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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 10/19/2008 1:14:52 PM   
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Adm Collingwood and Rear-Admiral Northesk at both sides of a table at the Amiralty:

Sir, says Northesk, -prepare yourself for something that couldnt happen

-Whats your problem lad?

-HMS Shannon have come to Portsmouth with some news, bad news
-please continue, isnt Shannon with the blockade of Cadiz?
-Was, sir, was
-Have they left Cadiz?
-The darn Spaniards ran the blockade and pursued our fleet to Gibraltar
-Nooo!
-They tried to make a breakout with no success, Shannon made it, passed the Flagship Santissima Trinidad which cudos to them amazingly did not fire, it would have been very dishonorable with 130 guns vs 36, anyway Shannon thanked them by raking their Stern, Lt-Commander Shaw been suggested for promotion, sir.
-This is indeed bad news
-And even then they had not the nerve to put the Swedes in the first line, who havent lost a single ship, whats you orders sir?
-Withdraw the blockade of Amsterdam immediately, wouldnt surprise me if the Spaniard would try to take them too, oh, and get me an audience with the King.

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 11/4/2008 7:04:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Captain Auclair has returned from Marshall Davout HQ, he stands and waits his turn, for despatches to be given to him.
Napoleon snaps,to everyone in the room. "Where is that report on the Spanish Victory over the British at Gibralter, do I have to do every thing myself?" Sire! "Bernodotte has only given us a brief of the situation there" Talyrand replied "I know I know, you have earned your ridiculous pay for this month, monsieur, we have a more direct say with Turkish affairs now thanks to you.  And now we have an enforced peace with Great Britian.......perfect perfect"
Napoleon continues. " We have a security leak. Please inform all commanders that we will execute plan............" Napoleons voice fades as Captain Auclair is ushered out by Bessieures Chief of Staff  aide Colonel Mathe that he is to make all speed to Davout HQ, with this dispatch, the Captain asks but Jean you seem to have a serious base to your voice whats the matter.  Jean replies "Its all in the dispatch" I cant tell you, now go, Auclair returns his look, and Jean can only offer, an assuring grin.

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 11/10/2008 3:11:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Cool stuff, Gazfun. Now you got us all curious and wary about France's plan

I'll be hardpressed to make updates for a while, with new baby and all, but I'll be back with stuff in time, just be patient!

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 11/18/2008 4:13:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		March 1806 saw a bit of drama. After the British navy got pounded by the Spanish, Great Britain sued for peace, and got a conditional with both France and Spain. Spain claimed Sweden and 1/2 the next quarter income and France went for No Trade and Enforced Peace for 24 months. GB slipped into Instability and lost Malta, Corsica, Tunisia and the Papacy.

Meanwhile, Russia declared war on Chechnya, which became Spanish.

As for actions during the turn, it was very calm. The Russian assault on Grozny was the only fight and produced no result.

Victory points tally shows Spain in the lead!






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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 11/18/2008 4:18:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Early April was not as calm: France and Austria both attempted to declare war on the Papacy, but both are still under enforced peace to each other, so they simply lost 1 pp each and Papacy remains free and peaceful. Meanwhile, Great Britain declared war on Naples (Spanish), Turkey on Egypt (Austrian) causing Turkey the loss of 1 extra PP due to Egypt being its minor ally, and Spain on Algeria (Turkish). Turkey also allied with both France and Spain.

Current Political status is thus:




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 12/1/2008 8:46:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		April is finished. It wasn't terribly dramatic, aside from the Russian gaining control of Grozny.

Oh, and the Spanish navy has been sighted off the coast of Denmark. The ENTIRE Spanish navy. And in May diplomatic, Spain Freed Sweden, so now relations between Spain and Russia are frosty it seems...




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 12/1/2008 8:48:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also, in May, Austria and France continued DoWing the Papacy and backing down - each loosing another 1 pp.

In Egypt, Turkey won the first battle against their former allies and it seems safe to assume that they'll go straight for Cairo now.




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 12/21/2008 8:40:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		We had to replay May because of a bug that teleported France's lent fleets away from Spanish control Lisbon. That replay had Austria DoW Dalmatia, with Spain gaining control, and France DoWing Tunisia, with Prussia gaining control. The first was unproblematic, Austria came, saw and conquered. The second ended with France not transporting troops to Tunisia and thus a Lapse of War. Moreover, when GBs temporary access to Spain was ended, the program decided that his access to Naples (Spain gained control) also ended, and his troops were teleported to Naples - clear case of Bug. Naples is still listed as at war with Britain, we'll see how that pans out, but it's certainly frustrating, particularly since GB is in a vulnerable position right now and can't really afford loosing them PPs.

