. They pull the cannons on the embarkments, and soon, the bombardment of Glasernburg beggins.

Then, 6000 musketeers and 1000 granadiers, with the attachment of a few hunderd cavalry start moving up on the hill slope, in preparation for storming the french positions on the top...

The French begin to move into position. As the Dragoons fall back on the let, the 1st Corps, 45,000 men, extends into line of battle, stretching from the village towards the forest, anchoring their flank. The 2nd Corps deploys from the vilage to the hill, the French troops appearing over the crest of the hill in full battle array, eagles shining in the sun. Cavalry trots behind the line of infantry and the cannone begin to unlimber. The French cannon atop the hill begin to pour shell and shot into the oncoming Austrian attack.

On The order of Furlov Kelster 40,000 Infantry and 20,000 Conscrips began to March from the main body of infantry twords Glasernburg. 2,000 Cavalry rode slightly ahead to prevent against Cavalry attacks.

From the hills above the town the 18 Pounder cannons let loose a volley, of shells down on the town. After 10 minutes of that, The infantry rushed down out of the hills to the first, Nearly Destroyed barracade, with bayonets fixed.

The Austrian cannons redirect their fire on the French main line, while the attack on the hill continoues.
The infantry closes in at 100m and forms a line.
The defenders can hear the comanders voice (i'll do the command in english):
Make ready!!!... almost 4000 muskets in the first line lower their barels and aims... Fire! ...Smoke covers the line and many Frenchmen fall from the enbarkmens.
But the attack continoues... Fix the bayonets!!! ...The whole line shines as soliders start fixing the bayonets... Charge!!! ...All men lonch forward and quickly reaches the French, almost overwhelming them with superior numbers, while the 500 uhlans charge in their flank, only to break the line.

OOC: First off, you can't designate my losses, just as I can't designate yours. Secondly, you're firing smoothbore muskets at 300 feet? Fat chance of hitting anything.

IC: The French defenders stand strong as the Austrians fire their volley from too far away to do any noticebile damage. They wait patiently as their opponents fix bayonets and advance. The French wait. And wait. The Austrians are 30 yards away when the commands ring out.

"Firing by Battalion...First rank, Make ready...Present..." The French line makes a half-quarter turn to the right as thousands of muskets come up.

"Fire!"

There is a tremendous crash as thousands of muskets fire almost similtaneously. Flames and smoke ripple up the French line as they pour a volley of musketry into the Austrian attackers at less then 25 yards distance.

"First rank, reload! Second rank, make ready! Present...Fire!"

Anther volley rings out, echoing across the hills.

"Third rank, hand your muskets to the second rank. Thir rank, reload. First rank, ready..."

The commands continue as the volleys ripple up nad down the line, pouring a hail od lead into the oncoming Austrians. Cannons fire shells overhead and the din raises to tremendous levels.

On the flank, the Curissears engage the Uhlans in a swirling melee of horse, men and steel.


Meanwhile, facing the Russian attack into the village, the French level their muskets over the barricades and from within houses. "Fire!"

Smoke fillls the streets as the French begin to fire. Voltiguers, the French skirmisherrs, dash from house to house, stopping to load and fire. The outskirts of the village are taken by the Russians and the French are beginning to be pushed back, taking casualties.

The French line to the west remains in positions, sending a brgade to reinforce the village.

The Russians staggered under the close fire of the french from every window and street. They had achived a foothold in the town. The conscripts ran in, not some of them not even carrying muskets. They flew over barricades, urged on by the regulars behind them.

The Detachment from the river finally arrived after, the first attack had lost 1,200 men to the trained French Grand Armee. " Form Square, First rank by twos" The regulars aimed at the flank of the French By the order of the varied colonels " Division will advance two steps.... Fire!"

The Crack of 7,000 Muskets filled the air, followed by another and another. " 1st and 2nd of Muscovy will advanced with bayonets fixed, along with all Polish. Remaining Troops reload and fire." 1,800 Men detached themselves and moved into the city.

The attack on the hill suffered heavy losses, but the elite granadiers still charged the enemy, with the musketeers close behind, they climb up the last metters and attack the French in close combat with bayonets and short infantry sabers.

As the Uhlan lanciers could not hold the attack of the heavy cuirassirs, they break and sccater, run back to the main line and re-group. Meanwhile, a combinated force of 500 hussars, 500 Chevaulegers and 500 Cuirassirs moved up the hill in an attempt to push away the French...

