After the Grand Armee had occupied Vienna, Napoleon had fought the unsuccessful two-day battle of Aspern-Essling and been forced to retire to Lobau Island and the south bank of the Danube to reconsider his plans. The Archduke Charles did nothing to follow up his success, and Napoleon was able to spend the next six weeks converting Lobau into an impregnable base for future operations, linking it to the southern bank by three well-protected and constantly patrolled bridges. During this period he also lost no time in summoning up outlying formations, including those led by Eugene Beauharnais and Macdonald, from the Italian front, and by early July no less than 188,000 French and Allied troops and 500 guns were in the vicinity.

Napoleon proved on this occasion that he could still learn from his mistake, and the second crossing of the Danube was meticulously planned, with nothing left to chance. So it was that on the stormy night of 4/5 July a pontoon bridge was swung over the water separating Lobau Island from the north bank and troops were soon pouring over – to the great surprise of the Austrians, who had been lulled into a false sense of security by the previous weeks of apparent inactivity. At this juncture the Austrians had some 155,000 men and 450 cannon, at their disposal in the Marchfield area. The Archduke had anticipated a French attack, if at all , near Aspern, but Napoleon’s crossing farther east near Gross-Enzersdorf completely fooled him. Although two corps became entangled, Napoleon’s master-plan continued to unroll and hi army wheeled north and west, driving before them the ill-coordinated parts of the Austrian army which tried to intercept their line of march. By evening the French were in control of a vast salient some 15 miles long, extending from Aspern to Wagram in a great curve. Bitter fighting on the northern flank, where the Archduke Charles personally led up the reserve grenadiers to check the French advance near Gerasdorf, ended the day’s battle, and both Commanders in Chief settled down to plan the morrow’s events while the rank and file slept fitfully under arms, with frequent interruptions. Napoleon’s main preoccupation was with how to win the victory on the 6^th before the Archduke John could appear from the east, near Pressburg, with his 12,500 men.

Early the next morning it was Archduke Charles who boldly seized the initiative.

The weather is Sunny, with no variation. The ground is Hard. The game’s Basic Length is 10 turns.

All towns are hard cover, except Stammersdorf, Kragran, Sussenbrunn, Pyrsdorf, Grosshofen, and Rutzendorf, which are soft cover. The entrenchments are soft cover.

The Austrians set up first, then the French.

The Austrian army is "Confident." Its Break Point is: 27

The French army is "Confident." Its Break Point is: 39

Notes on the Scenario:

The Orders of Battle and map locations are based on the dispositions at 0700. Rosenberg’s dawn attack has already been repulsed by Davout, and Klenau, Kollowrath, and Lichtenstein are just approaching the French lines. Unit strengths have been depleted based upon the fighting of July 5^th and the early morning of July 6^th.

Commander: Charles (Good)

Weather: Sunny, No Variation (24")

Army's Break Point: 27

Generals Available: 4

This is a Napoleonic army of 7 Forces

AG/1 Riese Trained 7SP _________________________________

AG/2 Mayer Trained 7SP _________________________________

AG/3 Vecsey (Jagers & Hussar) Veteran 5SP _________________________________

AG/4 Frohlich (Grenz, Jager & Hussar) Trained 6SP _________________________________

AG/5 Schneller (Hussar) Veteran 4SP _________________________________

AG: 6-pdr Horse _________________________________

1st Division: Dedovich

I/1/1 IR#17 Trained 7SP _________________________________

I/1/2 IR#36 Trained 7SP _________________________________

I/1/3 IR#11 Veteran 7SP _________________________________

I/1/4 IR#47 Trained 7SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Fresnel

I/2/1 IR#10 Trained 5SP _________________________________

I/2/2 IR#42 Trained 5SP _________________________________

I/2/3 Motzen Trained 9SP _________________________________

I/2/4 Stutterheim (Jager & Chv.lgr.) Veteran 6SP _________________________________

Corps Artillery:

I: 6-pdr Horse _________________________________

I: 6-pdr Foot A _________________________________

I: 6-pdr Foot B _________________________________

I: 12-pdr Foot A _________________________________

I: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

Adv. Guard: Hardegg (jager & Chv.lgr.) Veteran 7SP _________________________________

1st Division: Brady

II/1/1 IR#54 Trained 7SP _________________________________

II/1/2 IR#25 Trained 7SP _________________________________

II/1/3 IR#57 Trained 7SP _________________________________

II/1/4 IR#15 Trained 6SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Siegenthal

