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Scenario#: 1     Date: 8/17/1808     Location: Rolica, Portugal

After landing unopposed at Mondego Bay, Sir Arthur Wellesley led a Portuguese/British army of some 15,000 men south towards Lisbon. Opposing him was General Henri Delaborde, with a force consisting only of some 5000 infantry, 500 cavalry and 5 field…

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Scenario#: 2     Date: 8/17/1808     Location: Rolica, Portugal

Delaborde expertly withdrew his force near Roliça to a second defensive position before the British flanking columns could encircle him. The new position was extremely strong and could only be reached frontally by four rugged gullies. Wellesley…

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Scenario#: 3     Date: 8/21/1808     Location: Vimiero, Portugal

Four days after Wellesley’s initial clash at Rolica, General Jean-Andoche Junot, with an army of 14,000, attacked the Anglo-Portuguese army of 17,000 troops. Junot wanted to defeat the invaders before reinforcements could arrive by sea. The battle of…

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 1/16/1809     Location: Corunna, Spain

Though Sir John Moore had orders to assist the Spanish army in 1808, he soon realized that the Spanish were beaten and ordered a retreat to evacuate his forces. He managed to keep ahead of the pursuing French, but was …

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Scenario#: 5     Date: 7/28/1809     Location: Talavera, Spain

Sir Arthur Wellesley crossed into Spain and on July 20th joined with General Cuesta’s beaten Spanish Army to oppose two French armies under Soult and Victor. Hearing of the allied advance, Soult proposed that Victor attack to hold the British …

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Scenario#: 6     Date: 7/24/1810     Location: River Coa Valley, Portugal

After eliminating the garrison at Ciudad Rodrigo, Marshal André Masséna ordered Marshal Ney’s 6th Corps to advance on the fortress of Almeida. Rather than retreat and cross the river as ordered by Wellington, Crauford courted disaster and chose to…

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Scenario#: 7     Date: 9/27/1810     Location: Bussaco, Portugal

Retreating towards Torres Vedras, the Duke of Wellington’s army of 25,000 British and the same number of Portuguese halted at Bussaco to make a stand along the crest of Bussaco Ridge and check the advance of Marshal Massena and the …

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Scenario#: 8     Date: 9/27/1810     Location: Bussaco, Portugal

Uncertain how his army of 50,000 troops, composed of equal portions British and Portuguese, would deal with another open clash with the larger French army, Wellington had deployed most of his forces on the reverse slope of Bussaco ridge and …

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Scenario#: 9     Date: 3/12/1811     Location: Soure, Portugal

The battle at Redinha on March 12th, 1811, was the second rearguard action fought during Massena’s retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras. Marshall Ney commanded the rear guard. Having failed to delay the British on the 11th, Ney retreated …

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Scenario#: 10     Date: 7/22/1812     Location: Salamanca, Spain

Following the capture of Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo, Wellington advanced into Spain where Marshal Marmont’s Army of Portugal awaited him. The two armies sparred for position, each looking to catch the other at a disadvantage. When Marmont threatened…

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Scenario#: 11     Date: 7/22/1812     Location: Salamanca, Spain

Marmont’s army had marched into a deadly British ambush. In the first hour of fighting, three of the eight French divisions were completely smashed and the French left wing ceased to exist. Despite a successful counterattack in the center by …

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Scenario#: 12     Date: 7/23/1812     Location: Garcihernández, Spain

Bock’s heavy (Kings German Legion) cavalry brigade and Anson’s British light cavalry brigade were in hot pursuit of the French army on the 23rd, the day after Wellington’s smashing victory at Salamanca. Marshal Marmont detailed Foy’s French division…

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Scenario#: 13     Date: 3/2/1814     Location: Aire-sur-l'Adour, France

Wellington’s victorious army was too tired to give immediate chase to the defeated French after the Battle of Orthez, but Wellington did dispatch General Hill with two divisions of infantry, a cavalry brigade and horse artillery to deny the French …

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Scenario#: 14     Date: 6/16/1815     Location: Quatre Bras, Belgium

Napoleon Bonaparte’s surprise march placed his army squarely between Blucher’s Prussians at Ligny and Wellington’s Anglo-Allied army assembling around Brussels. Napoleon concentrated most of his strength against Blucher, but ordered Ney and the II…

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Scenario#: 15     Date: 6/18/1815     Location: Waterloo, Belgium

Napoleon retained his strategic brilliance, placing his army squarely between the Prussian and Anglo-Allied armies on June 16th. His tactical genius was fading. He allowed an entire corps to countermarch aimlessly on the 16th, deny him the…

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Scenario#: 101     Date: 7/19/1808     Location: Bailén, Spain

Large areas of Spain had rebelled against the French invasion. Dupont’s French Corps advanced to occupy Cordoba and Sevilla. Most of Dupont’s troops were newly formed conscript units. Soon Dupont found himself facing General Francisco de Castaños’…

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Scenario#: 102     Date: 10/31/1808     Location: Durango, Spain

