Battle of Peine Day One – Move 6

1300-1400 4 August 1813

Table at the start of move 6

V French corps arrive on the top left

XIII French corps redeploy in front of Peine

1^st Prussian corps advance along the hill top

4^th Prussian corps redeploy between the hill and the woods

3^rd Prussian corps arrive on the right

Marshal Davout (Gifted) – 6CP

Davout takes command of XIII corps

XIII French corps

Marshal Davout (Gifted) – Hold - 3CP

Artillery fire on (9) and hit 15 Prussian

16 Prussian test (6) and pass morale

4 brigade moves into place on the left of the battle line

Davout and Poniatowski move within command range of cavalry

Prince Blucher (Average) – 4CP

Move to 4^th corps

Poor Card

3^rd Prussian corps

General Bulow (Average) – Move – 5CP

Advance 16” to the right of the hill

1^st Prussian corps

General Yorck (Gifted) - Engage – 7CP

Artillery fire on (4), and miss, 1 Polish

Manhandle guns 1” towards enemy

Yorck moves to hill to command infantry column

2 and 3 brigades advance 3”

4^th Prussian corps

General Tauentzien (Poor) – Engage – 6CP

Artillery fire (4) on, and miss, lancers

Manhandle guns 2” towards enemy

13, 14 and 15 brigades all advance 6”

V French corps

General Laurison (Average) – Move – 7CP

Corps advance 8” towards Peine

Laurison changes his orders to Halt

Laurison moves to centre of corps

Corps turns to the left to face 3^rd Prussian corps

Game Notes

Davout has taken command of XIII corps to preempt the poor card

This took 3 of his 6CP, and he used the remaining 3CP to issue orders to them

V French corps has orders to move to Peine.

As they approach the town they see 3^rd Prussian corps moving towards them

With the CinC on the battlefield the corps commander can only change his orders to Halt

He does so, and turns his corps to face the enemy threat.

4^th Prussian corps artillery have again failed to inflict casualties on the Polish lancers

His leading infantry brigade have received casualties from the French artillery

Tauentizien has decided to risk an infantry advance against the lancers

If he delays any longer he may run out of time to push home his attack

Rule 15 deals with cavalry v infantry combat

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