Your proudest achievment.

[lanky316]

Ok so I'm a noob and have been playing the game less then 24 hours properly but still. Just now I was playing my campaign game as England and ignoring the fact it took me 4 hours to take over Ireland ( http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif ) I made a fantastic achievment elsewhere in the South of France.

I made the stupid novice mistake of taking an undefended Navarre from the Almohad faction not realising that at the time they had (and I think still do) the strongest miliatary force. In the same 4 hours I have held out in the south of France (forgotten the name of the region) with a fairly restricted army who I am only now able to get a steady wave of reinforcements to.

In one specific pitched battle I had an army taking on an army 3 times our size. By staking out and making it my express intention to never under any circumstances move I held out against 2 waves of invaders and actually routed them off the field. A sturdy defenceive position and mass crossbow fire made the battle mine, unfortunately next turn they are likely to be back again...

That might not sound much to you guys but to me it's really impressive, I hope this luck continues

[Fortebraccio]

You can effortlessly complete the game by fighting last stand defensive battles. 4/5 units of crossbowmen (arbalesters), 4 unit of spearmen (sergeants), 2/3 units of men at arms, some light cavalry to pursue routing enemies, and some heavy cavalry to smash the flanks of engaged units. Once the first wave is routed, the AI is not capable of organizing its reserves in a decent battleline.

I feel very proud whenever I can keep at peace with my quarrelsome neighbours more than fifteen years. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[bighairyman]

my proudest achievement is when the turks suddenly appeared in armiean w/ four stacks of soldiers. the mongol governer(i was playing as the mogols) at that time was 4 star general who has 300 mongol heavy cavalry and 200 mongol cavalry archer = a total of 500 wild mongol warriors http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif , so i though no problem. so next turn i invade the turks. turns out it was 500 mongols VS 6,000 turks http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif . it was mostly ottaman infanty which is a half archer half h2h guy, 1,000 of them. some armiean heavy cavalry, 5 units of gulam bodyguard. 1 king and 4 prince. and a lot of archers. . so when the turks line a in a loooong battle line. i line my MHC at the right flank, all of them. and my MCA just charge the middle and shooting arrows, doing quite a good amount of damage. ofcourse the armiean horses charged at myMHA along with some spearmen. but they never caught up w/ my MHAs. i then charge my MHC at thier king, routed the infanty and killed thier king. then my MHC charged the armiean cavalry and also routed them. then i wiated for the rest of the ottoman infanty , but my MHC sliced through them like a hot knife through butter. the entire turkish army routed and i won. the battle lasted 35 minutes. ofcourse by next turn i had to retreat, only 200 warroirs left while the turks still have 1,500. but i called in reinforcements in 10 years, fought another huge battle then a seige and destoryed the turks. and peace last throughout turkey for ages to come http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[HopAlongBunny]

Well done http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Part of the games addictive quality comes from the feeling you get when doing the impossible

Elmo's? Beware the Mighty AUM http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Gregoshi]

Hello lanky. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Thanks for coming up for air long enough to join us here. Hold on to your hat because you will have many more such moments in the game. Enjoy them all.

[Bevan of Hertfordshire]

My proudest achievment was when i beat a massive french army with a couple of peasants and those excellent longbowmen + hobilars.

Although i captured so many french men i had to kill them to stop them getting back into circulation.

[katar]

mine is conquering the known world and not getting fed up half way through doing it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[rory_20_uk]

Although I agree that this was not by design but by fluke was when I was fighting a battle in Centeral France with (I thought) not hope of winning, as the enemy general was 5 star, and mine was a lowly 1 star, with a rabble grabbed from the surrounding provinces. Just before the battle was joined, a catapult shot went off target and proceeded to kill (amongst others) the enemy general. Realising I had about 3 seconds to react I charged everything at 'em.
Luck was with me, and the drop in morale was enough to cause a unit or two to flee, this causing others to flee and soon the whole french army was off.
Without that fluke, I'd have probably lost quite badly as teh terrain was indifferent and they had slightly superior numbers, and a far superior general.

Damn funny though

[The_Emperor]

Whats mine?

Read about the battle of Kiev Here (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=25;t=9519;st=100)

I am looking to top that sometime... But I need to have a lot of time to fight the entire Horde in Khazar http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

My other achievment that came close, was when I invaded spain once as the English... I faced off against 4,000 Spanish vs my 945 English full stack led by the King. The Spanish were slaughtered and we only lost a couple of hundred men.