The first French invasion of Spain had ended in failure, but the Spanish, without a functioning high command, failed to coordinate an advance by the closest Spanish armies to take advantage of the temporary weakness of the French position behind …

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Scenario#: 103     Date: 11/10/1808     Location: Burgos, Spain

The Spanish commander at Burgos, Conde de Belveder, was an inexperienced and rash officer. He moved out of the strong defenses of Burgos to a weak defensive position in an open plain well in front of the village of Gamonal. …

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Scenario#: 104     Date: 11/11/1808     Location: Espinosa de los Monteros, Spain

After the escape from Zornoza, Blake’s army was still in trouble. Marshal Victor was pressing forward through the mountains and in position to cut off one of Blake’s divisions under the command of Pedro Caro, Conde de San Romana, but …

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Scenario#: 105     Date: 11/30/1808     Location: Segovia, Spain

After success in the north, Napoleon marched on the Spanish capital of Madrid, but had to first push through Somosierra Pass in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range. The pass was defended by Don Benito San Juan’s Spanish troops, who …

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Scenario#: 106     Date: 3/28/1809     Location: Medellín, Spain

General Cuesta’s army was retreating in the face of Victor’s advance after being forced out of its defensive positions on the Tagus River. On the 27th of March, Cuesta’s army was reinforced by the Duke of Albuquerque, and Cuesta decided …

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Scenario#: 107     Date: 5/23/1809     Location: Alcañiz, Spain

After the capture of Zaragoza, the majority of French forces in the area withdrew to France, for trouble with Austria was brewing. General Suchet, the newly arrived French commander, led a force of 20,000 men on paper. Sickness, lack of …

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Scenario#: 108     Date: 6/15/1809     Location: María de Huerva, Spain

After the defeat at Alcañiz, Suchet fell back to Zaragoza to reorganize his dispirited troops, while Blake lingered for several days at Alcañiz waiting for reinforcements. Once his reinforcements arrived, Blake cut west across the mountains with…

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Scenario#: 109     Date: 7/28/1809     Location: Talavera, Spain

Victor’s reinforced French army faces off against a larger British/ Spanish army in superb defensive positions. The French solution—attack! Ruffin’s French division is wrecked in two unsupported assaults on the British positions atop the Cerro de…

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Scenario#: 110     Date: 10/18/1809     Location: Tamames, Spain

General Del Parque advanced toward Salamanca with the Spanish ‘Army of the Left’ as part of the Spanish Junta’s 1809 fall campaign to retake Madrid. Barring his way was the weak French 6th Corps. Marshal Ney, the commander, was away …

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Scenario#: 111     Date: 11/18/1809     Location: Ocaña, Spain

As the French and Spanish armies converged on Ocaña on the morning of the 18th, the French cavalry vanguard under Milhaud encountered three of General Freire’s Spanish cavalry divisions. The French deployed with Paris’ light cavalry in front of…

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Scenario#: 112     Date: 11/19/1809     Location: Ocaña, Spain

The Spanish campaign of fall 1809 was unfolding successfully. The subsidiary Army of the Left had beaten the French at Tamames. Now the 55,000 man Army of La Mancha commanded by Juan de Aréizaga was a mere 35 miles from …

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Scenario#: 113     Date: 11/26/1809     Location: Alba de Tormes, Spain

After the victory at Tamames, Del Parque’s Army of the Left advanced from its mountain sanctuary, sparring with French forces. By mid November, Del Parque’s 32,000 Spaniards were on the verge of attacking Kellerman’s 16,000 man force when news of …

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Scenario#: 114     Date: 3/5/1811     Location: Cadiz, Spain

In early 1811, the French were engaged in a no-win siege against the Allies in the port of Cádiz. The French under Marshal Victor were not strong enough to reduce the port without a French sea blockade. After Soult drew …

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Scenario#: 115     Date: 5/16/1811     Location: Albuera, Spain

The Fortress of Badajoz dominated the southern invasion route from Portugal into Spain. The British had invested the fortress, but had few engineers and no siege train to speak of. The French were not idle. Marshal Soult set out toward …

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Scenario#: 116     Date: 6/21/1813     Location: Vitoria, Spain

1813 was the year the balance of power swung in the Allies’ favor in Spain. Wellington’s army received substantial reinforcements from England. Napoleon drew large numbers of veteran troops from Spain to rebuild after the disastrous 1812 campaign.…

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Scenario#: 117     Date: 8/31/1813     Location: Irun, Spain

After the rout at Vitoria, Napoleon replaced his inept brother Joseph with capable Marshal Soult. The French retreat east allowed Wellington to lay siege to the important coastal fortress of San Sebastián. Soult made plans to relieve the French…

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Scenario#: 118     Date: 9/13/1813     Location: Ordal, Spain

In late June Suchet was informed of the French loss at Vitoria and started his Army of Aragon’s retreat North. Lord Bentick, a rather inept British commander, followed timidly, for Suchet’s army was unbeaten after several battles. Bentick ordered…

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Scenario#: 201     Date: 12/23/1806     Location: Czarnowo, Poland

