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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 3/3/2006 5:39:36 AM

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March ended by a declaration of Napoleon that France was back as a major power controlling Flanders and Lorraine, even if nearly for two years.

France Infantry had their morale boosted ( to four).

April began with a French declaration of war to ... Prussia. No real surprise here. The Surprise came from Prussia that elect to not call his Austrian ally to help.

Prussian Army regroup in Duchies, while France regroup three stacks on Berg while besieging Kleves and Palatinate.
Only Berg siege was successful.

May saw the Prussian move first or rather stayed on station in Duchies. France moved then and while 2 corps stayed to continue sieges in Palatinate and Berg, all the others corps in the area engaged the Prussian army.
The French started by trying an outflank against a Pruesian counterattack. Hoche made a slight mistake by sending both cavalry corps in the outflanking force and denying temprary the tactical disadvantage Prussia had with the cavalry superiority. Worst, Prussia did a first succesful counterattack (rolled a 6) that weakened seriously the French pinning force. But the end of the first round saw the outflanking french forces join the battlefield. Brunswich promptly engaged his guard at no cost.
But then the Prussian star vanished as the second counterattack was a complete failure (rolled 1 modified to 0) while France killed the Prussian Infantry by ten of thousand.

Still worst, the cavalry pursuit saw half of the 16 000 Prussian cavalrymen that started the combat dying protecting the defeated army. (France rolled a 6).

Prussian army reduced by half moved in the forest of east Duchies while victorious france converted the Prussian army depot of the area for France use.

Prussia, probably still hoping for some help and not expecting what can be worst, refused to talk of peace, but expecting some future instability, free the nation of Saxony.

It was quickly used as France reinforcement flow to completly replace the ten thousand deads in the corps. And France used them immediately then by moving first and moving again against Prussian force.
It was an echelon attack now against the same counterattack. With worst result and the same defeat. The same bad pursuit that ended the day with only some thousands Prussian still able to fight for another day and cavalrymen men reduced to one or two thousands. Prussia move what was left back.

Pic of end of June 1795 :

Forgetting to add that Berg and Palatinate garissons were killed or captured by France.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 3/3/2006 6:19:56 AM

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Maybe by taking a close look at former picture, you noticed that Austria is moving in number toward the West; here is the explaination.

April saw Russia trying to move like France on land by combining movement with Spain. That left Austria move some corps from the West toward Vienna while still regrouping in the Western montains of Hungary and sending two corps to the east. And at the same time thousand men of the garrison of Olmutz and krakow died of hunger in the besieged cities.
Russia saw the siege of Olmutz came to an end when the two thousands men that were still alive fron the eight thousand that were present at the start surrendered. While the three thousands from 11 still keeping the wall of Krakow stayed on station.

May saw Austria again forced to move first and using a depot kept by a thousand men at Brunn suplying the corps of Vienna that moved to join the army of Mack in the same mountain area North of Leopoldstad; while the two eastern corps moved inside the moutain in the south of Galicia ready to counterattack the Russian continuous line of depot and cossack.
The last event of Austria was the dead by hunger of the 3 000 heroic defenders of Krakow.

It was an unexpected bonus to Russia that moved a sweden corps to face the depot in Brunn, while two corps under Fersen moved in the mountain of Moravia to open the road of Western Austria.
And main army with seven corps led by Suvarov took station in Olmutz.
After the surrender of the depot garrison, Swedish corps took control of deserted Brunn and Russia control of a Moravia province, the second after East Galicia.

June started with Russian corps in supply two area of Vienna.

But a surprise came fron the diplomacy. While French diplomats were proclaiming that it was Russian task to make understand to Prussia the interest of a surrender, Russian diplomat met the Central coalition. Seeing the Prussian will to fight and the upcoming clash between Ausrtian and Russian army that will probably saw an attition battle between Austrian troops with better morale and Russian troops with better leadership; Russai tested the will to surrender of Austria.
Some general chat with every kind of alliance put on the table was quickly made, that echoed in every ambassy with thing more improbable than a nightmare or a phantasm.
Austria faced with a still possible two front war with the collapse of its North ally and a capital in danger agreed to a conditionnal peace that took Europe by surprise. Russia took a royal marriage and reparation for the next 6 months to recover the cost of the campaign while Austria covered her territory.

June so saw Austria move back to the west while echos of Prussian defeats came to ears while Russia moved back toward West Galicia.

Pics at the end of June 1795.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 3/3/2006 6:26:46 AM

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In the South, after the conqest of Cyrenaica and Tripolitean, GB move and conquest Rhode ans started June by taking control of an Egyptean forest from the local garrison.

Meanwhile the Turkish troops moved inside and outside Austria, stayed out of Russia and feudals were moving in the balkans abd greece.

Pics at the end of June with the GB advance.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 3/15/2006 6:03:59 AM

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I can't find my 1792 rules but I am almost certain (I have been wrong before, just search these forums and see) that France needs to reclaim 6 of the 7 listed areas to get dominance, but will not lose it until she fails to control 2. Since Austria clearly controls 3, France would seem to be non-dominant (sorry Nappy if I am right, but you really need to repress the Austrian Empire).

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Thank you by the way for doing this, I do not have 6 other friends to play this with like I did back in college so it is nice to live vicariously

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/2/2006 7:07:28 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Murat

I can't find my 1792 rules but I am almost certain (I have been wrong before, just search these forums and see) that France needs to reclaim 6 of the 7 listed areas to get dominance, but will not lose it until she fails to control 2. Since Austria clearly controls 3, France would seem to be non-dominant (sorry Nappy if I am right, but you really need to repress the Austrian Empire).

