Battles of Napolean Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) Scenerio Overviews Compiled by: David Landrey, Novastar Games ALBUERA Authors: Mike Musser, Richard Hooks, Gunter Meyer ALBUERA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In May 1811 Marshall Soult was in the process of moving troops to relieve Badajoz which was under seige. Marshall Beresford moved 35000 troops to intercept Soult's advance. Beresford took up position at the river crossings near the village of Albuera which was located along the Albuera River. He then waited for the French to attack. Soult had only 24260 men and 48 artillery pieces. He sent a strong force of infantry against the bridge and village. In addition he sent his cavalry and more infantry farther to the south to cross the fords there. The French force of 4000 Cavalry and 19 infantry battalions scattered the weaker Spanish troops holding this area of the battlefield. The French were threatening to roll up the Allied line. Beresford ordered General Blake to form a defensive right flank, but he maneuvered only four battalions against two French divisions. The Spanish forces gallantly held off the French columns giving time for General Stewart's 2nd division to reinforce. Colbourne's brigade suffered 60% casualties against the French when charged in the flank by Polish Lancers. The Spanish line still held. The French attacked again in a huge column with close artillery support. The Spanish Houghton's brigade lost 80% of their force. Sir Henry Hardinge and General Lowry Cole brought up an additional 4000 men on their own initiative and helped repulse the French attack. A charge by the Fusilier Brigade routed the French. After the French were cleared out of Albuera, the battle was over. In just four hours the French had lost 8000 men, while the Allies lost 6000. AUSTERLITZ Author: J. Ashley Brown III AUSTERLITZ HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The battle of Austerlitz occurred on December 2, 1805. Napoleon had about 73200 men and 139 artillery guns while the Allied army commanded by General Kutusov deployed 85400 men and 278 artillery pieces. On December 1, the Russian army pressed forward and occupied the Pratzen Heights which the French had previously abandoned. Napoleon anchored his left flank with Lannes on the Santon hill. Soult's IV Corps held the villages near the Bosenitz and Goldbach streams. Davout's recently arrived division held the right flank. The front was nearly five miles long. Napoleon's cavalry, Guard, and reserves were hidden on the French left wing behind a hill. The Allied General Buxwoden advanced 60000 men south and west of the Pratzen Heights while 17600 men attacked towards Santon hill in the north. The Russian Imperial Guard with 8500 men was held as reserve in the center. By 9:00 AM Napoleon ordered Marshall Soult's two divisions to attack southeast towards the Heights. He was supported by Bernodotte's corps on the left. Meanwhile a large cavalry action occurred in the north by Santon hill. At 10:30 AM Kutusov attacked Soult's divisions, but they managed to hold by the strategic placement of artillery. At 1:00 PM the Russian Guard routed Soult's troops from the hill. French cavlary then charged repulsing the Russian Guard. Bernodotte threw in a division to hold the center. The French Imperial Guard advanced southeast onto the Pratzen Heights and then turned southwest to envelop Buxhaden's men. The Allied left flank was routed. The French had lost 8300 men, while the Russian army lost 16000 men, 11000 prisoners, and 180 artillery pieces. CORUNNA Author: Thomas Sparhawk CORUNNA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In November of 1807 the French invaded Portugal, by way of Spain, in an attempt to solidify Napoleon's Continental Blockade of England. All other powers on the continent were controlled by Napoleon or paying lip service to him. Realizing that Spain was barely pretending to enforce the blockade, and that the Spanish monarchs were getting ready to change sides, Napoleon imprisoned the Spanish monarchs and invaded Spain. The British landed at Portugal with Arthur Wellesley in temporary command. After the Battles of Rolica and Vimiero, Wellesley had the Army of Portugal trapped and was preparing to annihilate it. His immediate superiors arrived and allowed the French to go home on British ships. All three British commanders were brought home to be court-martialed and Sir John Moore became commander of the Peninsular expedition. Hearing mistaken information from the Spanish, and thinking Soult's corps was overextended and could be trapped and destroyed, Moore invaded northern Spain. It was a serious mistake that would tarnish his memory for decades. The French had just crushed the northern Spanish armies and were heading south. Napoleon wanted a British defeat more than many Spanish ones, and saw a chance to finally fight back against his mortal enemies. The French converged on Moore's small force. Moore retreated desperately towards the nearest fleet. Napoleon himself followed until news of Austrian aggression urged him home. The retreat was a nightmare. Moore barely arrived at La Coruna, with Soult close behind. As the troops were preparing to embark, the French arrived. Moore placed most of his troops on the heights near Elvina, with others guarding his right flank. Soult made no attempt at maneuver. Leaving his cavalry to protect his left flank, Soult charged headlong into the British. The Rifles were in the village, but the French column drove them out. The French then split into two columns, one advancing on Baird's division, the other trying to outflank it. The 42nd and 50th were sent forward and fired into one column's exposed flank. That column could not break through the light infantry, and ground to a halt. Moore then ordered Fraser's Division to go up the valley past the French cavalry, and outflank the attackers. The 42nd and 50th drove the French back into Elvina and out the otherside. Moore sent forward a battalion of the guards. Baird was here hit by grapeshot in the arm and left the field. Moore then ordered the 42nd to charge with the bayonet. The British in the valley had repulsed the French cavalry effectively and were stopping the second column. It looked as if it were about to retreat. At this moment Moore was fatally wounded and taken to La Coruna. The French retreated. Soult's troops were so badly hurt that they made no attempt to stop the British from boarding the rest of their troops the next day. The British escaped to England, and Arthur Wellesley returned to command the rest of the Allied forces in Portugal. As important, Napoleon never returned to Spain to finish off the Spaniards. Cavalry don't charge as often as normal. Infantry forms squares more often than normal. Redoubts are 60% fire and 80% melee as a target square. The 1/6th had 391 deserters before it ever went into combat, and was considered the worst battalion in the army. The 2/59th lost 143 men in the Corunna campaign. French player goes first. The French AI should be set to Counterattack-Analyze. Allied AI should be set to Hold Positions-Analyze. CRAONNE Author: Michael Lee Merritt CRAONNE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The disastrous campaign in Russia cost 200,000 soldiers of the 600,000 French army. The Prussians deserted, and the Austrians absconded into Austria, forcing the Saxons with them. Combined with the massive desertions among the survivers, and a large number of men in the hospital, as well as many men guarding fortified depots, La Grande Armee was down to 40,000 men. But the French still had 400,000 men in Spain, France and Italy. Napoleon created a second La Grande Armee. Drafting men from the classes of 1813 and 1814, as well as many men from Spain and Italy, Napoleon launched an attack against the combined Prussians and Russians. At Lutzen his young troops held their ground and won a decisive victory, but lack of cavalry prevented him from chasing them down. At Bautzen he nearly annihilated the enemy, but the trap was not closed by a slow moving Ney. Napoleon agreed to an armistice, so he could round up stragglers and reform his army. Unfortunately, Wellington's victory at Vitoria convinced the Austrians it was time to go to war. The new round opened with Blucher defeating Macdonald at the Katzbach, and capturing 15,000 men and 100 guns in the process. Napoleon achieved a great victory at Dresden causing 38,000 casualties to his own 10,000. It would be his last victory in Germany. Oudinot was defeated by Bernadotte at Gross Beeren. Vandamme was defeated by Ostermann and Kleist at Kulm, losing half his corps and being captured himself. Ney was defeated by Bernadotte at Dennewitz. Napoleon's victory was wasted by other's defeats. He retreated to Leipzig and caused 54,000 casualties to his own 38,000, but 30,000 more were captured when the only bridge was blown up before they could cross. All of the German allies and most of the Poles had now defected. Napoleon crushed the Bavarians at Hanau as he returned to France. Napoleon now had to create a third army in 2 years. He took a few more troops from Italy and Spain, called up more men from previous classes, and raised the old cry of patriotism. He would never lead more than 70,000 men during the campaign, and usually not over 40,000. The allies started into France, but Napoleon struck the first blow. Napoleon badly mauled Blucher at Brienne. Following with 40,000 men, Napoleon ran into Schwarzenberg's 110,000 at La Rothiere, and barely got out alive. But Blucher was still careless. At Champaubert Napoleon destroyed Olssufief's corps. Next day he drove back Sacken at Montmirail, and then pushed back Yorck. He attacked again at Chateau-Thierry the day after and drove the two across the Marne. Two days later Napoleon trapped Blucher at Vauchamps, who barely fought his way out after losing 7,000 men. Napoleon turned south against Schwarzenberg. At Nangis he surprised Wittgenstein and sent his corps into Wrede's Bavarians. The next day he defeated Eugene of Wurttemberg. Schwarzenberg began withdrawing. Napoleon went after Blucher, but Schwarzenberg turned on Macdonald and defeated him at Bar-sur-Aube. Napoleon meanwhile was coming near Craonne. During the night of 5-6 March Marmont and Mortier fell on Blucher's rearguard at Soisons and suffered 1500 casualties. Come morning P. Boyer began his march on Laon. Meunier found the abbey of Vauclere occupied by Russians and sent two battalions of Old Guard to drive them from the villages. Caramon cleared the villages but was unable to take the plateau above. Napoleon ordered Caramon and Meunier to assault together. Meunier took the abbey, but had a desperate fight over the Heurtebise farm. The farm was taken and retaken several times until it was firmly in Russian hands. Caramon's foothold on the plateau forced the Russians to retreat from the eastern plateau with the coming of night. At 9 AM both