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HarlNESIII - The Decline of France
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Update 2 Winter 1826/27
Non-Military Events
In Spain, Joseph Bonaparte finally wakes up as from a dream. It is as if he for the first time in his life realizes that he is now the true king and not just some puppet of his brothers. Realizing with a start that he is actually a rather unpopular chap, he decides to make sure that Spain will remain his. It is as if the death of his brother has finally galvanised him into being an individual. To the shock of many people in court, the king actually starts taking Spanish lessons so that he can speak the language. Now, that along is rather shocking, but, perhaps even worse for some, many of the French customs in the court is replaced with traditional Spanish customs. Many of the French nobles are disgusted with this, but it meets with massive approval from the Spanish nobles.
To prove to the people that he is not an enemy and that the country will no longer be run according to what is best for France but what is best for the Spanish people, he starts issuing proclamations about the future of Spain, including plans for a massive rebuilding programme. He also starts talking about setting up a parliament and even letting the colonies, or what remain of them, elect representatives to be members. So far these proclamations have been met with cautious scepticism from the population, fearing they are being tricked some how. From the colonies, no word has arrived yet about their views on these issues.
To prove his good intentions a number of manufacturing plants are being built around the nation and he has even sent out officials to gauge the public opinion on whether the capital should return to Madrid or not. [1]
Just to prove he has a new iron will, a large force is also sent to Gran Granada to deal with the rebellion there (see below) and, in order to replace lost colonies, forces are sent to found an African Empire instead.
All in all, the people are slowly starting to hope for a better future. (+1 confidence).
Staying on the Spanish Peninsula, the Portuguese continue their efforts to secure Brazil and make the people there desire to remain a part of Portugal. Parts of their plan include the raising of colonial troops. These troops are as skilled as regular soldiers, but they dont need to be. They are colonial troops and all who enrol in the force are guaranteed that they will only be used as a defensive force, not as an offensive. Furthermore, as they are recruited directly from the colonies, they have a much more intimate knowledge of the terrain and conditions in the area than troops ferried over from Europe.
Industries continue to be built in Brazil with the focus switching to lumber. Several new small communities are starting to sprout and, if the crown continues this policy, a new centre of trade might soon appear.
Plans for public education is also announced to the people and a contest is held to see who can come up with the best designs for how to create the best, public school.
As the Prussian king recovers from his illness he is furious to find that he didnt get his slice of the cake called Poland. Investigations are carried out to discover why nothing happened, but no answers are found.
Instead, the Prussians raise a huge army citing reasons of security as the reason why it is needed. A charm offensive is also launched to the various German states offering alliance and protection. Left unsaid is that if they dont agree, then the shiny new Prussian army might get some field practice. Weighing this Saxony and the Palatinate decides to ally with Prussia whilst Bavaria asks for a little more time to think about it. Hannover decides to stay neutral and Wurttemberg never answered.
On a more peaceful level, refugees from Poland are welcomed in with open arms. Some are resettled in parts of Prussia and given homes and safety in return for their loyalty and their contribution to Prussia. Not many come initially though as the Poles still havent given up on expelling the attacking armies.
Further south, in the Ottoman Empire, rushed orders are sent out from Istanbul ordering the army to train as well as recruit some more ehm recruits. On a more peaceful matter, construction is started on a huge new university in Alexandria. Figuring that since it was once the home of the famous Great Library, then it would be a good place to build a new Great University.
Additionally, the Ottomans withdraw most of their forces from their vassal states offering them the chance to prove that they are ready for a higher degree of independence. In the North African states this is met with approval and things go as planned without any real difficulty, however in Egypt, the withdrawal of forces is met with cheers, almost as if the Ottoman Army was a defeated foe that finally abandons occupied territory. Already rumours have it that the Egyptians have starting recruiting more troops in the deep south.
With the forces pulled back to the core lands, many units united and placed under new commanders. The commanders, who found themselves without any troops, were instead sent to other nations to learn what they could from them.
In Argentina things are a real mess. The country replaced its minister of finance twice as the president was displeased with their efforts. Ordering massive expansion of the armed forces as well as a major construction of new roads, he got so angry when informed that there was no money to do all of that. Not taking that for an answer, he replaced his minister, but, when the new minister told him the same, he was taken back again after the president had tried to take care of the finances himself for a few weeks.
Frustrated at these problems he decided to instead see what his fleet could do and ordered it out to protect the coast from pirates and Portuguese freebooters (see below)
Moving to England, or Great Britain to be correct, things are much more organised. Still more investment is poured into Glasgow, but without result so far. Things are starting to change in the region though so it might pay off soonish.
