Campaign Map at start of battle
Bonaparte is attempting to retreat his army through
Verona towards Perschia.
From Bonifacio it appears to Wurmster that the French are
concentrating at Verona
1st Austrian division is marching south
towards Verona and spots the French retreat
At 1200 Quosdanovich orders his corps to attack
1st Austrian division has 3000 infantry, 400
cavalry and 400 gunners
2nd Austrian division has 3200 infantry, 400
cavalry and 400 gunners
3rd Austrian division has 3200 infantry, 400
cavalry and 400 gunners
4th Austrian division has 3200 infantry, 400
cavalry and 400 gunners
3rd French division has 2800 infantry, 400
cavalry and 300 gunners
4th French division has 3000 infantry, 200
cavalry and 300 gunners
5th French division has 3200 infantry, 400
cavalry and 400 gunners
Table at start of battle
Verona is the town centre bottom
The river Aidge is on the right
Bonaparte is retreating through the town and on the road
to the left with three divisions
1st and 2nd Austrian divisions are
arriving top left
3rd and 4th Austrian divisions are
arriving along the road on the right
The river can only be
crossed using the bridges (top right and bottom right)
Move 1 – 1200 to 1300
Top left – 1st Austrian division is
approaching to left of hill
Top right – 2nd Austrian division is
approaching between hill and river
Bottom left – 3rd French division is deploying
on the hill
Bottom centre – 4th French division is
deployed to hold Verona and bridge
Bottom centre - 5th French division is moving through
Verona
Bottom right – 4th Austrian division is
marching north to cross by the undefended bridge
Move 2 – 1300 to 1400
Top left – 1st Austrian division has advanced
to edge of weeds
Top right – 2nd Austrian division has reached
bend in the river
Bottom left – 3rd French division is advancing
across the hill
Bottom centre – 4th French division is waiting
to see if Austrians will attack the bridge
Bottom centre - 5th French division is moving out of
Verona
Bottom right – 4th Austrian division is
marching north, 3rd has started to deploy near bridge
Move 3 – 1400 to 1500
Top left – 1st Austrian division starts to
deploy behind woods
Top centre – 2nd Austrian division is
approaching bend in river
Top right - 4th Austrian division has reached
wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division has deployed
on hill and moving towards woods
Bottom centre - 5th French division is deploying between
the hill and town
Bottom centre – 4th French division has
deployed between Verona and bridge
Bottom right – 3rd Austrian division artillery
opens fire on French gunners
Move 4 – 1500 to 1600
Top left – 1st Austrian division cavalry
receive artillery casualties and retreat shaken
Top centre – 2nd Austrian division is
approaching town
Top right – 4th Austrian division has reached
wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division artillery
fire on, and hit, Austrian cavalry
Bottom centre - 5th French division artillery open fire
on Austrians near woods
Bottom right – 4th French division artillery
fire on Austrian gunners
Bottom right – 3rd Austrian division artillery
fire on Verona
Move 5 – 1600 to 1700
Top left – 1st Austrian division cavalry rally
behind infantry
Top centre – 2nd Austrian division start to
deploy in centre
Top right – 4th Austrian division start to
cross wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division hold hill
Bottom centre - 5th French division hold between hill and
Verona
Bottom right – 4th French division artillery
fire on Austrian gunners
Bottom right – 3rd Austrian division artillery
fire on French gunners
Move 6 – 1700 to 1800
Top left – 1st Austrian division halt beside
woods to await support
Top centre – 2nd Austrian cavalry charge and
rout French hussars
Top right – 4th Austrian division continue to
cross wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division hold hill
Bottom centre - 5th French division hold between hill and
Verona
Bottom right – 4th French division cavalry
rout and square shaken
Bottom right – 3rd
division artillery continue to fire on Verona
Move 7 – 1800 to 1900
Top left – 1st Austrian division halt beside
woods to await support
Top centre – 2nd Austrian division deploy in
centre
Top right – 4th Austrian division continue to
cross wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division hold hill
Bottom centre - 5th French division hold between hill and
Verona
Bottom right – 4th French division rally and
hold between Verona and bridge
Bottom right – 3rd division artillery continue
to fire on Verona
Move 8 – 1900 to 2000
Top left – 1st Austrian division ready to
advance
Top centre – 2nd Austrian division ready to
advance
Top right – 4th Austrian division continue to
cross wooden bridge
Bottom left – 3rd French division hold hill
Bottom centre - 5th French division hold between hill and
Verona
Bottom right – 4th French division rally and
hold between Verona and bridge
Bottom right – 3rd division artillery continue
to fire on Verona
Summary
French casualties were 80 cavalry
Austrian casualties were 40 cavalry
Bonaparte has just managed to hold Verona until nightfall
Wurmster was unable to attack across the defended Verona
bridge
It took him too long to concentrate north of Verona to
attack the city
We used our own wargame rules to fight the battle
They can be found here
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