SO far in Project Kaiser we, ie myself and my regular wargaming opponent ('Reg'), have refought two of the three opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War: Wissembourg/Weissenburg and Spicheren.
Despite using 54mm toy soldiers, and fairly simple rules, both refights bore a strong resemblance to the original battles.
Now it is the turn of the Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Frœschwiller, which, like Spicheren, was fought on August 6, 1870.
A French army under Patrice de MacMahon was holding a line parallel to the River Sauer, awaiting reinforcements, and also protecting a nearby railhead in case of a German advance.
His force consisted of about 45,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry and more than 100 guns (as usual, sources vary).
Trying to find and engage them was a larger German army under Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, whose force had a significant number of Bavarian troops, and was particularly strong in infantry and artillery, but probably with roughly the same number of cavalry as the French.
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| For our refight the French receive one gun and crew |
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| The North German Confederation, to use the official name of the Prussian-led army, has two guns and crews |
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| Both armies have one 'brigade' of cavalry - French hussars on the left; Bavarian lancers on the right |
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| The Germans have an impressive eight infantry 'brigades' |
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| The French must make do with four infantry 'brigades' |
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