I am currently building my British Peninsular divison(6th at Salamanca). From Nafziger OOB I have the following strengths
6th Division: Major-General Clinton
Brigade: Hulse
1/11th Foot Regiment (31/485) 516 = 26
2/53rd Foot Regiment (25/316) 341 = 17
1/61st Foot Regiment (29/517) 546 = 27
5/60th Foot Regiment (1 coy)(2/59) 61 = 3
Brigade: Hinde
2nd Foot Regiment (27/381) 408 = 20
1/32nd Foot Regiment (33/576) 609 = 30
1/36th Foot Regiment (29/400) 429 = 21
Portuguese Brigade: Rezende
8th Portuguese Regiment 1200 = 32 & 28
12th Portuguese Regiment 1420 = 36 & 36
9th Cacadore Battalion 590 = 30
About half of the British battalions are very fragile in R2E, especially the 2/53rd at a game size of 18 I'd wager. Looking at he sample OOB in the rule book the Peninsular battalions are all given a strength of 30. In the above example the brigades would have
1st brigade
1 unit 18
1 unit 24
1 unit 28
2nd brigade
2 units 20
1 unit 28
Are these unit sizes really too small for R2E or do I make the smaller units veteran to help with the inevitable resolve checks from shooting casualties which will soon mount up. I realise its possible to combine the 2 smaller units each brigade into 1 unit, just dont know if that ever happened with the British.
Can anybody shed any light on the best way to handle these small battalions(other than carefully behind a stout wall) within R2E.
Thanks
Bill