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Utus River Scenario#: 1     Date: 447     Location: Vit River, Bulgaria After the Eastern Roman Empire stopped its tribute to the Huns around the year 444 AD, Attila’s army again invaded the Balkan regions of the Eastern Empire. Unfortunately, many veteran Byzantine formations had been withdrawn to counter the Vandal… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Catalaunian Fields (Roman Left) Scenario#: 2     Date: 0451-06-20     Location: Champagne-Ardenne, France Attila had a pretext for invading Gaul. Honoria, the older sister of the Western Roman Emperor, appealed directly to Attila to escape an arranged marriage. Attila eagerly accepted the ‘proposal’ and demanded a dowry of half the Western Empire. The … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Catalaunian Fields (Roman Right) Scenario#: 3     Date: 451-06-20     Location: Champagne-Ardenne, France Attila’s army advanced into Gaul, leaving behind a trail of destroyed, plundered cities. His army was delayed at Orleans when the Alan inhabitants resisted effectively. The Alans were one of several Germanic tribes pushed west earlier by the Huns.… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Thannuris Scenario#: 4     Date: 528     Location: Thannuris, Syria During the Iberian War against the Sassanid Empire in the year 528 AD, Emperor Justinian dispatched Belisarius and a small force of infantry from Dara to guard a workforce constructing a fort at Thannuris. The Sassanids heard of the movement … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Melebasa Scenario#: 5     Date: 528     Location: Thannuris, Syria After the battle at Thannuris, Belisarius brought his defeated army back to Dara. Awaiting him were orders from Justinian, the Byzantine emperor, to immediately set out on a mission to construct a fort at Melabasa. Kavadh, king of the Sassanid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Dara Scenario#: 6     Date: 530     Location: Dara, Mesopotamia When negotiation for peace between Justinian and Kavadh failed in 529 AD, the Sassanid king sent an army towards Dara, while Justinian ordered Belisarius back to the region. Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Belisarius deployed outside the city walls… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Satala Scenario#: 7     Date: 530     Location: Satala, Turkey After the Sassanid loss at Dara, under the guidance of Mihr-Mihroe another Sassanid army was assembled and marched to the city of Satala in Byzantine Armenia. Mihr-Mihroe, planned to lay siege to Satala and set up camp a short distance … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Callinicum (Phase 1) Scenario#: 8     Date: 0531-04-19     Location: Callinicum, Syria In the spring of 531 AD, the Persian army, now commanded by the able general Azarethes, again invaded the Byzantine territory of Syria. Belisarius was caught off guard by the new direction of the invasion, yet he quickly marched a … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Callinicum (Phase 2) Scenario#: 9     Date: 531-04-19     Location: Callinicum, Syria Azarethes had proven himself to be the better tactician in this battle. He had moved most of his heavy cavalry unnoticed to his left and they charged with stunning effect. The Byzantine right wing, composed of 5,000 lightly armed Ghassinid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Phase 1) Scenario#: 10     Date: 533     Location: Carthage, Tunisia In 530 AD, Gelimer dethroned the Vandal king Hilderic, a vassal of Justinian the Byzantine emperor. Hilderic appealed for help, also citing Gelimer’s persecution of eastern Christians. After making a favorable peace with the Sassanids in 532 AD,… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Phase 2) Scenario#: 11     Date: 533     Location: Carthage, Tunisia John ended his pursuit of Ammatus’ survivors at the gates of Carthage. Meanwhile Solomon, one of Belisarius’ subordinates, arrived with the Byzantine army vanguard at the site of John’s fight at Ad Decimum. Not knowing where the enemy was, Solomon … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Final Phase) Scenario#: 12     Date: 533     Location: Carthage, Tunisia When the fleeing Byzantines reached Belisarius, they rallied quickly and reformed their ranks. Belisarius then set out for Ad Decimum at full speed. Gelimer, on the other hand, found his brother’s body among the dead and mourned his brother’s death,… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Tricamarum Scenario#: 13     Date: 533-12-13     Location: Tricamarum, Tunisia The defeat at Ad Decimum did not deter Gelimer, and shortly after his brother Tzazon returned from putting down a rebellion in Sardinia, the two marched on Belisarius, who now occupied Carthage. Gathering intelligence from his