hagelberg (august 27,1813)
A
scenario for divisional napoleon's battles
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INTRODUCTION
This battle was fought between the French Girard’s Garrison (or
Division) of Magdeburg and the Prussian Hirschfeld corps. Whereas the
goal of Girard’s force (composed by French 3rd battalions and some
Rheinbund troops) was to join Oudinot in the advance towards Berlin,
the Hirschfeld's force (Prussian Reserve and Landwher and Cossacks) was
posted to the right wing of the Army of the North (Bernadotte’s own) to
cover its flank watching, precisely, the approach of the Magdeburg
Garrison.
The Scenario is loosely based on this battle and is intended for
Divisional Napoleon’s Battles (NBd).
The order of battle and maps are adapted from the Nafziger’s book
‘Napoleon at Dresden. The battles of August 1813’ (see Bibliography).
HOUSE RULES
All this Scenario is a House Rule.... As said above, the Scenario uses
my own divisional variant NBd, that try to translate the feeling of
Napoleon's Battles to divisional combats, without the need to learn a new
ruleset. See the NBd page for a
more detailed discussion.
TABLE-TOP ADAPTATION
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| Old map (taken from Napoleon-series.org) | Google Earth (Hagelberg Belzig, Potsdam-Mittelmark) | Game map |
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| Hagelberg in the distance with the 'broken' wind-mill | The bridge and the farm complex | The left flank woods as seen by the French |
| NBd Scenario file for Hagelberg (pdf) | ||
Standing orders for all Cossack forces at that time included the watching of enemy units and avoiding and evading, if necessary, the combat with formed enemy units. However, disordered and supply enemy units were always prime targets. In this battle the Russian General Czenichev, commanding the Cossacks, is an independent combat leader strategically subordinated to General Hirschfel. To be able to appear in the battlefield (D5 area) both Czenichev and Hirschfel must pass a command control test (D10≤5 and D10≤5 respectively). After his arrival, Czenichev will depend only upon their own command test .
VICTORY POINTS
The total number of objective points is 193 (NB1) or 77 (NB2) and the multiplier for the weaker side (French) is 1.3. The objectives are (1) the Farm/bridge complex (10%), (2) the Windmühlberg heights (20%), (3) the four buildings of Hagelberg (@ 10% each) and (4) the road end at D1 (30%) All objectives are French controlled at the start of game. .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nafziger G., ‘Napoleon at Dresden. The battles of August 1813’, Emperor’s Press, Chicago, 1992
Smith, D., 'The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book', Green-Hill Books, London, 1998
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