Friday, 22 September 2017

Genera d' Armee Game set up

Hi all, its been a while since I posted last been a busy few months with work and life in general, and wargaming when I can...

I have been getting together forces for the 100 days campaign for a while now and nearly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, either that or some one is coming the other way with a torch!
I bought Dave Brown's General D'Armee from Too Fat Lardies a while ago and have been itching to have a bash, so I have invited the boys around for a game loosely based on the Quatre Bras fight.

The orders of battle are:-

OOB ALLIED ARMY

DUKE of WELLINGTON
PRINCE of ORANGE
BIJLANDT'S DUTCH BELGIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE
1 x Dutch Line STANDARD
3 x Dutch Militia STANDARD
1 x Dutch Jagers STANDARD
2 x Dutch Belgian Horse Artillery 2 guns each
VAN MERLEN'S DUTCH BELGIAN LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE
1 x Dutch Belgian Light Dragoons STANDARD
1 x Dutch Belgian Hussars STANDARD

PICTON'S DIVISION
1 x British Foot Artillery 9pdr STANDARD
1 x Kings German Legion Artillery 9pdr STANDARD
KEMPT'S BRIGADE
2 x British Foot STANDARD
1 x Highland Foot STANDARD
1 x Rifles “ELITE” STANDARD
PACK'S BRIGADE
2 x British Foot STANDARD
1 x Highland Foot “ELITE” STANDARD
1 x Highland Foot STANDARD
VINKE'S BRIGADE
2 x Hanoverian Landwehr STANDARD
2 x Hanoverian Landwehr SMALL
BEST'S BRIGADE
2 x Hanoverian Landwehr STANDARD
2 x Hanoverian Landwehr SMALL

BRUNSWICK CONTINGENT DUKE of BRUNSWICK
1 x Avante Garde Lights SMALL
1 x Lieb Garde “ELITE” STANDARD
2 x Line Infantry STANDARD
1 x Hussars & Uhlans LARGE

VON ALTEN'S DIVISION
1 x British Royal Horse Artillery 9pdr STANDARD
HALKETT'S BRIGADE
3 x British Foot STANDARD
1 x British Foot SMALL
OMPTEDA'S BRIGADE
3 x Kings German Legion Foot STANDARD
1 x Kings German Legion Foot SMALL


OOB FRENCH ARMY

MARSHAL NEY
II ARMY CORPS REILLE

BACHELU'S DIVISION 
1 x Foot Artillery 12pdrs. STANDARD
HUSSON'S BRIGADE
2 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
2 x Ligne Battalions SMALL
CAMPI'S BRIGADE
3 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
2 x Ligne Battalions SMALL

PIRE'S DIVISION 
1 x Horse Artillery 6pdrs. STANDARD
HUBER'S BRIGADE
2 x Chassuers a' Cheval STANDARD
WALTHIEZ'S BRIGADE
2 x Lanciers STANDARD

FOY'S DIVISION 
1 x Foot Artillery 12pdrs. STANDARD
TISSOT'S BRIGADE
3 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
2 x Ligne Battalions SMALL
JAMIN'S BRIGADE
2 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
1 x Ligne Battalions SMALL
1 x Legere Battalions STANDARD
2 x Legere Battalions SMALL

JEROME BONAPARTE'S DIVISION 
1 x Foot Artillery 12pdrs. STANDARD
BAUDIN'S BRIGADE
2 x Legere Battalions LARGE
1 x Legere Battalions STANDARD
1 x Legere Battalions SMALL
SOYE'S BRIGADE
2 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
2 x Ligne Battalions SMALL

KELLERMAN'S CORPS
GUITON'S BRIGADE
2 x Cuirassiers STANDARD


With the LARGE Battalions at 8 stands, STANDARD at 6 stands and SMALL at 4 stands, Artillery Batteries will be 3 or 4 Guns strong, so as you can see there may well be a sea of figures on the table and chaos ensuing.
I wanted to see how these games worked and as there are 2 players each side we have to have some options and playability.

30 Dutch Belgian Infantry, 12 Cavalry, and 4 guns stands ...
144 British/Hanoverian infantry and 9 guns stands...
24 Brunswick Infantry and 6 Cavalry stands...
154 French Infantry, 24 Cavalry and 16 Gun stands...

However, as you can see this may be a battalion too far, but we shall see, I am lucky enough to be able to leave the board up in my wargames room so will probably play over a number of days/evenings...

Below is the arrivals and turn tracker...

TURN TRACK ARRIVALS


TURN
ALLIED


FRENCH


On table at Start
  • CiC Prince of Orange
  • Bijlandts Brigade
3ft on
-
-
Arrive Turn 1
  • Van Merlens Brigade
A
  • Bachelu's Division
  • Foy's Division
  • Pire's Division
D
D
D
Turn 2
    -

    -
-
Turn 3
  • Picton's Division
  • CiC Duke of Wellington
B
B
-
-
Turn 4
  • Brunswick Contingent
B
  • Jarome's Division
C
Turn 5
-
-
  • Guiton's Brigade
D
Turn 6
  • Von Alten's Division



Turn 7




Turn 8








Turn 9








Turn 10








Turn 11








Turn 12








Turn 13












View down the table with the Gemioncourt Farm on the left, Bossu wood in the top distance, Quatre Bras would be heading to right where Allied entry point flag is.
View from the French entry points, marked with flags, Bossu wood off to the left Gemioncourt Farm, with main road leading to Quatre Bras in the distance, the road to the right another entry point for the French being the Pierremont Road.

View from the Allied side, entry points on far right the Nivelles Road and the point in middle the Quatre Bras Road leading to Waterloo and Brussels, Bossu wood to the right and Gemioncourt Farm in the distance, the fields and ridge line in the fore ground.

I will update as and when get chance on the battle as it progress's starting Sunday 10am for tea, biscuits and briefings...

2 comments:

  1. Impressive line up mate! Hope it goes well

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    1. Cheers Steve, laying out the troops for the guys last night and this morning I may have gone a battalion too far however they will have reserves and troops to bring through to replace worn brigades... hopefully...
      I will update with pics as we fight through...

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