Waterloo: Napoleons Last Battle - The Battle of Eylau

Waterloo: Napoleons Last Battle - The Battle of Eylau

Eylau, 7th-8th February 1807 : One of the bloodiest engagements of the Napoleonic wars. This battle was fought in a snow storm and famous for what was probably one of the largest cavalry charges in history. This game includes all new snow terrain, the complete battle as well as 5 smaller scenarios.

This version 2.3 contains the Penmod components you need to play this with WNLB. See the ReadMe included for more details.

THE BATTLE OF PREUSSISCH-EYLAU, 7th - 8th February 1807

NOTE : This add-on is designed to be used with Davros' excellent PenMod - so you'll need this in order to successfully install Eylau.

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INSTALLATION

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VERY IMPORTANT : Before you do anything, in order to return to the original Penmod game after you've played Eylau

you must make backups of the following :

. the waterloo.ini file which is in the Penmod main folder

. the complete Graphics sub-folder from Penmod

. the "labels" file which is in the Penmod Main folder

. the complete Sounds sub-folder - only if you are intending to install the optional Russian language files which come with Eyalu.

DOWNLOAD

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After downloading, you will have the following 11 Zip files :

. Eylau_Main

. Eylau_French

. Eylau_Russians

. Eylau_Prussians

. Eylau_HL

. Eylau_Misc1

. Eylau_Misc2

. Eylau_Map

. Eylau_Various

. Sounds 1 (optional)

. Sounds 2 (optional)

& these should be installed as follows :

EYLAU_MAIN

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Extract :

- 27oba, 27obf & labels to Penmod Main folder

- config27, NapElev27, NapTerrain27, NapBuild27, NapRoads27 & NapNames27 to the Penmod MapData sub-folder

- Scen27s00.sci, Scen27s00.scn, Scen27s01.sci & Scen27s01.scn to the Penmod Scenarios sub-folder

- Teeniemap27 to the Penmod Graphics sub-folder

- waterloo.ini file to Penmod Main folder

You will be left with the Main OOB & Eylau_Uniform_Codes files but these are just for information and don't need to

be installed.

EYLAU_FRENCH

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These are the French Uniforms and all should be loaded into the WaterArmy.bag in the Penmod Graphics sub-folder

using BAGBOY. If you don't have the BAGBOY programme, you can download it from GBRC or from Davros' site http://users.chariot.net.au/~mab/zips/units.html

EYLAU_RUSSIANS

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Same as above for the Russians

EYLAU_PRUSSIANS

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Same as above for the Prussians

EYLAU_HL

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Same as above for Horses & Leaders

EYLAU_MISC1

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These are miscellaneous graphics items & should be loaded into the WaterMisc.bag in the Penmod Graphics sub-folder

using BAGBOY.

EYLAU_MISC2

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same as above

EYLAU_MAP

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These are terrain features & should be loaded into the WaterMap.bag in the Penmod Graphics sub-folder

using BAGBOY.

EYLAU_VARIOUS

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. moraleblocks.BM2

. flagsx.BM2

must be loaded into the WaterCmd.bag in the Penmod Graphics sub-folder using BAGBOY

. scenaflag.BM2

. mainmenu.BM2

. fullmap.BM2

. open_32.BM2

. loading1

. mmbutton1.BM2

. mmbutton2.BM2

. mmbutton3.BM2

. mmbutton4.BM2

. scenmap0

. scenmap1

. scenmap2

. scenmap3

. scenmap4

. scenmap5

. scenmap6

must be loaded into the WaterAux.bag in the Penmod Graphics sub-folder using BAGBOY

& in addition

. scenaflag.BM2

. mainmenu.BM2

. fullmap.BM2

. open_32.BM2

. loading1

must also be copied directly into the Penmod Graphics sub-folder

SOUNDS1

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These files are optional for Russian voice comands and should be extracted to the PenMod Sounds sub-folder

SOUNDS2

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Same as above

AND THAT'S IT.

To replay the original PenMod game, just reload the back ups you made.

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If you encounter any problems loading the game, or playing it, or if you have any ideas for improving

it, please contact me at : [email protected]

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DESIGNERS NOTES

Due to the size of the battle which makes it quite a challenge to play with the WNLB engine, I have also provided

5 smaller more playable scenarios which enable the whole battle to be played out step by step :

1) Bagration's Rearguard action on the eve of the main battle

2) Augereau's Disaster

3) Murat's Great Cavalry Charge

4) Davout's Advance

5) The Struggle for Kulschitten and the arrival of the Prussians

The artillery uses WNLB standard format & so are not historically accurate in terms of composition.

I have reduced the total number of Russian guns present to just over 300 from 450-500 actual - this is to reflect the

inferior quality Russian powder coupled with snow conditions - misfires were not infrequent... and also of course

to make the game more playable.

The game starts at 10am whereas the real battle started between 7am & 7.30am. This is because the first

three hours of the battle consisted only of a Russian artillery bombardment which was relatively ineffective

due to the good French concealment, & the smoke blowing back in the faces of the Russian gunners.

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SOURCES

Chandler - Campaigns of Napoleon

Lachouque - Les batailles de Napoléon

Esposito & Elting - Military History & Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars

Funcken - Arms & Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars

Various websites

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CREDITS

My thanks go to Davros who did a really great job creating the new Teeniemap for Eylau as well as offering

a lot of other useful advice & also to Marbot whose excellent Scenario & Map creator saved me hours of design time.

Thanks also to Marbot & Highlander for playtesting & their useful suggestions and comments

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DISCLAIMER

I have thoroughly tested this add on and so far my computer has not caught fire or made any nasty smells -

so if yours does - it's not my fault ...

Enjoy it !

Junot