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1. TodCreasey
   Member

   In making up the War of 1812 scenarios I have a couple of battles where the Americans have a single troop of cavalry (around 60 odd men). Apparently the guys working on the AWI version are running into the same problem.

   I obviously can't rate this as a full unit so I am playing with the idea of cavalry skirmishers based on some concepts from Grande Armee.

   Basically I am thinking that a Cav SK base would make the SK rating of the opponent == 0 but not add to the SK value of the unit it is attached to.

   The idea is thus. US unit A (SK 2 + Cav SK) faces British unit B (SK 3). British unit is now SK 0 for firing and the US unit remains SK2.

   Sound reasonable?

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. Eugene deB
   Member

   Hi Todd,

   I like your idea (and think it's a handy way to involve small cavalry units) but I wonder if there are any historical examples of a cavalry squadron attaching directly to an infantry battalion to provide skirmisher suppression? I'm not saying it wasn't done but I can't recall any examples.

   Also - I'm not so sure the Grande Armee concept represented cavalry skirmishers as much as a presence of cavalry in a brigade organization. The lack of same in an enemy formation would certainly curtail the use of skirmishers.

   Regards,

   Mark

   Posted 2 years ago #

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