II/2/1 IR#21 Trained 8SP _________________________________

II/2/2 IR#18 Trained 7SP _________________________________

II/2/3 IR#28 Trained 7SP _________________________________

Corps Artillery:

II: 6-pdr Horse_________________________________

II: 6-pdr Foot A_________________________________

II: 6-pdr Foot B_________________________________

II: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

II: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

Adv. Guard: Schmuttermayer (FreiK & Uhlan) Trained 5SP _________________________________

1st Division : St.Julien

III/1/1 IR#1 Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/1/2 Lilenberg Trained 7SP _________________________________

III/1/3 Bieber Trained 8SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Vukassovich

III/2/1 IR#56 Trained 7SP _________________________________

III/2/2 IR#7 Trained 7SP _________________________________

Corps Artillery:

III: 6-pdr Foot A_________________________________

III: 6-pdr Foot B_________________________________

III: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

III: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

Adv. Guard: Provencheres (FreiK & Hussar) Trained 5SP _________________________________

1st Division : Bartenstein

IV/1/1 IR#2 Trained 6SP _________________________________

IV/1/2 IR#33 Trained 5SP _________________________________

2nd Division: Rohan

IV/2/1 IR#8 Trained 6SP _________________________________

IV/2/2 IR#22 Trained 5SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Radetsky

IV/3/1 IR#3 Trained 8SP _________________________________

IV/3/2 IR#50 Trained 5SP _________________________________

Corps Artillery:

IV: 6-pdr Horse_________________________________

IV: 6-pdr Foot A_________________________________

IV: 6-pdr Foot B_________________________________

IV: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

IV: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

1st Division : Hohenfeld

VI/1/1 Alder Veteran 7SP _________________________________

VI/1/2 Hoffmeister Trained 7SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Kottulinsky

VI/2/1 Splenyi Trained 6SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Vincent

VI/3/1 Mariassy (Landwehr) Conscript 4SP_________________________________

VI/3/2 Wallmoden (Hussar) Elite 6SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery:

VI: 6-pdr Horse_________________________________

VI: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

VI: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

1st Division : d'Aspre

R/1/1 Merville (Converged Grenadiers) Elite 8SP _________________________________

R/1/2 Hammer (Converged Grenadiers) Elite 9SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Prochaszka

R/2/1 Murray (Converged Grenadiers) Elite 9SP _________________________________

R/2/2 Steyrer (Converged Grenadiers) Elite 12SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Hessen-Homburg

R/3/1 Roussel (Cuirassiers) Elite 5SP_________________________________

R/3/2 Lederer (Cuirassiers) Elite 6SP_________________________________

R/3/3 Kroyher (Cuirassiers) Elite 5SP_________________________________

4th Division : Schwarzenberg

R/4/1 Teimern (Chv.Lgr./Dragoon) Veteran 5SP_________________________________

5th Division : Nostitz

R/5/1 Rothkirch (Dragoons) Veteran 5SP_________________________________

R/5/2 Wartensleben (Chv.Lgr./Hussars) Veteran 7SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery:

R: 6-pdr Horse A_________________________________

R: 6-pdr Horse B_________________________________

R: 6-pdr Horse C_________________________________

R: 6-pdr Horse D_________________________________

Commander: Napoleon (Great)

Weather: Sunny, No Variation (24")

Army's Break Point: 39

Generals Available: 1 ADCs: 4

This is a Napoleonic army of 8 Forces, plus 3 detachments

Imperial Guard Corps (Detachments)

(The Guard has already been broken up into three detachments, which do not count as Forces when rolling for CPs)

G/1/1 Rouget (Tirailleurs) Elite 10SP _________________________________

G/1/2 Dumoustier (Fusilers) Elite 9SP _________________________________

G/2/1 Grenadiers Guard 9SP _________________________________

G/2/2 Chasseurs Guard 9SP _________________________________

G/3/1 Chasseurs a'Cheval Guard 7SP_________________________________

G/3/2 Grenadiers a'Cheval Guard 6SP _________________________________

G/3/3 Dragons de l'Imperatrice Guard 5SP_________________________________

G/3/4 Cheveaulegers Polonaise Guard 4SP_________________________________

Guard artillery:

G: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

G: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

G: 12-pdr Foot C_________________________________

G: 12-pdr Foot D_________________________________

(The Guard artillery units must be assigned to either Guard infantry division before the start of the game)