sides opened fire with cannon. Ney launched an attack on the Russian left when he heard the roar of cannons. He sent P. Boyer against Ailles and Meunier against the heights to the SE. Unfortunately for the French, this flank attack began before the Russians were pinned in place. Meunier lost heavily before Victor arrived and sent B. de Rebeval to support him. Nansouty was sent against the Russian right flank. A fire in Heurtebise caused the Russians to abandon it. By 10 AM Meunier and P. Boyer had taken terrible artillery losses due to the fact Ney's artillery couldn't keep up with the infantry. By 11:30 the artillery arrived and relieved some pressure off the infantry, causing grevious damage on the Russian left. Meanwhile Nansouty defeated 2000 cavalry and cossacks and two infantry battalions sent against him in the south. At noon Boyer de Rebeval attacked the Bois Marion, capturing the wood and relieving Meunier's division. Boyer de Rebeval and Meunier reached the plateau. By 1 PM they were in grave danger of being pushed back off. South of Ailles a Russian battery was causing the French high casualties. Sparre's dragoons charged the battery, both Sparre and Grouchy being wounded. Meunier's men fled back down the hill. Boyer de Rebeval's men retreated to the Bois Marion and rallied. At 1:45 PM the cavalry guard charged the Russian guns across the Chemin des Dames. They reached the artillery but were driven back. Charpentier's division had taken the Boise de Quatre Heures. By 2:30 PM Charpentier had contacted Nansouty and they started forcing the Russians back. Rebeval and the guard placed their guns between the two woods and started hammering the Russian lines. Nansouty charged the Russian cavalry and pushed them back, but was forced to retire. Ney got Meunier back on the plateau. Napoleon ordered up reserve artillery to join the grand battery. The massed 88 guns poured grape at 400 yards, while P. Boyer assaulted Ailles. Nansouty and the rest of the infantry pressed the Russians. Belliard took over Grouchy's troops and started to turn the Russians but was counterattacked. Belliard was driven back. P. Boyer was sent against them. The Russians fell back all along the line, covered by their cavalry. The French pursued until 7 or 8 PM and quit. After defeating the rearguard at Craonne, Napoleon attacked Blucher at Laon and lost, Marmont's corps being almost destroyed while he was sleeping comfortably elsewhere. An enraged Napoleon told Marmont what he thought of Marmont's generalship. A few days later Napoleon destroyed a Prussian corps at Rheims. Then he met the Austrians at Arcis-sur-Aube and won. But Marmont and Mortier were overrun at La Fere-Champenoise. With fighting in the streets of Paris, Marmont, still angered at the words he had with Napoleon at Laon, agreed to march into allied lines and surrender. Paris was captured. His marshals refusing to obey orders to liberate Paris, Napoleon abdicated for the first time. The loss of Germany removed the only source of good horses in Europe. All French cavalry has 10 less effectiveness due to poorer horses. Losses to the Imperial Guard caused some reduction in effectiveness to artillery, cavalry and the Young Guard. French casualties are worth more points to the allied player than is usual. Cavalry charges less frequently. Infantry forms squares more frequently. SCENARIO NOTES Conv stands for converged. The Russians had been fighting the French for almost two years straight, and many units were experienced, and reduced to one battalion. French player moves first. French AI should be Counterattack-Analyze. Allied player should be Hold Positions-Analyze. ASPERN-ESSLING Author: Michael Lee Merritt ASPERN-ESSLING HISTORICAL BACKGROUND While heading after Moore in Spain, Napoleon received news that the Austrians were finally on the move against him. He left Spain before the battle of Corunna, and missed destroying Moore's corps. But he arrived just in time to stop the French army from being destroyed by the Archduke Charles of Austria. In five days Napoleon fought five different battles and turned a strategic blunder into a series of victories. The Austrians were badly mauled, but they retreated behind the Danube before they could be destroyed. They had had 20,000 casualties and 15,000 taken prisoner. Capturing the island of Lobau, Napoleon built a pontoon bridge across the river. The bridge had no protection from fireships. And good weather caused a great deal of snow to melt in the mountains. Napoleon waited in vain for the 25,000 Russians Czar Alexander had promised him. With the bridges finished, Napoleon sent Lasalle and Molitor across to push outward as far as possible. The rest of Massena's corps followed. A boat smashed into the bridge and halted the crossing. Napoleon was convinced the Austrians were far away. There wasn't so much as a campfire. The next day the bridge was repaired and Lannes' corps got across. The Austrians formed up behind hilly ground, attacking at noon. Three Austrian columns moved against Aspern, two against Essling. The French had only 12 battalions at Aspern against 54 Austrian. At 3 PM the Austrians were within range. Fighting for the two villages was vicious. Both were taken and retaken many times in the next four hours. Only supreme effort by French cavalry saved the day. Charging infantry one moment, cavalry the next, and artillery the moment after, the French cavalry managed to keep the infantry from being overwhelmed. D'Espagne was killed in a cavalry battle. At 6 PM another damaged bridge was repaired and St. Cyr's division arrived. At 7 PM Nansouty's heavy cavalry came across and charged the Austrian guns. Night fell and Essling was still in French hands. But half of Aspern had been lost. The Guard artillery on Lobau could not get a clear field of fire. The bridge broke again and Napoleon sent his last reserve to support Aspern. Learning that the center of the Austrian line was made up of landwehr, Napoleon ordered Lannes to attack there. The French broke the Austrian line in two, but Archduke Charles personally lead his cavalry against Lannes. The French were stopped. Napoleon learned the bridge was permanently out of action and pulled Lannes back. Charles ordered Dedovich to assault Essling for the 8th time. Rapp with 2 battalions of the Imperial Guard convinced Mouton to countercharge the Austrians, and between them they broke the Austrian assault. The French retreated. The Austrians let them. In the last hours of the retreat Marshal Lannes was mortally wounded. St. Hilaire died a few days later. Napoleon would have to wait until July before he could finally end the campaign. SCENARIO NOTES The Guard artillery was actually on Lobau island, and was blocked much of the time by the large number of French troops in the area. Demont did not actually fight in the battle, his job was to protect the bridges. After the battle Demont's division was distributed among the army to make up for casualties. It ceased to exist. The 8/5 weapon uses row 23, the 6/9 weapon uses row 24, and the 6/7 weapon uses row 26 on the Weapon/Range Casualty Chart. The EKL is the Archduke 30 Legion. Grenz units are German border units trained to skirmish. The #97 I Corps unit is a combination of men from regiments with more than the 3000 maximum. The V.F. units are Vienna Freiwilliger volunteer militia. Polish units were formed from Austrian occupied Galicia. French AI should be Hold Positions-Analyze. Allied Player should move first. Allied AI should be Counterattack Automatic. EYLAU Author: Michael Lee Merritt EYLAU HISTORICAL BACKGROUND When Napoleon became Emperor of the French he needed something to solidify his power. Napoleon had seized power after his return from Egypt just after Massena had saved France from annihilation. This rivalry, and his need to expand the French borders, caused him to look for trouble. He had gathered all the armies into La Grande Armee under the pretext of invading England, but he really wanted to train them for the war he hoped to provoke. Austria, which had lost to Napoleon in two Italian campaigns, was the first to seek revenge. Thinking Napoleon would fight in terrain he knew, the Austrians sent large armies into Italy while Napoleon entered through Germany. Napoleon went past Mack at Ulm, and would have been in bad trouble had not Archduke Ferdinand refused to fight. Napoleon returned to siege Mack, and Ferdinand escaped with 6000 men, while 35,000 others fled to the Tyrol. Murat chased down Ferdinand and Mack got penned in. Mack refused to surrender or negotiate, but his officers disobeyed him and surrendered in his name. In 1797 Mack had surrendered to the French to escape his own soldiers. The only man willing to fight Napoleon would have his career ruined by an incompetent archduke and disloyal officers. The Russians began retreating until Czar Alexander took over command. Napoleon looked for the ideal battlefield for a spectacular victory and waited for the allies to attack him. His plan at Austerlitz was so spectacular, that had Murat done as he was told, there would have been no fighting in 1806-1807, and probably not in 1812. It was to be Napoleon's best battle, and end the war with Austria. The Prussians, meanwhile had been watching the fighting with interest. Having conflicting interests with Austria, the Prussians wanted better concessions from France by defeating Napoleon after he had taken territory from Austria. With the war in Austria over, the Prussians began to arm and movedagainst France, thinking the French Army would have gone home. Napoleon was expecting Prussia to go to war, and had left La Grande Armee in Germany. As the Prussians were marching against Napoleon he was outflanking them. They began to retreat causing the twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt. Thoroughly mauled, the Prussian army was chased down and annihilated before it could recover. All of Prussia was occupied, and only one corps was left to fight the French. With Russia at the border of Poland, and Prussia nearly out of the war, Napoleon moved into Poland for winter quarters. The Russians attacked in the hope of catching the French spread out, but Napoleon outflanked them and caused them to retreat. After a series of large delaying actions, the Russians finally made a stand at Preussich-Eylau. As night was arriving Napoleon had the Russians pushed off the heights overlooking the town. Murat impetuously followed the retreating Russians, Soult's men charged after, and Russian cavalry mauled French infantry. After eight hours of vicious fighting in the cold, the French took Eylau and used it to shelter from the bitter cold, while wounded Russians froze to death. On the eighth Napoleon prepared to wait for Davout, Ney and Bernadotte, but the Russians began an artillery barrage and started to attack Napoleon's left flank. Wanting to regain the initiative, Napoleon ordered Augereau to advance up the center without preparation. He