1815 start OOB

[cdt luppo]

hello all !

do you know a good OOB for the start of the 1815 campaign, which would be available online...??!

there are plenty of course but i have no evidence if it's good/bad/complete/incomplete etc etc...

for example i have found this one :

http://www.kessler-web.co.uk/History/FeaturesEurope/FranceWaterlooOBFrench.htm

what do you think of it ??!!

thank in advance for any good link !

[kzucker]

That one looks good if you are only interested in the Waterloo Campaign. Too bad there are no footnotes. It appears to be for June 1st, prior to marching. Here are the actual strengths on the 10th after the army was concentrated:

I Corps 19.939
II Corps 24,361
III Corps 19,160 (plus Domon's Div, 900)
IV Corps 15,995
VI Corps 10,465 (plus Teste's Div, 2,717)
Grand Park 3,500

Imperial Guard 20,844 (June 13th-not including Equip.)

Cavalry Corps (June 1st)
IC Corps 3,046
IIC Corps 3,515
IIIC Corps 3,679
IVC Corps 3,544

Total 128,165

All figures include cannoniers, art. train, pontonniers, sappers, miners, equip., ambulances (the figures sited on the website you mentioned do not appear to include them). They are published in greater detail in "The Emperor Returns," available from Clash of Arms Games.

Source: Charras, Lt.-Col., Histoire de la Campagne de 1815. Brussels: 1863.

It's at your local library. It is a large building containing books.

[Jeffrey Arnold]

It's at your local library. It is a large building containing books.

Amazon.com is really a building???? :eek:

[cdt luppo]

hello kevin !

well, many thanks for the infos !

in fact i own "the emperor returns" and it's the last one in the serie i have played 3 weeks ago ! : 5/6 turns played between 21h30 and 01h30.

with one of the 3 players that was totaly new to the system..! :)

about the books & the library : since i live in france, you do not have such books here in france at the local library, neither at local public library...!

only general books, text based, with general infos on the biggests battles.
the situation of the edition for historical books is different than the one you have in the usa.

you have to order to specialized shops (paris) or to on line stores : like amazon. and i can't buy everything !!!

i have all your games in the CON serie and 2 in the days serie : a kind of "homage" to your work ! ;)