They rode forward and stop at 100 feet. The Chevaulgers draw out their carbines Take aim! the front line lower their muskets and aims at the French cavalry Fire! some 200 muskets fire, and just seconds later, the hussars and cuirassirs charge forward and with the sun playing on their drawn sabers, they clash with the French...

With a cheer the French charge forward to engage the Grenadiers in hand-to-hand. THe French bayonets stab down and muskets flame as a swirling melee erupts on the hill-side. The French take losses, but they still have sheer weight of numbers on their side.

As the enemy calvary approach the line, the threatened French battlaions form squares, firing volleys as the calvary come on.

In the village the French continue to fall back, house by house. THe fighting is a grinding battle of Attrition, with the Russians paying in blood for every street.

Do you guys want me to moderate here? Act as gamesmaster? I know a fair bit about Napoleonic warfare and it would be easier for me to allocate losses than for the combatants to argue over it. So basically, you tell me your actions, I say what happens. It's no use one player saying, 'my cavalry charge your line and break it', it would be up to me to judge whether the infantry see the danger in time and form square. Your choice anyway.

I agree with that, but Jensai and Waldenburg 2 will also have to agree....please tell if you think that is ok in your next post...

Works for me. It would probably help quite a bit.

OOC- Sure, moderation sounds good but I hope this just means we keep on with what we're doing, but you tell us who dies, because it's my turn.

IC- The 1st and 2nd had long been destroyed, another 4,000 Regulars moved into the city from the west while from the south. 10,000 Conscripts and 5,000 Regulars Formed into groups of 3,000 and moved in.

The Main body of the men with 5,000 Cavalry, formed into great Lines thin so the artillary would have little affect and began marching twords the French outer lines. They moved slowly, bayonets fixed waiting for the smaller Cannons so they could assult the hieghts.

OOC- Sorry about posting as the wrong nation, our login passwords are nearly the same

Yes, we will be still doing what we were, the only difference is that Gintopar will be telling us the effects of our posts...

roger that I'll try my best to moderate from now.

Wolfenbachi sends another 2000 royal guard and 500 uhlans to support the attack on the hill... The royal guard trie to get around the main line engaged with the granadiers and charge in their flank and rear, while the uhlans engage the enemy cavalry once more.

With the Hill and the Village as the main points being contested the battle grinds into a stalemate. Both sides are reinforcing their positions with litle manouvre, simply throwing men into the meatgrinder. The Russians make initial headway into the village, the sheer momentum of their charge eliminates the first Frenchmen as they surge through the barricades, however, as the French brigade arrives to staunch the flow, the Russian momentum dries up in the face of galling fire. Both sides hunker down and await new orders, while simaltaeneously sniping at eachother across the houses of the street.

The attack of the Hill is beaten back by the French. The Austrians fired a potentially killing volley far too early and the French volley was, in turn, devastating. Sending cavalry in to the infantry meatgrinder simply compounded the problem. Austrian Infantry could not fire for fear of hitting their own horsemen, who, out of sheer pride, would not withdraw from the disciplined French squares which gradually emptied the saddles with well aimed volleys. If the Austrians would withdraw their cavalry, their infantry could well be able to deliver a volley while the French were still in square.

So far, the battle is drawn, the Austrians have suffered heavy casualites with around 400 cavalrymen killed or incapacitated and their infantry attacks stalled. Around 900 Austrian infantry are killed and around 1,500 wounded, but the worst damage is to their morale. The French have lost around 400 killed so far and about 900 wounded but their morale in comparison is sky high after resisting the hill assaults.

The same is not true however, in the village the attacking Russians have lost around 700 killed, the French around the same. But the Russians do at least have a foothold in Glasernburg. French morale in the village is shattered buit gradually stabilising as reinforcements arrive. They are amazed they were forced back so quickly but the reinforcements have given them hope.

Wolfenbachi sends another 2000 royal guard and 500 uhlans to support the attack on the hill... The royal guard trie to get around the main line engaged with the granadiers and charge in their flank and rear, while the uhlans engage the enemy cavalry once more.

With so much cavalry involved the infantry can't get a clear shot so the French cavalry, by doctrine, would probably just withdraw and let the infantry take shots at the Austrian cavalry as the French infantry are shielded by the Austrian cavalry even as they shoot them.

