OUR HUNDRED DAYS CAMPAIGN
Real world, we got our places and started manoeuvring on the 27th May 2009. There would be a week or so longer where the armies would be at peace and then at some point I would wave a flag and allow forces to cross borders.
Low Countries Map Northern France Map
Initial deployments were as follows:
| Wellington Anglo-Dutch Army (Warren) CoC Antwerp - Starting location: Antwerp |
| Cole - Regular British Infantry Stedman - Regular Dutch Infantry Brunswick Division - Regular Rhinish Infantry Colville - Regular British Infantry Hill Corps - CoC Brussels - Starting location: Brussels Picton - Regular British Infantry Clinton - Veteran British Infantry Uxbridge Corps - CoC - Brussels - Starting location: Brussels 1st Light Division 2nd Light Division Heavy Division Antwerp garrison Brussels Garrison Capital is London Depot is Antwerp British Lines of Communications: Antwerp=>Brussels=>Charleroi |
| Prince of Orange - Dutch Belgian Army (Corey) - CoC: Brussels Starting location: Quatre Bras |
| Perponcher - Regular Dutch Infantry Chasse - Conscript Dutch Infantry Collaert - Regular Dutch Cavalry Alten - Regular British Infantry Cook - Elite British Infantry Rotterdam garrison Amsterdam Garrison Utrecht garrison Capital is Amsterdam Brussels is a provincial capital Depot is at Amsterdam Dutch-Belgian Lines of Communications: Amsterdam=>Rotterdam=>Breda=>Antwerp=>Brussels=>Charleroi |
| Blucher - Prussian Army (Mike) CoC: Liege Starting Location: Liege |
| I Corps -Zieten
CoC: Liege Starting location: Liege First Brigade - Regular Prussian Mixed Second Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Third Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Fourth Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Jurgass - Regular Prussian Cavalry II Corps - Pirch CoC: Liege Starting location: Namur Fifth Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Sixth Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Seventh Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Eighth Brigade - Regular Prussian Infantry Wahlen - Regular Prussian Cavalry III Corps - Thielmann CoC: Liege Starting location: Huy Ninth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Tenth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Eleventh Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Hobe - Conscript Prussian Cavalry IV Corps - Bulow CoC: Liege Starting location: Nandrin Thirteenth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Fourteenth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Fifteenth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry Sixteenth Brigade - Conscript Prussian Infantry William - Conscript Prussian Infantry Frankfurt Garrison Liege garrison Cologne Garrison Capital is Berlin Depot is Cologne Prussian Lines of Communication: Liege=>Trilermont=>Brussels Cologne =>Liege=>Namur=>Charleroi Liege=>Bastogne=>Luxembourg |
| Napoleon - Armee de Norde (Joel)- CoC: Paris Starting Location Paris |
| Imperial Guard -
Drouot - CoC: St Quentin Starting Location: St Quentin 1st Guard Division - Elite French Infantry 2nd Guard Division - Elite French Infantry 3rd Guard Division - Veteran French Infantry Guard Heavy Division - Elite French Cavalry Guard Light Division - Veteran French Cavalry VI Corps - Lobau - CoC: St Quentin Starting Location Le Catalet Simmer - Regular French Infantry Jeanin - Regular French Mixed Teste - Regular French Mixed Paris Garrison Conde Garrison Reims Garrison Capital is Paris Depot is Paris French Lines of Communication: Paris=>Chateau Thierry=>St Quentin=>Cambrai Paris=>Chateau Thierry=>Reims=>Charleville=>Phillipeville Cambrai=>Conde Charleville=>La Capelle=>Conde Phillipeville=>Charleroi=>Brussels |
| Ney - Left Wing (Bruce)- CoC: Cambrai Starting Position: Cambrai |
| I Corps - D Erlon
- CoC Cambrai Starting Location Cambrai 1st Division - Regular French Infantry 2nd Division - Regular French Infantry 3rd Division - Regular French Infantry 4th Division - Regular French Infantry 1st cavalry - Regular French Cavalry II Corps - Reille - CoC: Cambrai Starting Location: Arras 5th Division - Regular French Infantry 6th Division - Regular French Infantry 7th Division - Regular French Infantry 9th Division - Regular French Infantry 2nd Cavalry - Regular French Cavalry I Cavalry Corps - Pajol - CoC: Cambrai Starting Location: Valenciennes 4th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry 5th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry II Cavalry Corps- Exelmans - CoC: Cambrai Starting Location: Bavay 9th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry 10th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry |
| Grouchy - Right Wing (Jason)- CoC: Starting Position: La Capelle |
| III Corps -
Vandamme - CoC La Capelle Starting Location Renwez 8th Division - Regular French Infantry 10th Division - Regular French Infantry 11th Division - Regular French Infantry 3rd cavalry - Regular French Cavalry IV Corps - Gerard - CoC: La Capelle Starting Location: La Capelle 12th Division - Regular French Infantry 13th Division - Regular French Infantry 14th Division - Regular French Infantry 7th Cavalry - Regular French Cavalry III Cavalry Corps - Kellerman - CoC: La Capelle Starting Location: Avesne 11th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry 12th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry IV Cavalry Corps - Milhaud - CoC: La Capelle Starting Location: Couvin 13th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry 14th Cav Div - Regular French Cavalry |
The troops on both sides moved into positions for the upcoming war. I told the French players that the war flag would be set on Tuesday June 2nd '09 so that troops moving Tuesday night could cross borders into Belgium. This would be June 12th in-game time. The Allies only heard about this a few days later unless they got intelligence from the ground.
Some correspondence prior to open war:
June 10th, the eve of invasion
Map of dispositions for June 11th. Ney and Napoleon have moved north but they could not to be said to be fully prepared to launch an offensive. Wellington has begun a massive shift of his army to the north in anticipation of a French left hook. It would be a correct guess.
June 12th - The invasion of Belgium begins. Grouchy on the French Right immediately crosses the frontier but the French left continues marching north.
(The dates are wrong on the above message. It ought be the 12th.)
June 13th - First serious contact is made as the French push more troops in to support initial meetings at Namur.In the north, the French Guard pushes as far east as Renaix while Ney continues to muster at Toucoing.
June 14th - The Battle of Namur - Our first miniatures battle is fought. In the north, Ney's cavalry gallops east ahead of his infantry, getting to Ghent well before it ought to.
At Namur, Grouchy assaults across the Sambre via four different roads and soundly defeats the lone Prussian Reserve Corps there.
The Prussian III Corps is obliged to retreat north
June 15th - There are lopsided skirmishes in the north while in the south, Grouchy rests the Right Wing.
June 16th - Prussians fall back from Charleroi and Wellington nearly completes his concentration at Ghent. Ney consolidates.
June 17th - Heavy contact in the north. Blucher has his Corps start to form a ring around the idle Grouchy.
(weather and code bugs would mean that there would be no battle on the 18th so the British and French forces were all assembled and ready to fight on the 19th)
June 18th - Grouchy pushes north to Ligny, while Prussian IV Corps his
Namur behind him. Both Ney and Wellington concentrate their forces for a battle
at Deinze.
June 19th - The final moments
The Battle of Deinze - Wellington's force meets Ney and Napoleon without either the Dutch Belgians or Blucher in support
