D-Day on the Duna 1701

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Here is a write up of a 18th Century amphibious landing in the great northern war



http://badwargamers.com/bad/?p=1029

Swing by and take a look

thanks
Simon

http://www.badwargamers.com

[daveallen]

Nice idea for a game. Great report, thanks.

[viking123]

Simon,

Great report and photos. Who made the boats?

Did you allocate a regiment or part of a regiment to each boat?

Did you allow fire on the boats as they came into land?

Bob

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Great report and photos. Who made the boats?

no clue - not mine!

Did you allocate a regiment or part of a regiment to each boat?

No, it was absttacted out into waves. So each wave came on as a 'command'. All being in line of command.

Did you allow fire on the boats as they came into land?

No, the infantry redoubts were too far away for infantry fire. The guns behind fell short about 6" into the beach head. The Swedish guns couldn't reach the redoubt either. The off table heavy artillery fell short by about half way, the guns on the pontoon could only reach about 3/4 the way up the beach. The pontooniers were driven off by dragoon fire though as they were a little too close to the beach.