Seeing the attack gone bad, Wolfenbachi retreats his forces from the hill, with the dragoons and the uhlans shielding the retreating infantry. After all the forces retreated, Austrian sappers build more baricades facing the hill, and drag mortars and howitzers on them, and as they doesn't have such a flat projectile line, they are able to hit the top of the hill....and then the bombardment starts...

French twelve-pounders began replying, firing solid shot and explosive shells. du Nivellet makes a decision. His forces here currently out number the Uastrians if he can defeat them while holding on his left he can then swing around and destroy the Russians.

In order to shelter his troops from the shelling he pulls them back behind the crest of the hill and begins forms three columns, each containing 6,000 men. This leaves him with 16,000 men still in line, plus another 6,000 in reserve on the right flank.

du Nivvellete swings back his left, abandoning the village. Here he has 36,000 men currently in line, with a brigade of 11,000 as a reserve. He orders his artllery on this wing to began shelling the Russians and his troops start making breastworks from whatever they can find.

Back on the hill the drums began to roll and beat the Pas de Charge. The Three coloumns come over the crest of the hill and begin to head down, towards the Uastrian lines. Dragoons ride nearby to make sure the Austrian cavalry doesn't try anything...

The drums roll, there is a pause and 18,000 voices rise in unison: "Vive le Emperour!" Then the drums continue and the French attack marches on.

As the First of French shells hit the first ranks the Russian know they have no chance of beating the fortified and above all trained French.

The Light artillery moving fix themselves in position about 400 Meters outside the french artillery's range to prevent against them sweeping down and attacking the Southern attack from the rear.

The French make a tactical error that will cost them dearly, the infantry pull out
to the west to attack the Austrians (At least I assume that's what your doing and you can't withdraw any other way without fighting 20,000 Russians.)

Around 60,000 Men have nothing to do but shoot at the backs of Withdrawing French men. The cavalry that was with the eastern assult broke ranks and charged madly down on the withdrawing army.

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Situation map, as I understand it. if anythings wron,g let me know and I'll futz with it.

Actually, I'm just wihtdrawing the troops in the village to make a more compact line. The troops attacking the Austrians are coming from my right. The left is simply consolidating.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y77/havoc88/?action=view&current=situationmapcopy.jpg

Situation map, as I understand it. if anythings wron,g let me know and I'll futz with it.

Actually, I'm just wihtdrawing the troops in the village to make a more compact line. The troops attacking the Austrians are coming from my right. The left is simply consolidating.

Very close with the map, we also have a detachment attacking from the west near the Austrian ranks. My last post still stands, but the infantry numbers drop back a bit to 20,000.

Very close with the map, we also have a detachment attacking from the west near the Austrian ranks. My last post still stands, but the infantry numbers drop back a bit to 20,000.

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How's that?

The French column closest to Glastenburg is cut to pieces by disciplined Austrian musketry but the other two columns coming from the heights make better progress. Both suffer casualties as the Austrians pour fire into them but the Austrian General commanding those areas likely to fall under the hammer blow of the two French columns withdraws his men out of harms way. The French have made progress with their two easternmost columns and some Austrians were caught by advancing French troops, also, French skirmishers, notorioiusly effective, caused heavy casualties among the officers. Ultimately the Austrians lose ground on their Easterly flank but manage to reform under a cavalry screen in the rear of their army. French casualties in the attack are very heavy:

1,200 killed
2,900 wounded

morale however, is very high after they achieved their objectives. The Austrian flank is now at their mercy and it will take good generalship both by the French to exploit the opportunity, and also by the Austrians to resist disaster.

Austrian casualties are relatively light as they basically just stood and shot before withdrawing, their main loss is in tactical initiative:

200 killed
500 wounded

here morale is lower and there is confusion as the troops withdrew when they appeared to be killing the enemy in droves. They were...but they would have been cut to pieces if they had stayed much longer as the French columns would have hit home.

OOC: Waiting for Wolfenbach...But until then, LOVE THE COLOUMN! Woo-hoo!

