Besancon Campaign area
Bavarians
have orders to halt and resupply
10,
16 and 22 French have orders to attack
4
French has orders to move north towards Lure
Bavarian 52,500 infantry 3,900 cavalry 120 guns
French 56.500 infantry 4,000 cavalry 117 guns
Bavarian HQ halt
1 corps halt on hold and resupply
2 corps halt on hold and resupply
3 corps halt on hold and resupply
4 corps halt on hold and resupply
French HQ Move
to C05
4th Corps move
B07,B08,C08
10th Corps attack
C05
16th Corps attack
B05 B06
22nd Corps attack
C05
Note – 4 French corps have orders to march away
from the battle.
Table at start of wargame
Bavarian Brigades 11
infantry 4 cavalry 4 artillery
French Brigades 12
infantry 4 cavalry 4 artillery
Bavarian HQ start on table D06
1 corps arrive move 2 D05
2 corps start on table D04
3 corps start on table D06
4 corps start on table D05
French HQ start
on table B06
4th Corps start
on table B06, available move 2
10th Corps start
on table B04
16th Corps arrive
move 1 B05
22nd Corps start
on table B05
Note – 4 French corps is on the table and available
to French player. It will take one move
to redeploy to face east
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
French
CinC orders 4 corps to turn right and engage enemy
3
Bavarian deploy cavalry to recce
16
French arrive on table
22
French cavalry spot 4 Bavarian
Bavarian
CinC orders 1 corps (off table) to
deploy between 2 and 4 corps
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
French
advance
10
French cavalry spot 2 Bavarian
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
French advance
Artillery open fire but no casualties
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
French
advance
4
and 16 French spotted and place figures on table
1
Bavarian spotted and place figures on table
22
French artillery hit infantry square, 10% casualties pass morale
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
French
halt to allow artillery to fire on the enemy
10
French artillery hit square, 10% casualties, pass morale
2
Bavarian artillery hit gunners, 10% casualties, pass morale
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
3
Bavarian spotted and replace blind with figures
10
French artillery hit square again, 20% casualties, pass morale
Bavarian
gunners manhandle guns towards French
position
Move 7 – 1400 to 1500
22 French artillery hit square again,
20% casualties, pass morale
2 Bavarian artillery hit infantry in
woods, 10% casualties, fail morale and shaken
10 French artillery hit square again,
30% casualties, fail morale and shaken
Move 8 – 1500 to 1600
French
ordered to advance and engage
4
Bavarian artillery hit cavalry, 10% casualties, pass morale
4
Bavarian cavalry charge same cavalry, lose melee and retire shaken
Move 9 – 1600 to 1700
1 Bavarian artillery hit cuirassiers,
10% casualties and shaken
16 French artillery hit infantry
square, 10% casualties and shaken
22 French hussars charge and rout
shaken cavalry
Nearby square joins rout
Nearby cavalry and artillery both
shaken
With the loss of his centre, the
Bavarian CinC orders a general retreat
Game Casualties
French lose 800 infantry and 200
cavalry
Bavarians lose 2800 infantry and 100
cavalry
Game Summary
The French
attack was unexpected and caught the Bavarians unprepared
The French
deployed out of artillery range, and manhandled their guns into range
The
Bavarians responded in kind, but too late to regain the advantage
As the
French approached one of their cavalry
brigades suffered artillery casualties
The Bavarian
cavalry charged them, but lost the melee and fell back shaken
The French
cavalry in turn charged and routed them
A nearby
Bavarian infantry brigade joined the rout
A
cavalry brigade lost their morale and
were shaken
The Bavarian
gunners in front of Besancon were also suffered
With the
loss of his centre, the Bavarian CinC ordered a general retreat
Total casualties, including from
earlier battles, at the end of the
battle
French 4,000 casualties
Bavarian 8,200 casualties, 2 brigades in rout and 4 shaken
