Campaign Map on 8 September 1813
Suchet opens the campaign with
an attack on Ropar.
16th Italian corps
have 4 infantry, 1 cavalry and 1 artillery brigades
3rd Spanish corps
have 3 infantry and 1 artillery brigades
There are also 3 militia
brigades in the area, but not part of 3rd corps
The Italians win the battle.
Move 9 of Battle of Riopar
The Italians ignore the two
guerrilla bands
They use their cavalry to pin
the Spanish artillery
And all four infantry brigades
to attack the village and supports
Spanish artillery fire on the
Italian gunners at long range
A very lucky dice throw
inflicts 10% casualties
The Italian infantry inflict
10% casualties on two Spanish brigades
The Spanish retreat before the
Italians can engage them in hand to hand combat
Campaign Notes
The Italians have won the first
battle of the campaign
But they have failed to do much
damage to the Spanish corps
They have also allowed them to
retreat
The two Spanish infantry brigades
will be slightly weaker in future
But the Spanish have infantry to
spare
It will not take long for 3rd
Spanish corps to recover and take the field again
The Italians have only suffered 10%
artillery casualties
But this will also remain for the
duration of the campaign
It will reduce their combat and
morale ability in this vital arm
The Italians had a full corps
against one of the weaker Spanish corps
Despite this they failed to inflict
serious damage and allowed them to withdraw
