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Scenario#: 505     Date: 10/3/1813     Location: Wartenburg, Germany

Marshal Ney ordered Bertrand’s depleted IV Corps to Wartenburg, to prevent the Allied army from crossing the Elbe River. This corps had been in the thick of the fighting at Dennewitz and suffered when withdrawal turned into rout. Only one …

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Scenario#: 506     Date: 10/9/1813     Location: Dohna, Germany

The Coalition armies were closing in on Napoleon. Bennigsen’s Russian army in Bohemia moved north into Saxony. Facing the Russians were two French Corps occupying Dresden (when perhaps they would have been of far more use in Napoleon’s main army). …

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Scenario#: 507     Date: 10/14/1813     Location: Liebertwolkwitz, Germany

The Battle of Leipzig, and the events leading up to the ‘Battle of Nations’, is well documented. Players should take advantage of the numerous sources, in addition to the brief historical background presented, for each of the Leipzig scenarios. The …

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Scenario#: 508     Date: 10/14/1813     Location: Liebertwolkwitz, Germany

The French had the numbers to win the cavalry battle earlier in the day, but most of the French troopers were largely untrained and poorly mounted, and Murat had been out of the mainstream of Napoleonic warfare for several years. …

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Scenario#: 509     Date: 10/16/1813     Location: Lindenau, Germany

Gyulai’s Austrians were on the left bank of the Pleisse River, to the west of Leipzig. Although ordered to attack, the main intent of his demonstration was to take pressure off the fighting on the right bank and possibly draw …

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Scenario#: 510     Date: 10/16/1813     Location: Möckern, Germany

Napoleon had chosen Leipzig as his central position to defeat the widely separated Allied armies as they advanced to give battle. His first target was the Army of Bohemia advancing from the south. Early on the 16th, Napoleon had ordered …

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Scenario#: 511     Date: 10/16/1813     Location: Möckern, Germany

Napoleon had chosen Leipzig as his central position to defeat the widely separated Allied armies as they advanced to give battle. His first target was the Army of Bohemia advancing from the south. Early on the 16th, Napoleon had ordered …

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Scenario#: 512     Date: 10/17/1813     Location: Gohlis, Germany

Blücher was not informed that the Allied army would take no action on the 17th in order to bring up reserves and regroup. Blücher therefore, after a bit of reorganization himself, continued his attack on the 17th against the French …

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Scenario#: 513     Date: 1/29/1814     Location: Brienne-le-Château, France

As the Allies advanced into France, Napoleon planned to attack and defeat each in turn. Napoleon targeted Blücher’s Army of Silesia first for several reasons. Blücher’s army was closest, and needed to be defeated before it could link up with …

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Scenario#: 514     Date: 2/12/1814     Location: Chateau-Thierry, France

After losing the battles of Chapaubert and Montmirail, the Allied forces were in full retreat towards Chateau-Thierry and the safety of the Marne River. Napoleon, seeking to deal a final blow to the Prussian army and end its participation in …

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Scenario#: 515     Date: 2/14/1814     Location: Vauchamps, France

The Battle of Vauchamps was the final major engagement of Napoleon’s Six Days Campaign. On 13 February, reeling from his three successive defeats, Blücher looked to disengage from Napoleon and instead manoeuvre with part of his forces to fall upon …

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Scenario#: 516     Date: 2/27/1814     Location: Orthez, France

After the French defeat at Nive, Soult fell back to a position north of the River Gave de Pau. Wellington advanced along both sides of the river, while Soult deployed along a ridge, running roughly parallel to it. The French …

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Scenario#: 517     Date: 2/27/1814     Location: Orthez, France

After the French defeat at Nive, Soult fell back to a position north of the River Gave de Pau. Wellington advanced along both sides of the river, while Soult deployed along a ridge, running roughly parallel to it. The French …

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Scenario#: 518     Date: 6/18/1815     Location: Hougoumont, Belgium

At Waterloo, Wellington had little choice but to occupy Hougoumont, for it would prevent the French from gaining the heart of the British position along the ridgeline. In fact, Wellington came close to losing the battle by under garrisoning…

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Scenario#: 601     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

Napoleon’s plan at Austerlitz depended on the Allies taking the bait and attacking the French right. Once the Allied attack was underway, Soult would attack the Allied center. The Allies, observing the weakness of the French right saw the opportunity…

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Scenario#: 602     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

