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May 30th 1453

now I shall for the first time try a game of EU 3 with England, its been several weeks in the making since I wanted to get a few things out of the way.


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Here is the current situation, we're at war with both France and Brittany

sit back, relax, apply for positions and throw out any advice, I plan to create an English empire.... perhaps even a British empire :king:
 
Invade France. I apply for Admiral.
 
we'll see... I'll send prince into france to see how it goes, but any major defeats and we'll have to surrender, its hard to prevent an invasion of the Isles towards the begining
 
Invade Scotland!

And I apply for Minister of Silly Walks!
 
well it is england.... I shudder to see how the country would develop without one

welcome aboard
 
I apply for chief of immigration (Colonies)

First order of bussiness: Immediattly adopt "Quest for the New world" for a huge overseas empire
 
I agree, however we will see depending upon the state of the navy after the war with the french.... I have no clue how it will work out and I'd rather have it defending the Isles until peace has been declared
 
Lord Saxon of England reporting for His Majesty's Service. I shall be happy with no less than Chief of the Armed Forces, though I shall be happy to prove my worth on the battlefield from time to time.

We have a difficult problem with Scotland, in that (I believe) they are allied with France. This means there is a dangerous possibility of them becoming diplo-annexed in the future. Focusing all our own diplomatic efforts on doing the same thing to Scotland - at least making them a vassal - should be high priority. An outright attack will mean war with France.
 
Count me in as General here ;)
 
I apply for a General as well.
Count me in as General here ;)
We must control the high seas! I apply for Admiral

welcome aboard... The King happily accepts you all into the army or navy


Lord Saxon of England reporting for His Majesty's Service. I shall be happy with no less than Chief of the Armed Forces, though I shall be happy to prove my worth on the battlefield from time to time.

Saxon? alright.... I see no harm since we dont have much of a democracy at this point

We have a difficult problem with Scotland, in that (I believe) they are allied with France. This means there is a dangerous possibility of them becoming diplo-annexed in the future. Focusing all our own diplomatic efforts on doing the same thing to Scotland - at least making them a vassal - should be high priority. An outright attack will mean war with France

you would be correct, Scotland is allied with france... this means the only way to get them to join us and form Britain would be to suck up to them
 
Saxon? alright.... I see no harm since we dont have much of a democracy at this point

Why on earth would such a name worry his Majesty? :mischief:

you would be correct, Scotland is allied with france... this means the only way to get them to join us and form Britain would be to suck up to them

In that case, I would suggest that a future war with the Scots should be conducted with the intent to demand vassalage from them rather than trying to annex provinces. Then we increase our relations with them and by the time they're up to +200, the ten years should have past that allow us to diplo-annex. Sneaky, hmm?

It would probably be easier than having to come up with an excuse to fight at least two wars with them to annex all their lands.
 
Saturday 24, 1454

The forces of Princescamp were positioned within Gascogne, on the Spanish border however it was also on the border with France, the French leadership had chosen to make this the first Battlefield of the war...

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Numbering roughly 4000 Cavalry and 10,000 Infantry, Prince thought that he would have a cakewalk defending Gascogne, however when he looked over the the horizon and saw the French army numbering roughly 9000 Cavalry and 18,000 Infantry he began to feel a tad less secure....

meanwhile, French forces had attempted a landing in Cornwall, however under orders from the King, e350 lead a small force to meet the French, who refused to even leave their ships after seeing the fearsome might of the English defending the coast.

after the battle, Prince was forced to retreat leaving Gascogne to the French and came up with a brilliant retreat, fighting across France he soon arrived to a target that was of great importance to England, Normandy

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Prince took a stand in Normandy, knowing that the strongest French forces were still tied up in the south of France, and that by holding Normandy he would be costing France a major base of naval operations, he sat there and began waiting for the fortress to fall

the French forces that e350 had scared off decided to rally themselves and try a landing on an easier target, the Irish holdings of England, and without defenders the invasion went off rather easily, that is until Junglecutter and Pugwash were deployed to deal with it... after a short boat ride they deployed onto the shore and fought the French invaders out who had no way to retreat since Admiral Nodikus had destroyed the fleet arriving to help the French forces retreat.

after witnessing the destruction of the French forces in Ireland, Brittany offered a peace deal to England in exchange for only 13 gold, the King considered continuing a war would cost more than that and decided to agree

Pugwash was later redeployed to Normandy in order to aid Prince in the siege, while Kan was called to London to discuss the progress of the war with the King

Junglecutter was meanwhile left in Ireland to keep an eye on what appeared to be a war between all the Irish kingdoms

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I would agree if not for the fact you are still across the channel holding off the french....

oh and I forgot to mention, Scotland has entered into a royal marriage with us, thus hopefully getting an alliance and then vassalage closer
 
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