Yesterday occured a battle between a french and a prussian corps.
The french, commanded by the honorable generals Colbert and Mitra, used their opportunity to seize the strategic objective in the NE of the area before the prussian forces of the generals Biondo and Sandman.
The french side, starting from the NW, smartly splitted their corps. While 1 Cavalry and 1 Infantry Division took the objective, the remaining 2 Infantry Divisions headed to the east to block the enemy´s advance.
The Prussians, coming from SE, had to use a couple of winding roads to get to their destinations. General Sandman, who was adequately ordered to split his large numbered division in case of reaching the objective before the opponent, to go with one formation for the objective, while the other one got to shield from enemy engagements coming from the west.
Commander in charge Biondo, who directly commanded the prussian Cavalry Division and 1 Infantry Division followed the advance, intended to deploy his forces SW of the Objective.
General Sandman unluckily decided to order his Advance-Guard-Brigade to realize the shielding task, heading in direction to the west of the objective, instead of approaching the strategic point from a road situated more east. Therefore the french Infantry task force managed to already engage the prussian Advance-Guard and therefore delay the complete prussian infantry column. The prussian Cavalry Division used the eastern road heading in direction to the strategic target, but was then ordered to support the blocked infantry. Meanwhile the other french task force took the objective, which still wasnt recognizable to the prussian commanders due distance and elevations.
General Sandman tried to achieve the original task by shifting the not yet engaged units across country to the NE and slowly disengage the fighting former advance guard, while General Biondos forces fighting the intercepting french Infantry Divisions.
After securing the objective, the second french task force moved with its complete Cavalry and 1 Infantry Brigade to the South, now ready to block Sandmans just relocated troops. Although the Prussians most probably couldnt reach the strategic point first, this well performed maneuvre guaranteed, that the objective was not threatened for another 45 minutes. To achieve any further advance, the Prussian Cavalry had to be recalled back to fight the opposing horses in the NE. Then tragically the prussian CiC Biondo was reported MIA (connection drop) while coordinating his troops.
Finally about half of General Sandmans Division could be deployed in an attack line to engage the french Brigade holding the objective from the west. But it was too late, cos the battle was ending soon and the french side benefitted already very much from their performance to hold the strategic point for a long time.
Well done, generals! And hopefully the great General Biondo will soon find his way back to his troops.