075.Cravant_c - Variant - WDS Age of Longbow Volume I
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| First Side: | Side_B (ALB1) |
| Second Side: | Side_A (ALB1) |
Date: 31 July 1423 - Size: Small / Medium - Location: Cravant, Burgundy, France
Scenario Briefing: Variant - The sudden death of the English king Henry V gave the supporters of the French Dauphin - now the uncrowned Charles VII since his father died shortly after Henry V - the hope of overturning the Treaty of Troyes by which Charles was disinherited by his mad father and Henry's infant son succeeded his maternal grandfather on the French throne. However, in addition to English invaders on French soil, Charles also had to cope with a French "civil war" with the Burgundian party endeavoring to establish a separate state with English support.
In June 1423, the Constable of France - the Scottish Earl of Buchan - assembled an army of some 8,000 French, Scots and mercenaries at Bourges to attack Burgundian held Cravant. Lacking siege guns, Buchan must have expected to starve the garrison into surrender, since they hadn't had time to bring in supplies. To deal with this threat, the Burgundians and their English allies quickly gathered a combined force of around 4,000 men and some light guns - perhaps as few as 3 or maybe as many as 40 - under the experienced leadership of Salisbury.
After an exchange of fire between the Scottish archers and the Anglo-Burgundian archers and artillery in which the Scots came off worse, Salisbury ordered an attack across the shallow river on the disordered enemy. A well-timed sortie by the Burgundian garrison of Cravant caught the enemy in the rear and caused further panic. While the Scots held their ground and were massacred, their French allies failed to support them and hastily retreated from the battlefield.
This is a variant scenario with an alternative OOB structure with fewer leaders.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Lombard / Aragonese mercenaries, Side B = English and Burgundians
Best played as the Anglo-Burgundian side against the French / Scottish A/I or else Head-to-Head, but also suitable for playing as the French and their allies against the Anglo-Burgundian A/I.
Scenario Briefing: Variant - The sudden death of the English king Henry V gave the supporters of the French Dauphin - now the uncrowned Charles VII since his father died shortly after Henry V - the hope of overturning the Treaty of Troyes by which Charles was disinherited by his mad father and Henry's infant son succeeded his maternal grandfather on the French throne. However, in addition to English invaders on French soil, Charles also had to cope with a French "civil war" with the Burgundian party endeavoring to establish a separate state with English support.
In June 1423, the Constable of France - the Scottish Earl of Buchan - assembled an army of some 8,000 French, Scots and mercenaries at Bourges to attack Burgundian held Cravant. Lacking siege guns, Buchan must have expected to starve the garrison into surrender, since they hadn't had time to bring in supplies. To deal with this threat, the Burgundians and their English allies quickly gathered a combined force of around 4,000 men and some light guns - perhaps as few as 3 or maybe as many as 40 - under the experienced leadership of Salisbury.
After an exchange of fire between the Scottish archers and the Anglo-Burgundian archers and artillery in which the Scots came off worse, Salisbury ordered an attack across the shallow river on the disordered enemy. A well-timed sortie by the Burgundian garrison of Cravant caught the enemy in the rear and caused further panic. While the Scots held their ground and were massacred, their French allies failed to support them and hastily retreated from the battlefield.
This is a variant scenario with an alternative OOB structure with fewer leaders.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = French, Scottish and Lombard / Aragonese mercenaries, Side B = English and Burgundians
Best played as the Anglo-Burgundian side against the French / Scottish A/I or else Head-to-Head, but also suitable for playing as the French and their allies against the Anglo-Burgundian A/I.
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