Bill Peters requested that I post this reply for him:
From a quick read of John Gill's first volume on the Abensberg/Eckmuhl campaign the weather data in the game is very accurate but my original source was Petre's volume on the campaign. In there he backs up my weather data and there is no doubt that mud prevailed from the afternoon of the 17th until the frost of the morning of the 22nd dispersed its effects.
The claim that any of us that work for John Tiller deliberately favor one side in our titles is preposterous. We try our best to follow historical data. Any assertion to the contrary is not based on consistent facts.
Check out Petre's work, "Napoleon and the Archduke Charles." In that volume he specifically mentions Wrede's advance on AdK Louis happened during the evening of the 20th after a thunder storm had transformed the landscape into a quagmire. Add to this that the rain from the days before the 16th probably left the roads muddy and I probably should have added in some mud on the 16th too!
Vladimir, you may certainly respond, but I do request that Bill and you keep this debate civil. It can certainly be a scholarly discussion about the historical weather.
