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Foot General w/bodyguard and
standard beare.r
CH02 Two horse light chariot with
General and driver
CH03 Two horse light chariot with
driver and spearman
CH04 4H heavy chariot w/General,
driver & spearman
CH05 4H heavy chariot w/General ,
driver & halbardler
CH06 2H heavy chariot w/driver, archer
and spearmen
CH06a 4H heavy chariot w/driver, archer
and spearman
CH07 2H heavy chariot w/driver, archer
and halberdier
CHO?a 4H heavy chariot w/driver, archer
and halberdier
CH08 Ass. Hvy./medium spearmen adv.
CH09 Ass. Medium spearmen
CHOIO Ass. Medium daggeraxel
balberdicrs
CHOll Ass. Medium archers
CH012 Ass. Light medium archers
CH013 Command pack: Officers and
Standard Bearers
CH014 Elephant driver &jav.
USEFUL FIGURES FOR
EARLY CHINESE ARMIES
CH015 Assorted crossbowmen
CH016 Assorted archers
CHO 17 Assorted javelin/spearmen
CH018 Hordes or peasants, asst./
improvised weapons
CHlNESE BARBARIANS
CH019 Two horse light chariot with
driver and archer
CH020 Ass. javelin/spearmen w/shield
CH021 Assorted archers
CH022 Assorted dagger axemen
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Command pack: Mtd. General w/
bodyguard
General in 4H chariot with archer
and halberdier
4H chariot with driver archer &
halberdier (arm. horse)
4H chariot with driver archer &
halberdier (unarm. horse)
4H chariot with driver archer &
spearman (ann. horse)
4H chariot w/driver, archer
and spearman (unarm. horse)
Heavy cavalry wlbow
HC with crossbow
Heavy cavalry with crossbow
and balbard
Assorted L.C. with bow
Heavy archer
Heavy crossbowman
Light/medium archer
LIM crossbowman
Assorted heavy inf. long spear
(shieldless)
Assorted heavy inf. halbard
(shieldless)
Assorted LIM inf. halbard
(shleldless)
Assorted sh. swords
Artillerymen (6)
Command: Foot officers & std.
bearers
Early horse holders, two men 4H
Early Chinese shields 8 per pack
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R 12 Praetorian Ver 1
R 13 Praetorian Ver 2
Rl4 Guard Cavalry
The above are avai lable in white, yellow or red.
2S.MM
RR7 Legionary Thunderbolt
RR8 Auxilia Laurel
RRlO Praetorian Ver 2
RR9 Praetorian Ver 1
RRll Guard Cavalry
The above are available in white, yellow or red.
Note: RR3 should only be used o n shields that have
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JAPANESE
Starting with four of the most popular Samurai clan
back banners, (sashimono's). These designs allow the
majority of the anny to display the clan symbol. This
range has been extended with special sheets for the
clans generals. In total you will then be able to equip
your Samurai armies with a stunning array of banners and flags. Each sheet normally does 20 figures.
Al Takeda Moo 4 diamond designs.
A2 Sanda Mon 6 cirCles with square hole.
A3 Fujiwara Mon 6 circles around circle.
A4 Minamoto M on bar with dots above/below.
A5 Takeda Generals 4 designs
A6 Uesugi Generals Ver 1: 2 designs
A 7 Uesugi Generals Ver 2: 4 designs
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ots of variety in this new range
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SS22
SS23
SS24
SS25
SS26
SS27
SS28
SS29
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Line Infantry with variants
Grenadiers with variants
Command Pack: Officers, Standard Bearers & Drummers
Militia with variants
Command Pack: Militia Officers, Standard Bearers & Drummers
Cascadores firing (variants)
Cascadores kneeling (variants)
Cascadores Command Pack
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MAR ENGO ...................................................................................... S
WILLIAM KEYSER with a playtest of From Valmy to Waterloo
and his new Age of Bonaparte mles
THE SEJGE OF CASTLE SIK ESMORE ..................................... .13
CHIP COFFEY AND DWIGHT JONES present a game
usi ng Tactica Medieval Seige Rules with variants
CAE N................................................................................................. I7
MiKE REESE provides an interesting SPEARHEAD scenario
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Marengo
GLORIA'S MUNDI. .........................................................................23
VICTOR SCJ-/MJDTwitl1 mles for a 30 Years War Campaign
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CONSIDERING CANNAE...................................................................43
CHRIS HAHN studies the battle and how to game it.
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FRONTAL ASSAULT .......................................................................... .59
BRUCE DUTY presents a Franco Prussian War scenario - Gravalotte
DEPARTMENTS
SAPPER'S REPORT Trees & Tears ................................................ 30
VICTOR SCHMIDT
THE REVIEWING STAND .............................................................33
Figures, Books,Rules and Accessories with GREG RICE
THE BEST OF THE OLD COURI ER. .......................................... 61
STEVE HALLER with Nathaniel Green's Southern Anny
THE COURIER DISPATCH News of the hobby............................ 53
VOLLEY FIRE Your opinions of The Com·ier... .............................. 64
Considering Cmmae
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Covr r Photo: Victor defends Marengo againsy Hadick. Figures are l5nun AB
and Battle Hono rs. Bui ldings by Architectural Heritage. From the collection
of our photographer, William Keyser.