1st Division : Tharreau

II/1/1 Conroux (legere) Veteran 7SP _________________________________

II/1/2 Albert Trained 6SP _________________________________

II/1/3 Jarry Trained 4SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Frere

II/2/1 Coehorn (legere) Elite 10SP _________________________________

II/2/2 Razout Trained 5SP _________________________________

II/2/3 Ficatier Trained 6SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Grandjean

II/3/1 Marion (legere) Veteran 4SP _________________________________

II/3/2 3rd Line Veteran 5SP _________________________________

II/3/3 57th Line Veteran 5SP _________________________________

II/3/4 Brun Trained 5SP _________________________________

II/3/5 Portuguese Legion Trained 3SP _________________________________

Cavalry Division : Colbert

II/C/1 Colbert (chass.& huss.) Trained 5SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery

II: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

II: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

II: 12-pdr Foot C_________________________________

1st Division : Morand

III/1/1 13th light Veteran 5SP _________________________________

III/1/2 17th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/1/3 30th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/1/4 61st line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Friant

III/2/1 15th light Veteran 5SP _________________________________

III/2/2 33rd line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/2/3 48th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/2/4 108th line Veteran 5SP _________________________________

III/2/5 111th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Gudin

III/3/1 7th light Veteran 7SP _________________________________

III/3/2 12th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

III/3/3 21st line Veteran 5SP _________________________________

III/3/4 25th line Veteran 5SP _________________________________

III/3/5 85th line Veteran 6SP _________________________________

4th Division : Puthod

III/4/1 Girard Trained 5SP _________________________________

III/4/2 Desailly Trained 6SP _________________________________

Cavalry Division: Montbrun

III/C/1 Pajol (Chasseurs & hussars) Veteran 8SP_________________________________

III/C/2 Jaquinot (Hussars & Chasseurs) Veteran 5SP_________________________________

Attached Cavalry Division Grouchy

III/c/3 Guerin (Dragoons) Trained 6SP_________________________________

Attached Cavalry Division Pully

III/C/4 Poincot (Dragoons) Trained 4SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery:

III: 12-pdr Foot A_________________________________

III: 12-pdr Foot B_________________________________

III: 12-pdr Foot C_________________________________

III: 6-pdr Horse_________________________________

1st Division : Legrand

IV/1/1 26th light Veteran 4SP _________________________________

IV/1/2 18th line Veteran 4SP _________________________________

2nd Division: Saint-Cyr

IV/2/1 24th light Veteran 5SP _________________________________

IV/2/2 4th line Trained 5SP _________________________________

IV/2/3 46th line Trained 5SP _________________________________

IV/2/4 Leib-Garde (Hesse-Darmstadt) Elite 8SP _________________________________

IV/2/5 Leib Brigade (Hesse-Darmstadt) Elite 8SP _________________________________

3rd Division: Molitor

IV/3/1 Legauy Trained 6SP _________________________________

IV/3/2 Viviez Trained 5SP _________________________________

4th Division : Boudet

IV/4/1 3rd line Trained 5SP _________________________________

IV/4/2 Valory Trained 7SP _________________________________

Corps Cavalry

IV/C/1 Marulaz (Chass & Chev.Lgr) Trained 4SP_________________________________

IV/C/2 Lasalle (Chass & Hussar) Trained 6SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery

IV: 12-pdr Foot_________________________________

IV: 6-pdr Horse (Bavarian) A_________________________________

IV: 6-pdr Horse (Bavarian) B_________________________________

AI/1 Lecchi (Royal Italian Guard) Elite 5SP SK2 _________________________________

AI/2 Sahuc (Chasseurs) Trained 5SP_________________________________

Army Artillery

AI: 12-pdr Foot_________________________________

(Armee D’Italie units must be assigned to either Corps at beginning of the game)

1st Division : Broussier

M/1/1 Dutruy Trained 4SP _________________________________

M/1/2 Dessaix Trained 3SP _________________________________

2nd Division: Lamarque

M/2/1 Huart Trained 4SP _________________________________

M/2/2 Almerias Trained 4SP _________________________________

1st Division : Seras

G/1/1 Garraud Trained 4SP _________________________________

G/1/2 Roussel Trained 4SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Durutte

G/2/1 Valentin Trained 5SP _________________________________

G/2/2 Bruch Trained 5SP _________________________________

3rd Division : Pacthod

G/3/1 Teste Trained 5SP _________________________________

G/3/2 Abbe Trained 4SP _________________________________

2nd Bavarian Division : Wrede

VII/1/1 Minuzzi Veteran 9SP _________________________________

VII/1/2 Beckers Veteran 8SP _________________________________

VII/1/3 Preysing (Chevauleger) Trained 4SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery

VII: 6-pdr Horse A_________________________________

VII: 6-pdr Horse B_________________________________

1st Division : Zezschwitz

IX/1/1 Grenadiers Veteran 4SP _________________________________

IX/1/2 Hartitzsch/Boxberg Conscript 7SP_________________________________

IX/1/3 Gutschmidt (chevauleger) Elite 5SP_________________________________

2nd Division : Polenz

IX/2/1 LeCog Conscript 5SP_________________________________

IX/2/2 Grenadiers Veteran 4SP _________________________________

IX/2/3 Zeschau Conscript 4SP_________________________________

IX/2/4 Feilitzsch (Cuirassiers) Elite 5SP_________________________________

3rd Division (French) : Dupas

IX/3/1 Gency Trained 4SP _________________________________

1st Division : Montrichand

XI/1/1 Soyez Trained 7SP _________________________________

XI/1/2 Launay Trained 7SP _________________________________

2nd Division : Clauzel

XI/2/1 Delzons Trained 7SP _________________________________

XI/2/2 Bachelu Trained 7SP _________________________________

1st Heavy Cavalry Division : Nansouty

C/1/1 Defrance (Carabiniers) Elite 7 SP_________________________________

C/1/2 Doumerc (Cuirassiers) Elite 7 SP_________________________________

C/1/3 St.Germain (Cuirassiers) Elite 6 SP_________________________________

2nd Heavy Cavalry Division : St.Sulpice

C/2/1 Fiteau (Cuirassiers) Elite 5 SP_________________________________

C/2/2 Guiton (Cuirassiers) Elite 5 SP_________________________________

3rd Heavy Cavalry Division : Arrighi

C/3/1 Raynaud (Cuirassiers) Elite 5 SP_________________________________

C/3/2 Bordesoule (Cuirassiers) Elite 6 SP_________________________________

Corps Artillery:

C: 8-pdr Horse A_________________________________

C: 8-pdr Horse B_________________________________

C: 8-pdr Horse C_________________________________

C: 8-pdr Horse D_________________________________

AG/1 Riese SK1

AG/2 Mayer SK1

AG/3 Vecsey SK2 MX

AG/4 Frohlich SK2 MX

AG/5 Schneller

AG: 6-pdr Horse

I/1/1 IR#17 SK1

I/1/2 IR#36 SK1

I/1/3 IR#11 SK1

I/1/4 IR#47 SK1

I/2/1 IR#10 SK1

I/2/2 IR#42 SK1

I/2/3 Motzen SK1

I/2/4 Stutterheim SK2 MX

I: 6-pdr Horse

I: 6-pdr Foot A

I: 6-pdr Foot B

I: 12-pdr Foot A

I: 12-pdr Foot B

Adv. Guard: Hardegg SK2 MX

II/1/1 IR#54 SK1

II/1/2 IR#25 SK1

II/1/3 IR#57 SK1

II/1/4 IR#15 SK1

II/2/1 IR#21 SK1

II/2/2 IR#18 SK1

II/2/3 IR#28 SK1

II: 6-pdr Horse

II: 6-pdr Foot A

II: 6-pdr Foot B

II: 12-pdr Foot A

II: 12-pdr Foot B

Adv. Gd: Schmuttermayer SK1 MX

III/1/1 IR#1 SK1

III/1/2 Lilenberg SK1

III/1/3 Bieber SK1

III/2/1 IR#56 SK1

III/2/2 IR#7 SK1

III: 6-pdr Foot A

III: 6-pdr Foot B

III: 12-pdr Foot A

III: 12-pdr Foot B

Adv. Gd: Provencheres SK1 MX

IV/1/1 IR#2 SK1

IV/1/2 IR#33 SK1

IV/2/1 IR#8 SK1

IV/2/2 IR#22 SK1

IV/3/1 IR#3 SK1

IV/3/2 IR#50 SK1

IV: 6-pdr Horse

IV: 6-pdr Foot A

IV: 6-pdr Foot B

IV: 12-pdr Foot A

IV: 12-pdr Foot B

VI/1/1 Alder SK1

VI/1/2 Hoffmeister SK1

VI/2/1 Splenyi SK1

VI/3/1 Mariassy

VI/3/2 Wallmoden

VI: 6-pdr Horse

VI: 12-pdr Foot A

VI: 12-pdr Foot B

R/1/1 Merville SK1

R/1/2 Hammer SK1

R/2/1 Murray SK1

R/2/2 Steyrer SK1

R/3/1 Roussel HVY

R/3/2 Lederer HVY

R/3/3 Kroyher HVY

R/4/1 Teimern

R/5/1 Rothkirch

R/5/2 Wartensleben

R: 6-pdr Horse A

R: 6-pdr Horse B

R: 6-pdr Horse C

R: 6-pdr Horse D

1st (Young Guard) Division : Curial 2/6"