got lost in a snowstorm and wandered into a massed Russian battery. The Russians followed with cavalry and infantry. The corps disintegrated. With no center and the enemy fast approaching, the imperial guard destroyed a column heading towards Napoleon, while Murat performed the greatest cavalry charge of the Napoleonic wars. Davout began to arrive and pushed back the Russian left flank. The imperial guard were now the center. The Prussians arrived on the Russian right flank and travelled all the way over to the Russian left flank. When they arrived Davout was pushed back until he formed a massed battery which kept the Prussians at bay. Ney arrived late and did little more than defeat the Prussian rearguard before rejoining the French left flank. The battle was a disaster for the French. Augereau's corps was disbanded among the other corps and 25,000 French were casualties. The Allies lost 15,000 men. This began the decline of the greatest army of the Napoleonic era. German auxiliaries were desperately organized to replace French losses. Friedland would be their first taste of battle. That decisive battle would end in the Treaty of Tilsit. Had the Russians been defeated more decisively at any of the battles, the invasion of Russia in 1812 would have been unnecessary. SCENARIO NOTES The Russians should move first. The Russian computer player should be set to Hold Positions-Analyze The French computer player should be set to Counterattack-Analyze. JENA Author: Michael Lee Merritt JENA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND During the 1805 campaign against Russia and Austria, the Prussians had been convinced to join the Allies against Napoleon. The creation of the Confederation of the Rhine threatened them. But the movement of Bernadotte's Corps through Ansbach was a violation of their neutrality. So the Prussians sent Napoleon an ultimatum in a way that would disagree with him. The ultimatum arrived several days before the battle of Austerlitz, and Napoleon refused to see the messenger until the battle was over. The messenger wisely changed the message to one of congratulations. Napoleon punished Prussia for this with humiliating terms. And with no army mobilized to defend herself, Prussia had to accept. In 1806 Napoleon offered Hanover to England in return for peace, after already promising it to Prussia. This was the last straw. Queen Louise would stand for no more. Napoleon would call her the only man in Prussia. The Prussians occupied Saxony, while hotheads sharpened their swords on the French embassy steps in Berlin. Saxony reluctantly agreed to join Prussia against Napoleon once it realized it could not remain neutral. Napoleon called up the class of 1806. War had begun. While the Prussian high command debated every plan that came up, Napoleon was acting. He formed his corps in a large square and headed through Bamberg and the Thuringerwald. Lannes ran into the troops of Prince Louis Ferdinand at Saalfeld and overran them, the Prince being killed in combat. Napoleon expected to give battle near Erfurt on the 16th. But on the 13th Lannes found himself in front of what appeared to be the whole Prussian Army, and his corps was all alone. Napoleon gave orders during the night for everyone to hurry towards Jena. There would be a battle the next day. Lannes began an attack on Closewitz at 6:30 AM. Due to intense fog, his troops veered to the left and hit the road between Closewitz and Lutzeroda. The infantry slugged it out for over 2 hours, while 28 French guns fought it out with the Prussian artillery. Suchet took most of Closewitz and much of the road to Lutzeroda. Gazan was repulsed at Lutzeroda, but the Prussians abandoned the village to form a new line. Lannes continued attacking towards Vierzehnheilegen, taking the village and much of the Dornberg heights as well. But a counterattack by Prussian cavalry and infantry pushed the French back to the road between Lutzeroda and Closewitz, taking both villages in the process. Meanwhile Soult was pushing through the Closewitz woods. Prussian light infantry was no match for French tirailleurs, and the French cleared the woods by 8:15. As Soult headed toward Rodigen, his troops were hit in the flank by Holtzendorff's cavalry and infantry. Holtzendorff decided to pull back to a new position. Soult's light infantry caught the Prussians in the act, and they began to break. Holtzendorff ordered a general retreat. Guyot's cavalry caught one Prussian column, capturing two colours, 6 guns, and 400 prisoners. Ney arrived on the field at 9:30, personally leading 3,000 of the best troops in his command. Ordered to the east of Veirzehnheilegen, Ney attacked to its west, taking the burning village from the startled Prussians, who had just pushed out Lannes. He captured the Steinmetz battery, pushed away two cavalry regiments, and started to take the Dornberg heights. But the Prussians counterattacked with 45 squadrons and 11 battalions, supported by 35 cannon and the Saxon Division. Ney's cavalry was chased off, and the Prussian cavalry went around his squares and into the French rear. Ney was surrounded. Napoleon was aware of what had happened and ordered two cavalry regiments to counterattack, Lannes to support Ney, and Augereau to take Isserstedt and link with Ney's left wing. Lannes pushed into Vierzehnheilegen and beyond, linking with Ney briefly before being forced back into the village. Augereau took Isserstedt and linked up with Ney. Ney retreated to Isserstedt, out of ammunition. It was now 11:30 AM. The Prussian advance stopped short of Veirzehnheilegen. It wasn't the French shooting that stopped them, it was Hohenlohe's desire to wait for Ruchel's 15,000 men. And so the Prussians stayed in the open under heavy artillery fire for a whole hour. At 12:30 PM Napoleon began his coup de grace. He ordered attacks on both flanks, to push the Prussian army off the roads they would retreat by. At the same time all the French artillery moved forward to hit the Prussians with canister at close range. The Prussians tried to hold, but the advance of three corps against their center caused them to fall back. Hohenlohe ordered a general withdrawal to another position. The Prussians started retreating well, but then Napoleon unleashed Murat's heavy cavalry at 1:45. Many Prussians fled from the onslaught. Winkel's battalon formed a square in the road to buy time, as did what was left of Tauentzien's Division. The Prussians lost 8 colours, 16 cannon and 2,500 more prisoners. By 2:30 PM the battle for Jena was over. But Hohenlohe wasn't done making mistakes. While the army was retreating it ran into Ruchel's 15,000 men. Hohenlohe ordered it to attack the French instead of forming a rear-guard. This brought Lannes to a halt. Soon St. Hilaire started outflanking Ruchel and he began to fall back. Ruchel tried to cover his retreat with cavalry, but artillery fire broke them up. Then Murat's cuirassiers came upon the infantry, and they too fled to the rear. Half the Prussian army was in retreat. At the battle of Jena Napoleon's forces lost 5,000 men. In return, the Prussians had lost 10,000 casualties, 15,000 prisoners, 34 colours and 120 cannon. But the real victory had been at Auerstadt. Bernadotte's corps, which fought in neither battle, would head up the chase of the Prussians. Within 60 days, only 10,000 Prussians would remain in arms, and all of Prussia would be conquered. SCENARIO NOTES The 12/6/3 artillery type uses the same casualties as weapon 24. The 12/6 artillery uses the same casualties as weapon 6. French cavalry was not up to the standards of European cavalry, mostly due to their inferior horses. Napoleon also feared they would have trouble from the Prussian cavalry and ordered them to stay close to the army. French cavalry effectiveness is reduced to represent this. The 8/8H artillery uses the same casualties as weapon 23. The 6/7H artillery uses the same casualties as weapon 26. Cavalry charges less often. Infantry forms squares more often. The jager companies are Valentini, Masars, Werner and Kronheim. Artillery includes the Schulenburg heavy battery. French player goes first. The French AI should be set to Counterattack-Analyze. Allied AI should be Hold Positions Automatic. LEIPZIG 1 Author: Michael Lee Merritt LEIPZIG 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The German campaign of 1813 is remarkable in many ways. After losing one army Napoleon created another one and defeated the armies of the allies at Lutzen and Bautzen. The allies decided not to attack Napoleon himself, but fought his subordinates and defeated them viciously at battles like Gross Beeren. Napoleon had several chances at keeping his throne but threw them away. He was finally trapped at Leipzig in a 3-day battle which cost him his second army. He then went on and built a third army. The battle at Leipzig could have been a major victory. Napoleon put minor forces to the north as a rearguard, expecting Blucher to be too far away to arrive in time to spoil his plans. He then pinned down the Army of Bohemia with the intention of destroying it. After heavy fighting the French were causing serious damage to Schwarzenberg. But Blucher arrived in the north and pushed the French out of Mockern, and Schwarzenberg sent reserves on the French flank. Having to use up his reserves, Napoleon could not achieve the victory he needed on the 16th. The next day was mostly spent in negotiations while Napoleon waited for the rest of his men. But the allies received even more reinforcements than Napoleon, and by the 18th he was on the defensive. The allies attacked all along the front, giving and taking ground, but much of the day was fought by artillery. Most of the Saxons deserted to the Allies. By nightfall the French had again given far more casualties than received, and Napoleon pulled back to a line he had chosen earlier, closer to the city. During the 19th the French began to retreat over the only bridge. As the French were crossing the bridge the sounds of firing got nearer. A corporal of the guard was left to watch the bridge and lost his nerve, destroying the bridge while covered with troops. Over 30,000 men and 260 cannon were still on the other side. There was bloody hand-to-hand fighting in the city, until the Russians allowed the French to surrender. The end of the Napoleonic Empire was just over the horizon. SCENARIO NOTES The French computer player should be set to Hold Positions-Analyze. The Allied computer player should be set to Counterattack-Random. The Allied player should move first. LEIPZIG 2 Author: Michael Lee Merritt LEIPZIG 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The German campaign of 1813 is remarkable in many ways. After losing one army Napoleon created another one and defeated the armies of the allies at Lutzen and Bautzen. The allies decided not to attack Napoleon himself, but fought his subordinates and defeated them viciously at battles like Gross Beeren. Napoleon had