Banish All Their Fears - Alternate Blenheim Scenario - 1703 Battle of Hochstadt

 

1^st Battle of Hochstadt

September 20^th, 1703, Start time 7:20am

Modified Scenario for "Banish All Their Fears," Bayonet and Musket vol. 1

 

Setting: 

Imperial Feld-Marschal Count von Styrum with 18,000 men is camped along the Danube between Greimheim and Scheweningen. He faces a corps of 10,000 men at Lutzingen under the Marquis d’Husson, and he has also received intelligence that another corps of 13,000 men under the Elector of Bavaria and Marshal Villars is marching to intercept him. Facing the prospect of being surrounded and destroyed by superior forces, Styrum orders a march to the northwest, towards Nordlingen.

 

Victory Conditions:

Imperials: Secure the road on the top-left corner of the map.

Franco-Bavarians: Rout two wings of the opposing army.

 

Note on Forces:

This scenario uses counters from the Blenheim Scenario of Banish All Their Fears, with a few from the Neerwinden scenario. The names of regiments and brigades do not accurately represent the forces present at Hochstadt, but forces used in this scenario approximate the number of troops present at the battle.

Note on Map: 

Ignore all deployment and wing boundaries for the Blenheim Scenario.

Note on Terrain: 

For the purposes of this scenario, none of the buildings north of the Nebel are on fire, since it takes place a whole year before the Battle of Blenheim. Unterglau and Weilheim can both be occupied and used defensively. 

Note on Command Display:

D'Ussol's force will be represented as a single wing on the command display, in two lines, front and support. He can commit all six of his brigades to the Front line if necessary. 

The Imperial force under Styrum is represented in three wings, two of cavalry and one of infantry. He can likewise deploy all his infantry in one line if necessary.

When the Elector arrives, his brigade tokens will be placed on the reserve line on the Allied side of the Command Display, but this will function in all respects as a front line. 

Note on Unit exclusion:

Exclude the Grenadiers from Maffei's brigade, as well as Montboissier from Montbrun, both von Weickel units from von Weickel's brigade, and Costa and Torring-Seefeld from Wolframsdorff.

 

Forces:

D’Ussol at Lutzingen with 10,000 men

Styrum around Greimheim with 18,000 men

Elector arriving at 10am at Schweningen with 13,000 men

 

Imperial Order of Battle:

Commander-in-chief: Field Marshal Count von Styrum (Use Wurtemberg)

Right Wing – Prince Maximilian

Cusani Cavalry Brigade

Durlach Cavalry Brigade

 

Center – Anhalt-Dessau

Finck Infantry Brigade

Kaunitz Infantry Brigade

Rantzau Infantry Brigade

Seckendorff Infantry Brigade

2x Artillery

 

Left Wing - Palffy (use Brigadier from Neerwinden scenario)

Bibra Cavalry Brigade

Natzmer Cavalry Brigade

 

Franco-Bavarian Order of Battle:

 

General d’Usson’s Corps (use General from Neerwinden Scenario)

Conflans Cavalry Brigade

Montmain Cavalry Brigade

Vivian Cavalry Brigade

Bligny Infantry Brigade

Coetquen Infantry Brigade

Clare Infantry Brigade

Artillery

 

Main Army – Elector Maximilian, arriving 10am

Infantry Wing – General Villars (use General from Neerwinden Scenario, but with command value of 2)

Montbrun Infantry Brigade (excluding Montboissier)

Maffei Infantry Brigade (excluding Maffei)

Nangi Infantry Brigade

Belleisle Infantry Brigade

2x Artillery

 

French Cavalry – General Rosel

Vigier Cavalry Brigade

Barentin Cavalry Brigade

 

Bavarian Cavalry – General Arco

Weickel Cavalry Brigade (excluding the two counters for von Weickel's cavalry)

Wolframsdorff Cavalry Brigade (excluding Costa and Torring-Seefeld)

 

 Sources

In creating this scenario I consulted the Kronoskaf Project WSS page for Hochstadt:

http://kronoskaf.com/wss/index.php?title=1703-09-20_%E2%80%93_Battle_of_H%C3%B6chst%C3%A4dt

As well as this presentation of maps:

https://www.warflag.com/blenheim2004/hochstedt/Hs.pdf 

Soli Deo Gloria!