The French withdrawing from the village allows the French artillery to concentrate on shattering the Russians inside it, this causes very heavy casualties initially until the Russian troops find cover. The speed at which the Russians exploited the French withdrawal allowed the Russian cavalry to cut the slower French infantry to pieces but then several disciplined rally squares (basically just a huddle of men) are formed and the cavalry are driven off with fairly light casualties and the arrival of French cavalry. The Russians do not shoot at the backs of the French infantry because their cavalry block them. (Please take not of this people, you can't charge someone with cavalry AND shoot them, you would slaughter your own troops, please make it clear if the cavalry attack after a volley of fire or just charge straight home).

As the Russian's take cover in the village they take a steady stream of casualties from the French artillery which also heavily affects morale. Russian artillery is unsighted by the advancing Austrians and by the fact that there are now no longer any enemies in the village. Also, French Voltigeurs (skirmishers) begin to pester the Russians, who take cover even more.

OOC: Waiting for Wolfenbach...But until then, LOVE THE COLOUMN! Woo-hoo!


ooc: good ol' French columns, nothing like 'em. So just to summarise, you lost one column but the other two broke through, but tellingly, the Austrians didn't just break and flee wildly. The Austrians were fairly well trained, unlike the other rabble of enemies the column normally defeated through sheer terror.

OCC- We charged after a volley, and with others shooting randomly in beetween. The cavalry was just to keep the French in the field, while the artillery could fire, that's why we only sent 1,000 of them. But i'm happy with having the town so Meh....

OCC- We charged after a volley, and with others shooting randomly in beetween. The cavalry was just to keep the French in the field, while the artillery could fire, that's why we only sent 1,000 of them. But i'm happy with having the town so Meh....

OK I'll take that into account. Around 50 French killed outright by shooting with some 180 having to be abandoned on the field as wounded as the cavalry prevent immediate evacuation. A few cavalrymen are also killed by the rally squares. The Russians now hold the village. They are however, continously shelled, casualties build up and morale begins to drop. Nevertheless they hold the potentially vital village area.

ooc-sorry form the delay....nice job with breaking my line...but you will not celabrate long! I still have some 26.000 men in my line.... And 1000 in Donkelpfutze ;)

IC- Wolfenbach sends 5000 men from his left to the right to help hold back the French. the line bends almost linear to the road, protecting the wagons driving wounded to the field hospital in Donkelpfutze...

Meanwhile, the cannons turn and start bombarding the main French line, while 3000 cavalry incuding soem 1000 of the elit Chavaulgers leave from the Glaserenburg side and charge the French that break their line in the left flank, trying to sweap them with a deciseve blow!

With the Austrian line now pulling back to the road, the French advance, straightening their own line out and move their artillery forward, shelling the enemy as thrre more coloumns begin to form for an attack.

Facing the incoming Austrian cavalry, the French on the left form squares to hold them off, while the French facing the Russians continue to dig in and wait.

EDIT OOC: Ah, right then. The entire line just folds back? Got it.

the line bends almost linear to the road

Yust to make it sure....my line is quite flat...

From The Nothern Hill the heavy artillery move forwards with 1,000 Cavalry, moving into the town and taking up position in the town to shell the French. The infantry in the town, frighened by the bombardment, retreat another 600 Meters into the village mostly out of the cannons range.

The main force of cavalry 3,000 Regulars and 1,000 Dragoons take notice of the French attacking their allies lines. At full gallop they ride behind Austrian lines, and prepare to engage the enemy. They are followed by the Crack Novgard Regiments nearly 15,000 men.

The Austrian cavalry are slaughtered as the well drilled French form squares. The cavalry retreat with around 60 dead and 150 wounded, though they have held up the French attack. This time, all of the French columns are slowed to a halt around 40 yards from the Austrian line and retreat once more. The Austrians have wised up to the attack from the first time and simply annihlate the tightly packed columns. However, as most Austrians are celebrating, the columns that were held up by the cavalry appear from the smoke. The delay has proved beneficial as many of the Austrians are caught unawares by the late arrival. French cavalry covers the columns flank and, with litle or no time for the Austrians to manouvre, the column smashes through the far end of the line and releases the cavalry to the chase, while retaining some to guard their own flanks. The French column then turns to face the vulnerable flank of the Austrian line and proceeds to rull it up. Thousands flee as the French veterans advance. Many prisoners are taken and the cavalry run riot. Casualties:

France:
1,100 dead
3,000 wounded

Austria:
7,500 dead
1,300 wounded
700 captured

Austrian casualties mainly result from the resulting cavalry pursuit.