several chances at keeping his throne but threw them away. He was finally trapped at Leipzig in a 3-day battle which cost him his second army. He then went on and built a third army. The battle at Leipzig could have been a major victory. Napoleon put minor forces to the north as a rearguard, expecting Blucher to be too far away to arrive in time to spoil his plans. He then pinned down the Army of Bohemia with the intention of destroying it. After heavy fighting the French were causing serious damage to Schwarzenberg. But Blucher arrived in the north and pushed the French out of Mockern, and Schwarzenberg sent reserves on the French flank. Having to use up his reserves, Napoleon could not achieve the victory he needed on the 16th. The next day was mostly spent in negotiations while Napoleon waited for the rest of his men. But the allies received even more reinforcements than Napoleon, and by the 18th he was on the defensive. The allies attacked all along the front, giving and taking ground, but much of the day was fought by artillery. Most of the Saxons deserted to the Allies. By nightfall Napoleon had pulled back to a line he had chosen earlier, closer to the city. During the 19th the French began to retreat over the only bridge. As the French were crossing the bridge the sounds of firing got nearer. A corporal of the imperial guard was left to watch the bridge and lost his nerve, destroying the bridge while covered with troops. Over 30,000 men and 260 cannon were still on the other side. There was bloody hand to-hand fighting in the city, until the French to surrendered. The end of the Napoleonic Empire was just over the horizon. SCENARIO NOTES Almost all of the Saxons deserted during the later part of this battle. You may attempt to remove them from battle on the 11th turn if you want to reflect this. Souham's Corps moved back and forth all day without entering battle. You may keep them out off the front line to reflect this. The 6/9 weapons use #24 on the Weapon/Range Casualty Chart. Though there is a large number of Allied cavalry in the scenario, cavalry charges occur less frequently, and infantry forming squares occurs more frequently. The rocket weapon uses #25 on the Weapon/Range Casualty Chart. Rocket casualties should be considered just missing. The commander of the Rocket Troop was killed at Leipzig. The Allied player should move first. Allied AI should be Counterattack Random. French AI should be Hold Positions Analyze. LIGNY Author: Michael Lee Merritt LIGNY HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Napoleon began his last campaign with a brilliance not to be found later in the campaign. He shut down the borders and stopped all mail, and replaced troops so inconspicuously that no one noticed any change. Though the allied commanders knew what he was likely to do, they were caught completely by suprise. Large masses of campfires were reported by Prussian patrols, but General Ziethen ordered only local precautions. Reaching the border on June 14th, Napoleon gave command of the left wing to Marshal Ney and the right wing to Marshal Grouchy. The next day the campaign began with a series of blunders. The III and VI Corps got entangled and lost five hours getting sorted out. Division general Bourmont deserted to the Prussians, seriously undermining the morale of his men. Napoleon himself took command of the Imperial Guard and forced Ziethen to retreat. Tough fighting throughout the day caused 600 French casualties and 2000 Prussian. The emperor again had to go to the front to break the stalemate at Gilly. By the end of the day Napoleon's right wing had barely entered Fleurus, and his left stopped just short of Quatre Bras. Wellington ordered his men to the south and west of Brussels (out of Napoleon's way), and Blucher decided to concentrate all his men at Sombreffe, just north of Ligny. Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar disobeyed Wellington and kept his 4,000 Nassauers at Quatre Bras. Napoleon had expected to defeat Wellington first, but news of the entire Prussian army consolidating within reach excited him more. He would destroy the Prussian army tomorrow. Ney, on the other hand, had been defeated by Wellington in the Spanish campaign, and thought Quatre Bras was full of troops ready to ambush him. This mistake would keep the Prussians from being destroyed the next day, and was the first of many major occurrences that would cause Napoleon his last campaign. On the 16th began the first two of four battles that would decide the fate of Europe. At 2 p.m. Ney finally attempted to take Quatre Bras, after receiving a note from Napoleon expressing suprise that he had not taken the hamlet as ordered. About 20,000 men and 60 guns attacked 8,000 men and 16 guns. Still afraid of an ambush, Ney waited for another corps to arrive before pushing onward. While he was wasting his opportunity, 13,000 allied troops reinforced Quatre Bras. Napoleon started the battle of Ligny at 2:30 p.m. Grouchy's cavalry tried to pin down Thielemann's III Corps, while Vandamme led 4 divisions against St. Armand, and Gerard sent 2 divisions to pin down the Prussians at Ligny and caused them to draw upon their reserve. French artillery pounded the Prussian II Corps troops held in reserve, and exposed on the facing hillsides. Fighting was extremely heavy along the brook and many commanders were killed or wounded. Napoleon requested D'Erlon's Corps from Ney, then remembered he had left 10,000 men of the VI Corps at Charleroi, and ordered them to Ligny as well. General Girard was killed at St. Armand and a small foothold was gained at Ligny. At 4 p.m. Ney received Napoleon's order to take Quatre Bras immediately. He decided to send in D'Erlon's Corps. That Corps was right now about to take Blucher in the flank, being ordered to Ligny by an aide to Napoleon, without informing Ney. Ney did not know this, and after being counterattacked by General Alten's 3rd Division, ordered the men back to Quatre Bras. The Corps would have proven decisive at either battlefield, but would not participate at all this day. So Napoleon lost his chance to destroy Blucher's army (less the IV Corps). At 6 p.m. Ney finally found out about Napoleon's request for D'Erlon and threw himself into the front-line fighting in despair. This achieved nothing, and Wellington counterattacked at 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile Blucher had launched a counterattack at St. Armand and recaptured part of it. Napoleon sent the Young Guard to throw them out. At 7 p.m. 60 guns fired into the Prussians while the Imperial Guard attacked Ligny. With Milhaud's cavalry to the guard's left, the Guard heavy cavalry followed them through the resulting gap. After 6 hours of fighting the Prussian lines broke, but Blucher personally lead 32 squadrons of cavalry in a counterattack which gave the infantry a few more minutes to retreat. By 9 p.m. both battles were over. At Quatre Bras the Allies had regained almost all the ground they had lost during the day, at the cost of 5,000 casualties and the Duke of Brunswick. Amazingly, the French lost only 4,000 men in the same battle. At Ligny the Prussians left 16,000 casualties and 21 guns, as well as a stunned Blucher. Though Blucher later escaped to his own troops, while he was away the army would retreat in the wrong direction, away from Wellington, and 10,000 men would desert. Napoleon lost 11,500 men in the battle, the 7th Infantry Division so mauled it was left behind at Ligny for the rest of the campaign. The third disaster of the campaign was about to occur. With Blucher defeated Wellington had to retreat to Waterloo. Had Ney attacked him before noon, he would have been locked in battle for Napoleon to pounce on from the flank and rear. Had Napoleon not waited until 11 a.m. to get moving he could have enagaged Wellington in battle. But at 11 a.m. Napoleon had finally ordered Grouchy to pursue Blucher, and finally headed towards Wellington to cut him off. Wellington slipped away before Napoleon arrived, but a chase could still have finished him. A storm turned the roads into mud and cost Napoleon another chance at victory. A smashing French victory at Ligny or Quatre Bras would have changed the situation two days later when the Prussians reinforced Wellington at Waterloo and changed the outcome of the battle. A victory at both would have won the campaign! SCENARIO NOTES In 1815 Lancers and Dragoons became Line Regiments, and dragoons quit skirmishing like infantry. Full name of French guard units are Tirailleurs, Voltigeurs and Gendarmerie d'Elite (The Immortals). The 2nd Foreign Regiment was all Swiss. The 12/6" weapon uses #18, and the 6/7H weapon uses #24 on the Weapon/Range Casualty Table. Since the French can less afford attrition than the allies, the French only get 7/10ths of the points for capturing, and 5/10ths of the points for casualties. Though many of the WE units did come from Westphalia, Kurmark and Elbe landwehr did not. Towns are reduced to 50% for Fire and 70% for Melee, due to Prussian attempts at fortifying them. River branches are considered stream branches and can be moved through at 4(6), 6(9) or 9(12). Fire and melee into at 70%, out of at 30%. Cavalry units charge less frequently and infantry units form squares more frequently. French player should move first. French AI should be Counterattack-Analyze. Allied AI should be Hold Positions Automatic. MAIDA Authors: Mike Musser, Richard Hooks, Gunter Meyer MAIDA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In June 1806 the British landed an expeditionary force in southern Italy. They soon left Messina, Sicily on June 27 and three days later on June 30 they anchored in the Gulf of Euphemia. The French commander, General Reynier quickly marched towards the 5000 British troops with 5000 infantry and 1000 cavalry. The British commander was General John Stuart. The two forces clashed near the village of Maida on July 6. Reynier advanced in column formation across a river onto the open plain. Stuart's infantry deployed in line formation two deep along a low ridge. The British held their fire and advanced firing at point blank range. They then followed up charging with the light infantry. The French left flank soon routed with the British in pursuit. Reynier lost 700 killed, 1000 wounded, and 1000 prisoners while Stuart lost only 330 men. This action proved that British tactics were more than a match for the French column. MARENGO Authors: Mike Musser, Richard Hooks, Gunter Meyer MARENGO HISTORICAL BACKGROUND On June 14, 1800, the French forces rapidly advanced over the river Scrivia toward the town of Alessandria and the nearby village of Marengo. They were completely unaware however that 31000 Austrians were close at hand. The French Army of the Reserve had 23700 men but only 23 cannon pieces. The confident French commander did not anticipate the Austrians to take the initiative and attack. The early morning hours of June 14 saw three