LouLong
In love with Rei Ayanami
Nothing to report really. French soldiers drank and wooed.
Only the artillery practiced a bit in Metz.
Only the artillery practiced a bit in Metz.
WW1 Real Time or PBEM
- Thread starter BkGreatWarnut
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so I moved my CS to another page.Dazz_G
Emperor
Played and sent.
Germany :
Ypres Naval Bombarded ... all defenders shelled to 1 hip point
Antwerp Naval Bombarded ... Coastal Fortress destroyed
Side Note ... its great to see a six player large scenario progressing as fast as this is
Germany :
Ypres Naval Bombarded ... all defenders shelled to 1 hip point
Antwerp Naval Bombarded ... Coastal Fortress destroyed
Side Note ... its great to see a six player large scenario progressing as fast as this is
Detlef Richter
The Pikeman
Bad luck on Balkan, killed 1 russian maschine gun and bombarded Salonika.
Dazz_G
Emperor
Played and sent.
Austria :
Trieste shelled ... Infantry damaged.
Austria :
Trieste shelled ... Infantry damaged.
BkGreatWarnut
aka "Brian the Great"
Dazz_G...
I have just one request that you announce with what country you are currently attacking...
I assume it was Britain who shelled the Belgium coast, but it would be nice to know who and what ships as I would see that in a game.
Thanks,
BK
I have just one request that you announce with what country you are currently attacking...
I assume it was Britain who shelled the Belgium coast, but it would be nice to know who and what ships as I would see that in a game.
Thanks,
BK
Dazz_G
Emperor
Probably a fair point about which country i'm currently attacking with, although it is a bit obvious if you follow the turn sequence bearing in mind that I post after every turn. Also, it is a bit unlikely that the Italian Navy will show up off the Belgian Coast 
As to what units I attack with, you seem to be the only player in the game who posts battle reports in such detail ... perhaps there should be a ruling made that covers all nations in the game - I too have had damage done with absolutely no idea what caused it.
What does everyone think .....
As to what units I attack with, you seem to be the only player in the game who posts battle reports in such detail ... perhaps there should be a ruling made that covers all nations in the game - I too have had damage done with absolutely no idea what caused it.
What does everyone think .....
I was of the opinion that people seemed to have reached the point where we basically give out as little information as possible whilst still keeping people informed. Also Russia for instance takes a far more narrative approach rather than details which I basically used in one of my posts since it was unclear that I had bombarded the Italian navy. I'll try to up the detail from now on.
BkGreatWarnut
aka "Brian the Great"
1914 Week 34 (August)
The German Military launched a strong counter attack against the British Expeditionary in Northern France and badly beat British front line troops with very acceptable losses for any major offensive.
Arras Offensive:
-Northeast of Arras:
--3 Siege Guns & 11 210 MM Guns bombarded the British stack while Ruprecht's 4th Corps, 17 Inf & 2 Armored Cars (Ger) def. French's Corps, 3 MG, 2 Armored Cars, and 4 Garrison (Br). 2 BEF Inf did retreat... Losses included 8 Inf & 2 Armored Cars (Ger).
-Northwest of Arras:
--1 Inf (Ger) def. 1 BEF Inf (Br), whom fled from the Northeast of Arras.
Railgun bombards and destroys the Walls of Verdun, France.
210 MM Gun destroys roads near Lodz, Russia.
Kaiser Bill (aka me!) is quite happy with the current progress of the offensive and has high hopes that the success of the offensive will continue. The Kaiser also stated that he was happy to hear the rumor that civil disorder has erupted in the French Capitol City! However, he sees the need to meet and decisively defeat the British Royal Navy as it harasses the occupied Belgian and French coasts.
---Lastly, as far as the game is concerned, Dazz_G and I have talked and request a slightly more detailed battle report. It doesn't have to get fancy...just post where the battle occured, what you used to attack, what you killed, and what you lost... An example:
Paris: 10 Art bombed while 25 Inf (Ger) def. 18 Inf (Fr) while losing 7 Inf (Ger)
North Sea off of Bremen: 3 Dreads & 2 Battle Cruise (Ger) def. 2 Dreads (Br)
You can be narrative too...I am just an organization freak and don't go that route except for the small note at the end... I just would like to no what units, how many, and where...and it is always nice to know you won a big battle by the number of units that person has lost...
Thanks,
BK
---By the way, thanks everyone for keeping this rolling smoothly...this is the fastest PBEM I have ever been a part of!
EDIT: I also captured 2 British Light Artillery...
The German Military launched a strong counter attack against the British Expeditionary in Northern France and badly beat British front line troops with very acceptable losses for any major offensive.
Arras Offensive:
-Northeast of Arras:
--3 Siege Guns & 11 210 MM Guns bombarded the British stack while Ruprecht's 4th Corps, 17 Inf & 2 Armored Cars (Ger) def. French's Corps, 3 MG, 2 Armored Cars, and 4 Garrison (Br). 2 BEF Inf did retreat... Losses included 8 Inf & 2 Armored Cars (Ger).
