Campaign Map on 10 October 1813
Following their defeat at Rosenheim
9th, 11th and 12th corps retreat west of the
river Isar. In doing so they abandon
their depot at Rosenheim, together with five days supplies.
Oudinot orders the depot at
Kufstein to retreat to Tegensee with two days supplies.
He also orders 10th
corps to hold the bridge east of Wassenburg
A great victory for Schwartzenberg,
and a much needed one. The five days
supplies captured at Rosenheim are an unexpected bonus.
Campaign Notes
The Austrian counter attack came at
the worse possible time for Oudinot. He
had just taken Rosenheim and the east bank of the river Isar. He then started to reorganise his supply
system, by moving supplies east to Rosenheim and Kufstein.
The surprise attack, and the
decisive defeat, forced him to flee west of the river, and abandon both
Rosenheim and his recently resupplied depot there.
Both armies are in need of rest,
resupply and reorganisation.
The Austrian’s have suffered more
casualties, but their supply situation is greatly improved. They also once again occupy a strong
defensive position along the river Isar.
This defeat has returned Oudinot to
the same position he was in at the start of the campaign. But the Austrian Army is now deployed along
the east bank and will be much more difficult to attack.
Correct me if I'm reading the situation wrong here, but it looks like both the Austrian 1st and 3rd corps are in position to attack the Bavarian 10th Corps from the south (3 moves along a road)? Is either of them strong enough to do so, together with a frontal attack by the Austrian 2nd corps? That would leave the Bavarian 10th in danger of being completely cut off and presumably destroyed.
ReplyDeleteHi Yuri
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment
I answered this comment, but either it was lost or I answered on the wrong post!
In essence you are right, but because of the campaign move to contact rules it is not as easy as it looks.
To be able to attack a corps usually has to end the previous day within two, or at a pinch three, squares of the enemy It takes four hours/wargame moves to cross a map/table square, and there are only 12 hours/game moves in a day. So in order to fight a battle/wargame you really need at least 8 hours/moves in contact with the enemy.
It is a little difficult to explain, so I will do a post on the forum to try to make it easier to understand.
best regards
Paul
Ah I see, so they would arrive quite late in the day then. It would be a gamble whether 2nd corps can break the Bavarians through a frontal assault across the river. 3rd corps coming up from the south would not have much time to influence the battle. Hmm. Those isolated Bavarians just look so tempting! Maybe I'm a little too aggressive for these rules :D
ReplyDeleteHi Yuri
ReplyDeleteIt can be done, but it would take two days
After the first day, the Bavarians would most likely retreat
I have designed the campaign in this way because I want it to produce interesting battles to wargame. It would not make a very enjoyable wargame to command one corps against two.
best regards
Paul