Rest assured he got the Skilled Risky attacks virtue with that victory

[LestaT]

I managed to win lesser victory playing the turkish campaign in hard mode with full (large/huge ?) armies. Six time trying. Finally... ( I couldn't/don't have time to conquer Ireland... )

[lancer63]

My 2 kids. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Now really. I've had so many I lose count. From lucky shots to impossible victories. I guess my proudest and best moment is at the very instant I'm playing. The rest is just memories. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[The_678]

My proudest acheivment was breeding a level 3 general to level 9. What I did was took an army of 300 Early Royal Knights as Germany and wen to take the the russian rebels on. I did and the next turn I moved my army sopmewhere else and put the taxes on very high. Next thing I know there is a peasent rebellion of 3000 peasents. I sent in my Knight army and slaughtered em all I did this with EVERY single russian rebel province. Every year I would have anothere rebellion somewhere and send in my knights. By the end my general had like 6 or 7 vnv's. All the prisoner killer ones, Expert defender, attacker, 3on1 and some others. It was great. Their valor was huge, my general was skilled at every type of battle but siege and he was had a command of 9. It was amazing. Best General I've ever had or seen.

[kataphraktoi]

Asked a girl to a Prom, she said yes then changed her mind....my proudest achievement.....and it still hurts.
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[Cebei]

Awww... dont worry kataphraktoi. This sipahi understands you (can you imagine a kataphraktoi and a sipahi sitting side to side crying over a girl issue?)

Anyway, my greatest achievement:

Turks (me) with 2200 men and 4 star boybeyi, against Byzantians, 3878 men and 9 star emperor ON EXPERT http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif The Great Battle Of Constantinople, 1156

Result; 480 men lost 2211 men killed 600 captured (Byzantian emperor fled though).

That was the zenith of my one year experience on MTW. I worked like a clock. And really had a personality confusion. MOOOOM Bring that 3 line of cake near the defensive tea cup Routers will be killed

[kataphraktoi]

Back then us Kataphratoi and Siphais didn't have to ask, we just took http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Aggony1Knight]

I remember i was fighting a ton of Byz and all i had was a rally unit of royal knights with about 9 men left in the unit. I charge the byz gen who was byz inf with about 55 left and he fell upon charge and all the army routed which was probably about 20 + men. This may seem like not to great a task but in real life say all your army is fleeing ona crusade to take constantinople. You rally its you at 8 other dudes everyone else runnin like panzys. You charge at there general and felled him on the charge...and 200+ men all start runnin.

-A1K

[Oliewabie]

Winning the campaing on expert level with the Turks,:)

[Skidrowpunk]

When I successfully held off the spanish warmachine (they had 4500 men http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif) with my 2 units if Naptha Throwers, 32 archers and 1 unit of spearmans in a castle. The thing they did was, not the obvious thing to charge the gate,but to place their ballista in the back of my castle and break the wall. Then they had to go around the whole castle http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif. Unlucky for them though, they had to cross a small cliff where only 1 man could cross at the same time. My Naptha Throwers were really happy. Another stupid thing they did was when they got reinforcements their Santiago Knights stopped right in front of one of my arrow towers. They died hardcore http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif.

When they routed I chased them with only one Naptha Thrower. After that I conquered the whole Spain and killed their king in another great battle, but that's another story.

[LordChance]

Oki
Tell me if anyone else has been stupid enought to do like I and play the entire campain from early as the aragons on the highest difficulty and conquered the world...just because it is the most difficult fraction...also did someone make it in less then 2 tries...

Others could be feeling proud after as the danish defeating the byzantine in open combat while only controlling 5 provinces...(they had a fourth of the map or so)...

[Lehesu]

My Proudest Achievement: Forcing myself to stop playing Total War.

[Michiel de Ruyter]

On da battlefield:

A big oops I had neglected my Engkish forces in Toulouse a bit, and was a bit overstretched, so my army was not exactly up to date. All I had was one unit of chivalric sergeants, two units of mounted sergeants, three units of peasants, one of royal knights and two of viking mercenaries... not all on full strength. My sole advantage was having a 8 star general, and two 6 star units, and a few 4 star...

Italy invaded, with a 5 star general, two units of chivalric knights, one unit of royal knights, two units of Italian light infantry and a unit of chivalric sergeants.