spies, Gelimer… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Petra Mountain Passes) Scenario#: 14     Date: 548     Location: Petra, Georgia The Lazic War was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Persia for control of Lazica, a province on the eastern shore of the Black Sea. As part of the Eternal Peace of 532 AD, Sassanid Persia granted control of … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Phasis River) Scenario#: 15     Date: 549     Location: Phasis River, Georgia After raising the siege of Petra. Mihr-Mihroe left a small Sassanid force in the city while he withdrew due to lack of supplies. He also left Phabrizus with a force of 5,000 to defend the mountain passes and to plunder … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (River Hippis) Scenario#: 16     Date: 550     Location: Hippas River, Georgia After Dagisthaeus destroyed Phabrizus’ Sassanid forces at the Phasis River, (see Phasis River scenario), it was not long before another Sassanid army, under the command of Chorianes, was sent back into Lazica. The Sassanid army’s advance was slowed… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Onoguris) Scenario#: 17     Date: 555     Location: Onoguris, Georgia In 555 AD, after the death of Mihr-Mihroe, Nachoragan was appointed commander of the Sassanid army and marched to attack the Byzantines that were laying siege to the Sassanid garrison in the city of Onoguris. The Byzantine generals Rusticus and … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Solachon (Main Battle) Scenario#: 18     Date: 586     Location: Dara, Mesopotamia After another failure to negotiate peace, Kardarigan led the Sassanid army into Mesopotamia. Philippicus, newly assigned commander of the Persian front, marched his Byzantine army to intercept. Both armies were almost entirely mounted, and both… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Solachon (Kardarigan’s Stand) Scenario#: 19     Date: 586     Location: Dara, Mesopotamia As his army dissolved into a mass of fugitives, Kardarigan and the only remaining soldiers still in formation found refuge on a nearby hilltop. The Byzantines located them and began launching desultory attacks against them, content to let heat and … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Rolica (French 1st Position) 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Rolica (French 2nd Position) 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Vimiero 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Corunna 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Talavera (French attack on British) 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
River Coa 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Bussaco (Reynier’s Assault) 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Bussaco (Ney’s Assault) 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Combat at Redinha 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Salamanca (Attack on the French Left) 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Salamanca (British Attack on the French Right) 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Garcia Hernandez 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Combat at Aire 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 … Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Quatre Bras 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Waterloo (11AM-3PM) 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… Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — C&C Napoleonics
Agrigentum (262 BC) Scenario#: C3i01     Date: 262-BC     Location: Agrigento, Sicily The First Punic War began when Rome decided to invade Sicily in 264. Chartage, unprepared, scrambled to raise an army under Hannibal Gisgo. By 262 Hannibal arrived with an advance force at Agrigentum, but the Roman consuls Lucius Postumius Megellus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18
Adys (256 BC) Scenario#: C3i02     Date: 256-BC     Location: Uthiona, Tunisia Following the Battle of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian leaders decided to avoid pitched battles and instead fall back on fortified posts, while harassing the Romans with their fleet and guerrilla raids. The focus of the war shifted to Rome’s successful… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18
Panormus (250 BC) Scenario#: C3i03     Date: 250-BC     Location: Palermo, Sicily Following the disaster at Bagradas only a few hundred of Regulus’ men ever made it back to Rome. But they were enough to spread the horrible stories of being trampled by elephants, and cut down by cavalry. Despite his defeat … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18
Varsity Blues Scenario#: 103     Date: 24-Mar-45     Location: Diersfordt, Germany As Field Marshal Montgomery prepares his 21st Army for the crossing of the Rhine, Operation Varsity, the largest airborne assault of the war, is launched by the US 17th Airborne and the British 6th Airborne Divisions. The parachute assault’s aim … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #19
