KS Napoleon Game Friday, Aug 14th 20:00BST

Prince Eugène’s Army of Italy is in hot pursuit of Bagration’s 2nd Russian Army, moving east from Ochmyany. It was thought that the Russians were retreating towards Minsk, however late developments make Emperor Bonaparte guess that they might try to join their 1st Army by the unexpected, a march parallel to our front. These Russians are mad!


A strong all arms force from Bagration’s command has been advancing  for the last hours in a northwesternly direction from Scheneiders, on the north bank of the river Neris. Orders from Imperial Headquarters to the nearest French unit, Ney’s III Corps, are plain simple:

Push back the Russian forces north of the Neris and take the strategic town of Schneiders.

If you are successful, your victory will lead to the destruction of Bagration’s 2nd Army.


The morning returns of III French Army Corps are:

III Corps: Marechal àl 'Empire Michel Ney (19793 Inf.  4720 Cav.  66 Guns))

 1st Division: Général de Division Jean-Baptiste Broussier (5040 Inf.  945 Cav.  18 Guns)
   Brigade Lonchan: Général de brigade Lonchan (1800 Inf. 4 battalions  Avg. Exp. 6.0)
   Brigade Beganski: Général de Brigade Beganski (3240 Inf. 6 battalions  Avg. Exp. 4.7)
   12e Brigade de cavalerie légère: Général de brigade Guyon (945 Cav. 6 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 5.0)
   4e/6e Artillerie à cheval: Capit. 4e/6e batterie à cheval (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)
   2e Garde batterie à cheval: Capit. 2e Garde batterie à cheval (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 7.0)
   7e/1er Artillerie à pied: Capit. 7e Italian batterie à pied (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 Vistula  Légion: Général de Division Michel Marie Claparède (7198 Inf.  580 Cav.  22 Guns)
   Brigade Alméras: Général de brigade Alméras (4498 Inf. 9 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.7)
   Brigade Berthezene: Général de brigade Berthezene (2700 Inf. 6 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.80)
   Brigade Paultre: Général de brigade Paultre (580 Cav. 4 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 8.0)
   2e/7e Artillerie à pied: Capit. 2e batterie à pied (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 5.0)
   3e/4e Artillerie à cheval: Capit. 3e/4e batterie à cheval (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 5.0)
   12e/12e Artillerie à pied: Capit.12e batterie à pied (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 2e Division: Général de Division Friant (7555 Inf.  620 Cav.  20 Guns)
   Brigade  Legras : Général de brigade  Legras  (1940 Inf. 4 battalions  Avg. Exp. 6.80)
   Brigade Boyer: Général de brigade Boyer (2560 Inf. 4 battalions  Avg. Exp. 8.0)
   Brigade van Dedem de Gelder: Général de Brigade van Dedem de Gelder (3055 Inf. 5 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.6)
   Brigade Lourde Beaumont: Général de brigade Beaumont (620 Cav. 4 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 8.0)
   1er/7e Artillerie à pied: Capit. 1er batterie à pied (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 5.0)
   1er/5e Artillerie à cheval: Capit. 1er batterie à cheval (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)
   4e/1er Artillerie à cheval: Capit. 4e/1er batterie à cheval (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 4th Cavalry Division: Général de Division Thomas-Guillaume Lorge (  2575 Cav.  6 Guns)
   29e Brigade de cavalerie légère: Général de brigade Turno (1455 Cav. 9 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 5.0)
   11e Brigade de cavalerie légère: Général de brigade Malmaison (1120 Cav. 7 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 5.0)
   2. Wurttemberg Fuß-Artillerie: Kapit. 2. Wurttemberg Fuß-Artillerie (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

Looks good Pepe- and congratulations on your first scenario I think?

I shall be there.

Yes, well done Pepe. The more folks producing scenarios for us to play the better.

Martin (J)

Not my Russians!

Death to the slavic hordes! Down with feudalism! Liberté, fraternité and proper spelling for all common men!

Look great! Hopefully I can make it.

Kevin,

If you can give me a scenario primer I have a couple ideas that may be intriguing. When I get some more time this fall I would like to be able to make scenarios.

+1

Could a WL scenario primer be written up for the forum please?

I wrote up instructions on how I go about creating a scenario and passed it out to people who have requested help. I did not write up a section that covers moving units into their final positions. It comes with the version of the SG that I use, (one of the first), along with the OOBs and scenario calculator I use for determining the game's balance. I've just finished folding in the stock oob and sprites into the KS mod. I'll now finish up the scenario instructions and put up a link to all the scenario stuff.

Thanks. I look forward to it. I always march units to where I want manually using alphaomega=1 and ai=0.

Thank you for the support.

Not my Russians! Sad

I knew it was a risky decision, a heartbreaking choice for me too.

I've just finished folding in the stock oob and sprites into the KS mod.

That's great, version 1.10 coming soon!

ahh - just returned from Italy and then this... finally a person that uses proper military symbols... WELL DONE PEPE!!!

I shall endeavor to be there too!

proper military symbols

Ooh. Is that what they are? I thought they were cakes cut into slices with little bows on top.

Symbols notwithstanding, am I the CinC today? If so, Pepe may have to suffer for this injustice.

I believe that was the main idea why people started creating scenarios... so that you can be CinC again.....

We are facing a tactical genius today, so advanced planning is a must.

I have no preference about CinC, just better an imaginative one than a butcher.

A rapier-like attack.

have you been playing Domino again?

Crystalline! That's staff work!

Just one question, Can we use the roads sire?

Reporting for duty sir!

I. What? There's... hm. What?

This map reminds me of one of my first WWII books (I was 10 at the time I believe)- the "Times Atlas of World War 2" - huge pictures-  which showed the entire Operation Barbarossa in ONE map - covering over 3 months... I was mighty impressed back then, cause I had no clue what it actually meant... I asked my grandfather, who was a Colonel back then, what the symbols meant... he looked at it, explained the symbols and said little else - 2 weeks later he gifted me 3 other books... which covered the different theatres on a weekly basis...


unfortunately in German and without tone - but hilarious and truly fitting for the expected briefing:

I will take the CAV DIV if possible.

Is this the official training video for today's attack?

I presume the infantry divisions are the guys lying on their stomachs and sliding backwards while the cavalry division is the shopping cart?

1:24 - the most interesting pole dancing I've ever seen. Pity it was a man and he had clothes on.