Olot Campaign area
Spanish have
orders to halt and resupply
French have
orders to attack
Spanish 52,200 infantry 2000 cavalry 120 guns
French 40,000 infantry 3000 cavalry 90 guns
Spanish
HQ halt
1
corps halt on hold
2
corps move C05, D05 on attack
3
corps halt on hold
4
corps halt on hold
6
guerrilla move to H09
French
HQ move F07, E07 with 6 corps
6
corps move F07, E07 on attack
12
corps move F06, E06 on engage
24 corps move
F08, E08 on attack
Table at start
of wargame
Spanish
Brigades 13 infantry 2 cavalry 4
artillery
French
Brigades 10 infantry 3 cavalry 3
artillery
Spanish
HQ arrive E06 move 2
1
corps arrive
E06 move 2
2
corps arrive
E06 move 6
3
corps start
E07
4
corps start
E08
6
guerrilla move away
from battle
French
HQ start G07
6
corps start
G07
12
corps start G06
24 corps start
G08
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
French advance in column of march
4 Spanish retreat into town and send 12 brigade back to 3 Spanish
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
4 Spanish and 24 French spot each other and place figures on table
3 Spanish place figures on table to deploy artillery
1 Spanish arrives and is ordered to occupy southern hill
Spanish CinC arrives and joins 3 Spanish
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
4 Spanish deploys
artillery between town and hill
24 French start
to deploy
12 French advance
and spot 1 Spanish in column of march
1 Spanish deploy
cavalry and continue to move onto hill
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
The table has been moved to the left to allow 2 Spanish space to
enter
2 Spanish arrives on the left
3 Spanish artillery hit infantry, 10% casualties, pass morale test
4 Spanish ordered to hold town
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
2 Spanish ordered to deploy between 1 and 3 Spanish
12 French infantry skirmish square, 10% casualties, pass morale
test
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
2 Spanish ordered to Engage
3 Spanish artillery hit infantry, 20% casualties, who fail morale
and are Shaken
24 French infantry win skirmish and rout infantry with 10% casualties
Move 7 – 1400 to 1500
24 French
artillery hit garrison, 10% casualties, who pass morale test
24 French cavalry
charge limbered artillery who lose 40% and rout
24 French cavalry
fail to rally, charge nearby infantry who lose 10% and are shaken
6 French shaken
infantry fail morale and rout, nearby infantry and gunners are shaken
12 French ordered
to attack hill
12 French
infantry rout square with 30% casualties, supports shaken
12 French cavallry
charge and rout dragoons with 20% casualties
Spanish CinC
orders a general retreat
Game Casualties
French lose 3600
infantry, 600 cavalry and 400 gunners
Spanish lose 800
infantry
Game Summary
Three French
corps launch a surprise attack on three Spanish corps
A fourth Spanish
corps moves to support, but arrives too late to make any difference
The Spanish hold
a line of hills and the town
Most of the
fighting is on the southern hill and the town
As the French
gain the upper hand the Spanish retreat
Total casualties,
including from earlier battles, at the
end of the battle
French have 800
casualties 1 brigades in rout
Spanish have 3,600 casualties 4 brigades in rout
