FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

MAY 1807 FRENCH TURN
2:00 a.m. Paris. A Berline pulls up to the Tulieres. A troop of Polish lancers paces impatiently nearby. Two men, one meticulously clad in the untiform of a marshal of the empire, the other in the uniform of a colonel of grenadiers de la garde à pied, climb in. In a flash, the carriage is gone, followed by the lancers and a host of other riders.

Paris wakes to find that the Emperor has departed for the long awaited spring campaign in Germany. As if on cue, the Grande Armee under Massena shakes off the comforts of camp life and lurches across the Oder. Bernadotte occupies Stettin.

MAY 1807 ALLIED TURN
Sir John Moore leads 30,000 British regulars to victory against La Romana's mixed force of 15,000 regulars and milita outside Ciudad Rodrigo. Uxbridge clears the mountain passes and manages to cover Moore's southern flank.

The Russians and Prussians respond to the Grand Armee's movment by massing 90,000 men on the eastern bank of the Vistula ander Barclay de Tolley with an additional 150,000 men in close proximity.

Battle of Lambrasas

Sir John Moore at the head of 30,000 men strikes across the border at La Romana's 15,000 men. The majority of the Spainish force is hastily raised militia who prove no match against British regulars. Uxbridge covers Moore's southern flank in case Blake descends from the montains with his 45,000 men. Although Blake can hear the battle, he cannot react before La Romana's militia breaks and is routed by the fierce British cavalry pursuit. English casualties: 5,000. Spanish casualties: 10,000.