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STRAUBING is lost !

CHARLES is attempting to form a defensive line on the Danube, based on STRAUBING, DEGGENDORF and PASSAU. He hoped to have two corps at each crossing, with HOHENZOLLERN moving in to back up ROSENBERG at DEGGENDORF, the recovered LIECHTENSTEIN at PASSAU with KIENMAYER (shattered, but with time to recover - hopefully), but at STRAUBING, LOUIS is slow in supporting BELLEGARDE.

BELLEGARDE has been attempting to disengage from LANNES, but LANNES is persistent and BELLEGARDE regained the Northern bank, with LANNES following on his heels.

CHARLES has been trying to overcome LOUIS' late arrival, by individually transferring LOUIS' units to BELLEGARDE as they draw near to STRAUBING, whilst trying to detach BELLEGARDE's shattered units (Ulm infantry).





After a previous battle where LANNES came forward in 'escalating assault', CHARLES advised BELLEGARDE to 'withdraw' in the face of the next attack, which turned out to be merely a 'probe' from LANNES. Could BELLEGARDE have withstood the 'probe', but to attack in the face of LANNES artillery (BELLEGARDE had none) would have been foolhardy, whilst BELLEGARDE had cavalry superiority, which was able to cover the withdrawal and inflict casualties on LANNES. Nether-the-less the position was lost and the defence line breached, meanwhile the 'War Party' in VIENNA is expecting a successful invasion of BAVARIA and the ignominious defeat of NAPOLEON.

I am using house rules to simulate the Austrian limitations on co-ordinating their forces and their slow march rate, until their situation becomes desperate (when they can march faster than the French). This means not selecting 'To the guns' and corps commanders cannot be ordered to use 'force march' unless stress levels exceed 10, this does not apply to smaller detached units that use a different march urgency panel.

CHARLES knows that to win the scenario he must attack and gain ground, but the army needs to restore its composure, as another lost battle will destroy what confidence remains.

The only option seems to be an advance over the DANUBE and engage whatever forces are hidden on the other side, before the actions on the flanks end and release more French units to join the main front.

CHARLES wonders what can he do now ?

After praising the AI's performance there has been one anomaly, KOLOWRAT was shattered near INGOLSTADT, many turns ago, and reduced to one shattered infantry division (Brady) left at strength of only 1.

However, 4 French units have stayed in the same hex as KOLOWRAT (2 from IV Corps - 2 from Wu Corps), doing very little. They may be stopping KOLOWRAT from retreating and re-grouping, though there is precious little to regroup. They make little effort to finish the job and KOLOWRAT survives, when he should have surrendered a long time ago.




KOLOWRAT wants to flee to BUDWEIS, but is going nowhere, but then neither are the 4 French units, which are being wasted.

Also, KOLOWRAT has 136 points of supply which nobody is using, should not the French capture this.

I have had a 'sneak-peek' at the French side of the hill and these units are showing as correctly attached to their respective corps which are now miles away. They show no severe loss, just showing a little tired, so any one of these units could quickly despatch what remains of KOLOWRAT, but nothing happens for turn after turn, even though they are set to 'engage'.

ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

After praising the AI's performance there has been one anomaly, KOLOWRAT was shattered near INGOLSTADT, many turns ago, and reduced to one shattered infantry division (Brady) left at strength of only 1.

However, 4 French units have stayed in the same hex as KOLOWRAT (2 from IV Corps - 2 from Wu Corps), doing very little. They may be stopping KOLOWRAT from retreating and re-grouping, though there is precious little to regroup. They make little effort to finish the job and KOLOWRAT survives, when he should have surrendered a long time ago.




KOLOWRAT wants to flee to BUDWEIS, but is going nowhere, but then neither are the 4 French units, which are being wasted.

Also, KOLOWRAT has 136 points of supply which nobody is using, should not the French capture this.

I have had a 'sneak-peek' at the French side of the hill and these units are showing as correctly attached to their respective corps which are now miles away. They show no severe loss, just showing a little tired, so any one of these units could quickly despatch what remains of KOLOWRAT, but nothing happens for turn after turn, even though they are set to 'engage'.

I have had a look at the situation around KOLOWRAT from the AI French side, during the earlier turns, and the 4 French units which remained in the battle hex are all in good condition (steady, or confident) and they haven't suffered significant loss. There is no obvious reason why they should not have finished off KOLOWRAT and moved on.

