Bavarian 1809 List

[SteveC]

Since the ToN Errata thread appears to be closed, posting here.

1) All 3 Bavarian Divs were mixed - each had 2 infantry brigades and 1 cavalry brigade. So a division would be 4 small inf units, 2 small cavalry units and a foot artillery unit. 1st & 3rd Divs had a dragoon unit and light cav unit, 2nd Div 2 light cav units.

2) 1 & 2 Divs had a light inf battalion in 1 brigade, allowing one unit to be large or for 2 units to have a skirmisher attachment. 3 Div had 2 light battalions, so 2 large units or 4 skirmisher attachments

3) Each cav brigade had a horse battery - allowing 1 unit to have an artillery attachment.

4) The Corp artillery reserve of 3 12pdr batteries was parceled out 1 per div = 1 heavy artillery attachment each. The reserve horse battery was given to 3 Div, so it could have 1 horse unit or 2 horse attachments

5) 7th Corp was present in full at Abensburg (19/04/09); 1Div was at Eggmuhl; 2 Div was at Neumarkt , The Tyrol and 2nd day at Wagram. Other than that 7th Corp seems to be have had a line of comms role only.

[terrys]

Thanks for the information Steve.

The army certainly warrents being permitted to have 3 mixed divisions.
The allowances for light infantry as seperate units is probably a bit generous, but assumes a grouping of the seperate battalions for a specific battlefield role.
Artillery is treated the same. We permit the heavy artillery to be retained as a single unit, but ith only 6 guns per battery, adding them to an otherwise medium artillery unit is best represented as a single large unit.
Apart from Abensberg the Bavarians were more likely to be a single division acting in support of an otherwise French corps.

[SteveC]

Only 3rd Div had 2 Light Battalions, so could be combined a single small unit or parceled out a skirmisher attachments. The other 2 divs each have 2 brigades each of 2 Regts of 2 battalions plus a single light battalion in first brigade. My suggestion was that one unit could be large or 2 small units could have a skirmisher attachment. Not advocating heavy artillery as a separate unit - just as an attachment - as the player see fit/circumstances dictate.

All 3 divs spent time in The Tyrol, but only Wrede's 2nd Div was very active. 1st Division got to Salzberg and inertia set in.....