However, the remaining Austrian units furthest away from the attacking column, are directed by their officers to take positions in the village. The French, arrogantly believeing that they are invincible after their destruction of the Austrian line, promptly charge the village. A massacre results. Austrian musketry kills around 150 in the first volley, wounding many more. The French press home their attack but are repulsed at bayonet point by very angry Austrians.

Casualties in Village attack:

French:
400 killed
900 wounded

Austrians:
40 killed
110 wounded

The French cavalry pursuing the remnants of the Austrian line inflicts huge casualites (as shown in the previous casualty report) but again, the French momentum carries them into further trouble and they are torn apart by combined Russian and Austrian cavalry units. The French cavalry then fall back but the Russian and Austrian cavalry do not pursue as their commanders see the dangers of the killing field that the artillery will soon create on the space where the Austrian line once stood.

Out of the 26,000 previously in the Austrian line, 10,000 eventually reform at Donkelpfutze, around 5,000 others make it to Donkelpfutze but carry on regardless, fleeing the battlefield. 7,000 entrench themselves in the Glasenburg (they are the ones who shattered the French column that rolled up the line), and the rest are either casualties, (as mentioned in the first casualty report in this post), or they flee in other directions or to other units. Not to take further part in the battle. So, for the benefit of the Austrian player, he has 6,000 men in Glasenburg and 10,000 in Donkelpfutze. The French player has swept the Austrians into dissaray and they will not be moving for a while as they reorganise. However, MASSIVE casualties have been inflicted on the French. Once again, the French hold the tactical initiative at the price of heavy damage. The Russian Infantry do not arrive in time to save the Austrian line but as I mentioned earlier, their cavalry to participate in fighting off the pursuing French cavalry. The Russian infantry now take up positions to the North of Glasenburg and await orders. They are out of line of sight of artillery and could be a potentially devastating force now if used correctly. The French, if they can reinforce the flank where the Austrian line used to be, could theoretically hook round that flank and attack the Russians from behind. Though to do this they would have to break through the Novgard Regiments.

The village of Glasenburg is gradually turning into a hellhole. French artillery have now found their range and are causing massive casualties in the village. They are mainly using mortars and howitzers to fire shells that arc into the village. They bring much of their artillery closer and continue to pound the village. Morale is at a low ebb in Glasenburg but if it was not held then the French could march their troops straight through onto the Russian flank. All commanders now hvae difficult decisions to make.

OOC: Out of pure curiosity how are you deciding the outcome? Dice rolls or something?

OOC: Out of pure curiosity how are you deciding the outcome? Dice rolls or something?


Yea. For example:

Your columns would scare the shit out of that very very thin Austrian line but the Austrians were fairly disciplined troops so that modifies the rolls. So on the last attack you had three columns, now, tightly packed column meets disciplined killing machine = dead column. But, the chances are that one section of the line wouldn't see it that way and would instead think, 'that thick column is going to smash my skimpy line' and so would fall back. I roll to see how many will be adversely affected by the morale eroding column, then roll again and I have a list of three affects on the dice roll:

1-2 Bugger it, we can still take 'em.
3-5 This is bad. March backwards.
6 Holy shit, RUN!!!


Now this is for the Austrian troops. If you were attacking say, a band of militia who would lack adequate training and leadership, the roll could be:

1 Bugger it, we can still take 'em
2-3 This is bad. March backwards
4-6 Holy shit, RUN!!!

I decide the chances of the line being at all affected by morale the same way. For the Austrians it is:

1-4 no effect. The troops do as ordered.
5-6 the individual officers and men act on their own initiative, rather than their commanding officers wishes.





There are several modifiers as well, for example if the troops have just been bombarded for two hours they will likely care more about their own safety than about the battle plan.

So for your first attack, out of the 3 sections of line facing your 3 columns facing your columns, only one rolled a 5 or 6, so, the two sections of line that held shot at your column, and the one that got a 6 then rolled a 2, which meant they fell back in a fairly orderly fashion. For your second attack, again, 1 section of the Austrian line failed their test and this time I rolled a 6 for them, which meant they broke and panicked, and obviously the French troops, once they had broken their immediate enemies, could steamroller right down the enemy lines.

Casualty figures are just common sense taking into account the reactions of the units involved.

Ah, I see. Thanks.

ooc-sorry for the delay again, had no internet yesterday....

