I'm not particularly well up on the fourth Coalition – I know it in a general sense, Jena and all that. But I must confess, I'd never even heard of the battle of Mohrungen until Lord Siskington picked it out of the book. We're staying with my inlaws at the moment as Mrs Kinch is ill and handling twins is a handful.
However, I nipped home and managed to organise dinner and a game while I was there.
We played the Battle of Mohrungen, which the scenario book introduces as follows.
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"In early January Bennigsen ordered the Russian Army to go on the offensive. On the 19th Ney, who had extended his line in search of provisions, was attacked and brushed aside. General Markov then advanced toward Mohrungen where Bernadotte was concentrating his forces.
Both sides had opportunity to deploy the morning of the 25th before Bernadotte's cavalry launched a charge against the Russian center. The Russian cavalry, with support from their artillery, drove back the attack but were in turn driven back by French artillery fire and fresh cavalry. The ensuing artillery exchange inflicted little damage. The battle began in earnest when French light infantry advanced in the center to threaten the Russian artillery and Dupont's arriving division pushed the Russians on the left back from their forest defensive positions. As dusk fell the French were making progress all along the line. Suddenly, Bernadotte heard firing in his rear in Mohrungen. Fearing the worst, he called off the battle to retrace his steps. It was a false alarm—only a few squadrons of Russian horsemen had entered the town and were pillaging the French supply wagons. They were quickly driven off."
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