I have yet to actually be able to play a game but I have been following the forums and have read through the rulebook a few times. I am currently painting up a 100 Days British army and I have seen a lot of posts about how the Brits struggle to win a lot of the time. Why is this? Have I already handicapped myself by choosing an army with design flaws?

The biggest issues that I see are the smaller artillery units and the lack of availability of good cavalry.

Greetings!
The new downloads look quite exciting - I can hardly wait to see the finished product! Having looked at the Prussian Army Lists, I have a few questions regarding the Liberation and Hundred Days line-up.
1) I appreciate that "Brigade" is a generic term in the game's context, however I was wondering where the third battalion of the Line regiment had got to - is it the Fusiliers, represented by the 2 SK bases?
2) I seem to recall that in 1815, the cuirassiers were kept at home together with the grenadiers and guards. If Elite Infantry are limited to the Liberation theatre, should Cuirassiers be available as a Hundred Days reserve brigade?
3) From the "moment in battle" concept, shouldn't there be a provision for some Russian allies during the Liberation ? Weren't there even permanent mixed formations under Prussian command, e.g. Prussian infantry with Russian cavalry or cossack support? - Apologies if this was covered in the Russian list, which I missed.
4) I'm not sure I understand the "Abteilung" label on p.111, which does not seem to appear in the Lists themselves
5) The reserve regiments, which had been serving since Spring 1813, had been taken into the line by the Hundred days campaign. Was their performance by then any different from the senior regiments, to justify their being classed as "Amateur" still?
Justwondering mind you, all of this has probably been pored over, and found to have excellent reasons...

I am trying to understand the conversion from OOB to Lasalle. I have extracted a couple of divisions OOB that confronted each other in the opening phase of the battle of Austerlitz around the southern village of Telnitz.
Any ccomment idea is appreciated, thanks.
Here is my conversion:

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Extract from the OOB of the Austrian at the Austerlitz:

Advance Guard of Buxhöwden's Command: FML General Kienmayer

1st Infantry Brigade: Major-General Carneville
7th Grenz and 14th Grenz Regts: (1500)
15th Grenz Regt and Pioneers: (1500)

1st Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Stutterheim
3rd Chevauleger Regt: 8 sqdns (780)
Horse Artillery: 2 Batteries (8-6pdr + 4-howitzers)

2nd Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Count Nostitz-Rieneck
4th Hussar Regt: 6 sdqns (520)

3rd Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Moritz Lichtenstein
11th Hussar Regt: 8 sqdns (650)
Sysoev and Melentev Cossack Regts: (520)

In Lasalle it would be represented as:

1st Infantry Brigade: Major-General Carneville
2 Grenz
1 Grenz+

1st Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Stutterheim
2 Chevauleger
2 Cav BTY

2nd Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Count Nostitz-Rieneck
1 Hussar

3rd Cavalry Brigade: Major-General Moritz Lichtenstein
1 Hussar+
1 Cossack

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Extract from the OOB of the French at the Austerlitz:

3rd Infantry Division : Général de Division Legrande

1st Brigade: Général de Brigade Merle
26th Légère Regt : (1500)
Tirailleurs du Pô : (600)
Tirailleurs Corses : (600)

2nd Brigade: Général de Brigade Féry
3rd Ligne Regt : (1800)

3rd Brigade: Général de Brigade Lavasseur
18th Ligne Regt : (1500)
75th Ligne Regt : (1500)

Divisional Artillery :
Foot Artillery : Battery (4-8pdr, 2-4pdr & 2-6" How)

In Lasalle it would be represented as:

3rd Infantry Division : Général de Division Legrande

1st Brigade: Général de Brigade Merle
2 Légère
1 Légère (Tir. du Pô)
1 Légère (Tir. Corses)

2nd Brigade: Général de Brigade Féry
2 Ligne

3rd Brigade: Général de Brigade Lavasseur
2 Ligne
2 Ligne

Divisional Artillery :
1 Division BTY

I'm most likely never going to meet an opponent for this game, but would like to paint up some troops anyway. I'm going to paint up some Avant-Garde troops as I have a weakness for Grenzers and white uniforms.

What would be the most interesting French or French Allied force to create to oppose them?

thanks for any input!

Hello Sam,

I am building up my 1809 Austrian force and was wondering if you could give me a few details on core force composition. I would guess that the infantry division core would be something like 6 Infantry, 2 Landwehr, 1 Bde Btry, and 1 Pos Btry; while the Avant-Garde might be 4 Jager or Grenz, 2 Hussar or Chevaulegers, and 2 Horse Btry. The organic brigades could be some more infantry or mixed brigades while the reserves would be Cuirassier or Grenadier Bdes. Am I on track? Thanks much.

Mark

Hey Sam,

Sorry to keep bugging you on these army list questions, but I was wondering if Austrian players will have the ability to field any landwehr in their infantry forces.

Thanks, Mark