On the plus side, VANDAMME's Wurtemburger Corps has been re-inforced by the AI with 3 more units (one each Inf, Cav and Art), which means the AI is using the reorganisation options in CotD. VANDAMME and MASSENA have moved off with a useful force to fight elsewhere, but the AI is wasting these 4 undamaged units.

I'll play on and see what the AI does, but overall the AI is delivering a good performance, we'll see how good the strategy has been when the scenario is over.

ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

After praising the AI's performance there has been one anomaly, KOLOWRAT was shattered near INGOLSTADT, many turns ago, and reduced to one shattered infantry division (Brady) left at strength of only 1.

However, 4 French units have stayed in the same hex as KOLOWRAT (2 from IV Corps - 2 from Wu Corps), doing very little. They may be stopping KOLOWRAT from retreating and re-grouping, though there is precious little to regroup. They make little effort to finish the job and KOLOWRAT survives, when he should have surrendered a long time ago.




KOLOWRAT wants to flee to BUDWEIS, but is going nowhere, but then neither are the 4 French units, which are being wasted.

Also, KOLOWRAT has 136 points of supply which nobody is using, should not the French capture this.

I have had a 'sneak-peek' at the French side of the hill and these units are showing as correctly attached to their respective corps which are now miles away. They show no severe loss, just showing a little tired, so any one of these units could quickly despatch what remains of KOLOWRAT, but nothing happens for turn after turn, even though they are set to 'engage'.

Now Turn 30 and the shattered divisions with KOLOWRAT have finally surrendered, Brady infantry (which was showing in 'View units') and Klenau infantry (which I did not know was there).





This has been sometime in coming, with the corps being shattered in Turn 21 and now surrendering in T30, but compare the images above.

Last turn KOLOWRAT showed an Inf strength of (1), which made sense as the only visible unit was Brady infantry at strength (1), everything else is stragglers and wounded. This all looked OK, except that this situation remained for many turns with 4 good French units in the same hex and only now have they surrendered. Not sure about Klenau who surrendered in the same hex at the same time, as I didn't see any info on this unit and it didn't appear in the corps strength figure, but I will have to check previous game saves.

KOLOWRAT himself remains on the map, with the warning message 'Divisions by zero', which seems to mean that he has no units, which could be worded better.

KOLOWRAT now shows 'confident', although the corps 'Contact stance' still shows shattered, stress has dropped from (135) to (1), which is odd.

KOLOWRAT now shows strength figures for divisions that he does not have.

Objective has changed to a random hex on the River Roth (32,16).

Finally there is still the supply (136), what happens to that ?

So this information panel makes little sense, except that KOLOWRAT now has little relevance and this may all be resolved in the next turns, but the display is odd.

Back to the game and moving on the Turn 30 (30th April 1809) :





I haven't posted the full write-up for Turns 27, 28 and 29, but this is the story so far.

When the Austrians fell back over the Danube, some units in disorder (LIECHTENSTEIN and KEINMAYER), sighting of most of the French forces was lost. CHARLES was expecting the EMPEROR to follow up and attack the river defence line and LANNES did almost reach CHAM after driving BELLEGADE out of STRAUBING.

Then all fell quite, except for the battle for MUNICH, where HILLER was trying to save himself and avoid being encircled.

As the shattered units recovered a cavalry recon from PASSAU found French units passing from LANDAU and onwards beyond BRAUNAU. CHARLES had started a tentative advance across the Danube towards LANDSHUT, with HOHENZOLLERN covering the flank toward ECKMUHL.

The image above shows the strategic position, which is amplified when searching the stacks. This is the position at the start of Turn 30;

KOLOWRAT's shattered divisions surrender, although the corps counter remains on the map and the info panel shows odd figures.

HILLER has moved back into MUNICH and the French have gone, I have scanned all the hexes around and HILLER corps is alone. Retaking the city has netted more captured supply (271), which is very good as HILLER is cut-off from the LOC (his normal supply is up near LANDSHUT trying to avoid the French advance). HILLER is also probability cut-off from orders by the French movement through BRAUNAU, but he has re-set his own supply depot as MUNICH to use the captured supply, so I have to leave the supply there, even if it means possibly losing what's left, if then HILLER evacuates the city.

How probable is it that HILLER could have stood off two French corps, including the IMPERIAL GUARD, whilst alone and cut-off from orders and supply. Factors to consider :

1. LEBEBVRE previously shattered and fragile. HILLER gained the city first, fighting in the streets of MUNICH neutralised the effects of cavalry and artillery.

