9 March 1813 – South Spain – Toledo Campaign

 

Europe 1813 Campaign Areas

There are five campaign areas in Europe

Three in Germany

Two in Spain

This is the 36^th campaign phase of the solo version of the 1813 campaig

Regions of Spain

This campaign phase is set in the Seville Region of south Spain

In January Napoleon ordered that 50% of the troops in Spain be sent to Germany to as the basis of the three new armies forming his new Grande Armee of Germany.  In return they would receive an equal number of conscripts to maintain the numbers in Spain.

King Joseph was tasked to create a new strategic plan for Spain and Portugal.   Marshal Soult would be responsible for northern Spain, Marshal Suchet for southern Spain.    Both marshals were determined to keep their independence and ignored orders from Madrid.

Suchet had the easier task, and it was agreed he should march south, defeat the only remaining Spanish field army and capture Seville.  He would then send two of his five corps to support Soult who would invade Portugal and clear Wellington out of the Peninsula.

The campaign opened on ?? March when Suchet marched south from Madrid into the Seville Region.

Seville Region

This map shows the location of the two armies at midnight on ??? March 1813.

Toledo district is the location of this campaign

It is in the centre of the map

Each square on this map is one days march and one wargame table.

Toledo District

This is the map which will be used during the campaign

It shows towns,villages, roads, rivers and major terrain features

It also shows the location of each depot

This map is used to transfer battles to the wargames table

Each square is a 2x2 foot terrain board on the wargames table

Fifth French Army

Marshal Suchet

7^th French corps

15^th Vistula corps

16^th Italian corps

Reserve corps

Each corps has four infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade and corps artillery

The reserve corps has four conscript brigades for garrison duty

80,000 infantry, 3000 cavalry, 90 guns

Spanish Army

General Giron

1^st Spanish corps

2^nd Spanish corps

3^rd Spanish corps

4^th Spanish corps

1^st and 2^nd corps have four infantry and one cavalry brigades, plus corps artillery

3^rd and 4^th corps have four infantry brigades and corps artillery

There are also 9 militia brigades, one in each town

100,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry, 120 guns

Reference

01 - Introduction to the1813 campaign

02 - Five campaign areas

50 - Introduction to the campaign in southern Spain

51 – 5^th French Army order of battle

52 - Spanish Army order of battle

53 - Daily diary for the campaign in southern Spain

54 - Battle reports of all battles fought in southern Spain

55 - Summary of campaign in southern Spain