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| Kaplona
26th-27th February 1849 |
Driven
out their capital, the Hungarians spend the winter building their
army. By February they have a numerical superiority in the western
theatre, 35,000 to the Austrian's 30,000. Now they have to bring
their numbers to bear and free their capital. However, they are
preempted by the Austrians. |
| Isaszag
6th April 1849 |
The
Hungarian general, Athur Gorgei, launches the Hungarian's first
offensive, attempting to outflank the Austrian army. The original
plan is spoiled by chance, but on April 6th, Gorgei brings the
entire army to bear on just two of the Austrian Corps. |
| Nagy
Sarlo 19th April 1849 |
Hungarian
rebel forces, flush from victory, move to relieve the Fortress of
Komorn. |
| Pered
20th-21st June 1849
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The
Russians have entered the war and the Hungarians have only a short time to
dispatch the Austrians before the Russians overwhelm them. Gorgei attacks
the Austrians, bringing three corps against the Austrian IV Korps. Unknowst
to the Hungarians, the Russian 9th division is on the scene, ready to aid
the Austrians. |
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Wars of Italian Independence: |
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| Montebello 20th May 1859
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The
first action of the 1859 Italian Independence War. A column of
Austrians made up of elements from several formations was ordered to
make a reconnaissance in force westward up the south bank of the
River Po. Their task was to ascertain if the French troops
assembling at Voghera intended to move to their right and turn the
Austrian position using the route Napoleon Bonaparte took in 1796.
The resulting action at Montebello saw a large but ill co-ordinated
Austrian force advancing to clear a small but much more highly
motivated and better equipped French force out of a number of
hillside villages. |
| Palestro 31st May 1859 |
On
the morning of 30th May, the Italians cross the Sesia river, and
after some hard fight they were able to take control of Palestro,
Confienza and Vinzaglio. The next day, to test the true intentions
of the enemy, Feldmarschall Fredrick Zobel was ordered to attack the
village of Palestro with his two infantry divisions. |
| Magenta 4th June 1859 |
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| Solferino 24th June 1859
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Second Schleswig War &
Austro-Prussian War of 1866: |
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| Obersee
6th February 1864 |
The
Danish army during the Second Schleswig War, falling back on the
fortified town of Flensburg, left a small rearguard on the road from
Obersee (Overso). An Austrian brigade, advancing along the line of
the road and over the Treene brook, attempted to throw it aside and
push through. |
| Nachod
27th June 1866
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In
the early morning darkness of 27th June, Prussian V Corps of Second
Army under General der Infanterie von Steinmetz advanced through the
almost undefended frontier town of Nachod and began to debouch from
the Methau valley. |
| Oswiecim
Station 27th June 1866 |
The
Prussians attempt to secure a rail head on the northern Austrian
Galician-Moravian border. |
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Franco-Prussian War: |
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| Wissembourg
4th August 1870 |
The
first action fought by the invading Prussian and Bavarian troops of
Third Army, in which elements of three German Army Corps decisively
brushed aside a single French Division that was observing the
frontier at the town of Wissembourg, 4th August 1870. |
| Spicheren
6th August 1870
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A
confused and bloody action which saw the disorganised elements of
two German armies (First and Second) shake themselves out of a
traffic jam north of the Saar and break like a stormy sea against
the French II Corps of General Frossard which had entrenched itself
on the precipitous Rotherberg Height overlooking the Franco-German
border. The Germans won the day at the cost of several thousand
killed and wounded but the defeat is generally thought to have been
caused by the lack of support that Frossard received from elements
of French III Corps (Bazaine) some divisions of which were no more
than 4 miles away. |
| Froeschwiller
6th August 1870 |
Fought
simultaneously with Spicheren, this encounter battle pitched the
highly motivated Third Army, victorious at Wissembourg two days
previously against the finest corps of the French army - MacMahon's
1st. The French held their ground all day until finally pushed back
by great weight of numbers and savage German artillery fire. Once
again nearby French troops failed to move in support; a division of
Failly's 5th Corps arrived in the evening just in time to cover the
retreat but too late to save the day. |
| Borny-Colombey 1870
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Bazaine's
French army had begun a congested retreat through Metz. The III and
IV Corps were covering the withdrawl East of the fortress city.
Although First Army commander Steinmetz had orders to avoid engaging
the enemy, one of his brigadiers, von Goltz, decided to stop the
French. The unplanned battle that followed represented one of the
few times during the war where the French outnumbered the Prussians
on the battlefield. |
| Mars
La Tour 16th August 1870 |
During
the first four weeks of the Franco-Prussian War, there was one day
one single day when the French were presented with the opportunity
of defeating indeed of destroying the chief instrument of the German
military machine, and of making good their escape. Whether that
would have influenced the final course of the war is a matter for
speculation. What is certain beyond argument is that the war and
with it the future of Europe was decided at Mars-la-Tour on 16th
August 1870. |
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Wars in the Americas:
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| Palo
Alto 8th May 1846 |
War
with Mexico! First clash of
the Mexican War along the Rio Grande between the forces of the United States and
the Republic of Mexico. |
| Little
Bighorn June 25th 1876
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Custer's
famous last stand. A series of skirmishes by the U.S. cavalry
against what they think are scattered parties of Indians defending a
village turns into "Yellow Hair's" worst nightmare as he
finds his 613 cavalry and civilians split into several small bodies
facing about 2000 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. An event that has
shaped the American psyche. |
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Campaign
Games
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| The
1859 Campaign |
Rules for Columbia Games
"Napoleon", to allow the refighting of the 1859 Campaign
using Volley & Bayonet. |
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