large Austrian columns coming from Alessandria. The French Victor's division gave ground from around Marengo even with the support of Lannes' division and Murat's cavalry. By 11:30 AM there were no French reserves left plus ammunition was in extremely low supply. The Austrians stopped briefly to regroup the victorious forces for a renewed assault. Fighting again broke out with the French in retreat around Marengo. The Consular Guard and Monnier's division was in the north attempting to thwart General Ott's flanking maneuver. At 5:00 PM the tired French reinforcements of Boudet's division marched up from the south and deployed just in time behind Victor's shattered left wing. Napoleon ordered a counterattack. French artillery rushed to the flank of the huge Austrian column and fired case-shot at point blank range. A lucky shop exploded an ammunition wagon stunning the Austrians. Then Killermann's cavalry charged and 6000 Austrians fled in rout pursued by Boudet's bayonet infantry. Soon panic spread through most of the army, except for the Austrian left flank with Ott's troops who retreated more orderly towards Alessandria. Both sides lost about 7000 men, but the Austrians also had 7000 men taken prisoner. MEDELLIN Authors: Mike Musser, Richard Hooks, Gunter Meyer MEDELLIN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The battle of Medellin occurred on March 28, 1809. Marshall Victor with 18000 men took up position on the south of the town of Medellin with the Guadiana River in their rear. There they awaited the attack of General Cuesta and 24000 men of the Spanish Army of Estremadura. Although outnumbered, the French had more artillery and cavalry. Cuesta advanced along a four mile front hoping to turn the French flanks, but the French retreated orderly to a new position where the French commander Victor had previously planned to make his stand. The French hussars charged the Spanish lancers on the Spanish left wing. The Spanish fled with other cavalry as well. Cuesta managed to barely escape capture. French dragoons next charged and the entire Spanish army became a mass of routed troops. Up to 10000 Spaniards were killed or captured in the rout. PLANCENOIT Author: Michael Lee Merritt PLANCENOIT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Napoleon began his last campaign with a brilliance not to be found later on in the campaign. He shut down the borders and stopped all mail, and replaced troops so inconspicuously that no one noticed any change. Though the allied commanders knew what he was likely to do, they were caught completely by suprise. Large masses of campfires were reported by Prussian patrols, but General Ziethen ordered only local precautions. Reaching the border on June 14th, Napoleon gave command of the left wing to Marshal Ney and the right wing to Marshal Grouchy. The next day the campaign began with a series of blunders. The III and VI Corps got entangled and lost 5 hours getting sorted out. Division general Bourmont deserted to the Prussians, seriously undermining the morale of his men. Napoleon himself took command of the Imperial Guard and forced Ziethen to retreat. Tough fighting throughout the day caused 600 French casualties and 2000 Prussian. The emperor again went to the front to break the stalemate at Gilly. By the end of the day Napoleon's right wing had barely entered Fleurus, and his left stopped just short of Quatre Bras. Wellington ordered his men to the south and west of Brussels(out of Napoleon's way), and Blucher decided to concentrate all his men at Sombreffe, just north of Ligny. Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar disobeyed Wellington and kept his 4,000 Nassauers at Quatre Bras. Napoleon had expected to defeat Wellington first, but news of the entire Prussian army consolidating within reach excited him more. He would destroy the Prussian army tomorrow. Ney, on the other hand, had been defeated by Wellington in the Spanish campaign, and thought Quatre Bras was full of troops ready to ambush him. This mistake would keep the Prussians from being destroyed the next day, and was the first of many major occurrences that would cause Napoleon his last campaign. On the 16th began the first two of four battles that would decide the fate of Europe. At 2 p.m. Ney finally attempted to take Quatre Bras, after recieving a note from Napoleon expressing suprise that he had not taken the hamlet as ordered. About 20,000 men and 60 guns attacked 8,000 men and 16 guns. Still afraid of an ambush, Ney waited for another corps to arrive before pushing onward. While he was wasting his opportunity, 13,000 allied troops reinforced Quatre Bras. Napoleon started the battle of Ligny at 2:30 p.m. Grouchy's cavalry tried to pin down Thielemann's III Corps, while Vandamme led 4 divisions against St. Armand, and Gerard sent 2 divisions to pin down the Prussians at Ligny and cause them to draw upon their reserve. French artillery pounded the Prussian II Corps troops held in reserve, and exposed on the facing hillsides. Fighting was extremely heavy along the brook and many commanders were killed or wounded. Napoleon requested D'Erlon's Corps from Ney, then remembered he had left 10,000 men of the VI Corps at Charleroi, and ordered them to Ligny as well. General Girard was killed at St. Armand and a small foothold was gained at Ligny. At 4 p.m. Ney received Napoleon's order to take Quatre Bras immediately. He decided to send in D'Erlon's Corps. That Corps was right now about to take Blucher in the flank, being ordered to Ligny by an aide to Napoleon, without informing Ney. Ney did not know this, and after being counterattacked by General Alten's 3rd Division, ordered the men back to Quatre Bras. The Corps would have proven decisive at either battlefield, but would not participate at all this day. So Napoleon lost his chance to destroy Blucher's army(less the IV Corps). At 6 p.m. Ney finally found out about Napoleon's request for D'Erlon and threw himself into the front-line fighting in despair. This achieved nothing, and Wellington counterattacked at 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile Blucher had launched a counterattack at St. Armand and recaptured part of it. Napoleon sent the Young Guard to throw them out. At 7 p.m. 60 guns fired into the Prussians while the Imperial Guard attacked Ligny. With Milhaud's cavalry to the guard's left, the Guard heavy cavalry followed them through the resulting gap. After 6 hours of fighting the Prussian lines broke, but Blucher personally lead 32 squadrons of cavalry in a counterattack which gave the infantry a few more minutes to retreat. By 9 p.m. both battles were over. At Quatre Bras the Allies had regained almost all the ground they had lost during the day, at the cost of 5,000 casualties and the Duke of Brunswick. Amazingly, the French lost only 4,000 men in the same battle. At Ligny the Prussians left 16,000 casualties and 21 guns, as well as a stunned Blucher. Though Blucher later escaped to his own troops, while he was away the army would retreat in the wrong direction, away from Wellington, and 10,000 men would desert. Napoleon lost 11,500 men in the battle, the 7th Infantry Division so mauled it was left behind at Ligny for the rest of the campaign. The third disaster of the campaign was about to occur. With Blucher defeated Wellington had to retreat to Waterloo. Had Ney attacked him before noon, he would have been locked in battle for Napoleon to pounce on from the flank and rear. Had Napoleon not waited until 11 a.m. to get moving he could have enagaged Wellington in battle. But at 11 a.m. Napoleon had finally ordered Grouchy to pursue Blucher, and finally headed towards Wellington to cut him off. Wellington slipped away before Napoleon arrived, but a chase could still have finished him. A storm turned the roads into mud and cost Napoleon another chance at victory. While the 3 armies spent the 17th avoiding each other, Grouchy informed Napoleon that Blucher wasn't retreating away from Wellington, and that he could head the Prussians off from joining Wellington. Napoleon received this note at 4 a.m., but did not respond until 10 a.m., and Grouchy did nothing in the interim. By 6 a.m. Wellington received word that Blucher was coming to support him. Grouchy sent Vandamme after the Prussians at 8 a.m., and Gerard got going at 9 a.m. By 10 a.m. Grouchy realized most of the Prussian army was around Wavre. By 11 a.m. Blucher was leading Bulow's IV Corps towards Waterloo. By noon the Prussian I and II Corps were also sent towards Waterloo. A major fire in Wavre delayed the two corps. Only Thielemann's III Corps, which had suffered only 764 casualties at Ligny, was left to stop Grouchy from intercepting the Prussian army. At Waterloo the grand battery opened up at 11:25 a.m., but the main attack would not occur until 1 p.m., to allow the ground to dry out enough for the cannon to do damage. Grouchy could hear the firing at his HQ near Wavre, and left his breakfast because of it. General Gerard demanded that Grouchy head towards Waterloo and join Napoleon. Since Napoleon's last received order was for the capture of Wavre, Grouchy decided that that was what was most important. Napoleon's first big attack at Waterloo was of 4 infantry divisions. Unfortunately, 2 were formed in revolutionary type columns instead of the checker-board type. Artillery damaged them considerably, then a cavalry charge routed them with great loss of life. Napoleon's first big attack was a shambles, with perhaps 5,000 casualties. Wellington pulled his infantry back over the ridges to avoid cannon fire, and Ney, thinking they were retreating charged with 5,000 French Cavalry. Again and again they achieved nothing but the destruction of the cavalry. Napoleon, appalled, was forced to throw in the other 5,000 cavalry to extract them. At 4 p.m. Grouchy finally launched his attacks against Wavre, and Bulow finally arrived at the Waterloo battlefield. Napoleon sent Domont's cavalry and Lobau's VI Corps to attack. Bulow tried to outflank Lobau by heading towards the village of Plancenoit. The French had to fall back, and by 5 p.m. the Prussian II Corps was supporting Bulow in a three-sided assualt on Plancenoit. Napoleon sent the Young Guard division to recapture parts of Plancenoit, but fresh troops pushed them back. Two Old Guard battalions were then sent into Plancenoit while 11 other guard battalions were facing east to stop a breakthrough. This was Napoleon's last chance for victory. At the very moment his guard were waiting Ney had finally broken part of Wellington's line and had asked for reinforcements from the guard. "Troops? Where do you expect me to get them from? Do you expect me to make some?" The two old guard battalions pushed 14 Prussian battalions out of Plancenoit, stabilizing the line. By the time the guard were back in reserve Wellington had filled the gap in his line and the moment was lost. Napoleon would not have his victory. Meanwhile, Grouchy was trying