Battle of Mora – Set Up

  strategic map  at 0800 13 August 1813

Campaign Background

16^th Italian corps has been retreating for three days since the battle of Torrente.   For all of that period 4^th Spanish corps have been in pursuit, so the Italians have not had any opportunity to rest and recover their battle casualties.

They also lost their supply depot at Torrente, and have been on half rations since Torrente.   As a result have started to lose more casualties due to lack of supplies.

General Severoli has ordered a halt at Mora in order to establish a supply depot, and to give his corps a chance to rest.  

4^th Spanish corps are at full strength, though one of their brigades are one march behind having established their supply depot at Lerida.  

  tactical map at 0800 13 August 1813

The battle will take place in the nine squares outlined in white.  

General Severoli has deployed his corps just north of Mora

General O’Donnell is marching towards Mora from Lerida, where his 16^th brigade has established the new supply depot.

  Wargames Table at start of battle

Mora is bottom centre on the cross roads

4^th Spanish corps is approaching top centre

  16^th Italian corps

All brigades are formed, but all have casualties as follows:

6^th infantry brigade  - 2 casualties

7^th infantry brigade  - 5 casualties

8^th infantry brigade  -1 casualty

16^th cavalry brigade  - 2 casualties

Corps artillery -  full strength

4th Spanish corps

Marching south on Torrente-Mora road in column of march

Special Rules

5^th Italian infantry brigade is detached and not taking part in this battle

16^th Spanish infantry brigade will arrive on the Torrente-Mora road at the start of move 5

We are play testing new rules for command and control.

Each commander rolls an average dice and adds the number of formed brigades under command

The wargame rules can be found at

http://napoleoniccampaignrules.blogspot.com/

The latest entry is a draft of the new rules