[Combat Mission Napoleonic Style...]

Originally posted by dieseltaylor:

Originally posted by dieseltaylor:

"I say Wellington was a fine defensive commander not because he never attacked ..."

And I was quoting JasonC who had commenced this part of the thread with :

"Wellington was nothing to write home about. He was a competent defender, that is about all that can be said for him."

I must say I think that certainly there were very good Allied commanders - notably Blucher [and his staff!]. But JasonC is still dismissive of the Duke on the basis of his record in the 100,000+ class. Well it's unfortunate he only had a played one won one record but then as it was a knock-out that was it!

Still can we look at his previous history of being lucky and extrapolate a bit?

Salamanca 1812 French losses 14,000 out of 49,500 and the British/Portugese/Spanish 4,762 out of 51,562.

Admittedly the Duke did not pursue the broken French and his seigecraft did not look good but not everything was great.

Vittoria 1813

French @ 57,300 losses 8,008

Allies 88,726 losses 4,927

Not an overwhelming result but a large force in difficult terrain in which to bring numbers to bear

If you look at the way Wellington turned the line of the French defences along the river Bidassoa you must admire his skill in getting what he required with minimal loss of manpower Again demonstrated at the crossing of the Nivelle line!

And he did quite nicely in India too! Come on JasonC upgrade him slightly!!!

[Combat Mission Napoleonic Style...]

Originally posted by dieseltaylor:

Originally posted by dieseltaylor:

"I say Wellington was a fine defensive commander not because he never attacked ..."

And I was quoting JasonC who had commenced this part of the thread with :

"Wellington was nothing to write home about. He was a competent defender, that is about all that can be said for him."

I must say I think that certainly there were very good Allied commanders - notably Blucher [and his staff!]. But JasonC is still dismissive of the Duke on the basis of his record in the 100,000+ class. Well it's unfortunate he only had a played one won one record but then as it was a knock-out that was it!

Still can we look at his previous history of being lucky and extrapolate a bit?

Salamanca 1812 French losses 14,000 out of 49,500 and the British/Portugese/Spanish 4,762 out of 51,562.

Admittedly the Duke did not pursue the broken French and his seigecraft did not look good but not everything was great.

Vittoria 1813

French @ 57,300 losses 8,008

Allies 88,726 losses 4,927

Not an overwhelming result but a large force in difficult terrain in which to bring numbers to bear

If you look at the way Wellington turned the line of the French defences along the river Bidassoa you must admire his skill in getting what he required with minimal loss of manpower Again demonstrated at the crossing of the Nivelle line!

And he did quite nicely in India too! Come on JasonC upgrade him slightly!!!

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Originally posted by Fionn:

Malcom987,

Well as a first post to the forum it is certainly interesting. Did it help the newbies? No. Did it move the discussion forward? No. Was it on-topic? No.

Was it anything other than a spiteful little post designed to get an angry reaction? No. Hell, I doubt you could even define psychosis without running to a dictionary or google, nevermind accurately label it in accordance with your in-depth knowledge of what I was talking about.

P.s. BTW thanks for clarifying to people the sort of completely off-topic BS which saps my will to contribute. You were a great "case in point".

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Any Pointers would be tried and appreciated.

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Originally posted by Fionn:

Read AARs. (preferrably with movie files attached). It is the best way to see what works for others and why. Gains you lots of experience very quickly if you do it BUT you have to be willing to improve/change ( which few are).

I think he wrote this before his psychotic episode.