to take Wavre. He sent Gerard's and Hulot's Divisions to affect a passage across the River Dyle. Skirmishers and heavy artillery fire prevented any success. Learning of Bulow's advance on Plancenoit, Grouchy sent Gerard's corps towards Limale in the hopes of outflanking Wavre, knowing he could not reach Waterloo in time to help Napoleon. He then lead a new onslaught against Wavre, where Gerard was severely wounded. Grouchy left Vandamme and Exelman's cavalry to pin down the Prussians. Taking Pajol's newly arrived cavaly, Grouchy took over at Limale personally, and Pajol was soon across the river. With Stengel retreating from Limale, and Wavre holding nicely, Thielemann sent Stupnagel's brigade to Limale, where a badly confused night attack did nothing to budge the French. Thielemann sent an urgent plea for reinforce- ments. "It doesn't matter if he is crushed, providing we gain the victory here" was the response. At Waterloo Ziethen's Corps was now arriving, and at 7 p.m. Napoleon sent 6 middle guard battalions, with support from Reille and D'Erlon, to attack Wellington. The guards could not withstand the firepower of the British and were eventually routed. By 8 p.m. Prussians took La Haie and Papelotte and occupied parts of Plancenoit again. Most of the army broke, and Wellington charged after them. Only the guard rallied, holding parts of Plancenoit until 9 p.m., and blocking allied pursuit of the army. Even Napoleon could not rally the army. The French lost 25,000 casualties and 8,000 prisoners at Waterloo, as well as 200 cannon. The Allies lost 15,000 and the Prussians 7,000. At Wavre the fighting continued through the night. Pajol and the IV Corps expanded their bridgehead around Limale. The French learned nothing of Waterloo though the Prussians did. At dawn Thielemann launched a probing attack that got a strong French response. With Stengel marching off to Waterloo without orders, Thielemann ordered a retreat at 10 a.m. Having been reinforced by Teste's Division during the night, Grouchy was in a position to claim victory, but at 10:30 a.m. he finally learned about Waterloo. He therefore retreated his 30,000 men, eventually entering Paris with 50,000. Grouchy lost 2,600 men, Thielemann 2,500. There would be battles on other frontiers and several sieges, but the campaign was over. Had Napoleon not abdicated there could have been one more battle outside Paris, as the allies were left with only 118,000 men, while Soult had 120,000 men in Paris. But Soult would have no more bloodshed, and the Provisional Government would not give Napoleon a temporary command, for there were too many other armies to defeat. Napoleon surrendered to the British, was sent to St. Helena, and died 6 years later of arsenic poisoning, from a man employed by his father-in-law! SCENARIO NOTES The Prussians should move first. The French computer player should be set to Hold Positions-Random. The Prussian computer player should be set to Counterattack-Automatic. PODUBNO Author: Michael Lee Merritt PODUBNO HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The broken promises of the Russians in 1809 began Napoleon thinking of punishing them again. He expected a quick campaign with one great battle and paid little attention to the fighting in Spain. When he latched upon an objective he was always single-minded about it. Once he formulated a plan he stuck to it to the end. Having decided to punish Russia he ignored Spain. While Napoleon was advancing towards Smolensk, and later Moscow, his right flank was protected by Schwarzenberg's Austrian corps and Reynier's Saxon corps. He called Scwarzenberg towards him, just as Tormassov assaulted Reynier and destroyed one of his isolated brigades. Always the dependable general, Schwarzenberg headed back to help Reynier while sending a note to Napoleon explaining his actions. Against 25,000 Austrians and 13,000 Saxons, Tormassov had only 18,000 men to defend himself. He began retreating until he found a strong position. There he waited for his 13,000 man reserve. The Russian position was a strong one. Tormassov was behind a river with swampland on his flanks. A frontal assault would be bloody. Schwarzenberg had no desire to get Austrians slaughtered for a French Emperor. He would fight minor skirmishes if necessary, but maneuvering in the old Prussian style was his main form of attack. Reynier suggested that he strike the Russian left flank. Schwarzenberg agreed, and gave him two Austrian corps to help him do so. The Saxon light infantry reached the crossroads, were pushed back, reinforced, and advanced forwards again. Reynier emerged from the woods onto a plain. The Saxon left moved forward. Lilienberg was wounded and Bianchi took over his command. The Russians had hurriedly to change their positions to face the Saxons. The Saxon left attempted to cut the Russians only line of retreat, the Kobrin to Gorodetschna road. The Russians concentrated their artillery against the Saxon left and the Austrians across the river. Russian dragoons repeatedly charged the Saxon left, forcing them into square. Other Russian cavalry charged the Saxon center. Reynier's cavalry drove them off and attempted to cut the Russian retreat. The Russian cavalry in turn drove them off. The cavalry began to tire and the Saxon left began moving forward towards evening. The Austrians finally started moving slowly against the Russian right around 5 PM. As the Russians began withdrawing from his front, Frimont advanced across the river. The Russians sent infantry and cavalry to await Frimont's attack. Finding the position too strong, Frimont withdrew across the river as night was falling. Tormassov received his 13,000 reinforcements, but decided to find a better position to make a stand. Russian losses were 4000, with 500 captured, the Austrians lost 2000. Saxons lost 832 men and 5 guns(all destroyed in artillery duels). For the moment, it was safe for Napoleon to march on Moscow. Had Reynier lost the battle of Podubno, Napoleon might have wintered at Smolensk. SCENARIO NOTES The Saxon Cuirassiers fought in this battle without their cuirasses. Grenz units are light border German units. Casualties from the 12/7H weapon uses slot #22, and the 6/7H weapon uses slot #24 of the 20.5 Weapon/Range Casualty Table. Both sides have lost many stragglers and deserters from their armies, as well as casualties from many skirmishes. French player should move first. French AI should be Counterattack-Random. Allied AI should be Hold Positions Analyze. SMOLENSK Author: Michael Lee Merritt SMOLENSK HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Napoleon's most implacable enemy had always been England. Since he couldn't defeat the English on the seas, he had to defeat them through commerce. Napoleon declared a Continental blockade, and enforced it by occupying Prussia. England retaliated with a real blockade. The neutrals got caught in the middle. To enforce the Continental Blockade and bring England to its knees Napoleon needed Russia's help. So he cultivated a friendship with Czar Alexander to get him to enforce a blockade too. At Tilsit Alexander agreed to the blockade. As part of the agreement with Russia, Russian troops were supposed to help Napoleon fight the Austrians in 1809. When they didn't arrive in time, and Alexander lifted the blockade against England, Napoleon began preparation for war against Russia, by reading how Charlemagne and others had faired against Russia. He planned to destroy the Russian army early, then winter in Smolensk. Considering the war in Spain to be a mopping up exercise, Napoleon took away his veteran troops and replaced them with secondary troops. He drafted soldiers from Italy, Prussia, Austria and the German states. He kept hoping Alexander would come to his senses before bloodshed was spilt. But in June he finally invaded Russia, while the Russians were about to attack him. The main object was to destroy Bagration's army, but Jerome went too slowly, and even stopped for several days, eventually leaving the army in anger when placed under Davout's command. Bagration therefore escaped Napoleon's trap, and joined Barclay de Tolly at Smolensk. Smolensk was a regional capital with great religious significance. Napoleon thought the Russians would have to fight there, and had planned a big fight here to win the campaign. Barclay upset his plans. Taking time to rest and remove precious artifacts the Russians remained in the vicinity until Napoleon arrived. Napoleon deployed his troops in a semi-circle around Smolensk and waited. In the morning hours heavy skirmishing developed among the Russians and Wurttemburgers, and the Russians sallied from the fortress to push the picquets out of the suburbs. Napoleon waited until he received reports of columns of Russians heading away. Napoleon then decided to outflank the Russians and was forced to pin down the garrison to do so. At 2 PM he ordered the attack. Heavy artillery fire from across the river hit the Poles in the flank. Poniatowski set up a battery to supress the enmy fire and pushed the cossacks out of the Nicolski suburb. Polish infantry got into the Malakov suburb and headed for the Malakov Gate. Ney's French and Wurttemburgers couldn't get into the western suburbs. Davout made little headway against the southern suburbs. Napoleon got all his howitzers in a battery and fired on the city, in an attempt to set it aflame. He also got the Guard artillery and all his 12-lbers into a battery and aimed them at the fortress walls. The cannonballs bounced off. He then aimed the guns at the bridges to slow down reinforcements from crossing. By 5 PM Davout got up to the city walls. Barclay sent Eugene against Poniatowski and Mouton, but was driven back. Ney still couldn't make any headway. The Poles attacked the Malakov Gate heavily, and Barclay sent reinforcements to prevent a breakthrough. The Poles were pushed back. With nightfall the French were still outside the city. The Russians had suffered 6000 casualties, the French 9000. The Russians slipped away quietly into the night, retreating again. SCENARIO NOTES The French should move first. The French computer player should be set to Counterattack-Automatic. The Prussian computer player should be set to Hold Positions-Analyze. UTITSA Authors: Mike Musser, Richard Hooks, Gunter Meyer UTITSA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In the battle of Borodino on September 7, 1812, the battle of Utitsa occurred on the south flank. The French forces in the area were Poniatowski's 5th Corps and some cavalry. They were opposed by the Russian Tuchkov's Corps along with the reserves of Baggavout. Early in the battle the French attacks managed to gain control of the town of Utitsa and part of the neighboring forest. Russian reserves were being committed in large numbers to the center and left flanks. Attempts to turn the Utitsa flank failed as the Russians used the broken and wooded terrain to their advantage. General Tuchkov, however, was