Nap Campaign: Map Moves 24th April 1808

 

An overview at the end of the 24th April 1808 moves which will be covered in more detail below.

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Nap Campaign: The Siege of Opatow Castle (France) 24th April 1808

 

Gerard with what is left of the 4th Corps infantry are occupying Opatow Castle in the middle of the map. To the right is the village of Opatow. The whole area is described as rocky terrain and to keep it simple, I have reduced move distances by half but otherwise all units move as normal. i.e. artillery can move and deploy and all units are able to maintain formation.

Initial deployment looking north west. It has taken the allied army a half day (12 moves) to fully encircle the castle and therefore there are only 12 moves left for the day. If not concluded the siege will continue the following day.

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Nap Campaign: Map Moves 23rd April 1808

 

The overall situation after the day's moves on 23rd April.

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Nap Campaign: Battle of Steffanie (South France) 23rd April 1808

 

If you are new to the blog I would urge you to take a look at the previous post dealing with map moves which will provide context to this battle.

Top of the map is north. The French will deploy within the southern half and the Spanish will approach directly from the north deploying either side of the road.

There is a significant beach along the shoreline which is classed as rough terrain and therefore half movement speed and inaccessible to artillery. The 3 woods on the left are all dense and for the purpose of this game will be impassable. The dotted line is a track but units will still get command bonuses for troops travelling along it.

The buildings indicated are 2 farms.

Looking north west from behind French line.

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Nap Campaign: Map Moves 22nd April 1808

I will now cover the strategic situation as it unfolded on the 22nd April 1808. You will find previous map moves under the Napoleonic Campaign Map Moves label on the right.

An overview of the situation at the end of the day. 

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