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In this scenario the AI gets Sir Arthur Wellesley, seven units of infantry, two of cavalry and one of artillery.
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| The Anglo-Portuguese army, with the future Duke of Wellington in the forefront |
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| The heavily outnumbered French |
To win, the human has to be occupying Vimeiro - the village by the hill on the left of the map - at the end of turn 10.
When I first played this scenario, the battle came down to an exciting turn 10 in which Junot, no less, occupied Vimeiro in my half-turn, only to be killed by Allied infantry in their half-turn, thus snatching victory from my grasp.
As I wrote at the time (November 2023): "I have become used to exciting finishes to my battles from Mike Lambo's books, with the result hanging in the balance to the very end.
"But I do not see how any refight could have kept the tension any longer than this one."
[Oh dear - too late to change anything now, but as you can see there are only three French infantry units in the second photo, and that is how I played the battle.]
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