NWOL F05 South 2

NWOL Fall 2005 Campaign

Southern Front: Turns 6-8

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In the south, after the fall of Barcelona, the French left a division to garrison the city and, instead of pursuing the Russians south, moved west towards Pau on the south slope of the Pyrennees. They sent cavalry into the passes of the mountains, hoping to cut the Spanish off from their supply lines; they closed several, but the Spanish kept the pass south of Pau open. On turn 6, the French recrossed the Pyrenees and joined with the survivors of the Pau fight.

Strategic position, end of turn 6:

The combined force moved towards Pau on turn 7; but on the same turn the Spanish withdrew back into the mountains, abandoning Bayonne, which the French recaptured on turn 7, and Pau, retaken by the advancing French on turn 8. Meantime, the Russians regrouped at Tarragona, and were reinforced by a Spanish infantry division and some heavy cavalry raised in Tarragona. This force moved back into Barcelona on turn 6. The French defenders, who were heavily outnumbered by the attacking forces, made a spirited counterattack on the leading Spanish and Russian units on turn 7 which pushed back the Russians and Spanish and kept Barcelona in French hands. Despite this, the outnumbered French withdrew the following turn. At this point the Sardinian army entered the campaign; the victory of the French and Sardinian navy enabled the Sardinians to make an amphibious landing on the Spanish coast three squares north of Barcelona. The arrival of seven Sardinian brigades shifted the balance of forces back in favor of the French and Sardinian army.

NWOL Fall 2005 Campaign

Southern Front: Turns 6-8

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Strategic position, end of turn 6:

Strategic position, end of turn 8:

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