June has started. Austria DoWed the Papacy again, and the third time is the charm - France did not DoW this time, meaning that Austria finally gets to invade. Spain gained control. Finally, GB being in instability and with no corps in Gibraltar resulted in the rock declaring neutrality. Ouch!

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 1/10/2009 3:07:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Lots of interesting things have happened!

June ended with Dalmatia falling to Austria, and a (predictable) lapse of war between GB and Naples.

July has started. France has DoWed Corsica (Russia FS) and Liege (PR FS), GB Dowed Gibraltar (SP FS).

Then Russia and Austria DoWed Spain! Spain called its allies Prussia and Turkey, but both declined, breaking their alliances, so Spain stands alone...but certainly has naval superiority anyway, so this can go either way.

Meanwhile, GB Allied with RU, AU and PR, completing the old Alliance.

Will post PP standing and VP standing soon...

Oh, and the Russian communiké:

St Petersburg, July 1, 1806

It grieves us that we cannot yet enjoy a time of peace in Europe, but the time has come for War against the Kingdom of Spain. We call upon three reasons for this, for the edification of the sovereigns of Europe:

Pro primo, Spain agreed to the Treaty of Madrid, thereby directly affecting Russian interests negatively, in spite of Russia having taken no actions against Spain during its conflict with Great Britain. That France, clearly hostile to our Realm, would stipulate such terms, is understandable. Spain professed to be our friends, yet acted in no such way.

Pro Secundo, Spain has in communications with our government explicitly stated that in case of a new war between the Alliance and France, Spain would, without hesitation, give France its full and unconditional support, thereby declaring itself the potential enemy of Russia.

Pro Tertio, by arming the Swedes, Russia has to conclude that Sweden, if a conflict of the nature mentioned above would ensue, would become a launching ground for hostilities against Russia. Such a threat cannot be ignored by any responsible government.

Thus, We find Ourselves at War with Spain, until such a time when the government of Spain can bring satisfaction to Our government. May God have mercy on Us all.

[To the new player: Sorry bud, you just had the misfortune of taking over once decisions had been made, obviously motivated by the policies of the former player. Let's hope it'll make for an interesting start of your pbem!]

There have also been Prussian and French statements about the current ongoings:

From Prussia:
Prussia now finds itself in the awkward position of having it's allies at war.

Therefore we intend to stay neutral in this conflict, unless Prussian interests are directly threatened by any of the waring nations.

We urge these Monarchs to be wary of their goals, should this conflict flow over into involving other nations.

From France - headlined "Russia stay out of Corsica and Sardinia"

I have given a warning to all powers for them to stay out of this area.
Looks like Russia must not have ears

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 1/10/2009 6:05:41 PM   
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"Oh what a party..., the food, the wine, the entertainment, the women...it must surely have been the best new year's eve party in history", the king exclaimed rubbing the sleep out of his eyes!
"My king, you are awake." the king's first advisor Alfonso said waiting just outside the door to the sleeping chamber. "Of course, is it still snowing outside? I promised my children we would play in the snow today." Alfonso, obviously set back by the king's remark, with surprise in his voice said: "Snowing? But your majesty, it is in the middle of summer!" The king was out of his bed in a flash, running towards the big window in the sleeping chamber. "Well, indead it is...summer...what magic is this?...what has happened? Have I been ill, have I been asleep for half a year?...Alfonso, just don't stand there like a statue...speak to me!"

"Your majasty, you haven't been ill at all...you have been running this country in the most exemplary way possible, leading us to a great victory against the British empire. But I have dire and urgent news for you sire. As of July 1st 1806 we are at war with Austria and Russia."

"1806? Did you just say 1806 Alfonso?" The king's first advisor looked around the room and with great concern laid a hand on the king's shoulder. "My king, are you not feeling well today?" The king, raising his left eyebrow said "Feeling well....what nonsense are you talking about now Alfonso....I feel great....in fact, I feel as if I was the king of the world......but my last memory is of new year's eve 1804, where has my mind been in the meantime....am I going insane as my grand uncle?" Alfonso, now clearly set back by the king's most unusual conduct went to the bedside table and refilled the king's glass with wine. "Alfonso, what has happened in the last year and a half, what have I done? Tell me...and Alfonso, not a word of this conversation leaves this room or it will be your head on the block. Understood...?" Alfonso, walked back with the half-filled glass of wine and gave it to the king who stood gazing upon the countryside surrounding his summer castle in Cadiz. "Of course my king, I am here to serve you, and you only."

