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WO02 Crossing the Douro River (12 May 1809)

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Written by Walter O'Hara

Crossing the Douro River - 12 May 1809

Historical Background
In the (Second) Battle of Oporto (or the Battle of the Douro) General Arthur Wellesley's British army took the city of Porto, defeating Marshal Nicolas Soult's French troops on May 12, 1809. After taking command of the British troops in Portugal on April 22, Wellesley (later named 1st Duke of Wellington) immediately advanced on Porto and made a surprise crossing of the Douro River. Soult retreated from the city after losing heavily.
The stage is set. The battle lines are drawn and you are in command. Can you change history?

Thank you to the author for sharing this scenario. HERE you can find the link to the original webpage.

Set-Up Order

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	1
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	5
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Battle Notes

British Army
Commander : Wellesley
6 Command Cards


6	2	1	2	2		1	1

French Army
Commander : Soult
5 Command Cards
Move First


4	3	2	2	3

Victory
5 Banners

Special Rules
The Raft Bridge on the right flank is worth a Victory Banner to the French if they can destroy it with Artillery Fire (3 hits as if Melee target on dice, use pennies as markers, then flip to a river tile). The Town of Oporto is worth two Victory Banners to the English. 1 LI and 1 LC start on the far side of the raft bridge.

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Tags: Banners: 5 Army: British Army: French Army: Portuguese Game Box: User Maps Years: Peninsular War

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:19

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Posted: 3 months 1 week ago by Bayernkini #1036

Which is the town of Oporto, which is a VP?

I wished, scenario designer would name and mark all objective exact

Or much better, use the vassal module, so you can do this all,
next fan extension is nearly ready,
so you find all for scenario designs:
- different colored Hex-borders, to show objective, labels - to show town names, explosive marker (to use it for this "destroying bride") and much more

See example below

Posted: 1 year 1 month ago by alecrespi #758

Bayernkini wrote:

2. How does the destroy of bridge exact work;
I can target it in range and melee combat? And which symbols hits the bridge?

Hi Michael,
don't know about the river (but I believe that keeping it unfordable would brake this scenario).

About bridge destruction you should find your answer in "Special Rules":SPECIAL RULES wrote:

...destroy it with Artillery Fire (3 hits as if Melee target on dice, use pennies as markers, then flip to a river tile).

So I assume there is no melee combat for the bridge.

This is my point of view.
Alessandro

Posted: 1 year 1 month ago by Bayernkini #757

Some questions about the scenario:

1. I assume, the river is fordable

2. How does the destroy of bridge exact work;
I can target it in range and melee combat? And which symbols hits the bridge?

Posted: 1 year 5 months ago by alecrespi #617

Thank you Hawkmoon Von Koln for you notice.
It has been definitely a typo.

Posted: 1 year 5 months ago by Hawkmoon von Köln #612

The correct orthograh is "Douro" (Portuguese, English, French) or "Duero" in Spanish. (Maybe Duoro is Italian

)
Sorry for boring you.

Posted: 1 year 5 months ago by Bayernkini #611

Missing your vassal setups for the new fan senarios, please upload it to the download page and link it direkt from scenario site

(so i can use it also for next vassal updates)

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Crossing the Douro River - 12 May 1809

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