Played solo in less than 90 minutes.

You can view the Schutzbund setup in post 2 of this thread.

I set up the Schutzbund in defensive terrain with the leaders on the front lines hoping this would be enough to cause some disruptions/demoralizations/casualties to the Austrian if they assault without first weakening the enemy with direct fire.

The Austrians take four turns to move into positions on both flanks. The don't bother wasting bullets with direct fire and immediately start the general assault. Ninety minutes later, on turn 11, it’s all over; all Schutzbund units are eliminated.

There is nothing else to say about this scenario; the Schutzbund will get massacred if they do not run away from the battlefield (and even that is not so easily accomplished because of SSR 4).

Austrian Victory!

Casualties: The Schutzbund lost 16 steps of infantry (3 from Bombardment, 8 in Assaults, 5 demoralized foot units trying to leave assault hexes). The Austrians lost 1 step of infantry (eliminated in an Assault).

I gave this scenario a generous “2” because I enjoyed seeing political troops in action.