Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Gentlemen

When a cavalry commences a charge from the hex adjacent to the unit to be charged does it get a charge bonus, if so why
I assume even light horse would take a reasonable amount of distance and time to get up to charge momentum.

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Jim Hall
Field Marshall
Commander Anglo-Allied Army

Jim,

This what the user guide says:

Cavalry Charge Rules
Certain melees are considered to be Cavalry Charges. When this occurs, the
attacking strength of eligible Cavalry is increased by a factor which is by
default 3. The specific factor used is determined by Parameter Data. For a
Cavalry Charge to occur, the following rules must hold:
• The attacking Cavalry units must have moved using the Cavalry Charge
procedure.

To me that reads they have to have moved at least one hex after they charge. I don't think adjacent meets that criteria.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

I DON'T PLAY WITH ROUT LIMITING OR NME OFF

Thanks Ed
Interesting as if you chose to charge in the adjacent hex starting position the first melee may not have an advantage but the 2nd and 3rd do so its effectively a two thirds charge

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Jim Hall
Field Marshall
Commander Anglo-Allied Army

Ed is exactly correct. There is no charge bonus if you attack an adjacent unit; full charge bonus if you have moved a hex before attacking (the bonus varies from x3 to x5 depending on the game
title being played); and the charge bonus and disorder penalty if this is your second melee, even if your first melee occurred against an adjacent unit (ex. x5 divided by 3).

The moral of the story: If you are going to charge, make certain that you can move at least one hex before engaging in melee.

P.S. I wrote this in English so the Frenchies could not read it. Very clever, eh?

Comment? Je ne comprends pas!!!!

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

See, I told you the Frenchies would not understand!

No doubt that General Guegan is currently galloping the roads, clutching his tattered copy of my last dispatch, and desperately trying to have it interpreted before his Emperor inquires about the contents.

Bonne chance, mon adversaire francais talentueux.

Ah, but Herr Jones, do not forget the skirmisher corollary. If you "charge" an adjacent skirmisher in a building, the melee will not disorder the cavalry, who are then free to inflict misery upon any hapless units they find in clear terrain behind said building, using the full effect of the 5X charge multiplier.

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Certainly true, Marechal Bardon. There are exceptions to every rule. One must never cease to think, lest an officer of your immense talent should instantaneously lay waste to an otherwise formidable defense.

Hi Jeff

For "Building" do I read "Village" as I always thought that "Gentlemen" didn't initiate a charge into covered terrain. Of course it only applies to "Gentlemen" which automatically excludes all Frenchies

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Jim Hall
Field Marshall
Commander Anglo-Allied Army

Hi Jim,

No, single building. Villages, woods, orchards, etc. will disorder the cav, so it is especially handy for those times when you have a whole company of Coldstream guards hiding in an outhouse.

Cheers!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Thanks for that Jeff

It will come in handy for frogs with moustaches .

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Jim Hall
Field Marshall
Commander Anglo-Allied Army

Good one, Jeff. Everyone knows that protecting one's latrines is critical to the welfare of one's army.

Well if it wasn't for all that captured French cuisine the importance of outhouses would be greatly reduced.

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Field Marshal Mark Nelms

Now let's see do we pitch camp upstream or downstream from those outhouses? Never can keep that straight.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

I DON'T PLAY WITH ROUT LIMITING OR NME OFF

That would be upstream from the crapper, sir.

I think you may be confusing this with the fact that we approach the French from downwind. This makes them quite easy to detect due to their infernal perfume.