After a few minutes of silence, Alfonso handed the king the dispatch from the foreign minister in Madrid. "What do you want me to do with these sire, should I give the foreign minister the reponsibility of drafting an appropriate response". The king, walking around in circles, clearly lost in his own thoughts suddenly looked up. "No Alfonso...this is a matter for me and me alone to deal with, I will give the under-educated peasants of eastern Europe a response which is appropriate considering the circumstances....Alfonso, send this out immediately to all the free and righteous countries in the world"

"In an unprecedented act of aggression, the Russian and Austrian empires have attacked the peaceful and righteous kingdom of Spain. We, who want nothing more than to live in peace and raise our children, have been assaulted by blood thirsty and savage empires who crave money and manpower. Money and manpower which they will use to increase their already overfilled armies and fleets. Which sovereign country will be next? Who will stand with Spain in the hard times ahead of us?"

"Marvelous, my king, just marvelous!!!" Alfonso exclaimed, eagerly writing it all down. "And Alfonso...send a message to the admiral of the fleet and the general of the army...I want all my forces to be readied to meet this savage attack....We, Spain must be the lighthouse of Europe in the barbaric, dark and sinister time ahead of us." Alfonso stopped writing and looked towards his king. "My king, that can take some time as our mighty armada is in Sweden". "What, in Sweden? All our ships?" The king exclaimed. "What idiot sent the armada to Sweden?" The first advisor, a bit embarrased carefully answered: "Well your majesty, it was you. As you hold great influence at the swedish court at this time." The King, obviously surprised by the response sat down in a chair, took a sip of his wine and said in a quiet voice. "You don't say...me of all the people in the world...well my influence at the swedish court obviously explains the Tsar's declaration of war. That moneyhungry, doubblecrossing, son-of-a bitch!!!!"

After a few minutes of silence the king rose and walked quietly to the window again. His gaze setteling on a church in the nearby hillside. "Well Alfonso, you can send this message to the Tsar and the Austrian emperor: what goes around comes around....and you can put an exclamation mark at the end.....no, wait....put five exclamation marks at the end of it.....and send it with a ton of horse manure."

"As, you wish my king...anything else before I get to work on my assignments"

"No, Alfonso......well there is one thing you can do. I think it is time to invite our dear friend Napoleon to our summer estate. Could you send an invitation to the french emperor..., and please add some carts of our finest red wine! We have much to talk about."

The first advisor immediately headed for the door, and as he carefully closed it, with pride in his eyes he said: "Your majesty, it is good to have you back!"

The king, still looking outside the window at the small church spoke quietly to himself: "Well, well, well...if it is war they want, war they will get. What can they possible hope to take from me which I cannot take back at a time of my choosing. What short-thinking creatures am I facing in this puny war? Hmm...well, I believe I have more urgent matters to see to. I have apparently not seen my queen in a year and a half...."

















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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 1/10/2009 6:11:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, so the Political Standings after Diplomacy in July 1806 - Spain is still going strong!




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 1/10/2009 6:14:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		And the VP standings as of June 1806 Economic - Spain in the lead, well done Spain!




Edit: hey, Gazfun, could you post a screen of Scandinavia, seeing as there are no french corps there that could be de-Fog of war-ed there

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 1/10/2009 9:59:41 PM   
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Just a little editing by me to safe guard French National security

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:23:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, the last couple of months have been dramatic! Since the DoW on Spain from both Russia and Austria, we have since quite a bit of action. First of all, Prussia refused Spain's call to arms and thus broke their alliance. Meanwhile, GB and AU allied.

The first aggression came from the Austrian fleet! It sortied and managed to capture the unguarded Spanish transport fleet off the coast of Algeria, trapping two Spanish infantry corps there. While Spain's main fleet were still in the Baltic, it's minor ally Naples was present in the Med and immediately engaged the Austrians, with victorious results (I believe Austria lost 1 light ship).