killed. The fighting was very heavy and by 4:00 PM the Polish troops managed again to retake Utitsa and the nearby hill. The arrival of fresh Russian troops caused the Polish Prince to pause and by 5:00 PM the battle was over. VIMIERO Author: Michael Lee Merritt VIMIERO HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In 1807 Napoleon had conquered half of Europe. He had destroyed Austria at Austerlitz, Prussia at Jena-Auerstadt, and Russia at Eylau and Friedland (mostly the latter). But he still had England to finish. Since he could not beat the English fleet to invade England, Napoleon could only defeat England by cutting off all trade. So he began the first land blockade of a naval power. He closed the ports of all continental Europe except Spain and Portugal. He got the King of Spain to come to France and forced him to abdicate. Napoleon declared Joseph Bonaparte the new King of Spain. The Spanish revolted against the French, and some requested aid from the British. The British landed in Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley. With only some of his 30,000 men unloaded, Wellesley repulsed Junot sharply at Rolica. Wellesley continued to Vimiero where he became surrounded by French cavalry. He found a good defensive position and waited for Junot to attack. Junot had tried hard to reach Vimiero in time for a dawn attack, but terrain slowed him down. Believing the British were massed at the center, Junot decided to pin down the center while sending a brigade of his army against the left flank. That brigade had to detour around a ravine and was late in supporting the frontal assault. Though British outposts were pushed back, the troops fired devastatingly steady volleys into the assaulting French. Thomiere's brigade reached Vimiero and got into a nasty fight around the town cemetary. The 43rd Foot ejected them, while the other French were being pushed back and almost surrounded. Margaron's cavalry slowed the British down enough to allow Junot to escape, but Junot was cut off from Spain. Luckily for him, Wellesley's two superiors arrived to take over command of the British corps. They signed a convention with Junot allowing him to return to France on British ships. The British were outraged. All three British commanders were called home to face a court of inquiry while Sir John Moore took over command of the British Corps. All three were exonerated, but Wellesley's superiors never saw combat again. Junot had almost been court-martialled himself. Moore decided to head into Spain to do some damage. Unfortunately for him, the surrender of 22,000 Frenchmen at Baylen had forced Napoleon to enter Spain himself. After sweeping aside the Spanish armies, Napoleon headed straight for Moore. Moore's men got onto transports after a bloody fight, but Moore was dead, and Wellesley would become commander of British forces in the Peninsula once again. SCENARIO NOTES The French should move first. The French computer player should be set to Counterattack-Random. Allied AI should be Hold Positions-Analyze. WAGRAM Author: Michael Lee Merritt WAGRAM HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Austrians had harbored resentment against Napoleon for a long time. Since the disaster of 1805 the Austrian army had undergone many changes under the Archduke Charles. Though far from complete, the opportunity given them by Napoleon was too great to pass up. While Napoleon was in Spain scattering the rebels, Austria was gearing up for war. Napoleon was already heading for France with the Imperial Guard when Soult was defeated by Moore at Corunna. With Berthier commanding Army of Germany while Napoleon was in Paris, the French where nearly mauled by an advancing Austrian army at Eckmuhl. Napoleon arrived, called Lannes back from his victories, and forced the Austrians into retreat. Using the Danube as a natural barrier, Charles pulled back his forces in an attempt to crush the French after they crossed. At the battle of Aspern-Essling Napoleon's army was so badly mauled that all his marshals and corps commanders wanted to retreat. Napoleon, instead, built many bridges over the Danube and crossed all at once. Crushing the Austrian advance guard observing them, the French headed towards Wagram and the main Austrian Army. Napoleon wanted to pin down the Austrians so that they wouldn't get away. Oudinot's men fought into the village of Baumersdorf, taking 4 colors and 2000 prisoners from Brady's division. Archduke Charles led a cavalry counterattack that forced the French to retire. Marshal Macdonald was attacking to Oudinot's left and was fired upon in the flank by Bernadotte's Saxons, followed by Charles and his cavalry. During a night retreat they mistook friendly cavalry for enemy and routed into the Imperial Guard. Bernadotte was attacking Wagram with the support of 36 horse guns of the guard, but didn't have enough of a corps present to make headway. Dupas was particularly hard hit, and his command almost destroyed. Davout to the east made some headway, but abandoned his successes. The Austrians began the morning by attacking the French. Bernadotte had abandoned a key position and was sent back to retake it, but failed miserably. Artillery and the main brunt of the advance severely damaged the Saxons, who broke. Napoleon relieved him of command on the spot. Massena plugged the gap, until Eugene could shift his army left. Klenau destroyed the French division at Aspern and stopped to wait for Kolowrat. With 2 Austrian Corps to his rear only Reynier's heavy artillery and Lasalle's and St. Germain's cavalry kept the Austrians from cutting the French off from their supplies. Massena swept down from the north and forced the Austrians back, and then threw Klenau out of Aspern. Napoleon sent Lauriston with 112 guns from the Guard, Wrede and Eugene to stop Kolowrat. This devastating fire stopped them dead. Meanwhile Nansouty kept Bellegarde occupied when Massena turned south. With his rear secure, Napoleon now concentrated on the attack. Davout attacked Rosenberg, and overran his batteries. Archduke Charles arrived with much cavalry and saved the flank. But thousands of cavalry fought until the French could move forward again. Sensing victory, Napoleon ordered his Marshals to attack everything in front of them. Davout destroyed Rosenberg and fell on Hohenzollern, who was already fending off Oudinot. His line was quickly pierced, and many were captured. Lauriston's grand battery advanced before Macdonald's attack to punch a hole in the Austrian line, but was badly coordinated. Cavalry support was foiled by Archduke Charles' dispositions, and Macdonald suffered 80% casualties. He was supported by Durutte, Wrede and Curial. Napoleon then sent Marmont to Oudinot's left. Bellegarde and Hohenzollern melted away. Charles ordered a general retreat. The battle of Wagram was a great victory, but could have been a devastating defeat. As it was, the war didn't end until 5 days later, as Charles was badly outmaneuvered at Znaim. The French lost 32,500 at Wagram, including Lasalle, and had lost Lannes at Aspern-Essling. The Austrians lost 43,000, including 6,000 prisoners. A greater victory would have left a smaller army in the field in the 1813-1814 campaigns. But worst of all, the Austrians got Napoleon out of Spain, where he never went back. Had he won in Spain, Napoleon would have had 200,000 extra men for the 1813 and 1814 campaigns! SCENARIO NOTES The Allies should move first. The French computer player should be set to Counterattck-Analyze. The Allied computer player should be set to Counterattack-Random. WAVRE Author: Michael Lee Merritt WAVRE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Napoleon began his last campaign with a brilliance not to be found later on in the campaign. He shut down the borders and stopped all mail, and replaced troops so inconspicuously that no one noticed any change. Though the allied commanders knew what he was likely to do, they were caught completely by suprise. Large masses of campfires were reported by Prussian patrols, but General Ziethen ordered only local precautions. Reaching the border on June 14th, Napoleon gave command of the left wing to Marshal Ney and the right wing to Marshal Grouchy. The next day the campaign began with a series of blunders. The III and VI Corps got entangled and lost 5 hours getting sorted out. Division general Bourmont deserted to the Prussians, seriously undermining the morale of his men. Napoleon himself took command of the Imperial Guard and forced Ziethen to retreat. Tough fighting throughout the day caused 600 French casualties and 2000 Prussian. The emperor again had to go to the front to break the stalemate at Gilly. By the end of the day Napoleon's right wing had barely entered Fleurus, and his left stopped just short of Quatre Bras. Wellington ordered his men to the south and west of Brussels (out of Napoleon's way), and Blucher decided to concentrate all his men at Sombreffe, just north of Ligny. Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar disobeyed Wellington and kept his 4,000 Nassauers at Quatre Bras. Napoleon had expected to defeat Wellington first, but news of the entire Prussian army consolidating within reach excited him more. He would destroy the Prussian army tomorrow. Ney, on the other hand, had been defeated by Wellington in the Spanish campaign, and thought Quatre Bras was full of troops ready to ambush him. This mistake would keep the Prussians from being destroyed the next day, and was the first of many major occurrences that would cost Napoleon his last campaign. On the 16th began the first two of four battles that would decide the fate of Europe. At 2 p.m. Ney finally attempted to take Quatre Bras, after receiving a note from Napoleon expressing suprise that he had not taken the hamlet as ordered. About 20,000 men and 60 guns attacked 8,000 men and 16 guns. Still afraid of an ambush, Ney waited for another corps to arrive before pushing onward. While he was wasting his opportunity, 13,000 allied troops reinforced Quatre Bras. Napoleon started the battle of Ligny at 2:30 p.m. Grouchy's cavalry tried to pin down Thielemann's III Corps, while Vandamme led 4 divisions against St. Armand, and Gerard sent 2 divisions to pin down the Prussians at Ligny and cause them to draw upon their reserve. French artillery pounded the Prussian II Corps troops held in reserve, and exposed on the facing hillsides. Fighting was extremely heavy along the brook and many commanders were killed or wounded. Napoleon requested D'Erlon's Corps from Ney, then remembered he had left 10,000 men of the VI Corps at Charleroi, and ordered them to Ligny as well. General Girard was killed at St. Armand and a small foothold was gained at Ligny. At 4 p.m. Ney received Napoleon's order to take Quatre Bras immediately. He decided to send in D'Erlon's Corps. That corps was right now about to take Blucher in the flank, being ordered to Ligny by an aide to Napoleon, without