Campaign
phases in Northern Spain
This was the seventh campaign phase set in
Northern Spain. It was the fourth
victory for Wellington.
You can see from the map where each phase took
place, the sequence of the campaign and who won.
Each campaign phase is stand alone, casualties
are not carried forward from one phase to the next.
The overall 1813 campaign is a framework for
the phases, which in turn are a means of creating interesting wargames to
fight. The flow of the campaign does
follow from who won the last phase. But
it is more important to fight each phase in a new location, than to follow too
closely the result of the last campaign phase.
Battles
fought in Northern Spain
During the Santiago phase there were six
battles fought. The British won 3 and
the French also won 3.
Since the start of this campaign there have
been 36 battles fought in Northern Spain.
The British won 20, the French won 15 and there was 1 draw.
Campaign
phases in Europe
This map shows the current 32 phases fought
throughout Europe
If there are any who have followed my 1813
campaign since it stated back in April 2009 they may well be confused that
there are only 32 phases. In particular
anyone who took part in the PBEM campaign may not be able to find the phases
they took part in.
This is because there have actually been five
different parts of the non-stop campaign:
First was a Solo campaign from April 2009 to
October 2009
Second a PBEM campaign from October 2009 to
July 2013
Third a PBEM campaign from July 2013 to March
2015
Fourth a PBEM campaign from March 2015 to
February 2016
Fifth a Solo campaign from February 2016 to
date
During that period there was actually 75
campaign phases!
The reason for these different parts of the
same campaign is that is have constantly evolved and changed to incorporate new
idea and in particular new maps.
For example the third campaign moved into 1814
and the campaign in France. This was an
experiment which lasted for a year.
The fourth campaign was back in 1813, and the
clock turned back to April. This was a
PBEM campaign, and when I changed it back to a Solo campaign I had an armistice
to rearrange the map again. The current
stats deal with the fourth and fifth campaign.
Quite complicated, but it was necessary to deal
with the changing circumstances. I have
never hesitated to take liberties with the overall 1813 campaign. I have always considered it a framework for
the campaign phases. It is the phases
themselves which are important, because they produce the battles which are
fought as wargames.
So another campaign phase comes to an end. You would think after almost eleven years I
would be getting bored with it all. But
to be honest I am really looking forward to the next phase.
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