Baylen, July 19, 1808

General Dupont's 2nd Corps of Observation is in a bad situation and
its getting worse. Short two divisions, 2nd Corps is facing a larger
Spanish force with another division moving in to trap them. Can
Dupont's mixed bag of troops break through the Spanish and save
themselves? Or will the Spanish do the unthinkable, and wipe out one
of Napoleon's Corps?

French Order of Battle

Spanish Order of Battle

Map (map dimensions are approximately. 5' x 9')

Order of Battle Notes

Scenario Notes

• All roads are minor roads.
• The stream is fordable.
• All slopes are considered level 1 hills for movement.
• The road from the eastern bridge back to the western board edge will be clogged with caissons, limbers, ambulances, supplies wagons, and other miscellany of a Corps on the march. The road itself and any area within three (3) inches of it will be treated as a wheat field for movement. Additionally, any formed unit will be staggered while moving through this congestion. Enemy units will be slowed down but will not become staggered if moving in the congested area.
• Barbou, Gobert, Frescia and Frere all start under attack orders.
• Starting on turn 1, begin rolling for entry of Vedel's division. There is a 5% chance he will arrive on turn 1. This chance increases by 5% on turns 3, 5 and 7. On turns 9, 11, 13 and 15 it increases by 10%. Vedel will automatically arrive on turn 17.
• Reding and Copigny start with defend orders, Jones starts with Reserve orders.
• On turn 3, begin rolling for entry of La Pena's division. There is a 10% chance he will arrive on turn 3. This chance increases by 10% every turn.
• La Pena's division includes the 1st Reding Regiment, or Reding Senior. This was the senior Swiss mercenary regiment that was in service to the Spanish. The Reding Jun and Preux Regiments in the 2nd French division were also in service to the Spanish until early 1808 when they were sent to the French prior to the outbreak of hostilities. When the Reding Senior Regiment comes within musket range of any of the other regiments, they immediately make a morale check to see if they will return to their former comrades sides or continue to fight for the French. On a d20, the Reding Jun and Preux regiments will surrender on a result of 1-15 and be removed from the board, otherwise they will continue fighting (75% chance if using percentile dice). If the Swiss surrender, the Guard Sailors (plus the skirmishers and battery) will continue fighting as a single battalion division.

Special Rules

The following special rules are in use for this scenario and can be found on the my main Shako page.

d10 variant with all noted changes

Alternate Initiative (each Division Commander rolls)

Modified Attached Skirmishers

Artillery Prolong

Modified Severity of Defeat

Road Bonus for Artillery

Generalship ratings for order changes

Advanced Shako Rules

Game Length

18 Turns

Victory Conditions:

Spanish

Destroy or capture 50% of the French army.

French

Open the road through Baylen and offboard without losing more than 35% of the army. It is not necessary to move the units offboard, merely open the way.

Balance

Remove the French 4th division

French Order of Battle

II Corps of Observation

Army General - General Dupont

1ére Division d'Infanterie - Général de Division Barbou
Leadership Initiative: +0 Rally: -1 Melee: +0 Generalship: Average

1ére Brigade
1er Bataillon, 4e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 4e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
3e Bataillon, 4e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 4e Suisse Ligne	MR 7/3	BP 4
2éme Brigade
1er Bataillon, 3e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 3e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
1er Paris National Garde	MR 7/3	BP 4
2e Paris National Garde	MR 7/3	BP 4
2x Skirmisher Stands		BP 3
2e Cie. 1er d'Artillerie à Pied	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Foot Battery)

2éme Division d'Infanterie - Général de Division Frere
Leadership Initiative: +1 Rally: -1 Melee: +1 Generalship: Excellent

1er Reding Jun (Suisse)	MR 6/2	BP 4
2e Reding Jun (Suisse)	MR 6/2	BP 4
1er Preux (Suisse)	MR 6/2	BP 4
2e Preux (Suisse)	MR 6/2	BP 4
Marins de la Garde	MR 7/3	BP 4
Skirmisher Stand		BP 3
7e Cie. 5e d'Artillerie à Pied	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Foot Battery)

3éme Division d'Infanterie - Général de Division Vedel
Leadership Initiative: -1 Rally: -1 Melee: +0 Generalship: Poor

1ére Brigade
1er Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
3e Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
1ere Bataillon, 4e Suisse Ligne	MR 7/3	BP 4
2éme Brigade
1er Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
3e Bataillon, 5e Reserve Legion	MR 5/0	BP 3
2x Skirmisher Stands		BP 3
8e Cie. 2e d'Artillerie à Cheval	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Foot Battery)