I put one viking unit on the left flank, next to taht a peasant, then my sergeants, and then a peasant unit... this flank rested on a forest. Behind the forest I hid one unit of peasants and my roal knights. In reserve I had two units of mounted sergeants (one on my left flank, one in the center, together with my remaining units of vikings). My battle plan was to hold the line, if possible use my left flank vikings in cooperation with one unit of mounted sergeants to destroy his right flank. My other mounted seargs and vikings would be reserve. My royal knights and peasants would attempt to go through the forest, get behind his line, and flank his army on my right. My only hope, and assumption was, was taht the Italians would ignore the forest, and would only attack the battle-line visible to them....and so they did.

It was hard fought, a difficult battle, but eventually I won, though I suffered by far the most serious losse in men, and commanders.

Total losses: 500 + for me, 300 for him. Also, I got his 5 star general, but I lost one 6 star general, and all but one of my four star units. Both my sole 6 star unit had only 5 fellow mounted sergeants remaining. I had two royal knights left... when all was done, I was left with a stack of only 5 units, heavily undermanned.. but with valour through the roof http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Andn once I had two brilliant battles playing Shogun:

One a win with only 50 dead for 1600 + of his.
Another one also a win, in the fog... he invaded with an army of 4000 + soldiers, mine was 3000+. I routed him with afetr having used only 5 units... when I send for a general advance to envelope him, he broke and ran... casualties + 250 for 1000... and I got the rest two turns later....

[pyhhricvictory]

It had to be taking Prussia from the Russian juggernaut in Napoleonic War with the Poles. I took the province in a brutal battle and chased them into the castle. They sallied forth with mainly cavalry against my 5 cannon batteries 3 light infantry 4 line infantry 2 Curassiers and a general. 2 of my line infantry were under 50% and the curraisers had 25 men total. I slaughtered them with the cannons as they approached and then just unleashed the cavs and routed them. The next run I sent in 16 units of infantry and 3 cav units (all that I could spare) and promptly was invaded by a joint Russian-Prussian force that I beat with 2800 killed on their side and 1250 killed on my side. They both sued for peace the next year. I was so proud of my cannon that were all valour 8 and my general who had 5 stars.

[Jeebus_Frist]

I would have to say that it would be my creation of an ubergeneral. Back in january I began a campaign as the Spanish in early on expert difficulty. I eventually had a five star mounted unit of some type that I used as my primary general. I had eliminated the Almohad and engaged in a bloody war with the Egyptians who had HUGE stacks of troops due to their HUGE trading empire. I consistently won each battle only to watch the Egyptians ransom back my prisoners regardless of the cost http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif While being a financial boon and giving me the expert defender virtue, I was making no territorial gains because I was fighting the same troops year after year. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif Eventually I decided to execute any captured prisoners which allowed me to progress deeper into Egyptian territory. It also gave me the expert attacker virtue and eventually the blood lover vice. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif By now my general has fought over thirty battles in which he has been overwhelmingly outnumbered nearly every single time. He has command and dread ratings of nine each and gives a +5 valor bonus to all troops Subsequently the last few battles he has against the Egyptians consists of their troops fleeing the field as soon as the battles begin. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif By now he has fought his way around to Armenia with seven hundred men and I haven't bothered to hold onto the provinces he has captured along the way as the bulk of my forces are stuck in the south of France battling the Italians. So there my army is with no way home and wouldn't you know it, the Mongols arrive with six thousand men in Armenia http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif I decided to fight to the bitter end and make the horde pay dearly for the life of my favorite general. The battle began with my forces arrayed on the higher of two hills and the mongols advancing through some trees to the south. One by one their heavy cavalry crested the rise of the lesser hill and made their way to the edge of the forest. Then they seemed to hesitate and abruptly, en masse, they fled the field. My ubergeneral's nasty reputation had apparently preceeded him and even the horder wasn't willing to risk annihilation http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif I moved him back towards Spain and the forces in every single province I entered fled rather than fight. It was quite possibly the oddest and coolest thing from my MTW experiences. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Anti-christ]

my proudest moment was when i kicked serious turk ass in a bridgeprovince somewhere. i had 120 trebs, 120 varangian guards, 80 kataphraktoi and a six star general. i won, lost 20 guys, killed six hundred:)

[mystic brew]

Proudest reecent one would probably be winning a battle with the kill ratio of 786:2

I set up 4 units of Boyars as far forward as I could in line abreast. They were meant to hassle and withdraw like good little HAs. But the HRE made the mistake of lining their own archers and xbows far forward with just a single unit of spears in escort.

