Re: [eia] error at the Battle of Munich

["Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  So for the second round, Austria rolls on table 1-2.  And will
break afterwards.


>     Ok, in the first round of combat, Austria lost 0 factors and 0.2 morale.
> France lost 1 inf. factor and 0.2 morale.  At the end of the first round,
> Napoleon and the outflanking force both show up.  Now it is the second
> round.  Do the Austrian forces choose to commit the guard?
> 
> kdh
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [eia] error at the Battle of Munich
> 
> 
> I think that your compromise sounds more than fair, and I will gladly
> accept it.
> 
> -Everett
> 
> 
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:05:04 -0400
> "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >     Uh, guys.  I just realized that last night we forgot we were fighting
> in a forest!  That means the casualty level should have been reduced by 1,
> and the outflanking force should have had a -1 modifier.  I'm not sure how
> we should handle this.  On the one hand, I'm inclined to say that since all
> of us who were present forgot about it, we should just chalk it up to
> experience.  On the other hand, keeping last night's result is somewhat
> unfair to Austria since things turned out so poorly for Everett.  So here's
> a compromise that I'm willing to accept.  As far as the first round of
> combat is concerned, it will be easy enough to figure out what the losses
> should have been, given our rolls (France rolled a modified 4, and Austria
> rolled a modified 3.)  I rolled for Napoleon to arrive, so that should still
> stand.  However, I did *not* roll for the outflanking force to arrive
> because I thought it would be automatic.  Because of the forest, though, it
> should have been a roll of 5 or less.  Since my next two rolls in the combat
> were 5 and 3, I would like to assume that my outflanking force would have
> arrived in the second round.  So if you are willing to accept that my
> outflanking force arrived in the second round, I am willing to reroll the
> 2nd (and, if necessary, the 3rd) round of combat.  Doing so will almost
> certainly result in much fewer casualties for Austria, so I think this is a
> very reasonable compromise.  Let me know if you disagree.
> >
> > kdh
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: J.J. Young
> >   To: eia@xxxxxxxxx
> >   Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:32 AM
> >   Subject: [eia] History Monkey report
> >
> >
> >   Battle of Munich - March, 1805
> >
> >   Austrian defenders, with no commander, consisting of the V, I Grenadier,
> and Light Infantry corps (11 I, 4 Gd, 4 C, 3.7 morale) chose Defend.
> >
> >   French attackers, commanded by Soult, consisting of the II and III corps
> (34 I, 6 C) chose Outflank.
> >
> >   In the first round, both sides lost 1 I and 0.5 morale each.
> >
> >   After the first round, Napoleon successfully reinforced the French
> pinning force, bringing the I corps (17 I and 3 C) with him and taking
> command of the French army.  The outflankers then arrived on the field of
> battle.
> >
> >   In the second round, the French lost 0.2 morale but no casualties.  The
> Austrians suffered 10 I, 1 Gd, and 1 C casualties, and lost 3.2 morale,
> breaking their army.
> >
> >   In the ensuing pursuit, led by Murat who had also arrived with Napoleon,
> the remaining 3 Gd and 3 C of the Austrian army were scattered and killed,
> leaving no organized force.
> >
> >    As a result of Bonaparte's victory, France gained +3 PP and Austria
> lost -2 PP.
> >
> >   -JJY
> 
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> Everett E. Proctor <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
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