May 6, 1757, East of Prague

Started by MengJiao, January 24, 2023, 09:46:32 AM

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So here is where Frederick ended up attacking the Austrians whilst invading Bohemia.  Things had been going well and the Prussian Army, around 90,000 strong had assembled surrounding the Austrians who had about 60,000 troops on hand around Prague.  Moving to cut Prague's communications to the east, Frederick left 30,000 troops watching the city and peeled off another 30,000 facing the entrenched Austrians and prepares his outflanking stroke with about 30,000 facing Field Marshal Brown who has about the same number ready to block the Prussians.  For the first attack, Schwerin and Winterfelt move in without any artillery (it got stuck in a village) and assault head-on versus Austrian artillery and infantry on high ground and they run into the deep mud of partially-drained fishponds where oats are sprouting (as one does with fishponds in Bohemia -- the carp eat the oats and then you eat the carp) in the spring.
Historically, this did not go well for the Prussians.  But we will see.

MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on January 24, 2023, 09:46:32 AMSo here is where Frederick ended up attacking the Austrians whilst invading Bohemia.  For the first attack, Schwerin and Winterfelt move in without any artillery (it got stuck in a village) and assault head-on versus Austrian artillery and infantry on high ground and they run into the deep mud of partially-drained fishponds where oats are sprouting (as one does with fishponds in Bohemia -- the carp eat the oats and then you eat the carp) in the spring.
Historically, this did not go well for the Prussians.  But we will see.

  8:30...well some historical mysteries are already getting some possible solutions -- I always wondered why Zeiten's
Hussars were brought in so far north initially -- well you can see here they cover the front and protect the deployment of the main attack groups of infantry:


MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on January 25, 2023, 02:13:22 PM8:30...well some historical mysteries are already getting some possible solutions -- I always wondered why Zeiten's
Hussars were brought in so far north initially -- well you can see here they cover the front and protect the deployment of the main attack groups of infantry:


About 9am -- things are not going well for the Austrians, some squadrons of the Stampach Currasiiers and Epinayi Hussars routed as well as a battalion of the Baden-Durlach Fusiliers.  On the Prussian side only a few squadrons of the Wurtenburg Hussars have routed off the field:

MengJiao

  Approaching 10am, the Austrian infantry and artillery are holding well and the cavalry is starting to cave in a little:


MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on January 31, 2023, 03:11:41 PMApproaching 10am, the Austrian infantry and artillery are holding well and the cavalry is starting to cave in a little:



  After 10am...things are getting a little historical here as the Prussian Cavalry starts driving back the Austrian cavalry down south -- but the Austrian Infantry look like they will hold on their hill (also historical...they weren't driven back until Brown was hit and the Prussians found an unlikely way to advance through some complicated
village terrain up north.

MengJiao

  Almost 11am.  You can see why it took a long time for the Prussians to push through here.  The marshy proto-fishponds and the low hills (perfect for defending artillery) and the big pond channel the attackers: