Did Napoleon ever utter any maxim regarding how to fight against a guerrilla enemy? Seems neither he nor Jomini, nor Clausewitz, nor any other military theorist had the slightest grasp on this... right up to today, 2005... The only technique he could propose was that one favored by the Nazis, to round up 10 people from the village and execute them... pretty brutal and not too effective. From: Carlos Fuentes About Guerrilla Warfare, unique method I know was used by French lied in using lots of troops (retiring them of front line tasks) in Anti-Guerrilla Warfare (escorting baggages, couriers, marching troops). Thousands of French troops ought to be employed in such tasks. We can say only Marshal Suchet fought effectively against Guerrilla, creating a very intelligent French parties organization that neutralized for a long time Spanish Guerrilla operating in Aragón. So, I think Anti-Guerrilla Warfare should be simulated by some kind of Off-Board boxes because meeting engagements between French and "Guerrilleros" are no-representative at actual game scale. [Ed sez: I can make it work with the "Partisan" rules from Highway to the Kremlin. Historically, English authors underestimate the role of irregular forces (for example, Oman), but Volume IX of "A History of the Peninsular War" comes with a chapter titled DOCUMENTS ON THE GUERRILLA MOVEMENT, very useful for us. If you cannot reach the book I'd be able to scan some pages... say it me! [Ed sez: I am interested in Marshal Suchet's methods. How can I find out more about this? Can you recommend a book? Or maybe you can tell me something more ...] Jean-Louis Reynaud (Contre-guérilla en Espagne [18108-1814], París, Economica, 1992). LC Control Number: 92220300 Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Brief Description: Reynaud, Jean-Louis. Contre-guérilla en Espagne (1808-1814) : Suchet pacifie l'Aragon / Jean-Louis Reynaud. Paris : Economica, c1992. vii, 211 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. CALL NUMBER: DC233.5.G8 R49 4992 Request in: Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms Back to OSG News Feb 2005 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Operational Studies Group This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com