Monk
01-31-2003, 02:34
Deciding to take a new path in MTW i wanted to play the Faction who couldn't ever win a War, The French (lol). In the early days of the French things went well. My King was Strong with a line of heirs, and a healthy and Thriving Economy soon was established. War was not far behind as the English decided to try and whipe us out. Many battles ensued and soon my Armies Collided with theirs. Re-taking what was rightfully French i put a firm hold on it. and soon announced a campaign against the British Isles themselves. The English were destroyed within Years...from then on people thought twice before invading, at least for awhile. in 1156 my Excommunicated Armies Marched on Castile and Crushed the Last of the Spanish Threat. I received word from my outpost in the North. The HRE was on the Move, 3 Provinces had fallen and the forces that occupied them were under Siege. it wasn't long before I dispatched my Finest Generals to Deal with the problem. Myself, I stayed in Castile to Guard it from Almo incursion. When my Generals arrived the Garrisons were destroyed and the sieges were over. However the HRE were driven out of our lands soon enough, and a fragile peace settled over Europe. 10 years passed and once again the Tides of War came upon the French and War broke out Italy, France, the HRE, and The Danish all warring with one or other factions. The HRE declared war on the Danish and Italians (2 of my allies) in retaliation i declared war on the HRE. 3 major battles followed
1st battle
French Army: 1932
HRE Army: 5207
After a New King was crowned in France the Army set off for HRE territory. The Germans sent a force and intercepted us. We didn't expect to face such a vast force, and therefore was not prepared for it. Most of our army was of Calvary, Horse archers, Alan, and a few Units of Holbilars, 2 units of spearmen and 1 unit of peasants. The HRE was a greatly balanced army with Both Numbers and Terrain on their side. My army arrived on the field...the rain seemed to come down forever, I ordered my army to attack the HRE with all they had, my army Charged down the hill and across the field under a heavy barrage of arrows and artillery. They Met the HRE and began the Battle. The first wave of attackers was repelled. But the 2nd had greater luck. The 2nd broke the HRE main line; this caused them to bring in reinforcements. Their newly arrived forces put up a valiant fight, but my 3rd wave again broke the enemy lines. They brought in a final wave of Units. I ordered an all out charge against the HRE's Massive army. The Charge was successful and the Germans fled the field.
2nd Battle
French Army: 1200
HRE Army: 2300
The HRE shocked that my troops had defeated their main army launched a Counter attack to retake that what was lost, and in order to be in arms reach of 3 French Provinces. My army again pos. for a fight, the HRE marched directly at us. They attacked us in a 3 wave of assault; the first wave consisted of Light Inf. and Spearmen. My Urban Militia and Feudal Man-At-Arms held them without problem. The second wave was of Heavy inf. and of Light Calvary. The Inf came at us, directly in front, our Feudal man at arms once again held their ground. Calvary circled to our Left Flank and charged our lines. The Calvary Charged decimated my forces. Those who were still fighting i ordered to retreat in hopes that i could save the lives of the remaining troops. Only 400 men survived.
3rd battle
French Defence force: 2000
Holy Roman Empire: 1800
as the HRE fought not only me but Italy and the Danes their forces grew weak and they would atempt one more attack before they would be defeated.they marched into battle as if they had no where to run if they lost. I Myself Led the Defence here. With no visible Hills we had no choice but to deploy in the open. I didnt feal like waiting for my Fate to be decided by they waves of attackers so i ordered a pre-emptive strike upon the HRE's force.my Calvary rode fast and hard to circle behind their main force, while my Inf when head on to attack them so my Cav would go unnoticed. Spearmen, Man at arms, and Militia all charged the lines of the HRE. many died in the initial strike, the fighting was equal on both sides. it seemed our armies were equal. all untill my Cav reapeared and charged the Enemy from the rear. we utterly destryed their forces, their general fell upon the charge. and of those 1800 only a small number of 43 escaped the battlefield.
The HRE never crossed our borders again.and soon after a combined Danish-Italian force destroyed the HRE. Messeners from Italy and Denmark arrived giving thanks to the King of France, who had aided them in their time of great need. celebrations rejoicing the War's End, were throughout all of France. France's King Ordered that the Millitary be rebuilt and put of High alert. no one questioned the King but those were not sure why he would want the Army Strengthened and put on an alert statis. by the time the war had ended with the HRE and peace was fully restored the Year was 1178. although this new found peace was not a long lasting one. in 1184 with a new King and new enemies the French faced many perils. the Almohads had become strong and Invaded French Ocupied Spain. the French forces there fell easily to the battled harded vets of the Almohads who had defeated the Egyptians,the Tukish, and Had taken much away from the Byz Empire. not much could be done as the Almohad war machine marched over my lands. my forces were tired of fighting from all those years at war with the Holy Roman Empire. after 10 years of this all we held were the british isles. much of my forces were smashed in trying to make it there. an overall force of 6000 troops made it to them. i Fully Expected an Invasion and positioned all 6000 of my troops on the English channel's coast.The Almohads Invaded just like i suspected. and they could not break through my Huge Army. though i had the Numbers it was only a matter of time before they gathered enough forces to break through our Defensive Lines. and thats just what they did. 7 years later they invaded with a force of 3000 to my weakend defenders only 3570. i decided that should i lose this battle it would be all over...that i should put every thing i had into this fight
French Defensive Force: 3570
Almohad Asualt Force: 3000
i had terain on my side, i had defended this land from 2 previous invasions, and now i had no idea if i could win. my infanty made up most of my Defence, as the Almos Approached they came under fire from Ardhers and my catapults. they were able to get under the fire and right in the face of my Inf.The defenders fought Greatly. with every man fighting to his best. They would gain a step and i pushed them back two steps. however my troops became exhausted and the lines began to break. Reinforcments came in on both sides but my men became dishearted when the French King was Struck down in the midst of battle. Even after he died they continued to fight. eventually an almo charge of Nubian Spear and Almo Urban Militia broke through my defense, the remnant of the French Fled. only 200 men survived the battle.The last of our provinces fell within 3 years. My troops defeated, My Empire in Ashes i accepted Defeat. my lesson, never trust those damn Almos http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pissed.gif
1st battle
French Army: 1932
HRE Army: 5207
After a New King was crowned in France the Army set off for HRE territory. The Germans sent a force and intercepted us. We didn't expect to face such a vast force, and therefore was not prepared for it. Most of our army was of Calvary, Horse archers, Alan, and a few Units of Holbilars, 2 units of spearmen and 1 unit of peasants. The HRE was a greatly balanced army with Both Numbers and Terrain on their side. My army arrived on the field...the rain seemed to come down forever, I ordered my army to attack the HRE with all they had, my army Charged down the hill and across the field under a heavy barrage of arrows and artillery. They Met the HRE and began the Battle. The first wave of attackers was repelled. But the 2nd had greater luck. The 2nd broke the HRE main line; this caused them to bring in reinforcements. Their newly arrived forces put up a valiant fight, but my 3rd wave again broke the enemy lines. They brought in a final wave of Units. I ordered an all out charge against the HRE's Massive army. The Charge was successful and the Germans fled the field.