Expansion also continues with the focus on the Terra Australis area as well as a bunch of cold, forlorn islands in the South Atlantic. The main focus, however, is on the Maratha Empire (see below).
South of the channel, in France, Napoleon II makes a move that could be called reckless, inspired, risky or even outright foolish depending on your point of view. Not so much the foundation of a military academy in Toulouse, but more the action he takes in Northern Italy (see below).
The French action in Italy causes something of a panic as well as an outrage in Austria (see below), but to start with they are more busy in the north as the Polish problem takes priority. (also below). In fact, the only peaceful thing that occurs in Austria is the conclusion of a Royal Marriage between Austrian and Hungarian royals and nobles to tie the two provinces closer together.
Harleqin
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Military Events
In the south of the Balkans, the forgotten conflict between the Greek Rebels and the Ottoman Empire heats up as the Sultan seeks to crush the rebels. Heavily outnumbered the Greeks send appeals to the European nations, particularly Russia, to help them against the Muslim threat and aid them in regaining their independence.
Skilled partisans and familiar with the rugged terrain, they have proved more than just a thorn in the side of the Ottomans and, in a display close to overkill, the Sultan sends in several divisions to deal with them. Focusing on outnumbering the Greeks and using the numerical superiority to deal with the pockets of resistance, things go well initially. In fact, things go almost too well. Resistance is much lighter than expected and several rebel positions are overrun.
The Ottomans soon learn why though. The rebels had pulled most of their forces out of the mountains and more or less abandoned the defences in order to launch an attack on Athens. The Ottoman garrison there might have held against the irregular Greek forces, but as the population of the city rose up at the same time there was little the commander could do and after a couple of days he surrendered the city. Proclaiming the Greek Republic things were good for the rebels for several days. The large Ottoman force heading south from Macedonia had learned about the fall of the city and the fact that the rebels had massed most of their forces in the city giving them an extraordinary opportunity to crush them. Sending fleets to blockade the port and force marching south the Ottomans soon reached the city and laid a ring around it. Currently the rebels are trapped in the city and unless aid arrives soon their uprising will surely be at an end.
(Ottomans: -1 division)
Another nation having trouble with rebels is Spain. Not so much on the Iberian peninsula, but in the colony of Gran Granada. The revived King Joseph didnt intend for it to last though and sending extra troops and clear orders as to who would be in charge of what, the Spanish forces found themselves with a clear plan of action.
Several pockets were surrounded and the mercilessly crushed restoring Spanish control over the eastern part of the area. Also, knowing the importance of the waterways for shipping supplies, both for the rebels but also to keep their own forces supplied, a flotilla of small vessels took control of the river as troops advanced along both banks. This allows the Spanish to regain a lot of land with only minor losses. The revolt is still on, but the back may have been broken.
(Spain: -1 division)
Staying in South America we should take a look at Argentina. As stated previously thing are rather chaotic there. As the problems with pirates continuously increased, particularly in the north, president Rivadaria agreed with himself that something had to be done against the rabble of outlaws and Portuguese pirates seeking to stifle the future of Argentina. So, gathering his admiral he ordered the entire Argentine navy out to end this threat. Under normal circumstances, a rag-tag group of pirates would have no chance against a trained navy, but adding in the fact that most of the Argentine marines had never been at sea for more than a day or two, had basically no training in naval warfare and that the captains of the ships were hopeless, it is surprising any ships returned at all. A few skirmishes with pirate vessels were lost despite the numerical superiority of the Argentine navy as the ships got in each others way, two even managing to crash into each other. Long story short, no pirates were captured let alone sunk.
The real problem came when they tried to stop and inspect a Portuguese convoy leaving Montevideo. Not about to be told what to do by some Argentines who couldnt tell aft from stern, they ignored them. As the Argentines then opened fire, this really enraged the Portuguese who fired back and, in the end, sunk half the Argentine navy without incurring any losses of their own.
(Argentina: -6 ships)
Moving to India, the British were firmly determined to end this Maratha nonsense. The Indians tried their best to halt the tide of British. Numerically the two forces ended up about even and, undoubtedly, the Indians were the more motivated of the two forces as they fought for their homeland. However, even the most motivated soldier dies when shot in the head and, having had no time to train them, the unskilled troops displayed an uncanny tendency to stick their heads out.
