Battle of Talavera - prelude

Rather than using the Napoleon's Battles scenario booklet for the order of battle and map, I used a handful of different resources.

The main order of battle came from Wikipedia.

I used a couple of sources for the map.  One is this interesting blog from Rafeal Pardo.  And another was this page from the British Battles web site.

I used an article from Wargames Illustrated, March 2005 (Number 210) to guide the level of experience for each of the brigades and batteries.

The final result became the order of battle I used.  You can find a Google Sheet with ready-to-use labels here.  A sample from the OOB is off to the left:  These are the labels for the British First Infantry Division under Sherbrooke.  It consists of three Units of Infantry, a Commander, and a battery of six-pound foot artillery.

The Battle of Friedland - Order of Battle and tags

I used two sources for the order of battle for Friedland.  The French OOB came from this page from the Napoleon Series web site and the Russian OOB came from this page - from the US Army Combined Arms Center (PDF).

This link to a Google Drive Sheet will take one to the tags.  One sheet has the French and the other has the Russian tags.

Sample tags.

Above are tags for three French-allied units and one French-allied Officer in the scenario.  Going from left to right:

1. The 1st brigade of the 3rd division of the Reserve Corps.  It has five stands of Saxon line infantry.  Experience level is Regular.  It has a CV of 3, a FP of 1, and has a movement rate of 6" per turn.
2. The 2nd brigade of the 3rd division of the Reserve Corps.  It has five stands of Saxon line infantry.  Experience level is Regular.  It has a CV of 3, a FP of 1, and has a movement rate of 6" per turn.
3. The Officer responsible of the Reserve Corps.  This is an unnamed aide-de-camp to Marshall Lannes (not shown) who is acting as a Leader of the French side.  The Officer has a Command Radius of 12" and a Combat Bonus of zero.  He has a CV of 0, a FP 0, and moves 24" per turn.
4. A 12-lb foot artillery battery attached to the 1st division of the Reserve Corps.  It has an experience level of Veteran.  Its CV is 1, its FP is 7, and has a movement rate of 12" per turn.

For ease of readability by the players, all of the Units and Officers of the Reserve Corps are marked with a red banner at the top of the tag.

Above are tags for four Russian units, their Officer, and one of the Russian Leaders.  Going from left to right:

1. A 6-lb horse battery of artillery attached to the Russian Left Cavalry formation.  It has an experience level of Regular, a CV of 1, a FP of 6, and moves 6" per turn.
2. The Officer who commands the Russian Left Cavalry formation.  He has a Command Radius of 12" and a +2 Combat Bonus (which is very good).  He has a 0 CV, a 0 FP, and moves 24" per turn.
3. The first brigade of the Russian Left Cavalry formation.  It has 8 stands of Russian light cavalry, and an experience level of Regular.  It has a 3 CV, a 0 FP, and moves 12" per turn.
4. The second brigade of the Russian Left Cavalry formation.  It has 5 stands of Russian medium cavalry, and an experience level of Regular.  It has a 4 CV, a 0 FP, and moves 12" per turn.
5. The third brigade of the Russian Left Cavalry formation.  It has 8 stands of Russian light cavalry, and an experience level of Regular.  It has a 3 CV, a 0 FP, and moves 12" per turn.
6. A Russian Leader (Doctorov).  The Leader has a Leadership Ability of 1, and a Command Radius of 12".  It does not appear on the tag, but the Leader has a CV of 0, a FP of 0, and a moves 24" per turn just like an Officer.