The Austro-Italian War Continues

I had some free time so I decided to follow up from the Battle of Custarda.

The Battle of the Carbonara River

After defeating the Italians at Custarda, the Austrians pursue. The Italians take up a defensive position behind a small fordable river called the Carbonara.

The Austrians (white, bottom) initiate the attack by sending their elite jaegers in a probe across the river. The Italian line infantry sends them reeling back. Then an artillery duel begins; the Austrians get the best of it,

The Italians send some Bersaglieri against the Austrian artillery. The Bersaglieri succeed, but at such high cost that they are also rendered ineffective.

Note: The Bersaglieri are not elite in this game. Still hurting from the last battle, I guess.

The Italians try to plug the gap with some unreliable cavalry. The cavalry bolts instead. Then the Italian infantry on the left attacks the Austrians Grenzers. The attack devastates both sides.

Decimated, the Italian army retreats.

Aftermath

With two shocking defeats, the Italians sue for peace. Venezia remains in Austrian hands.

GAME NOTES

• I think I will close out this campaign with a 2-0 Austrian victory.
• The river provided a defensive bonus to the Italians. It did not apply against artillery, however.
• Forgot to deploy my generals, which means I forgot rallies once again. D'oh!
• I've been getting confused shuffling back and forth between different versions of Dominion of, so I created a generic horse & musket version. I used this version for my battle.
• I also created a random army generator - loosely based off the one in Dominion of Frederick the Great, but tweaked a little so armies without elites are possible. I used my generator to come up with these armies.