To put a long story short, and also because I feel horrible, the British utilized a divide and conquer technique where they created several pockets of enemy troops and forced their surrender as they found themselves surrounded and, eventually, out of supplies. Some troops did resist tenaciously though, particularly in the mountains and the jungles, inflicting heavy losses on the British.
Eventually, the Peshwa realized that resistance was futile and surrendered to the British, hoping both to gain a decent peace and to save what is left of his forces.
(Britain: -1 division (Trained), - 4 divisions (Standard). Maratha: surrenders)
In Poland, the Poles mobilize as many troops as they can get their hands on. In most cases they are simply given a weapon and told to cause as much trouble as possible to the aggressors, but no training.
Against the Austrians this doesnt help much as the Austrians focus on the capture of Warsaw and securing the land theyve taken rather than occupying more territory. This has the effect that the troops are, mainly, sent against the Russians, though many are also given the task of defending the capital.
The numbers in Warsaw are great enough to actually keep the Austrians at bay. However, repelling attacks is one thing, preventing the encirclement of the city, a whole other. Content to starve out the defenders the Austrians have shut down the city completely, including covering the Vistula with cannons to prevent supplies from coming in. The few attacks that were launched at the city were all repelled, partly due to the tenacious defenders and partly due to the fact that the Austrian troops were suffering quite a bit in the harsh winter.
Even if the Austrians had it roughly, it is nothing compared to what the Russians came up against. Not only were the temperature a good deal lower in Eastern Poland causing trouble even for a Russian, but the forests in the area were not good terrain for fighting in. With only minimal supplies the morale of the Russian troops dropped and as the Poles hit them with a series of attacks, usually targeting what supplies were available, it didnt help their will to fight. Losses were quite high for the Russians, though to a large degree the casualties were more due to frost injuries than actual combat wounds. The incompetence of the Russian commanders compared with the French-trained Polish commanders also had quite an effect. In the end the Russians were forced to withdraw quite a bit, lick their wounds and wait for spring.
(Poland: -7 divisions (Untrained), -6 irregular divisions, - 1 division (standard), - Warsaw EC. Austria: -2 divisions (Green). Russia: -4 divisions (acceptable), -2 Cossack divisions (dead horses), -1 morale)
Spotlight (kind of)
For years the nation of Lombardy-Venetia had acted not only as a buffer between France and Austria, but also as a compromise between the two nations. Ruled by an Austrian, but with a council of Frenchmen, leading the realm was always a tricky thing.
With the death of Napoleon it was hoped by Franz-Karl that he would have a bit more independence and freedom in governing his land. As Napoleon II was but a boy, half-Austrian, and under the regency of the sister of Franz-Karl, the king didnt anticipate any kinds of trouble from his nephew. He was wrong.
In late October an envoy arrived in Milan bearing a message from France. Lombardy-Venetia was to cancel all diplomatic ties with Austria, pay tribute to France and turn over half their arms. Enraged at this insult the envoy was returned to France bearing the words: Boys should not meddle in things they cannot possibly comprehend!
Realizing that though he might be just a boy, he was a boy with an army, Franz-Karl despatched an express messenger to the Austrian force camped at Trieste. The situation had been anticipated and the Lombards were not taken completely by surprise. The strength of Napoleons answer did, however, surprise them. Roughly half of the French army crossed the border in November forcing the king to quickly abandon Milan and head for Venice. The capital fell quickly as the Lombard forces retreated toward Venice and the Austrian force which had entered the kingdom from the east.
French attempts at seizing the Alps met with little success due to heavy snow, but Milan was taken with little trouble. The lack of proper defences were surely a problem for the defenders as they kept pulling back to avoid having to face superior French forces. As winter continued, things got more and more tricky for the French who were trying mainly to live off the land. A lack of supplies meant the troops started to get into trouble and as such the generals had to make a decision. They could spend the winter in Milan or they could force their army forward in an attempt to force a confrontation. The latter might result in more casualties, whereas the former could mean the Lombards would dig in and receive more aid. The decision was made to press forward. The two forces eventually met at Brescia in early January. The weather was terrible making the artillery close to useless and the piles of snow caused troubles for the attackers. For the defenders the main problems were the fact that they were outnumbered and the fact that the French couldnt really see them also meant that they couldnt see the French until they were very close.
The battle lasted only for about 6 hours and was a bloodbath. Many Frenchmen died in the artilleryfire of the defenders just as droves of Lombards died in close combat when the French troops suddenly appeared mere yards from the positions. Both sides lost more men than they really could afford in this battle, but at the end of the day it was the French who held the field, though at a grievous cost. As the general in charge of the French troops stated after the battle, now he knew how Pyrrhus must have felt following his victories against the Romans.