The die is cast for the Allied army. Nearly half of that army is concentrated on the southern part of the battlefield to force back Napoleon’s right flank. Despite determined French Resistance, the Allies take Telnitz, cross the Goldbach Stream …

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Scenario#: 603     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

Around 8:45 AM, believing that the Allied center had been sufficiently weakened, Napoleon summoned Soult to discuss an attack on the enemy lines atop Pratzen Heights. Stating, “One sharp blow and the war is over,” he ordered the assault to …

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Scenario#: 604     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

Quiet reigned on the northern section of the battlefield until 9:00 AM when Lannes advanced on Blasowitz in obedience to Napoleon’s order to isolate the Allied right wing from the rest of the battle. Initially the advance went well, but …

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Scenario#: 605     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

Disaster looms! Two veteran French divisions have swept away those units left to guard the center of the Allied line. There remains only the Russian Guard in reserve to plug the gap, but they are superb troops. Their commander, Grand …

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Scenario#: 606     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

The last grim act of the Austerlitz battle now plays out as Napoleon strives to create a Cannae-like encirclement of the Allied left wing. Over 30,000 Allied troops are jammed into the area near Sokolnitz and the Goldbach Stream, pinned …

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Scenario#: EPIC01     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

The Allied battle plan envisioned crushing the French right flank and then rolling up the French line. Around 8:00 AM on December 2, the first Allied columns began hitting the French right near the villages of Telnitz, Sokolnitz and the …

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Scenario#: EPIC02     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#: EPIC03     Date: 4/22/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

On the morning of the 22 April, a thick fog covered the entire valley of the Grosse Laaber. When the fog cleared around 8:00 AM, Austrian General Rosenberg became concerned with the lack of movement by Davout’s troops. He assumed …

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Scenario#: EPIC04     Date: 5/21/1809     Location: Aspern, Austria

Slowed by having only one bridge to cross, Napoleon had less than a third of his army across the Danube, when Charles attacked. The Austrians were formed into five attack columns with the Grenadiers and the majority of the cavalry …

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Scenario#: EPIC05     Date: 6/14/1809     Location: Raab, Hungry

Archduke John made a fateful decision after his sharp defeat at the Piave River. He unwisely split his army into detachments to defend the southern approaches to the Austrian Empire. Jerome and Marmont took full advantage and mauled or destroyed …

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Scenario#: EPIC06     Date: 7/28/1809     Location: Talavera, Spain

Sir Arthur Wellesley crossed into Spain and on July 20th and joined with General Cuesta’s beaten Spanish Army to oppose the French. On the evening of 27th July, the British and Spanish were deployed around Talavera. Victor’s approaching army had …

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Scenario#: EPIC07     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. As Massena’s army of 65,000 approached the British position, …

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Scenario#: EPIC08     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 opposing armies sparred for position, each looking to catch the other at a disadvantage. On July 22nd,…

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Scenario#: EPIC09     Date: 7/28/1813     Location: Sorauren, Spain

Marshal Soult re-entered Spain to defeat Wellington’s army in detail and rescue the besieged garrisons of Pamplona and San Sebastien. The plan relied on speed. Soult, with the main force, attacked Cole’s division at Roncesvalles Pass. Cole, along…

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Scenario#: EPIC10     Date: 10/16/1813     Location: Möckern, Germany

Napoleon had chosen Leipzig as his central position to defeat the widely separated Allied armies as they advanced to give battle. Early on the 16th, Napoleon ordered Marmont’s Corps to join him, but Blücher, Napoleon’s implacable enemy, had advanced…

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Scenario#: EPIC11     Date: 2/27/1814     Location: Orthez, France

After the French defeat at Nive, Soult fell back to a position north of the River Gave de Pau. Wellington advanced along both sides of the river, while Soult deployed along a ridge, running roughly parallel to it. The French …

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Scenario#: EPIC12     Date: 3/9/1814     Location: Laon, France

The Allies were intent on capturing Paris, but after Blücher’s unsuccessful attack in February, choose to retire as Napoleon rushed to the aid of his two Marshals covering the city. Falling back to Laon, a natural defensive position and an …

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Scenario#: LGB01     Date: 12/2/1805     Location: Austerlitz, Austria

The Allied battle plan envisioned crushing the French right flank and then rolling up the French line. Around 8:00 AM on December 2, the first Allied columns began hitting the French right near the villages of Telnitz, Sokolnitz and the …

