This variant to the original scenario by Martin Soilleux-Cardwell adds more information regarding the names of French commanders, changes to the organization, training and morale of the light troops, and provides a new map. The original order of battle is otherwise unchanged.
I have provided an order of battle for each side; I have attempted to arrange the information to conform with the revised Volley and Bayonet rules, Age of Frederick.
Thanks to the contributors on the Yahoo! Groups Seven Years War discussion list, and particularly to Christian Rogge for information posted there. Other sources include Savory, Mollo, Orders of Battle from George Nafziger, and The BritishBattles.com web site. Any errors are my own, and interpretations are open to healthy discussion!
General Notes:
Light Troops - On the French side, the number of men under Fisher at Warburg is not clear: information from earlier dates indicates between 1,200 and 2,000 men in the unit, generally split evenly between mounted and foot. Lacking definitive information for this battle, I have taken the liberty to give the foot two strength points, which can be broken down into skirmishers, so as to give play interest in facing Bulow’s Legion Britanniques.
I have rated the Legion as Morale 4, Poorly Trained, and Fisher’s foot as Morale 3, Militia. The Legion was recently organized, and while it was definitely superior to Fisher’s troops, was not equal to regular line troops.
Fisher was apparently not a particularly zealous commander, and the performance of his troops was generally poor.
If players prefer, they may agree to use the original order of battle for the light troops.
The Map - the new map shows only one hill: the Hein Berg. The other slopes show the land sloping towards the Diemel; they do not appear to have affected the battle, and need not be displayed on the table top.
Mark Sieber, June 2005
Order of Battle:
Allied Army
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Erbprinz of Brunswick Right Wing
Right Column, Generalleutnant von Hardenberg, Exhaustion = 8
- Daulhatt’s and Maxwell’s British Grenadiers M6 [][] BG S
- British & Hanoverian Artillery M6 [][] sb-f
- Keith’s (87th) & Campbell’s (88th) Highlanders M6 [][] BG S
- Hanoverian Grenadiers: No1, No3, No2 M6 [][][] S
- Hanoverian Foot: 1A Scheither, 12A Estorff, 10A Post M5 [][][] BG
- Hanoverian Foot: 8B Block, 10B Monroy M5 [][] BG NE
- Converged Dragoons M5 [][] med
- Hessian Horse Regts Einsiedel & Pruschenck M6 [] hvy
General Freiherr von Spockern Left Wing
Left Column, Generalleutnant Christian von Zastrow, Exhaustion = 8
- Hessian Foot Regt Garde M6 [][] BG S
- Hanoverian & Hessian Artillery M6 [][] sb-f
- Brunswick Grenadier Btns: Wittorf, Redecker, Hahn M6 [][][] S
- Hessian Garrison Grenadier Btn M6 [][] S
- Hessian Foot Regt Toll M5 [][] BG NE
- Hessian Foot Regts Pappenheim, Mirbach, Ruchersfeld M5 [][][] BG NE
- Hanoverian Horse Regt 3, Bremer M6 [] hvy
- Hanoverian Dgn Regts 3, Reden & 4, Bock M6 [][] med
British Cavalry Wing
John Manners, Marquis of Granby, Corps Commander, Exhustion = 3
- British Converged Cavalry M6 [][][] hvy
- British Converged Cavalry M6 [][] med
Detached Light Troops: Major von Bulow, Corps Commander, Exhaustion = 4
- Légion Britanniques Infantry M4 [][][][][] PT (sk)
- Légion Britanniques Light Dragoons M4 [s] sk cav
- Hessian Jagers M5 [] ss
- Hessian Hussars M5 [s] sk cav
Turn 1 is 10:00 a.m. Last turn is 4:00 p.m. when the Allied Main Army arrives and follows through at which point the French pretty much are doomed, rather like the Austrians at Chotusitz. The Allies are the attackers.
Granby arrives on the 12:00 noon turn. Bulow arrives on the 1:00 p.m. turn.
The attack was professionally and flexibly handled and while normally I would only have Spockern as AC leading one column and the Erbprinz as CC for the other I think the skill with which the attack was made merits the addition of two extra DCs for flexibility. (M S-C)
S=shock troops; NE- no elites/grenadiers present; BG=battalion guns; PT= Poorly Trained; (sk) = may breakdown into skirmishers (MS)
French Army:
Lieutenant-General le Chevalier du Muy C in C
Left Infantry Wing Lt. Gén. Marquis de Ségur, Exhaustion = 10
1st Line
- Inf Regt No7, Latour du Pin 1, Left Wing M5 [][][] BG
- Inf Regt No7, Latour du Pin 2, Right Wing M5 [][][] BG
- Left Wing Artillery M5 [][] sb-f
- Inf Regt No18, Touraine M5 [][][] BG
- Inf Regt No85, Enghien M4 [][] BG
2nd Line
- Swiss Inf Regt No63, Planta M5 [][] BG
- Swiss Inf Regt No78, Courten M5 [][] BG
- Swiss Inf Regt No90, Lochmann M5 [][] BG
- Swiss Inf Regt No51, Reding M5 [][] BG
Centre Cavalry Corps Lt. Gén. de Luetzelbourg, Exhaustion = 3
- Cavalry Regts Archiac etc. M5 [][] hvy
- Cavalry Regts Bourbon etc. M5 [][] hvy
- Dragoon Regts Thiange & Royal M4 [][] med
Right Infantry Wing Lt. Gén. de Meaupeou, Exhaustion = 6
- Inf Regt No28, La Couronne M4 [][][] BG
- Inf Regt d’Aumont M4 [][][] BG
- Right Wing Artillery M5 [][] sb-f
- Inf Regt No8, Bourbonnois 1, Left Wing M5 [][][] BG
- Inf Regt No8, Bourbonnois 2, Right Wing M5 [][][] BG
Reserve (behind the Cavalry Centre)
Commanded by C in C, Exhaustion = 3
- Inf Regt No42, Rouergue M5 [][][]BG
- Inf Regt No64, Rochefort M4 [][]BG
Light Troops, Johann Christian Fischer (No Exhaustion)
- Chasseurs à Cheval M3 [s] sk cav
- Chasseurs à Pied M3 [][] M (sk)
French Notes:
S=shock troops; NE = no elites/grenadiers present; BG = battalion guns; M=Militia; (sk) = may breakdown into skirmishers