-Northwest of Arras:
--1 Inf (Ger) def. 1 BEF Inf (Br), whom fled from the Northeast of Arras.
Railgun bombards and destroys the Walls of Verdun, France.
210 MM Gun destroys roads near Lodz, Russia.
Kaiser Bill (aka me!) is quite happy with the current progress of the offensive and has high hopes that the success of the offensive will continue. The Kaiser also stated that he was happy to hear the rumor that civil disorder has erupted in the French Capitol City! However, he sees the need to meet and decisively defeat the British Royal Navy as it harasses the occupied Belgian and French coasts.
---Lastly, as far as the game is concerned, Dazz_G and I have talked and request a slightly more detailed battle report. It doesn't have to get fancy...just post where the battle occured, what you used to attack, what you killed, and what you lost... An example:
Paris: 10 Art bombed while 25 Inf (Ger) def. 18 Inf (Fr) while losing 7 Inf (Ger)
North Sea off of Bremen: 3 Dreads & 2 Battle Cruise (Ger) def. 2 Dreads (Br)
You can be narrative too...I am just an organization freak and don't go that route except for the small note at the end... I just would like to no what units, how many, and where...and it is always nice to know you won a big battle by the number of units that person has lost...
Thanks,
BK
---By the way, thanks everyone for keeping this rolling smoothly...this is the fastest PBEM I have ever been a part of!
EDIT: I also captured 2 British Light Artillery...
Aeon221
Lord of the Cheese Helmet
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Exerpt from a Russian paper:
Fears of a massive offensive failed to hold water as the Ottomans turned back last week, due to heavy shelling.
Outside of Belgrade a major Austrian Army unit was badly battered, as were many supporting units, by a powerful artillery barrage that deafened many soldiers on both sides.
In the Baltic, the Imperial Navy engaged in a long range duel with the German fleets, but captains disobeyed orders to engage, resulting in a standoff.
Citizens throughout the Empire have continued their spontaneous celebrations, glad to hear of the many successes of the Russian army.
Serapul had its 500th birthday last week; a moment of silence was observed by all participants in remembrance of its cossack sons, many of whom were killed in the Glorious Offensive. This has not slowed the recruitment drive noticeably, and in many cases has even helped it.
Tzar Nicholas personally awarded several decorations for bravery to various wounded soldiers in the St. Petersburg Hospital; troops there broke out into cheering, and spontaneously broke into the last stanza of the French National Anthem:
Amour sacré de la patrie,
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs!
Liberté, Liberté cherie,
Combats avec tes defenseurs!
Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire
Accoure à tes males accents!
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire!
Sacred Love for the Fatherland
Lead and support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished liberty
Join the struggle with your defenders
Under our flags, let victory
hasten to you virile force
So that in death your enemies
See your triumph and our glory!
The British and Italian Anthems were played later in the day, so that our other glorious allies would not feel left out.
Tzar Nicholas also ordered that an embassy be sent to America to demand the support of that great nation against the Central powers. He expressed doubt as to whether they would come out in open support, but hope is being held out that the Americans will at least agree to sell arms to Russia for a discount.
Good luck to all the young men at the front; may God protect you, and may you slaughter the Austrians and Turks at every turn!
Fears of a massive offensive failed to hold water as the Ottomans turned back last week, due to heavy shelling.
Outside of Belgrade a major Austrian Army unit was badly battered, as were many supporting units, by a powerful artillery barrage that deafened many soldiers on both sides.
In the Baltic, the Imperial Navy engaged in a long range duel with the German fleets, but captains disobeyed orders to engage, resulting in a standoff.
Citizens throughout the Empire have continued their spontaneous celebrations, glad to hear of the many successes of the Russian army.
Serapul had its 500th birthday last week; a moment of silence was observed by all participants in remembrance of its cossack sons, many of whom were killed in the Glorious Offensive. This has not slowed the recruitment drive noticeably, and in many cases has even helped it.
Tzar Nicholas personally awarded several decorations for bravery to various wounded soldiers in the St. Petersburg Hospital; troops there broke out into cheering, and spontaneously broke into the last stanza of the French National Anthem:
Amour sacré de la patrie,
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs!
Liberté, Liberté cherie,
Combats avec tes defenseurs!
Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire
Accoure à tes males accents!
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire!
Sacred Love for the Fatherland
Lead and support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished liberty
Join the struggle with your defenders
Under our flags, let victory
hasten to you virile force
So that in death your enemies
See your triumph and our glory!
The British and Italian Anthems were played later in the day, so that our other glorious allies would not feel left out.
Tzar Nicholas also ordered that an embassy be sent to America to demand the support of that great nation against the Central powers. He expressed doubt as to whether they would come out in open support, but hope is being held out that the Americans will at least agree to sell arms to Russia for a discount.
Good luck to all the young men at the front; may God protect you, and may you slaughter the Austrians and Turks at every turn!
