SOW Waterloo Multiplayer Friday 22/12/17

[Asid]

SOW Waterloo Multiplayer Friday 22/12/17 @ 20:30GMT

Immersive, friendly session.

Played with full fog of war.

All information to follow

Map:

Excerpts of the Commanders orders (D.O.W.)

1) SITUATION:


a) Enemy:


b) Own:


c) Attachments and detachments:


2) MISSION:


3) EXECUTION:

To follow.

4) Service and Support:


c) Additional assets:


Extra Notes:
•   TIME LIMIT: 150 minutes
•   The room will be open @ 20:00GMT  for planning etc
•   House rules: Click here
•   HITS system
•   Courier orders
•   Bare map. Full F.O.W.
•   No voice during game. (comms by courier only)

Mods required:
•   DOW Community Toolbar V7: This will be provided.

Player Skill/Ability:
•   Must be proficient Using HITS
•   Have a good understanding of UI


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**                    Notes                      **
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SOW Version: Waterloo 1.01
Mission Name:
Created by: Biondo
Modified by:
Largest command: Corps
Smallest command: Brigade
Mission Duration: 150 minutes approx
Minimum number players: 2
Date: Friday 22/12/17
Time:20:30GMT
Time (local): Click here
Teamspeak  IP: 104.153.105.2:35200  Please wait in lobby for access to other areas.
Room: Scourge Of War


You must apply in advance

Commanders and leaders:
Colbert
Biondo
Mitra
General Sandman
Berthier

[Colbert]

I start towards the battlefield

[Asid]

General Colbert is eager for battle 

[Biondo]

I'm in

[Asid]

General Biondo. Ready for battle with his men   

[mitra76]

presente

[Asid]

General Mitra reporting for duty 

[General Sandman]

The battle must not happen without me. 

[Asid]

General Sandman returns to the field of battle. His men are looking for blood 

[JasonPratt]

I will try to get there -- at least I'm off work this afternoon! -- but I'm a little behind in preparing for a live internet lecture, either early this evening or tomorrow morning. 

So, maybe 50/50.

[Berthier]

I'm in

[JasonPratt]

Ack, still working along on lecture notes. 

Still, it's Christmas lecture notes on the importance of the Nativity for the salvation of all sinners from our sins (which my Italian co-belligerents at least might appreciate), so -- back to work!

[Asid]

General Berthier arrives with his men 

[Biondo]

We are great sinners, we killed a lot of pixel soldiers

Here the battle from mitra's point of view
 

It was very interesting battle. Probably the french need a bit more coordination to exploit their attacks.

Indeed, berthier managed to hold first against general sandman and then against colbert and mitra.

When I engaged from north I found the enemy already shattered so I had easy life with him.

Also interesting was the after battle talk regarding possible different strategies from the french.

[General Sandman]

BTW, what was the time-intervall for holding an objective?

I was thinking about, that a more simultanously conducted attack wouldnt had helped much at my location, because the left (northern flnak) was always open and when colbert´s engagement was going to heat up, your troops were already deployed to attack from the north.

So a better solution might have been, that I try to hold the objective for one period (first with 1 brigade, then superseded by the other) and after that retreating to the corps reserve arty behind me, which was unprotected to build a stronghold. As long as my left flank was threatened, I couldnt join a general attack anyway without getting routed in a very short time.

Thing is, when the attack of the first bypassing french divisions started, my troops had been under arty barrage by at least 4 batteries since about 40 minutes.

Another opportunity might have been to keep behind the elevation and the reserve batteries, just protecting the arty, which bombards the enemy, until the general attack starts, which I join as the last element, when enemy troops have already been softened by our arty and perhaps shifting a bit more to defend the french offence on the french right flank.

But still, I was ordered to probe until the other divisions attack, what I expected to happen earlier and couldnt sufficiantly observe due 2 wood areas in between.

However, commanders once more faced the adversity of combat situations.