The Battle of Wagram – Scenario

Now don’t go reaching for your copy of Chandler’s The Campaigns of Napoleon because this is not that battle of Wagram but rather one that has come about due to the twists and turns of the current campaign. Having given up Vienna and craftily withdrawn his forces behind the Danube, Rob has snookered Napoleon with the Guard and Cavalry Reserve, leaving it up to the 'B Team' north of the river to take the fight to him.

All I can say is FAKE NEWS!

It's now Turn 13 and after all that fancy French footwork it has been left to Ney and Massena to deal the knockout blow against the allies.

French OOB

Ney

45th Ligne B

105th Ligne B

Converged Grenadiers A

6 x Skirmishers

1 x Foot Battery

Massena

85th Ligne B

24th Ligne B

DK Dragoons/Cuirassiers B

6 x Skirmishers

1 x Foot Battery

Lasalle

6th Chasseurs A

Allied OOB

General Mack C-in-C

Bernadotte

Abo Regiment B

Kajana Regiment B

Alderkreutz Regiment B

6 x Jagers

1 x Russian Foot Battery

Gyulay

Moscow Grenadiers A

Toskana Dragoons A

Sommariva Cuirassiers A

6 x Jagers

1 x Austrian Foot Battery

Duke of Brunswick

Austrian Hussars A

The initial deployment of the armies. Wagram is classified as a built-up-area.

The Allied High Command hold their O-Group. I've said it before and I'll say it again - there's nothing quite like a field of Swedes.

This will be an all or nothing attempt by the French - vive l'emperor!

After all my grand manoeuvring I am being forced to fight this battle with the weakest part of my army whilst the emperor looks on helplessly from a church tower in Vienna. I must win this battle to win the campaign, Rob on the other hand only has to hold on and the win will be his. This is a good illustration of why playing campaign games can be fun as this is a scenario I would never have dreamt up – a French army with no Guard units and without cavalry superiority takes on a hotchpotch of Swedes, Russians and Austrians in a fight they must win!