Infantry

INFANTRY units in Bob Cordery's big-battle rules from The Portable Napoleonic Wargame have two-to-four bases.

In the case of a division, each base represents a brigade or Continental-size regiment, while in the case of a corps, which is the setup I will be using for refighting Waterloo, each base represents a division.

Cordery uses bases that are 50x25mm, with three figures that I take to be 25/28mm.

I am using 10mm figures from Transylvania-based WoFun, which I have put together with two 12-man lines of infantry on bases 43x21mm.

A division of French infantry - two-to-four of these constitute a corps

Each infantry corps has a command base, which in my setup consists of an officer, an ensign with flag, and a drummer, all on foot.

Under the rules the divisions of a corps can spread out, as long as they remain in contact, ie are on contiguous hexes.

However, they can also also concentrate in a single hex, so it is important to be sure they fit!

I am using Hexon II hexes from Nottinghamshire-based Kallistra, and they are 100mm across.

A French corps fits comfortably inside a hex when arranged two-by-two

The corps also fits nicely in column