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This new Great Northern War scenario is now available to download from the game. Please note that this is a totally different battle to the scenario released by edward77 a few weeks ago, that was the 1656 battle.




Here are the design notes;

I used the Dan Schorr's translation of Oskar Sjostrom's article on the Battle of Warsaw, Lars Hoglund's two volumes on the GNW and Tacitus.nu's website as the basis for this scenario.

1) Oskar Sjostrom's article gives an OOB which includes two seperate regiments of Steinau's Cuirassiers, for a total of 6 squadrons. This is a bit strange as Saxon Cuirassier regiments at this stage in the war normally formed up to 4 squadrons, all the other Saxon cavalry regiments in the OOB have 3 squadrons accept the Garde. Also he does not mention the Flemming Dragoon regiment, which according to Tacitus was at the battle. So is it possible that he has listed Steinau twice in error, instead of including Flemming's Dragoons? I have decided to keep to Sjostrom's OOB.

2) The Swedish Skaraborg infantry are hidden in dead ground, which extends for a few squares to the right of the small wood. The Lithuanian cavalry will not react to them, as long as they do not fire or break cover.

3) Difficulty Rating; Hard

4) Sideicons are as follows;

Swedish; King Charles XII. Major General Carl Nieroth actually commanded at this battle, but I have been unable to find a portrait of him.

Saxon; Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, I have been unable to find a portrait of General Otto Arnold Paykull, who actually commanded the Saxon army at the battle.

Thanks for the scenario, Paul!

From what I have seen in the early morning hours the map is beautyfully done. A question about the 'sand' tiles you've used so effectively - was the battlefield near Warsaw that sandy?

Hi Adebar,

According to Sjostrom's article, the battlefield was covered in high grain fields, so I used the "Ripe Grain Light" tile to represent this. The picture of the battlefield that I used for the background.dds also shows the battlefield covered in very light coloured fields.


regards


Paul

Ah, I see. Never saw it done this way. Looks good!

Thank you, looks good.

I've just noticed a tiny error with this scenario. I have not entered the Unit Info names in the TEXT1 file. All this means is that when you view your units in the Force Selection screen before the battle you will get incorrect unit names. However, the unit names are correct on the battlefield.

Here is a corrected Text1 file if any one wants it;

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7lulieaq9xb26m8/TEXT1.rar


Just extract and paste into the PSCAMP\CAMPAIGNS\1705_WARSAW folder overwriting the original.

Updated version is now on the FTPs.

Hi Paul, I love the Great Northern War battles. Lots of fun!