Russian Guard
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Attention CoG Forum Observers! I have modded the following Generals into my standard (1805) campaign. If anyone is interested, let me know and I’ll post data on the other Nations. Spain is included in this thread. There are of course many others that could reasonably be included in the game; these are my choices. Note that for Spain I did not include General De La Cuesta, even though he did play a prominent role in the Peninsular War. Why? Because it is impossible to give a Commander negative values. He was, by all accounts, simply terrible (One might make the same claim regarding Constantine; but while he was militarily incompetent his personal bravery and initiative were never challenged. Lastly he commanded the Russian Guard at Austerlitz, and was a Grand Duke, near to the Throne of Russia). Note that I tend to play the standard 1805 campaign, and I set the VC to “highest glory” which means I play a full 10 years. Thus, Generals that do not arrive until say, 1809, are still very useful. In a few cases (as did CoG themselves – see: Blucher)) I opted to “promote” a General a bit before his actual historical promotion. I make my case in the rationale section for each. Also that the ability values stated are not as seen in the game, but rather as seen in the commander file (commndr.txt). Each General includes a brief biography (culled from several sources) and rationale for inclusion. I have added: Spain Francisco Javier Castaños (Castanos) Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd marqués de La Romana (La Romana) José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón (Zayas) Joaquín Blake y Joyes (Blake) Russia Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich (Constantine) Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (Miloradovich) Dmitry Sergeevich Dokhturov (Dohkturov) Alexander Ivanovich Osterman-Tolstoy (Tolstoy) Austria Johann Baron von Hiller (Hiller) Sweden General Count Carl Johan Adlercreutz (Adlercreutz) It is my opinion that England, France, Prussia and Turkey are adequately represented and no Commanders were added to these Nations edit: Added Dohkturov - with all respect to the CoG team, gave him slightly better skills than as depicted in the 1815 scenario, and he was a Corps level Commander beginning 1810
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