On the Road to Austerlitz: A 6mm Early Napoleonics Project
The First Order
I just placed the first order.
10 x (O)Austrian Jagers, skirmishing
8 x (L)Austrian Dragoons
12 x (C)Austrian Grenadier Infantry, advancing
8 x (L)Austrian Hussars
8 x (L)Austrian Lancers
8 x (L)Austrian Cuirassiers
6 x (L)Austrian Mounted Generals
1 x Austrian Division
All Infantry are in Strips of 6 and the Cavalry are in Strips of 4.
The Division is 12 Battalions of 48 line infantry, 60 skirmishers, 1 battery of 4 guns, 1 regiment of 36 cavalry and commander
For a goal I found a scenario for the Battle of Marengo that I’m going to use as a guide.
https://oldmeldrumwargamesgroup.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/austrian-briefing-marengo2.pdf
I will need;
1 Brigade of “Grenzers” (Border Troops from the Eastern Part of the Empire)
2 Brigades of Grenadiers (The Austrians Continued the Practice of Bundling Grenadier Companies into full Regiments)
4 Brigades of Cavalry (I picked up a Brigade each of Hussars, Dragoons, Lancers and Cuirassiers plus whatever 36 Cavalry come in the Division)
8 Brigades of Line Infantry (72 Men per Brigade, 2x 36 arranged in Three Files of 12).
I’ve ordered all of that plus a little extra, the Grenzers wore a Shako and Eureka don’t sell any Austrians in Shako’s but I will make do possibly with Landwehr or British since at 6mm it won’t be noticed.
I was flicking through the Osprey books for Early War Austrians when I found this little beauty.
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