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Napoleon's first army in Italy - what will it look like?
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:40 am
by CutEmUp
Is it going to be mostly superior conscripts or a mix of just about everything, as far as the infantry goes?
I expect the cavalry would be average to poor and the artillery would be pretty good
Re: Napoleon's first army in Italy - what will it look like?
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:42 pm
by terrys
By the time the French moved into Italy (1796-97), most of the regular infantry had 3-4 years of experience behind them, so they are now superior or average but drilled, rather than conscripts. There are still some lower quality provisional demi-brigades that can be used to make up the numbers. The cavalry is a mix of average and poor.
Artillery is only average drilled - but is permitted a more flexible arganisation by allowing one of the divisions to have 2 units of artilley. In overall numbers there wasn't an increase at divisional level because Napoleon had started to create an army reserve of artillery by this time. The problem with the artillery is that they still used civilian drivers, so are subject to a movement penalty.........