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[lanterna]

De la Roque tells that Hohenlohe, when was received by a grateful King, wishing to reward him for the faithful service to the Crown,said: "I would receive only the award to be truly French!". In effect he supposed to combat revolutionaries not Frenchmen. And was one of the few Marechaux de France (on 1827) promoted after years spent to kill Frenchmen.
C'est la vie !
Hi.

[kzucker]

If Hohenlohe was a Marshal of France, then there must be a portrait of him at Les Invalides.

[kzucker]

We need another portrait, a new guy (named above).

He commanded the 21st or 22nd Division, and the XII Corps in Winzingerode's Corps d'Armee, according to different sources (none seem to agree).

[Update: We no longer need this portrait. Further research shows agreement that Laptiev was only a division commander at the time of Dennewitz; possibly the XIV was renumbered XII Corps in 1814.

[Edgar]

Not a portrait, but the map could be useful:

http://web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Dennewitz_battle.htm

[Edgar]

He also is cited in The Battle of Nations in different sources:

21st Infantry Division - GM Laptiev
Jäger Brigade - Ob. Rudiger
. . . . . . 44th Jäger Reg. (2 btns.)
. . . . . . 'Neva' Infantry Reg. (1 btn.)
Infantry Brigade - Ob. Rosen
. . . . . . 'Petrovsk' Infantry Reg. (1 btn.)
. . . . . . 'Podolsk' Infantry Reg. (1 btn.)
. . . . . . 'Lithuania' Infantry Reg. (1 btn.)
Divisional Artillery
. . . . . . 1 light and 1 position battery

http://web2.airmail.net/napoleon/All..._LEIPZIG_1.htm

The sources are at the bottom of the web.

[kzucker]

Hi Edgar,

Yes, that's a good map. I also found (by searching Laptiev), a nice miniature Battle of Dennewitz which seems very well put-together. This one starts at 11 AM whereas our battle scenario starts at 9 AM on Sept. 6th.

Speaking of maps, there is a grea deal of consistency in the maps for Grossbeeren and Dennewitz, but much disagreement for the Katzbach battle, and Kulm also presented problems. What we have done is to select the one source that we like the best, and that was mentioned some time ago on our site... Woerl, J.E., Schlacten-Atlas von 1792 bis 1815.

One day we have got to start posting these 200 battle maps.

[kzucker]

Here are the final card layouts from the graphic designer. They will be in two colors (the example shows only one color).

http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?233@1.NbgEbK1tanr.1850634@.ee6bef6/3777!enclosure=.1dd0a36f

Please let me have your comments on these cards so that we can take your concerns and wishes into the final product. Please send your comments before Monday May 30th. Thanks!!

[lanterna]

The Cards are OK. For the blank one I suggest to introduce a "Quarrel between [Allied] Commanders". This could be historical (and gives additional hope to the French "battered" player).

Hi Enrico

[kzucker]

Ciao Enrico,

Thanks for your suggestion. I'm glad you think the cards are o.k.

We have already sent in a card 31 to the designer. You can see this card in
http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?233@1.SiVGbntCb8I.2021584@.ee6bef6/3782!enclosure=.1dd0a372
It is called, "The Last Push" and it provides a Combat die roll modifier.

[kzucker]

Does anyone recall who published Napoleon's instructions to Eugene from March, 1813, his critique of Eugene's defense of the river lines in Prussia in particular ...?

I would like to check and see whether Napoleon's conduct of the fall campaign shows any instances of taking an offensive from a bridgehead. On the River Elbe there were Magdeburg, Wittenburg, Torgau and Dresden, the greatest bridgehead, but the allies went straight for it and finally surrounded it.

If the Emperor were to shift to the defensive he would station a couple of corps at each brigehead, ready to cross behind any enemy crossing in the other direction and cutting their supply line. In other words, the existence of the Dresden bridgehead was able to guarantee the whole line of the Elbe; until the Austrians intervened.

Once that happens the Dresden position has much the same faults as Ulm.

Napoleon thinks he can fix this problem by building a bridge at Königstein.

Is anyone familiar with the card game called "Napoleon" or Nap?"

Just received printers proofs of the front & back of the box. So far the size looks right. On the back of the box is a very nice map created by Knut Grünitz (the graphic designer for the box), and this got me thinking about the very offensive strategy employed by Napoleon in Autumn of 1813 when he was outnumbered by 3:2. We know his bias was for the offensive and he believed the French were stronger on the offensive, but he no longer had those troops who had given him the big victories, who were able to break the rules of war with their marching. The kids of 1813 were good in certain situations but at the long hard marching they failed.

Knut has also redesigned the OSG logo to make the name more legible and that was a smart thing to do.