1 March 1813 – Start Campaign

Location of French and Allied armies 1 March 1813

About the Campaign

This is a fictional wargame campaign.  It is not an attempt to replicate the historical campaign.   The aim is to provide interesting battles to wargame.

The campaign is designed to use all of our wargame figures and scenery in rotation.   To this end there are five allied and five French armies.

This campaign has been running since April 2009.  

During that time it has been reorganised six times.   There have been a number of reasons, including change from solo to PBEM campaign or simply reached the end of 1813.

There were two reasons for the latest reorganisation.   First to add a new level of command.   Previously it consisted of a series of mini campaigns, each bearing no relation to the previous or next one.    This new campaign will add an overall level of command which will create a narrative to tie all of the mini campaigns together

We have also, once again, neared the end of 1813.   The last campaign phase ended on 10 November 1813.    This one will start on 1 March 1813

Campaign Maps

The maps are designed as wargame maps, not historical maps

Europe is divided into 32 military regions.
Each region has nine military districts.
Each square on this map is one district

Each district has nine towns, and each town is a wargames table.

Background to the Campaign

In 1812 Napoleon took Moscow, but lost his army in the brutal retreat to Germany.

By February 1813 he has built a new army, and was ready to take on his traditional enemies Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia. 

He had five armies deployed, three in Germany and two in Spain.

First French Army – Osnabruck, Germany

Second French Army – Dusseldorf, Germany

Third French Army – Freiburg, Germany

Fourth French Army – Burgos, Spain

Fifth French Army – Madrid, Spain

Prussian Army – Berlin, Germany

Russian Army – Dresden, Germany

Austrian Army – Vienna, Austria
British Army – Santiago, Spain
Spanish Army - Seville, Spain