Spicheren - The Prussians

RATHER as at Wissembourg/Weissenburg two days earlier, the Prussian attack was more-or-less unplanned, happened piecemeal and involved units marching to the sound of the guns (something the French were singularly unable to do).

I will be commanding the Prussians, and my forces start with a brigade of infantry in Saarbrücken, and another crossing the River Saar by the bridge linking Saarbrücken to St Johann.

Looking from Forbach towards the arriving Prussians at the north of the battlefield

Prussian reinforcements can potentially total six brigades of infantry, one of which is elite, two brigades of cavalry and a corps of artillery.

Reinforcements will arrive either through St Johann or via the gap between the River Saar and Saarbrücken Wood to the west.

At the start of each turn I shall roll a die for each entry point, 4+ meaning a unit, randomly diced for,  arrives on the edge of the battlefield, and I can start trying to activate it next turn.

If St Johann is occupied when a unit is due to  arrive, the reinforcing unit's arrival is delayed until the logjam is cleared.

Close-up of the first Prussians