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This is a series of scenarios adapted from historical actions which took place during the Napoleonic Wars and which are suitable to be played to General de Division rules. In choosing these particular actions from the literally hundreds available I have tried to represent a variety of situations rather than concentrating on simple ‘encounter’ battles and to feature some armies which don’t appear on the wargames table all that fre-quently, such as the Poles and Neapolitans. Scaling down a historical battle isn’t always an exact science. Historical sources don’t always agree and orders of battle aren’t always presented in the same way. Please note that occasional liberties have had to be taken with orders of battle in order to retain the flavour of the historical action and I apologise if your favourite unit has disappeared during the process of scaling down.

Key C-in-c Marshal Lannes Commander in chief (the player) 1st Division (Suchet) Subordinate officer, General Prussian Infantry Brigade (Pelet) Subordinate officer (not a General) 1st Brigade (Claparede) Other officer

General de Division - Scenarios

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Polemos Napoleonic Companion 5


Battle of Saalfeld - 10th October 1806 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia did not need to fight at Saalfeld - he could have retired to join the main army at Jena - but he was one of the Prussian leaders most eager to fight Napoleon. As the French 5th Corps approached, Prince Louis Ferdinand deployed his men with their back to the river. The French bombarded them with artillery for a while before attacking frontally and on their flank. The Prussians began to give way.

To recover the situation, the Prince led a cavalry charge against the French flank attack. The charge was beaten back and the Prince was cut down by a French cavalryman and killed. The Prussians lost about 400 killed and wounded, twice the French loss, and lost 1000 prisoners and all 28 guns. The river counts as a River. The slope is gentle. (Map p.15)

FRENCH ARMY C-in-c Marshal Lannes 5th Corps 1st Division (Suchet) 1st Brigade (Claparede) 17th Legere 2 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Reille) 34th Line Infantry 5 battalions, Trained, SK1 40th Line Infantry 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade (Vedel) 64th Line Infantry 5 battalions, Trained, SK1 88th Line Infantry 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery, 8 pdrs 1 battery horse artillery, 4 pdrs Cavalry Brigade (Treillard) 9th Hussars 1 trained Light cavalry 10th Hussars 1 trained Light cavalry 21st Chasseurs 1 trained Light cavalry

PRUSSIAN ARMY C-in-c Generalleutnant Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Prussian infantry Brigade (Pelet) Jagers Valentini & Masars 1 battalion, Trained, SK2 Fusilier Bn no 13 1 battalion, Trained, SK1 Fusilier Bn no 14 1 battalion, Trained, SK1 Fusilier Bn no 15 1 battalion, Trained, SK1 Infantry Regt no 49 2 battalions, Trained, SK0 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery, 12 pdrs Prussian Cavalry Brigade (Schimmelpfennig) Hussar Regt no 5 3 trained Light cavalry Artillery 1 battery horse artillery, 6 pdrs Saxon Infantry Brigade (Bevilaqua) Infantry Regt Kurfurst 2 battalions, Trained, SK0 Infantry Regt Prince Clemens 2 battalions, Trained, SK0 Infantry Regt Prince Xavier 2 battalions, Trained, SK0 Saxon Cavalry Brigade (Trutzschler) Hussar Regiment no 1 2 Trained Light cavalry Artillery 1 battery horse artillery, 6 pdrs

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Battle of Golymin - 26th December 1806 At the end of December 1806, the Russian army was in retreat, pursued by the French under Napoleon. The left wing of his army, under Murat, was to out-flank the Russians at Pultusk. However, Russian General Bennigsen disobeyed or-ders to retreat and made a stand at Pultusk. Murat's wing caught up with a retiring Russian force under Golitsyn at Golymin. Conditions were terrible - a thaw together with heavy rain turned the ground to mud. The French were unable to bring any guns to the battlefield and the Russians were too tired to re-treat.