Dazz_G
Emperor
@ Aeon ... remind me again, is this a PBEM of WW1 or a short story competition 
LouLong
In love with Rei Ayanami
French soldiers had taken on quiet trench life and now Germans dare trespassing in our territory !!
12 light artilleries, two R inf div and Nivelle corps destroyed 1 German machine gun and two German Inf Div outside of Arras, weakening quite a few others too.
12 light artilleries, two R inf div and Nivelle corps destroyed 1 German machine gun and two German Inf Div outside of Arras, weakening quite a few others too.
Bombardment using about 11 artillary pieces against Belgrade and then 3 armoured cars and a couple of cavalry were used to destroy one Russian Infantry whilst the rest died except for one cavalry that retreated so the attack was called off. A submarine was sunk off the coast of Austria whilst a destroyer may have been sunk in Venice. Bombardment of the army there also occured.
BkGreatWarnut
aka "Brian the Great"
Aeon221:
Just a small note...WE ARE NOT THE AXIS! The great nations of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire are the CENTRAL POWERS in The Great War. I think this is the reason The Great War is so interesting. True many young men lost their lives for about 50 miles of land over a 4 plus year period...that in itself is a tradgedy. However, if the central powers had won...which they were very close to in the spring of 18', it would have not been a victory for evil as it would have been for the Nazi's in World War II.
I'm sure Germany would have took some land, but other then that I suppose they would have allowed the French to continue their existence. Russia would have lost all of Poland, but would have been allowed to keep the territorial line given from the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. I think this is why I am drawn to World War I much more in then World War II. I am almost certain that Churchill said of World War II, "This is a fight that we must win." The allies had to win World War II. It was clearly a fight between good (the Allies) and evil (the Axis, in particular the Semitic Nazis). I think anyone who is not a neo-Nazi would agree.
World War I was not a fight between good and evil. Both sides propaganda would have told you so, but between the soldiers and even high command there was a mutual respect and some rules of war (which there aren't any!) were still observed. I mean the King of Britain, the Tsar, and the Kaiser were all cousins if memory serves me correctly. The war was merely a giant chess match played by Governments but young mens' lives were used instead of chess pieces. Really sad, but it is more or less the truth!
Anyways, that is a lot of typing over you calling me "Axis" and not "Central Powers." Once again not a big deal, but I get bored in between turns... And since you are a big time history buff also, I just wanted to clear things up...
No mention of the German Empire? Honestly, it seems as if though the Russian Empire and German Empire (the second pair of dominoes to fall in the trickle effect that started WW1) are hardly at war except for a small naval engagement and bombardment of each others' road networks...
Just a small note...WE ARE NOT THE AXIS! The great nations of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire are the CENTRAL POWERS in The Great War. I think this is the reason The Great War is so interesting. True many young men lost their lives for about 50 miles of land over a 4 plus year period...that in itself is a tradgedy. However, if the central powers had won...which they were very close to in the spring of 18', it would have not been a victory for evil as it would have been for the Nazi's in World War II.
I'm sure Germany would have took some land, but other then that I suppose they would have allowed the French to continue their existence. Russia would have lost all of Poland, but would have been allowed to keep the territorial line given from the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. I think this is why I am drawn to World War I much more in then World War II. I am almost certain that Churchill said of World War II, "This is a fight that we must win." The allies had to win World War II. It was clearly a fight between good (the Allies) and evil (the Axis, in particular the Semitic Nazis). I think anyone who is not a neo-Nazi would agree.
World War I was not a fight between good and evil. Both sides propaganda would have told you so, but between the soldiers and even high command there was a mutual respect and some rules of war (which there aren't any!) were still observed. I mean the King of Britain, the Tsar, and the Kaiser were all cousins if memory serves me correctly. The war was merely a giant chess match played by Governments but young mens' lives were used instead of chess pieces. Really sad, but it is more or less the truth!
Anyways, that is a lot of typing over you calling me "Axis" and not "Central Powers." Once again not a big deal, but I get bored in between turns... And since you are a big time history buff also, I just wanted to clear things up...
Aeon221 said:
No mention of the German Empire? Honestly, it seems as if though the Russian Empire and German Empire (the second pair of dominoes to fall in the trickle effect that started WW1) are hardly at war except for a small naval engagement and bombardment of each others' road networks...
Aeon221
Lord of the Cheese Helmet
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OMG I forgot! AHHHHH SHOOT ME!
I feel like an idiot
edit commencing.
THanks for telling me! I cannot BELIEVE I did that!
Yeah, well, so long as Germany doesnt feel like attacking Russia, Russia will stay the hell outta germany! ;p
Our troops suck, yours are amazing ;p waddaya want?
I feel like an idiot
edit commencing.
THanks for telling me! I cannot BELIEVE I did that!
Yeah, well, so long as Germany doesnt feel like attacking Russia, Russia will stay the hell outta germany! ;p
Our troops suck, yours are amazing ;p waddaya want?
BkGreatWarnut
aka "Brian the Great"
Aeon221 said:
I promise that German troops will do their best to shoot your troops if that comec close enough shooting you...
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