Leipzig Lasalle Campaign

[TodCreasey]

Note this is a work in progress - details to be filled in over the next few months.



Scenario: Leipzig 1813

This scenario uses the Firestorm concept from the Battlefront Flames of War game. As Leipzig itself is far outside the means of many gamers this scenario is a framework for playing the great battle over 5 sessions, one for each day.

Basic concept
Each corps will start one of the areas below. When an attack occurs a Lasalle battle if fought comparing the strength points of the order of battle of your choice - I am using the Grande Armee scenario from Neil Smith.
See http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/GA_Scen_Leipzig.pdf


If one army is at least 50% larger than the other it should get a bonus support (if playing with one support). Of course you can adjust as you see fit for the size of battle you prefer as you may be playing multi division battles if your club has the resources.

Army lists will be taken from the main Lasalle rules with restrictions mentioned below.  Strength values and lists to choose from will be added over the next few months. If you attacked over a river all supports are reserve whether or not the list says they are organic.

Battle results
Major victory - no losses
Minor victory - 25% losses
End of day/ draw  - 25% losses
Minor defeat - 50% losses
Major defeat - 75% losses

All results are rounded down

Rolling for it
Sometimes you cannot get together so you may want to roll of a battle instead.
Both sides roll a d6 (+1 if you are 50% larger than the enemy).
Difference of 0 or 1 - draw
Doubled opponent - Major victory
Other results - Minor victory


Movement
Movement is one area per turn, Allies first then the French
Both sides may then exploit into an area if they encountered no enemy and there is no enemy in the area
You may not exploit over rivers.
You may not exploit in or out of cities (gray) or swamps (yellow)

Victory conditions
There are two victory conditions
Control of Leipzig
Control of retreat route off of the Western table edge for the French.

The campaign is a major victory for anyone who satisfies two of the conditions, minor if they have one. Control of the retreat route take presidence over control of Leipzig. The game should end by October 19 in game time. Historically nothing happened on the 15th as the Allies await re-enforcements.

Starting positions
Grande Armee (Napoleon I)

14th October

Unit	Strength	Attachments Permitted	Start
2nd Corps - Victor	40	Line, Light	Pleisse River
5th Corps - Lauriston	34	Line, Light, Light Cavalry	Pleisse River
8th Corps - Poniatowski	25	All Polish	Der Raths Hotz
9th Corps - Augereau	26	Line, Light	Galgenberg
Leipzig Observation Corps - Arrighi	31	Polish Line, Confederation Line,	Leipzig
4th cavalry Corps - Kellerman	17	Polish Light Cavalry	Pleisse River
5th Cavalry Corps - Pajol	15	Light Cavalry,Dragoons	Goselbach or Der Raths Hotzr

15th October

Unit	Strength	Attachments Permitted	Start
3rd Corps - Souham	60	Line, Light, Light Cavalry, Dragoon, Confederation Dragoons	Partha River
4th Corps - Bertrand	27	Line, Light,Italian Infantry, Dragoon, Italian Light Cavalry, Confederation Light Cavalry	Partha River

16th October

Unit	Strength	Attachments Permitted	Start
6th Corps - Marmont	53	Line, Light, Light Cavalry, Confederation Light Cavalry	Birkholz
11th Corps - Macdonald	51	Line, Light, Light Cavalry, Confederation Light Cavalry, Confederation Elites	Partha River
1 Cavalry Corps - Latour-Maumberg	33	Light Cavalry, Italian Light Cavalry,Cuirassiers, Saxon Cuirassiers	Goselbach
2nd Cavalry Corps - Sebastini	24	Light Cavalry, Cuirassiers, Caribiners	Tauscha
3rd Cavalry Corps - Arrighi	22	Light Cavalry, Dragoons	Birkholz
Guard Cavalry - Nansouty (Infantry from Guards list)	44	Any Guard Cavalry	Der Harth
Imperial Guard (Infantry from Guards list)	42	Guard Infantry	Der Harth
1st Young Guard (Infantry from Guards list) - Oudinot	39	Guard Infantry	Der Harth
2nd Young Guard (Infantry from Guards list) - Mortier	40	Guard Infantry	Der Harth