My general spies this, and orders the charge.

one unit of Boyars false charges the spears, drawing it further out, while the rest of the thin blue line massacres the xbows and moves onto the archers. They rout and impede the main force coming up in support. The Boyars form up. another spear unit comes close, but without support the Boyars sandwich and shatter them while the other 2 do the same to the other isolated unit.

then as the HRE sargeants and halberds approach the Boyars pull away and resume their harassing.

the archers reform but steepe cavalry completes their demise. So far, just one Boyar has died and my main line isn't engaged, 3 units of xbows and 3 halderds of my own.

The Boyars exhaust most of their arrows, but I always keep a few volleys back.

The army can't make it up the hill without the main line dealing them a hefty blow. The brave chivalric sargeants come closest but are shattered by the experience. I almost felt sorry for them when the steepe cavalry ran them down.

then the Boyars fall on one flank and shatter it totally. Another Boyar dies.
Then white flags go off...

Fantastic.

I couldn't believe it.

I only had 600 men, and beat 1800.

[Leet Eriksson]

conquering europe with almos on expert in latealso did that with poles and byz and turksthese are tough factions.

[Gregoshi]

Hello Oliewabie. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Thanks for signing up with us.

[Damianos_sophotatos]

Hi there

Once in a large battle I charged a unit of peasants uphill into a wood where the enemy king's royal knights were. The peasants killed the king and routed the knights losing 30 dead. It was the Russians vs the Poles.

Changed my mind about peasants http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif

DS

[Gregoshi]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Welcome aboard Damianos. At first glance your story sounds like a fish tale, but I know strange things do happen on the battlefield. Give those peasants free beer for the rest of their lives - they earned it. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[Damianos_sophotatos]

Thanks Greg.

I think it was because the knights were exhausted and I had already shot one or two.

Does anyone know how to win with Hungary? I started Hungary on early last night and on the second turn had a rebellion in every province. Is there something up with King Lazlo?
Taxes were only on normal.

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Basileus]

I think it has to be when i attacked the Spanish as the Aragonese on the first turn. I didnt think i had a chanse but i did it anyway, the Spanish had a bigger army and the king had 7 stars against mine with 4 so hes troops had better valor but i managed to win and even kill the Spanish king and at the end of the battle the only one standing was a singel Royal knight and that was my own king. I took the whole iberia in 12 turns with a little hlp of some mercs.

[Basileus]

Quote[/b] (Damianos_sophotatos @ Jan. 28 2004,04:50)]Does anyone know how to win with Hungary? I started Hungary on early last night and on the second turn had a rebellion in every province. Is there something up with King Lazlo?
Taxes were only on normal.

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
on your first turn build Watch Towers on all your provinces..should be enough to avoid rebelions

[the_rydster]

I have only been playing this game for about a week now but my best victory was as the Vikings against a huge rebellion of North Folk.

I had about 300 men. Some Thralls, Landsmen, my Kings unit of Huscarles, and two units Beserkers.

The North Folk had about 1800 men, composed of peasants, spearmen, some armored spearmen, and one or two others.

Basically I lined up the Thralls and Landsmen to hold the first wave, and hid the Huscarles and Beserkers in a wood.

As soon as the enemy got near my Thralls decided to charge so I just launched the whole lot into charge and the result was total carnage as all my units piled in.

At first it looked like I was wobbling but once the Huscarles and Beserkers piled into the enemy left flank the enemy units started to rout left right and centre.

Killed about 900 and only lost about 70. The two Beserker units slew about 100 each. Beserkers are seriously good.....are the TOO good though? I mean is this realistec? How can 12 men with just trousers and a sword and shield take on so many and WIN?

Looking forward to training Joms Vikings....ha ha.

[Ludens]

Welcome to the Org, The Rydster http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

You are not the only one questioning the power of berserkers. Check this poll: Berserkers: overpowered? (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=15;t=14020) by Aymar de Bois Mauri.

As for my own proudest achievement: I try to be a disciple of Sun Tzu. I attack only when victory is certain or almost certain. This doesn't give you many epic battles and there are not many victories to be proud off.