2. Overall French army confidence has fallen to the same level (1) as the Austrian confidence level, which may have helped level the battlefield odds.

3. Maybe the AI decided to by-pass HILLER rather than suffer the casualties necessary to defeat him, NAPOLEON needs these units in good shape if there is to be a final climatic battle.

4. If the battles had been fought entirely in open country (clear hexes), I suspect that HILLER's fate would have been the same a KOLOWRAT where he was trapped by 2 French corps.

MASSENA's IV corps has re-appeared on the road between LANDSHUT and BRAUNAU with a stack size of (7), but with only 6 units visible in the stack shuffle. Perhaps it's the commander (not normally visible for enemy units) that makes up the stack number.

VANDAMME's Wurtenburgers are already at BRAUNAU and there may be other French units beyond the town over the River INN. So there is a large French movement Eastwards, with HILLER's operations at MUNICH stopping two other French corps making progress in the same direction.

Did the EMPEROR think that the Austrians were finished and thought that KIENMAYER and LIECHTENSTEIN's shattered retreat through PASSAU signalled a general retreat. Could it be that he is heading for VIENNA, ignorant, or ignoring, CHARLES' regenerating force on his left flank, along the Danube.

CHARLES decision to advance across the great river has placed his forces between BERNADOTTE/LANNES (thought to be near REGENSBERG) and the main French army, whilst also cutting across the EMPEROR's supply lines.

Where will the EMPEROR head now, onwards toward VIENNA via LAMBACH, into the Austrian rear via SCHAERDING, or turn and face the threat to his rear ?

Has this been a ruse to tempt CHARLES away from his river line defence, could he strike back at CHARLES' extended position whilst LEFBBVRE and the IMPERIAL GUARD by-pass HILLER and close in though FREISING and LANDSHUT. HILLER needs to hold MUNICH, but can the message get through and what will be his reaction be to more countermanding orders. Where are BERNADOTTE and LANNES, last seen North of REGENSBERG, their arrival could upset the balance of forces and what happened to the remains of DAVOUT's corps ?

Whilst SCHAERDING and LAMBACH continue to show in red (Austrian control), then LINZ is safe, but if they change to French control (blue), then the EMPEROR will be moving East and the supplies will have to move, or burn, and hope that KIENMAYER recovers quickly enough to move and threaten the advance.

The tributaries of the Danube give the Austrians good cover and defence lines for this movement onto the French supply lines, but PASSAU must be held, or the bridge blown, otherwise all could be lost. The engineers have been waiting eagerly at PASSAU for just such an eventuality.

I have either pulled off a brilliant manoeuvre, or put my head in a vice, only time will tell, but there are now only 10 days of the scenario left.

Just discovered this :



I have been using mouse-over to see the stack numbers in hexes where units are showing, but it also works in apparently empty hexes.

I know BERNADOTTE and LANNES are somewhere in the image area and the mouse-over/stack number reveals a concentration around AMBERG and one unit near REGENSBERG. This doesn't show which corps, which units, or even exactly how many, the stack number is often showing one more in the hex than the counters indicate, but this may be a commander counter.

I had not seen this before because I had not been looking and I don't know if it is WAD, but it does supply more intelligence on enemy dispositions.

Now trying to decide if this is a good feature, is it a useful and historically realistic intelligence source, reports of bodies of enemy troops in certain areas, or does this go too far in reducing FOW [&:]

Maybe a case for house rules, whether you use this, or not, and for which side.

For the purposes of this game it shows 7, or more, French units around AMBERG and what might be a cavalry units probing towards REGENSBERG (though the French engineers were wandering around this city earlier). Either way, BERNADOTTE and/or LANNES don't seem to be as close as I had feared, so I have more manoeuvring room, but LOUIS needs to cover SCHWANDORF. [:)]

Should I know this, or is it an unfair advantage, does the AI have this information ?

This feature also shows several units (LEFEBVRE/IMPERIAL GUARD) apparently moving away from MUNICH towards AUGSBERG, so HILLER may not be under as much threat as I thought. [8D]

Now trying to decide if this is a good feature, is it useful intelligence source, reports of bodies of enemy troops in certain areas, or does this go too far in reducing FOW.

ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa
Now trying to decide if this is a good feature, is it useful intelligence source, reports of bodies of enemy troops in certain areas, or does this go too far in reducing FOW.

Recon by mouse! Looks like a simple(?) glitch that Frank should fix. If it's supposed to be a feature, then dummy counters should be displayed. Better to just enforce the FOW rules, IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa
Now trying to decide if this is a good feature, is it useful intelligence source, reports of bodies of enemy troops in certain areas, or does this go too far in reducing FOW.

Recon by mouse! Looks like a simple(?) glitch that Frank should fix. If it's supposed to be a feature, then dummy counters should be displayed. Better to just enforce the FOW rules, IMHO.

I am thinking that this feature has some use, as it gives an additional mid-level of intelligence, you see some units are there, but not which units and not which corps. However, by the time the game has progressed you know what units you are up against, in the example I posted, I know this must BERNADOTTE and LANNES.

I would propose that the 'stack number' feature should have an on/off hotkey, so that the player can choose. With v3.05 now able to shuffle through stacks, the 'stack number' feature is no longer essential, but still useful when first starting out and getting used to the game system.

There would have to be an indicator, or block, to stop it being used as a 'cheat' in PBEM, unless both players have agreed to use it.

It would add another level of choice on how deep you want the FOW to be and I am always in favour of choices.[:)]

With stack numbers showing in empty hexes, as far as I can see this was not in v3.04 and has appeared with v3.05.

Question is, should it be corrected back to original, or retained with an on/off hotkey, as an additional feature to allow players to adjust FOW.

It's also worth noting that a feature in the game is that town 'banners' change, as faction control changes. In the example image, the other clue to the presence of enemy forces, is that the AMBERG banner (I am using a city name Banner Mod) has changed to show French control. In this case AMBERG was red for Austrian control, as KOLOWRAT had passed this way and now it shows blue, so French units must be in, or passed through the town.

NEUMARKT was the same (was red, now blue), so even without any counters showing, or stack numbers, you know that enemy forces at are present. This change/bug in v3.05 now also gives an indication of how many units are in the area.

Looking back through the game saves, on the 28th April AMBERG was still under Austrian control, on the 29th it became French controlled, which was the indication of which way either BERNADOTTE, or LANNES, was headed. So while I was worried where these French corps were going, the solution was to LOOK AT THE MAP, the clue was there to be seen.[8|]

ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

After praising the AI's performance there has been one anomaly, KOLOWRAT was shattered near INGOLSTADT, many turns ago, and reduced to one shattered infantry division (Brady) left at strength of only 1.

However, 4 French units have stayed in the same hex as KOLOWRAT (2 from IV Corps - 2 from Wu Corps), doing very little. They may be stopping KOLOWRAT from retreating and re-grouping, though there is precious little to regroup. They make little effort to finish the job and KOLOWRAT survives, when he should have surrendered a long time ago.




KOLOWRAT wants to flee to BUDWEIS, but is going nowhere, but then neither are the 4 French units, which are being wasted.

Also, KOLOWRAT has 136 points of supply which nobody is using, should not the French capture this.

I have had a 'sneak-peek' at the French side of the hill and these units are showing as correctly attached to their respective corps which are now miles away. They show no severe loss, just showing a little tired, so any one of these units could quickly despatch what remains of KOLOWRAT, but nothing happens for turn after turn, even though they are set to 'engage'.

Now Turn 30 and the shattered divisions with KOLOWRAT have finally surrendered, Brady infantry (which was showing in 'View units') and Klenau infantry (which I did not know was there).





This has been sometime in coming, with the corps being shattered in Turn 21 and now surrendering in T30, but compare the images above.

Last turn KOLOWRAT showed an Inf strength of (1), which made sense as the only visible unit was Brady infantry at strength (1), everything else is stragglers and wounded. This all looked OK, except that this situation remained for many turns with 4 good French units in the same hex and only now have they surrendered. Not sure about Klenau who surrendered in the same hex at the same time, as I didn't see any info on this unit and it didn't appear in the corps strength figure, but I will have to check previous game saves.

KOLOWRAT himself remains on the map, with the warning message 'Divisions by zero', which seems to mean that he has no units, which could be worded better.

KOLOWRAT now shows 'confident', although the corps 'Contact stance' still shows shattered, stress has dropped from (135) to (1), which is odd.

KOLOWRAT now shows strength figures for divisions that he does not have.

Objective has changed to a random hex on the River Roth (32,16).

