Hi All
Does anyone have detailed French OOB for the Battle of FUENTES DE OÑORO I would like to base my French force around the one that attacked the British 7th Division on day 3.
Thanks
JP
Hi All
Does anyone have detailed French OOB for the Battle of FUENTES DE OÑORO I would like to base my French force around the one that attacked the British 7th Division on day 3.
Thanks
JP
You have the nafziger Ob in
http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/811ESAH.pdf
For details I would recommend reading rpardo´s scenery for NB in his site
http://www.rafaelpardoalmudi.com/NBfuentes_1.html
http://www.rafaelpardoalmudi.com/scenarios/fuentes/Battle_of_Fuentes.pdf
I would build Mermet's Marrchand's (VI Corps) and Solingnac's (VIII Corps) Infantry divisions as well as Lamotte's Cavalry Bde (VI Corps) and Montbrun's Reserve Cavalry Division.
Lots of painting.......
6th Corps: Général de division Loison
1st Division: Général de division Marchand
Brigade: Général de brigade Maucune
1/,2/6th Légère Regiment (1,120)
1/,2/,3/69th Line Regiment (1,209)
Brigade: Général de brigade Marcognet
1/,2/,3/39th Line Regiment (1,063)
1/,2/,3/76th Line Regiment (1,405)
2nd Division: Général de division Mermet
Brigade: Général de brigade Bardet de Maison-Rouge
1/,2/25th Légère Regiment (1,393)
1/,2/,3/27th Line Regiment (1,425)
Brigade: Général de brigade Delabassée
1/,2/,3/50th Line Regiment (1,212)
1/,2/,3/59th Line Regiment (1,550)
Light Cavalry Brigade: Général de brigade Lamotte (175 tota1)
1/,2/,3/3rd Hussar Regiment
1/,2/,3/15th Chasseur à Cheval Regiment
Artillery: Général de brigade Charbonnel 14 guns
8th Corps: Général de division Junot
2nd Division: Général de division Solignac
Brigade: Général de brigade Gratien
1/,2/,3/15th Line Regiment (846)
1/,2/,3/,4/65th Line Regiment (1,483)
Brigade: Général de brigade Thomiéres
1/,2/,3/86th Line Regiment (1,263)
2/,3/Irish Legion (273)
Regiment de Prusse (321)
Artillery: (160 men - 4 guns)
Reserve Cavalry Corps: Général de division Montbrun
Brigade: Général de brigade Cavroi
1/,2/,3/3rd Dragoon Regiment (12/81)
1/,2/,3/,4/l0th Dragoon Regiment (12/126)
1/,2/,3/,4/15th Dragoon Regiment (11/219)
Brigade: Général de brigade Ornano
1/,2/,3/,4/6th Dragoon Regiment (21/305)
1/,2/,3/,4/15th Dragoon Regiment (11/167)
1/,2/,3/,4/25th Dragoon Regiment (22/200)
Artillery: 6/2nd Horse Artillery
4 - 4pdrs 2 - Howitzers
Wow thanks for that,
To start with if I'm going o build a peninsular core and organic light cav support should I just do VI corps + light cav brigade? And if so which would you mark as conscript and which as vets?
Thanks again
JP
Hi John Paul,
My plans are similar to yours, although they are always being revised.
Here is a link to my planned Lasalle French Army, a good chunk of it is done, as you can see the Core is indeed based on the VI Corps: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2wNi1BpxnTU/TAWyBe_Lk8I/AAAAAAAABNw/4EZFUbgn3n4/s1600/French+Lasalle.jpg
As you can see, to build the light cavalry bde, you need some units from the Army of the North as well as the the Army of Portugal.
Good Luck,
John
Also, if you check the main site, under history, you will find a nice 12 page article on this battle
cheers
Thanks All Interesting reading,
So If I do the VI Corps I would be better off doing a conquest army as reports suggest they were all Vets, My core would represent the 1st and 2ed Division the Vet Inf Support would be 3rd Division and my light Cav would be the Cav Brigade (stretching it a little with the cav)?
Thanks
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