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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Summary of Besancon Campaign



Battles fought during Besancon campaign    

The campaign was fourth between the Fourth French and Bavarian armies
It ran for 20 months from June 2013 to February 2015.

It was fought as five separate mini campaigns, or phases.  
Each phase was independent of the other
Each one started with new objective on a new map
Both armies started at full strength and fully supplied
Usually there was a different player for both the French and Spanish CinC role

The campaign provided us with 12 battles to wargame.

Ref   Campaign Date            Event                                                    Actual Date

40          1 March             Start of Campaign                                     22 Jun 2013

41          1 March             Start of Atkirch Phase                              28 Jun 2013
41          3 March             French win battle of St Imier                   18 Jul 2013
41          6 March             Bavarian win battle of Atkirch                17 Aug 2013
41          7 March             End of Atkirch Phase                               17 Aug 2013

42          8 March             Start of Montbelliard Phase                      17 Sep 2013
42          12 March          Bavarian win sy Montbelliard                   07 Nov 2013
42          13 March          End of Montbelliard Phase                        15 Nov 2013

43          14 March          Start of Clerval Phase                                23 Nov 2013
43          15 March          Bavarian win battle of Clerval                    23 Jan 2014
43          21 March          Bavarian win battle of Ronchamp             17 Mar 2014
43          25 March          Bavarian win battle of Rougemont            24 Apr 2014    
43          26 March          End of Clerval Phase                                05 May 2014                 

44          27 March          Start of Rougemont Phase                         10 May 2014
44          29 March          Bavarian win battle of Rougemont             18 Jun 2014 
44          01 April              Bavarian win battle of Rougemont            08 Jul 2014 
44          04 April              French win battle of Besancon                08 Aug 2014
44          06 April              Bavarian win battle of Rougemont          15 Sep 2014
44          07 April              End of Rougement Phase                         26 Sep 2014
45          08 April              Start of Besancon Phase                          01 Oct 2014
45          10 April              Bavarian win at Besancon                       19 Oct 2014
45           17 April              French win at Besancon                          13 Jan 2015 
45           19 April              End of Besancon Phase                          14 Feb 2015  

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