#03H. Haslach-Jungingen (HTH) - WDS Campaign Austerlitz
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Rating: | 5.25 (4) |
Games Played: | 2 |
SM: | 3 |
Turns: | 30 |
Type: | Stock |
First Side: | Allies (Nap) |
Second Side: | French (Nap) |
11 October 1805 - Historical - As Napoelon's La Grande Armee' mades its wide flanking move around Mack's rear, Ney had dispatched Dupont's division to watch to the northeast of Ulm near the village of Haslach. Mack's scouts detected the French in that area and the Austrians deployed into two columns to attack their position. The Left Column, which Mack accompanied, advanced on the village of Jungingen before the Right Column could get into place. The Austrian infantry found the 9th Legere waiting for them with the rest of Dupont's men on the way. The white columns flung themselves confidently on the village only to be pulled into a trap. Before long they were surrounded and over a thousand men became prisoners. Similar attempts to penetrate the village met with similar results. The cavalry took its turn and was able to press back and severely maul the French dragoons. Their pursuit took them out of the action. Finally the Right Column arrived but their action met with little success and the night finally fell on the battlefield with the Austrians having lost several thousands in another fruitless adventure. The next two days saw Napoleon encircle Mack and after the action of Elchingen saw his capitulation several days later. Best played Head to Head.
Player Voting Stats | ||
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Member | Balance | Enjoyment |
jim pfleck | Totally Pro Allies (Nap) | 3 |
BigDuke66 | Moderately Pro French (Nap) | 5 |
panther421 | Well Balanced | 5 |
JLorenz | Moderately Pro Allies (Nap) | 7 |
Gaming Records | |||||||||
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1st Side Player | 2nd Side Player | Result | Score | ||||||
panther421 | vs. | JLorenz | Draw | 24 | 24 | ||||
jim pfleck | vs. | BigDuke66 | Allies (Nap) Major Win | 42 | 6 |
Historically the French were heavily outnumbers and that is reflected in this scenario. Very tough to win as the French.
The astonishing historical result is surely not achievable by the French as all the problems and incidents that happened back then are not in any way portrait here. You neither see the Austrian cavalry leave the battlefield to go after the train of the French, nor do you see the Austrians attack piecemeal so that they can be turned back by the French, not even the ceasing of any action on the Austrian left and the activation of the Austrian right that was silent till then are portrait. The Austrian player has so many troops and so much freedom that even the total beginner is likely to achieve an Austrian major victory.
The Allies will prevail. The question is: at what cost? If the French player uses wisely his A-rate infantry, the battle can be a massacre for the low-rate Austrian units.