023 Dettingen - Noailles' Mousetrap (vs AI) - WDS War of the Austrian Succession
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| Rating: | 0 (0) |
| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 3 |
| Turns: | 30 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | Anti-Pragmatic (WotAS) |
| Second Side: | Pragmatic (WotAS) |
Date: 27 June 1743 - Size: Medium - Location: Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz
Scenario Briefing: Alternate - After a lengthy campaign of maneuver in central Germany, the Duc de Noailles had managed to gain the upper hand for the French forces under his command. The Pragmatic Army, commanded in person by George II of Great Britain, was in an unenviable position with a French blocking force interposed between it and its base at Hanau, another French force moving into its rear by way of Aschaffenburg, French batteries placed to pummel it from across the River Main on the left, and impassible hills to the right. Well might Noailles believe, as he reported to Louis XV, that he had the enemy in a mousetrap. Yet, in their eagerness to engage the enemy, Noailles' subordinates would throw away the advantages that their commander had won for them and George II would lead his command to an unlikely - near miraculous - victory.
This scenario, however, begins with all as Noailles had arranged it and the Pragmatic Army casting around for a way out. O'Donnel's Austrian dragoons have just abandoned their hold on Dettingen in the face of overwhelming numbers, and the bulk of the Pragmatic Army is still on the march.
Note: This version has most of the French Infantry north of the river to aid the AI.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Pragmatic Alliance against the Anti-Pragmatic AI or Head-to-Head.
Scenario Briefing: Alternate - After a lengthy campaign of maneuver in central Germany, the Duc de Noailles had managed to gain the upper hand for the French forces under his command. The Pragmatic Army, commanded in person by George II of Great Britain, was in an unenviable position with a French blocking force interposed between it and its base at Hanau, another French force moving into its rear by way of Aschaffenburg, French batteries placed to pummel it from across the River Main on the left, and impassible hills to the right. Well might Noailles believe, as he reported to Louis XV, that he had the enemy in a mousetrap. Yet, in their eagerness to engage the enemy, Noailles' subordinates would throw away the advantages that their commander had won for them and George II would lead his command to an unlikely - near miraculous - victory.
This scenario, however, begins with all as Noailles had arranged it and the Pragmatic Army casting around for a way out. O'Donnel's Austrian dragoons have just abandoned their hold on Dettingen in the face of overwhelming numbers, and the bulk of the Pragmatic Army is still on the march.
Note: This version has most of the French Infantry north of the river to aid the AI.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Pragmatic Alliance against the Anti-Pragmatic AI or Head-to-Head.
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