Editing Stratego (section)

===French ''L'Attaque''===

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|+ ''Jeu de bataille ave pièces mobiles sur damier'' pieces<ref name=FR396795A/>
! Rank !! Piece !! Qty
|-
! B
| mine || 4
|-
! 1
| général chef d'armée || 1
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! 2
| général chef de brigade || 1
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! 3
| colonel || 2
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! 4
| commandant || 2
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! 5
| capitain || 4
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! 6
| lieutenant || 4
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! 7
| sergent || 4
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! 8
| sapeur || 4
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! 9
| éclaireur || 8
|-
! S
| espion || 1
|-
! F
| le drapeau || 1
|}
In nearly its present form ''Stratego'' appeared in France from [[La Samaritaine]] in 1910, and then in Britain before [[World War I]], as a game called ''[[L'Attaque]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewin|first1=Christopher George|title=War Games and Their History|date=2012|publisher=Fonthill Media|location=UK|isbn=978-1-78155-042-7|page=159}}</ref><ref name="Board Game Geek: L'Attaque">{{cite web|title=L'Attaque|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9246/lattaque|publisher=Board Game Geek|access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref>  Historian and game collector [[Thierry Depaulis]] writes:<ref name=Depaulis>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultraboardgames.com/stratego/history.php|title=The History of Stratego {{!}} UltraBoardGames|website=www.ultraboardgames.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>

<blockquote>It was in fact designed by a lady, Mademoiselle [[Hermance Edan]], who filed a patent for a ''"jeu de bataille avec pièces mobiles sur damier"'' (a battle game with mobile pieces on a gameboard) on 1908-11-26. The patent was released by the [[French Patent Office]] in 1909 (patent #396.795). Hermance Edan had given no name to her game but a French manufacturer named Au Jeu Retrouvé was selling the game as ''L'Attaque'' as early as 1910.</blockquote>

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|+"Jeu de bataille ave pièces mobiles sur damier" gameboard<ref name=FR396795A/>
! &nbsp;
! A !! B !! C !! D !! E !! F !! G !! H !! I
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! 10
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 9
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 8
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 7
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego B00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 6
| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
| rowspan=2 style="background:#aad;" | &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| rowspan=2 style="background:#aad;" | &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| rowspan=2 style="background:#aad;" | &nbsp;
| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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! 5
| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
|-
! 4
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
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! 3
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 2
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
|-
! 1
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]] || [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
| [[File:Stratego R00.svg|frameless|upright=0.12]]
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The French patent has 36 pieces for each player and also has a slightly different board layout, but it introduced the same hierarchical rules of attack and movement followed by modern versions of the game.<ref name=FR396795A>{{Cite patent|country=FR|number=396795 |status=patent |inventor=Hermance Edan |pridate=26 November 1908 |fdate=5 February 1909 |pubdate=20 April 1909 |title=Jeu de bataille ave pièces mobiles sur damier}}</ref> Depaulis further notes the 1910 version had two armies, divided into red and blue colors. The rules of ''L'attaque'' were basically the same as for the game we know as ''Stratego''. It featured standing cardboard rectangular pieces, color printed with soldiers who wore contemporary (to 1900) uniforms, not [[Napoleonic]] uniforms.  In papers of her estate, Ms. Edan states that she developed the game in the 1880s.<ref name=Depaulis/>