The first French attack, under Augureau, at first pushed back the Russians, but the situation was stabi-lised by the Russian artillery. Murat's cavalry drove back the Russian cavalry, but were held up by bad terrain. Morand's division attacked and captured the woods at the Russian centre, but were unable to press their advantage for fear of counter attack. As night fell, the Russians were able to withdraw and continue their retreat. Losses had been about equal. Slope is gentle. The watercourse is a Stream. The bat-tle takes place in Heavy Rain. (Map p.15)

FRENCH ARMY C-in-c Marshal Murat Reserve Cavalry Corps (Murat) Lasalle's Division 1st Brigade 2 Trained Light cavalry 2nd Brigade 2 Trained Light cavalry Milhaud's Brigade 3 Trained Light cavalry Klein's Brigade 1st Brigade 2 Trained Dragoons 2nd Brigade 2 Trained Dragoons 3rd Brigade 2 Trained Dragoons 3rd Corps (Davout) 1st Division (Morand) 1st Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Division (Friant) 1st Brigade 3 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade 3 battalions, Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade 2 battalions, Trained, SK1 Light Cavalry Division (Marulaz) 3 Trained Light cavalry 7th Corps (Augureau) 1st Division (Desjardin) 1st Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Division (Heudelet) 1st Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade 4 battalions, Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade 3 battalions, Trained, SK1 Light Cavalry Division (Durosnel) 2 Trained Light cavalry

RUSSIAN ARMY C-in-c Prince Golitsyn 4th Division (Golitsyn) 1st Brigade (Brigadier) 3 battalions, Veteran, SK0 3 battalions, Trained, SK0 1 battery foot artillery, 12 pdrs 2nd Brigade (Brigadier) 6 battalions, Trained, SK0 1 battery foot artillery, 8pdrs 3rd Brigade (Brigadier) 3 battalions, Veteran, SK1 4th Brigade (Brigadier) 2 Trained Cuirassiers 4 Trained Hussars 7th Division (Dokhturov) 1st Brigade(Brigadier) 3 battalions, Veteran, SK0 2nd Brigade (Brigadier) 2 Trained Dragoons 3rd Division (Sacken) 1st Brigade(Brigadier) 3 battalions, Veteran, SK0

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Battle of Corunna - 16th January 1809 The British army under Sir John Moore, isolated by the defeat of its Spanish allies and faced by over-whelming French forces, carried out a long painful retreat through the snow bound mountains of Galicia with Marshal Soult’s French army hard on its heels. At Corunna the Royal Navy had sufficient ships to carry the army, but Moore had to buy time to allow embarkation to take place. He turned at bay on the hills outside Corunna and forced Soult to fall back.

Sir John Moore was killed during the battle, but enough time was bought to allow the army to be evacuated. All slopes are steep. The walls of Corunna at the North West count as Earthwork. (Map p.17)

FRENCH ARMY C-in-c Marshal Soult Merle’s Division 1st Brigade (Reynaud) 3 Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Sarrut) 3 Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade (Thomiere) 3 Trained, SK1 Mermet’s Division 1st Brigade (Gaulois) 3 Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Jardon) 3 Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade (Lefebvre) 3 Trained, SK1 Delaborde’s Division 1st Brigade (Foy) 4 Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Arnaud) 3 Trained, SK1 Lahoussaye’s Division 3 Trained Dragoons

Lorges’ Division 3 Trained Dragoons Franceschi’s Division 3 Trained Dragoons, Hussars, Chasseurs Artillery 4 batteries foot artillery 8 pdrs

BRITISH ARMY C-in-c General Sir John Moore Baird’s Division 1st Brigade (Warde) 2 Veteran, SK1 2nd Brigade (Bentinck) 2 Veteran, SK1 3rd Brigade (Manningham) 2 Veteran, SK1 Hope’s Division 1st Brigade (Leith) 2 Veteran, SK1 2nd Brigade (Hill) 2 Veteran, SK1 3rd Brigade (Catlin Crawfurd)2 Veteran, SK1 Fraser’s Division 1st Brigade (Beresford) 3 Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Fane) 2 Trained, SK1 Paget’s Division 1st Brigade (Anstruther) 3 Trained, SK1 2nd Brigade (Disney) 2 Trained, SK1

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Battle of Raszyn - 19th April 1809 In March 1809, an Austrian corps of 35000 men in-vaded Poland, aiming to capture Warsaw. The Polish army, under Prince Poniatowski, was heavily outnumbered and he chose to block the Aus-trian advance at Raszyn, a good defensive position behind a marshy stream. The Austrian commander was confident and ordered his advance guard to attack without waiting for the rest of the corps to deploy, but they made little pro-gress. Gradually more and more troops on both sides were drawn in.

