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After-Action Report (Notes)
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 | Right flank for French just harrassed Thielmann |
| III Corps tried hard to take St Amands, though I did detach one division to provide some infantry east of Ligny (per Chandler’s discussion, I believe, involving Hulot) |
| IV Corps tried hard to take Ligny |
| For Prussians, I Corps started out holding St Amands and Ligny |
| II Corps fed in piecemeal to Ligny as problems developed |
| II Corps never went to St. Amands |
| III Corps never did much of anything |
| d’Erlon handled by halting all III Corps mvmnt for 30 mins at 1800 |
| No VI corps reinforcements, nor Lef-D, since they didn’t engage in historical battle |
| Kept Napoleon’s health at 3 from 1800-1900 |
| No rain until 2000 (ahistorically late) |
| Waited until roughly 1730 to start moving the Guard |
| Halted all III Corps movement for 30 mins at 1800, sent Young Guard to their aid at same time (bound for SALH) |
| Sent Old and Middle Guard to attack Ligny |
Results
French drove I Corps out of St Amand le Chateau and then out of SA la Haye after see-saw battles. Gd arty useful in bombarding SALC.
(Gd cav charged some D-1 Pruss cav and D-2 Pruss inf to great effect)
French drove Prussians out of some of Ligny (and that only on the south bank), but never all the way out of south bank Ligny and there were see-saw battles
Cavalry reserve harrassed III Corps and did capture a whole brigade in Tongrine
Guard never really got into action, too hard to get IV Corps to disengage at Ligny, and by the time the Young Guard got to SALH, there wasn’t much left to do over there
Prussian I Corps became shaken around 2000, but II Corps was still in excellent order to cover its retreat, so there was no chance of its becoming shattered
No French corps shaken, but IV Corps was just on the edge--a good arty die roll could have made the difference, but as it was, IV Corps disengaged before shaking
As rain and dusk fell, and Napoleon’s health declined to 1 by 2100, it was clear that nothing would happen in last few turns to affect VPs
Outcome
10 VPs for French for shaking I Corps. 1 VP for Prussians (Gd infantry engaged). Marginal Prussian victory.
Losses
FRENCH Losses
(All French losses are infantry or cavalry)
Cav Reserve: 5 step losses, 1 reduction
Guard: 1 step loss (Young Gd)
III Corps: Step losses--5; 3 reductions; 1 SL & Reduced (this unit was not also counted in 5 step losses)
IV Corps: Step losses--2; 1 redxn; 1 SL/Redxn; 2 destroyed
PRUSSIAN Losses
I Corps
arty: 4 destroyed
cav and inf: 4 destroyed, 4 redxns, 4 step losses
II Corps (all inf and cav): 1 step loss, 1 redxn, 1 sl/redxn
III Corps (all inf and cav): 2 step losses, 2 redxns, 1 destruction
Evaluation
Shaken and shattered statuses depend on number of reduced or routed or destroyed units. Since a reduced unit’s routing or destruction doesn’t count for anything extra, this rule creates some strange incentives. You should use your reduced units to cover the retreat of your full-strength units, for example, or even send the reduced units on suicide attacks to protect full-strength units.
If you’re already a 6-SP unit, going into square doesn’t make you any more vulnerable to enemy fire, and it acually gives you some *benefits* in terms of letting you fire out into more hexes.
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