austerlitz (december 2, 1805)
INTRODUCTION
The Emperor Alexander was to revenge the Austrian humiliation at Ulm
defeating Napoleon
HOUSE RULES
The order of battle (OOB) is based on the developed by Paul Edgar (member
of the Yahoo group http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/napsbattles)
slighly modified according to the Scott Bowden's book 'Napoleon and
Austerlitz: the glory years. 1805-1807' (Emperor's Press, Chicago,
1997).
For space limitations of the game-table neither the French V Corps (Lannes)
nor the Allied avant-guard (Bragation) have been used, although both
corps are described in the OOB.
The second edition of Napoleon's Battles edited by Five Forks has been
used with some modifications:
1) The cavalry scale is also 1/120
2) Units of infantry with less than four elements were allowed
to display the French light infantry regiments and the units of the
French III Corps (Davout)
3) All the optional rules have been used if necessary
TABLE-TOP ADAPTATION
| Austerlitz pdf file |
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| Old map | Game map | |
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| The battlefield | ||
| French deployment | ||
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| Reserve Cavalry (Murat) and Infantry Reserve (Oudinot's Grenadiers and Old Guard) covering the left flank. At their right Bernardotte's I Corps and then the Soult's IV Corps covering the center-right with Legrand (3/IV) and the cavalry covering the Telnitez-Sokolnitz area | ||
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| From left to right: (1) Napoleon and His escort, (2) the 'Tirailleurs Corses' and the 'Tirilleurs du Po' at Sokolnitz and (3) the Chasseurs a Cheval de la Garde with the Mameluks | ||
| Russian deployment | ||
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| Left: Austrian avantguard of the I Column. Center: Columns I, II and III descending from the Pratzen heights. Right: IV Column advances with some delay while part of the French deployment at the Telnitz-Sokolnitz area is also shown. | ||
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| From left to right: (1) The V Column (Russian and Austrian cavalry): (2) the Russian Guard in the foreground and in the background the IV and V columns; (3) the Russian Guard awaits in reserve | ||
THE BATTLE IN PICTURES
| THE FIGHT AT TELNITZ-SOKOLNITZ | |||||
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| From left to right: (1) Austrian avant-guard of the I Column attacks Telnitz defended by the 2nd Brigade of Legrand's Division; (2) Austrian hulans are rejected by French horse artillerymen (!); (3) The attack on Telnitz becomes paralized; (4) The Croat Grenzers are routed by the French infantry. | |||||
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| Infantry) Brigade of Legrand's division; (3) Russians change to line and attack, but the first round of combat is inconclusive; (4) in the second round the Russians are disordered and must withdraw. | |||||
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| Left: French dragoons take by surprise to the routed Russian unit in line (they do not form square) and rout them. Right: The French cavalry is out of control and attacks the following Russian brigade which, disordered by their comrades, do not form square. However the Russian resist and the French cavalry must bounce. The attack on Sokolnitz is stopped. | Left. Davout's III Corps arrives at Telnitz and starts its occupation. Right: The French infantry deploys in line to advance. | ||||
| DAVOUT ARRIVES AND SOULT ADVANCES | |||||
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| Left. Davout's III Corps arrives at Telnitz and starts its occupation. Right: The French infantry deploys in line to advance. | |||||
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| From left to right: (1) Legrand (IV Corps) advances from the Sokolnitz Castle against the allied III Column; (2) Saint Hilaire (IV Corps) advances side to side; (3) Vandamme (IV Corps) advances at the left surrounding the allied IV Column; (4) Final situation from the Allied lines: the attack is stopped. | |||||