It was whilst reading Marin Rapier's own One Hour Ligny, and how that Portable Wargame went, that I began to look back at my own version, played out some 18 months back. Although the outcomes were rather different, both games indicated that the Armee du Nord had no easy time of it edging the Prussian army behind the Ligny Stream.
The big difference is that Martin played his action out on a 9x9 hex board; mine was on a 15x12 array - in numbers hex-grid cells, twice as large. His game took an hour to play, apparently; mine a deal longer (though I was in no mad rush at the time).
Looking back, though, I discovered that for some reason I had omitted to append my Orders of Battle for this action on my 15x12 hex-board. The omission was probably deliberate, though I can't really think why, now. I thought what I would do is piece together the OOB for both sides and link back - for anyone interested in checking out the narrative. Here we go:
Armee du Nord:
Commander: Emperor Napoleon = 6SPIII Corps: General Vandamme = 3SP
7th Division (attached from II Corps) - 2 stands (@ 4 figures), 3SP + 5SP = 8SP
8th Division - 2 stands, 6SP + 5SP = 11SP
10th Division - 2 stands @ 6SP = 12SP
11th Division - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP
3rd Cavalry Division - 1 stand (@ 3 figures) = 3SP
III Corps Artillery - 1 stand = 2SP
Total Corps = 47SP
IV Corps: General Gerard = 3SP
12th Division - 2 stands, 4SP + 2SP = 6SP
13th Division - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP 14th Division - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP
7th Cavalry Division - 1 stand = 2SP
IV Corps Artillery - 1 stand = 2SP
Total Corps = 29SP
VI Corps: Count Lobau = 3SP
19th Division - 1 stand = 4SP
20th Division - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP
21st Division - 2 stands, 3SP + 2SP = 5SP
VI Corps Artillery - 1 stand = 2SP Total VI Corps = 22SP
I (Light) Cavalry Corps: General Pajol = 3SP
4th Cavalry Division (Hussars) = 3SP
5th Cavalry Division (Lancers) = 3SP
Total I Cav Corps = 9SP
II (Dragoon) Cavalry Corps: General Exelmans = 3SP
9th Cavalry Division = 4SP
10th Cavalry Division = 4SP
Total II Cav Corps = 11SP
IV (Heavy) Cavalry Corps: General Milhaud = 3SP
13th Cavalry Division = 3SP
14th Cavalry Division = 3SP
Total IV Cav Corps = 9SP
Imperial Guard: General Drouot (vice Marshal Mortier) = 3SP
Old Guard - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP (Elite)
Middle Guard - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP (Elite)
Young Guard - 2 stands @ 4SP = 8SP (Elite)
Guard Heavy Cavalry = 2SP (Elite)
Guard Artillery = 3SP (Elite)
Total Imperial Guard = 32SP
Total Armee du Nord:
Command = 27SP
Horse = 27SP
Foot = 102SP
Guns = 9SP
Grand total = 164SP
Prussian Army:
Commander: Generalfeldmarschall Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt = 6SPI Army Corps: Generalleutenant von Ziethen = 3SP
1 Brigade:
2 line regiment stands @ 3SP = 6SP (average)
1 landwehr regiment stand = 3SP (poor)
2 Brigade:
1 line regiment stand = 3SP
2 landwehr regiment stands @3SP = 6SP
3 Brigade:
2 line regiment stands @3SP = 6SP
1 landwehr regiment stands = 3SP
4 Brigade:
1 line regiment stand = 3SP
1 landwehr regiment stand = 3SP
I Corps Cavalry:
2 Cavalry Brigades @3SP = 6SP
I Corps Artillery = 2SP
Total I Army Corps = 44SP
II Army Corps:
Generalmajor von Pirch = 3SP
5 Brigade*:
2 line regiment stands @ 3SP = 6SP (average)
1 landwehr regiment stand = 3SP (poor)
6 Brigade:
2 line regiment stand @3SP = 6SP
1 landwehr regiment stands=3SP
7 Brigade:
2 line regiment stands @3SP = 6SP
1 landwehr regiment stands = 3SP
8 Brigade:
2 line regiment stand @3SP = 6SP
1 landwehr regiment stand = 3SP
II Corps Cavalry:
1 Cavalry Brigades = 3SP
2 Cavalry Brigades @ 2SP = 4SP
II Corps Artillery = 2SP
Total II Army Corps = 48SP
III Army Corps: Generalleutenant Graf Bulow = 3SP
9 Brigade*:
2 line regiment stands @ 3SP = 6SP (average)
1 landwehr regiment stand = 3SP (poor)
10 Brigade:
1 line regiment stand = 3SP
1 landwehr regiment = 3SP
11 Brigade:
2 landwehr regiment stands @3SP = 6SP
4 Brigade:
1 line regiment stand = 3SP
2 landwehr regiment stands @ 3SP = 6SP
III Corps Cavalry:
2 Cavalry Brigades @3SP = 6SP
III Corps Artillery = 2SP
Total I Army Corps = 41SP
Total Prussian Army:
Command = 15SP
Horse = 19SP
Foot = 99SP
Guns = 6SP
Grand total = 139SP
Notes:
1 French infantry stands were Brigades, Prussian infantry, regiments. The Strength Points represented infantry battalions. Note that the Prussian Brigades were the equivalent of French Divisions.
2. French cavalry stands represented Divisions, the Prussian cavalry, Brigades. The Strength Points were allocated per 4 squadrons.
3. In connection with the cavalry I ought probably to have included the cavalry squadrons attached to the Prussian infantry Brigades. This would have added 2SP of cavalry to each Army Corps, bringing the total to 25SP. I would probably have, by each corps, brigaded these together as 2SP units.
4 At 4 infantry figures and 3 cavalry to the stand, the French fielded 100 infantry, 27 cavalry, 9 gunners plus command figures at Army, Corps and Divisional level
5. At the same ratios, the Prussians fielded 132 infantry, 21 cavalry, 6 gunners plus command figures at Army, Corps and Brigade levels. Probably at least 1 more gunner ought to have been added to each of the Prussian artillery stands (3SP each instead of 2)
Links to the Ligny battle featuring these army lists:
1. Portable Ligny - Heads Up
2. Portable Ligny - Opening Moves