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 STANDARD3 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
STANDARD1 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
STANDARDHALKETT'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. STANDARDHUSSON'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 STANDARDWALTHIEZ'S BRIGADE
2 x Lanciers STANDARD
FOY'S
DIVISION
1 x Foot Artillery 12pdrs. STANDARDTISSOT'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. STANDARDBAUDIN'S BRIGADE
2 x Legere Battalions LARGE
1 x Legere Battalions STANDARD
1 x Legere Battalions SMALL
SOYE'S
BRIGADE2 x Ligne Battalions STANDARD
2 x Ligne Battalions SMALL
KELLERMAN'S
CORPS
GUITON'S
BRIGADE2 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
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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. |
I will update as and when get chance on the battle as it progress's starting Sunday 10am for tea, biscuits and briefings...
Impressive line up mate! Hope it goes well
ReplyDeleteCheers 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...
DeleteI will update with pics as we fight through...