Meanwhile, Russia marched on Stockholm from Christiania, but did not try to breach the walls. Turkey finally started besieging Anapa, but the defenders put up stiff resistance, killing 1 beseiger in a daredevil sortie. The Austrian land assault on Spain then started, after Austria landed on the Spanish mainland from loaned British ships. However, Spain once again stood triumphant, having outpicked Austria in every land battle - in Naples, Lisbon and Cadiz. Nor did the Austrians managed to get through the strongly defended walls of Spanish Gibraltar. In other news, the French made short work of the Liege garrisson. On Spain's turn, the ripost came and Spain engaged Austria at Elvas, capturing Mack in the battle.

By July's end, Algeria fell to Spain, the Papacy to Austria and Egypt to Turkey. The war between GB and Gibraltar lapsed.

All in all - an astounding row of victories for Spain! It was to continue, in spite of the overwhelming resistance.

In August, Prussia and Austria allied.

In the naval phase, Spain chose to attack the Russian fleet in the port of Copenhagen. This was apparently a mistake from the side of the Spanish player - the plan was to only attack with the Swedish fleet, to destroy it before Russia could get its hand on it, but by happenstance, the entire Spanish fleet came with. No matter, the dice stood Spain by, and Spain won the engagement, sending every single Russian light to the bottom, together with 2 danish heavies, in exchange for 6 Swedish heavies. Another great propaganda victory for the Spanish

During the land phase, Russia assaulted Stockholm, with 2 infantry corps and 1 cav corps. And again the Spanish won, with another row of amazing die rolls sending the Russian cowards running with 1 Spanish defender unkilled... The Anapa siege continued like in July, with the defenders sortieing to kill 1 Turk.

Austria's frustrations on the battlefield also continued as Spain again won at Naples. But then some turn of the tide - Austria won sieges at Cartagena and Madrid! Meanwhile, France eliminated the Ajaccio garrisson.

By August's end, Liege Fell to France.

In September, nothing much happened in terms of diplomacy or naval moves - the Spanish moved its fleet to Le Havre and the British fleets transported more Austrian troops to the Spanish mainland. The numerical superiority of Austria is now crushing, with half the Spanish army still stuck in North Africa (though it's slowly moving towards Austrian held Morocco).

In Stockholm, Russian numbers finally prevailed, even though the garrisson was strengthened by 5 Swedish infantry. Austria still failed at the siege of Naples, as well as at Barcelona, Cadiz and Saragossa. However, Austria took one depot at Lisbon (but failed to breach the walls) and occupied Oporto.

The defenders at Anapa finally gave in to starvation, saving Turkey more men.

Spain retaliated at Madrid, and successfully besieged the city, killing the 4 Austrian defenders.

At the end of the month, Corsica fell to France.

This is the current situation in Spain:





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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:25:13 PM   
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The Turks seem to be moving West....




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:25:54 PM   
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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:26:38 PM   
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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:27:59 PM   
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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/11/2009 10:30:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		And Spain (now run by a new player), might very well be on the way to winning this game! . But it's of course not over yet!




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 2/12/2009 10:44:45 AM   
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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/7/2009 3:03:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's been a while since last update, I'm afraid. This is very much due to my being a new father since Oct 29 last year. That kinda saps a bit of time. And sleep.

But partly because after the war with Spain concluded with a conditional surrender by the Spanish to Austria and Russia, things have been really, really quiet in the world. The war ended in October 1806. Russia chose Royal Marriage and Sweden, and Austria chose 1/2 reparations and Remove 3 Corps, which was contradicted by the conditional.

After that, peace ensued and have lasted until now, May 1807. France declared WAR on Russia. Russia called Prussia, Great Britain and Austria to help. Prussia answered, Austria refused, breaking the alliance with Russia. Great Britain was prohibited to enter due to enforced peace. France, in turn, called Turkey and Spain against Russia and Turkey agreed. Spain was prohibited to enter due to enforced peace.

Russian troops stood ready in Stettin, together with a Prussian force under Blucher.

The Russian navy also stood ready and immediately sailed to blockade the French navy anchored at Lubeck. France tried to break out, but both sides lost 4 ships, and so the blockade is holding.

On the Russian land phase, the forces in Stettin has marched on Lubeck and successfully destroyed the sizeable garrison of 10 inf and 2 militia. The Russian expeditionary corps to Turkish occupied Anapa was less succesful and could not breach the walls. Now we are anxiously awaiting what the wrath of France might bring upon us...

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Bolkonskij raised his blade once more. Once more, the line of infantry raised their rifles behind the make shift barricade. Once more his blade came down. Once more the barrells smattered, filling the air with thick billowing white smoke and the ****ling smell of gun powder. And then came the heavy thunder of cannons. The town hall of Lubeck, last bastion of the French garrison, erupted in a shower of brick, mortar and dust. Screams of dying and wounded came carried over the wind as the echoes of the intense fire ebbed away.

