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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:03 am 
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The battle of Jemappes 1792

After the retreat from Valmy to the Austrian Netherlands the Austrian army under overall command of Herzog Albert von Sachsen-Teschen established fortified positions south of Jemappes near the city of Mons. The French revolutionary army under Dumouriez followed via Quarouble and approached the Austrian positions via Honelle and Elouges to meet them in battle on 6th November 1792.
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The Austrians had well prepared positions but a very long frontline to defend with Feldmarschall-Leutnant Lilien commanding the right wing, Feldmarschall Clerfayt the center and and Feldmarschall-Leutnant Beaulieu commanding the rather open left wing. Unterleutnant Andras Kareil was one of many junior officers present at this Battle of Jemappes.
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The cloudy November day showed massive French forces south of the Austrian positions but as daylight increased it was clear that most of them for now held their positions. Only in the east the French showed movement with fast cavalry racing North towards Cuesmes. Infantry from the French center was marching towards the East to support their cavalry.
The Austrians had to extend their line further to the east to counter this and move reserves from the center. Isolated earlyon the light troops in Ciply began their move north to join the main Austrian line.
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At approximately 0800 the first shots of the battle were fired by French horse artillery south of Cuesmes. The Austrians had sufficient forces in place by then to thwart the fast early attack of the French and they could link up with the light troops from Ciply. An Austrian attack to isolate the French forces was soon aborted as more and more French troops arrived from the their center.
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The Austrian forces took up positions south of Cuesmes but this extension of their left wing forced them to send more and more forces from the rest of their line. French troops were ammassing east and south of the Austrians and the steadily increasing number of French guns soon took a heavy toll.
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In light of the ever increasing French forces on the Austrian left wing a slow withdrawal towards the center was initiated and Cuesmes fell to the French. Further French attacks from the east and South took their toll but at noon the Austrian line was still stable. By that time French columns were spotted marching from the South directly towards the thinly held Austrian center and Herzog Albert had nearly no more reserves to counter this.
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By 1300 the French forces had broken through the Austrian center and the left wing faced ever increasing pressure from South and East. Regaining the center positions was out of the question by then but the Austrian army was still relatively intact so Herzog Albert ordered a retreat to the North while still possible. Enduring the second defeat this year Unterleutnant Kareil and the Austrian army retired to the North and then turned east to leave the Austrian Netherlands in French hands.
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2022 9:08 pm 
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Another great report. :thumbsup:

That's a tough battle for the Austrians. You've done well.

Out of interest, could you include the Scenario Number next time. Also the jump dialog gif, it's difficult to read the Victory Dialog at the end. It flashes up too quickly. Perhaps include it as a separate pic.

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Dean Webster wrote:
Another great report. :thumbsup:

That's a tough battle for the Austrians. You've done well.

Out of interest, could you include the Scenario Number next time. Also the jump dialog gif, it's difficult to read the Victory Dialog at the end. It flashes up too quickly. Perhaps include it as a separate pic.



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I've added another screenshot of the victory screen to my original post and also added the actual scenario played at the bottom.

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Indeed Andi, I echo Dean's comments that this wasn't an easy scenario for the Austrians. You did well! :thumbsup:

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In early 1793 Andras Kareil found himself part of the staff of Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld in the Austrian army of the Sambre. Here the young officer was honoured by getting promoted to Oberleutnantby the Prinz himself in recognition of his bravery and conduct at Jemappes and the months thereafter.


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In preparation of an upcoming new battle report I took the time to repair the images, my old image hoster unfortunately disappeared.

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Indeed! Thanks Andi for fixing all of them. I really enjoy your posts! :frenchhappy:

If you ever want me to host any of them on the club server, I'm happy to do so! Just send me a email.

Otherwise look forward to your next reports! :thumbsup:

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The Battle of Neerwinden 1793

After the defeat in the battle of Jemappes in 1793 and the withdrawal of the Austrian army, French forces occupied the Austrian Netherlands and took Brussels on 14th of November. Winter was spent preparing the Coalition for a renewed offensive and further states joined to fight revolutionary France. The barbaric execution of legitimate French king Ludwig XVI. on 21th of January 1793 caused public outcry across Europe.

Within France there was political turmoil, intrigues and political fighting between moderate and radical republicans together with a bad economic situation and a royalist uprising in the Vendée put high pressure on the revolutionary government. To mollify the public another military victory was needed and the French army marched east again towards the Rhine in early 1793. The Austrians, including Oberleutnant Andras Kareil, had used the winter to organize a new Armee der Sambre under Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and fought a small battle at Aldenhoven on 1st of March which they won. Aachen was liberated from the French the next day.

