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Victory Results:

53 %

47 %

Total plays 60 - Last reported by utl94 on 2025-09-27 21:10:15

Eggmühl - 22 April 1809 (Day 2 Attack on Eggmühl)

Historical Background
Upon his arrival at the front, Napoleon was determined to capture the village of Eggmühl, using Wurttembergers, German allied troops who had fought very well over the past two days. Capturing Eggmühl would unhinge Charles’s line, and possibly lead to a decisive victory.
The Austrian General Rosenberg was alerted to the coming danger and repositioned his troops. He ordered units to pull back to defend the high ground directly behind the village, in the village itself, and along the tree-lined riverbank. Supported by artillery, the Austrian Grenzers repulsed Napoleon’s Württemberg light battalions twice. But on the third attack, the bridge was taken.
By that time, Gudin’s Division had also succeeded in crossing the Grosse Laaber. Pressed from two sides, the village and the castle both fell. Napoleon wasted no time in crossing more troops to exploit the victory.
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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	5
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Battle Notes

Austrian Army
• Commander: Rosenberg
• 4 Command Cards
• Optional 2 Tactician Cards


4	3	2	0

French Army
• Commander: Von Hügel
• 5 Command Cards
• Optional 2 Tactician Cards
• Move First


4	5	1	2

Victory
5 Banners

Special Rules
• The Schloss Castle and the Eggmühl hex form a Temporary Majority Victory Banner for the side that occupies it at the start of its turn, worth 1 banner for the Austrian player and 2 banners for the French player (Temporary Majority Victory Banner Turn Start)

• The Bridge is a Permanent Victory Banner for the French player worth 1 banner when occupied at the start of the turn (Permanent Victory Banner Turn Start)

• The Grosse Laaber is a fordable river.

• The Austrians have no Leaders in this scenario

Posts in discussion: 311 Eggmühl - Day 2 Attack on Eggmühl (22 April 1809)

Pevans replied the topic:

#14085

3 months 1 week ago

Evert and I are working our way through the Austrian expansion scenarios. He plays the French first and, after some initial manoeuvring on the right, attacked in the centre (a "Bayonet Charge" initially). And continued attacking in the centre, gradually whittling down the Austrian defenders.

Eliminating two Austrian units, taking the bridge and clearing the woods gave Evert 3 banners - I still had one for holding the town/castle and tried to re-group (our 'favourite' card, "La Grande Manoeuvre").

Fighting continued back and forth around the town and castle, but the French prevailed. With the Austrian losses and the French taking both town and castle, this was a crushing defeat for the Austrians: 0:5.

Ouch! That was over fast (half an hour) - and horribly one-sided. So we re-set and played the return match immediately.

My French advanced on the right and a "La Grande Manoeuvre" saw them get further forward on both flanks.

The French then attacked towards Eggmühl, taking the bridge and provoking an extended fight over the woods and town that took the score to 3:3.

My mistake, though, was trying to remove the Austrian artillery on hills right of centre. The guns blew away two French Line and infantry then cleared French Lights out of the town for the coup de grâce and a 3:5 win.

Ouch again! A rather longer game at just over an hour (and 26 turns to the earlier 17). And that's 3:10 to Evert on aggregate.

Clearly it's a battle the Austrians can win. I suspect it all depends on how well the French can sustain their attack (as Evert did).

I’ve also posted this report on my BGG blog (with pictures!): www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/175288

Riclev replied the topic:

#9494

2 years 4 months ago

Contrary to what has been reported below, our two games resulted in two Austrian wins. In the second game, which was won 5-4, the French right couldn't get across the river in the face of the Austrian artillery, while on the left, although the Wurttembergers eliminated the two grenzer units in the woods and the two line units on the baseline, they were so beaten up in the process that they were unable to make any progress against either the castle or the village. The game would have been more interesting if the Austrians were not awarded a banner for occupying the castle and the village. As it was, in both games such occupation swung the result in their favour. But overall a hard fight, worth playing.

LARS replied the topic:

#6923

4 years 10 months ago

An unexpectedly long scenario. Von Hügel finally finished off the Austrian left for a 5-1 win, but it was a tough fight.

Michalxo replied the topic:

#1579

11 years 6 months ago

I like this scenario very much. It is easy to setup, fun and have interesting battles/victory conditions.

I think both our games were won by French, first 5-3 second 5-4.

311 Eggmühl - Day 2 Attack on Eggmühl (22 April 1809)

Eggmühl - 22 April 1809 (Day 2 Attack on Eggmühl)

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