Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

I was reading through the Osprey Men at Arms book #149 "Prussian Light Infantry - 1792 to 1815" and on page 11 towards the middle of the page it reads:

"As the Fusilier Battalions fired their volleys in two ranks there was no need for the front rank to kneel. The two rank volley of the light infantry was adopted by the entire Line infantry by the introduction of the 1812 Regulations.

Was this put into practice by both the Fusiliers AND Line infantry and what of the Landwehr?

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, CMR, PR, MIM, NDM, OMR (ver 4.07)

The information that I have says yes as common practice for Fusiliers and line except when in square but states nothing specific to landwehr. It was actually viewed as a simplification so I have to believe the landwehr used it as well.

Regards
Walt

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Generallieutenant Walt GroßHerzog Moehle von Neuhardenberg
Kommandeur der Korps Artillerie-Brigade
Kommandeur der Gardegrenadier
Königlich Preußische Korps

The text is misleading. It was not a two rank line as per the British. The third rank was deployed as skirmishers. If recombined with the battalion they were not extended out to the right and/or left to EXTEND the two ranks but took their place as their third rank again. They just did not fire.

However, I believe that the Jager and Schutzen operated as two rank line formations. I remember this from my days of Empire III. I painted the X Corps of 1812 and the Jagers were mounted as per the British, not the Prussians.

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, CMR, PR, MIM, NDM, OMR (ver 4.07)

My reference was to the two rank volley while standing which I thought was your question.

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Generallieutenant Walt GroßHerzog Moehle von Neuhardenberg
Kommandeur der Korps Artillerie-Brigade
Kommandeur der Gardegrenadier
Königlich Preußische Korps

A 2 rank volley is not a 2 rank formation. The 3rd rank could just be holding fire but ....

Check out the discussion on this at the Nap Series too.

http://www.napoleon-series.org/cgi-bin/ ... ;id=130884

One of them seems to think that the skirmishers (3rd rank) would form up on the flanks.

No, I do not plan on changing the entire Leipzig OB to accommodate this for the line units but it was something I found out and was thinking about it for Optional OBs.

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, CMR, PR, MIM, NDM, OMR (ver 4.07)

They formed initially on the flanks I believe. Check your private messages,I left ya one

Regards
Walt

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Generallieutenant Walt GroßHerzog Moehle von Neuhardenberg
Kommandeur der Korps Artillerie-Brigade
Kommandeur der Gardegrenadier
Königlich Preußische Korps