At sea things were only a little better for the French. Eager to close down the enemy ports and put an end to the threat posed by the enemy fleet, the French navy engaged the combined Lombard-Austro navy in the Adriatic. Even in numbers it was a battle that could go both ways. The French captains were more skilled than their opponents, though the Lombard crews were much better than the French. The decisive point though was the poorer quality of the Austrians and the problems the allies had with communicating. The battle ended in a minor win for the French, but their goal of blockading Venice was not met. They might have more or less control over the Adriatic, but not enough to prevent some ships from slipping through.
(Lombardy: -4 divisions, -7 ships. Austria: -3 divisions, -12 ships. France: -8 divisions, -16 ships).
[1] Do remind me about these issues in the next orders so I wont forget.
From: Maratha
To: Great Britain
We surrender. What are your terms for peace?
From: Greece
To: All nations
Please send aid to help us against the oppression of the infidels.
In the south of the Balkans, the forgotten conflict between the Greek Rebels and the Ottoman Empire heats up as the Sultan seeks to crush the rebels. Heavily outnumbered the Greeks send appeals to the European nations, particularly Russia, to help them against the Muslim threat and aid them in regaining their independence.
Skilled partisans and familiar with the rugged terrain, they have proved more than just a thorn in the side of the Ottomans and, in a display close to overkill, the Sultan sends in several divisions to deal with them. Focusing on outnumbering the Greeks and using the numerical superiority to deal with the pockets of resistance, things go well initially. In fact, things go almost too well. Resistance is much lighter than expected and several rebel positions are overrun.
The Ottomans soon learn why though. The rebels had pulled most of their forces out of the mountains and more or less abandoned the defences in order to launch an attack on Athens. The Ottoman garrison there might have held against the irregular Greek forces, but as the population of the city rose up at the same time there was little the commander could do and after a couple of days he surrendered the city. Proclaiming the Greek Republic things were good for the rebels for several days. The large Ottoman force heading south from Macedonia had learned about the fall of the city and the fact that the rebels had massed most of their forces in the city giving them an extraordinary opportunity to crush them. Sending fleets to blockade the port and force marching south the Ottomans soon reached the city and laid a ring around it. Currently the rebels are trapped in the city and unless aid arrives soon their uprising will surely be at an end.
(Ottomans: -1 division)
Another nation having trouble with rebels is Spain. Not so much on the Iberian peninsula, but in the colony of Gran Granada. The revived King Joseph didnt intend for it to last though and sending extra troops and clear orders as to who would be in charge of what, the Spanish forces found themselves with a clear plan of action.
Several pockets were surrounded and the mercilessly crushed restoring Spanish control over the eastern part of the area. Also, knowing the importance of the waterways for shipping supplies, both for the rebels but also to keep their own forces supplied, a flotilla of small vessels took control of the river as troops advanced along both banks. This allows the Spanish to regain a lot of land with only minor losses. The revolt is still on, but the back may have been broken.
(Spain: -1 division)
Staying in South America we should take a look at Argentina. As stated previously thing are rather chaotic there. As the problems with pirates continuously increased, particularly in the north, president Rivadaria agreed with himself that something had to be done against the rabble of outlaws and Portuguese pirates seeking to stifle the future of Argentina. So, gathering his admiral he ordered the entire Argentine navy out to end this threat. Under normal circumstances, a rag-tag group of pirates would have no chance against a trained navy, but adding in the fact that most of the Argentine marines had never been at sea for more than a day or two, had basically no training in naval warfare and that the captains of the ships were hopeless, it is surprising any ships returned at all. A few skirmishes with pirate vessels were lost despite the numerical superiority of the Argentine navy as the ships got in each others way, two even managing to crash into each other. Long story short, no pirates were captured let alone sunk.
The real problem came when they tried to stop and inspect a Portuguese convoy leaving Montevideo. Not about to be told what to do by some Argentines who couldnt tell aft from stern, they ignored them. As the Argentines then opened fire, this really enraged the Portuguese who fired back and, in the end, sunk half the Argentine navy without incurring any losses of their own.
(Argentina: -6 ships)
Moving to India, the British were firmly determined to end this Maratha nonsense. The Indians tried their best to halt the tide of British. Numerically the two forces ended up about even and, undoubtedly, the Indians were the more motivated of the two forces as they fought for their homeland. However, even the most motivated soldier dies when shot in the head and, having had no time to train them, the unskilled troops displayed an uncanny tendency to stick their heads out.
