"Wurttemberg Jaegers question" Topic
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| Waco Joe | 23 Dec 2022 6:37 p.m. PST |
A simple (I hope) question. I am in the middle of a project of printing the Wurttemberg army using the excellent Piano Wargames files. The light infantry come in both marching and skirmishing poses so I can do both types. The jaegers however, only come in skirmishing. Were there no instances of employing the jaegers as anything other than skirmishers? Thanks in advance. |
79thPA  | 23 Dec 2022 8:26 p.m. PST |
The lights and the jaegers were brigaded together and were used as shock troops in the 1809 campaign. |
| von Winterfeldt | 24 Dec 2022 12:10 a.m. PST |
You would use sharpshooters and crack shoots just for that resons – Jäger had rifles another reason to employ them as skrimishers. |
| Desert Rat | 24 Dec 2022 2:11 a.m. PST |
The Fussjaegerbattalion Koenig was the unit that assaulted and captured the bridge and castle at Eckmuhl. They also made the last assault at Linz-Urfar where the attacked an Austrian line infantry battalion uphill, in the dark, with no ammunition! They were definitely used in a formed manner. |
| nsolomon99 | 24 Dec 2022 3:50 a.m. PST |
Absolutely crack troops in 1809! I've been to Linz and Urfhar, astonishing feat of arms. |
| Waco Joe | 25 Dec 2022 8:42 a.m. PST |
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gets started with Flintloque.
