"Haslach - Jungingen with Grand Manoeuvre Rules" Topic
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MichaelCollinsHimself | 25 May 2011 11:09 a.m. PST |
We played the Haslach-Jungingen scenario today and the game went well
Three of us played; Malcolm was Dupont, Mick was Mack and I played Ferdinand. Mack started out by sending an order to Ferdinand to take Haslach which was ignored, and then Ferdinand issued his own orders to do so anyhow! Reisch`s command took Haslach but it was thrown out again as both Reisch`s and Werneck`s brigades were successively beaten off by French infantry around Haslach. Seeing this happen Ferdinand ordered them to retire as the morale of his entire force was being weakened. Two large infantry attacks by Laudon were beaten off on the French right. Although the Austrian Chevauleger had forced the French infantry into squares and were attacked by Austrian columns, the French right flank held and finally beat off the Austrian infantry. This was supported by counter attacks of the French Dragoons. This was a close game; the Austrians had an early success in taking the undefended village of Haslach and later Laudon`s command very nearly broke the right of the French line, which would have caused a morale check. By 16:30 hours both Austrian wings were ordered to retire. I think the scenario will be posted quite soon on the yahoogroup and angelbarracks site. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 26 May 2011 8:43 a.m. PST |
the scenario is now posted in the files section of my yahoogroup at: link |
Angel Barracks | 26 May 2011 1:45 p.m. PST |
Also now on my site: link Michael. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 04 Jun 2011 11:35 p.m. PST |
I played out a variant of the Haslach-Jungingen scenario game ending. I played "solo" from the point in our previous game when the Austrian attacks on the French left were finally beaten off. In this case however, a French square was broken and the whole of Dupont`s line was made to test morale until it was forced to retire one move
during this time, Mack taking personal command of his own regiment, after three turns of combat, beat the French Dragoons, pursued them and then rallied to rout the French Hussars. By this time it was growing dark and having lost possession of Haslach, and his cavalry support driven off, Dupont ordered a withdrawal of his troops in square. This proves that Mack can win in this scenario. Although it was a defeat for the French, considering the costs, it was still not quite enough of a convincing victory for the Austrians within the conditions and the time limits that are set in the scenario; with Reisch`s and Werneck`s infantry commands beaten they were not in a good condition to break out from Ulm – and they had only fought a single French division. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 09 Jun 2011 1:53 a.m. PST |
The Replay of Haslach-Jungingen. The line up of players changed for our second game using this scenario yesterday. We were joined by Andy, who was our Dupont in this replay. Malcolm volunteered to be Ferdinand and that made me Mack for the afternoon. An experienced Napoleonic gamer, Andy's deployment was shrewdly defensive. He protected his division's right flank by placing his dragoons behind the infantry and at right angles to the line. His artillery was set up centrally opposing Ferdinand and the Hussars were placed to cover his left flank. The 1st battalion of the 9th Legere were held as a reserve and were given specific orders to counter attack at the first opportunity where there may be an enemy break-through or threat. The battle began with Ferdinand's two brigades standing quite motionless in front of Haslach; only being disordered from time to time by the long range fire of the French artillery battery, posted to the right of the village of Haslach. With some confidence, but without issuing any definite orders to von Loudon's infantry to carry on their advance much further beyond Jungingen, Mack took personal command of the Austrian cuirassiers to attack the French dragoons. The Austrian Chevauleger and an attached cavalry battery were left behind at Jungingen. Despite the fire from a section of French horse artillery, Mack leading the Austrian heavies closed with the French cavalry; immediately routing the 17th Dragoon regiment. Being forced to test morale, the 15th however held on, but they were beaten in the next turn of combat and both French cavalry units were pursued. This early success back-fired on me however, as the cuirassiers continued to pursue the routers off the battlefield. The Austrian left columns now became leaderless and a pause followed, during which Andy was able to re-set his defence of Haslach. The threat of enemy cavalry in the rear of his division had passed, but there was still the possibility of attack from von Loudon's and Ferdinand's infantry. In his