G/1/1 Rouget SK2

G/1/2 Dumoustier SK2

G/2/1 Grenadiers SK2

G/2/2 Chasseurs SK2

G/3/1 Chasseurs a'Cheval

G/3/2 Grenadiers a'Cheval HVY

G/3/3 Dragons de l'Imperatrice

G/3/4 Cheveaulegers Polonaise

G: 12-pdr Foot A

G: 12-pdr Foot B

G: 12-pdr Foot C

G: 12-pdr Foot D

II/1/1 Conroux SK2

II/1/2 Albert SK2

II/1/3 Jarry SK2

II/2/1 Coehorn SK2

II/2/2 Razout SK2

II/2/3 Ficatier SK2

II/3/1 Marion SK2

II/3/2 3rd Line Sk2

II/3/3 57th Line SK2

II/3/4 Brun SK2

II/3/5 Portuguese Legion SK1

II/C/1 Colbert

II: 12-pdr Foot A

II: 12-pdr Foot B

II: 12-pdr Foot C

III/1/1 13th light SK2

III/1/2 17th line SK2

III/1/3 30th line SK2

III/1/4 61st line SK2

III/2/1 15th light SK2

III/2/2 33rd line SK2

III/2/3 48th line SK2

III/2/4 108th line SK2

III/2/5 111th line SK2

III/3/1 7th light SK2

III/3/2 12th line SK2

III/3/3 21st line SK2

III/3/4 25th line SK2

III/3/5 85th line SK2

III/4/1 Girard SK2

III/4/2 Desailly SK2

III/C/1 Pajol

III/C/2 Jaquinot

III/C/3 Guerin

III/C/4 Poincot

III: 12-pdr Foot A

III: 12-pdr Foot B

III: 12-pdr Foot C

III: 6-pdr Horse

IV/1/1 26th light SK2

IV/1/2 18th line SK2

IV/2/1 24th light SK2

IV/2/2 4th line SK2

IV/2/3 46th line SK2

IV/2/4 Leib-Garde SK2

IV/2/5 Leib Brigade SK2

IV/3/1 Legauy SK2

IV/3/2 Viviez SK2

IV/4/1 3rd line SK2

IV/4/2 Valory SK2

IV/C/1 Marulaz

IV/C/2 Lasalle

IV: 12-pdr Foot

IV: 6-pdr Horse (Bavarian) A

IV: 6-pdr Horse (Bavarian) B

AI/1 Lecchi SK2 MX

AI/2 Sahuc

AI: 12-pdr FooT

M/1/1 Dutruy SK2

M/1/2 Dessaix SK2

M/2/1 Huart SK2

M/2/2 Almerias SK2

G/1/1 Garraud SK2

G/1/2 Roussel SK2

G/2/1 Valentin SK2

G/2/2 Bruch SK2

G/3/1 Teste SK2

G/3/2 Abbe SK2

VII/1/1 Minuzzi SK2

VII/1/2 Beckers SK2

VII/1/3 Preysing

VII: 6-pdr Horse A

VII: 6-pdr Horse B

IX/1/1 Grenadiers SK2

IX/1/2 Hartitzsch/Boxberg

IX/1/3 Gutschmidt

IX/2/1 LeCog

IX/2/2 Grenadiers SK2

IX/2/3 Zeschau

IX/2/4 Feilitzsch

IX/3/1 Gency SK2

XI Corps : Marmont

XI/1/1 Soyez SK2

XI/1/2 Launay SK2

XI/2/1 Delzons SK2

XI/2/2 Bachelu SK2

C/1/1 Defrance HVY

C/1/2 Doumerc HVY

C/1/3 St.Germain HVY

C/2/1 Fiteau HVY

C/2/2 Guiton HVY

C/3/1 Raynaud HVY

C/3/2 Bordesoule HVY

C: 8-pdr Horse A

C: 8-pdr Horse B

C: 8-pdr Horse C

C: 8-pdr Horse D