Napoleonic Warfare

Pratzen Heights Scenarios

by Jeff Ball


I have attached the OBs for the 2 Pratzen Heights scenarios (Soult's Attack in the morning, Russian Imperial Guard Attack in the afternoon). The total requirements for lead are listed below.

Bruce and I have virtually all the French (Guard arty and most Guard cavalry being the exception). Terry has a good chunk of Austrian foot/arty. Pete is working on providing a bunch of Russians, exact number and content unknown. (Pete: don't think I had mentioned to you the idea of doing the second scenario -- using same terrain -- one after the other so the Russian guards may not be an area you even looked at. No problem.)

FIGURE REQUIREMENTS

(Note: for light cavalry figure requirements I assume basing of 2 figs on command stands, only 1 for other stands. Russian and French foot artillery require 4 crew per stand while Austrian only require 3. All horse artillery require 2 crew /stand. Also, don't know if Russian line foot and Guard foot are interchangeable and can be used in both scenarios so have left the Russian requirements separate.)

French (covers both scenarios)
10 foot and 3 mounted leader figures
20 battalions/120 stands of Line foot
4 battalions/24 stands of Light foot
1 12lb battery line foot arty (2 stands)
2 8lb batteries line foot arty (4 stands)
2 sections horse arty (2 stands)
2 batteries Guard horse arty (8 stands)
4 squadrons/14 stands Grenadiers a Cheval Gd Cav (28 figures)
4 squadrons/10 stands Chasseurs a Cheval Gd Cav (14 figures)
1 squadron/2 stands Mamelukes Gd Cav (3 figs)

Austrian (covers both scenarios)
3 foot and 3 mounted leader figures
15 battalions/74 stands line foot
2 12 lb batteries (4 stands)
1 6lb battery (2 stands)
1 3lb battery (2 stands)
9 squadrons/21 stands Cuirassiers (42 figures)

Russians (1st scenario)
5 foot leader figures
6 battalions/16 stands Grenadiers
4 battalions/16 stands Fusiliers
12 battalions/40 stands Musketeers
1 12lb battery (3 stands)
3 6lb batteries (8 stands)

Russians (2nd scenario)
4 foot and 3 mounted leader figures
3 battalions/18 stands Grenadier Guards
1 battalion/4 stands Guard Jaegers
5 battalions/20 stands Lifeguards (Izmailovski, Semenovski, Preobrazhenski)
1 12lb battery Guard (3 stands)
2 6lb battery Guard (5 stands)
1 6lb horse battery Guard (4 stands)
5 squadrons/15 stands Lifeguard Hussars (20 figs)
2 squadrons/8 stands Guard Cossacks (10 figs -- Lance)
5 squadrons/15 stands Garde du Corps Gd Cav (30 figs)
5 squadrons/15 stands Chevalier Guard Cav (30 figs)


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