Tactical map of battle area
Despite winning the battle of Lehtre, Napoleon is forced to retreat
He fought Lehtre to allow 2nd and 3rd French armies to retreat to Soltau and Laatzen
1st Army is now outflanked at Lehtre and retreats to Hannover
This allows 1st Prussian army to attack Soltau
1st Prussian army, commanded by General Kleist, is ordered to attack Soltau
They have12 infantry brigades, 3 cavalry brigade, 3 corps artillery
3rd French army, commanded by Marshal Murart, defend Soltau
They have 12 infantry brigades, 3 cavalry brigade, 3 corps artillery
Table at start of battleBoth armies are deployed on the table at the start of the battle
3rd French army are at the top, on or around the three objectives
1st Prussian army are at the bottom advancing in column of march
Marshal Murat had taken command of half of 8th corps on the right hand hill
General Kleist has taken command of half of 1st corps on the far right
There are three game objectives
Woods on the left
Hill in the centre
Farm on the right
The army who holds two at the end of 12 moves is the winner
End of move 2
French charge guns and are routed
Murat cavalry charge guns, lose 10% casualties, routs
7 corps cavalry withdraw to rear of farm
8 corps concentrate at front of hill
9 corps cavalry and artillery move to front of woods
Prussian advance towards three objectives
Kleist advance artillery to engage enemy cavalry
1 corps advance along top of hill on the right
2 corps gunners fire on charge cavalry and hit 10%
3 corps deploy out of artillery range
End of move 4
French lose right half of hill in the centre
Murat infantry on hill receive 10% casualties and rout
7 corps wait for Prussian attack
8 corps retreat to rear of hill
9 corps cavalry rout with 10% casualties then rally
Prussian advance on objectives
Kleist move artillery to support 1 corps attack
1 corps clear hill and advance towards farm
2 corps advance onto hill
3 corps advance towards woods
End of move 6
French retreat behind objectives
Murat rallies routed infantry behind centre right hill
7 corps garrison receive 10% casualties and withdraw from farm
8 corps retreat to rear of centre left hill
9 corps retreat to rear of woods
Prussian attack woods and hill
Kleist hold right flank
1 corps skirmish farm
2 corps occupy hill in the centre
3 corps capture nearest woods section
End of move 8
French fight to hold all three objectives
Murat winning infantry melee on right half of hill
7 corps garrison withdraw from farm
8 corps infantry rout from left half of hill, nearby gunners join them
9 corps win melee for part of woods
Prussian attack all three objectives
Kleist hold far right flank
1 corps attack farm
2 corps attack hill
3 corps attack woods
End of move 10
French lose hill and farm
Murat rallies infantry bet ween town and farm
7 corps rally behind farm
8 corps rally in town
9 corps hold one section of woods
Prussian capture farm and hill
Kleist support attack on farm
1 corps capture farm
2 corps capture hill
3 corps fight continues for woods
End of move 12
French hold farm on the right
Murat attempting to rally infantry behind town
7 corps recapture farm on the right
8 corps rally between town and hill
9 corps one brigade on hill covers rout of corps
Prussian hold woods and hill
Kleist regroup south of farm
1 corps regroup south of farm
2 corps occupy hill in the centre
3 corps occupy woods on the left
SummaryAt nightfall the Prussians hold two of the three objectives
The French hold one of the three objectives
The Prussians win the battle
The French have lost 10 infantry, 2 cavalry and 2 artillery casualties (4400 men)
The Prussians have lost 10 infantry casualties (4000 men)
The French have 10 brigades in rout
The Prussians have 3 brigades in rout
