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BATTLES SIMULATEDThe first of the four battles occurred on the 17th and 18th ofFebruary:Mormant took place 3 days after the Battle ofVauchamps, covered in "La Patrie en Danger."The last twobattleswere foughtin late-March:Arcis followed 8 days afterReims, from "Napoleon Retreats."With all threegamesyoucan contemplatea12-battle Grand Campaign.MormantAFighting Rear Guard,17FebruaryThe Frencharmy underNapoleon beganthecounteroffensivewith an attack50km southeastof Paris, targetinga divisionofRussian troopsunder CountPahlen.Hisoutnumbered forcewas envelopedand nearly destroyed, withathird of his menescaping.Later in the day, a French column encountered anAustro-Bavarian rearguardatValjouan. It wasmauled byFrench infantry and cavalry, beforewithdrawingbehindtheSeine.MontereauThe Seine and YonneBridges,17-18 FebruaryNapoleonapproacheda corpsofAustrian and Württembergtroops.TheAllied commander ordered a withdrawal, but 17February saw his rear guards overrun or brushed aside.Ordered to hold Montereau until nightfall on the 18th, theCrown Prince of Württemberg posted a strong forceon thenorth bank of theSeine. All morning the Allies stoutly heldoff a series of French attacks. However, the lines buckled inthe afternoon and the troopsrouted towardthe single bridgebehind them. The French cavalry got among the fugitives,capturingthe spans over both the Seine andYonne Rivers,andseized Montereau. The Allied force suffered heavy losses andthe defeat confirmed Schwarzenberg's decision to continue theretreat toTroyes.Arcis-sur-AubeTime Runs Out,20-21 MarchAfter his victory atReims,Napoleon moved south to threatenSchwarzenberg.The AustrianGeneralissimopulled his armyback to Troyes and Arcis-sur-Aube.Napoleon arrived andattacked the town, butSchwarzenberguncharacteristicallyadvanced tofight it out rather than retreatagain.Thefirst daywasinconclusive and Napoleonprepared to pursuea retreatingenemythe nextday.TheFrench advanceto high groundrevealedupto 100,000troopsin battle array south of Arcis.Napoleon,massively outnumbered,ordered a retreat. By thetime theAustriansdiscovered this, most of the French hadalready disengaged and the Allied pursuitcouldn’t stop them.La Fère ChampenoisTheMarshalsEntrapped,25 MarchAfterpulling out ofArcis-sur-Aube,the Emperor’seaglesmoved east, hopingto draw the Coalition armies away fromParis bythreateningtheir supply lines;thisdesperateployfailed in its intent. Meanwhile, Marmont and Mortier weremarching to join Napoleon,withBlücher’sArmy of Silesiahot on their tails. As the two marshals movedeast out ofSezannethey unexpectedlycollidedwith Schwarzenberg.Realizing they were marching into a trap, theyturned back,andmanagedanorderly retreatuntila violent rainstormrenderedtheirmuskets unreliable.Theywere steadily drivenback and completely routed by aggressiveCoalitionhorsemenand gunners, suffering heavy casualties and the loss of most oftheir artillery.Anearby convoy,escorted by twoFrenchdivisions ofNational GuardsunderPacthod,were alsoattacked and wiped outatBannes.With the corps of Marmontand Mortier collapsing, theAlliedassaultonParis wasaforegone conclusion.TheBattle of Parisfollowed on 30March.Napoleon’sEndcontains:•Four22" x 34"maps• 560 die-cut units• 15 player aid cards• Two rulebooks• Game Box

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BATTLES SIMULATEDThe first of the four battles occurred on the 17th and 18th ofFebruary:Mormant took place 3 days after the Battle ofVauchamps, covered in "La Patrie en Danger."The last twobattleswere foughtin late-March:Arcis followed 8 days afterReims, from "Napoleon Retreats."With all threegamesyoucan contemplatea12-battle Grand Campaign.MormantAFighting Rear Guard,17FebruaryThe Frencharmy underNapoleon beganthecounteroffensivewith an attack50km southeastof Paris, targetinga divisionofRussian troopsunder CountPahlen.Hisoutnumbered forcewas envelopedand nearly destroyed, withathird of his menescaping.Later in the day, a French column encountered anAustro-Bavarian rearguardatValjouan. It wasmauled byFrench infantry and cavalry, beforewithdrawingbehindtheSeine.MontereauThe Seine and YonneBridges,17-18 FebruaryNapoleonapproacheda corpsofAustrian and Württembergtroops.TheAllied commander ordered a withdrawal, but 17February saw his rear guards overrun or brushed aside.Ordered to hold Montereau until nightfall on the 18th, theCrown Prince of Württemberg posted a strong forceon thenorth bank of theSeine. All morning the Allies stoutly heldoff a series of French attacks. However, the lines buckled inthe afternoon and the troopsrouted towardthe single bridgebehind them. The French cavalry got among the fugitives,capturingthe spans over both the Seine andYonne Rivers,andseized Montereau. The Allied force suffered heavy losses andthe defeat confirmed Schwarzenberg's decision to continue theretreat toTroyes.Arcis-sur-AubeTime Runs Out,20-21 MarchAfter his victory atReims,Napoleon moved south to threatenSchwarzenberg.The AustrianGeneralissimopulled his armyback to Troyes and Arcis-sur-Aube.Napoleon arrived andattacked the town, butSchwarzenberguncharacteristicallyadvanced tofight it out rather than retreatagain.Thefirst daywasinconclusive and Napoleonprepared to pursuea retreatingenemythe nextday.TheFrench advanceto high groundrevealedupto 100,000troopsin battle array south of Arcis.Napoleon,massively outnumbered,ordered a retreat. By thetime theAustriansdiscovered this, most of the French hadalready disengaged and the Allied pursuitcouldn’t stop them.La Fère ChampenoisTheMarshalsEntrapped,25 MarchAfterpulling out ofArcis-sur-Aube,the Emperor’seaglesmoved east, hopingto draw the Coalition armies away fromParis bythreateningtheir supply lines;thisdesperateployfailed in its intent. Meanwhile, Marmont and Mortier weremarching to join Napoleon,withBlücher’sArmy of Silesiahot on their tails. As the two marshals movedeast out ofSezannethey unexpectedlycollidedwith Schwarzenberg.Realizing they were marching into a trap, theyturned back,andmanagedanorderly retreatuntila violent rainstormrenderedtheirmuskets unreliable.Theywere steadily drivenback and completely routed by aggressiveCoalitionhorsemenand gunners, suffering heavy casualties and the loss of most oftheir artillery.Anearby convoy,escorted by twoFrenchdivisions ofNational GuardsunderPacthod,were alsoattacked and wiped outatBannes.With the corps of Marmontand Mortier collapsing, theAlliedassaultonParis wasaforegone conclusion.TheBattle of Parisfollowed on 30March.Napoleon’sEndcontains:•Four22" x 34"maps• 560 die-cut units• 15 player aid cards• Two rulebooks• Game Box

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