To put a long story short, and also because I feel horrible, the British utilized a divide and conquer technique where they created several pockets of enemy troops and forced their surrender as they found themselves surrounded and, eventually, out of supplies. Some troops did resist tenaciously though, particularly in the mountains and the jungles, inflicting heavy losses on the British.
Eventually, the Peshwa realized that resistance was futile and surrendered to the British, hoping both to gain a decent peace and to save what is left of his forces.
(Britain: -1 division (Trained), - 4 divisions (Standard). Maratha: surrenders)
In Poland, the Poles mobilize as many troops as they can get their hands on. In most cases they are simply given a weapon and told to cause as much trouble as possible to the aggressors, but no training.
Against the Austrians this doesnt help much as the Austrians focus on the capture of Warsaw and securing the land theyve taken rather than occupying more territory. This has the effect that the troops are, mainly, sent against the Russians, though many are also given the task of defending the capital.
The numbers in Warsaw are great enough to actually keep the Austrians at bay. However, repelling attacks is one thing, preventing the encirclement of the city, a whole other. Content to starve out the defenders the Austrians have shut down the city completely, including covering the Vistula with cannons to prevent supplies from coming in. The few attacks that were launched at the city were all repelled, partly due to the tenacious defenders and partly due to the fact that the Austrian troops were suffering quite a bit in the harsh winter.
Even if the Austrians had it roughly, it is nothing compared to what the Russians came up against. Not only were the temperature a good deal lower in Eastern Poland causing trouble even for a Russian, but the forests in the area were not good terrain for fighting in. With only minimal supplies the morale of the Russian troops dropped and as the Poles hit them with a series of attacks, usually targeting what supplies were available, it didnt help their will to fight. Losses were quite high for the Russians, though to a large degree the casualties were more due to frost injuries than actual combat wounds. The incompetence of the Russian commanders compared with the French-trained Polish commanders also had quite an effect. In the end the Russians were forced to withdraw quite a bit, lick their wounds and wait for spring.
(Poland: -7 divisions (Untrained), -6 irregular divisions, - 1 division (standard), - Warsaw EC. Austria: -2 divisions (Green). Russia: -4 divisions (acceptable), -2 Cossack divisions (dead horses), -1 morale)
Spotlight (kind of)
For years the nation of Lombardy-Venetia had acted not only as a buffer between France and Austria, but also as a compromise between the two nations. Ruled by an Austrian, but with a council of Frenchmen, leading the realm was always a tricky thing.
With the death of Napoleon it was hoped by Franz-Karl that he would have a bit more independence and freedom in governing his land. As Napoleon II was but a boy, half-Austrian, and under the regency of the sister of Franz-Karl, the king didnt anticipate any kinds of trouble from his nephew. He was wrong.
In late October an envoy arrived in Milan bearing a message from France. Lombardy-Venetia was to cancel all diplomatic ties with Austria, pay tribute to France and turn over half their arms. Enraged at this insult the envoy was returned to France bearing the words: Boys should not meddle in things they cannot possibly comprehend!
Realizing that though he might be just a boy, he was a boy with an army, Franz-Karl despatched an express messenger to the Austrian force camped at Trieste. The situation had been anticipated and the Lombards were not taken completely by surprise. The strength of Napoleons answer did, however, surprise them. Roughly half of the French army crossed the border in November forcing the king to quickly abandon Milan and head for Venice. The capital fell quickly as the Lombard forces retreated toward Venice and the Austrian force which had entered the kingdom from the east.
French attempts at seizing the Alps met with little success due to heavy snow, but Milan was taken with little trouble. The lack of proper defences were surely a problem for the defenders as they kept pulling back to avoid having to face superior French forces. As winter continued, things got more and more tricky for the French who were trying mainly to live off the land. A lack of supplies meant the troops started to get into trouble and as such the generals had to make a decision. They could spend the winter in Milan or they could force their army forward in an attempt to force a confrontation. The latter might result in more casualties, whereas the former could mean the Lombards would dig in and receive more aid. The decision was made to press forward. The two forces eventually met at Brescia in early January. The weather was terrible making the artillery close to useless and the piles of snow caused troubles for the attackers. For the defenders the main problems were the fact that they were outnumbered and the fact that the French couldnt really see them also meant that they couldnt see the French until they were very close.
