I saw a lot of very impressive and beautiful blogs on the Internet, dealing with wargame art. I saw that a lot of people makes projects: a single well defined project and they carry it on untill they achieve their goal. Well I do envy them for their constance.
So I summarize my (all halfway or even less) projects:
1) Battle of Leuthen 1757 1:1 Ratio
2) Battle of Turin (zone of Castle of Lucento) 1:1 Ratio
3) Battle of Santa Lucia 1848 (the attack on the village/cementry) 1:1 Ratio
4) Battle of Tarnow (part) december 1914, 1:1 Ratio
5) Battle of Austerlitz (the attack on the village of Pratzen; 1:1 Ratio
6) Battle of Halmstad 1676; 1:1 ratio (almost competed)
7) Battle of Zama (or Makedonian Wars) 1:1 ratio
So I think that in total it should make around 300.000 papersoldiers and around 5 of my lives and a lot of money.
So here I reduce my project: a 1:1 ratio rebuilding of the Aosta Brigade (on 2 regiments, the 5th and 6th) at the Battle of Santa Lucia.
Forces:
Brigata Aosta
5th Regiment: Officers :57 - Men: 2390 - not armed men 92: TOT: 2539 men
6th Regiment: Officers: 63 . Men 2359 - not armed men 81: TOT 2503 men
NB: according to the numbers given by a General in the Piedmontese General Staff this Brigade had only 4383 men.
This numbers give some problems of interpretation: if every regiment was on 3 battalions and every battalion had 4 companies of around 200 men, this means that 1 battalion had at full strengh 800 men, x 3 battalinon: 2.400 men per regiment. It works only if we keep outside this the cooks, the General Staff of the Regiment (around 20 men).
It seams to me that this numbers must be interpretated. The first numbers are from an official report and - probably - they consider also the 4th battalion (deposit), or if we add to the normal numbers the General staff of every regiment.
I would consider just the fighting troops of the 2 regiments, so 2390 men (5th Regiment) and 2359 (6th Regiment), for a total of 4749 men i.e. 366 men more than what the General stated for the battle (4383 men). This can happen because the General that wrote the orders for the Battle of Santa Lucia had the exact numbers of the available men for that day; so which number must be considered more correct?
I will opt for the second numbers of 4383 men for the following reasons:
1) the numbers are from a General that gave the order, the other I don't know from where.
2) the total amount of a regiment accordin to the source should be of 2400 men (3 battalions x 800 men); it is normal that after 2 months of campaign the units lost around 10% of the effective (illness, disertions, even if little, some men out for other duties etc.).
So I will reproduce the AOSTA Brigade as follows:
5th Regiment 2212 men on 3 battalions
a) first Battalion: 751 men (officers, colour, NCO, drummers)
Battalion General Staff: 1 Major; 1 Captain 3 Aides
1) Company Fucilieri 190 men (1 cap.; 1 Lieutenant; 2 Second Lieutenant; 6 NCO; 12 caporals; 1 colours; 2 drummers; 165 privates)
2) Company Fucilieri 186 men (1 cap; 1 Lieutenant; 3 Second Lieutenant; 5 NCO; 14 caporals; 2 drummers; 160 privates)
3) Company Fucilieri: 182 men (1 captain; 2 Lieutenant; 2 Second Lieutenant; 6 NCO 13 Caporals; 2 drummers; 156 privates)
4) Company Granatieri: 188 men (1 captain; 1 Lieutenant; 3 Second Lieutenant; 5 NCO 11 Caporals; 2 drummers; 165 privates)
b) second Battalion: 730 men (officers, colour, NCO, drummers)
1) Company Fucilieri
2) Company Fucilieri
3) Company Fucilieri
4) Company Granatieri
c) third Battalion: 721 men (officers, colour, NCO, drummers)
1) Company Cacciatori
2) Company Cacciatori
3) Company Cacciatori
4) Company Cacciatori
d) Regimental General Staff 10 men (officers and Aides)
6th Regiment 2171 men
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