Total plays 27 - Last reported by LARS on 2020-12-15 05:54:34
Historical Background The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories, where the French Empire effectively crushed the Third Coalition. On 2 December 1805 (20 November Old Style, 11 Frimaire An XIV, in the French Republican Calendar), a French army, commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army, commanded by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, after nearly nine hours of difficult fighting. The battle took place near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna) about 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east of Brno in Moravia, at that time in the Austrian Empire (present day Czech Republic). The battle is often regarded as a tactical masterpiece. 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
Allied Army Commander: Alexander 5 Command Cards (Option 3 Tactician Cards)
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French Army Commander :Napoleon 6 Command Cards (Option 4 Tactician Cards) Move First
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Victory 10 Banners
Special Rules
• Pre-Battle Mother Russia Roll rule is not in effect.
• The Goldbach river is fordable and do not stop the movements.
• The Littawa river is not fordable but only at the 2 special fordable hexes.
• The French player get 1 Victory Banner at the start of his turn if any French unit occupy the Pratzen plateau.
• Special orders from Alexander (attack on the left): The Allied units are forbidden to climb the Pratzen plateau if coming from the right section of the board (allied left flank).
Although the French won 9-4 it was a close game. Docturov smashed Davout and began sending light infantry around the southern end of the Pratzen Heights. Soult assaulted the heights and managed to hold off a strong attack by the Allies. Timely reinforcements from Murat ended the game with a decisive charge by the Heavy Cavalry. The Allies continued to pull cards almost exclusively for their Left Flank while the French were fortunate to draw many Center cards and a badly needed Grand Manoeuvre which tipped the scales.
"Does the rule ‘the French player gets 1 VB at the start of their turn if...’ mean they get a VB every turn as long as they occupy the Pratzen, so that a ten-turns occupation leads to victory after ten turns? Or not, or else?"
GG may answer definitively.
Following the standard pattern, this condition would simply mean that at the start of a French turn they get a VB if they don't already have one and that VB is immediately lost if they at any time do not occupy the Pratzen.
Does the rule ‘the French player gets 1 VB at the start of their turn if...’ mean they get a VB every turn as long as they occupy the Pratzen, so that a ten-turns occupation leads to victory after ten turns? Or not, or else?
Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.~Napoleon
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