1814. Wellington and his allies have thrown the French out of the Peninsula and across the Nive! With Bordeaux surrendered and Bayonne under siege just one stronghold in Southern France holds out in the name of Napoleon, Toulouse! Soult has but 42,000 troops, tired veterans and boys who have known nothing but defeat! Wellington on the other hand has 49,000 tough and tested soldiers, a mix of British, Portuguese and Spanish. Morale is high and in their minds they cannot fail!
Historically this final battle of the Peninsular war was a draw, the French held Toulouse but the British gained the Heights of Calvinet from which artillery can dominate the city! It was a bloody day with 3200 French soldiers killed or wounded and 400 Allied soldiers dead and another 4000 injured! Will you as the French manage to hold Toulouse and the Calvinet Heights, ending the Napoleonic Wars with a victory of France regardless of the goings on in the North? Or will the British grasp the Calvinet heights and Toulouse in a decisive victory!
This event shall take place in the form of a conquest, but due to it's historical setting shall follow quite different rules.
-The French shall only be allowed to respawn in the city of Toulouse but may choose their initial spawn as the Calvinet heights. The British however shall only be allowed to respawn at their camp.
-The victor shall not be decided by ingame score points but by what each team holds at the end. If the French hold Toulouse & the Calvinet heights then it shall be considered a victory. If they hold only Toulouse then it shall be considered indecisive, if they hold only the Heights then it shall be considered a defeat. For the British to secure an outright victory they must hold Toulouse, to secure a decisive victory they must hold Toulouse and the Calvinet Heights or the Southern Bridge, Soult's only route of retreat.
-Unit sizes are quite standard. Only line units of 20 men upwards shall be accepted.
Cavalry units must have between 10 and 16 men. A single regiment shall be allowed per team.
Light Infantry/Skirm units must have between 10 and 16 men. Britain shall be allowed a skirmisher and a Light Infantry unit, France only one.
Britain shall be allowed one artillery unit, enough to field 2 cannons/howitzers totalling 6 men with no guard allowed. France however in it's position of strength on the Heights shall be allowed enough men to use 4 artillery pieces but may not spawn any having to rely on those already within Toulouse and on the heights totalling 8 men.
-Artillery may not fire into an opposing teams spawn.
Current regiments attending.
France.85-95/100
IVe Corps.
45e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne - 20-25 men.
2e Régiment de Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Impériale - 15-20 men.
5e Régiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Impériale - 16 men.
7e Régiment de Hussards - 16 heroes.
9e Régiment d'Artillerie-à-Pied - 5-10 men.
25th Regiment of Foot - 15 men.
United Kingdom 100/100
9e Régiment d’Infanterie Légère-16 Light Infantry.
92nd Regiment of Foot 'Gordon Highlanders'-65 Line Infantry. (Possibly one cannon)
11e Hussars-15 Cavalry
Colonel Macara's Battery-4 men (one cannon)
If you wish to attend, do so here. However regiments shall be chosen based on suitability rather than first come first serve.
Note:Event is now full,map development is under way but a small artillery regiment is still needed to field one cannon.
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