412 Lübeck - North Gate (6 November 1806)

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Written by: GMT Games
Category: Fourth Coalition (1806-1807)
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Victory Results:
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Record a victory for BOTTOM ARMY  60 %
Total plays 45 - Last reported by craigJ on 2024-09-20 23:02:52

Lübeck - 6 November 1806
(North Gate)

Historical Background
Blocked from reaching the Oder, Blücher turned and raced to the west to join forces with the Swedes around the neutral city of Lübeck. When Blücher reached the city, he forced his way in, but promised he would not fight in the city in exchange for food drink and fodder. However, as soon as his force was inside the city walls, he ordered them to take up defensive positions. Bernadotte’s and Soult’s Corps arrived soon thereafter and attacked immediately. When the French attacked the city, Blücher broke his promise to the city fathers, stating he must fight. Bernadotte’s soldiers, after a hard fight, broke through the city’s northern defenses and overwhelmed the Prussian defenders, capturing thousands of dispirited soldiers. Blücher, who thought the city secure, was nearly captured in his headquarters at the Golden Angle Inn. He barely escaped, but most of his staff, including the brilliant Scharnhorst, was not as fortunate. The French brutally sacked Lübeck during and after the fighting, partly because of Blucher’s violation of neutrality, and partly because the French soldiers were as skilled at looting as they were at fighting. The next day, the French trapped the remaining Prussians against the Danish frontier and Blücher was compelled to surrender.
The stage is set. The battle lines are drawn and you are in command. Can you change history?

 

Set-Up Order

Entrenchments3 1
Forest 4
Hill 3
HillEntrenchments4 1
River 6
RiverBend 8
Town 3
Castle 1
Church 1
Walled Garden 1

 

Battle Notes

Prussian Army
• Commander: Blücher
• 4 Command Cards & 4 Iron Will Counters
• Optional 5 Tactician Cards

Line Infantry Light Infantry Grenadier Infantry Light Cavalry Foot Artillery Horse Artillery Leader
2 2 1 1 4 1 3

French Army
• Commander: Bernadotte
• 5 Command Cards
• Optional 4 Tactician Cards
• Move First

Line Infantry Light Infantry Light Cavalry Foot Artillery Horse Artillery Leader
8 3 2 2 1 3

 

Victory
7 Banners

Special Rules
• The St. Gertrude Church is a Temporary Victory Banner worth one banner for the French player at the start of its turn (Temporary Victory Banner Turn Start)

• The French player gains 1 Victory Banner for each French unit that exits the battlefield from any Prussian North Gate baseline hex (any hexes in the center section).

• The Prussian player gains 1 Temporary Victory Banner as long as a French unit does not exit through any North Gate Baseline Hexes.

• The Wakenitz River is not fordable.

• The Trave River is fordable.

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Posts in discussion: 412 Lübeck - North Gate (6 November 1806)
kostas63 replied the topic:
#7307
3 years 5 months ago
Vittoria Francese 7-3. L'artiglieria francese spazza via i leggeri appostati sulla collina costringendo Oswald a rifugiarsi tra le difese campali. Il duca di Brunswick si unisce ai Granatieri e ordina all'artiglieria di attraversare il fiume. Forma cosi una formidabile linea difensiva con il centro posto nella chiesa di Santa Gertrude. Intanto i leggeri francesi abbandonano i boschi e il giardino e si lanciano di corsa verso le vie di uscita mentre Drouet sulla sinistra riceve l'ordine di prendere d'assalto le difese campali. I granatieri prussiani caricano con l'appoggio della loro artiglieria le unità di Rivaud ma vengono massacrati e il duca di Brunswick muore alla loro testa. I leggeri francesi nel centro si trovano in difficoltà quindi Tilly con un'unità di cavalleggeri decide di sfondare nel centro. Anche se con gravi perdite la cavalleria francese passa tra le batterie prussiane ed esce dal campo guadagnando la vittoria.
GG replied the topic:
#7146
3 years 7 months ago
Played and won with the Prussians! Very balanced scenario!
LARS replied the topic:
#6871
3 years 11 months ago
Blücher victorious 7-4. In retrospect in my game, Rivaud’s attack on the church was foreshadowing Hougoumont. Brutal. A very entertaining scenario, and the end of this phase of the 4th Coalition War.
NightOwl3 replied the topic:
#6840
4 years 1 week ago
This was a French win 7-5, but it was much closer than it seems. In the last Prussian turn, I had the chance to win. I was rolling with a LC +1 Cav. bonus against a broken French LC with a leader. I also had a LT Inf. next to a lone French Leader. LC was rolling 4 dice no hits. Lt was was rolling 2 dice, no hits. My chance to win, or at least prevent the French LC from exiting the board was dashed. In the next French turn he exited off the board and destroyed the LT INF. Game over. I got in some early French kills fighting around the temporary bonus hex. But just as my Grenadier was surrounded by French troops I was able to play the Grand March to move back four troops towards the Prussian line. I think that was the key. Prussians take a risk to hold that church for the temp VP. But knowing when to pull back is important. A very close game.
Bangla replied the topic:
#3963
8 years 1 month ago
Two games with gottoman, both French victories 7-1 and then 7-2. Neither of us seemed to get to grips with defending in the right places for the Prussians.
mantra replied the topic:
#3961
8 years 1 month ago
mantra(French) - 7 Banners, 11 blocks lost
asyncritus (Allies) - 2 Banners, 25 Blocks lost

This was the second game of the match. The French pushed the hills hard and gained their heights. Once there they consecutively bombarded the Prussians in the field below. The Prussians attempt to push the French off the heights, but the French Inf. were able to make gains in the field and take the town. This was contested by the Prussians as they sent in their Lt. Cav. to shatter the French masses, but this came to no effect as the French were able to play the battle first tactic card. It seemed the Prussians could only chip away at the French with ranged fire. Their melee came up short.

Once the French had 5 banners, they earnestly started to push into the church and its environs. The Prussians did all they could, but were deeply outnumber and out gunned. The French would not be denied the victory and its spoils.
Michalxo replied the topic:
#2211
10 years 1 week ago
Two games with "TheRailRodder" (sorry for misswriting your nickname), Both Prussian victories 7-6 and 7-5.
Pretty close games, but it is a bit about luck, as this scenario ended for us both times with artillery bombardment
as French lost their power. But it was pretty intense both times.
I liked it the most from so far played Prussian scenarios.
Tarheel replied the topic:
#2195
10 years 2 weeks ago
Feel like prussians need 5 cards and need to get first move. A french bayonet charge to start is a real spoiler.
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