La bataille de Medina de Rio Seco, Juillet 14 e, 1808 Les Forces De Franais Marechal Jean Baptiste Bessieres, Duc dIlstrie

e (+0) Dorsennes Guarde Fusilier Chasseurs Elites Sk 6/4/2 Attached Leader Fr Lt Battery Regulars OG Chasseurs a Cheval Elites+1 Lt Cav 4/3/2 OG Lt Horse Battery Elites+1 Lasalles Division GdD Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle (C) Lasalles 10e Chasseurs a Cheval Regular Lt Cav 6/5/3 Sabatiers 120e Ligne Regt Regulars Sk 8/6/4 Fr Lt Battery Regulars Merles Division GdD Merle Darmagnacs 86e Ligne Regt Regulars Sk 8/6/4 Ducos 119e Ligne Regt Regulars Sk 8/6/4 Fr Lt Battery Regulars Moutons Division GdD Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau Reynauds 4e Legere Regt Elites Sk 8/5/3 Reys 2e Legere Regt Elites Sk 8/5/3 Fr Lt Battery Regulars 46 Infantry Stands (13800men), 10 Cavalry Stands (1500troopers), 5 Battery Stands (38guns) Army Morale 56/40/25/15 (down 16, down 31, down 41 - rout) Command & Initiative Bessieres has a +0 initiative modifier; Lasalle is a charismatic leader Maneuver & Fire & Melee Phase French are impulse infantry and have skirmishers, French infantry have 2 fire points per infantry stand, French artillery batteries have +1 fire points, the OG horse battery +2 Army Morale If the army receives sufficient stand loses as a whole, the army will be considered worn, spent or *broke for purposes of unit maneuver, units in melee combat will still use their individual status rating Example: A total French stand loses of 16 will bring the army to a worn level and units will then maneuver as worn, at best, spent units of course use their poorer status for maneuver & combat; 31 total French stands lost will bring the army to spent status and as such each unit of course must check for maneuver each turn; *broke is a addition level after the army has suffered 41 total stand lost, all units now maneuver with a additional 2 (-4 total), this represents critical loses that would see the army packing (routing). Old Guard units (elite+1) are the exception and ignore army morale levels

La batalla de Medina de Ro Seco, Julio 14a, 1808 Ejercito de Galacia Teniente-General Joachin Blake (-1) Dragones de la Reine Conscript Heavy Cavalry 3//2 Vanguardia Brigagda GdB Conde de Maceda Rto Ligero Cataluna Regulars SSk 6/5/3 Bn Granaderos Unidades Regulars 6/5/3 Sp Lt Battery Regulars 1a Galacian Division MdC Felipe Jado-Cagigal Rto del Rey Conscripts 5/4/3 Rto de Zaragoza Conscripts 5/4/3 Rto de Hibernia Regulars 5/4/3 Milicia Provinciales de Galicia Irregular Conscripts 6/5/4 Sp Lt Battery Regular 4a Galacian Division MdC Margues de Portargo Rto del Principle Conscripts 5/4/3 Rto de Toledo Conscripts 5/4/3 Rto de Aragon Conscripts 5/4/3 Milicia de Santiago Irregular Conscripts 6/5/4 Sp Lt Battery Regular 54 Infantry Stands (16200men), 3 Cavalry Stands (450troopers), 3 Battery Stands (18guns) Army Morale 57/46/34/25 (down 11, down 23, down 32 - rout) Ejercito de Castile Teniente-General Don Gregorio Garica de la Cuesta (-2) Linea caballeria de la Reina Conscript Heavy Cavalry 3//2 Sp Lt Horse Battery Regular Rto Ligero Navarra Regulars SSk 6/5/3 Rto de Covadonga Irregular Conscripts 8/7/5 Rto Vol de Leon Irregular Conscripts 8/7/5 Milicia Escolares de Benavente Irregular Conscripts 8/7/5 30 Infantry Stands (9000men), 3 Cavalry Stands (450troopers), 1 Battery Stands (6guns) Army Morale 33/28/20/16 (down 5, down 13, down 17 - rout) Combined Army 84 Infantry Stands (25200men) 6 Cavalry Stands (900troopers) 4 Battery Stands (24guns) Army Morale 90/74/54/41 (down 16, down 36, down 49 - rout)(Blake dn 23 retreat)

Command & Initiative Cuesta is senior commander and has a 2 initiative modifier The Junta of Galacia reluctantly supported Cuesta, Blake was ordered by the Galacian Junta to cautiously support Cuesta and first and foremost preserve Galacian Army. Blake joined Cuesta with only a portion (1/2) of his army, the reminder strung out in supporting garrisons; if the Ejercito de Galacia (Blakes Army) reaches spent level, Blake will issue orders for a general withdraw of the Galacian Army, he is then considered to be exercising overall command at 1 initiative modifier and his army must begin retreating Maneuver & Fire & Melee Phase The Spanish forces do not receive the +4 first turn reserve maneuver modifier Cuesta was 68 years old in 1808 at the Battle of Medina de Rio Seco, he commanded his army from a carriage, in the game Cuesta moves as a foot battery, he may attach as normal but does not provided the leadership bonus in melee combat Spanish are linear infantry; please note most units do not have skirmishers Spanish foot artillery batteries may only unlimber or limber in the reserve zone Spanish irregular conscripts use the disordered maneuver table results for maneuver and reserve maneuver; they are not disordered in combat unless normally disordered Spanish infantry firepower was hindered by 2nd rate firearms, inadequate supply and poor training; Spanish infantry have 1.5 fire points per infantry stand Spanish artillery batteries have normal fire points Army Morale The morale of a Spanish army was fragile to say the least and would often quite the field as a whole to only later recover and be reformed, this was due to many factors, including troop quality and conflicting political aims of the Spanish Juntas If the combined army receives sufficient total stand loses as a whole the army will be considered worn, spent or *broke for purposes of unit maneuver, units in melee combat will still use their individual status rating Example: A total Spanish stand loses of 16 will bring the army to a worn level and units will then maneuver as worn, at best, spent units of course use their poorer status for maneuver & combat; 36 total Spanish stands lost will bring the army to spent status and as such each unit of course must check for maneuver each turn; *broke is a addition level after the army has suffered 49 total stand lost, all units now maneuver with a additional 2 (-4 total), this represents critical loses that would see the army packing (routing). Elite+1 units are the exception and ignore army morale levels; the Spanish have none