Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Hats off (and swords lost) to French Marechals Theron Lambert and Jeff Bardon who have defeated FM Blackburn and myself in a long campaign of Jena (234 turns or so). The French made their main thrust east of the river but our Prussians were able to stay in front of them for two days -- keeping our defense in the forests. On the morning of the second or third day (I lost count), our Prussian forces attacked several French Corps that were pusing along the main north-south pike. Our men were bloodily repulsed and by the end of the day, it was only the arrival of the Russians that allowed us to continue. But the Russians were not able to turn the tide and French reinforcements broke open the center. The outcome was already clear when the Russians ran out of artillery ammunition (note to Allies: add Russian artillery ammo to the scenario before starting). The Prussians surrendered and the Russians tucked tail and returned to the homeland.

Helga, a round of drinks on FM Blackburn and myself. Oh hell, just break out the barrel and keep it coming! Salute!

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FM Sir 'Muddy' Jones, KG
2nd Life Guards, 1st Squadron, Household Cavalry
1st Duke of Uxbridge & Anglesey K.G.

This Lieutenant salutes the combatants of both sides!
I am curious which scenario exactly you were playing (as I am a big fan of the Jena game). Was it the regular Russians are Coming, or was it the campaign scenario Here Come the Russians? And what do you mean by 'add the Russian ammo to the scenario before starting'?
Thank you for your consideration, and again, I salute you all!

Congratulations to Theron and Jeff!

Commiserations to the fine Field Marshals of the Anglo-Allied Army.

So long as the barrel remains tapped, I am here for the duration of the celebration and lamentations. Not to worry sirs, a temporary setback at the most.

And the ammo values were corrected for the next update. My usual offer stands. If you want me to start up the scenarios/campaign for you let me know.

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, CMR, PR, MIM, NDM, OMR (ver 4.07)

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FM Sir 'Muddy' Jones, KG
2nd Life Guards, 1st Squadron, Household Cavalry
1st Duke of Uxbridge & Anglesey K.G.

Tip of the bicorn to Jeff and Theron.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

A salute to Sir Muddy and FM Blackburn as well.

There were several moments that the batle seemed to hang in the balance. Theron deserves the lion's share of the credit. His handling of V and VII corps on day 3 to turn back the assault from Hohenlohe and then use the reserve cav and elements of III corps to go over on the offensive was critical.

Cheers!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale