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OLD TROUSERS
II
WARFARE IN THE HORSE & MUSKET ERA
BATTALION LEVEL NAPOLEONIC WARFARE
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Version 1.0
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“Old Trousers: Warfare in the Horse & Musket Era”
Copyright 2005 by John P Kelly
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RULES PHILOSOPHY................................................................................................................7
SCALE........................................................................................................................................7
BASING......................................................................................................................................7
EQUIPMENT...............................................................................................................................8
TROOP RATINGS ......................................................................................................................8
ARMY ORGANIZATION .............................................................................................................8
CAVALRY BATTLE GROUPS....................................................................................................8
SEQUENCE OF PLAY................................................................................................................9
INITIATIVE PHASE.....................................................................................................................9
RANDOM EVENT PHASE ........................................................................................................10
COMMANDERS........................................................................................................................11
COMMANDERS: RATINGS.....................................................................................................11
COMMANDERS: COMMAND RANGE......................................................................................11
COMMANDERS: ATTACHMENT & CASUALTIES...................................................................11
ORDERS: OUT OF COMMAND................................................................................................12
ORDERS ..................................................................................................................................12
ORDER ACTIVATION...............................................................................................................13
COMAND POINTS....................................................................................................................13
MOVEMENT: SEQUENCE........................................................................................................14
MOVEMENT: FORWARD MOVEMENT, FACING, & FLANKS .................................................14
MOVEMENT: ABOUT FACE ....................................................................................................14
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MOVEMENT: FACING CHANGE..............................................................................................14
MOVEMENT: OBLIQUE & RETROGRADE ..............................................................................14
MOVEMENT: CAVALRY ..........................................................................................................14
MOVEMENT: ARTILLERY........................................................................................................14
MOVEMENT: COMMANDERS .................................................................................................15
MOVEMENT: FORMATIONS....................................................................................................15
MOVEMENT: FORMATION CHANGES....................................................................................15
MOVEMENT: RATES ...............................................................................................................15
MOVEMENT: TERRAIN EFFECTS...........................................................................................16
MOVEMENT: OPERATIONAL..................................................................................................17
MOVEMENT: INTERPENETRATION........................................................................................17
MOVEMENT: CHARGES..........................................................................................................17
MOVEMENT: ROUTS...............................................................................................................17
DISORDER...............................................................................................................................18
FIRE COMBAT: SEQUENCE....................................................................................................18
FIRE COMBAT: MUSKETRY....................................................................................................18
FIRE COMBAT: ARTILLERY....................................................................................................20
FIRE COMBAT: FLANK FIRE BY ARTILLERY ........................................................................20
FIRE COMBAT: ARTILLERY BOUNCE THROUGH .................................................................21
FIRE COMBAT: OPPORTUNITY FIRE .....................................................................................21
FIRE COMBAT: VISIBILITY......................................................................................................21
CHARGES: GENERAL RULES ................................................................................................21
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CHARGES: SEQUENCE ..........................................................................................................21
CHARGES: FLANK ATTACKS ................................................................................................22
CHARGES: DEFENDERS REACTION .....................................................................................22
CHARGES: CHARGE TESTS...................................................................................................23
CHARGES: CAVALRY RECALL ..............................................................................................23
CHARGES: CAVALRY SKIRMISHERS....................................................................................23
CHARGES: COSSACKS & IRREGULAR CAVALRY ...............................................................24
CHARGES: OPPORTUNITY CHARGES ..................................................................................24
REACTION TEST .....................................................................................................................24
MELEE: CAVALRY VS CAVALRY ...........................................................................................25
MELEE: CAVALRY VS INFANTRY OR ARTILLERY................................................................25
MELEE: MATCHING UP COMBATANTS .................................................................................25
MELEE: COMBAT RESOLUTION ............................................................................................26
MELEE: MULTIPLE ROUNDS..................................................................................................27
MELEE: SQUARES VS CAVALRY..........................................................................................27
MELEE COMBAT: MULTIPLE UNITS ......................................................................................27
MELEE COMBAT: ATTACHED ARTILLERY ...........................................................................28
BREAKTHROUGHS .................................................................................................................28
BREAKTHROUGHS: IMPETUOUS UNITS...............................................................................28
BLOWN CAVALRY ..................................................................................................................28
TERRAIN..................................................................................................................................29
MORALE RATING & MORALE STATES..................................................................................29
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MORALE TESTS ......................................................................................................................29
RALLYING ROUTED UNITS.....................................................................................................30
VISIBILITY................................................................................................................................30
SKIRMISHERS .........................................................................................................................31
SKIRMISHERS: MOVEMENT ...................................................................................................31
SKIRMISHERS: APPROACHING CAVALRY ...........................................................................31
SKIRMISHERS: RETREAT BEFORE AN ADVANCING ENEMY..............................................31
SKIRMISHERS: COMBAT........................................................................................................31
SKIRMISHERS: SCREENS, VISIBILTY, & INTERPENETRATION ...........................................32
SKIRMISHERS: ORGANIC SKIRMISHERS..............................................................................32
TOWNS: BLOCKS....................................................................................................................32
TOWNS: MOVEMENT INTO & OUT OF TOWN BLOCKS ........................................................33
TOWNS: FIRE COMBAT ..........................................................................................................33
TOWNS: MELEE COMBAT ......................................................................................................33
TOWNS: ATTACKING A TOWN BLOCK FROM AN ADJACENT TOWN BLOCK....................33
TOWNS: CONTESTED BLOCKS .............................................................................................34
REDOUBTS..............................................................................................................................34
BRITISH INFANTRY.................................................................................................................34
OPTIONAL RULES...................................................................................................................34
PREBATTLE MANUEVER........................................................................................................34
VARIBLE TROOP QUALITY.....................................................................................................35
RANDOM CORPS COMMANDER ............................................................................................35
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