The Russian Army has undergone its Winter Roll Call. The following members were assigned to the Artileriyskiy Rezerv 2 Zapadnoi Armii:
Now the Russian Army is 40 members strong.
Russian arms continued to enjoy success on the battlefield. Since the last dispatch, Russian officers have posted 13 major victories and 5 minor victories.
1. Polkovnik Rubén López (PlM)
Promoted to General-major.
Major victory in game #Z97 (NIR custom: [NS] Counterattack at Shevardino, 6/22
turns).
2. Poruchik Gary Hobbs
Promoted to Kapitan.
Major victory in game #Q770 (NIR #14, Never too Late, 10/10 turns).
1. Podporuchik Antonio Rodríguez
Promoted to Poruchik.
Major victory in game #Q753 (NIR #14, Never too Late, 10 turns).
Major victory in game #Z81 (NIR #07, Kutusov Turns to Fight, 12/48 turns). He reports:
47,750 Inf | 10,075 Cav | 409 Guns | 23 Leaders |
39,025 Inf | 8,475 Cav | 22 Guns | 26 Leaders |
VP: -3,404 | French OP: 300 |
Awarded the General Service Medal for his first victory against the enemy.
Awarded the Order of St. Anne (4th class) for his first major victory commanding
Russian troops in a large battle (Borodino).
2. Poruchik Andy Moss
Promoted to Kapitan.
3. Kapitan Pascal Hummel
Promoted to Shtabs-Kapitan.
Minor victory in game #Q537 (NIR #07, Kutusov Turns to Fight, 10 turns).
4. Kapitan Alexander Voduskii
Promoted to Shtabs-Kapitan.
Major victory in game #Q569 (NIR #20, The Final Assault (Custom scenario), 8
turns). He reports:
3,000 Inf | 1,225 Cav | 4 Guns | 3 Leaders: 2GdB, 1Col |
10,425 Inf | 2,050 Cav | 88 Guns |
Major victory in game #377 (NIR #13, Death in the Flèches, 10 turns). He reports:
6,625 Inf | 700 Cav | 45 Guns | 5 Leaders: 3 GdB, 2 Col |
10,875 Inf | 1,200 Cav | 68 Guns | 14 Leaders: 9 GdB, 5 Col |
Major victory in game #Z83 (PTW - Quatre Bras day 2, 9/44 turns). He reports:
Inf: 9,426 | Cav: 4,275 | Guns: 5 | Ldrs: 3 (2GdB, 1Col) |
Inf: 22,725 | Cav: 5,375 | Guns: 70 | Ldrs: 28 (12GdB, 9GdD,6Col,1CC = D'Elron CIA) |
5. Podpolkovnik Ray White
Promoted to Polkovnik.
1. Poruchik Alan Lipa
Promoted to Kapitan
Major victory in game #Q426 (NIR- Barclay's Plan, 12 turns).
Awarded the Order of St. Anne (4th class) for his first major victory in a large scenario
commanding the Russian Army.
2. General-major Karl Schneider
Major victory in game #390 (NIR #07, Kutusov Turns to Fight, 33/48 turns).
1. Podporuchik Josu Pérez
Promoted to Poruchik.
Major victory game #Q790 (NIR #17, King of the Hill, 6 turns).
Minor victory in game #430 (NIR #14, Never Too Late, 10 turns).
Awarded the General Service Medal for his first victory against the enemy.
2. Podporuchik Philip Chimara
Promoted to Stabs-Kapitan.
Minor victory in game #Z20 (NIR #14, Never too Late, 10 turns).
Major victory in game #Z24 (NIR #13, Death in the Flèches, 9 turns).
Minor victory in game #Z21 (NIR #17, King of the Hill, 10 turns).
Minor victory in game #Z22 (NIR #16, Raevskii Redoubt, 10/10 turns).
Major victory in game #Z42 (NIR #14, Never too Late, 9/10 turns).
