Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Austerlitz - #21A. Napoleon on the Pratzen. Optional rules and house rules, if any, to be determined.

#21A has the French located on the high ground, with the superior army, and the Coalition must attack uphill to gain 4,000 VPs without any ojectives to be captured. I would personally never agree to such a battle.

I would be willing to face you in #22H should your constitution allow it.

Greetings Major General Jones,

Thanks for your generous offer but I must decline as it turns out, I will be very busy in the fields of Jena after all.

For what it's worth, I do not totally agree with your assessment of this battle. I do not think the Russian army is as bad as you make them seem to be. While they do need to fight uphill in most places, they outnumber the French by more than 6,000 troops and if memory serves, they need 2,000 points for a minor victory and far less for a draw.

You need to look again. The Coalition needs 2,001 points to achieve a Draw, 3,000 points for a Minor Victory, and 4,000 points for a Major Victory. This means that the Coalition player must destroy 16,675 French Infantry without losing a single man to get a Draw while fighting uphill against the better army of the two. Fully half of the 6,000 man Coalition advantage you cited are E Morale Cossacks, the Russian Infantry is almost entirely Restricted and only fire at 60% of the effectiveness of their French adversaries, and the Russian Command structure is notably poorer.

I am not sure who taught you how to access a scenario, but when you do find the time, I will certainly be glad to play the French against you in #21A so that you may teach me the fallacy of my ways.

Lt Mathews I am afraid General Jones's assessment is accurate this scenario is an error I believe in starting vp position. Given the relative forces the startup vp for the allieds would need to be around
2-2500vp

Salute!

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

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