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1. TodCreasey
   Member

   For those of you following the wiki you can see I am working on a scenario for Somosierra. As you may know the battle was preceded by a charge of a single company of Polish lancers who took out 3 successive 2 gun "batteries" the Spanish had put up before they were joined by the rest of their batallion for the final push.

   I don't see any rules in Lasalle for a single company going it alone (likewise for half sized batteries). It was a bad Spanish deployment and a bad idea for a charge anyways historically so I don't expect it to happen on the table but I wanted to include directions on how to play the battle with historical starts.

   Do I need to do a special scenario rule?

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. Sam Mustafa
   Le Grand Fromage

   [Do I need to do a special scenario rule?]

   Yeah... with great care, too! Because creating a little 1-strength company as an independent unit will have all sorts of implications on game play, regarding whether or not it's a "unit" for purposes of things like interpenetration, charging, front/flank, etc.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. kustenjaeger
   Member

   Greetings

   My understanding is that the Polish escort squadron (who were not yet lancers - they were chasseurs-legers polonnais, not being lancers until 3 months later) didn't actually make contact in the case in point (effective single squadron charges were known, usually from an unexpected direction). Oman Vol I p458-9 covers this, preferring de Segur (who was with the charge) to the 13th Bulletin.

   Regards

   Edward

   Posted 2 years ago #

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