The Austrians made three separate attempts to out-flank the Polish positions but were held off by Polish artillery and musketry. Eventually, as darkness loomed, the Austrians finally broke through in the centre. Poniatowski ordered his army to retire to War-saw. Polish losses were between 1000 and 1500 killed and wounded; Austrian losses were approximately twice as many. Slopes are gentle. The watercourse counts as a Stream. (Map p.16)

POLISH ARMY C-in-c Prince Jozef Poniatowski Cavalry screen (Rozniecki) 2nd Uhlans 3 Trained Lancers 3rd Uhlans 3 Trained Lancers 6th Uhlans 3 Trained Lancers

Advance Guard (Sokolnicki) 1st Infantry 1 Trained, SK1 6th Infantry 1 Trained, SK1 8th Infantry 1 Trained, SK1 Right Wing (Bieganski) 3rd Infantry 3 Trained, SK1

Left Wing (Kamieniecki) 1st Infantry 2 Trained, SK1 8th Infantry 1 Trained, SK1 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 8 pdrs

Centre (Polentz) 2nd Infantry 2 Trained, SK1 Saxon Infantry 2 Trained, SK1 Saxon Hussars 1 Raw Light cavalry Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 8 pdrs

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Polemos Napoleonic Companion 9


Battle of Raszyn - 19th April 1809

AUSTRIAN ARMY C-in-c Archduke Ferdinand d'Este Advance Guard (Mohr) 16th Grenze Regt 1 Raw, SK2 17th Grenze Regt 1 Raw, SK2 Infantry Regiment no 48 3 Trained, SK0 1st Hussars 2 Trained Light cavalry Artillery 2 batteries foot artillery 3 pdrs Cavalry Division (Sharouth) Hussar Brigade (Gehringer) 11th Hussars 2 Trained Light cavalry 12th Hussars 2 Trained Light cavalry Cuirassier Brigade (von Speth) 5th Cuirassiers 2 Trained Heavy cavalry 7th Cuirassiers 2 Trained Heavy cavalry Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 6 pdrs

Infantry Division (Mondet) 1st Brigade (Civilart) Infantry Regiment no 30 3 Trained, SK0 Infantry Regiment no 41 3 Trained, SK0 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 3 pdrs 2nd Brigade (Trautenberg) Infantry Regiment no 63 3 Trained, SK0 Infantry Regiment no 24 3 Trained, SK0 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 6 pdrs

3rd Brigade (von Pflacher) Infantry Regiment no 37 3 Trained, SK0 Infantry Regiment no 34 3 Trained, SK0 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 6 pdrs Branowatzky's Brigade 14th Grenze Regiment 1 Raw, SK2 15th Grenze Regiment 1 Raw, SK2 1st Chevaulegers 3 Trained Light cavalry Artillery 1 battery horse artillery 6 pdrs Reserve artillery (Gilet) Artillery 4 batteries foot artillery 6 pdrs 1 battery foot artillery 8 pdrs

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Battle of Maya - 25th July 1813 Following the battle of Vittoria, the French armies retreated out of Spain, leaving isolated garrisons at San Sebastian and Pamplona. The Duke of Welling-ton settled down to besiege these fortresses with part of his army, placing the remainder to guard the Pyre-nees passes.

In July, Marshal Soult, commanding a reorganized French army, tried to force the passes to relieve Pam-plona. One French thrust met a British force at the top of the Col de Maya pass. (Map p.18)

FRENCH ARMY C-in-c Count D’Erlon 2nd Division (D’Armagnac) Chasse 4 Trained, SK1 Gruardet 4 Trained, SK1

3rd Division (Abbe) Rignoux 4 Trained, SK1 Remond 4 Trained, SK1 6th Division (Maransin) St Pol 4 Trained, SK1 Moguery 4 Trained, SK1

Artillery 3 batteries foot artillery 8pdrs

BRITISH ARMY C-in-c Lt Gen W Stewart 2nd Division 1st Brigade (Cameron) 3 Trained, SK1 3rd Brigade (Pringle) 3 Trained, SK1 4th Brigade (Ashworth) 4 Trained, SK1 (Portuguese) 1 Trained, SK2 Campbell’s Brigade 4 Trained, SK1 (Portuguese) 1 trained, SK2 Artillery 1 battery foot artillery 6pdrs (Portuguese) 7th Division 1st Brigade (Barnes) 2 Trained, SK1 1 Trained, SK2 2nd Brigade (Inglis) 1 Trained, SK1

Notes • One unit in both Cameron’s and Pringle’s Brigades

can be raised to SK2 to denote presence of a com-pany of 5/60th Rifles.

• One D10 is rolled at the start of each British tempo

phase. 8 - Campbell’s brigade arrives on table 9 - Ashworth’s brigade arrives on table 0 - Barnes’ brigade arrives on table.

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