Quatre Bras OOB

[Jack ONeill]

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All,

For those of you who might want to fight a smaller battle, I offer the Quatre Bras OOB. The French are out-numbered, (by a lot), but can make up for it by the use of their superior numbers of Cavalry. I also include a modded Devils Den map .csv file. It contains only a few objectives centered around the Peach Orchard, or as might be seen, the CrossRoads, (Quatre Bras). I put it in a Mod Folder called Quatre Bras Mod. It also has the fences and walls removed so run your "Map Objects" on "Medium" to get a more European feel to the area. You need more than one objective to get units you don't command to move and do something.
Obviously the OOB goes where the Waterloo one went. It is the closest thiing I can do to actually producing a scenario. LOL!

Enjoy!

Jack B)

[Ingles of the 57th]

Good Lord Above !! Is there no stopping the man.

Are you perhaps knocking off Borodino next weekend for an encore, Jack ?

Geoff Laver Late of Her Britannic Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot

[Tacloban]

I'm glad to have this. I for one prefer the smaller (actually, less gigantic) OOBs.

Just fired it all up and it works, looks, and plays great. Picton is already in trouble in the early going, damn his eyes. Thanks!

[Jack ONeill]

Tac,

Yes, I go back and forth on battle size constantly. I've noticed that Ney tends to send in the Cavalry first to secure the main objective then commits his Foot and Guns later. The beauty of this Battle is it was one of the few real meeting engagements that escalated as each Commander fed in troops on both sides. The differences in troop strength can be nullified by good tactical generalship on the ground. Ney really should have won this early on, but his fear, and Reilles' for that matter, of running into a "Spanish" battle kept them from fully committing right away and allowing the ALlies to reinforce the Dutch-Belgians at the Crossroads. Bloody French Lancers were there all by themselves for about an hour before Saxe-Weimers Dutch-Belgian infantry showed up. By that time the Lancers had wandered off for coffee and a scone.

Jack B)

Note - I love Picton. In real life he was a loon AND a solid combat commander. A shame to be killed in the last battle of the wars.