1806-7 Dragoons

[hazelbark]

Was reading Jim Arnold's Crisis in the Snows and Napoleon's trimuph. Outstanding books and if you really want great new research and good writing I fully commend them.

They point that a full divison of Dragoons were so atrocious, that the army started to refer to in some pejorative terms including cossack toys or such.

I know we won't get a list change, It is clear that at least 1-2 units of Dragoons in the reserve cavalry shoudl be able to be rated conscripts.

They refused to charge several times at several battles and literally their divisional commander Milhaud IIRC asked to be transfered away from such horrible troops.

[KendallB]

They were disordered and required a CMT to charge which they repeatedly failed!

[BrettPT]

In an early refight of Waterloo, we made a house rule to cover this sort of scandalous behaviour, copied below:

Court Marshall those Cads!

The Duke of Cumberland’s Hussar regiment was a craven embarrassment to the Allied army.

Whenever this regiment is:

• charged;
• ordered to charge;
• ordered to move to within 10MU of any enemy; or
• ordered to move closer to an enemy already within 10MU

the regiment must take a craven (Cohesion) Test. If the test is failed, the regiment drops a cohesion level and does a retirement move to their rear. If being charged at the time, then this retirement may place them out of charge range. This CT is in addition to any that would usually be required for being charged while wavering or while skirmishing.

If touching the edge of the table before starting a retirement move, the unit is removed - fleeing off to Brussels they go.

Once the Cumberland Hussars have passed their craven test, they do not need to test again in the game.