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Thank you by the way for doing this, I do not have 6 other friends to play this with like I did back in college so it is nice to live vicariously

For the first part, i thank so and would like so and searched the 1792 variant for this, but as per rule, only two are necessary.

For the second part, thank you. It took me some time to update this one, for a forgotten camera, discharged batteries, a lack of interesting events and a loaded schedule. However, now that i'm in vacation and need to free some space on the camera memory stick

, i will do a quick update.

The summer saw Prussia surrender unconditionally to France that took 3 minors (Palatinate that had a capital with walls too strong for the Baden sieging forces, Duchies and Saxony), a 36 months peace and a third one i forgot.
As a result of Prussia falling in Instability, Meckenlenbug went back to neutrality for a short time, before being reoccupied by Prussia.

The summer also saw a conditionnal peace given by Turkey to GB with sweet terms : a 24 months peace and a royal marriage.

Austria was waiting a declaration of war from France in september but nothing came.

Below the army placement at the end of september 1795.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/2/2006 7:13:34 PM

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October 1795 saw a french DOW to Austria. Vienna was took completely by surprise, thinking the war would be dclared either in september or at the end of the coming winter. So while paying reparations to Russia, the treasure was nearly empty having only 28$ for the 3 coming months.

Frenchs troops moving first, enters slowly in Austria controlled territories missing all attempted sieges.

Here the french moves in the middle of october 1795 move phase.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/2/2006 8:06:13 PM

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Austria tried a counterattack in Italy spending a little more than half of her treasury for it. The corp alone sieging the capital of Piedmont and those forward in Lombardy were attacked but with poor results as Austrian forced were forced back from where they came.

November saw Austria surrender unconditionnally : Papacy, Switzerland and Piedmont joined the French sphere of influence; France gained access in Austian territories and a 3 year forced peace was enforced.

Austria was unlucky as Toscany and Romagna were occupied by Piedmont corps, so both provinces became neutrals and were shared one each by France and Austria in the next month.

1796 started by an inactive Spain still controlled by Russia being DOW by France. It was a phoney war as Spain surrender immediatly to France that accepted a conditionnal peace and took 24 month of peace and control of Naples.

The goal was to protect the fleet from British anger that is looking for any opportunity to DOW on Spain and at the same time to reduce PP of Russia that was again in the 15. What i add forgotten was that Sapin would call me and force me to broke the alliance.
However at first step of dominance, Russia is less a target for the others, at least it was what i thank.

1796 saw a French player broke the alliance with Russia, make an alliance with Prussia and gave back Saxony and Turkey landing two corps at Constantinople and marching those to the north while slowly marching three corps toward Poland. Prussia also allied with Turkey.

Everything was ready to a DOW of 4 countries to Russia.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/3/2006 12:06:19 AM

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Two things.

First, If the Austrian expected a French attack in Sept. he should have had 6-8 corps in the mnts east of Zurich. From that position an army can move quickly to face a threat in Germany or Italy. It is also a strong defensive position if attacked (mnt defense bonus.)

Second, if you expect to be attacked in Sept expect to be attacked in Oct. Even if you are paying reperations you need to maintain a war chest of at least $30. Buy militia is funds are tight and hit your allies for $.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/4/2006 5:35:44 AM

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Tiki, thanks for puttin' it out there. Been a few decades since I saw EiA. Lookin' forward to the 'puter game when available. In the meantime, I have been seduced by CoG.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 5/5/2006 11:07:02 AM

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Nice screenshots. Has the taste and flavour of a tabletop game. You could swear it's cardboard pieces moving.

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RE: 1792 AAR (some large pics) - 8/4/2006 7:37:13 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Titi

Austria tried a counterattack in Italy spending a little more than half of her treasury for it. The corp alone sieging the capital of Piedmont and those forward in Lombardy were attacked but with poor results as Austrian forced were forced back from where they came.

November saw Austria surrender unconditionnally : Papacy, Switzerland and Piedmont joined the French sphere of influence; France gained access in Austian territories and a 3 year forced peace was enforced.

Austria was unlucky as Toscany and Romagna were occupied by Piedmont corps, so both provinces became neutrals and were shared one each by France and Austria in the next month.

1796 started by an inactive Spain still controlled by Russia being DOW by France. It was a phoney war as Spain surrender immediatly to France that accepted a conditionnal peace and took 24 month of peace and control of Naples.

The goal was to protect the fleet from British anger that is looking for any opportunity to DOW on Spain and at the same time to reduce PP of Russia that was again in the 15. What i add forgotten was that Sapin would call me and force me to broke the alliance.
However at first step of dominance, Russia is less a target for the others, at least it was what i thank.

1796 saw a French player broke the alliance with Russia, make an alliance with Prussia and gave back Saxony and Turkey landing two corps at Constantinople and marching those to the north while slowly marching three corps toward Poland. Prussia also allied with Turkey.

Everything was ready to a DOW of 4 countries to Russia.

In the 1792 scenario, Austria, Prussia, Spain, and Russia have to work together if they want any hope of stopping the quickly growing monster that will be 1805 France. It appears to me that Russia has not been a team player here, content to sell out Austria and Prussia in return for gaining dominant status. It will therefore end up facing France alone and will get what it deserves. It also appears that the British player has not been active enough in building a coalition and checking the avarice of the Russian Bear.

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