45 - Soor

Soor

30 September 1745

Austria

Cards 279A – 285A

Morale: 4

Tactical Victory: 24

Prussia

Cards 286A – 291A

Morale: 2

Here Charles had overwhelming numbers, devastating artillery, favorable terrain, and the element of surprise. Which makes his lopsided defeat all the more humiliating. But he came close. "At Hohenfriedberg I fought for Silesia," Frederick recalled later, "but at Soor, I fought for my life."

45

Cuirassiers

6

5 / 6

Attack

Buddenbrock

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Screen

Pair

Buddenbrock, Grenadiers, Frederick

RETIRE

279A

♦

Austrian Guns

6

★

( 3 / 4 )

Attack

Buddenbrock

1 hit plus 1 hit per die.

May only attack Buddenbrock if the card Cuirassiers is still in play.

Attack

Grenadiers, Frederick

1 hit per die.

280A

♦

Graner-Koppe

8

★

5 / 6

Attack

Grenadiers, Frederick

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Absorb

Austrian Guns

Suffers hits.

281A

♦

Austrian Center

5

1 / 2

Attack

Prussian Center, Prussian Left

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Prussian Center, Prussian Left

1 hit.

282A

♥

Austrian Right

5

3 / 4

Attack

Prussian Left, Prussian Center

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Prussian Left, Prussian Center

1 hit.

283A

♥

Second Line

6

5 / 6

Absorb

Pair, Voluntary

Any Pink formation

Suffers hits.

284A

♥

Dragoons

4

Doubles

Screen

Pair

Prussian Left

Counterattack

Two Pairs

Left Horse

1 hit.

Historically, these horsemen did very little to oppose the enemy, allowing them to capture Austrian infantry with impugnity.

RETIRE

285A

♥

Left Horse

6

5 / 6

Attack

Dragoons

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Screen

Pair

Austrian Right

286A

♣

Prussian Left

4

3 / 4

Attack

Austrian Right, Austrian Center

1 hit per die.

Counterattack

Pair

Austrian Right, Austrian Center

1 hit.

287A

♣

Prussian Center

4

1 / 2

Attack

Austrian Center, Austrian Right

1 hit per die.

Counterattack

Pair

Austrian Center, Austrian Right

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.

288A

♣

Grenadiers

6

1 / 2 / 3

Attack

Austrian Guns, Graner-Koppe

1 hit plus 1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Graner-Koppe

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit per die.

RETIRE

289A

♠

Buddenbrock

6

4 / 5 / 6

Attack

Cuirassiers, Austrian Guns

1 hit per die.

The Austrian guns were positioned atop the Graner-Koppe. These horsemen wheeled around to the right of the mound to avoid the enemy arc of fire, but this left their own infantry vulnerable to the enemy foot. Casualties among the elite Grenadiers who made up the first line of advance were appalling. Included among their number was the Queen's brother Albrecht, aged twenty.

290A

♠

Frederick

6

★

1 / 2

Attack

Austrian Guns, Graner-Koppe

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Graner-Koppe

1 hit.

The final push depended on troops which Frederick held in low regard. "You are pigs. You stink to high heaven. You must spend your whole day eating and shitting."

IN RESERVE (Grenadiers)

291A

♠