BOHEMIA
AND MORAVIA 1866 (450AP-1,200AP)
(Seven
Weeks War)
PRUSSIAN SUPREME COMMAND Aggression: 0
1x Inert HQ (Moltke and the Kaiser) @
10AP, 0-1 x Supply Base @ 8AP.
PRUSSIAN 1st ARMY Aggression:
3
0-1 x Inert HQ (Prince Frederick Charles)
@ 10AP, 0-1 x subordinate CP @ 15AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP.
3-4 Corps, each of: 8 x BL @ 6AP, 1 x
Light Cavalry (Hussars, Dragoons and Uhlans) @ 5AP, 2 x Mixed Field Artillery @
10AP, 1 x Mixed Horse Artillery @ 20AP, 1 x Rifled Heavy Artillery @ 18AP.
1 Corps, of: 1 x Elite Cuirassiers (Guard)
@ 8AP, 2 x Cuirassiers @ 6AP, 1 x Elite Light Cavalry (Guard Dragoons and
Uhlans) @ 6AP, 2 x Light Cavalry (Dragoons, Uhlans and Hussars) @ 5AP, 1 x
Mixed Horse Artillery @ 20AP.
PRUSSIAN 2nd ARMY Aggression:
4
1 x HQ (Crown Prince) @ 20AP, 3 x
Cuirassiers @ 6AP, 3 x Light Cavalry (Hussars and Uhlans) @ 5AP, 1 x Mixed
Horse Artillery @ 20AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP.
1 Guard Corps, of: 1 x subordinate CP @
15AP, 8 x Elite BL @ 7AP, 1 x Elite Light Cavalry (Guard Uhlans and Hussars) @
6AP, 3 x Mixed Field Artillery @ 10AP, 1 x Mixed Horse Artillery @ 20AP, 1 x
Rifled Heavy Artillery @ 18AP.
1-3 Corps, each of: 1 x subordinate CP @
15AP, 8 x BL @ 6AP, 1 x Light Cavalry (Hussars, Dragoons and Uhlans) @ 5AP, 2 x
Mixed Field Artillery @ 10AP, 1 x Mixed Horse Artillery @ 20AP, 1 x Rifled
Heavy Artillery @ 18AP.
AUSTRIAN ARMY OF THE NORTH Aggression: 3
1 x HQ (Benedek) @ 20AP, 6 x Heavy Cavalry
(Cuirassiers with Uhlans) @ 5AP, 5 x Light Cavalry (Hussars) @ 5AP, 5-6 x
Rifled Horse Artillery (Brass) @ 24AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP, 0-1 x Supply
Base @ 8AP.
1-6 Corps, each of: 1 x subordinate CP @
15AP, 8 (1 Corps only 6) x Bayonets @ 4AP, 1 x Rifled Horse Artillery (Brass) @
24AP, 2 x Rifled Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP, 1 x Rifled Heavy Artillery
(Brass) @ 18AP, 0-1 x Redoubt @ 5AP.
1 Saxon Corps, of: 1 x allied CP @ 15AP, 1
x Heavy Cavalry (Reiter) @ 5AP, 1 x Light Cavalry (Hussars) @ 5AP, 8 x Minie @
4AP, 1 x Elite Marksmen (Jager) @ 3AP, 1 x Rifled Horse Artillery (Brass) @
24AP, 1 x Rifled Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP, 2 x Rifled Heavy Artillery @
18AP.
Notes: The size of the armies favours
multi-player games with all or part of one Prussian army and part of the other
fighting all or part of the Austrians with or without the Saxons. Although
Moltke (accompanied by the Kaiser) in theory commanded all the Prussians and
was present at the decisive battle of Koninggratz, his HQ exerted little
control over the two army commanders, who communicated with him only as an
afterthought. Prince Frederick Charles was hyper-cautious and kept his army
concentrated under tight control with all the cavalry behind the infantry, so
in consequence had great difficulty finding the enemy. Only one of his three
original infantry corps is even listed as having a commanding general. Crown
Prince Frederick, youthful and spirited, dispersed his corps so widely that he
found himself out of effective control distance of any, listening to sounds of
battle coming from two opposite directions. One 1st Army and all 2nd
Army and Austrian Cuirassier brigades combined Cuirassiers and Uhlans. Austrian
Cuirassiers no longer wore corslets. Uhlans were tending now to be thought of
as heavy cavalry because of the supposed effect of their lance on infantry, but
most were still brigaded as Light Cavalry. The Prussians tried to keep the
jager battalion in each Corps as specialist woods-fighters but found
opportunities for this so limited that they were employed as ordinary infantry.
