Warlord Games Black Powder: Epic Battles: Bl-+cher's Prussian Army Starter Set
After Napoleon entered Paris and started the Hundred Days campaign, King William II of Prussia recalled Blucher from his retirement in Silesia and set him the task of facing down the upstart Frenchman. He was placed in command of the Army of the Lower Rhine and quickly marched west to join the Anglo-Dutch allies, hoping to consolidate their forces.
Unfortunately, the Prussian army was hastily assembled and pressed into the field ill-equipped and poorly trained. Over a third of the force was Landwehr (militia), some of which marched barefoot to war. At the Battle of Ligny the Prussian army faced Napoleon directly and was roundly beaten, Blucher himself being trapped injured under his dead horse for hours. The Battle of Waterloo provided a chance at redemption.
Contents:
Bespoke A5 Softback Black Powder: Epic Battles Rulebook
Full-colour assembly and painting guide
Full-colour flag sheet
8 mounted Brigade commanders
8 units of Prussian line infantry (80 men per unit)
5 units of Landwehr infantry (80 men per unit)
2 units of ranked up Jagers (80 men per unit)
35 Skirmishing Jagers
5 bases of Landwehr cavalry
3 bases of Prussian Dragoons
3 bases of Prussian Uhlans
3 bases of Prussian Hussars
2-pdr foot artillery battery (8 guns)
1 6-pdr horse artillery battery (3 guns)
Windmill MDF scenery piece
6 D6 dice
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