The Austrians in the Village form a line to protect the Russian flank from the French, while the ones in Donkelpfutze build up embarkments, several feet tall, for the last line of defence, in case the French scored a victory. Also, the cannons in donkelpfutze and in Gasernburg start pounding the French in betwen.

Waiting for the Russians to post movements....

OCC- Alright seems it's my turn

IC- The last cannon ball slide into place in the last 18 pound cannon. With a shout the cannons aimed twords the Blazing guns of the French, they shouldn't have moved them closer. The sound of 200 cannons firing at once is something none of the soliders will ever forget.

Du Nivellette details three divisions to hold on his right flank, one to face the Russians and the other to tie down the Autrians should they attempt a counter-attack. He sends two Brigades with them as a reserve, as well as some cavalry and a few batteries of Artillery.

He shifts th rt of forces to the left in preperation for a massive hammer blow againt the Rusians. As his batteries reposition he orders the artillery to open fire. The coloun begin to form agin for a masive asualt against the Russian right. 30,000 men in five huge coloumns, almost half of his remaing troops, with cavalry and artillery support will attack the Russian left in a gamble. Du Nivellete is counting on the Russian conscripts to break and run under the assualt, as well as the poorly trained Polish. If this assualt fails he will be in trouble...

OCC- Wait after french it's Russian, but I just went, but on the other hand I have to defend myself. Hope you don't mind Wolfenbach.

IC- Troops cleared the Center of the town trying to give the Artilery a straight shot at, at least 1/4 of the troops on either side. Now the each flank held nearly 50,000 men in each. The conscripts formed up in front of the Regulars on the principle that if you try to run backwards your being shot at from both sides. Any way the Conscripts were despensible and at least allow time for cavalry to get into position. Up in the hills the Novgard Regiments waited for the time to charge, as the shellings went on.

Shall I wait for the Austrian movements or do you want me to decide this conflict first?

Wolfenbach decides for one risky and final act. He orders the cannons to double the fire, and then, he sends 8000 men from Donkelpfutze to attack the French and after a few minutes, lounches a surprise attack of 5000 in the rare from Glasernburg.

ooc-I don't know how much cavalry i have left, but i gues it's less than 1000, they all form wedge and charge the French directly, tying to scater the line.
And if i'm not clear enough, i am attacking the French army between Donkelpfutze and Glaserburg, some 10.000 men by my calculations...

The Austrian attack is led by demoralised men and in the confusion left by their previous cavalry charge the French infantry turn and forms line. The Austrians and the French halt and shoot eachother for about 20 minutes. The Austrians have the best of it at first and especially when the attack materialises from Glasenburg, however, the French line detaches some troops from its other flank and meets the Glasenburg attack with cold steel. The Austrians, checked by this display of force, immediately move back into Glasenburg. The French can then reinforce their line and with the advantage of numbers they beat off the Austrian attack, which falls back once more to Donkelpfutze with heavy casualties. The battle is now drawing to a close, the Austrians still have a strong position of around 5,500 men remaining in Glasenburg but the rest of their main force retreats.

The attack on the Russians by the French meets with huge success. The conscripts and the Poles do not even wait until the columns are in musket range. They retreat, some towards Glasenburg, some just as far away as possible. The French, emboldened by this success, push on. The Russian regulars fall back, with the conscripts gone the link between the two blocks of regulars is broken and the French Eagles push on. However, the Novgard Regiments on the initiative of their own Colonels, forms an exceedingly long and thin line that places itself across the front of the French. They put up a determined musketry that halts the columns. The columns form line and return fire. The battle has reached crisis point. Whoever wins this musketry duel will win the battle. The Austrians are reduced to a small garisson in Glasenburg, demoralised by retreat and defeats on the day, they simply take cover and hope for the best. The French troops that have defeated the Austrians begin marching around Glasenburg to attack the Novgard Regiments who are scything down the French with disciplined musketry.

ooc: this is it guys. last orders I think.

The Austrian general orders his troops to ocupy a small section of the town on the right. There is no way they would break trough, they were going down and they were going down with a little dignity left! they form baricades of whatever they can, reload their muskets and prepare to fight and die!

ooc-two things to say:
1. I don't think this is the end, the Austrians might have been defeaten, but the russians still have some 50.000, wich is the double of the French numbers...
2. If you guys liked the game, we might not stop with this battle, but continoue with a campain with many more battles...what do you say?

