Teugn-Hausen, an AOE scenario

Friday night, my friend Allen and I played another game of Age of Eagles. It was a scenario I made of the Battle of Teugn-Hausen. The objective for the French was to drive the Austrians from the woods in ten turns. They managed to do it in nine, but it was a very hard fought battle that went back and forth quite a bit. By turn nine the Austrians didn't have any fresh troops left and only had one unit at the edge of the woods. This unit wasn't going to stand up to the French onslaught and there was no help to be had for them. The Austrian Grenzer were a bright spot, they performed great. They managed to hold the French right in check for six turns, before they were spent. All in all another fun game with historical results. I really like these rules the more I play them.

The battle field, with the Austrians deployed.

The French advance on the Austrian right.


True to historical form an entire infantry division and the only cavalry brigade failed to start moving for three turns. This would have dire consequences later in the game.
The first of many assaults by the French. This was driven off quite handily, if I do say so myself.

The remnants of the 105th Ligne. My moral victory...

The French mass on the right. For the first few turns the French had room for maneuver, but things got crowded when the Austrians drove the assault back.

The Austrian troops from Hausen begin to arrive as the front line drives the French back yet again. It would be too late by then though.

A desperate move. The Hussars move into the woods to try and help drive off the French. Despite their efforts it would be to no avail.

The Austrian's last stand. I rolled an eight for the fight but Allen won the combat anyway.
The actual battle took place on 19 April 1809 and was the first major battle of the Danube campaign. By the end of the day the French had pushed the Austrians out of the woods but were too spent to follow up with a pursuit.
Austria had just invaded Bavaria in an effort to break Napoleon's hold on Europe. Arch Duke Charles, the overall army commander, was anything but enthusiastic about the start of a new war with France because he was still trying to reform the Austrian army. He had been getting resistance to his reforms from his brother, the Hapsburg monarch, and his cabinet. Popular thinking in Austria's military still adhered to the same philosophies used 60 years before during the Seven Years War. Napoleon had completely changed the face of warfare rendering this way of war obsolete. Arch Duke Charles was trying to "modernize" the army when war broke out.

Regards, Bill