2 March
1813
In the north 3rd
French corps enter Gifhorn
1st
Prussian corps retreat towards Weyhausen
In the
centre Napoleon awaits the outcome of the battle of Wolfenbuttel
Blucher is
undecided whether to support 1st corps or attack
He does
neither and waits to see what develops
In the
south 13th Polish corps attack 3rd Prussian corps at
Wolfenbuttel
The battle
is hard fought on both sides, and both suffer heavy casualties
At
nightfall the Prussians have one brigade left, the French two
Blucher
orders them to retreat
End of
Battle of Wolfsburg
It is most unusual for one of our wargames to
end in a draw.
But this was the exception which proves the
rule
Small games, with one corps per side, usually
end in a convincing victory
This is because casualties play a larger part
when there are no reserves
But again this was the exception
Throughout the game the dice favoured both Jan
and I
My artillery hit one of her infantry brigades
Her gunners hit my cavalry
Hand to hand fighting are usually decided quite
quickly
And the side which loses first casualties
usually loses the melee
But again this was different
The cavalry melee went on for three moves
Jan won the first round, I won the second, we
drew the third
Her cavalry had 40% casualties, mine had 30%
Mine were shaken, hers were only disordered
However in our morale rules a brigade with 40%
casualties automatically routs
It was the same with the infantry melee
As my infantry approached, one Prussian brigade
charged my leading brigade
The resulting melee lasted three rounds, and
was still undecided at nightfall
Both brigades had 30% casualties.
Next move one, and quite likely, both would
reach 40% and rout
At nightfall the Prussians had just one formed
brigade
Their grenadier brigade still held the woods
The French had two formed brigades
Both were average, and one had 10% casualties
It was too close to call, so we both rolled a
dice to see who would win.
I rolled 5, Jan rolled 5
She rolled 3, I rolled 3
I rolled 4, she rolled 2
I won
But I felt guilty about it!
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