Tactical Map at start of battle
Left – 7th Bavarian corps
have orders to attack retreating Austrians
Right – 1st Austrian division
has orders to avoid the enemy
Far Right – 2nd Austrian
division has orders to hold Rohrbach
Table at start of battle
Right is the town of Rohrbach
Left is the river Danube
The road west leads to Obernzell
The road east leads to Freistadt
The road south leads to Withering
7th Bavarian Corps 2nd Austrian
Division
6320 infantry 3200 infantry
800 cavalry 400 cavalry
800 gunner’s 400 gunners
Special Rules
10th Bavarian division will
enter top left at the start of move one
9th Bavarian division will
enter centre left at the start of move one
1st Austrian division will
continue to rout towards Friestadt
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
Left – French
Both divisions advance towards river
Danube behind cavalry screen
Right – Austrian
1st division rout has
reached Rohrbach
2nd division send cavalry
to hold northern hill, infantry move to secure southern one
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
Left – French
Bavarian’s start to cross the river
Danube
Cavalry advance to locate the enemy
Right – Austrian
1st division rout has
disrupted 2nd division deployment
2nd
division replace the landwehr brigade as garrison of Rohrbach
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
Left – French
10th division (top) moves
directly towards the town
9th division (bottom) moves
against the Austrian left flank
Right – Austrian
1st division has routed
past the town
2nd division deploys to
meet the enemy
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
Left – French
10th division (top) are
still crossing the river Danube
9th division (bottom) have
crossed and are deploying ready to attack
Right – Austrian
2nd division wait for the
enemy to attack
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
Left - French
Both divisions are now over the river
and starting to deploy
Right – Austrian
Waiting for enemy to advance within
artillery range
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
Left – French
10th division (top) cavalry
advance to engage enemy hussars
9th division (bottom)
infantry move to secure woods and hill
Centre advance into artillery range
Cavalry remain in reserve
Right – Austrian
Artillery cause 10% casualties to
Bavarian grenadier brigade
Move 7 – 1400 to 1500
Left – French
10th division (top) cavalry
have fought a melee with Austrian dragoons, result a draw
Remainder of the division is advancing
towards the enemy
9th division (bottom)
grenadier brigade have suffered 20% casualties to artillery fire
They continue to advance, supported by
columns on their flanks
Artillery have unlimbered within short
range of the enemy
Cavalry are advancing through the
woods
Right - Austrian
Cavalry charge resulted in a draw,
which failed to stem the enemy advance
All infantry have been deployed in
line to fire on approaching enemy
Artillery continue to pound enemy
infantry, but they continue to advance
Move 8 – 1500 to 1600
Left – French
10th division (top) cavalry
win melee and enemy cavalry retreat
Artillery unlimber within short range
of enemy line
Infantry form column of attack and
prepare to advance
9th division (bottom)
grenadier brigade now have 30% casualties and halt
Other two infantry brigades close with
enemy line
Artillery open fire and cause 10%
casualties to infantry supporting guns
Cavalry have cleared the woods and
form line
Right - Austrian
On the right flank the dragoon brigade
has lost the melee and is shaken
Infantry are taking artillery
casualties, but hold their position
Move 9 – 1600 to 1700
Left – French
10th division (top) cavalry
charge and rout Austrian hussars
Remainder of division advance to
attack town
9th division (bottom)
grenadier brigade have routed due to artillery casualties
Artillery continue to inflict
casualties on infantry line near town
Right hand infantry brigade skirmish
with infantry on hill
Cavalry move up in support
Right - Austrian
Division is suffering heavy casualties
(top) landwehr brigade form square and
suffer heavy casualties to enemy artillery
(centre) line brigade have lost 20%
casualties to artillery fire
(bottom) line brigade on hill have
lost 30% casualties in skirmish fight
Move 10 – 1700 to 1800
Left – French
10th division (top)
approach town
9th division (bottom)
gunners join grenadiers in rout due to enemy fire
Line brigade in centre have routed
enemy line in firefight
Cavalry charge shaken enemy grenadiers
on hill and rout them
Right - Austrian
With all of his second division,
except the garrison of the town, in rout General Lichtenstein orders them to
surrender.
Summary
1st Austrian corps has
suffered its second defeat in two days.
In this battle they have lost 960 casualties, plus 1520 the previous
day. That is a total loss of 2480 out
of 800 all arms.
In addition General Lichtenstein has
lost all of his artillery, both cavalry brigades plus six of his eight infantry
brigades are scattered or cut down.
General Wrede has lost a total of 480
all arms to achieve this convincing victory.
Wrede will have to allocate one of his
two divisions to rounding up the scattered Austrian’s and escorting them to
Munich as prisoners of war.
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