Orongis (212 BC) Scenario#: C3i04     Date: 212-BC     Location: Orongis, Spain Mago Barca began the Second Punic War as a subordinate commander under his brother Hannibal. In 215 he was given command of his own army, and sent to Spain to reinforce his other brother, Hasdrubal. Mago fought a series of … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19
Celtiberia (207 BC) Scenario#: C3i05     Date: 207-BC     Location: Celtiberia, Spain Following the Battle of Baecula, Hasdrubal and Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco gathered for a council of war in 208 BC. They decided that Hasdrubal Barca would cross the Alps into Italy. Mago broke up his army to provide troops … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19
Po River (203 BC) Scenario#: C3i06     Date: 203-BC     Location: Po Valley, Italy Following Scipio’s victory at Ilipa in 206 Mago once again sailed to the Balearic Isles to recruit mercenaries. Then, rather than fall back to Africa, as everyone expected, Mago launched the third Barcid invasion of Italy. With new levies from … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19
Go For Broke Scenario#: 104     Date: 28-Oct-44     Location: Vosges Mountains, Alsace, France The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) was made up of “Nisei”: second generation Japanese Americans. While the families of many of its soldiers were forced to live in internment camps, the 442nd RCT became the most highly decorated US. Army … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #20
La Fiere Counterattack Scenario#: 105     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Le Fiere Causeway, France While the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne’s 505th PIR clung to their positions at the La Fiere Causeway, elements of the German 1057th Grenadier Regiment counterattacked through Cauquigny to the west, sweeping away the defenders they met there.… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #20
Iliturgi (215 BC) Scenario#: C3i07     Date: 215-BC     Location: Iliturgi, Spain Following the decisive victory of the Scipio brothers at Dertosa (215), Carthage sent out 13,500 reinforcements for Hasdrubal Barca under his brother Mago. Hasdrubal reorganized his command of 18,000 men into three small armies, one under his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
Cissa (218 BC) Scenario#: C3i08     Date: 218-BC     Location: Tarragona, Spain As the Second Punic War began (218 BC), Hannibal first conquered northern Spain. Before heading to Italy, he left his brother Hasdrubal with about 15,000 men in southern Spain and Hanno with 11,000 men in the north. The consul Publius … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
Castrum Album (214 BC) Scenario#: C3i09     Date: 214-BC     Location: Lucentum, Spain Following the defeat at Iliturgi, the Carthaginians made an unsuccessful attempt against Intibili, and then withdrew to the south. Early in the spring (214) they dealt with a major Iberian uprising, crushing the rebel army and re-imposing Punic… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
The Lost Battalion Scenario#: 106     Date: 30-Oct-44     Location: Vosges Mountains, Alsace, France On October 23rd the 141st Infantry Regiment (Texas National Guard) entered the Foret Domaniale De Champ in the Vosges Mountains. 1st Battalion advanced along a ridge to take the high ground overlooking La Houssiere. The next day saw heavy German … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #21
Operation Deadstick Scenario#: 107     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Benouville, France At 0016 hrs. three Airspeed Horsa gliders, flown with outstanding skill by pilots of the Glider Pilot Regiment, landed troops from the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry within 50 yards of the Caen Canal Bridge at… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #21
Umbria (217 BC) Scenario#: C3i10     Date: 217-BC     Location: Lake Trasimene, Italy Even as one Roman army under Flaminius was being butchered by Hannibal’s troops at Lake Trasimenus in 217 BC, his colleague Gnaeus Servilius Geminus was racing to reinforce his fellow consul. Servilius Geminus hoped to trap Hannibal between the two … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21
Agathocles Tower (204 BC) Scenario#: C3i11     Date: 204-BC     Location: Salaeca, Tunisia When Scipio Africanus invaded Africa in 204 BC, Carthage was caught without a field army. Carthage entrusted its immediate defense to Hanno son of Hamilcar. Hanno raised 4,000 cavalry - about 1,000 civic noble heavy cavalry, 1,000 Libyan cavalry and… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21