Break...

THE WAR IN ARKANSAS II is on a brief break, as I prepare returns and reports for the commanders. They will receive updated orders of battle and returns, giving their strength and unit quality as of the morning of May 16th. They will also get ordnance reports, letting them know how much ammunition they have at hand, and a provost report that lets them know the number of prisoners captured during the campaign and the prisoners' units.

It will be assumed that some intelligence activities have been taking place. Before the sim starts up again, commanders will have the option of selecting TWO of the following intelligence reports:

1. Strength Report: This intelligence report is brief and assumes that intelligence agents (or someone smart) has been going through newspapers, interviewing prisoners and interviewing citizens where the enemy has camped, etc. The report will give the strength of the enemy army by division.  The strength reported per division will be accurate to +/- 1,000.

2. Location Report: This report assumes a scout has been roaming the sector and interviewing citizens and determined where the enemy army has camped following the withdrawal from Tulip. It will give all of the localities that were occupied by enemy troops on the night of the 15th.

3. Hospital Report: This report assumes that a scout has gotten detailed information from the enemy's corps hospital. It will give a number that shows the total number of enemy absent in hospital.

4. Recruitment Report: This report will give the commander notification of all towns in which the enemy has started recruiting new regiments.

5. Division Report: This report assumes that a scout has gotten close enough to a division to get detailed information on that division. The commander will get an OOB with accurate strengths and quality assessments of regiments for the division. (The commander must say on which division(s) he wants to gather information.) 1 Division counts as 1 intelligence report, 2 Divisions counts as 2 intelligence reports.

6. Ordnance Report: The scout has been sent to infiltrate officers and teamsters in the supply lines and will give an accurate report of the status of the enemy's ammunition.

The next intelligence will be available as at 31st May.