Hi there,
The sample pages show us something of the way Irregular infantry work, Do Irreg cavalry work the same way.
Ie will one set of figures do the job for them, or do I need substitutes?
Regards
David B
Irregular Cavalry
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Posted 2 years ago #
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No - cavalry is always either Irregular or Regular. The game doesn't do cavalry skirmishing, since that's assumed to have happened in the set-up ( you factor your cav vs. his, to determine if one side has a deployment advantage. That's presumably when the cavalry avant-gardes are shaking each other out.)
So there are very few irregular cavalry units in the game: Cossacks, Hungarian insurrection, and some Ottoman units. That's pretty much it.
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Many thanks,
Will the rules themselves or your on-line resources give us a guide to the unusual troops and armies outside the big Nth European nations?
regards
David B
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Yes. The book itself has all the European minor states, plus the Swedes and Ottomans.
For more exotic things like the Americans in 1812-14, or the South American rebellions... I will let others contribute those to the Wiki.
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Thanks Sam,
Glad to hear the book itself will have this level of info. I tend to look for unusual or unloved armies in the periods I play.
I hope the printers in Asia send the shipment to Oz by mistake to cut down the delivery time to myplace.
regards
David B
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Since you are talking about the minor states here, let me ask a quick question. Will the minor states be different depending on the theater? Will the Saxons of the Conquest period allied with the Prussians, be different then the Saxons allied with the French in the Empire or Liberation periods?
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Yes. Some of the minor states really get around, too. The Poles and Italians, for example, show up just about everywhere.
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I know irregular cavalry and irregular troops cannot attack regular forces in open terrain which includes artillery. But I had an instance where I found my irregular cav behind the enemy lines and encountered an unlimbered artillery battery not supported by any friendly troops. I was in a flanking position directly in charging range, but unable to attack since the battery is considered regular force. I would at least think that the battery would be worried somewhat because of the proximity of enemy troops adjacent to the rear. Shouldnt the battery at least take a discipline test to determine if they hold their ground or forced to limber. And if that irregular cav were to encounter a limbered battery wouldnt there be a call for somesort of consequence for the limbered battery regardless of the troop type, if battery couldn't escape or deploy to fire. I would think any commander would take the opportunity to destroy an enemy target which presents itself in a severe disadvantage.
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Hi
A good point... I own many cossacks units (I wargaming in the 1813 period) iddle in the battle field. The main activity of these warriors is stay in the rearguard of the enemy in roder to disturb or avoid the fall back movements.
Sam always said that cossacks (or other irrgular) are not battle cavalry, but I agree with DicerOll in that they could have the possibility to destroy enemy at disadvantage.
RafaPosted 2 years ago # -
I agree, though flanked units could always turn to face and cossacks would be afraid of that. I can't see why they wouldn't joyfully bag limbered artillery though. I can't remember, can artillery turn to face in the reaction phase, or not?
PhilPosted 2 years ago # -
I busted both arms in a bicycling accident this weekend, and can't write much, but I'll just repeat: Cossacks show up on a lot of Russian OBs, but there is very little evidence that they actually took part in field battles. I tend to think that their presence was acknowledged, but otherwise their roles as scouts and pursuit cavalry were their primary occupations, and that's Lasalle's role for them, too.
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