Still trying to figure out the size of my battle

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Still trying to figure out the size of my battle

Post by Gunfreak » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:25 pm

So I got out all my my prussin, french and british units, about 350 figures, and it's not really the much in the table, it's basicly one flank of my 7 feet long table, If I attack with the french, I have 7 battalions, and thats about two brigades, or an understregth division, it's not nearly enough to cover my table and still have reserves, sure if I put every single battalion in line, with no reserve it covers about 2 thirds of my table, but really a brigade should always be two lines, to battalions in front and two behind to suport, suddnely my 7 battalions only cover 1/5 of my table, even with 2 cav regiments of the flank, the french could easly be turned. I think if I get the full 10 french battalions, thats two 5 battalion brigades, which did happen, even if 4 battalions were more commen. Then if I add a heavy cav brigade, I might have the table coverd, mabye add another battery. That would give 10 battalions, 4 cav regiments, and two batteries.

So basicly 10 battalions pr. side(10 french, 4 british, 6 prussian)
9 Cav regiments, 4 french, 1 prussian, and 4 british)
3 batteries, 2 french 1 british.
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Re: Still trying to figure out the size of my battle

Post by Friedrich August I. » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:32 pm

Gunfreak,

Does your french have grenadier and voltigeur stands?
If yes, pull them out and form converged units of voltigeurs and grenadiers.
If that was 7 line units it should give you at least 2 to 4 more units to play with, the voltigeurs as skirmishers, the grenadiers to act as your reserve.

Just a suggestion

Günter
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