Mondragon Campaign area
Three French corps have orders to
attack Mondragon
Wellington is not expecting an attack
and has ordered his men to rest and resupply
British 34,800 infantry 3000
cavalry 90 guns
French 39,600
infantry 3000 cavalry 90 guns
British HQ halt
1 corps halt and resupply
2 corps halt and resupply
4 corps halt and resupply
French HQ move to B08
5 corps move to B08 on attack
11 corps move to C08 on attack
23 corps move to E09, E08
Table at start of wargame
British
Brigades 9 infantry 3 cavalry 3 artillery
French
Brigades 10 infantry 3 cavalry 3
artillery
British HQ arrive move 2
1
corps arrive move 2
2
corps arrive move 2
4
corps start on table
French
HQ start on
table
5
corps start on table
11
corps arrive move 1
23 corps start on table
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
5
French about turn to face village
23
French turn south and are ordered to Engage village
11
French arrive on table
4
British react to French attack
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
11
French ordered to deploy beside 5 French
5
French change own orders to Halt
Wellington
and 1 corps arrive on table
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
Change 5 French orders to Hold
Change 23 French orders to Engage
Both armies continue to advance and
deploy
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
Change
11 French orders to Engage
Garrison
ordered to rejoin 5 French corps
Both
armies continue to advance and deploy
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
5
French infantry receive 10% artillery casualties, pass morale test
1
British advance on Engage orders
All
three French corps advance on Engage orders
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
1
British cavalry receive 10% casualties from artillery fire
Despite
this they charge French lancers and force them to retire shaken
5
French cavalry charge gunners, receive 10% casualties but force gunners to
abandon guns
5
and 11 French advance and mask their own guns
2
British take advantage to advance to edge of hill in line
5
French infantry receive 10% artillery casualties, pass morale test
Move 7 – 1400 to 1500
2 British dragoons charge French
chasseurs, French lose melee and retire shaken
4 British hussars charge French
cuirassiers, melee is a draw both disordered
1 British hussars receive 20%
casualties from artillery fire, retire shaken
2 British infantry receive 10%
casualties in skirmish combat, pass morale test
Move 8 – 1500 to 1600
4
British hussars win melee, French lancers retire shaken
1
British infantry lose firefight and rout with 30% casualties
2
British infantry also lose fire fight and rout with 30% casualties
With
three brigades in rout, Wellington orders a general retreat
Game Casualties
French lose 1,600 infantry and 100
cavalry
British lose 4,000 infantry and 200
cavalry
Game Summary
Blinds were
not used in this game, because both sides were too close
The French
attack, and gain the centre ground
The British
move to support 4 corps at the farm
The main
French attack is against the British held hill
The cavalry
melee were inconclusive
But the
French won the initial fire fights
With three
infantry brigades in rout Wellington ordered a general retreat
The British
broke and fled before the French could close with them
Total casualties, including from
earlier battles, at the end of the
battle
British 4,600 casualties and three
brigades in rout
French 1,700 casualties and one
brigade shaken