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This past week. Bob Beauie (he introduced me to this hobby some 32 years
ago-my wife hates him) and I were talking about the hobby. Bob came up
with the thought that preparing to play wargamcs is the biggest part of the
hobby. Playing games takes up only a small part of our
hobby for some of us. He differentiates between
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Wargamcrs. lie says of the latter that they are "in
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history to get ideas for game scenarios, find
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on the book they are reading, go to conventions
to put on games more so than to play. subscribe
to magazines rather than borrow those of their
friends, and worry about such things as how best
to f1ock a base and how best to transport their ligures. They participate in debate over arcane things
like " is it better to have the magnet on the stand and
the metal in the transport device drawer, or to have metal
bases and magnets in the drawer!"
Bob was telling me about a fellow who came to visit his group for a
game. When Bob was showing ofT his figures, the visitor was more interested in how he made lhe boxes to hold the figures. To those "in the life''
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and pick up interesting colored stones on the beach for game markers.
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game someone else is putting on:)
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forced him to spend the night in a wayside fam1. He did thus not report
to Bonaparte until the following moming. June 14th.
With no report of the battle from either Gardanne or Mannon!.
Bonaparte ordered Desaix with Boudet's division to march south-west
through Rivalta to cut the road between Allessandria and Genoa and
Lapoype to march towards Valmenza. Bonaparte then retired for the
night with his army widely dispersed and safe in the finn belief that
Mclas would not a11ack.
Gardanne's division was deployed in front of Marengo with
Charnbarlhac's division in close support. These divisions had two cavalry regiments and 6 or 8 guns in support, commanded by Victor.
General Lanncs with Watrin's division and 12 guns were bivouacked
about 7 kilometers away, southeast of Marengo. Behind them was the
main body of the cavalry and Monnier's division with two guns. Close
to Bonaparte's headquarters the Consular Guard was bivouacked.
Meanwhile, Melas had given the orders to attack east at dawn on
the 14Ul of June. His main column would attack straight down the road
through Marengo and San Giulia.no making for Piacaenza. TI1e right
of the column would be covered by O'Reilly's command and the left
column tmder Ott, who was to move on Sale by way of Castel Ceriola.
The stage for the battle of Marengo was now set.
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he prelude to the battle of Marengo was in Bonaparte's advance
over the Alps. As his am1y debauched into the fertile plains of
Northem Italy, Bonaparte made the decision not to advance his
am1y to rdicve the siege of Genoa, where Massena was desperately
holding, but rather to march on Milan. On June 2nd, the day Massena
surrendered in Genoa. Bonaparte entered Milan. and Mclas the overall
Austrian conunandcr in Italy, finally became aware of the danger to his
lines of communications.
Mclas' attempt at defeating the Am1ee de Reserve while it was
astride the river Po was foi led by Lannes defeating a much larger
Austrian force at Montebello on June 9th. Melas made the fata l decision to concentrate in the vicinity of Alessandria in hopes to gather a
force large enough to fight his way through to Lombardy. This course
of action lead to the collision of the two annies at Marengo Jtme 14th
1800.
By the 12th of Jtme Bonaparte had collected a force of 32,000
men and 4 I guns at the Scrivia river near Tortona, and Melas had managed to collect nearly 3 I,000 men in Alessandria. Bonaparte had not
anticipated Meta's aggressive moves and indeed was sure he would
attempt to escape and as a reaction divided his forces to close all routes
to the Austrians.
Gardanne's augmented division, (5,300 infantry, 685 cavalry, and
2 guns,) drove the Austrian covering force back towards Alessandria
during the aftemoon of the 13th of June. By 6pm Gardanne's division
had pushed the Austrians back to the town of Marengo. Gardrume
attacked the town in strength. General O'Reilly, commanding the
Austrians. decided that it was untenable to defend Marengo with the
Fontanove stream to his rear, so he withdrew beyond the Bromida.
Gardrume's men advanced through the town of Marengo and only halted when they were brought under fire ltom the 14 guns in the tete-depont on the cast bank of the Bromida. Gardanne reported that he had
driven the Austrians over the Bromida, and gave the impression that the
bridge across the river had been secured. As Mannont arrived, he realized that the bridge and the tete-de-pont were intact. He brought forward eight guns in attempt to silence the Austrian guns. His attack was
unsuccessful. He then suggested that Gardannc launch an infanuy
attack against the Austrians. Gardanne refused. and Mannon! tumed
back to ride the II kilometers to Bonaparte's headquarters. He was
overtaken by a heavy downpour which made the roads treacherous and
14TH JUNE
The Austrian attack faced numerous obstacles. It had to pass over
the Bromida and debauch from lhe tete-de-pont which only had one
exit.
O' Reilly, whose detachment had spent the night within the tetede-pont, advanced and pushed back the French outposts. Which
allowed General Hadik's division to deploy from the tete-de-pont
The opening of the Austrian attack was heralded by their artillery.
which was heard at Bonaparte's head quarters. Toro de Garofoli 12.5
kilometers to the east. At the same time Bonaparte had confinned the
order to send Lapoypes divisions marching on Valenza. l-Ie was so
convinced that Melas would not attack tl1at he disregarded Victor's
message. which be received about 9.30 am informing him that the
Austrians were indeed fom1ing up for a major attack. Bonaparte was
still convinced that Gardrumes report. which said he had thrown the
enemy back over the Bromida. was true. ll was not until Mam10nt
reported to him in person that Gardanncs report was false, that he final -
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