This is a scenareo o the WIKI page but I can't find a map to go with it. Am I doing something wrong or is it missing? Are there any sources that may have a map and deployment information?
Battle of Perdenone
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Posted 1 year ago #
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A map was not done for the scenario.
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Taking in account wikipedia´s (with all its pros and cons) battle of Sacile Data :
“…Thanks to his scouts, Archduke John had a clear picture of his opponent's army. He ordered Frimont's advance guard to attack the French soldiers at Pordenone in the morning. At 6:00 am, the Austrians clashed with Sahuc's cavalry patrols. GM Joseph von Wetzel's Grenz brigade attacked across the Noncello (Foncello) stream on the east side of the town, attracting the attention of the defending infantry. When GM Josef von Schmidt's line brigade came down from the northeast, the French were compelled to stretch the 35th Line to cover the north side of town. Sahuc formed his horsemen north of the town, hoping to catch the Austrian attackers in the flank. But it was the French cavalry who were flanked when Frimont fell on them with four regiments of cavalry, routing them.[19] Without cavalry support, the infantry in the town were forced to pull out.[21][22]…”“… Historian Digby Smith writes that the 35th was "practically destroyed". In addition to the three battalions of the 35th Line, the 6th Hussars and the 6th Chasseurs a cheval were engaged on the French side. The Austrians committed one battalion of the Archduke Franz Karl IR # 52, one battalion of the Franz Jellacic IR # 62, and two battalions of the 1st Banal Grenz IR # 10 to action. Six squadrons of the Ott Hussars # 5, four squadrons of the Frimont Hussars # 9, and two squadrons of the Hohenzollern Chevaulegers # 2 were also involved.[23]”
My suggestion is dividing the Austrian OB , placing (as Joseph von Wetzel's brigade)
Austrian Forces (Avantgarde of VIII Korps)
Commander FML Frimont
Subcommander (Joseph von Wetzel's)
2 Grenz (1st Banal)Deployed EAST from the town
Subcommander (Josef von Schmidt)
2 Infantry (IR 52 and 62) +
2 Hussars (5th and 9th) +
1 Hvy Position BatteryWould enter as reserves (as by the reserve rule) arriving in the NORTH side of the table.
For the French part , the two cavalry units should be in Reserve entering in the WEST side of the table. The infantry and artillery would be deployed in, or next to, pordenone
The map could be something like this:
Using only the two northern rows of squares.
Terrain
The Noncello is fordable in all his length
The only non-open terrain are Pordenone , and a rough patch on the NW of the village.I would suggest trying the battle at least once in “mud” conditions, depicting heavy rains in the previous afternoon
Map borrowed from Chuck Hamack´s Sacile scenario (http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/GA_Scen_Sacile.pdf)
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