But it does win you the war http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Balmont]

Taking 200 WM and beating about 600 YA, and YS.


OK, OK, that was when I first started playing STW.

My best moment was building an army of 1/2 HC, 1/4 CA & SA, 1/8 YS, 1/8 WM.

Legendary armour, and weapons. :D

-Balmont

[Monk]

The Place: Georgia

The Date of Battle: May 2 1382 AD

Title of today's tale: My Sworn Enemy


In the year 1380, it was decided that the Golden Horde had grown to powerful and needed to be placed in check. However, due to the Mongol's vast land of open steppe and the power they held in numbers, no one faction could defeat them alone, and so in 1381 a great alliance was formed consisting of five nations: The Turks, The Byzantines, The Rus, The Poles, and The Swedes. They all swore an oath to protect the lands beyond from the Storm of the East, and if they should fall in battle, their heirs would continue the fight. Together they formed the Great Wall of Europe, past which they warned the Mongols they could never cross. For it they were to set foot in any of their territories, a force more powerful than an army of demons would be unleashed.

The Khan of The Mongols, arrogant and power hungry as he was, disregarded the warning and made war with all in his path. The first blow to be dealt was to the Poles, who took severe casualties in what was after known as The Battle of Rivers for clear reasons. Making good on their oath; The people of Russia rode to War and fought the Battle of Blood Fields, named for after the fighting ended there, the land was soaked with the blood of both Mongol and Russian, however a valiant stand, the Russians lost and were forced to retreat to Muscovy. In 1382 the Byzantines sailed through the Black Sea and met the Mongols at Crimea and vanquished their foes for the first time. The victory at the Hands of the Romans was a signal to all who were fighting, that their enemy was not immortal and they could taste the lasting effect of defeat.

With Fighting in the North and West, the Sultan Osman III of the Turks decided that he had waited enough. He put together an army of his finest men, From Janissary Infantry making up the Elite core of his force, to Saracen Medium Infantry standing the main lines and Turcoman Cavalry providing mobility. All added together he had assembled a force of nearly two thousand, and in the beginning of the 1382 summer, he marched North into Georgia. Arriving soon, he ordered his men to camp near a narrow valley in which they only possible way they could be attack was from directly north. He stayed there for three days before setting out once again, this time he led his men a bit west before turning North again and soon he met up with the Mongols near two high mountains and across from a forest.

The Force the Mongols had brought with them numbered somewhere around two thousand and seven hundred, exact figures are not known, however what is know is that the Turks were outnumbered and against superior troops and odds, they lost all hope. However, even though outnumbered and maybe even no hope of victory, they refused to leave their Sultan. Maybe they wanted to follow him no matter what, or maybe, just maybe, each one of them knew that to retreat was to surrender their land to the enemy. The Mongols were lead by their Prince Ogabai III, and he was feared even among his own for his strength in battle and his short temper. Osman deployed on the slope of a ridge, with his Janissaries on the flanks of his army and the Saracens in the middle, while Ogabai had his men set up in a manner on the open plain between the forest and the hills with horsemen on the flanks and his Chinese Spearmen in the center.

Osman knew that his army could not win in a direct confrontation with the Mongols, but what he did know is that maybe he could use their own tactics against them. The battle started quickly enough as Osman moved out his entire army, but galloping ahead of the advancing infantry were his Turcomen cavalry archers. They charged out in front and released a volley into the Mongol lines, many fell. They rode around to their flank and released another volley, once more men fell. The Prince of the Mongols had enough of it and charged out from his line to attack his enemy, however he didn't account on the Archers of the Turks to be so quick and before he realized it he had run off so far so fast he was separated from his army. Having pulled out their commander, The Sultan Osman had his Horsemen engaged in battle while his infantry flanked. The Plan worked brilliantly and before long Ogabai was slain with minimal loses to the Turks.

However, Instead of forsaking the fight, the rest of the Mongols stood their ground, they were filled with anger and their hearts aflame with hatred. They let all tactical thought go and threw themselves helplessly at the Turks in a hope that by shear force they could drive their enemy from the land. However this had an opposite effect, for Osman III ordered his Janissaries up to the front and they, with Saracens on the flanks, stopped the Mongol charge. With his enemy held up, The Sultan led his cavalry around to the Flanks and rear and ordered an all out charge. The way was closed behind the Mongols and they had no retreat, but their end was noble, for they did not beg for mercy nor run from their fight. They fought down to the last men were left standing and weary, but they were eventually taken prisoner.