Davout’s three infantry division on December 23rd, under Napoleon’s detailed orders, were in position to attack the Russian army under the command of Ostermann on the east bank of the Wkra. The battle opened with Morand’s troops making a frontal …

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Scenario#: 202     Date: 12/26/1806     Location: Golymin, Poland

Acting on orders from Napoleon, Marshal Augereau’s VII Corps and Davout’s III Corps moved north from the Ukra River in Poland searching for Marshall Kamenskoi‘s retreating Russian army. The French caught up to Prince Golitsyn and Barron Sacken’s 3rd…

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Scenario#: 203     Date: 12/26/1806     Location: Pultusk, Poland

Marshal Bennigsen disobeyed his orders and halted his retreat to give battle. He drew his divisions up in three lines between Pultusk and the Mostachin Woods. Lannes and his V Corps had orders from Napoleon to pursue and engage the …

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Scenario#: 204     Date: 1/25/1807     Location: Mohrungen, Poland

In early January Bennigsen ordered the Russian Army to go on the offensive. On the 19th Ney, who had extended his line in search of provisions, was attacked and brushed aside. General Markov then advanced toward Mohrungen where Bernadotte was …

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Scenario#: 205     Date: 2/7/1807     Location: Bagrationovsk, Russia

Marshal Soult’s IV Corps, along with elements of Marshal Murat’s cavalry, reached the plateau before Eylau in the early afternoon on February 7th and immediately attacked. Prince Bagration’s rearguard put up a stiff Resistance and repulsed the…

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Scenario#: 206     Date: 2/8/1807     Location: Bagrationovsk, Russia

Napoleon, although outnumbered, was determined to hold his position knowing that Ney was coming up on the left and Davout on the right. His plan was a double envelopment of the Russian Army. Bennigsen’s four Corps and cavalry were deployed …

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Scenario#: 207     Date: 2/8/1807     Location: Bagrationovsk, Russia

After thousands of French soldiers were cut down as they advanced against the Russian artillery in the center, victory seemed to be at hand for Bennigsen and the Russian army. Napoleon, however, called for Murat and his cavalry reserve to …

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Scenario#: 208     Date: 6/10/1807     Location: Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland

After repulsing two days of Russian attacks, Napoleon again resumed his advance up the left bank of the River Alle. While the Russian army, not defeated, retired to a strong position near the Polish town of Heilsberg. On June 10th, …

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Scenario#: 209     Date: 6/14/1807     Location: Pravdinsk, Russia

When Napoleon arrived at Friedland, Bennigsen’s Russian army was holding a four-mile line in what Napoleon determined was a very poor defensive position, with its back to the river Alle. In addition, the Mill stream bisected the Russian line which …

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Scenario#: 210     Date: 9/5/1812     Location: Shevardino Redoubt, Russia

The Russian force at Shevardino was under the command of General Prince Andrey Gorchakov and consisted of 8000 infantry, 4000 cavalry and 194 guns. He had deployed his Jagers in the woods and villages while the Russian Grenadiers and Cuirassiers …

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Scenario#: 211     Date: 9/7/1812     Location: Borodino, Russia

On the morning of the 7th, Prince Eugene’s corps advanced against the village of Borodino. After a hard fight, the village was captured from the Russian Guard Jager defenders. However, the disorganized French attackers failed to advance any further…

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Scenario#: 212     Date: 9/7/1812     Location: Utitsy, Russia

The village of Utitza was at the southern end of the Russian left flank positions at Borodino. The Utitza woods, however, were very dense—well suited for Tutchkov’s Russian Jaegers that were deployed there in some numbers. All total, Tutchkov had …

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Scenario#: 213     Date: 9/7/1812     Location: Borodino, Russia

Despite Marshal Davout’s suggestion of a maneuver to outflank the weak Russian left, Napoleon instead ordered Davout to move forward toward the Russian fleches (small redoubts), while the flanking maneuver was left to Prince Poniatowski. Three…

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Scenario#: 214     Date: 10/18/1812     Location: Polotsk, Belarus

As Napoleon advanced eastward into Russia, he set up three supply depots at Polotsk, Minsk and Smolensk to keep his army in supply. Vitebsk was the northernmost depot, and most vulnerable to Russian attacks under a steadily growing force under …

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Scenario#: 215     Date: 10/24/1812     Location: Maloyaroslavets, Russia

Napoleon marched southwest out of Moscow on October 19th toward the fertile region around Kaluga where supplies could be obtained. Eugene commanded Napoleon’s advance guard and all was going as planned until reaching Maloyaroslavets. Kutusov had also…

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Scenario#: 216     Date: 11/17/1812     Location: Krasny, Russia

The march from Moscow to Smolensk was a nightmare. Napoleon’s army lost half of its remaining strength to a combination of starvation, exposure to harsh weather, Cossack and partisan raids and desertion. Smolensk did indeed contain supplies, but…

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Scenario#: 217     Date: 11/27/1812     Location: Borisov, Belarus

Mother Nature continued to side with the Russians. As the French army retreated west, it was faced with the daunting task of crossing the unfrozen and unbridged River Berezina. On the west bank blocking the crossing was a force of …

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