Finally there is still the supply (136), what happens to that ?

So this information panel makes little sense, except that KOLOWRAT now has little relevance and this may all be resolved in the next turns, but the display is odd.

This image is still Turn 30, but after reloading a game save and now KOLOWRAT's info panel shows a more realistic state with all indicators going to (0), except that supply still shows (136), but without the green bar.

I wonder what has happened to the supply, I would have thought that the French should have it.

Continuing with Turn 30, remembering that the scenario only has 10 more days to run.





I Corps Artillery (BELLEGARDE) is the only unit of this corps still in good shape, so now attached to LOUIS, to help him defend SCHWANDORF. BELLEGARDE and the remaining shattered units, after failing to hold off LANNES, are heading for KLATTAU and will not be of any use for some time. I hope LANNES is in as bad shape and that LOUIS only has to face BERNADOTTE.

The four French units that stayed with KOLOWRAT are now free to move and are positioned to cause problems for CHARLES at LANDSHUT, or join LEFEBVRE and the IMPERIAL GUARD which appear to be moving that way from MUNICH, after HILLER's successful defence of the city.

KIENMAYER is recovering and has orders to march to PASSAU, to support LIECHTENSTEIN, although some of his infantry units are still 'wavering', or 'brittle'.

So often on the Austrian side, it has been the corps commanders who have become 'brittle' first, often with very little actual combat. The Austrian units have remained confident until the devastating effects of a lost battle, but the rot has started at the top. This is only the first game in v3.05, but it does seem to represent historical reality very well.

The supply that was captured at MUNICH seems to have reached the LOC at WIMPERK, although there was some wastage and the quantity reduced. If this is WAD, then it is a nice touch.

Using the mouse-over feature on blank hexes, I can see that there should be no French units with 2 hexes of MUNICH, back along the AUGSBURG road, which is comforting, but it doesn't show where they are heading, towards LANDSHUT to confront CHARLES, or back to have another attempt at MUNICH. HILLER has set his own objective as WIMPERK, so is probably not receiving orders, as the are French units blocking the roads. CHARLES needs to re-establish contact, possibility after taking LANDSHUT and opening the road to MUNICH, which will also cut across the EMPEROR's supply lines. Somariva cavalry was detached to do just task that last turn, but now MASSENA's IV Corps has been revealed between the rivers, but which way is it headed, following the French movement East, or coming back to secure the supply route.

At first FREISING was the objective and it would still be useful to capture the town, maybe with a cavalry probe, but now a strategic plan is forming.

LANDSHUT is the key, with HILLER holding out in, or near MUNICH, no French supply can route that way, so LANDSHUT becomes the only French supply route to the two corps near BRAUNAU. Can CHARLES get into position at LANDSHUT, with sufficient troops to hold back MASSENA ? The success the Austrians have enjoyed is when there has been a force multiplier, a river, or a city, to level the odds. This only works when the Austrians have time to concentrate, as when LANNES was able to bundle BELLEGARDE back over the Danube quickly, it was because BELLEGARDE's corps was strung out along the road and never had time to concentrate. It was only the tardy arrival of LOUIS at CHAM which saved BELLEGARDE, however, HILLER made a good defence on the river INN against LEFEBVRE and again at MUNICH, against LEFEBVRE and the IMPERIAL GUARD. It is vital that the Austrians become concentrated at some defensive feature, before being drawn into battle.

HOHENZOLLERN needs to cover the rear of CHARLES' against interference from the loose French IV corps units and BERNADOTTE, whilst communication have to be regained with HILLER, so that he can be ordered to co-operate against MASSENA, or hold off LEFEBVRE.

I am setting the objectives, but the AI is actually moving the units, mostly reasonably well, but sometimes with some backwards and forwards movements, although it seems to shake out by the end of the turn. The AI does mostly lead with the cavalry, but this can be assured by detaching cavalry units to move ahead, only they need to be reattached before a battle occurs, so that the corps commander can have a chance of using all of his resources in any combat.

CHARLES is marching between the main concentrations of the French forces, this could be a brilliant manoeuvre, or a disaster in the making. Several of the French corps have suffered losses, but MASSENA and VANDAMME have not suffered much and are probably still powerful units. If CHARLES is going the spring a trap on them at LANDSHUT, the problem will be keeping the trap closed without destroying what is left of his army. The Victory Points panel show that both sides now have low confidence, but which will break first.