The Austrian general orders his troops to ocupy a small section of the town on the right. There is no way they would break trough, they were going down and they were going down with a little dignity left! they form baricades of whatever they can, reload their muskets and prepare to fight and die!

ooc-two things to say:
1. I don't think this is the end, the Austrians might have been defeaten, but the russians still have some 50.000, wich is the double of the French numbers...
2. If you guys liked the game, we might not stop with this battle, but continoue with a campain with many more battles...what do you say?

1. No I didn't mean the French had won by a long shot. I just mean this is the crux of the battle.
2. I would be glad to moderate.

And yes the Austrian troops in Glasenburg now have a siege mentality to hold out until the end and they will be very difficult to dislodge from their positions. If the Russians wish, they could hold attempt to hold the French and the Austrians that had fled the field would return in the morning the next day. Who knows, 7,000 or so troops could make a big difference. But of course the chance for victory may have gone by then. Its all in the balance.

The Austrian attack is led by demoralised men and in the confusion left by their previous cavalry charge the French infantry turn and forms line. The Austrians and the French halt and shoot eachother for about 20 minutes. The Austrians have the best of it at first and especially when the attack materialises from Glasenburg, however, the French line detaches some troops from its other flank and meets the Glasenburg attack with cold steel. The Austrians, checked by this display of force, immediately move back into Glasenburg. The French can then reinforce their line and with the advantage of numbers they beat off the Austrian attack, which falls back once more to Donkelpfutze with heavy casualties. The battle is now drawing to a close, the Austrians still have a strong position of around 5,500 men remaining in Glasenburg but the rest of their main force retreats.

The attack on the Russians by the French meets with huge success. The conscripts and the Poles do not even wait until the columns are in musket range. They retreat, some towards Glasenburg, some just as far away as possible. The French, emboldened by this success, push on. The Russian regulars fall back, with the conscripts gone the link between the two blocks of regulars is broken and the French Eagles push on. However, the Novgard Regiments on the initiative of their own Colonels, forms an exceedingly long and thin line that places itself across the front of the French. They put up a determined musketry that halts the columns. The columns form line and return fire. The battle has reached crisis point. Whoever wins this musketry duel will win the battle. The Austrians are reduced to a small garisson in Glasenburg, demoralised by retreat and defeats on the day, they simply take cover and hope for the best. The French troops that have defeated the Austrians begin marching around Glasenburg to attack the Novgard Regiments who are scything down the French with disciplined musketry.

ooc: this is it guys. last orders I think.

OCC- Didn't I have artilery, did they ever get a shot off, any way to fall back the Poles would have to gone through regulars with bayonets drawn.

And to Wolfenbach: Sure I'd love to fight more Napoleonic battles, just not as the Russians.

I agree with Wladenburg! I would love to get in on one of these. I've been watching this, and I absolutely love Napoleonic Tactics, etc.

OOC: I'd love to continue with other battles. Great fun.

IC: du Nivellete throws another division into the fray in an effort to run the tide and sends his heavy cavalry to attack the Novgard regiments on their flank, while the infantry keep them occupied with musket fire. He plans to lead the charge personally. A Brigade is detailed to keep an eye on the Austrians whiel the rest of his army manuvers into position for a possibl follow-up attack on the Russian army.

He also sends a regiment south, to scout out the bridge and see if there are any enemy troops hanging around. His light cavalry hovers on the edge of the conflict, hoping to exploit a hole or support the infantry when needed.

Furlov Kelster, leading the nearly untouched cavalry straight twords the attacking French That were just entering the town. As they fought the Infantry hopefully, they wouldn't notice 7,000 Cavalry bearing down on them at full gallop. Some of the better Battlions formed about 1/4 mile from the town, as the saw the foam on their generals horse while the rider was wielding double Sabres. The infantry moved loudly back twords, the blood filled pit they had just left.

ooc-We could start over, making a great campain with politics, battles and more, and we could change histror, maybe France would secure the alliance with Russia, and not the Austrians... It would depend of players...
And there are still Prussia and England to change your country and for any new players...
I hope Gintonpar will stay and moderate....good work so far :)

IC-The Austrians make one more desperate attack on the Brigade that is forming near them. All 5500 men form a line and advance for one last time! They come on 50 feet close, fire their muskets in a single voley, and then charge the enemy in close combat, hoping to suprise them...

ooc-We could start over, making a great campain with politics, battles and more, and we could change histror, maybe France would secure the alliance with Russia, and not the Austrians... It would depend of players...
And there are still Prussia and England to change your country and for any new players...
I hope Gintonpar will stay and moderate....good work so far :)

IC-The Austrians make one more desperate attack on the Brigade that is forming near them. All 5500 men form a line and advance for one last time! They come on 50 feet close, fire their muskets in a single voley, and then charge the enemy in close combat, hoping to suprise them...

