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Bavarian army for the 1809 campaign during the Napoleonic wars

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themoaw:
Thanks all for the info.

I am following a set of rules that are currently being written which are based on the Flames of War WWII rules.
http://forumnapofow.free.fr/index.php?sid=ae1b47badc31fdb1cef36d908cbde34d

The units are battalion size with anything from 1 company to 6 companies making up the battalion. Using 2 Flames of War medium bases to make a company. The battalion also has attachments which can be light infantry and/or grenadiers companies. For example a French battalion would be made up of 1-4 Fusilier companies with the option of 1 grenadier company and/or 1 voltigeur company attachments.

I have decided to build 2 Bavarian brigades with 3 Line battalions of 3 companies per battalion and a grenadier company as an attachment making up the remainder of the battalion and a light battalion of 2-3 companies supported by 2 cavalry units and 3 -4 artillery batteries.

Frank Becker:
[font=\'Arial]Here is a link that directs you to an article about the Bavarian army of 1805 – 1815:[/font][font=\'Arial] [/font][font=\'Arial]http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Bavaria%201805-15.pdf[/font][font=\'Times New Roman] [/font]

Graf.Dominic:
Great article, especially on the uniforms!

But it contains a few inaccuracies on the batallion organization.

As i wrote above, a Line Batallion had five companies. One Grenadier, Four Fusilier Batallions.(One fusilier served as depot, giving a batallion in the field 4 companies) Each Company contained 20 Schützen who where supposed to be armed with \"Stutzen\" (Rifles).

In March 1809 this organization was slightly changed. The number of Schützen was increased up to one fifth of every company, wich resulted in 36 Schützen per company. (Of whom only 7 were armed with rifles.)

The existance of a seperate Schützen Company is unknown to me. But 36 x 5 Schützen gives us 180 schützen for a batallion, which if you like, is the strength of a company.

Kind regards,

Dominic

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