2nd Battle
French Army: 1200
HRE Army: 2300
The HRE shocked that my troops had defeated their main army launched a Counter attack to retake that what was lost, and in order to be in arms reach of 3 French Provinces. My army again pos. for a fight, the HRE marched directly at us. They attacked us in a 3 wave of assault; the first wave consisted of Light Inf. and Spearmen. My Urban Militia and Feudal Man-At-Arms held them without problem. The second wave was of Heavy inf. and of Light Calvary. The Inf came at us, directly in front, our Feudal man at arms once again held their ground. Calvary circled to our Left Flank and charged our lines. The Calvary Charged decimated my forces. Those who were still fighting i ordered to retreat in hopes that i could save the lives of the remaining troops. Only 400 men survived.
3rd battle
French Defence force: 2000
Holy Roman Empire: 1800
as the HRE fought not only me but Italy and the Danes their forces grew weak and they would atempt one more attack before they would be defeated.they marched into battle as if they had no where to run if they lost. I Myself Led the Defence here. With no visible Hills we had no choice but to deploy in the open. I didnt feal like waiting for my Fate to be decided by they waves of attackers so i ordered a pre-emptive strike upon the HRE's force.my Calvary rode fast and hard to circle behind their main force, while my Inf when head on to attack them so my Cav would go unnoticed. Spearmen, Man at arms, and Militia all charged the lines of the HRE. many died in the initial strike, the fighting was equal on both sides. it seemed our armies were equal. all untill my Cav reapeared and charged the Enemy from the rear. we utterly destryed their forces, their general fell upon the charge. and of those 1800 only a small number of 43 escaped the battlefield.
The HRE never crossed our borders again.and soon after a combined Danish-Italian force destroyed the HRE. Messeners from Italy and Denmark arrived giving thanks to the King of France, who had aided them in their time of great need. celebrations rejoicing the War's End, were throughout all of France. France's King Ordered that the Millitary be rebuilt and put of High alert. no one questioned the King but those were not sure why he would want the Army Strengthened and put on an alert statis. by the time the war had ended with the HRE and peace was fully restored the Year was 1178. although this new found peace was not a long lasting one. in 1184 with a new King and new enemies the French faced many perils. the Almohads had become strong and Invaded French Ocupied Spain. the French forces there fell easily to the battled harded vets of the Almohads who had defeated the Egyptians,the Tukish, and Had taken much away from the Byz Empire. not much could be done as the Almohad war machine marched over my lands. my forces were tired of fighting from all those years at war with the Holy Roman Empire. after 10 years of this all we held were the british isles. much of my forces were smashed in trying to make it there. an overall force of 6000 troops made it to them. i Fully Expected an Invasion and positioned all 6000 of my troops on the English channel's coast.The Almohads Invaded just like i suspected. and they could not break through my Huge Army. though i had the Numbers it was only a matter of time before they gathered enough forces to break through our Defensive Lines. and thats just what they did. 7 years later they invaded with a force of 3000 to my weakend defenders only 3570. i decided that should i lose this battle it would be all over...that i should put every thing i had into this fight
French Defensive Force: 3570
Almohad Asualt Force: 3000
i had terain on my side, i had defended this land from 2 previous invasions, and now i had no idea if i could win. my infanty made up most of my Defence, as the Almos Approached they came under fire from Ardhers and my catapults. they were able to get under the fire and right in the face of my Inf.The defenders fought Greatly. with every man fighting to his best. They would gain a step and i pushed them back two steps. however my troops became exhausted and the lines began to break. Reinforcments came in on both sides but my men became dishearted when the French King was Struck down in the midst of battle. Even after he died they continued to fight. eventually an almo charge of Nubian Spear and Almo Urban Militia broke through my defense, the remnant of the French Fled. only 200 men survived the battle.The last of our provinces fell within 3 years. My troops defeated, My Empire in Ashes i accepted Defeat. my lesson, never trust those damn Almos http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pissed.gif