The Battle of Bournemouth – Scenario

Napoleon and the Guard have sailed for France leaving Ney with the remainder of the invasion force to await evacuation from Bournemouth beach. Wellington has decided to press his advantage straight away and try and bag the whole enemy force before they can escape.

If the British win this game, then Ney will be forced to surrender, if the French win, then they will be safely evacuated to Boulogne – the honour of France is at stake!

British OOB

Wellington

Foot Guards (23) (k) A+

42^nd Highlanders (22) A

The Royal Horse Guards A+

1 x Foot Battery

Hill

30^th Cambridgeshire A

49^th Hertfordshire (23) A

1 x Foot Battery

6 x Rifles (5)

Ponsonby (k)

Scots Greys (k) A

Inniskilling Dragoons A

1 x Horse Battery (5)

Stapleton-Cotton

Brunswick Hussars (11) (k) B

1 x Brunswick Horse Battery

French OOB

Poniatowski

4^th Swiss (16) (k) B

6 x Skirmishers

Massena

105^th Line (19) B

9^th Light Infantry (15) A

Davout 

85^th Line B

24^th Line B

1 x Line Foot Battery

6 x Skirmishers

Ney

45^th Line (21) B

Converged Grenadiers (19) (k) A

1 x Line Foot Battery (4)

Murat

Cuirassiers (8) A

The numbers in brackets denote the reduced strength of a unit, a ‘k’ means that the unit has no Colonel and the letters in bold are the combat ratings for Muskets & Marshals.

This time the game is being played on my full 6' x 4' table. The red stars are worth VP's to the British if they occupy them at the end of turn 8.

This is becoming something of a hallmark of Rob's tactical deployment - massed ranks of British Cavalry! The blue counter denotes that the Greys have lost their Colonel in a previous engagement and now suffer a permanent -1 to morale as a result.

The British right flank. Today the Duke has Mainwaring as his ADC due to the wound suffered by DeLancy in the last game.

The French infantry have taken a battering over the last few games and this is reflected in the low starting strengths of many of the units.

On the extreme left is Davout's Division who are the only force at full strength on the French side.

VP’s will be awarded on the same basis as before except that the VP locations are worth 5 VP’s to the British but nothing to the French.