Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

A glance on the calendar makes me hurriedly compose a new trivia thread.

Again it's about battles and again about similar ones. So.

Twice upon a time a very specific battles happened. Almost pure mirror fight. The ones that demonstrated very well the strength and weakness of the different arms. The demonstration was so evident that both the events are usually mentioned in histories of cavalry and arty. Didn't read much histories of infantry, but surely they are to be present there as well. They are usually mentioned in a didactic role.

But also they could be used to compare effectiveness of the arms in the armies in question. Not in favour of the French one.

But along with these roles they contained some interesting events. In both of them Sovereign Majesties charged home. Quite different men, with quite different attitudes and reasons of conducting a charge.

So, the questions are:
1. What are the battles in question?
2. What are they usually demonstrating?
3. Who were the Majesties in question?
4. Why they commited charges?

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How about Senarmont's artillery charge at the battle of Friedland?

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Marechal Knox

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

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Colin,

No. We need someone with a title of at least a King. And Senarmont was created baron only in recognision of the feat.

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I have no clue but it sounds interesting like your other threads of this kind did.
I hope we get the answer this way or the other.

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Is one Prussian??

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Prussians do not know how to charge, only retreat

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Oh quite on the contrary!

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Indeed you should see them when they charge a tavern.

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Hahaha....right....

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

That's true they know how to charge but not where...

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

Haha....to quote Chesty Puller at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir:

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

In 1812 at Borodino the French cuirassiers attacked friendly Saxon heavy cavalry. The Saxons were pursued by the Russians and fleeing toward French lines. But the French took Saxons' white outfits for Russians' cuirassiers (white uniforms) and charged them.

In 1805 at Austerlitz several French cavalrymen led a large group of Austrian prisoners when Russian dragoons charged. The Russians however instead of attacking the French they cut and slashed the Austrians ! Seeing this French Marshal Murat thought that the Russians must be "some friendly cavalry" (Bavarians ?) and ordered French artillery not to fire on them. After the slaughter of the Austrians the furious dragoons rushed against Murat and his staff !

One reason why I prefer little use of cavalry ;o)
Is there some hints to the questions ,I have been through few books
Also are we talking Napoleonic period or could it be wider ...

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Général de Division Einar Jon Masson

I am stumped

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Ah Einar,

That's a good one.

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

I don't have an answer either, but a couple questions -

Does the scope of the question include the 1790s??

And, did the king in question have to be a king at the time of the charge (thinking of Murat)?

Or, just tell me the answer and I'll let you know if you're right...

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Général de Brigade Sean Turner
10ème Régiment de Dragons
2ème Brigade
2ème Division de Dragons
Réserve de Cavalerie