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Post by ooiittee on Jun 16, 2016 21:17:35 GMT
I am keen to hear from my learned brothers regarding the following.
Historical how often were grand batteries assaulted and broken. Our wargames seem to have them fielded all the time, given the battle lines often reflect a segment of the army line I am often left asking "why would I attack the enemy line here to the front of a grand battery?". I understand that it would be used to focus fire and soften up a target before striking, or heavily defend an approach.
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Post by captainchook on Jun 19, 2016 0:39:08 GMT
I am keen to hear from my learned brothers regarding the following. Historical how often were grand batteries assaulted and broken. Our wargames seem to have them fielded all the time, given the battle lines often reflect a segment of the army line I am often left asking "why would I attack the enemy line here to the front of a grand battery?". I understand that it would be used to focus fire and soften up a target before striking, or heavily defend an approach. Oo What scale of game are you playing? I agree, much of the problem with games is that only a portion of the entire battle is being played. This often l;eads to the over representation of artillery (and most often 12 pounders no less) and heavy cavalry. A lot of rules give artillery quite a wide arc of fire and so they can dominate a large area of the table.
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Post by profjohn on Jun 19, 2016 22:02:36 GMT
Not sure about this really but didn't the Union Brigade did get into the Grand Battery and do some damage at Waterloo?. In different circumstances a coordinated assault might have broken it.
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