MD08 Gebora (19 February 1811)

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3 years 1 month ago #7716 by Mark-McG
River count fixed, field work removed. There are just 16 hills on the map. Noting the comment about failure to entrench, the presence of a fieldwork seems illogical and against the historical record.

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1 month 2 weeks ago #12824 by Mark-McG
It seems to me that Romana was dead , aand Soult not present on this battlefield.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gebora#Battle

Spanish Commander is General Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta

French Commander is Marshall Édouard Mortier

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1 month 2 weeks ago #12825 by RiverWanderer
@Mark McG - I will update the scenario. Should the leaders be demoted from "Leader of Honor" status as well?

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1 month 2 weeks ago - 1 month 2 weeks ago #12828 by Mark-McG
on the whole, I think
1. delete both Soult and Romana
2. Remove the Leader of Honour Special Rule
3. move Mortier to the French Centre
4. Delete the Spanish leader with the Heavy Cavalry. The Allied cavalry performed poorly. This leaves the Spanish with one leader, and the French 2 leaders, which seems not ahistorical.

Something to note is that the artillery in the castle loses 1 die firing out. Historically there was a gap between the fort and the Spanish Right wing, so removing this artillery, and moving the Spanish Line unit into the fort would achieve this, and be better for the Spanish in my view.

An interesting aside on the Spanish commander Mendizábal;
He was named commander of the Army of the Left and suffered a defeat at the Battle of the Gebora after which he was kept from command. Humiliated, Mendizábal begged to serve as a simple rank and file soldier, a request that was granted. After distinguishing himself at the Battle of Albuera in May 1811, he was reinstated with the title of Commander of the Seventh Army or Séptimo Exército, which he took to the north of Spain in the territories that make up the Basque Provinces (Biscay), Navarre, La Rioja, Burgos, and Santander. He fought in this mountainous region using guerrilla tactics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Mendiz%C3%A1bal_Yraeta

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