Thank you for the compliment Wolfenbach :cool: . I'm sorry but I don't have time just now to write up the last of the battle because I'm out all of today but fear not. It shall be done before too long. And yeah a campaign sounds good.

ooc-So if you all agree, i'll start making a map, it will not be a map from our real world, but i'll come up with it...

ooc-So if you all agree, i'll start making a map, it will not be a map from our real world, but i'll come up with it...

Sounds good. I'm working on the next part of the battle now. Should be finished soon.

OOC: I'd love to do some sort of cammpaign. T'would be fun.

OOC- Of couse, campaign sounds good

The Russian Cavalry meet the French Cavalry head on and the resulting clash sees the fresh Russian horsemen drive off the French, however, so heavy are the losses by both sides of cavalry that neither side gains an immediate advantage. As both sides are reinforcing their infantry, the battle remains a stalemate. Both sides simply keep firing into the smoke. Something has to give soon.

Inside the village, the Austrian's desperate charge panicks the French and throws them back. The Austrians have temporary control of that side of the battlefield again but their position is exceedingly vulnerable. French artillery immediately opens fire on the tempting target and the Austrian troops are scythed down. They retreat back to the village in good order and a certain amount of damage is done to the morale of the French who had thought themselves in control of the battlefield.

ooc-Map and some basic things are in creation!

ic- The Austrians retreat to their former position and leave the French to return to theirs. They prepare for any French counter attacks.

Sorry for interrupting this thread, I just wanted to volunteer for your next battle at this very early point as I usually (like in this case here :rolleyes: ) come too late for all good RP's. I had hard times reading this magnificent story and the frustration was great when I knew I could have taken part if I'd noticed it earlier... :(

Anyways, sorry, this post shall be deleted if requested.

Sorry for interrupting this thread, I just wanted to volunteer for your next battle at this very early point as I usually (like in this case here :rolleyes: ) come too late for all good RP's. I had hard times reading this magnificent story and the frustration was great when I knew I could have taken part if I'd noticed it earlier... :(

Anyways, sorry, this post shall be deleted if requested.

No problem as far as I am concerned. In fact, I' just thinking. If you, Wolfenbach, could handle maps etc. we could start a whole new Earth? Earth Napoleon or something? I'm pretty hot on history and military around that time. I would take a smaller nation like Sweden or someone and the rest of you could be the larger nations and I could moderate your battle etc.

I thought more like another same kinda battle, but anything that has something to do with this period goes as far as I'm concerned. All me want's is a role of some of Napo's marshalls. I'll put all those Murat's and Ney's to shame!

EDIT: Btw, now when we're (ok, I :rolleyes: ) in it, could you imagine it possible that from (add whatever direction you see fit(if you do at all)) arrives, at last, the long waited reinforcement for the french, the 6th Independent Corps - 18,000 Line Infantrymen and couple regiment's of Chasseurs-à-Cheval? Please? Please?! *begging on his knees kissing the boots of you guys*

du Nivellete orders his infatry to swamp the Russian's thin line with numbers. The French artilery begins bombarding the Austrians.

OOC: Hmmm. WOuld be interesting, no?

I thought more like another same kinda battle, but anything that has something to do with this period goes as far as I'm concerned. All me want's is a role of some of Napo's marshalls. I'll put all those Murat's and Ney's to shame!

EDIT: Btw, now when we're (ok, I :rolleyes: ) in it, could you imagine it possible that from (add whatever direction you see fit(if you do at all)) arrives, at last, the long waited reinforcement for the french, the 6th Independent Corps - 18,000 Line Infantrymen and couple regiment's of Chasseurs-à-Cheval? Please? Please?! *begging on his knees kissing the boots of you guys*

Sorry I don't think thats really feasible here. But all Napoleonic era fans may want to check out this idea.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=449023

OOC-hey, not bad, i think i'll join in as autria...