Tactical map of battle area
The campaign opens with a surprise attack by First Russian Army on the border town of Halberstadt.
Fourth French army is commanded by Marshal Davout
First Russian army is commanded by General Wittgenstein
French – 12 infantry brigades, 3 cavalry brigade, 3 corps artillery
Russian – 12 infantry brigades, 3 cavalry brigade, 3 corps artillery
Both armies are at full strength and have no campaign casualties
Table at start of battle
Both armies are on the table at the start of the battle
The French are at the top of the table, in front of the walled town of Halberstadt
The Russians are at the bottom of the table and have orders to advance
Because this is the surprise attack the French will not move until the start of move 2
There are three game objectives, all in the centre of the table
The farm on the left, the woods in the centre and the hill on the right
The winner will be the side which occupies at least two of them at the end of 12 moves
End of move 2
French not allowed to move during move 1
10 Corps infantry reach the edge of the hill on the right
11 Corps infantry reach edge of woods in the centre
12 Corps infantry reach edge of farm on the left
Russian reach all three objectives before the French
1 Corps advance along hill on the right
2 Corps enter woods in the centre
3 Corps enter farm on the left
End of move 4
French winning battle on the left and right
CinC moves to join battle on the hill
10 Corps winning battle on hill, cavalry melee a draw
11 Corps lost cavalry melee in the centre
12 Corps winning battle for farm and cavalry melee
Russian winning battle in the centre
CinC leads grenadier attack between farm and woods
1 Corps two brigades rout on hill, cavalry melee a draw
2 Corps occupy all of woods in the centre
3 Corps lose battle for farm on the left, and cossacks rout
End of move 6
French retake farm on the left
CinC lose infantry melee on hill and retreat
10 Corps retreat in square
11 Corps lose melee in woods and retreat
12 Corps retake farm on the left
Russian take woods in the centre and hill on the right
CinC win infantry melee between farm and woods
1 Corps take hill and ground to the right
2 Corps take woods and area to the right
3 Corps lose melee and rout from farm
Summary
At the end of six hours the Russians have taken two of the three objectives
The French have held the farm on the left, the remainder of their army is in retreat
The Russians have won this battle
French have lost 8 infantry and 5 cavalry casualties (3700 men)
Russians have lost 9 infantry and 3 cavalry casualties (3900 men
There are 11 French brigades in rout (blue star) and 5 Russian brigades (green star)
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