﻿<p align='center'><h3>WL20-The Battle Of Waterloo (A-Army)</h3></p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Length Of Play:<color value='#000000'>Nine hours - Full battle</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Command: <color value='#000000'>Army of Low Countries</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Time: <color value='#000000'>11:30 A.M., June 18, 1815</p> 
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Difficulty: <color value='#000000'>Historic</p> 
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Situation: <color value='#000000'>You rose early and have been writing dispatches all morning.  One of those dispatches was to the Prussian Army commander, Blucher, confirming that you will give battle at Mont St Jean, and suggesting that if he can just spare one corps, you will have sufficient forces to defend against Napoleon--otherwise, you will be forced to retreat to Brussels.  Thus far, Napoleon has given you the gift of time.  Following your old enemy's advice, you have not disturbed him during his delay, and will be waiting and willing to receive his attack.</p>
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<p></h3><color value='#C60C30'>Mission: <color value='#000000'>Hold your ground against the French attack.</p>
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<p float='center'><img width='512' height='512'>WL_20</img></p>
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<p></h3><color value='#C60C30'>Gameplay <color value='#000000'>You command the entire Allied Army for the entire Battle of Waterloo.  There are objectives along your line that represent the historical French attack points, but there is one caveat: You will not know when or where Napoleon will attack you.  Will he attack as he did historically?  Or change his plan completely?  You must be ready for anything.</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Forces Available:<color value='#000000'></p>
<p>Four corps, approximately 73,000 men.</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Victory Conditions: </p> 
<p><color value='#000000'>100000= Major Victory</p>
<p><color value='#000000'>80000 = Minor Victory</p>
<p><color value='#000000'>60000 = Draw</p>
<p><color value='#000000'>40000 = Minor Defeat</p>
<p><color value='#000000'>20000 = Major Defeat</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Note:<color value='#000000'>Expect lower frame rates towards the end of this scenario; with all of the forces engaged and the dead bodies, even the fastest computers will experience some lag.  It is recommended that you adjust your graphics settings accordingly.</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Biographical information</p><color value='#000000'>
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<p float='center'><img width='127' height='160'>wellington</img></p>
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<p>Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (May 1, 1769, to September 14, 1852), was a British soldier and statesman, a native of Ireland from the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century.</p> 
<p>On 26 February 1815, Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to France. He regained control of the country by May and faced a renewed alliance against him. Wellington left Vienna for what became known as the Waterloo Campaign. He arrived in Belgium to take command of the British-German army and their allied Dutch-Belgians, all stationed alongside the Prussian forces of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.</p>
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<p>Napoleon's strategy was to isolate the Allied and Prussian armies, and annihilate each one separately before the Austrians and Russians arrived. In doing so the vast superiority in numbers of the Coalition would be greatly diminished. He would then seek the possibility of a peace with Austria and Russia.</p>
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<p>The French invaded Belgium, defeated the Prussians at Ligny, and fought an indecisive battle with Wellington at the Battle of Quatre Bras. These events compelled the Allied army to retreat to a ridge on the Brussels road, just south of the small town of Waterloo. On June 17, a torrential rain soaked in, hampering movement. The next day, on June 18, the Battle of Waterloo was fought. This was the first time Wellington had encountered Napoleon, and he commanded an Anglo-Dutch-German army that consisted of approximately 73,000 troops, 26,000 (36 percent) of whom were British.</p>
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<p><color value='#C60C30'>Scenario Author: <color value='#000000'>Matt A. Clyburn</p>
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