-Reload, shouted the company commanders in choir, all the way down the line.

As the white mists of gun smoke separated under the northerly gale, Bolkonskij finally caught a climpse of the once proud seat of city power, it's once-white walls now a charred smoky gray. And through a window, a long wodden stick with a white flag. It was over. The city was theirs.

The victory "Hurrahs" that ensued were almost as loud as the cannon thunder that had preceeded them. Bolkonskij looked towards the heaven. If only the rest of the war could proceed with the same ease.

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/7/2009 3:05:13 AM   
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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/7/2009 3:06:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		The situation in Central Europe - the main French force in Strasbourg. Looks scary!




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/7/2009 3:08:40 AM   
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Maybe someone else can post something from Northern Europe?




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/12/2009 4:50:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bezukhov slowly made his way through the crowds of St Petersburg. Everywhere there was celebration and drunken revelation. Newspapers littered the ground, the huge headlines of "Victory" adorning the ground like paper streamers. As he finally got through the door of the shock full cafe, a very drunk junior officer grabbed a hold of him, slurring something about how Russia could never be defeated, only to be swept away by his friends to the cards table. Finally, Bezukhov made his way into the reserved room, to be immediately welcomed by his very jovial colleagues.

- Truly magnificent, isn't it? Our boys in the navy deserve a huge celebration when this war is over, indeed, the first one said, grinning ear to ear.

- I heard that the British are less than pleased. Not only did they want to be the ones to defeat the French navy, but the notion of scuttling it while it was at anchor is apparently against their notion of a fair fight, Bezukhov said dryly.

- Nonsense, the second one chimed in. If so, they should not have been so darn eager to make peace with that Corsican upstart. We'll do what the British, with all their thin red lines, were unable to, and bring that little runt to justice, together with our Prussian friends, of course.

He raised the glass to the German guest.

- Don't celebrate too quickly, Bezukhov shot back. We haven't even met any French regulars in the field yet. Next month, things might look very differently. They have already gotten to Weismar...

With that, he sat back and took a stiff drink, ignoring the sounds of discontent from his friends. Next month seemed awfully close, indeed.

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The month ended with the French navy being scuttled in Lubeck. The French retaliated the only way they could, by succesfully besieging and routing the garrison at Weismar. The world holds it breath as the next month has just begun. The central European situation:






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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 7/16/2009 8:33:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Reading the report of the French fleet being scuttled in Lubeck harbour, Captain Auclair became outraged at the lack of the garrisons will, of not holding there ground at Lubeck.
"What where they thinking of, the defenders there!" the captain shouted out loud. Colonel Mathe replied that "There is no guarantee when it comes to the fortunes of war one hour you have a success and other a misfortune, such is the fortunes of war, regardless how well you make plans, my fear is however" Mathe says grimly, "That there is going to be a lot of blood spilt, whether its ours or theres Im not to sure, but it has placed a terrible resolve in the hearts and minds of our Generals.
Mathe continued "Just to show how you how things changed, the other day I read an order, that an officer was caught in overindulgence of his commission and authority, and was put in disgrace and sent back to Paris"
"Yes I saw that in the military gazette yesterday" says Auclair, "Yes a junior officer by the name of Verfont was it?" "But surely for taking a horse off a local in Weimar for his own use, instead of walking is not unreasonable, he was injured and he paid for the horse?" Mathe interjected "But its not regulation!" Mathe continued "Today our Generals dish out punishments to maintain disipline, and tommorrow they may dish up wine, such is our life in the army Austace, remember that, we have to take the good with the bad, and this is going to be a long, a long hard drawn out war, so you had better brase your self Austace, you may not be drinking wine for a long time".

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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 8/15/2009 4:56:06 PM   
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June became a somewhat more eventful month.

First, the UK DoWed Malta (Turkey gained control) and allied with Spain, France's trusted companion that help him defeat the British. Meanwhile, France slipped into Instability, due to its catastrophic loss of the navy. Thus it lost Flanders, Luxembourg, Liege, Corsica and Julich. Russia gained Mecklenburg. Prussia started trading with Britain, which is already trading with Russia and Austria in violation with the peace terms with France. France thus has a Casus Belli, but has yet to act on it.