The jager battalion in each Austrian brigade was used only as its skirmish
line. Accordingly, both are assumed to be included in the standard infantry
elements. Prussian artillery was a mix of smoothbores and steel rifled
breech-loaders, Austrian all brass rifled muzzle-loaders.
NORTHERN
ITALY 1866 (325AP-575AP)
(Seven
Weeks War)
AUSTRIAN ARMY OF THE SOUTH Aggression: 3
Brilliant HQ (Archduke Albrecht) @ 40AP, 3 x Light Cavalry (2 Hussars, 1 Uhlans)
@ 5AP, 3 x Bayonets @ 4AP, 4 x Rifled Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP, 4 x
Rifled Heavy Artillery (Brass) @ 20AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP, 0-1 x Supply
Base @ 8AP.
1-3 Corps, each of: 1x subordinate CP @
15AP, 6-8 x Bayonets @ 4AP, 1 x Rifled Horse Artillery (Brass) @ 25AP, 2 x
Rifled Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP, 1 x Rifled Heavy Artillery (Brass) @
18AP.
0-1 x Ironclad Flagship @ 30AP, 0-2 x
Ironclad @ 20AP, 0-1 Steamer @ 8AP, 0-3 x I-Steamer @ 6AP.
ITALY Aggression: 3
Inert HQ (La Mamora) @ 10AP or HQ
(Cialdini) @ 20AP. 0-2 x Elite Heavy Cavalry @ 7AP, 0-1 x Rifled Horse
Artillery (Brass) @ 24AP, 1-2 x Pontooneers @ 2AP, 0-1 x Supply Base @ 8AP.
3-4 Corps each of:
1 x subordinate CP @ 15AP, 1 x Light
Cavalry @ 5AP, 1-2 x Elite Light Infantry (brigaded Bersaglieri) @ 6AP, 1 x
Rifled Heavy Artillery (Brass) @ 18AP, 3-4 Divisions each of: 4 x Bayonets @
4AP, 1 x Rifled Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP.
0-1 x Volunteer force of: ally Brilliant
CP (Garibaldi) @ 30AP, 3-4 x Light
Infantry @ 5AP, 1 x Elite Marksmen
(Sharpshooters) @ 3AP, 1 x Light Horse (Guides) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Rifled
Field Artillery (Brass) @ 12AP.
0-1 x Ironclad Flagship @ 30AP, 0-3 x
Ironclad @ 20AP, 0-4 x I- Steamer @ 8AP.
TURKS allied to AUSTRIA Aggression: 0
18,000 + 2,000 Bashi-bazouks. 1-2 x
Steamers, 0-1 x I-Steamers.
Notes: The Italians launched 3 separate
simultaneous invasions of the Austrian ruled territory. The main army was
theoretically led by the elderly King, but practically by the inept La Mamora.
Cialdini led a smaller army and Garibaldi a thrust into the Tyrol, where he
found no support from the population. After La Mamora lost the battle of
Custoza, Cialdini consolidated the Italian armies and pushed on against a
weakened Austrian army that had sent two corps to reinforce the Austrian army
against the Prussians. The Turks in the event only produced a distraction
requiring troop to be retained in the south, but offer an interesting what
if. Austrian Grenze troops were used
only in garrisons and to guard other borders.
Most Bersaglieri were dispersed in support of line infantry but 3-4
battalions were kept as a Corps reserve. All Austrian and Italian artillery
were brass muzzle-loaders.