Strategic
Map of Italy
I have
finally started the new wargames campaign, which is based on Napoleon’s
campaigns. It will be a series of mini
campaigns. Each one will be based on
one of Napoleon’s campaigns. It will be
in the same area, with the same objectives and the same opening locations.
I hope to
cover most of his campaigns, but not all.
The campaign in Egypt and Syria of 1798 does not interest me at
all. Nor does the Russian campaign of
1812, though I might be tempted to try it by the time we get to 1812.
I will be
using my existing model soldiers and scenery.
The purists would be outraged that my late Napoleonic figures are
fighting the 1796 Italian campaign, but so be it. I will not be recruiting and painting new
figures, nor will I be buying or making new scenery. I had 40 years of that, now I just want to
play with my toys.
It is not an
attempt to refight the historical campaign.
It is to provide good wargames for Jan and I. So the order of battle will be based on our
model soldier organisation. Each side
will have the same Orbat, but the morale and fighting ability of each will be
very different.
Each mini
campaign will be stand alone. If
Napoleon loses the Ulm campaign, it will not stop him going on to the
Austerlitz campaign.
Tactical Map
of Piedmont
The first
campaign will be in Piedmont. The young
General Bonaparte has just taken command of the tattered and demoralised Army
of Italy. His army is scattered along
the southern coast. The Sardinian army
of General Colli is holding the northern towns of Turin and Alessandria. The Austrian General Beaulieu is
marching to his assistance. General
Bonaparte orders his army to march north and defeat Colli before Beaulieu can
join him.
So much for history.
Now let’s see if we can get some good wargames out of it.
You can follow it all here
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