Battle of Lodi (1796): Napoleon’s first major test against the Austrians. Players must force a crossing of the Adda River over a heavily defended bridge to defeat the Austrian rear guard.
Battle of Arcole (1796): A multi-day struggle where Napoleon famously led a charge across a bridge in person. You must outflank the Austrians in the marshes to prevent them from relieving the siege of Mantua
Battle of the Pyramids (1798): Set in Egypt, the French must use defensive square formations to repel massive waves of Mameluke and Ottoman cavalry in the desert heat.
Battle of the Nile (1798): A naval battle where the French fleet is anchored in Aboukir Bay. You must attempt to fend off Admiral Nelson’s British fleet to prevent your army from being stranded in Egypt.
Battle of Trafalgar (1805): The game's most famous naval engagement. Players command the combined French and Spanish fleets against the Royal Navy to try and break Britain's maritime supremacy
Battle of Austerlitz (1805): Often called Napoleon's masterpiece. You must hold the Pratzen Heights against a numerically superior combined force of Austrians and Russians.
Battle of Friedland (1807): Available via the Coalition Battle Pack, this scenario depicts the decisive defeat of the Russian army that led to the Treaty of Tilsit
Battle of Borodino (1812): The bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars. You must capture a series of heavy Russian fortifications (the "Great Redoubt" and "Fleches") to open the road to Moscow. |
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Battle of Dresden (1813): One of Napoleon's last major victories, where he successfully defends the city against a massive Coalition force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians.
Battle of Ligny (1815): The final victory of Napoleon's career. You must defeat the Prussian army under Blücher just days before Waterloo.
Battle of Waterloo (France, 1815): The ultimate challenge where you play as Napoleon. You must break Wellington’s British lines before the Prussian reinforcements arrive to crush your flank.
Battle of Waterloo (Great Britain, 1815): This scenario flips the perspective, putting you in command of the British and Allied forces to hold the ridge of Mont-Saint-Jean against the French "Grande Armée".
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