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The Principles of War rules are designed to cover warfare from the beginning of the French Revolution to the fall of Napoleon in 1815. The period started with warfare being the sport of kings with small
professional armies using the linear tactics epitomized in the wars of Frederick
the Great of Prussia. With the French Revolution this changed to a
war of conscript armies involving the whole population. These The rules have a simple mechanism emphasising officers' command and control. This is to represent the problems of commanding troops in battle which confronted generals, rather than how many casualties each unit was taking at each stage of the battle. These rules have been designed for large scale conflicts with each unit representing a regiment or brigade. - taken from the Introduction to Napoleonic Principles of War by Tom Penn. For a detailed overview please see the overview item on the left menu bar or click here.
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large armies
required new methods of manoeuvre and deployment which were found in the writings
of French 18th Century military writers. This new system used columns to
manoeuvre and allowed armies to deploy much later than previously, thereby giving
them more flexibility.