Nicon 2010, Battle report now added
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:09 am
North Island Convention NZ
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Well its set up for tomorrow gents:-
Somewhere in Spain 1812, not long after Wellington's army captured Badajoz
British briefing starts.....
2/6/1812
General Picton
I trust Sir that your men are sufficiently recovered from their exploits at Badajoz. The great bravery of the 3rd Division I’m afraid is only matched by its reputation for truculence and excess on the morrow of an engagement. I am told that several score were flogged and a good many scoundrels hanged following the night of the 19th.
Nevertheless my dear fellow I am certain that you have once again restored discipline and so must beseech you to march your division to Merida at once for I am certain that general Cuesta shall soon be sorely pressed if the reports of the pickets of the light dragoons have not deceived me.......
(omitted so as not to give the game away to the French)
..........
One must just trust to God and constantly look to the flank and in all earnest hope that these Spaniards will find their solace and their salvation not in the surrounding hills but rather in their powder and their steel.
Sir, saddled you may be with the most tempestuous and fickle of allies but yet I take heart as I am assured general that on the morrow that Stapleton – Cotton and............
Sire, our position is undesirable yet we must make the best of it. Once more I trust in your steadfastness
The honourable
General sir Rowland Hill
Merida
French briefing
2/6/1812
Monsieur Le General Maximilien Foy
Monsieur I bid you good day and pray that you have recovered from your wounds. In the name of the Emperor I entreat you to make haste and march your division to Merida.
Merida is a small town on the northern bank of the Guadiana only a day’s march east of Badajoz and at this moment only occupied by General Cuesta and his detestable Spanish rabble. The town itself of course is of little consequence but is the key to preventing General Wellesley from crossing the Guadiana and threatening our flank from the South. You Monsieur le General must .......
Take heart Monsieur le General for the Merida valley is wide and fertile and will allow you the best disposition of your troops.....
General de Brigade Margaux and the 26th regiment of chasseurs have already reconnoitred the area and report only contact with Spanish piquets. Should General Picton and his 3rd division appear I have no great fear and earnestly believe that we shall be victorious in a general engagement for we have the good fortune of ........
Let us therefore seize this opportunity and reverse the defeat of Badajoz
Sincerely
Marshall – General Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatia
Allied army will occupy the left side of the field and the French the right
RTE demo game 15mm
Well its set up for tomorrow gents:-
Somewhere in Spain 1812, not long after Wellington's army captured Badajoz
British briefing starts.....
2/6/1812
General Picton
I trust Sir that your men are sufficiently recovered from their exploits at Badajoz. The great bravery of the 3rd Division I’m afraid is only matched by its reputation for truculence and excess on the morrow of an engagement. I am told that several score were flogged and a good many scoundrels hanged following the night of the 19th.
Nevertheless my dear fellow I am certain that you have once again restored discipline and so must beseech you to march your division to Merida at once for I am certain that general Cuesta shall soon be sorely pressed if the reports of the pickets of the light dragoons have not deceived me.......
(omitted so as not to give the game away to the French)
..........
One must just trust to God and constantly look to the flank and in all earnest hope that these Spaniards will find their solace and their salvation not in the surrounding hills but rather in their powder and their steel.
Sir, saddled you may be with the most tempestuous and fickle of allies but yet I take heart as I am assured general that on the morrow that Stapleton – Cotton and............
Sire, our position is undesirable yet we must make the best of it. Once more I trust in your steadfastness
The honourable
General sir Rowland Hill
Merida
French briefing
2/6/1812
Monsieur Le General Maximilien Foy
Monsieur I bid you good day and pray that you have recovered from your wounds. In the name of the Emperor I entreat you to make haste and march your division to Merida.
Merida is a small town on the northern bank of the Guadiana only a day’s march east of Badajoz and at this moment only occupied by General Cuesta and his detestable Spanish rabble. The town itself of course is of little consequence but is the key to preventing General Wellesley from crossing the Guadiana and threatening our flank from the South. You Monsieur le General must .......
Take heart Monsieur le General for the Merida valley is wide and fertile and will allow you the best disposition of your troops.....
General de Brigade Margaux and the 26th regiment of chasseurs have already reconnoitred the area and report only contact with Spanish piquets. Should General Picton and his 3rd division appear I have no great fear and earnestly believe that we shall be victorious in a general engagement for we have the good fortune of ........
Let us therefore seize this opportunity and reverse the defeat of Badajoz
Sincerely
Marshall – General Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatia
Allied army will occupy the left side of the field and the French the right