309 Rohr (20 April 1809)

Written by GMT Games on 22 November 2013. Posted in Fifth Coalition (1809)

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Rohr - 20 April 1809

Historical Background
Davout and his redoubtable III Corps should have been crushed by superior Austrian forces, but instead had won a hard-fought victory at Teugen-Hausen, allowing Napoleon the time to concentrate.
Leaving Davout to occupy Archduke Charles, Napoleon concentrated most of his army near Abensberg to split the Austrian army, and on the morning of April 20th, unleashed them against the Austrian V Corps under Archduke Louis.
Lannes’ provisional corps tore through the Austrian front line and pushed on toward the village of Rohr. En route, Lannes’ troops collided with Thierry’s retreating Austrian brigade, mauling it severely. Thierry’s survivors joined with Schustekh’s light troops at Rohr, but Lannes was close behind and wasted no time in launching his veteran French infantry against Rohr.
As the Austrian infantry collapsed, the outnumbered Austrian cavalry launched desperate attacks to cover the infantry retreat, and were virtually destroyed. Jacquinot’s troopers set off in hot pursuit toward Rottenburg, inflicting further serious losses on the routed Austrians.
The stage is set. The battle lines are drawn and you are in command. Can you change history?

Set-Up Order

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Battle Notes

Austrian Army
• Commander: Schustekh
• 4 Command Cards
• Optional 2 Tactician Cards
• Move First


6	1	1	1	1	2

French Army
• Commander: Lannes
• 5 Command Cards
• Optional 5 Tactician Cards


8	2	3	1	1	3

Victory
5 Banners

Special Rules
• The French player gains 1 Victory Banner for each French unit that exits the battlefield from one of the three Austrian baseline hexes as indicated.

Tags: Expansion 3, Banners: 5, Army: Austrian, Army: French, Special Rule: Exit VB

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Posts in discussion: 309 Rohr (20 April 1809)

LARS replied the topic: #6918 2 weeks 1 day ago

Very exciting end to the Rohr scenario. Austrians can win by eliminating Morands’s troops with an inspired Schustekh and cavalry assault, but Morand pulls back and the Austrian cavalry is caught in crossfire! Game over, French win 5-4.

Craterus replied the topic: #6512 7 months 5 days ago

This weekend I played with a friend and we both win with the french.

g1ul10 replied the topic: #5541 2 years 2 months ago

Watching this scenario played in the OT2018 tournement and having played it twice myself, I have the impression it does not replicate the historical feeling, albeit it is surely fun to play. The use of tactician cards (I'll never be a big fun of those) dilute national differences and in particular the French advantage in maneuverability. At the end, with decent cards the Austrian can easily tie or even win the cavalry match on the right flank. At that point, it's probably a 3 VP game and given the Austrian resilience in defence, five LN units are sufficient to give him the victory. If it were a 6 VP scenario, probably it would better replicate the historical result.

Michalxo replied the topic: #1580 6 years 8 months ago

Aggressive tactics for Austrians worked well and they managed to destroy many French units. Resulting in 5-2, and more would come...
Much better dice for Austrians and also, French was beginner player. Anyway, I would never say, such result would be possible for Austrians.

Hawkmoon-von-Köln replied the topic: #1318 6 years 11 months ago

We've been playing last friday evening with my friend leboucher (that means in french "The Butcher") and I won both games with a final score of 10 - 0... He had no luck with his dices. It looked like chess game.
With the Austrians, I got a lot of luck with my HC ripping the same turn with a normal card (no bonuses)a full LC unit and a full Cuirassiers unit ! 8 hits on 9 dices !
So the Butcher was butchered (I hope he will play CCN again with me) !
Sometimes the dices are very boring.
Greetings

Bayernkini replied the topic: #1316 6 years 11 months ago

Lost just with French 0:5!!!!
Never expected such a result with French in this scenario.
I had good Cards (2 Force March, 1 Bayonett Charge), but no comment about my dice,
see below to my signature :evil: