Blamont Campaign area
This is an encounter battle between
all four Austrian and French corps.
Both have orders to either attack or
engage the other.
Austrian 55,200 infantry 4000
cavalry 120 guns
French 59,600
infantry 4000 cavalry 120 guns
Note.
The French have one brigade, and the Austrians two, missing on garrison
duty
Austrian HQ halt
1 corps move to D06
2 corps move to D05 on engage
3 corps move to cirey
4 corps move to D04 on engage
French HQ move to D05
3 corps move to C05 on attack
9 corps move to D05 on attack
15 corps move to D04 on attack
21 corps support attack from C04
Table at start of wargame
Austrian
Brigades 14 infantry 4 cavalry 4
artillery
French
Brigades 15 infantry 4 cavalry 4
artillery
Bavarian HQ start on table
1
corps arrive move 1
2
corps start on table
3
corps start on table
4
corps start on table
5
corps arrive move
1
French
HQ start on
table
6
corps arrive move 1
12
corps start on table
16 corps arrive move 5
24
corps start on
table
31 corps start on table
Note
This is the
first wargame to use the new “blinds” for hidden movement and fog of war.
There is a blind
for each corps, plus one or two blanks.
When two
blinds come within 20” of each other a both roll 1D6.
The lower
puts his figures on the table first, followed by the higher
The aim is
to reduce time spent on the early moves of a game
And also to prevent reacting to the other side
right from the start
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
All
move and start to deploy
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
All
move and continue to deploy
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
All move and continue to deploy
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
All move and continue to deploy
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
Cavalry
on both sides deploy to recce enemy blinds
All
of the Austrian Army have been spotted and replaced with figures
Two
of the four French corps have been spotted, two remain on blinds
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
All
four corps of both armies have been deployed and placed on table
French
corps have orders to Engage and advance
Austrian
dragoons charge, and rout, Polish lancers
They
also delay advance of 21 corps
Move 7 – 1400 to 1500
4 Austrian dragoons receive 10%
artillery casualties and rout
2 Austrian square receive 10%
artillery casualties, make morale
French advance to engage Austrians
Move 8 – 1500 to 1600
2 Austrian square receive 20%
artillery casualties, pass morale test
9 French corps ordered to attack farm
1 Austrian artillery moved south of
farm
Move 9 – 1600 to 1700
9 French lose first attack on farm
3 Austrian infantry lose 10%
casualties to artillery fire
21 French infantry in woods lose 10%
casualties to artillery fire
Move 10 – 1700 to 1800
9 French win second attack on farm and
occupy buildings
Austrian reserve infantry rout with
garrison
9 French cavalry charge and rout
Austrian dragoons
15 French dragoons charge and rout
Austrian hussars
Schwarzenberg orders the Austrian army
to break contact and retreat
Game Casualties
French lose 2,800 infantry and 100
cavalry
Austrians lose 3,600 infantry and 200
cavalry
Game Summary
The battle
opens with 8 French corps attack on the farm
1 Austrian
corps moves their artillery to the left to meet the French attack in the centre
This allows
9 French corps to storm and take the farm
The main
French attack in the centre is launched too late to break the Austrian centre
The French
attack on the right cannot get further than the woods
With the
loss of the farm, and the rout of 1 Austrian corps, Schwartzenberg accepts
defeat
Total casualties, including from
earlier battles, at the end of the
battle
Austrian 4,600 casualties and two
brigades in rout
French 3,400 casualties and one
brigade in rout
