Battle of Orthez - Move 1

Table at start of move 1

Reille is deployed in and behind St Boes

D’Erlon is deployed to his right

Clausel is in reserve top right

Cole will arrive on road centre left

Alten will arrive on road bottom left

Picton will arrive bottom centre

British Far Left

Cole advances 16” towards St Boes from the east

British Left

Alten advances 16” towards St Boes from the south

British Centre

Picton advanced 16” towards St Boes from the south

British Right

Stewart advanced 16” from Orthez

His cavalry have formed line on the right

French Left

D’Erlon is deployed facing Orthez

French Right

Reille is deployed in and north of St Boes

His cavalry are behind the crest of the hill

French Reserve

Clausel is in reserve behind d’Erlon

Waiting for orders to deploy

Game Notes

The French are deployed on the table at the start of the game

All British commands will arrive during move one

All commands can have multiple moves providing that they are at least 16” from the enemy.

Rule 5 covers movement

The rules used can be found at

http://napoleonicwargamerules.blogspot.com/