4éme Division d'Infanterie - Général de Division Gobert
Leadership Initiative: +0 Rally: -1 Melee: +1 Generalship: Average

1ére Brigade
1er Bataillon, 2e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 2e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
1er Bataillon, 67e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 67e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2éme Brigade
1er Bataillon, 93e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 93e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
1er Bataillon, 56e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Bataillon, 56e Provisional Ligne	MR 5/0	BP 3
2x Skirmisher Stands		BP 3

1ére Division d'Cavalrie - Général de Division Frescia
Leadership Initiative: +1 Rally: -1 Melee: +0 Generalship: Average

1ére Brigade
1er Provisional Cuirassier	MR 7/3	BP 4
2e Provisional Cuirassier	MR 7/3	BP 4
2éme Brigade
1er Provisional Chasseurs à Cheval	MR 5/0	BP 3
2e Provisional Chasseurs à Cheval	MR 5/0	BP 3
3éme Brigade
1er Provisional Dragoons	MR 6/2	BP 4
1er Cie. 4e d'Artillerie à Cheval	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Horse Battery)

Spanish Order of Battle

Spanish Army of Andalusia

Army General - Captain General Don Fransisco Castanos

1st Division - General Don Teodoro Reding de Schwyz
Leadership Initiative: +1 Rally: -1 Melee: +0 Generalship: Average

3rd Battalion, Walloon Guard	MR 7/3	BP 4
Regiment Irlanda	MR 6/2	BP 4
Regiment Hibernia	MR 6/2	BP 4
Regiment Ultonia	MR 6/2	BP 4
Regiment La Reyna	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Corona	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Jaen	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Jaen Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Tercio de Tejas Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Numancia Dragoons	MR 6/2	BP 4
Reina Dragoons	MR 6/2	BP 4
Foot Battery	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Foot Battery)
Horse Battery	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Horse Battery)
2x Skirmisher Stand		BP 3

2nd Division - Mariscal de Campo Marquis de Coupigny
Leadership Initiative: -1 Rally: -1 Melee: +0 Generalship: Poor

Regiment Militares	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment de Ceuta	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Navarra	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Princese	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Cuidad Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Cuenca Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Bujalance Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Voluntarios de Granada Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Voluntarios de Cataluna Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Bourbon Line Cavalry	MR 6/2	BP 4
Horse Battery	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Horse Battery)

3rd Division - Mariscal de Campo Felix Jones
Leadership Initiative: -1 Rally: -1 Melee: +1 Generalship: Poor

1st Aragon Light Infantry	MR 6/2	BP 4
Regiment Cordoba	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Valencia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Burgos Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Plasencia Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Lorca Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Alcantara Line Cavalry	MR 6/2	BP 4
Skirmisher		BP 3

4th Division - Lieutenant General Manuel de la Pena
Leadership Initiative: +0 Rally: -1 Melee: +1 Generalship: Average

Provincial Grenadiers	MR 7/3	BP 4
Regiment Reding Senior (1st Reding)	MR 6/2	BP 4
Regiment Africa	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Burgos	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Zaragosa	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Murcia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Zamora	MR 5/0	BP 3
Regiment Saboya	MR 5/0	BP 3
Provincial de Siguenza Militia	MR 5/0	BP 3
Villavicosa Dragoons	MR 6/2	BP 3
Heavy Foot Battery	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Heavy Foot Battery)
Foot Battery	MR 5/0	BP 3 (Foot Battery)

Order of Battle notes:

This battle is a historic action. It is based on the scenario taken from "Napoleonic Scenarios" by Buck Sardu. I'm sure you'll quickly notice that both armies are, for the most part, junk. At first I thought this would not be a very interesting encounter but playtesting has shown it to be very exciting. With both sides having lower break points than normal, units tend to not hang around for very long and overall morale of the divisions plays an important part in the battle.

Infantry: The Spanish had many less than full strength infantry battalions. I have compressed them to arrive at a manageable number. The French 4th division was actually destroyed about two days previous to this action but playtesting has shown that the French need the extra manpower.

Cavalry: While Spanish cavalry at this action had more than ten regiments worth of effectives, they suffered from a woeful shortage of horses, only having enough to mount about five regiments worth. There was a large number of small units as well as some full strength regiments and the units shown here were present in relatively full strength. I have rated them slightly higher than normal because I figured that the best troopers would be given the available mounts. The French cavalry were an amalgamation of line regiments depot squadrons and hastily raised repalcements and are rated a step lower than normal.

Artillery: The French army is on the move. They don't get their customary heavy guns because they were either somewhere in the train or left behind.

Last modified July 6, 2001