The war did not end there, though it marked a turning point in the war. six years later a combine force of Byzantines, Poles, Swedes, and Turks finished off the Mongols in Khazar.

The Sultanate of the ottoman Turks would not last however, for in 1453 the empire fell to the hands of the Sicilians who went on to build the finest empire until the modern age.

Game played - Medmod 3.14/Expert/Late/Turks

[The Tuffen]

I took out almost all the welsh with a viking king once. Admittidly he had lots of valour and lots of good vices which give him health + attack bonus's. He managed to rout a smallish force (bout 100-50) into a fortified village, then in the next battle managed to take out the whole village (admittadly there was only about 25 left after the first battle. He then continued to take out another largish force although I did use 2 units of Joms vikings to support him for this fight(then he died because of the 56 year bug http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif )

[MAJORPA1N]

in n:tw, slaughtering 4400+ british soldiers and rebels in prussia with 2 units of french light infantry, 4 units of carabiners(sp?) which included my gernaral's unit, and 4 units of twelve pounders which equals 20 guns total.

ok so the british province of prussia was invaded by my small french force but the peasants rebelled in a year and the brits sent a force of 3500 infantry including some units of elite greenjackets to support the rebellion. i sent over 3000 of my forces totaling 4500+Brits VS 4100+ French.

i sent 2 cavalry units on each side of te field that the brits would have to march through to attack my center force. once my artillery opens up the brits get in loose formation(not a goodthing when being charged by cavalry) i only need to send a unit of french line infantry to engage the 3 advancing british units of infantry while my other units lay back in support. you can actually see all the dead of those 3 advancing units and well since they were engaging my advancing infantry they had to stop which makes em easy pickings for my artillery and as they take heavy casualties from my artillery they have to reform their ranks and can't get a single successful volley off.

meanwhile my 2 cavalry units on my left flank encounter an enemy foce of maybe around 500 trying to attack my left flank but get quickly cut down by my cavalry. the cavalry on my right flank find the general unit of the british unprotected except by 2 rebel units. they charge in and the enemy quickly flees as both their flanks collapse and their center is being ripped apart by artillery.3500+ dead in the first wave and i lost about 150.

their elite greenjackets do show up though as they arrive after the first wave has retreated. i decide to do the same drill and get my 4 cavalry units in their original positions ready to charge the enemy force's flanks. just like their other friends they attack my center marching over the corpses of their fallen comrades. they can't escape their fate however as my artillery opens up, they change to loose formation, i send a single unit of infantry(actually it was the exact same one i sent before so it was only made of 130 men), my artillery blows em away as they come to a stop to engage but they can't get good volleys off when they take so many casualties as they have to reform their ranks.

my cav charges into their flank only their not surprised as they quickly take defensive measures but its no use as my cav closes in on both flanks attacking them while still moving and thus cutting through them like butter.1000+dead in the second wave.

heh, after that the brits were totally kicked out of mainland europe by me in the next year a few years later they got rebellions spring up all over the UK. the welsh took wessex and the scots got northrumbia so the english king and his army are trapped since i control all of the waters around UK

[Chubb]

My proudest achivements happened in my Byzantine Early game which i'm playing at the moment. The first great victory was against the Egyptians in Edessa, my Emperor (Andronicus I, 7 stars) with 34 Varangians, 100 Byzantine infantry, 14 Trebizond Archers and 33 Kataphraktoi against 1200 Egyptian peasants and Ghulams. Yeah, my tropps were better quality but I thought the numbers might be too many. Then, I reaised the Egyptians were strun out in a battle line, so I charged my whole army into the extreme right of their line. They could not bring sufficent numbers against me and, having dealt witrh the Ghulams the battle was all but over. 1000-odd Egyptians dead, to only 28 Byzantines.
The second victory was even better. Lord Diogenes, a nine-star geeral, with 500 men against 2300 Portugese rebels. I beat back th first rebel attack, then marched all the army bar the Kataphraktoi into a wood, which then negated the portugese spearmen and Knight's advantages. Three times they attacked the woods, and three times my Byz. Inf. beat thm back. The men that didn't enter the woods i charged with my Kataphraktoi, who were concealed behind the brow of the wooded hill, into thir flanks. With a lot of luck, the rebels lost 2000 men to my 126.