Steve W. and I have been experimenting with Napoleonic rules. We plan to play the same battle three times using three different rule sets. The battle is Teugen-Hausen, a corps sized action that was a part of Napoleon's 1809 campaign against Austria. This was a meeting engagement. Davout's III Corps had become isolated from the rest of the army and was withdrawing from Ratisbon to link up. The Austrian III Armeekorps was tying to cut them off.
This game is being played using Age of Eagles. We plan to play the same engagement using Le Feu Sacre III and Shako 2. (this is easy since there are scenarios designed for this battle for each of these rules sets).
Here are the opening deployments:
11:30 -12:00 pm. The French move to the attack, Davout remaining near Teugen to direct the rest of the Corps which is expected to arrive shortly.
The Austrian's, perhaps foolishly, descend from the wooded ridge to meet them. The Austrian Hussar brigade is a bit tardy in its movement.
The battle is joined at 12:30 pm. Destabenrath's Brigade trades skirmish fire with the Austrian Grenz Brigade while Lorencz moves into position to attack Liechtenstein.
Lorencz did attack (I didn't get a photo!) and in a sharp combat shattered the defending Austrians (Steve rolled a 9 on the die, I rolled a 3, and with all his combat bonuses he beat me by 10 or more. Shattered result!).
Liechtenstein's Brigade is sent reeling back having lost nearly 700 men in the combat and Lorencz's Brigade pursues.
That was all we were able to get in for the day. We'll continue next time pickup up with the Austrian 12:30 pm turn. Reinforcements are on the way!
