Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

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Général Gregor Morgan
Duc de Montebello et Comte de Gironde
Chef d'État-Major de la Grande Armée
Commandant du 1er Corps d'Armée

Monsieur le Chef d'Escadron Dirk Schulze.

​It appears the Emperor is recalling his sharpest blades to the front. I extend a formal Willkommen back to the profession of arms.

​I note with interest your return to the 7th Hussars. We Austrians have a healthy respect for the French Leichte Kavallerie. You Hussars are famous for your magnificent uniforms and your reckless Todesverachtung (defiance of death), riding as if the Devil himself were snapping at your heels.

​However, a word of friendly warning from across the lines: While you gallop ahead to scout and harass, remember that the Austrian Ulanen are always watching the flanks.

​Gute Jagd!

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Kaiserlich-königliche Armee.

Fähnrich David Luna Peña.
Landwehr-Regiment Wiener Freikorps (Vienna Woods) Nr. 1.
1. Infanterie-Brigade.
1. Avant Garde Division.
Österreichisches Imperialis Armeekorps.

Österreichisches Rekrutenband

Welcome back, friend! Vive l'Empereur!

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Sous-Lieutenant Greg Schipp

12ème Compagnie du 5ème Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied,
Artillerie Divisionnaire
1ère Division d'Infanterie,
IV Corps d'Armée

Chef d'Escadron Dirk Schulze,

In your honor, I have called a ceasefire for tomorrow, and all officers are encouraged to celebrate the event by drinking as much of our favorite wine (Merlot de Fontainebleau) as possible. Besides, when the news reached the battlefield of your reinstatement, the enemy Armée retreated so fast that there wasn’t a single soul left to inform of the ceasefire.

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Mes meilleures salutations

Maréchal Paul Chavis,
Duc de Dresde et comte de Mantois
Le Commandeur, 5ème Corps
Le Grand Armée

Chef d'Escadron Dirk Schulze,

In your honor, I have called a ceasefire for tomorrow, and all officers are encouraged to celebrate the event by drinking as much of our favorite wine (Merlot de Fontainebleau) as possible. Besides, when the news reached the battlefield of your reinstatement, the enemy Armée retreated so fast that there wasn’t a single soul left to inform of the ceasefire.

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Mes meilleures salutations

Maréchal Paul Chavis,
Duc de Dresde et comte de Mantois
Le Commandeur, 5ème Corps
Le Grand Armée

Welcome! I just joined the colors! Looking forward to some maneuver battles to sharpen my skills.

Welcome back, Dirk!

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Lieutenant Steve Simenic
1ère Compagnie du 8ème Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied,
Artillerie Divisionnaire,
1ère Division,
I Corps d'Armée.



Games owned: All except Jena-Auerstedt

Comrades, brothers in the saddle,

I thank you.

I have ridden long roads and buried good men. I have seen snow, dust, and fire, have seen horses fall and men stand firm — and yet I know: as long as I remain firmly in the saddle and wield the blade with sure hand, my place belongs at your side.

The years have taken some speed from my horse, but none from my will. My hand still knows the sabre. My eye still finds the enemy. When the trumpets sound, I will ride where you ride. When steel is drawn, mine will be first or it will be last.

Let the enemy learn what it means when old Hussars return to the saddle. May the wind brush our furs, may the saber sing brightly, and may no enemy ever say that the Hussars hesitated !

For France, for honor

Dirk

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Chef d'Escadron Dirk Schulze

7e Régiment de Hussards
Brigade Cavalerie Légère
3ème Corps d'Armée
La Grande Armée

It is good to see a French officer of the famous Brigade Infernale return to the ranks.
Experience gained — and lost — always sharpens the blade.

As a fellow officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry, I can only say this: your return has been noted… and not without interest.

May your squadrons be well mounted, your orders clear, and your Emperor’s eagles ever ready — for sooner or later, we shall surely meet upon the battlefield.

Until then, welcome back to active service.

The guns are not yet silent, and the sabres still gleam in the sunlight…

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Shtabs-Kapitan Sandro Lasco
Military Order Cuirassier Regiment
2nd Cavalry Brigade
2nd Cuirassier Division
Cavalry of the 2nd Western Army
2nd Western Army Reserves

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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