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March squad: the Life Guards and a chevau-léger

IV. March

Meissen March

Superb guns, an empty treasury

One of the finest artillery arms of the age: its guns, quick-firers included, take 20% less time to reload and hit 15% harder. The chevau-légers ride cheaper Polish horses, and the Life Guards hold their fire to the last moment and hit charging cavalry hard. The Electorate’s treasury, on the other hand, is empty.

Treasury
15% less gold from Headquarters, mints and settlements
Music
An Aufzug for the Dresden court trumpeters, Hasse’s overture to “Arminio”, a chorus from a Bach cantata, a polonaise by Hasse and a concerto by Telemann
Voices
German, with the wagon driver in Saxon dialect; the uhlans speak Polish

The March’s troops

10 unit types

  • Meissen Infantry in white coats with a black-and-yellow flag

    Infantry

    Meissen Infantry

    Line infantry in white with yellow facings: its frontal volley stops cavalry.

    Barracks · 2 command points100 saltpetre

  • Infantry with swine feathers in white coats, carrying a flag

    Anti-cavalry

    Infantry with Swine Feathers

    After standing still for 2.5 seconds it plants swine feathers in front of its line: +300% against cavalry.

    Barracks · 2 command points90 gold

  • Meissen Cuirassiers in straw-coloured kollets and black cuirasses, on horseback

    Cavalry

    Meissen Cuirassiers

    Heavy cavalry in straw-coloured kollets and cuirasses, for flanks and unprotected guns.

    Stables · 2 command points150 gold

  • A gun on a red carriage and a gunner in a white coat

    Artillery

    Meissen Artillery

    One of the finest artillery arms of the age: its reload takes 20% less time and it hits 15% harder.

    Foundry · 3 command points160 saltpetre, 80 gold

  • A horse-drawn powder wagon

    Supply

    Powder Wagon

    Hauls Red Saltpetre to your Headquarters on its own. Saltpetre pays for infantry and guns.

    Headquarters · 1 command point150 gold

  • Meissen Grenadiers in white coats with yellow facings, carrying a flag

    Infantry

    Meissen Grenadiers

    Tougher line infantry whose grenades hit buildings harder.

    Barracks · 3 command points125 saltpetre, 120 gold

  • Uhlans in white jackets with yellow facings, on horseback, with a lance and a flag

    Cavalry

    Uhlans

    Fast lance cavalry for raids: it smashes guns and baggage trains.

    Stables · 2 command points120 gold

  • Chevau-légers in white on horseback, with a black-and-yellow flag

    Cavalry

    Chevau-légers

    Mounted on cheaper Polish horses. Into an exposed flank they hit ×3.2 instead of ×2.5.

    Stables · 2 command points145 gold

  • A quick-firing gun and a gunner in a white coat

    Artillery

    Quick-⁠firing Guns

    Flat-trajectory canister at close range. In the March’s hands they take 20% less time to reload and hit 15% harder.

    Foundry · 3 command points120 saltpetre, 140 gold

  • Life Guards in red coats with yellow facings, carrying a flag

    Infantry

    Holds formation

    Life Guards

    Holds its fire to the last moment and hits charging cavalry hard.

    Barracks · 3 command points135 saltpetre, 120 gold

  • Superweapon

    charges in 3 min 30 s

    Loyal Deserters

    Pick enemy infantry: up to two regular infantry units in the circle come over to your side with whatever strength they have left. Guards, cavalry and guns stay loyal. The deserters take up no command points, and a miss does not use up the charge.

    After Pirna (1756), of the roughly 18,500 Saxons forced into the Prussian army only about 5,000 were left a month later. The rest went back to their own side.