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27. Second Battle of Calatayud - 9th March 1809

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Post  Charmead Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:45 pm

It was a cold morning in February. The great Villaneva looks to his Soanish army gathered in the valley noted for its excellent acoustics. "Men, we advance to calatayud!"

"To victory sire!"shouted a young sergeant.

"No"

"To reclaim our territory from the disgusting French!!" said another.

Villaneva shifted uncomfortably on his horse. "Well no, not exactly"

A Captain raised his hand tentatively. "To teach the French a lesson?"

"Nope" Villaneva adjusted his collar.

The sergeant looked puzzled. " Maybe we are to smash Napoleons left flank as he advances upon our sacred capital city?"

"Actually I think it would be a great experience for you guys"

"Seriously, sire?"

" Oh yes. Take a long march. Get some shooting in. Camp out in the wild. I think it would be good for us. Therapeutic. Build some confidence"
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Post  Uncle Billy Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:50 pm

The Spanish did an excellent job of breaking contact and preserving the bulk of their army. They used the woods south of Novian to delay my division while the greater part of their divisions scampered away. It was a very good tactic to reduce the superiority of the French forces. Pepe even managed to escape my assassination unit at the very last moment.

But the outcome must still come as somewhat of a shock to the Spanish. They greatly outnumbered the French and obviously had high hopes of being able to surround us and force us to surrender. Their visions of glory faded quickly once we decided to execute the breakout to the south.

It was a well played game by all involved.
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Post  Mark87 Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:09 pm

On an open field I would love to see what the Spanish could do; 37,000 Spanish versus a much smaller French force. Would be interesting to say the least.

Actually I just want open ground to run my horses Exclamation
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Post  Mr. Digby Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:36 pm

We could play a one off game using these OOBs. Might be interesting. The Spanish really need 7 players at least, 8 to have a separate C-in-C.
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