informing Ney. Ney did not know this, and after being counterattacked by General Alten's 3rd Division, ordered the men back to Quatre Bras. The Corps would have proven decisive at either battlefield, but would not participate at all this day. So Napoleon lost his chance to destroy Blucher's army (less the IV Corps). At 6 p.m. Ney finally found out about Napoleon's request for D'Erlon and threw himself into the front-line fighting in despair. This achieved nothing, and Wellington counterattacked at 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile Blucher had launched a counterattack at St. Armand and recaptured part of it. Napoleon sent the Young Guard to throw them out. At 7 p.m. 60 guns fired into the Prussians while the Imperial Guard attacked Ligny. With Milhaud's cavalry to the guard's left, the guard heavy cavalry followed them through the resulting gap. After 6 hours of fighting the Prussian lines broke, but Blucher personally lead 32 squadrons of cavalry in a counterattack which gave the infantry a few more minutes to retreat. By 9 p.m. both battles were over. At Quatre Bras the Allies had regained almost all the ground they had lost during the day, at the cost of 5,000 casualties and the Duke of Brunswick. Amazingly, the French lost only 4,000 men in the same battle. At Ligny the Prussians left 16,000 casualties and 21 guns, as well as a stunned Blucher. Though Blucher later escaped to his own troops, while he was away the army would retreat in the wrong direction, away from Wellington, and 6,000 men would desert. Napoleon lost 11,500 men in the battle, the 7th Infantry Division so mauled it was left behind at Ligny for the rest of the campaign. The third disaster of the campaign was about to occur. With Blucher defeated Wellington had to retreat to Waterloo. Had Ney attacked him before noon, he would have been locked in battle for Napoleon to pounce on from the flank and rear. Had Napoleon not waited until 11 a.m. to get moving he could have enagaged Wellington in battle. But at 11 a.m. Napoleon had finally ordered Grouchy to pursue Blucher, and finally headed towards Wellington to cut him off. Wellington slipped away before Napoleon arrived, but a chase could still have finished him. A storm turned the roads into mud and cost Napoleon another chance at victory. While the 3 armies spent the 17th avoiding each other, Grouchy informed Napoleon that Blucher wasn't retreating away from Wellington, and that he could head the Prussians off from joining Wellington. Napoleon received this note at 4 a.m., but did not respond until 10 a.m., and Grouchy did nothing in the interim. By 6 a.m. Wellington received word that Blucher was coming to support him. Grouchy sent Vandamme after the Prussians at 8 a.m., and Gerard got going at 9 a.m. By 10 a.m. Grouchy realized most of the Prussian army was around Wavre. By 11 a.m. Blucher was leading Bulow's IV Corps towards Waterloo. By noon the Prussian I and II Corps were also sent towards Waterloo. A major fire in Wavre delayed the two corps. Only Thielemann's III Corps, which had suffered only 764 casualties at Ligny, was left to stop Grouchy from intercepting the Prussian army. At Waterloo the grand battery opened up at 11:25 a.m., but the main attack would not occur until 1 p.m., to allow the ground to dry out enough for the cannon to do damage. Grouchy could hear the firing at his HQ near Wavre, and left his breakfast because of it. General Gerard demanded that Grouchy head towards Waterloo and join Napoleon. Since Napoleon's last received order was for the capture of Wavre, Grouchy decided that that was what was most important. Napoleon's first big attack at Waterloo was of 4 infantry divisions. Unfortunately, 2 were formed in revolutionary-type columns instead of the checker-board type. Artillery damaged them considerably, then a cavalry charge routed them with great loss of life. Napoleon's first big attack was a shambles, with perhaps 5,000 casualties. Wellington pulled his infantry back over the ridges to avoid cannon fire, and Ney, thinking they were retreating charged with 5,000 French Cavalry. Again and again they achieved nothing but the destruction of the cavalry. Napoleon, appalled, was forced to throw in the other 5,000 cavalry to extract them. At 4 p.m. Grouchy finally launched his attacks against Wavre, and Bulow finally arrived at the Waterloo battlefield. Napoleon sent Domont's cavalry and Lobau's VI Corps to attack. Bulow tried to outflank Lobau by heading towards the village of Plancenoit. The French had to fall back, and by 5 p.m. the Prussian II Corps was supporting Bulow in a three-sided assualt on Plancenoit. Napoleon sent the Young Guard division to recapture parts of Plancenoit, but fresh troops pushed them back. Two Old Guard battalions were then sent into Plancenoit while 11 other guard battalions were facing east to stop a breakthrough. This was Napoleon's last chance for victory. At the very moment his guard were waiting Ney had finally broken part of Wellington's line and had asked for reinforcements from the guard. "Troops? Where do you expect me to get them from? Do you expect me to make some?" The two Old Guard battalions pushed 14 Prussian battalions out of Plancenoit, stabilizing the line. By the time the guard were back in reserve Wellington had filled the gap in his line and the moment was lost. Napoleon would not have his victory. Meanwhile, Grouchy was trying to take Wavre. He sent Gerard's and Hulot's Divisions to affect a passage across the River Dyle. Skirmishers and heavy artillery fire prevented any success. Learning of Bulow's advance on Plancenoit, Grouchy sent Gerard's corps towards Limale in the hopes of outflanking Wavre, knowing he could not reach Waterloo in time to help Napoleon. He then lead a new onslaught against Wavre, where Gerard was severely wounded. Grouchy left Vandamme and Exelman's cavalry to pin down the Prussians. Taking Pajol's newly arrived cavaly, Grouchy took over at Limale personally, and Pajol was soon across the river. With Stengel retreating from Limale, and Wavre holding nicely, Thielemann sent Stupnagel's brigade to Limale, where a badly confused night attack did nothing to budge the French. Thielemann sent an urgent plea for reinforcements. "It doesn't matter if he is crushed, providing we gain the victory here" was the response. At Waterloo Ziethen's Corps was now arriving, and at 7 p.m. Napoleon sent 6 Middle Guard battalions, with support from Reille and D'Erlon, to attack Wellington. The guards could not withstand the firepower of the British and were eventually routed. By 8 p.m. the Prussians took La Haie and Papelotte and occupied parts of Plancenoit again. Most of the army broke, and Wellington charged after them. Only the guard rallied, holding parts of Plancenoit until 9 p.m., and blocking allied pursuit of the army. Even Napoleon could not rally the army. The French lost 25,000 casualties and 8,000 prisoners at Waterloo, as well as 200 cannon. The Allies lost 15,000 and the Prussians 7,000. At Wavre the fighting continued through the night. Pajol and the IV Corps expanded their bridgehead around Limale. The French learned nothing of Waterloo though the Prussians did. At dawn Thielemann launched a probing attack that got a strong French response. With Stengel marching off to Waterloo without orders, Thielemann ordered a retreat at 10 a.m. Having been reinforced by Teste's Division during the night, Grouchy was in a position to claim victory, but at 10:30 a.m. he finally learned about Waterloo. He therefore retreated his 30,000 men, eventually entering Paris with 50,000. Grouchy lost 2,600 men, Thielemann 2,500. There would be battles on other frontiers and several sieges, but the campaign was over. Had Napoleon not abdicated there could have been one more battle outside Paris, as the allies were left with only 118,000 men, while Soult had 120,000 men in Paris. But Soult would have no more bloodshed, and the Provisional Government would not give Napoleon a temporary command, for there were too many other armies to defeat. Napoleon surrendered to the British, was sent to St. Helena, and died 6 years later! SCENARIO NOTES The 1/2 For. unit is part of the 2nd Foreign Regiment. In 1815 Napoleon made all dragoons and chasseurs line regiments, and got rid of their carbines. The 12/6" weapon uses the #18 column for casualties. The Krmk units are from the Kurmark section of Prussia. The PR 5th LT UH Regiment had 1 squadron from the Berg Hussars attached. Targets in a town are modified 50% for fire damage and 70% for melee damage due to fortification. Cavalry charge less. Infantry form square more. The 12/7H artillery uses the #22 row for casualties, and the 6/7H uses the #24 row. Abbreviation: HW7 for How 7. French player moves first. French AI should be set to Counterattack-Random. Allied AI should be set to Hold Positions-Analyze. ADDITIONAL SCENARIO DISKS FOR BATTLES OF NAPOLEON BON Scenario Disk 1: Includes the battles of Austerlitz, Marengo, Redoubt, Utitsa, and Maida. BON Scenario Disk 2: Includes the battles of Bridge, New Orleans, Medellin, Albuera, and Santon. BON Scenario Disk 3: Includes the Revolutionary War battles of Camden, Hobkirk, Guilford's Courthouse, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and King's Mountain. BON Scenario Disk 4: Includes the battles of Hill, Eylau, Wagram, Leipzig I, Smolensk, Plancenoit, Waterloo II, and Bladensburg. BON Scenario Disk 5: Includes the battles of Ligny, Vimiero, Village, Retreat, Leipzig II, Podubno, Quatre Bras II, and Aspern-Essling. BON Scenario Disk 6: Includes the battles of Pyramids, Jena, Corunna, Raab, Borodino II, Craonne, North and Wavre. BON Scenario Disk ARW: Includes 40 Revolutionary War battles of Concord, Great Bridge, Quebec, Harlem Heights, Pelham, Trenton, Hubbardton, Oriskany, Freeman's Farm, Germantown, Paulus Hook, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Long Island, Kip's Bay, White Plains, Fort Washington, Princeton, Bennington, Brandywine, Bemis Heights, Monmouth, Savannah 1779, Staten Island, Lexington, Moore's Creek, Three Rivers, Five Mile Run, Paoli, Redbank, Newport, Boonesborough, Savannah 1778, Vincennes, Stony Point, Newtown, Charleston, Ninety-Six, Green Spring Farm, and Gloucester. BON Scenario Disk 8: Includes the battles of Toulon, Mondovi, Friedland, Ebelsberg, Talavera, Polotsk, Lutzen, La Rothiere, Lundy's Lane, and Gilly. BON Scenario Disk 9: Includes the battles of Valmy, Lodi, Nicopolis, Elchingen, Sacile, Bussaco, Berezina, Liebertwolkwitz, Montmirail, Villere Plantation BON Ancients Scenario Disk 10 : Includes the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Plataea, Delium, Mantinea, Cunaxa, Leuctra, Herkleon BON Ancients Scenario Disk 11: Includes the battles of Chaeronea, Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, Hydaspes, Asculum, Raphia, Pydna For more information please contact: David Landrey Novastar Game Co. P.O. Box 1813 Rocklin, CA 95677 (916) 624-7113