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Guards Action
August 1914, 2nd Ed #24
(Defender) Russian Empire vs German Empire (Attacker)
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940
Parent Game August 1914, 2nd Ed
Historicity Historical
Date 0000-01-01
Start Time 07:00
Turn Count 40
Visibility Day
Counters 100
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 1
Maps 3: 45, 47, 48
Layout Dimensions 84 x 43 cm
33 x 17 in
Play Bounty 249
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Urban Assault
Scenario Requirements & Playability
August 1914, 2nd Ed Base Game
Introduction

Stationed in Warsaw during peacetime and thus spared most of the court ceremonial assigned to the Guard Corps, yet drawing on the pick of the officer corps and draft pool, the Russian 3rd Guards Division considered itself the best fighting division in the Imperial Army. Sent forward to shore up Second Army's crumbling left flank, the Keksgolmski Guards Regiment faced an entire German division by itself. The Guardsmen dug rifle pits and fox holes behind a thick cavalry screen, and awaited the Germans with professional indifference.

Conclusion

For once, the Russian cavalry did its job, making it difficult for the Germans to approach the main line of resistance in an orderly fashion. When they did, they met a wall of rifle and machine-gun fire that inflicted massive casualties at little loss to the Guardsmen. The Russian officers, using all the lessons won in 1904 and 1905 at such great cost, had laid out interlocking fields of lire and instilled strict fire discipline in their men.


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German Empire Order of Battle
Heer
  • Towed
Russian Empire Order of Battle
Imperial Army
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