Crossing the Dvina, Riga 1702

Riga is an assault river crossing by the Swedes and so they have minimal cavalry support at first. The Saxons and Russians are spread out along the river line and so only some will be available. In the real battle the Swedes arrived in a series of 'waves'. The first 'wave' brushed aside the small Saxon force near the landing point and then the Saxons/Russians mounted a series of assaults to dilodge them. With extra forces arriving on both sides as time went on. The Swedes were covering a ponton bridge that was being set up by them for the rest of the army to use. The Saxon/Russians didn't manage to defeat the covering force and once the bridge had been built they withdrew. This scenario covers only the crossing and securing of the bridgehead at Riga so the majority of the forces present are not represented.

The map is 28 BW deep and 23 BW wide (170 cm x 140 cm for a 60mm base). Swedes start deployed on either side of the pontoon bridge and the Saxons and Russians as shown. The Swedish second wave arrives at a location of the Swedes choice along the river on turn 2.

There are four sections to the bridge. Starting on turn 3 a section may be added to the bridge if the Swedes roll 4 or
higher on a d6. When the bridge is complete the Swedes can start sending the cavalry across.

The game ends on turn 10. The winner is the one who controls the crossing point.

Historically the Swedes set fire to the local brush to cover the crossing of the second wave, Should the Swedes do this in the game the second wave will be placed at the beginning of turn 2 without any indication of thier location to the allies. Should the fires not be set the allies will be informed of the intended deployment zone in turn 1. However setting the fires will prevent the Swedish gunboats from firing on the allies.

At the end of each Swedish turn roll a d6 for each 3BW section of river. Should a 6 be rolled the smoke will dissapate in that section

Order of Battle

Swedes

First wave

1st Brigade Life Guards

• 4 stands Elite, Determined, Ga Pa Infantry

2nd Brigade

• Dal Regiment 2 stands Trained, Determined, Ga Pa
• Upplands Regiment 2 stands Veteran, Determined, Ga Pa

Light Gun

Second wave

3rd Brigade

• Vasterbottens Regiment 1 stand Veteran, Determined, Ga Pa
• Halsinge Regiment 1 stand Trained, Determined, Ga Pa

4th Brigade

• Vastmanlands Regiment 2 stands Trained, Determined, Ga Pa

5th Brigade

• Cavalry 2 stands Elite, Determined, Galloping Horse

Light Gun

Fire Support

• Riga: 2 Field Guns
• Frigate 2 Field Guns (can?t move - east edge of map)
• Gun Boats: 1 field gun and 2 light guns on boats ? move 1 BD per turn

Reserve

4 brigades of 4 stands of Trained, Determined Galloping Horse

Saxons

1st Brigade

• Saxon Guard Regiment 2 stands Elite, A Prest
• Polish Guard Regiment 2 stands Veteran, A Prest

2nd Brigade

• Kurprinz Regiment 2 stands Trained, A Prest
• Konigin Regiment 1 stand Trained, A Prest

3rd Brigade

• Sacken Regiment 2 stands Trained, A Prest
• Konigin Regiment 1 stand Trained, A Prest
• Light Artillery 1 Trained
• Field Artillery 2 Trained

4th Brigade

• Leib Cavalry 3 stands Elite, Horse

5th Brigade

• Kurprinz Cavalry 3 stands Trained, Horse

6th Brigade

• Steinau Cavalry 3 stands Trained, Horse

7th Brigade

• Konigin Cavalry 3 stands Trained, Horse

8th Brigade

• Steinau Regiment 2 stands Trained, A Prest
• Thielau Regiment 1 stand Trained, A Prest

9th Brigade

• Edigy Regiment 2 stands Trained, A Prest (redoubts)
• Light Artillery 1 Trained (redoubts)
• Field Artillery 1 Trained (redoubts)

10th brigade

• Milkau Dragoons 3 stands Trained, Dragoons

11th Brigade

• T. Junger 2 stands Raw, Russian School
• W. Von Schweden 2 stands Raw, Russian School

12th Brigade

• G. Goulitz 2 stands Raw, Russian School
• I. Bouch 2 stands Raw, Russian School