French general Charles-François Dumouriez  took over the retreating French army in Löwen on 13th of March and turned them around immediately. After a series of small skirmishes along the main road between Liege and Brussels a small battle on 16th March at Tirlemont saw the Austrian army retreating to better positions at Neerwinden. With an army of roughly 40.000 troops the Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld took positions behind the Kleinen Gete and awaited the attack of the bigger French army. Oberleutnant Andras Kareil was one of many liaison officers in the staff of the Prinz at Neerlanden.
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The very long frontline stretched south from the fortress Zoutleeuw in the North along the Kleinen Gete. In the North the Austrian Avantgarde under Generalmajor Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Joseph Laurentius von Österreich had established a long thin line from Zoutleeuw to Orsmael with their main force in front of Halle.
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South of them on the heights behind Orsmal and Neerhespen was the 2.Kolonne under Feldmarschall-Leutnant Württemberg encompassing the center of the Austrian line.
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Further south the 1.Kolonne under Feldzeugmeister Colloredo had taken up positions on the heights directly north of Neerwinden.
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The extreme left flank of the Austrian forces was held by their Reserve under Feldzeugmeister Clerfayt. This disposition had the Reserve not in a good position and depending on where the French forces would make their attack, it could develop into a real problem.
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By 0800 French forces could be observed advancing along most parts of the frontline from Orsmael to Neerheylissem. Austrian screening forcing withdrew before them and the Prinz decided to give up Racour and Overwinden in the South to concentrate his forces. Against a numerically superior French army the only way was to concentrate the Austrian army and use interior lines to combat them. In the North the fortress of Zoutleeuw was to held by the garrison troops alone, the troops of the Avantgarde marched south towards Halle.
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The French crossed the Kleine Gete in force and by then had taken Orsmael in the North and Neerwinden in the South without fighting. The Austrian Avantgarde attacked them in Orsmael to keep them occupied but this was mainly intended as a ruse to prevent the enemy from concentrating all his forces in the South. There a new line was established from the heights northeast of Neerwinden to Landen. Further north Austrian troops threatened Neerhespen and Wanghe but this again was mainly intended to keep the French occupied.
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The ruses at Orsmael and Neerhespen worked quite well but by noon events had overtaken their use. Another French column in the North was attacking the lone garrison of Zoutleeuw which had badly surprised the Austrian forces. Under mounting French pressure the Austrians retreated their forces towards their main line but that was already under attack. Heavy French cavalry attacked from Neerwinden and sent the Austrian troops fleeing. Marshalling local reserves that were built up in the South allowed the Austrians to hold the line.
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In the next hours the French brought a lot of artillery to bear in the South, forcing the Austrians to move their line back another ridgeline but there all further French progress was stopped cold. Attacks on the flank in Landen got repulsed with heavy losses and the Austrian line held. Although the French took the isolated the fortress of Zoutleeuw their overall progress was far below their expectations and the poorly supplied troops began to mutiny, forcing the French to stop their offensive.
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In the aftermath of the battle of Neerwinden Andras Kareil was again called in front of Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld where he got promoted to Hauptmann for his conduct during and after the battle.

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Thank you for your interesting, entertaining and colorful battle reports Hauptmann Andas KAreil.

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The Battle of Pirmasens 1793

After the inconclusive battle of Neerwinden the french forces retreated but the Austrians did not press them as the Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld wanted to wait for the expected reinforcements from Britain and the Austrian Netherlands. While waiting for them the french general Charles-François Dumouriez surrendered himself to the Austrians, the revolutionary government wanted him tried for the defeat at Neerwinden.

Hauptmann Andras Kareil got new orders and was again assigned as liaison officer to the prussian army. He was part of the staff of the british prince and field marshall Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, who commanded a coalition army 118.000 men strong. They attacked into France and took the city of Valenciennes on 28th July 1793.

Revolutionary France had several changes of government in the meantime and Lazare Carnot had reorganized its military. With the so-called Levée en masse he introduced a mass national conscription which resulted in a huge army of citizens and officers chosen by the ranks. With this numerically far superior and highly motivated army the French defeated the coalition forces under Wilhelm von Freytag on 8th September 1793 in the battle at Hondschoote.

