On the 24th May 1864 Grant gifted Lee the kind of opportunity that rarely happens in a campaign: to wreck the other’s army.
After the bloodletting of May 5-12th, that cost Lee 22000 casualties and Grant 34000,'weakening both armies by 33% and 25% respectively, Grant again disengaged and moved South towards Richmond. Lee had followed and had been reinforced with 7 small Brigades from his capital.
Grant had inadvertentally straddled his large army across the North Anna river.
Lee saw the way to take advantage of his smaller numbers and punish the Federal II Corps, Grant’s best. He could throw 30000 men at the 24000 that were over the V in the river separating Grant’s two halves of his army. Hancock’s 24000 could not be reinforced, because of the V of the river, so he readied his assault.
On the afternoon of the 24th Lee fell violently sick with diarrhoea. He lay helplessly for hours while the opportunity to assault, before the Union commanders realised the sure situation were in.
The reason Lee’s defensive strike could not be undertaken was simple: the attrition of the last 19 days had robbed him of a subordinate able to manage it.
Time and opportunity passed. Grant and Hancock’s isolated Corps were extremely lucky.
We all know the loss of a quarter of Grant’s force would never have changed his resolve to “fight it all out, even if it takes all Summer”, but another battering would have diminished his potential to do so sooner.
When was the last A&A released
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i “inherited” my A&A from my older brother. he got it in 93. its looks old but how old is it. when was the last original A&A released and what price was it. i’ve searched endlessly in ireland for a copy of it or A&AE, A&AP but to no prevail.
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last sumer AAP was released. July I believe.
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its damn hard to get those games in europe, im pretty sure you can get it at some shop in Dublin or some other big city in Ireland. I suggest searching on the internet, using google for example, to find a shop who sells it then order it from that shop or visit it.
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You may also check different internet sites that sell the game…some company’s will ship anywhere for a “fee”.
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Unfortunately for Europeans, it is easier to find the games in the US. I got extremely lucky last year and found the CDROM in a toy store! I haven’t seen the board game for sale for a few years. Haven’t seen A&AE or A&AP at all. I’ll admit I haven’t been looking real hard though…
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I’ve seen AAp and AAE in game stores here, I haven’t looked for the original in a while. I have a copy and my Game partner has two. We also each have a copy of World at War. We never run out of pieces.:wink:
I don’t know how international shipping works, but I would be willing to do what I can to help. Especialy a fellow from the “home land” :smile:
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it’s all over the place in canada.
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Yep, it’s easy to get in Canada. Picked up A&A, A&AE, and A&AP all at Toys R Us in Whitby, Ontario about 2 weeks ago. $49.99 Canadian each.
Also seems to be carried in comic/hobby stores around here. Silver Snail comic store in Toronto has it.
Mechanik
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i also got pacific at toys r us for 39.99 canadian.
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