Kriegspiel scenario day - The Bloody Sunrise (the day after the Long march Home)

[mitra76]

The second part of battle has been moved to next week-end for have more players possible especially the division leaders of first part.

"after a long night with the screams of woundeds in the ears, the confederates commander decided to fight again for the battlefield at Gettysburg. He took heavy losses but reached some strategical objectives, so he doesn't consider himself defeated; at the same time the Federal commander inflicted a crushing lesson to his adversary, but now he found himself with the communications to the rest of army of Potomac cutted; the darkness covered the movements of troops, under a screen of pickets. In the meantime both Jackson and federal western troops are in march; what will happen at the Sunrise?"

Here the doodle for take part of match:

http://doodle.com/89t7zfbg78checfc

[mitra76]

We plan to have this game for Saturday 15 March, there are still many slot for player veteran or newbies. We plan to start with a minimum of 10 players:

Please signup on the doodle: http://doodle.com/89t7zfbg78checfc

and contact us on the forum http://kriegsspiel.forumotion.net/ or join this group https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/scourge-of-war-multiplayer-hits or write here for have the necessary information to what mods use and the TS connection

[Saddletank]

Saturday 12 March?

[mitra76]

Ops sorry, 15 March

[mitra76]

we were not in sufficient number for play so we postponed to next week:

here the new doodle: http://doodle.com/w9cqvmavz9uxq3a9

[mitra76]

Played yesterday, 13 people in game, here the debriefing:

"The sun rises over the opposing forces already moving; the opposing grand batteries on Culp Hill and Cemetery Hill shoot each other without pause. During the night the rebel cavalry leaved the west area and with a long turning move the railroad area for support the weakened Law division (4 regiments strong). The federals supported by many guns (some of them captured to the confederate) assault the railroad and force the defenders to fallback. At south the weak McLaws division leaved alone by the enemy troops moves with a long march to North. Two little brigades, sent by Jackson with a forced night march, reach the confederates and took position on the ridge south of Railroad but at the same time a full battle ready western division joins the federal force.

The US cavalry attempted a heavy strike on the southern position on the ridge but she's taken on the flank from force of Pickett and McLaws and forced to retreat with heavy losses, but also Stuart division received heavy losses in his defensive actions. Anyway, now unsupported, the northern wing of federal army is counterattacked and forced to retreat at the starting position, but now confederate southern line of supply is completly exposed and only the western road connects Longstreet corps to the rest of army. What will be the next moves of two commanders? The sound of Jackson guns fighting with the rest of Potomac army can be heared...."

[mitra76]

My comment and the replay video

"
Good game to all, from the losses resultes it seems both the armies had more concern to preserve forces and used more the manoveurs and the reserves. The match end in a stalemate: the federal make more points but the strategic objective remained in confederate hands. The third phase will start from the same positions the second one ended, so this time routed units remained routed where they are now.

I feared the CS could be beated in few time, because also if the oob gave 18000 against 15000, in reality the confederates had 4000 recovering units starting with morale 3 and fatigued and the biggest part of them don't took part to the battle because out of control of commanders (federal had 1000 men in similar condition, so the strenght rapport at the start was 17000 to 11000 +- .

My compliment to Hays, who without only few rapid information (and given in bad english :)managed to prepare a plan and hold the line. But also the combined federal attack of infantry and cavalry has been very good and well organized. Cavalry took a major role during this battle like in the first one.
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