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DwarfMan1
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 47
Location: In Napoleon's Aid-De-Camp train at Waterloo.
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Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:10 pm |
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Has anyone tried out lists for a French in Russia Army? I was thinking that the Russian campaing be split into two periods - Napoleon's advance and Napoleons retreat. In the second period the Frenchies would be Reluctant Trained or something, to show all the hardships they had gone through.
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BenS
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Newtown, Sydney, Australia
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:47 am |
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I don't know it depends on the Corps, I mean Davouts rear-guard had no time to be reluctant, I would say Fearless Trained- not the vetrans from 1805 but it was either fight these cossaks off or die.
As for Ney well he fought off many attacks by the Russians allowing the other units to flee.
SO if a Rear-Guard army I would say Fearless Trained, Fearless to represent that its kill or be killed. If not a Rear-Guard force then yes Reluctant Trained as all they want to do is go home. |
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DwarfMan1
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 47
Location: In Napoleon's Aid-De-Camp train at Waterloo.
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Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:32 pm |
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Ney is my absolute favorite general!!! Have any of you read the books by G.A. Henty? He wrote in the 1890's and some of his books have been re-published. It is interesting to read about how he thinks of the French - sort of like a modern American writing something about the Germans in WWII. |
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BenS
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
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Location: Newtown, Sydney, Australia
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Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:45 am |
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Really, Ney? My fouvourite is Davout followed by Lannes. I've got Chandlers 'The Campaigns,' John Elting's 'Swords around a Throne, Napoleon's Grande Armee' and a book on the whole Bonaparte family from Napoleons I's dad to the family in WWII.
All are really interesting reads. |
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DwarfMan1
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 47
Location: In Napoleon's Aid-De-Camp train at Waterloo.
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Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:55 pm |
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I'll have to try those out! Thanks for the suggestions. |
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Landsknecht
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:05 am |
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Pavlov, the Cossack general is one of my favorites. He's the one responsible for the constant harsement of the French on the retreat from Russia. I'd love to see an option in the Russian List for Cossack cavalry. They could be reluctant trained for the Don Cossacks and reluctant conscript for all other styles of Cossack. They should get extra movement since they rarely worried about staying in formation. |
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Dillingham
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Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:19 pm |
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| BenS wrote: | | Really, Ney? My fouvourite is Davout followed by Lannes. |
I'm partial to Davout as well.
I started out in this period not being a fan of the French at all, but I don't think one can read very much about the period and the people involved and not grow a healthy respect (or even admiration) for them. |
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