The Russian Army, Narva (1700)

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1 The Russian Army, Narva (1700) This list is based on the army at the Battle of Narva, In the early stages of the war the Russians besieged the Swedish fortress of Narva. Charles XII landed nearby and marched to relieve the besieged fortress. The historical battle featured the Russian army heavily fortified in siege lines, and a blinding snowstorm which helped the Swedes to storm this fortification. Maximum army size: 36 units (historical battle) or 47 to 56 units (field action). Battle Types and Set Up: With the agreement of both players you may fight a cavalry only action. In such an action only cavalry units may be used by both sides. Other than this the players must decide if he they wish to fight in a field action or in an attack on a defensive position. The second was the situation in the historical battle and the players will only have the forces present at this battle. In a field action these forces are supplemented by ad hoc forces drawn from garrisons and other forces in the area which were not engaged in the real battle. Opponents and allies: Opponents: The Swedish Army, Narva (1700) Possible allies: The Saxon Army, Livonian Campaign (1700) Unit Type Determination: Dice Roll Type Maximum Units Maximum Bases 1-85 Infantry 31 in a defence (34 to 43 field action) 53 (57 to 75) Cavalry 5 in a defence (13 field action) 22 (60) Add a +15% dice modifier if you are fighting a Field Action. Page 1 of 5 Copyright N.A.Dorrell, 2005

2 Unit Qualities Tables Infantry: For each unit you have roll a D10 to determine what type of regiment it is. Infantry Unit Type: Str Str Str Line Line Line Line Line Line Gd / Exp Streltsi (Str): A maximum of 10 units, 11 in a field action. All Strelsti are 1 base of L, RS infantry. These units do not have pike and so count as RS without any of the benefits of the pikes. In addition they are Wavering if the Tsar is not present on the battlefield. Line: A maximum of 18 units. You can increase this up to 20 in a field action, or 29 if you use Repnin s troops see Historical Army below. All Line units are R, RS infantry. In addition they are Wavering if the Tsar is not present on the battlefield. Roll below for the number of stands per unit. Bases Guard and Experienced units (Gd / Exp): A maximum of 2 Guard units and 1 Experienced unit are available. Roll once on the table below per unit. Quality T T T V V V V V V V Bases A maximum of 1 unit of each type may be used. All Guard and Experienced units use RS tactics. Infantry Brigades: You may use 1 brigadier for each Veteran unit you have and 1 for each 3 other units you have, rounded up. A maximum of 12 brigadiers are available, up to 17 in a field action. Page 2 of 5 Copyright N.A.Dorrell, 2005

3 Russian Artillery is Raw. You may field 1 base of artillery for every infantry brigades you use in a defence action. You may field 1 base of artillery for every 2 infantry brigades you use in a field action, rounded down. Up to half of the available artillery is field artillery, the remainder is light artillery. Cavalry: First of all roll for unit type. Roll a D6 if you are fighting an action from defences; roll a D10 if you are fighting a field action. Cavalry Type D D Noble Noble Noble Noble Noble Noble LHx LHx Dragoons (D): A maximum of 2 units may be Dragoons. All Dragoon units are Raw, Dragoons, they may be deployed dismounted. They are Wavering if the Tsar is not present on the battlefield. Roll a D6 for the number of bases 1, 2 or 3 = 3 bases, 4, 5 or 6 = 4 bases. Noble Levy Cavalry (Noble): In reality these were old style regular cavalry but of very poor fighting quality. A maximum of 3 units may be Noble in a defence action, 8 units in a field action. All Noble units are L, EH and Wavering. Roll a D10 on the table below for the number of bases. Noble Cav. Bases LHx (Cossacks): All LHx units are Raw, they are Wavering if Tsar Peter is not present.. A maximum of 3 units are available in a field action. Roll on the table below for the number of bases. Page 3 of 5 Copyright N.A.Dorrell, 2005

4 Bases Cavalry Brigades: You have 1 brigadier per cavalry unit and the maximum number of brigadiers you can use is 13 in a field action and 5 in a defence action. Commands: Army Commander: De Croy (P: 2) Historical commander F. Golovin (P: 3) Field actions only. He was absent at the time of the battle but was titular Russian army commander. Monarch: Tsar Peter (A: 2) Field actions only. Commanders: You may have one General for each 3 brigades you have, rounded down. Commanders available: Buturlin: (Mixed: P: 1) Trubelskoy: (Infantry: P: 1) A. Golovin: (Mixed: P: 2) Weide: (Infantry: P: 1) or (Mixed: P: 1+1) as a Wing Commander. Scheremetjev: (Cavalry: A: 2) May be a Wing Commander in a field action (A 1+2) Repnin: (Infantry: P: 2) Use generic commanders for any others needed. Historic Army: Army Commander: De Croy (P: 2) Buturlin: (P: 1) Infantry in 4 brigades. Cavalry (1 brigade): Schneven Dragoons (4) Guard Infantry: Preobrazhenski (4) Semenovski (3) Line Infantry: Fliwerk (2) Ivanitski (2) Mewes (2) Bieltz (1) Bohlmann (2) M. Treiden (2) 2 Field Guns and 2 Light Guns. Trubelskoy: (P: 1) Line Infantry (1 brigade): Colomb (1) Dewitzon (2) Streltsi (2 brigades): Bruce (1) Z. Westhof (1) Page 4 of 5 Copyright N.A.Dorrell, 2005

5 Amirof (1) J. Bajov (1) Facing Narva (1 brigade): J. Westhof (1) F. Bajov (1) Kosadavlev (1) the above are Streltsi. Von Belt (2) Line. 2 Field Guns and 2 Light Guns. Weide: (P: 1+1) Wing Commander Line Infantry (in 3 brigades): Von Werden (2) N. Balk (2) Von Schweden (2) Junger (2) F. Balk (2) W. Von Delden (2) I. Von Delden (2) Gun. 1 Field Gun and 1 Light A. Golovin: (P: 2) under Weide s command. Line and Streltsi organised into 2 brigades. Cavalry (1 brigade): Gulitz Dragoons (3) Line Infantry: Lima (2 Trained) Gordon (2) I. Treiden (2) Streltsi: Strekalov (1) Jeltjaninov (1) Sucharov (1) 1 Field Gun and 1 Light Gun. Scheremetjev: (A: 2) Cavalry: 4 to 5,000 Noble cavalry 3 brigades. Also in the area but not engaged (use for field actions). Tsar Peter (A: 2) Monarch F. Golovin (P: 3) Army Commander or (P: 2) Commander Cavalry: 6 to 7,000 Noble cavalry 4 brigades Cossacks: Unknown number 3 brigades Line Infantry: R V Bruce (2), P M Apraksin (1) Streltsi: Baturin (1) Marching to the area - these are the additional Line infantry units mentioned above. Repnin: (P: 2) Line Infantry (in 4 brigades): G. Goulitz (2) I. Bouch (2) N. Von Werden (2) Z. Crowe (2) A. Dudhuit (2) P Von Boukovin (2) I. Berner (2) P. Berner (2) I Angler (2) Page 5 of 5 Copyright N.A.Dorrell, 2005