126 Ocana 19 November 1809 - WDS Bonaparte's Peninsular War
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Rating: | 0 (0) |
Games Played: | 0 |
SM: | 2 |
Turns: | 24 |
Type: | Stock |
First Side: | French (Nap) |
Second Side: | Spain (Nap) |
Ocana 19 November 1809 - Variant historical scenario intended for playing against the French AI. There's the possibility of the French cavalry arriving on the Spanish right flank at the start of the battle and the Spanish here are initially routing or disrupted to reflect the confusion caused by the surprise French attack. After driving a small force of French (Milhaud's 5 regiments of dragoons and Sebastiani's Polish infantry) out of Ocana on the 11 November, the Spanish army failed to prevent the French from concentrating their forces and, after failing to cross the Tagus, fell back to Ocana and rested while the French army advanced towards the town. While the cavalry were approximately equal in strength, if not in quality, the Spanish had more infantry, but would numbers be sufficient to off-set the superior quality of the French troops?