19th April 1814 – Battle of Vic

Vic Campaign area

4^th Spanish corps has orders to attack Vic

12^th French corps has orders to attack Vic

Spanish- 20000 infantry and 30 guns

French - 12000 infantry, 1000 cavalry and 30 guns

Table at start of wargame

Spanish Brigades    5 infantry      0 cavalry       1 artillery

French Brigades      3 infantry      1 cavalry       1 artillery

Move 1 – 0800 to 0900

Both corps advance towards Vic

Spanish infantry enter left town section

French cavalry advance to pin Spanish

Move 2 – 0900 to 1000

Spanish unlimber artillery and start to deploy

French send infantry to skirmish right town section

Move 3 – 1000 to 1100

Skirmish for right town section continues

Spanish complete deployment

French continue to advance towards Spanish

Move 4 – 1000 to 1100

Skirmish for right town section continues

Spanish infantry move onto hill to protect their right flank

Move 5 – 1200 to 1300

Spanish square receive 10% artillery casualties and rout

Nearby gunners fail their morale and join rout

Second French brigade join attack on right town section

Militia garrison suffer 10% casualties and rout

Spanish commander orders a general retreat

Game Casualties

Spanish lose 500 infantry casualties

French suffer no casualties

Game Summary

With one corps per side the odds were never very good for the Spanish

Their militia did well to start, holding their section of the town for two moves

However the luck of dice was not in favour of the Spanish

The first time the French gunners fired they hit the infantry square

They rolled a one on a D6 and routed

The nearby gunners also rolled one on a D6 and joined the rout

A second French brigade joined the attack on the village and the milita routed

Total casualties, including from earlier battles,  at the end of the battle

Spanish 2400 casualties and five brigades in rout

French 2800 casualties