Tactical
map of battle area
Background
to battle
All four French
corps have orders to attack
Three Austrian corps have orders to hold
9 Bavarian corps will pin 1 Austrian corps
They will not take part in the battle of Ulm
If the battle at Ulm is undecided this battle will be
fought to decide the outcome
Austrian– 40000 infantry, 3000 cavalry, 90 guns
French – 44000 infantry, 3000 cavalry, 90 guns
Table
at start of wargame
The location of the five corps on the table are indicated
by a blue or red strip of card
This is to hide their identity and order of battle from
the enemy
The Austrians are deployed in line
The Bavarians are advancing in column of march
French HQ and 12 Baden will arrive the start of move 1
Where they will arrive is shown by a poker chip at the left of the table
It may be necessary to fight two wargames to decide the
outcome
There is not sufficient space on the table to include 9
Bavarian and 1 Austrian corps
Depending on the outcome of the main battle it may be
necessary to fight a second wargame to decide the outcome between 9 Bavarian
and 1 Austrian.
0800-0900
12 Bavarian arrive top left
All three Bavarian corps advance
Austrians redeploy to meet attack
0900-1000
11 Bavarian ordered to support 10 Bavarian
The main attack will be between the woods and the
enclosed farm
12 Baden ordered to deploy between hill and village
Austrians unlimber artillery and wait for attack to
develop
1000-1100
Bavarians start to deploy
10 and 11 corps artillery concentrate against 3 Austrian
1100-1200
Austrian artillery open fire
10 Bavarian gunners receive 10% casualties as they
unlimber
Pass morale test, but will have reduced fire ability
1200-1300
Bavarian artillery open fire, no casualties
3 Austrian infantry in square receive 10% casualties
Pass morale and continue to support gunners
1300-1400
Bavarian artillery fire, no casualties
12 Baden (top left) ordered to Hold
1400-1500
Bavarian artillery fire
3 Austrian infantry in square receive 20% casualties,
pass morale
11 Bavarian ordered to Engage
1500-1600
Bavarian artillery fire
3 Austrian infantry in square receive 30% casualties,
pass morale
10 Bavarian ordered to Engage
10 and 11 Bavarian advance to attack between woods and
bottom farm
1600-1700
10 Bavarian cavalry charge gunners, receive 10%
casualties and retire shaken
10 Bavarian infantry advance, screening their artillery
11 Bavarian unable to advance because of shaken cavalry
1700-1800
10 Bavarian massed infantry column suffer 20% casualties
to artillery fire
Austrian infantry advance and fire on infantry columns
Leading Bavarian brigade rout with 30% casualties
Supporting brigade joins rout with 10% casualties
Conclusion
Oudinot orders 11 corps to cover the rout of 10 corps
The shambles prevents 11 corps from advancing
It is now too late to organise a second attack
The Austrians have lost 1200 infantry
The Bavarians have lost 1600 infantry, 100 cavalry and
100 gunners
Outcome
The battle is a clear Austrian victory
10 Bavarian corps is non operational
They have lost 1800 casualties, have two brigades in rout
and one shaken
Rout
of 10th Bavarian corps
Battle
Summary
The Bavarians started the battle with a small advantage
in numbers of infantry
But the Austrians held a very strong defensive position
They only had to hold the city of Ulm to win the battle
Oudinot could see that the strongest Austrian corps
opposed his left wing
He ordered them to hold the hill
He could also see that the Austrians had massed their
artillery to cover Ulm
An approach against the city must fail
So he ordered 10th and 11th corps
to attack the Austrian left wing.
He massed his artillery between the woods and the farm
But this left insufficient space to deploy the two corps
10th would lead the attack, supported by 11th
corps
The artillery concentrated on the grenadier brigade
supporting the artillery
The elite Austrian brigade held their ground despite 30%
casualties
Then 10 Bavarian cavalry were ordered to charge the
gunners
They suffered 10% casualties and retreated shaken
In doing so they blocked the advance of 11th
corps
Meanwhile the infantry advanced and screened their own
artillery
They suffered casualties from the enemy artillery
Two Austrian brigades now came forward and engaged the
massed column
The leading Bavarian brigade routed with 30% casualties
They routed into the supporting brigade, who also routed
with 10% casualties
The wide spread rout prevented 11th corps from
advancing
It was now 6pm and too late for Oudinot to organise a
second attack.
With the loss of one of his three corps he accepted
defeat and ordered a general retreat.
The Bavarians lost 1800 casualties and two brigades in
rout
The Austrians lost 1200 casualties
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