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#000. Getting Started - WDS Campaign Austerlitz

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#000. Getting Started

By Bill Peters
Allies (Nap) 0 - 0 - 0 French (Nap)
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SM: 1
Turns: 12
Type: Stock
First Side: Allies (Nap)
Second Side: French (Nap)
Introductory Scenario for new players. See Started.pdf for instructions while you play this sceanrio. Choose the Allies as your side in the fight. Situation: 2 December 1805 - Historical - With the battle going decisively towards the French there was yet one drama to be played out in the center. The Russians Guards were retreating from Blaziowitz towards the southeast when they encountered a lone French battalion moving onto the northern slope of the Stare Winohorady. The Life Guards prompting charged but the French were able to form square. The Russians brought up six guns and fired five rounds of cannister into their ranks causing them to disorder. The Russian Guard cavalry charged again and broke through causing them to rout. This is where the scenario begins with the charge of the Russian cavalry against the 1st Battalion of the 4 Ligne and subseuqent orders by Napoleon to bring up the Imperial Guard Cavalry and Drouet's division to resist this incursion the Pratzen Heights. Best played as Russians vs. AI.