re-organisation, Dupont ordered the 96th Ligne to take the position that the Dragoons had originally held, supporting them with the divisional artillery and shifted the 1st battalion of the 9th Legere to support the 32nd Ligne which was defending Haslach itself. After being pulled back in response to the earlier cavalry action, Colonel Rouvillois` Hussars were sent back to cover the French left just beyond the village of Haslach. Ferdinand ordered the advance of Reich's and Werneck`s brigades. These were arrayed in two treffen (or battle lines) in line formation. Also after some delay, von Loudon had taken the initiative to attack the French right, but only with his first brigade. The 8th and the 20th infantry regiments advanced taking fire from Dupont's divisional artillery. The two treffen were halted and routed in successive turns by medium range fire from the battery, the 20th infantry regiment who were the first to break rallying behind von Loudon's second brigade. This failure left Ferdinand`s commands with the last chance for a victory. On clearing a small wood on their right, Reisch and Werneck`s brigades formed square in response to the presence of the French hussars. After some pause the Austrians resumed their advance in square, deployed to line and issued skirmishers to protect their advance. Leaving four battalions of his right flank in square as protection from the French hussars, Reisch had changed his position and his regulating battalion to the 3rd Battalion IR15 Karl Riese; Werneck followed suit in the second line, with the 3rd battalion in his command. Reisch`s line supported by Werneck`s then, moved forward in line, skirmishing with the voltigeurs of the 32nd 96th and tirailleurs of the 9th Legere. These gave ground until finally two assaults and a fire fight developed between the two opposing lines. The first to be resolved was an assault on the French divisional artillery battery by the 1st Battalion IR17 Reuss-Plauen; this assault failed and the battalion was routed. The second assault took place at a lightly built up area (a small hamlet) defended by the 2nd battalion of the 9th Legere, which was attacked by the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the IR17 Reuss-Plauen formed in two columns. The assailants were repulsed in some disorder. And also in the first turn, the 3rd Battalion IR15 had started a fire fight with the 2nd battalion of the 32nd Ligne. In the following two turns the condition of the Austrian battalions engaged gradually worsened and after a counter-attack by the 1st battalion of the 9th Legere, Reich's brigade was made to test its morale. This test was failed and Reich's command fell back, rallying behind that of Werneck.
There had perhaps only been two slight chances of an Austrian victoryin this game; if only Mack had rallied and retained control of the Austrian cavalry earlier in the game* and later if only the French artillery had failed to rout or disorder the 1st Battalion IR17 Reuss-Plauen. With the French artillery over-run and a broken divisional line with no reserve the command would have needed to test its morale until that break in the line had been filled, or covered. If Dupont had failed a divisional morale test he would have to withdraw one move, abandoning Haslach to the advancing Austrians. So, it was a French victory within 3-4 hours, which was probably 2 ½ hrs playing time (with movement deductions for catering breaks; wine, coffee, cookies and pancakes etc
) *In this game there was a special roll for the victorious Austrian heavies; 50:50 that they pursue the French dragoons off the field to raid and loot the divisional transport and baggage. |
wing commander smoothie | 21 Jul 2013 12:54 p.m. PST |
I recently played this battle as a boardgame a good contest with victory to the French. |
TelesticWarrior | 22 Jul 2013 3:57 a.m. PST |
Hi guys, I couldn't get either of the above links to work. Nice written report though. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 18 Aug 2013 4:22 a.m. PST |
Sorry Warrior, apologies for not replying sooner
try these
the new home for the rules is at: grandmanoeuvre.co.uk and the renamed yahoo group at: link regards, mike. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 19 Aug 2013 10:22 a.m. PST |
You`ll also find scenarios for: Alcaniz, 23rd May 1809 Amstetten 5th November, 1805 Castiglione-Solferino 5th August 1796 Gorodetschna, 12th August 1812 Schöngrabern – Hollabrunn 16th November 1805 Gunzberg, 9th October, 1805 Wertingen 8th October, 1805. Mariazell 8th November, 1805 |
Maxshadow | 20 Aug 2013 8:29 p.m. PST |
Enjoyed the new website and its examples of play. |
MichaelCollinsHimself | 06 Sep 2013 7:54 a.m. PST |
As well as the game play examples and battle scenarios, the AAR for the battle of Castiglione are in the battle reports section of the Grand Manoeuvre forum at: link |
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