Since I'm reading Dennis Showalter's book about Frederick II and Prussia, and having just reach the point where the battle of Mollwitz is about to take place, I thought it would be interesting to see how this looks in H&M. I'm using the Vassal mod here since I don't actually have H&M Vol II.
The book tells us that the Prussian deployment was as follows: 36 squadrons on the left, although it does not define if they are hussars or dragoons.
A further 35 squadrons on the right, but again, no details as to the composition of this force.
In the centre was 23 battalions of infantry in the front line with a further 12 battalions in the second line.
The game has one unit of Hussars and one unit of Dragoons deployed on the left and just one unit of cavalry on the right.
The front rank consists of two units of Elite Line and 2 units of Line, with a further two Line units in the second line.
My aim was to try and see how the scenario designers translate historical forces into those depicted in the game. Given the generic unit size, this is not all that clear, to me at least.
Just crunching some figures, then each of the horse units would be an average of 24 squadrons, although this does not equate well with the actual number of squadrons that we are told were present. Again, I have no detail of the actual number of horses that constituted a squadron, or a breakdown of the the number of men there was in each arm. We are told that the total Prussian force was around 21,600 men.
Using the same principle, then each of the infantry units represent approximately 6 battalions. From what I can find out, the 'normal' organisation at that period was that a brigade consisted of 2 regiments each of 2 battalions, and therefore that would indicate that each infantry unit in the scenario is equal to 3 brigades.
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