Just an observation ... I have played the 534 turns campaign on this outstanding map of Bavaria several times now (sure, they never actually went all the way [;)]) and I have come to wonder why the battles never take place up in the North where they did historically. The fighting usually happens mainly between the Große Laber valley and the western map edge, well south of Abensberg.
I have now come to realize why, and it is this: The campaign battle starts with a gigantic "what if" situation, namely "what if Davout would have marched from Ratisbon on 17 April"? In reality, Davout didn't get his command together and on the road before 19 April. That's three days in which the Austrian army could press northwards towards the Danube and trap him, and that's why it was even possible for a battle to take place at Teugn-Hausen--because Davout hadn't come very far yet on his march up the south bank of the Danube.
Now in the campaign in-one-battle game, as Davout I know that the Austrians are coming, and nothing on earth can prevent me from getting my command on the road already on the 16th and march on the morning of 17 April at the latest, keeping well clear of anything wearing white and make it at least to Abensberg for a link-up with the Army of Germany. If Davout makes a dash for safety at the earliest possible moment, there is nothing the Austrians can do about it, and all fighting will take place in the southwestern quadrant of the map, far away from the historical fields of Teugn-Hausen and Eggmuhl.
Seeing how the entire historical Eckmuhl campaign hinges on Davout's marching too late to escape the trap created by the advancing Austrian columns, not preventing him from marching earlier pretty much ensures that the campaign takes a radically different course from reality right from the start. Maybe Davout's command should be fixed until 19 April? Or at least scattered badly over the countryside, disrupted, fatigued, etc., so to induce him to delay and get organized? A poor solution, I know ...
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Baron d'Empire, Duc des Pyramides
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3ème Division[/url], VIème Corps Bavarois, L'Armée du Rhin
Brigade de Tirailleurs de la Jeune Garde
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