Lützen (Initial Attack) - 2 May 1813
Historical Background
The battle of Lützen was fought between the Army of Silesia, composed mostly of Russians and Prussians, and the Grande Armée of Napoleon I. The French were moving eastwards from Lützen towards Leipzig but were unaware of a concentration of the Allies on their right flank, to the south. Two of Ney's divisions had taken up in the town of Starsiedel and a group of four villages forming a rectangle (Klein Görschen, Gross Görschen, Rahna and Kaja). Poor allied scouting of the situation destroyed the element of surprise as the size of the waiting French were much more than than Blücher had expected. Instead of attacking the unprepared French immediately, he ordered an artillery bombardment for forty minutes, with many of his guns damaged for their efforts. When the assault finally began, Klüx's brigade slammed into Gross Görschen, taking it by momentum and the assault continued through towards Rahna, but left the Prussians in great disorder. Pirch and Ziethen then stormed Klein Görschen, driving Souham's men to Kaja. The initial delay however was enough to allow Ney to call up reinforcements to intensify the battle for the four villages, to lure the Allies into full commitment while Napoleon setup the workings for a double envelopment. This scenario will focus on events just after the initial bombardment.
The stage is set. The battle lines are drawn and you are in command. Can you change history?
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Set-Up Order
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Battle Notes
Allies Army:
• Commander: Lebrecht von Blücher
• 5 Command Cards
• Optional 5 Tactician Cards
• 2 Iron Will
• Move First
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| 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
French Army
• Commander: Ney
• 5 Command Cards
• 4 Tactician Cards
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| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Victory
6 Banners
Special Rules
The four marked building hexes represent a temporary allied group objective worth 1 victor banner for the allies if they occupy two at turn start.
The Flossgraben is fordable except artillery may not enter.
Blücher’s Slow Start : The French player is shown the Prussian’s initial command cards and may choose as many as he wishes to be discarded and redrawn (without revealing).
The fieldworks provides no ignore retreat bonus.
(Optional for advanced French player : French player chooses four of his LN units to be conscripts.).
