Battle of Tortosa – Move 3

1400-1500 10 August 1813

  Table at the start of move 3

Left – Spanish deploy between hill and woods

Right – French deploy just above Tortosa

Marshal Suchet (Gifted)

3 Command Points

Move to join Halbert

Change corps orders to “Engage enemy”

  17^th French corps

General Halbert (Average)

10 Command Points

Orders – Engage enemy

Cavalry charge Spanish dragoons

Spanish test to counter charge (total 4 – pass and charge)

Artillery advance 4” and unlimber

22^nd and 24^th brigades advance 3” and form square

Halbert moves to command range of Tortosa

23^rd brigade move to edge of Tortosa

  French cavalry roll 2D6

French chasseurs charge Spanish dragoons (total 12 – French win)

Spanish dragoons lose one casualty and rout

French chasseurs halt disordered

3^rd Spanish brigade test morale for rout within 4” (total 2 – fail become shaken)

1^st Spanish brigade test morale for rout within 4” (total 4 – pass)

1st Spanish corps

General del Parque (Average)

8 Command Points

Orders – Move to Tortosa

Artillery fire on 22^nd French (total 2 – no casualties)

1^st and 2^nd brigades form square

4^th brigade advance 4” and form column of attack

Del Parque changes corps orders to “Hold”

Del Parque joins shaken 3^rd brigade

3^rd brigade test morale for shaken (total 4 – pass become disordered)

 

Game Notes

Suchet orders Halbert to advance and engage the Spanish

Halbert orders his cavalry to charge the enemy dragoons.

Cavalry melee are very unpredictable

He orders his infantry to form square to protect the gunners

His cavalry are very successful and rout the dragoons

On Engage orders they cause one casualty

Had they been on attack orders they would have caused two casualties

Spanish infantry within 4” of the rout have to test their morale

Spanish gunners unable to fire on chasseurs who are out of the angle of fire

Rule 2 covers role of CinC

Rule 7 covers artillery fire

Rule 14 covers cavalry combat

Rule 17 covers reaction to rout

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