The battle lasted only for about 6 hours and was a bloodbath. Many Frenchmen died in the artilleryfire of the defenders just as droves of Lombards died in close combat when the French troops suddenly appeared mere yards from the positions. Both sides lost more men than they really could afford in this battle, but at the end of the day it was the French who held the field, though at a grievous cost. As the general in charge of the French troops stated after the battle, now he knew how Pyrrhus must have felt following his victories against the Romans.
At sea things were only a little better for the French. Eager to close down the enemy ports and put an end to the threat posed by the enemy fleet, the French navy engaged the combined Lombard-Austro navy in the Adriatic. Even in numbers it was a battle that could go both ways. The French captains were more skilled than their opponents, though the Lombard crews were much better than the French. The decisive point though was the poorer quality of the Austrians and the problems the allies had with communicating. The battle ended in a minor win for the French, but their goal of blockading Venice was not met. They might have more or less control over the Adriatic, but not enough to prevent some ships from slipping through.
(Lombardy: -4 divisions, -7 ships. Austria: -3 divisions, -12 ships. France: -8 divisions, -16 ships).
[1] Do remind me about these issues in the next orders so I wont forget.
From: Maratha
To: Great Britain
We surrender. What are your terms for peace?
From: Greece
To: All nations
Please send aid to help us against the oppression of the infidels.
Harleqin
Hippo Power
And a map as well. Updated stats will be up soon so you can see what nations are free.
If you can manage then despite the delay, then let's make the deadline at 4pm GMT this WEDNESDAY.
If you can manage then despite the delay, then let's make the deadline at 4pm GMT this WEDNESDAY.
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silver 2039
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I must quit someone else can take Russia. The time crunch of the IB is getting to me.
das
Regeneration In Process
OOC: Nice update. The world is still a bit quiet, though...
Also, shouldn't there be spaces between paragraphs in the spotlight?
IC:
From: Qing China
To: Burma, Siam, Vietnam
It has come to the Emperor's attention that the relations between your lords and the Imperial Court have been neglected lately, while undesirable elements grew in strenght and presence all over Asia. In his wisdom and concern for your well-being and prosperity, the Emperor would like to invite delegations from your lords to Beijing, to affirm your tributary status[1], and to guarantee you protection. against the Wide-Eyed Barbarians
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[1] OOC: Much as I would've loved to provoke you people here... That really only implies nominal submission and exchange of gifts (not eco. points, plus its bilateral), all in line with both tradition and the present state of things.
Also, shouldn't there be spaces between paragraphs in the spotlight?
IC:
From: Qing China
To: Burma, Siam, Vietnam
It has come to the Emperor's attention that the relations between your lords and the Imperial Court have been neglected lately, while undesirable elements grew in strenght and presence all over Asia. In his wisdom and concern for your well-being and prosperity, the Emperor would like to invite delegations from your lords to Beijing, to affirm your tributary status[1], and to guarantee you protection. against the Wide-Eyed Barbarians
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[1] OOC: Much as I would've loved to provoke you people here... That really only implies nominal submission and exchange of gifts (not eco. points, plus its bilateral), all in line with both tradition and the present state of things.
Amon Savag
The Great
I aint never heard of such a bad winter in Italy.
erez87
Lord of Random
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to France:
It would seem that the French Emperor is a liar! There is no honor in lying.
to Europe:
You now see the true face of Napoleon II, the destroyer. He invades free neutral kingdoms in order to defeat the Austrian from destroying the Polish menace. Is that the way the emperor of Europe should act? Seems like he needs to go to his mommy again, to learn of honor and how to act as a king.
to Britain, Portugal, Russia, Bavaria, Hanover, The Holland and the small German principalities.
A war for war has begun yet again. Help us defeat the Napoleons once and for all.
to Poland:
You capital is surrounded and your forces defeated. Surrender and we shall act nicely towards you in the peace accords. Don't and we will make sure Poland will never be able to rise again.
to Papal states and Naples:
Do you actually believe Napoleon will stop in Lombardy? Once Austrian forces will be defeated in the north he will plunge south and take your lands as well. Napoleon II the Destroyer has awaken.
to Ottoman Empire:
Rebells are such a problem, and so are the Napoleons. The Austrian Emperor knows the coming war will be hard for the Austrian. Do you really want the French as your new neighbors? We ask from the ottomans to prove their new face and help is defeat the French.
