Ehrwig, the Second!

Marshal Ignacio Grace-a-Dieu Cavandish, Generalissimo of Fenwick-Gelderland, yawns loudly.
'Are you fatigued, sir?' asks his aide, Captain Fabius Nitzwitz.

'Oh no' says Cavandish. 'I feel uncharacteristically animated. I might even stay up for the first part of the battle.

'That would be nice, sir', says the captain.

Cavandish has a reputation for taking a very relaxed approach to such activities as issuing orders or getting out of bed. In the past, he has often tended to delegate what he terms 'peripheral tactical minutiae', or what others might pickily term 'exercising command', to his horse, Keith. To be fair, Keith also seems to take a very hands (or hooves) off approach, confining himself to the odd neigh and the copious production from his rear end of quantities of flop that, if they smell worse than your average Mittelheim military orders, aren't necessarily less intelligible.

'Indeed', says Cavandish enthusiastically. 'I feel energised by my exposure to professional military education. I have come to see that an enlightened mind, shaped by the teachings of history's great strategists, enables commanders to make sound decisions amidst the chaos of the battlefield'.

'That is most heartening', says Nitzwitz.

'Yes', says the marshal. 'And the best thing about professional military education is that one can get someone else to do all of the written work and then submit it as one's own'.

Nitzwitz considers this. 'Isn't that cheating, sir?' he says.

'Only if one is poor, apparently', replies Cavandish.

Cavandish issues orders for the deployment of his troops. Keith neighs unhappily: the orders don't contain nearly as many nosebags of oats as he thinks appropriate for the circumstances. The Fenwickian troops hurry to their positions. (Below) The final deployment could hardly be described as balanced: but then, that might be said of most of the officers in the army.

The most obvious feature of Cavandish's deployment is the concentration of his infantry. Marshal Cavandish's sagacity is exemplified as he explains his decision to deploy the infantry in a close column formation. This calculated move demonstrates his keen understanding of the battlefield dynamics and his ability to concentrate forces against the weakest point in the enemy line. Also, it means he doesn't have to walk so far to give them orders.

Another reason, though, is that the imperial army is accompanied by the notable officers Giovanni di Tripodi and Sir Thomas Burgess. Tripodi is a rubbish cavalry commander, but by allocating him to the cavalry anyway, he meets the latter's demands for the deployment of an officer of the necessary social standing. This frees up Sir Thomas Burgess to command the entirety of the infantry. For reasons that no doubt relate to some of his teenage activities with local shrubbery, Burgess can lead troops under his command through woods without them suffering disorder. 

Cavandish deploys his musketeers in three lines and orders Burgess to attach himself. His intent is as obvious as a large obvious thing amongst a much smaller quantity of less obvious things - to push the entirety of his infantry forwards against a limited portion of the Rotenburg line. 

(Below) Cavandish has concentrated his artillery on the right flank. This deliberate placement allows for preliminary fire, softening the enemy's defenses before launching the full assault. The Marshal understands the crucial role that artillery plays in shaping the battlefield and weakening the resolve of the opposition. In proper European armies, that is. In Mittelheim, the artillery mainly provides a way of keeping educated officers out of the infantry and cavalry. 

To be fair, Fenwick's artillery is by some measure the best in Mittelheim. This is no small feat given that the imperial Artillery Academy has to teach a difficult technical subject to officers that, because of the Fenwickian sensitivity to double entendre, cannot be exposed to words such as 'ball', 'ramrod',  'pouch', 'barrel', 'man-handle', or 'wiggle'.

(Below) On the left, Cavandish deploys his remaining two regiments of cavalry, which will serve as the protective shield for his flanks. Their exceptional mobility and shock power allow for swift strikes, disrupting the enemy's formations and creating opportunities for the infantry to exploit. Or it would, if this weren't Mittelheim: but it is; so the main role of this force is actually likely to be trying not to fall off their horses, or, indeed, not letting their horses fall on them.

With his troops deployed, and having the initiative, Cavandish issues orders to begin the battle ...