Historical Background
Large areas of Spain had risen up against the French invasion. Dupont's French army corps advanced to occupy Córdoba and Seville. Most of Dupont's troops were newly formed conscript units. Soon, Dupont found himself facing the forces of General Francisco de Castaños, numbering 30,000 men, and harassing the guerrillas who cut his lines of communication until a French reinforcement division reopened them.
Fearing that his communications would be severed again, Dupont withdrew, but he did so too slowly, hampered by a long supply convoy. Half of Castaños's army, under the command of Reding, executed a decisive flanking maneuver that placed them on the heights of Bailén, directly opposite Dupont's line of retreat. Dupont did not realize they were there until it was too late.
On July 19, Dupont's vanguard (Chabert's brigade) made contact with Reding's defensive line. Without prior reconnaissance, Chabert sent his 3,000 infantry and cuirassiers forward against an army three times their size. The attack was repulsed.
Most of Dupont's corps was marching behind the supply train, hindering reinforcements. The arriving units were launched in a fragmented second French attack, which was again repulsed.
Dupont reached the battlefield and assumed command. Led by the Guard Marines, the third French attack, with reduced forces, also failed. To make matters worse, most of Dupont's Swiss infantry, originally in the service of Spain, deserted and returned to their former employers. With no additional reserves and the rest of Castaños's Spanish army advancing in pursuit of the French, Dupont surrendered.
The stage is set. The battle lines are drawn and you are in command. Can you change history?
Battle Notes
Spanish Army
• Commander: Gral. Castaños
• 5 Command Cards.
• 5 Tactician Cards.
French Army
• Commander: Gral. Dupont
• 5 Command Cards.
• 4 Tactician Cards
• Move First 
Victory
15 Banners
Special Rules
• The Rumblar River is fordable in its entirety.
• The Swiss units of the French side: Use Portuguese line infantry blocks for the units and a Portuguese leader for their leader.
The Swiss units of the Spanish side: Use red English line infantry blocks for the units and an English leader for their leader.
Both Spanish and French Swiss line infantry units have 5 blocks each. All Swiss infantry units that move and engage in ranged combat battle with one-half the number of blocks rounding down. They melee with one die per block and retreat one hex per flag. When two French Swiss infantry units are eliminated, the 2 remaining French Swiss units are immediately removed from the battlefield.
Their removal will not count as Victory Banners for the Spanish player.
• French unit entry turns. These units will enter through the blue-bordered hexagons at the bottom of the French side and cost no movement points or orders. They represent the arrival of the French troops' marching column.
Reinforcements turn 2.
- 1 Unit Horse Artillery.
- 1 Unit Grenadier.
Reinforcements turn 3.
- 3 Unit Line Inf..
- 1 Leader.
If the hexagons with the blue border are occupied, these units will enter on the next turn. A leader does not represent an occupied hexagon.
• Sudden Death. If a French unit occupies a hexagon of the town of Bailén at the start of the turn, a city hexagon with a red border, it immediately wins.
• The Spanish achieve the Time Pressure Objective (each "Scout" card played by the Spanish counts as 1 permanent Victory Point). It is not permitted to use a "Scout" card to gain 1 VP and have it grant victory in the scenario.
• The Spanish guerrilla rule has no effect.
• To identify Spanish artillery superiority in cannon calibers, foot artillery is used for 12-pounder batteries and horse artillery for all other smaller calibers.
There are no Spanish horse artillery blocks; English artillery blocks are used.
