025_Stadtlohn - What if? - WDS Thirty Years War
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| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 3 |
| Turns: | 30 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | Imperialist (TYW) |
| Second Side: | Anti-Imperialist (TYW) |
Date: 6th August 1623 - Size: Medium - Location: Stadtlohn, Prince Bishopric of Munster, now Westphalia
Scenario Briefing: The Battle of Stadtlohn "What if" - After Tilly's victories at Wimpfen and Hochst the previous summer, the Palatinate had been quickly overrun. However, neither Mansfeld nor Brunswick would abandon the fight. While Mansfeld was content to secure Emden - an Anti-Imperialist, yet neutral, town - for the Dutch, Brunswick rebuilt his army and, with the assistance of the Sax-Weimar brothers, raised fresh forces with the intention of renewing the conflict. Failing to secure the support of the Lower Saxon Circle princes, Brunswick lingered fatally near Munster in the futile hope that the more pragmatic Mansfeld would march to his assistance. Only when Tilly was in striking distance, would Brunswick attempt to march his army - encumbered by a large baggage train that he couldn't afford to abandon - to the safety of Holland. With the Dutch border only ten miles away, Brunswick felt that he would be able to fight another "successful" rearguard action as at Hochst and, once again, escape with the bulk of his army intact.
Recommended Rules: Default
Note: Best played as the Catholic League (Imperialist) side against an Anti-Imperialist A/I or else Head-to-Head.
Note: This hypothetical 30 turn scenario assumes that Brunswick redeployed his heavier guns further back so they wouldn't get captured during the opening stages of the battle.
Scenario Briefing: The Battle of Stadtlohn "What if" - After Tilly's victories at Wimpfen and Hochst the previous summer, the Palatinate had been quickly overrun. However, neither Mansfeld nor Brunswick would abandon the fight. While Mansfeld was content to secure Emden - an Anti-Imperialist, yet neutral, town - for the Dutch, Brunswick rebuilt his army and, with the assistance of the Sax-Weimar brothers, raised fresh forces with the intention of renewing the conflict. Failing to secure the support of the Lower Saxon Circle princes, Brunswick lingered fatally near Munster in the futile hope that the more pragmatic Mansfeld would march to his assistance. Only when Tilly was in striking distance, would Brunswick attempt to march his army - encumbered by a large baggage train that he couldn't afford to abandon - to the safety of Holland. With the Dutch border only ten miles away, Brunswick felt that he would be able to fight another "successful" rearguard action as at Hochst and, once again, escape with the bulk of his army intact.
Recommended Rules: Default
Note: Best played as the Catholic League (Imperialist) side against an Anti-Imperialist A/I or else Head-to-Head.
Note: This hypothetical 30 turn scenario assumes that Brunswick redeployed his heavier guns further back so they wouldn't get captured during the opening stages of the battle.
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