18th October

Unit	Strength	Attachments Permitted	Start
7th Corps - Reynier	33	Line, Light, Confederation Line, Confederation Light Cavalry	Partha River

Army of Bohemia (Barclay de Tolly)

14th October

Unit	Strength	Base divisions	Attachments Permitted	Start
Wittgenstein	28	Russian Line	Russian Line, Jager, Cossack	Goselbach
1st cavalry Pahlen III	49	-	Cuirassiers, Russian Guard Heavy Cavalry, Prussian Guard cavalry	Goselbach
2nd cavalry - Galitzin	12	-	Cuirassiers, Russian Guard Heavy Cavalry	Goselbach
Cossacks - Platov	9	-	Cossacks	Goselbach
4th Corps - Kleinau	66	Austrian Avante Garde, Line	Austrian Line, Grenz, Cuirassier, Light Cavalry	Goselbach

16th October

Unit	Strength	Base divisions	Attachments Permitted	Start
2nd Corps - Meerveldt	39	Austrian Avante Garde, Line	Austrian Line, Grenz, Dragoon, Landwehr	Der Harth
3rd Corps - Gyulai	52	Austrian Avante Garde, Line	Austrian Line, Grenz	Elster
Grenadier Corps - Hessen-Homburg	66	Austrian Grenadier, Line	Austrian Grenadier, Line	Der Harth
2nd Prussian Corps - Kleist	72	Prussian	Line, Landwehr, Light Cavalry, Landwehr Cavalry, Cuirassiers	Goselbach
Russo - Prussian Guard and Reserve - Konstantin	98	Russian Grenadier	Russian Guard, Prussian Guard	Elster

18th October

Unit	Strength	Base divisions	Attachments Permitted	Start
1st Corps - Colloredo	56	Austrian Avante Garde, Line	Austrian Line, Grenz	leisse River

Army of Silesia (Blucher)

16th October

Unit	Strength	Base divisions	Attachments Permitted	Start
Russian Army Corps - Langeron	75	Russian Line	Russian Line, Jaeger, Dragoon and Cossacks	Birkholz
Russian Army Corps - Sacken	41	Russian Line	Russian Line, Jaeger,Hussar, Dragoon and Cossacks	Birkholz
1 Prussian Corps - Yorck	65	Prussian	Prussian Line, Elite ,Light  Cavalry	Birkholz

Army of Poland
18th October

Unit	Strength	Base divisions	Attachments Permitted	Start
Russian Army Corps - Doctorov	69	Russian Line	Russian Line, Jaeger, Dragoon and Uhlan	Partha River
Austrian Light Division - Bubna	23	Austrian Avante Garde	Austrian Line, Grenz, Hussars and Uhlans	Partha River
Advanced Gaurd  - Stroganov	23	Russian Line	Russian Jaeger, Hussar and Uhlans	Partha River

Army of the North (Bernadotte) is left out of this scenario as they arrived too late to participate

[ackostokie]

Hi Tod, Interesting idea, I've always wanted to do Leipzig. I am working on a similar project for playing the Waterloo campaign in one day.

Regards Phil.

[voltigeur1]

It's a good idea, especially with the bicentennial of the battle coming up this year. If I'm not mistaken, Le Grand Fromage is working on a set of rules (Blucher) to be employed on a similar scale of things. The comparison with this scenario should help him with the final touches (?) of his game.

[TodCreasey]

Hi Tod, Interesting idea, I've always wanted to do Leipzig. I am working on a similar project for playing the Waterloo campaign in one day.

Regards Phil.

So are we - I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with. We all wanted to do Leipzig but there was no way we were going to do it in a day so this is what we came up with after 3 good Firestorm campaigns with FOW.