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Map Progress
(9/12/2004)
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Scale 1:1.000.000 (16 mm hexes).
Each hex covers 16 km.
Woods of Portugal are not finished.
Rivers are being revised.
Currently there are five elevations from 0 to 3.500 meters.
All
main Peninsular Cities and a lot of strategic points. Mountain
pass are being revised.
Road net based on following maps:
MARSHAL VICTOR, DUKE OF BELLUNE, dated on 1823, Paris. GEN OF
DIVISON FOY, dated on 1808 (probably later). |
From: "Carlos Fuentes"
<carlosgem@ctv.esc>
I expect you to pick up a dispatch from me next days. It contains a lot of
information extracted directly from the Spain National Military Service plus
several maps about the Peninsular War. I'm
having a lot of problems to obtain a Spanish Road Map about the age (1800's).
At the SNMS, they gave me 2 Spanish Maps: the first shows a railroads net
enough developed, so is impossible to date it about 1800 but 1900 instead. The
second, seems to belong 1830 period, but its darkness impedes me to work with
it normally.
I have been able appreciate the HttK scale (16 Km hex - 5 day turns
- 5.000 men). I think the map scale is perfect for the Peninsular War. That
scale would comfortably comprise all Peninsula territory using two standard
maps. Likewise, the time scale is perfect for the extended duration of the
Peninsula Campaigns.
But, in Spain and Portugal usually the battles involved a relative
small number of troops. For example, in the decisive Battle of Vimeiro the
French Army of Junot amounted to no more than 11.000 men, and the British
Army of Wellesley was about 18.800 men. That is, in scale terms of HttK, 2
SP versus 4 SP.
The war was plenty of small battles like Vimeiro, the first strike
between British and French, due to the great territory which the French
troops intended dominate. Have you thought about this?
I have seen with hope that HttK 5X rules speaks finally about
Peninsular War and I am very happy.
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