Battle of Kamenz AAR

Blucher at Kamenz

Find the After Action Report for the Battle of Kamenz on MurdockS MarauderS blog.

The battle was a draw for losses, however the French are having to continue a retreat to the south and west, now definitively driven out of Silesia and away from the Bobr.

Blucher is certainly living up to his historical narrative in driving away Oudinot.  Will the 'master' Bonaparte show up soon in the sector, as was historically the challenge?

Blucher is relentless

GdK Blucher is relentless in his pursuit of Oudinot.

Now another battle will result from Blucher driving hard with Russian Dragoons to overtake the leading elements of Oudinot's retreating Corps.

After action report, AAR to come after this weekend.

Austrians Triumph at Second Bautzen

Charging Austrian Hussar

The Austrian Army under command of Feldmarschal-lieutenant Graf Radetzky has won a close fought victory at Bautzen in the Campaign.

For full details of the battle, played over two successive weekend meetings of the Australian gamers called the Avon Napoleonic Fellowship, may be found HERE.  <-- click the word HERE.

Players now have the up-to-date maps and the 24th of August move is in progress.

Grand Battle at Bautzen - Austrian attack

Table setup as seen from the west behind French lines looking east towards Austrians

The first sneak peek at the 'Second Bautzen' battle has come in from the tabletop in Australia.

The battle will have another day of action to complete the battle, so we cannot yet reveal a winner.

Battlefield at the start, French to the left, Austrians to the right

Ideally in another seven days we shall have the full details of this mighty encounter, pivotal at this point in the campaign.

Second battle south of Potsdam

MurdocK's MarauderS have played out another battle of the campaign south of Potsdam.

Read the After Action Report here.

Battles abound!

After a delay caused by travels we have resumed movement in the Campaign of Nations.

Radetzky von Radetz, Joseph Wenzel Graf

Now looming before Radetzky, commanding the Austrian forces charged with assaulting French forces at Bautzen, is the task of overcoming the French with the Vanguard and Cavalry of the Austrian Empire.

Our campaign has progressed differently than the historical one and this battle is shaping up to be one of some significance.

The orders of battle are being prepared and we are awaiting word of the table(s) that will take on this titanic engagement.

There was a march and an Order named after this famous Austrian commander, to hear it and read more about this click here.

Overall picture update from mid August

In an effort to give an overall picture of the campaign so far ... without giving away too many details:

Barclay de Tolly

Barclay de Tolly has pushed open a pass though the Bohemian mountains south of Dresden, though that path is not yet clear of French resistance.

The Marienburg battles have been a set of cavalry skirmishes followed by a general build-up for both sides in the narrow flat area near Marienburg.

Then on the 21st of August a great battle ensued, where the Prussians were able to force a passage while Austrians and Russians held off the supporting French allied nations corps of Germans and Italians.

GDK von Blucher

Blucher, using a flank force of Dragoons has pushed a crossing of the Bobr against Marshal Oudinot.

The exact details of this engagement are not clear as of this writing, though it is clear that Oudinot retreated with the greater part of his infantry and artillery, while Sebastiani and the light cavalry performed screening duties and thus were much more wounded.

Michel Ney

While at BERLIN, Marshal Ney has performed a heroic feat, the city is encircled and the defenders either pushed back or retreating, the situation in north Brandenburg and south Pomerania is unclear.

Ney has paid for these victories with his life.

What is known is that Potsdam is not secured and the General Bulow has come out swinging - gaining a victory south of the city and opening a wedge in the French lines.  Whether this will be enough to relieve Berlin is not clear.

 Still not yet seen are Schwartenburg and the main Austrian Armies along with the Allied Monarchs.

 Napoleon Bonaparte and the Imperial Guard has yet to be located, and so remains a constant threat to the Allied planning. 

Where will he appear and strike?