It would seem that the French Emperor is a liar! There is no honor in lying.
to Europe:
You now see the true face of Napoleon II, the destroyer. He invades free neutral kingdoms in order to defeat the Austrian from destroying the Polish menace. Is that the way the emperor of Europe should act? Seems like he needs to go to his mommy again, to learn of honor and how to act as a king.
to Britain, Portugal, Russia, Bavaria, Hanover, The Holland and the small German principalities.
A war for war has begun yet again. Help us defeat the Napoleons once and for all.
to Poland:
You capital is surrounded and your forces defeated. Surrender and we shall act nicely towards you in the peace accords. Don't and we will make sure Poland will never be able to rise again.
to Papal states and Naples:
Do you actually believe Napoleon will stop in Lombardy? Once Austrian forces will be defeated in the north he will plunge south and take your lands as well. Napoleon II the Destroyer has awaken.
to Ottoman Empire:
Rebells are such a problem, and so are the Napoleons. The Austrian Emperor knows the coming war will be hard for the Austrian. Do you really want the French as your new neighbors? We ask from the ottomans to prove their new face and help is defeat the French.
Amon Savag
The Great
France
Napoleon II, upon reading his father's journals, sets out to lead the Italian army himself.
"We lost way more men than we had to, because of this general." he said in an apologetic speech to the people of Paris. He quickly took a horse, and with his new Imperial Guard, set out to the east, to get to his army.
When he arrived things looked not as well as he would have thought. His general boasted to him about winning a battle, and was then put to death.
"Men of this army. We are survivors of many wars. We are fearless drilled men who can take whatever the whole of europe sends our way. We have done it before and we can do it again. This general was neglective in the ways he led. The result was the loss of 8 priceless divisions. Now I shall lead. You have bled with my father, and I would apreciate you to bleed with me.
At this the men cheered at the memory of his father. His men hoped to see another generation of greatness for France. They pledged their lives to the new Emperor of France and would follow him, wherever he could give them victory.
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On the home front, Marie Louis starts to gain respect for her son. Leading her late husband's army as he had done. She began to see his narrow sitedness not as a bad thing anymore. She remembered how Napoleon was, and compaired the two. She saw more and more clearly that the spirit of the first was very much alive in the second.
Sitting in on the domestic council, while some statesman went on blathering about on some new bill he was introducing, she remembered once upon a time, when Napoleon II gathered a group of kids together and arming them from some of his father's arms taught his band of kids how to march as he had seen his father's men do. An alarm had been sent to Napoleon saying that there were rebel kids in the streets of Paris. Napoleon came out to meet them with a brigade of soldiers from the garrison, to see that it was his son.
"What are you doing?" asked Napoleon.
"I'm going to go into battle with this army I have raised so that I can make more France!" declared his son, and everyone laughed.
"Son, your boys can watch me and my men in our next battle. You must learn how to win battles before you can win battles." said Napoleon. And the "rebelion" was pacified.
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"We drilled and drilled and drilled and drilled...And then we drilled... And we marched from one end of the country to the other, and back again, and did it a couple of times, all around the country so that we know every nook and cranny in the whole of France.
My Sergeant doesn't even need to say anything any longer. I just get 100 yards, I know exactly how far away from my enemy is, and I kneel down with my rifle pointing toward the enemy. We know our place so well that we don't need any non-commissioned officers, even though we do have them.
I'd say we still need leadership at the divisional level, but that's so that we know which part of the battlefield to march on. Otherwise we're self sufficient, living off the land is no problem for us. We have these new rifles that are a bit better than any other rifle I've seen ever. We practice a small amount each day on targets so that we can hit our mark every time that these rifles would allow.
We have been accustomed to death, for we have fought in napoleon's last campaign, and we have gone to our colonies to destroy natives as a further part of our training. Only the best of us get to keep treking forward as the Imperial Guard."
-Chronicle of a man in the Imperial Guard
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To:Austria
From:France
I hope you understand that you are not going to gain anything by going against France. Leave the venetians, as you have expected me to leave Poland. As for the state of war that exists between France and Venice-Lombardy.... There was a misunderstanding.
To:Venice-Lombardy
From:France
You are beaten, and now the Emperor is here to finish the campaign. The winter is no longer here to stall me. This shall be testing grounds for my new Imperial Guard if you do not surrender.
Napoleon II, upon reading his father's journals, sets out to lead the Italian army himself.
"We lost way more men than we had to, because of this general." he said in an apologetic speech to the people of Paris. He quickly took a horse, and with his new Imperial Guard, set out to the east, to get to his army.
