Black Powder III: Sunday 11th of December

[job]

15 battalions! Now, that is a true Austrian sized division. Marvelous.

Do one or two of your battalions have the skirmish rules?

[komura]

@Job

No skirmisher units. But my battalion may form mixed formation, if it's allowed.

[job]

@ Komura: Most certainly. Thanks for the list.

[Mushroom Kid]

There'll be small force from Blighty there. Don't want good old England to get too involved. Sure the continentals can handle Old Boney.

1st Brigade - Commander
40th Foot 2nd Somersetshire
39th Foot Dorsetshire
1x Foot regiment
Foot artillery (9lb)
Light Cavalry

[job]

It looks like a nicely balanced force to my eyes. I suppose it will be in the tradition of Crecy, Agincourt and Plassey; A thin red line. Thanks for adding your Order of Battle.

[Primarch]

There'll be small force from Blighty there. Don't want good old England to get too involved. Sure the continentals can handle Old Boney.

Egads sir, you cannot trust those continental types to deal with that little Corsican ogre. No, the only thing for it is a two deep line and some sharp bayonets to chase Boney all the way back to Paris.

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC FRS

5th Division
9th Brigade - Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot, the Royal Scots
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the Black Watch
92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)
Roger's Battery RA

3rd Brigade - Major General Frederick Adam
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
2nd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)
Sinclair's Battery RA - Howitzer

6th Brigade - Major General George Johnstone
1st Battalion, 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
Hutchesson's Battery RA

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Lieutenant General the Earl of Uxbridge GCB
1st (Royal) Dragoons
10th (Prince of Wales' Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars)
18th (King's Irish) Light Dragoons (Hussars)
I (Bull's) Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA)

[job]

Well, if General Mushroom's brigade was the advance guard, this must be the main body. It looks brilliant just on paper. I can already see the serried ranks of bayonets above red and hear the sound of the bagpipes and tap of the drums.

Thank you. I guess that finishes roll call.

[Mushroom Kid]

Egads sir, you cannot trust those continental types to deal with that little Corsican ogre. No, the only thing for it is a two deep line and some sharp bayonets to chase Boney all the way back to Paris.

Capital! I'll endeavour to leave you a few Frenchies.

[job]

92 Total units!

Austrian
15 battalions, 5 batteries

British
12 battalions (3 skirmisher), 4 regiment of horse, 5 batteries

French
15 battalions (2 guard, 2 skirmishers, 3 large), 5 regiments of horse (1 heavy, 1 small-guard), 7 batteries

Russian
10 battalions (2 guard, 2 skirmisher-small), 6 regiments of horse (2 heavy, 2 small), 8 batteries

Possible Alliances:
Austro-British vs Franco-Russian
27 infantry, 4 cavalry, 10 batteries vs. 25 infantry, 11 cavalry, 15 batteries
Pro: Never had these alliances previously, could be a follow up to Mike's battle report
Con: Rather large disparity in cavalry and artillery; total 41 vs. 51

Anglo-French vs Austro-Russian
27 infantry, 9 cavalry, 12 batteries vs. 25 infantry, 6 cavalry, 13 batteries
Pros: close parity in infantry and artillery, closest cavalry matchup; follow up on Black Powder I and II events
Con: Anglo-French alliance? I have coworkers who choke on that compound word; total 48 vs 44

Austro-French vs. Anglo-Russian
30 infantry, 5 cavalry, 12 batteries vs. 22 infantry, 10 cavalry, 13 batteries
Pro: 47 total units vs 45 total units; cavalry strength vs infantry strength; Follow up on the Last Huzzah! battle
Con: Big infantry and cavalry disparity

I'll let everyone weigh in. It's the chance to play Talleyrand or Metternich. (Hopefully we don't decide to follow historical lines and gang up on the Frenchies...) I would like a chance to play alongside Mike's Russians, but I think the latter two alliances are best balanced. I also feel our British colleagues are in the mood to spit some frogs, so should we line up as Anglo-Russians vs Austro-French? (The one draw back is this is the least balanced in infantry and cavalry.)

[Primarch]

For calculating unit numbers, try looking at it as Small=0.5 and Large=1.5 (It's actually closer to 0.66 and 1.33 if you want to get really fiddly about it.). That might close up some of the disparity.
Having an Attacker/Defender scenario may help as well. Defensive positions make the Defender stronger, while a need to manoeuvre puts more pressure on the attacker.