The Austrian Netherlands were attacked again by the French while Hauptmann Kareil was with the Prussians at the siege of Mainz. The french forces in Mainz surrendered on 12th July 1793 and were allowed to return to France. After this sucessful siege, the Duke of York planned to advance into the Elsass but the french general General Balthasar von Schauenburg prevented this by attacking on the 14th September at Pirmasens. Under the overall command of Generalfeldmarschall Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig the young Hauptmann Kareil played his part in the defence of Pirmasens.

The Prussian 1.Division under General-Leutnant Kalckstein had established defensive positions directly north of Pirmasens and the 2.Division under Prinz Louis von Preußen was located west and northwest of the town. At 0900 in the morning the french forces had deployed for battle roughly 2 kilometers north of them at Fehrbach and Hengsberg. Their numbers seemed far superiour but the Prussians had reinforcements under way from the Northeast, the Saxon/Sächsische Division under Feldmarschall-Leutnant Lindt was approaching.
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An hour later the Saxons had joined the Prussians and were in position to receive the French attack who approached Pirmasens from the North and Northwest.
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The battle started in earnest on the Prussian right flank where heavy fighting with infantry and cavalry slowly pushed the Prussians back. On the left flank the heights northwest of the town were abandoned after being outflanked to the West by ever more French troops.
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By noon the French had abandoned these heights themselves and concentrated their forces north of Pirmasens where they started a devastating attack supported by their many guns. The first line of defense was shattered and partly overrun but most of the Prussian army held and was moved back in order.
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The French brought up their artillery and shelled the Prussian line mercilessly, casualties were high, including Prussian General Borch. By 1330 the bulk of the coalition forces had retreated into Pirmasens but the Saxon cavalry had been pushed aside to the East by French squares and artillery.
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French skirmishers followed the Prussians into Pirmasens but the bulk of their infantry bypassed the town to the East and approached the lightly held heights there. The Herzog von Braunschweig had no forces left to contest the heights and took the chance to save his army by retreating them South.
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The Battle of Kaiserslautern 1793

Following the defeat in the battle of Pirmasens the Herzog von Braunschweig retreated the Prussian forces back towards Kaiserslautern and prepared for the expected French attack. Austrian liaison officer Hauptmann Kareil and the Prussian officers managed to rally the soldiers and bring them back up to nearly full strength. End of November the French general Hoche advanced towards Kaiserslautern from the North and West.

The northern approach to the city was screened by the Prussian Avantgarde under Oberst Szekely in Sambach and southwards along the Lauer river. Feldmarschall-Leutnant Lindt with his Saxon division was in Reserve at Otterberg, and the Prussian 3.Division waited at Morlautern.

Further south the Prussian 2.Division waited at Waschof, while the Herzog and the Garde Brigade were at the Kaiserberg.

The main road from the West to Kaiserslautern was screened by the Prussian 1.Division with pickets as far west as the village of Vogelweh.
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The French came with dawn and advanced in force in the South towards Vogelweh. The greatly outnumbered Prussian 1.Division pickets tried to fight a delaying action, but about half a brigade including their guns got trapped in the woods and had to surrender. Reserves were rushed westward and established a defensive line at the Galgenberg.
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The next hours saw the French forces in the South advancing on the Galgenberg and establishing a strong position in the Garten. Counter attacks by the remaining Prussian 1.Division and 2.Division were beaten back again and again.

In the North other French troops were advancing in force through Katzweiler.
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The Garde Brigade was rushed northwards to reinforce the Avantgarde and there was heavy fighting for Sambach.

Meanwhile the Prussians in the South had kept their heart and after observing a lot of French cavalry moving back west and then north, started another attack. Under heavy fire they took back the Garten and pushed their advantage.
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The French forces in the South could not halt the Prussian advance towards Vogelweh and they took heavy casualties during their retreat.

In the North Sambach and several guns from the Garde Brigade were lost but the Prussians managed a fighting retreat towards Otterbach were the Prussian 3.Division established another line of defense. The Saxon Division was on the march now and tried to get into the enemy's flank via Lauerhof and Reichenbacherhof.
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Heavy fighting north of Otterbach stopped the French advance and spirited counter attacks by the Prussians threw them back towards Sambach. The French tried to rally in Sambach but with the Saxon Division moving into their flank they got trapped at the town.
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An hour later the trapped French 1.Division including their general surrendered and all other French troops fled westwards, a resounding victory for the Coalition army!
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Excellent AAR!

The jump dialog in GIF format is especially good. How do you do this?

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