When he arrived things looked not as well as he would have thought. His general boasted to him about winning a battle, and was then put to death.
"Men of this army. We are survivors of many wars. We are fearless drilled men who can take whatever the whole of europe sends our way. We have done it before and we can do it again. This general was neglective in the ways he led. The result was the loss of 8 priceless divisions. Now I shall lead. You have bled with my father, and I would apreciate you to bleed with me.
At this the men cheered at the memory of his father. His men hoped to see another generation of greatness for France. They pledged their lives to the new Emperor of France and would follow him, wherever he could give them victory.
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On the home front, Marie Louis starts to gain respect for her son. Leading her late husband's army as he had done. She began to see his narrow sitedness not as a bad thing anymore. She remembered how Napoleon was, and compaired the two. She saw more and more clearly that the spirit of the first was very much alive in the second.
Sitting in on the domestic council, while some statesman went on blathering about on some new bill he was introducing, she remembered once upon a time, when Napoleon II gathered a group of kids together and arming them from some of his father's arms taught his band of kids how to march as he had seen his father's men do. An alarm had been sent to Napoleon saying that there were rebel kids in the streets of Paris. Napoleon came out to meet them with a brigade of soldiers from the garrison, to see that it was his son.
"What are you doing?" asked Napoleon.
"I'm going to go into battle with this army I have raised so that I can make more France!" declared his son, and everyone laughed.
"Son, your boys can watch me and my men in our next battle. You must learn how to win battles before you can win battles." said Napoleon. And the "rebelion" was pacified.
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"We drilled and drilled and drilled and drilled...And then we drilled... And we marched from one end of the country to the other, and back again, and did it a couple of times, all around the country so that we know every nook and cranny in the whole of France.
My Sergeant doesn't even need to say anything any longer. I just get 100 yards, I know exactly how far away from my enemy is, and I kneel down with my rifle pointing toward the enemy. We know our place so well that we don't need any non-commissioned officers, even though we do have them.
I'd say we still need leadership at the divisional level, but that's so that we know which part of the battlefield to march on. Otherwise we're self sufficient, living off the land is no problem for us. We have these new rifles that are a bit better than any other rifle I've seen ever. We practice a small amount each day on targets so that we can hit our mark every time that these rifles would allow.
We have been accustomed to death, for we have fought in napoleon's last campaign, and we have gone to our colonies to destroy natives as a further part of our training. Only the best of us get to keep treking forward as the Imperial Guard."
-Chronicle of a man in the Imperial Guard
-------
To:Austria
From:France
I hope you understand that you are not going to gain anything by going against France. Leave the venetians, as you have expected me to leave Poland. As for the state of war that exists between France and Venice-Lombardy.... There was a misunderstanding.
To:Venice-Lombardy
From:France
You are beaten, and now the Emperor is here to finish the campaign. The winter is no longer here to stall me. This shall be testing grounds for my new Imperial Guard if you do not surrender.
das
Regeneration In Process
How about Winter 1796-1797?
Amon Savag
The Great
I haven't heard of that one. Thank you for enlightening me.
Abaddon
Deity
Jumps up and down claiming RUSSIA 
das
Regeneration In Process
The Emperor supports the candidature of Contempt (just, you know, to make sure that he's doing anything that isn't a Mongol rebellion. Plus I think he would fit the militarist Nicholas I quite well).
Plus I think he would fit the militarist Nicholas I quite well).
Abaddon
Deity
Oh charming...now its a popularity contest rather than first come first served?
The Emperor supports the candidature of Contempt (just, you know, to make sure that he's doing anything that isn't a Mongol rebellion.
Well, just looking at Russia's military stats makes me cringe, and think of ways to reform the army like I did in Sweden. If anything, I'd try to create the patriotic Churchillian nonsense like I did there here, combined with an iron fisted monarchy.
Not sure how, but I'd give it a go.
Edit: More like a who's more experienced in running important nations in high profile NESes
das
Regeneration In Process
As Contempt said, its experience. In most cases it is best if a great power is ran by an experienced NESer; still, it is between you two in the end. As a compromise variant I'd like to propose... a civil war!
After all, a Decembrist uprising equivalent seems to have occured, so Nicholas' powerbase is probably still rather shaky, while there still are some secret societies out there...As Contempt said, its experience. In most cases it is best if a great power is ran by an experienced NESer; still, it is between you two in the end. As a compromise variant I'd like to propose... a civil war!
Hmm, yes. A civil war would be an adequate way to solve this quarrel, depending on HQ's decision.