Major victory in game #Z23 (NIR #20, The Final Assault, 11/12 turns).
His losses report:
French | Pts | type | Russian | Pts |
4,200 | 168 | Infantry | 5,175 | 207 |
3,550 | 1,136 | Cavalry | 1,975 | 316 |
85 | 340 | Artillery | 27 | 216 |
16 | 145 | Leaders | 4 | 26 |
"Amazing! Podporuchik Chimara charges through his own skirmish screen on the extreme left flank of the great redoubt with Russian Life Guard Ulans(turn 7) and overruns my 6 Batteries! gggrrrr..I manage to capture 3 out of 4 objective hexes in Raevski redoubt but could not hold with Chimara's counter attack with his Guard infantry. Turn 9 Kreutz cavalry arrives the battle is almost over for my French units, and he has run out of ammo rounds for his artillery and still fighting on..hehhehhehe amazing stuff to see. Turn 11 I concede the battle...yet another Russian major victory...it was close battle though...A cracker jack player!"
Awarded the General Service Medal for his first victory against the enemy.
Awarded the Order of St. George for his achieving 5 victories commanding the Russian
Army.
I'd like to remark the most successful return of Shtabs-Kapitan Chimara to active
service. Since his return he has achieved 4 major victories and 3 minor victories all by himself. It
seems as if he has embarked on a personal mission to defeat the French in all the small NIR
scenarios.
3. Podpolkovnik Andy Lane
Podpolkovnik Andy Lane sends a report of a terrible struggle in the fields near
Borodino. Even if it ended in defeat for the Tsar's armies, it is remarkable for the tenacity of the
Russian troops and commander during such a terrible and long struggle, for the entier 48 turns
of the scenario:
I would like to report a defeat at the hands of GdB Zbyszek Pietras, Comte
de Bourges. He obtained a major victory during the 47th period and I was unable to pull
points back because of the lack of troops.
The battle was NIR 12: Barclay contre Davout.
At the end of 48 periods the casualties were:
French | Pts. | type | Russian | Pts. |
54,050 | 2,162 | Inf. | 75,950 | 3,038 |
21,825 | 6,984 | Cav. | 24,625 | 3,940 |
234 | 936 | Art. | 536 | 4,288 |
41 | 328 | Staff. | 137 | 1,837 |
General-major Rubén López (PlM) | CoA | 20 pts. |
General-major Juan Pablo Da Cruz | Quartermaster and Opolchenie Korpus CO. | 20 pts. |
Podporuchik Álvaro Rodríguez | AdC | 10 pts. |
Kapitan Gary Hobbs | AdC | 10 pts. |
Polkovnik Nano Capfer | 7 Pekhotnyi Korpus CO. | 10 pts. |
Kapitan Paul Cramer | 8 Pekhotnyi Korpus CO. | 10 pts. |
Podpolkovnik Andy Lane | 4 Kavaleriyskiy Korpus CO. | 10 pts. |
Polkovnik Gil Ocampo | Donskiy Kozaki Korpus CO. | 10 pts. |
Major Victor Vityai | 2 Grenaderskaya Diviziya CO. | 5 pts. |
General-major Karl Schneider | 27 Pekhotnaya Diviziya CO. | 5 pts. |
The Russian Army is about to start the First Russian Korpus Tournament. This tournament will feature three teams, composed of officers of the same Korpus: 7 Korpus team (commanded by Polkovnik Nano Capfer), 8 Korpus team (commanded by Kapitan Paul Cramer) and Kavaleryskiy team (commanded by Polkovnik Gil Ocampo), seven members each.
Each officer will play two battles against one officer of each of the other teams. They will earn points for their team depending on their result. The team which earns the most points will be the winner of the Tournament.
The tournament will start before the end of March. We will report on how it develops.
General-major Rubén López (PlM)
Chief of Staff
2 Zapadnaya Armiya CoA
Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva Rossiyskaya Armiya