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Its actually for an ASB plot but I thought I would ask it here were the experts live.

Assuming that there are about 30,000 French at Agincourt....

And they are opposed by the British 3rd division from the Waterloo campaign

Being


3rd Division Lieutenant-General Count Sir Charles Alten KCB(Count Carl von Alten) 478 off 6,995 men

5th Brigade Major-General Sir Colin Halkett KCB 173 off 2,059 men

2nd Battalion, 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton 51 off 579 men
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot Lieutenant-Colonel William George Keith Elphinstone 41 off 514 men
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (Lost colours) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice 38 off 495 men
2nd Battalion, 73rd Regiment of Foot Lieutenant-Colonel William George Harris 39 off 471 men

2nd Brigade, King's German Legion Brevet Colonel Baron Christian Freiherr von Ompteda 160 off 1,522 men
1st (Rifles) Light Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Louis von dem Bussche 44 off 410 men
2nd (Rifles) Light Battalion Major Georg Freiherr von Baring 38 off 352 men
5th Line Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Wilhelm von Linsingen 36 off 390 men
8th Line Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Johann van Schroeder 40 off 370 men


1st Hanoverian Brigade Major-General Friedrich von Kielmansegg 127 off 3,189 men
Field Battalion Bremen Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Langrehre 21 off 512 men
Field Battalion 1st Duke of York's (Osnabrück) Major Carl Friedrich von Bulow 25 off 607 men
Light Battalion Grubenhagen Lieutenant Colonel Baron Friedrich von Wurmb 22 off 621 men
Light Battalion Lüneburg Lieutenant Colonel August von Klencke 22 off 595 men
Field Battalion Verden Major Julius von Schkopp 26 off 533 men
Field Jaeger Battalion (two companies) Captain de Reden 10 off 321 men

Artillery Lieutenant Colonel John Suther Williamson 13 off 225 men
Lloyd's Battery RA Major William Lloyd 5 off 93 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer
Cleeves' Battery KGLFA King's German Legion Captain Andreas Cleeves 6 off 132 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer

Assuming these men replace the English army just before dawn on the day of the Battle.

Would a charge by armoured knights be able to contact with infantry in a square and thus have a chance of breaking it unlike their descendent's at Waterloo?? Musket's being shorter ranged and a lot slower to fire than Longbows but more devastating against and armoured target within its effective range. Otherwise the Infantry are just unarmoured close order foot with short spears

The use of Gunpowder was known at the time of the battle - but would the massed use of Muskets and Rifles have a morale effect on the French? Or the effective use of Artillery with both long range shot and short range canister rounds?

Would some 30,000 heavily armoured Cavalry have a Morale effect on the British and their allies?

If the whole Division is overkill what if you halved it by removing the 1st Hanoverian Brigade??




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