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Scenario#: LGB02     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#: 241     Date: 21-22 February 1916     Location: Verdun Bois Des Caures, France

German General Falkenhayn’s plan for the Verdun Offensive was aimed at securing positions in the Verdun sector, which were of such great pride to the French that they would in his words be “blooding themselves dry” to hold onto these …

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Scenario#: 242     Date: 22 February 1916     Location: Beaumont-en-Verdunois, France

South of Bois des Caures lay the village of Beaumont. The 208th Regiment occupied the village and had almost completed an intermediate trench line that ran directly through the village, just before the German attacked. Storming forward toward the…

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Scenario#: 243     Date: 24 February 1916     Location: Samogneux, France

After two days of fighting, the German advance had been slower than expected and failed to gained much territory. Near Samogneux, however, the Germans were pressing hard to take the village and Hill 344 just to the east. Near the …

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Scenario#: 244     Date: 25 February 1916     Location: Fort Douamont, France

Fort Douaumont dominated the northern approach to Verdun and was touted to be worth 100,000 men in pre-war propaganda. But by the time the German attack reached the Douaumont sector, most of the French infantry had been pulled from the …

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Scenario#: 245     Date: 6-9 March 1916     Location: Verdun, France

In late February, after an early thaw and the arrival of French reinforcements, the German advance began to stall. In addition, the Germans had gone beyond the range of their artillery covering fire and were now in range of the …

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Scenario#: 246     Date: 13-20 March 1916     Location: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, France

After the initial few days on the left bank of the Meuse, German infantry - unable to make further progress - dug in on 13 March and waited. Their wait was not long, for shortly after the German bombardment resumed …

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Scenario#: 247     Date: 7-8 March 1916     Location: Fort Vaux, France

On 7 March the Germans renewed their attack on the right bank of the Meuse, which coincided with the attacks against the French positions on the left bank. The German objective was Fort Vaux, but first the 408th and 409th …

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Scenario#: 248     Date: 20-22 March 1916     Location: Malancourt, France

All direct attacks toward Hill 304 had been a costly failure. Therefore a plan to outflank the position was proposed and on 20 March, after a lengthy bombardment by trench mortars, General von Kneussl’s 11th Bavarian and 11th Reserve divisions …

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Scenario#: 249     Date: 22 May 1916     Location: Fort Douaumont, France

The French assault to retake Fort Douaumont began at 11:50 AM, 22 May. The plan called for a three-pronged attack. On the left, the 36th Infantry Regiment managed to capture the Morchée Trench, but it was costly and the regiment …

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Scenario#: 250     Date: 2-6 June 1916     Location: Fort Vaux, France

The Germans artillery had constantly pounded the area around Fort Vaux since the beginning of the offensive. Yet, the fort was still controlled by the French under the command of 49-year-old Commandant Raynal, when on 1 June, the Germans made …

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Scenario#: 251     Date: 23 June 1916     Location: Fleury, France

Having taken Vaux, the Germans had only one more French defensive line to breakthrough. However, the German army had already started to feel the effects of the Allied offensive in the Somme, as artillery and men were being transferred to …

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Scenario#: 252     Date: 24 October 1916     Location: Fort Douaumont, France

With the withdrawal of most of the German artillery to the Somme, the French attack to recapture Fort Douaumont had artillery superiority and was aided by two heavy 400mm rail guns. The fort was evacuated on 23 October after being …

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Scenario#: 253     Date: 1-4 April 1917     Location: St. Quentin, France

The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. The offensive opened with the French Third Army’s preliminary attacks on German forward observation points near St. Quentin. The initial French attack was directed…

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Scenario#: 254     Date: 4 April 1917     Location: Giffecourt, France

During the attack on 4 April, just north of the farm of La Folie, the Germans could not hold and were pushed out of their defensive positions. In their haste to gain safety, a number of German artillery pieces were …

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Scenario#: 255     Date: 16 April 1917     Location: Berry-au-Bac, France

The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. Robert Nivelle, recently appointed supreme French commander, hoped that the first Schneider CA tank units could be of some use in his planned offensive. The Germans,…

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Scenario#: 256     Date: 16 April 1917     Location: Berry-au-Bac, France

On 16 April, waves of French infantry moved against the German trenches. The German front trench line was taken and, when the French tanks arrived, the tanks pushed through the second line. The Germans in the second line, however, did …

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