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ORIGINAL: Zecke

me..me also..i have this game¡.rasputitsa thx for remembering me that this game i had in my CD-DISCOTEQUE..

Pleased that you have the game, but note that this is v3.05 of the newest issue of the game and that the screen shots in these posts use the CHEMKID map and counter mod, so they will not look the same as the original game.

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ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

Continuing with Turn 30, remembering that the scenario only has 10 more days to run.





I Corps Artillery (BELLEGARDE) is the only unit of this corps still in good shape, so now attached to LOUIS, to help him defend SCHWANDORF. BELLEGARDE and the remaining shattered units, after failing to hold off LANNES, are heading for KLATTAU and will not be of any use for some time. I hope LANNES is in as bad shape and that LOUIS only has to face BERNADOTTE.

The four French units that stayed with KOLOWRAT are now free to move and are positioned to cause problems for CHARLES at LANDSHUT, or join LEFEBVRE and the IMPERIAL GUARD which appear to be moving that way from MUNICH, after HILLER successful defence of the city.

KIENMAYER is recovering and has orders to march to PASSAU, to support LIECHTENSTEIN, although some of his infantry units are still 'wavering', or 'brittle'.

So often on the Austrian side, it has been the corps commanders who have become 'brittle' first, often with very little actual combat. The Austrian units have remained confident until the devastating effects of a lost battle, but the rot has started at the top. This is only the first game in v3.05, but it does seem to represent historical reality very well.

The supply that was captured at MUNICH seems to have reached the LOC at WIMPERK, although there was some wastage and the quantity reduced. If this is WAD, then it is a nice touch.

Using the mouse-over feature on blank hexes, I can see that there should be no French units with 2 hexes of MUNICH, back along the AUGSBURG road, which is comforting, but it doesn't show where they are heading, towards LANDSHUT to confront CHARLES, or back to have another attempt at MUNICH. HILLER has set his own objective as WIMPERK, so is probably not receiving orders, as the are French units blocking the roads. CHARLES needs to re-establish contact, possibility after taking LANDSHUT and opening the road to MUNICH, which will also cut across the EMPEROR's supply lines. Somariva cavalry was detached to do just task that last turn, but now MASSENA's IV Corps has been revealed between the rivers, but which way is it headed, following the French movement East, or coming back to secure the supply route.

At first FREISING was the objective and it would still be useful to capture the town, maybe with a cavalry probe, but now a strategic plan is forming.

LANDSHUT is the key, with HILLER holding out in, or near MUNICH, no French supply can route that way, so LANDSHUT becomes the only French supply route to the two corps near BRAUNAU. Can CHARLES get into position at LANDSHUT, with sufficient troops to hold back MASSENA ? The success the Austrians have enjoyed is when there has been a force multiplier, a river, or a city, to level the odds. This only works when the Austrians have time to concentrate, as when LANNES was able to bundle BELLEGARDE back over the Danube quickly, it was because BELLEGARDE's corps was strung out along the road and never had time to concentrate. It was only the tardy arrival of LOUIS at CHAM which saved BELLEGARDE, however, HILLER made a good defence on the river INN against LEFEBVRE and again at MUNICH, against LEFEBVRE and the IMPERIAL GUARD. It is vital that the Austrians become concentrated at some defensive feature, before being drawn into battle.

HOHENZOLLERN needs to cover the rear of CHARLES' against interference from the loose French IV corps units and BERNADOTTE, whilst communication have to be regained with HILLER, so that he can be ordered to co-operate against MASSENA, or hold off LEFEBVRE.

I am setting the objectives, but the AI is actually moving the units, mostly reasonably well, but sometimes with some backwards and forwards movements, although it seems to shake out by the end of the turn. The AI does mostly lead with the cavalry, but this can be assured by detaching cavalry units to move ahead, only they need to be reattached before a battle occurs, so that the corps commander can have a chance of using all of his resources in any combat.

CHARLES is marching between the main concentrations of the French forces, this could be a brilliant manoeuvre, or a disaster in the making. Several of the French corps have suffered losses, but MASSENA and VANDAMME have not suffered much and are probably still powerful units. If CHARLES is going the spring a trap on them at LANDSHUT, the problem will be keeping the trap closed without destroying what is left of his army. The Victory Points panel show that both sides now have low confidence, but which will break first.

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Finished the last turns of this test game as an AAR in this thread :

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