Nothing much happened on the high seas this month, except the Royal Navy moving an invasion force to Malta (of course).

On land, the French started with an attack against the Saxon Corps at Leipzig, by Massena leading 3 corps. The lone corps was no match for the aggressors and was promptly destroyed. France also took Thuringia. Prussia tried to retaliate, sending Blucher leading a force of some 10 corps against Massena's 3, but the French commander proved slippery and managed to get away with a succesful Withdraw.

Great Britain, meanwhile, landed outside the walls of the Maltese Fortress but failed to gain entry.

In the Caucasus, Turkey and Russia has manouvred a bit for the past months, and this month the 1 infantry factor that Russia had put in the undefended Anapa finally managed to get control of the minor. The Turks are marching into the area with 1 infantry corps and 1 cavalry corps led by the Grand Vizier, but Russia keeps withdrawing its lone infantry corps from the region, sending in only a Cossack to harass the enemy.

During the Economic, Spain ceded Naples to the UK, Austria ceded Oldenburg to the UK and Russia ceded Mecklenburg to Prussia.

VP situation is as follows: Spain clearly in the lead, followed far behind by Russia, Prussia, Turkey, Austria, France and Great Britain.




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RE: The General's HQ Game 1 - 8/15/2009 5:27:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Colonel Bolkonskij looked over his reserve regiment once more. All were in good shape, formed up, ready to move, looking good. Another plume of heavy smoke drifted in over them, and try as he might, it was simply impossible to see more than a few hundred metres because of all the fires and clouds that drifted over the battlefield. The thunder of the guns was incessant, assaulting their ears again and again.

Suddenly, a messenger broke through the haze, his horse dirty, his uniform in a complete mess. He stumpled off the mount and almost fell to the ground when he struggled to reach the young colonel.

- What news, Bolkonskij barked, wide eyed at this behaviour. Why haven't we been given our orders yet? What will it be, does Blucher want us here, or as part of the outflanking force?

- I dunno, sir, the young man rambled incoherently as he looked up, wide eyed. I think Blucher might be dead, they're all dead, the French, sir, they're not stopping for anything, they're everywhere! They're right behind me! Run, run for your life, save yourself!

Just then, the rumble turned into a roar as a mass of cavarly men broke through the clouds, trumpets screaming to attack. All Bolkonskij had time to see was the uniforms of French Cuirassiers, before they were upon him. The last thing he saw was the blade of a French sabre sweeping down against him.

Then everything went black.

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And then July came.

Austria and France DoWed Nassau, but France opted to withdraw its declaration, even though he had threatened anyone with war who intervened in his sphere of interest following the Instability situation (Spain gained control). Great Britain then Declared War on Turkey, which prompted the minor Tripolitania to join the Ottmans in the war. And then Spain declared war on Prussia (which holds Tunisia, through an absurd turn of events) as well as Cyrenaica, so things are certainly heating up in the Med! Lausitz joined Prussia as a Free State in the face of this Spanish aggression.

Prussia tried to summon Russia and Austria to war against Spain, but the peace treaty in effect prevented this.

France offered to sign an informal peace with Russia, but this was rejected.

At sea, Spain moved fleets to invade Tunisia and Cyrenaica. Nothing else happened.

On Land Turkey invaded Russian Free State Georgia and besegied the capital of Tblisi. They succeeded to breach, but the defenders fought valiantly and managed to route the Turks after losing 2000 men.

Then France moved against Blucher's force in Leipzig, force marching the main body under Napoleon to reach the fight in time, thus facing the Prussians with 11 corps! Still, Kutuzov was in Lausitz with another 3 Russian corps, ready to reinforce and Blucher cleanly outpicked Napoleon's Assault with an Outflank. But then the Prussians routed after the first round and the pursuit was murderous. Five Prussian corps were destroyed and the Russian corps were severed, too, the political fallout sending Prussia straight into Instability

In the Med, Britain gained entry to Malta and defeated the defenders handily, but after taking some heavy foraging casualties for two months. Spain invaded Tunisia and lay siege to Tunis, but failed to get into the city. It did better in Cyrenaica where Spanish forces quickly dispatched of the defenders in the city.

And that ended July, with Prussia having taken a hard hit on the nose (but still not out) and tensions running higher all across the continent. The war of 1807 seems to be getting hotter!

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Maybe Turkey, UK or Spain could take a screenie of Central Europe for the reader's benefit? And could someone not Turkey or Russia post a screenie of the Caucasus and the Turko-Russian border?

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