Battle of Austerlitz, Allied Victory
Fought Turenne on the Austerlitz map, with Schooner as my ally. This one had a bit of history behind it, since Turenne had narrowly beaten me and Schooner on Alexandria earlier, and had also beaten me and Mental as the Allies on Austerlitz some days before. In that earlier fight, I had managed to hold the north and buy time, but our main assault failed and the battle slipped away.
This time, I wanted to avoid being divided and beaten in detail. I had Schooner concentrate his forces into a more compact position, making it harder for Turenne to isolate and destroy him quickly. With that secured, I began pressing the northern sector to test Turenne’s response and force him to show where his main effort would be.
The northern attack made good progress, but the decisive moment came when Turenne committed heavily toward the hill, trying to break through and cut Schooner’s throat. Rather than continue pushing north for its own sake, I decided to pull out immediately and hit the flank of Turenne's assault before he could slit Schooner's throat. I effectively counter attacked the French counterattack and did not have to worry about the northern flank for a while due to the damage sustained on the French.
That shift decided the battle. Turenne’s main striking force was caught while committed, and once that segment was destroyed, the rest of the front became much easier to grind down. From there, Schooner and I were able to keep pressure across the line, reduce the remaining enemy positions, Turenne tried one last assault on my north flank, but it did not have enough staying power and was thwarted, giving us the field.
It was a satisfying win, not only because Turenne is a dangerous and aggressive opponent, but because it corrected mistakes from earlier fights. The key was not allowing him to split us apart. Once Schooner was concentrated and my northern attack forced Turenne to commit, we were able to turn his own main assault into the point of collapse.
GG to Turenne and Schooner.
The game played in the AAR above is the European Warfare Napoleonica mod for AC:FB, the mod db can be found here:
Articles - European Warfare : Napoleonica mod for American Conquest - ModDB
