Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Allied Friends:

Raise your glasses (yes, I will pay the bar tab) to my Archduke Charles and his Austrian soldiers who have defeated the Emperor of France and his Grand Armee in a combined Campaign of Eckmuhl and Wagram. The French forces were well led by Marechal Jon Thayer (salute). The Eckmuhl Campaign was particularly difficult. Each battle was hard fought and nearly all resulted in a draw. And so, we moved on towards Vienna and the climactic battle of Wagram. At Wagram, Napoleon's main body moved down the north side of the Danube hoping to link up with Davout's Corps that was attempting to cross the river from Labou Island. After fierce fighting, Aspern fell to the French but Napoleon could not push the fight further without the aid of his other corps. Fortunately, the Archduke's forces successfully contested the crossing of the Danube and the Emperor was forced to concede defeat -- his throne in jeapordy.

I would like to congratulate M. Thayer on a very hard fought campaign. As I said, the Eckmuhl Campaign proved to be a particularly tough series of engagements wherein neither side could win a decisive victory. In the end, the Danube proved to be the decisive factor.

So drink up lads, to a major campaign victory and to a very talented French officer -- Jon Thayer.



FM Sir 'Muddy' Jones, KG
2nd Life Guards, Household Cavalry

Hey! Great to hear from someone that has fought all the way through. I tried to do thusly but Dean Beecham beat me up so we finished at Sacile and that was that.

Congrats to you Sir Muddy.

Bill Peters

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

Congratulations to both, sure that in Russia the thing had changed.[V][V][V][V]

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Congrats to the Allies,

And Bill,I was just lucky in the end.[;)]

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1ème Division de Cuirassiers,
1 Corps Res Cav,ADN.

"Toujours féroce,jamais étourdi"