Orders and reports thread

[Ramses II CP]

Regional recommendations:

Outremer:

Viceroy Matthias I advise you to march down to pincer the Byzantines between yourself and the captain at the Iron Bridge.

Count von Salzgitter I have shipped across all the men I could and you are in position to use your cannon to assault the lightly held citadel at Nicosia. I believe there are mercenaries available on the island, but I doubt you will need more men than you have, at least not until the Byzantines attempt to take the citadel back.

Bavaria:

Kaiser Peter or Count Erlach now is the time to strike the last Byzantine army in Italy. Make them pay. Afterward Duke Steffen may ask your aid at Florence.

Duke Steffen there may be profit in a limited sally, but I am not certain you could drive off the French. I do believe you have the tools necessary to hold the walls.

Hermann Steffen the Swabians seem to have their situation well under control, while the French attack at Florence has emptied their lands behind it, so you have been detatched to strike behind them and recapture Marsellies. Cut their enclave at Genoa off from the rest of their nation!

Prinz Dieter put the rebels you're facing to the sword and march north at speed. You may draw on the garrison of Venice to aid you. (This battle may be auto-calc'd if it isn't fought. No big deal.)

Austria:

Lord Becker the Poles appear to have left Breslau virtually undefended. Perhaps they felt you would be too disheartened by your nominal defeat to proceed. There is a problem, however, in that one of the Polish armies which faced you has disappeared and a third Polish army seems to be marching out of the south east, possibly towards Prague. I have sent three more companies of Teutons into the area, but they were exhausted by their march. How to proceed is completely at your discretion.

Johann Zirn you are holding the bridge north of Vienna against an approaching force of Hungarians. If you believe you can find victory you are welcome to drive out and attack them, otherwise hold the bridge.

Duke Arnold Zagreb awaits you.

Franconia:

I will make the Russians pay at Hamburg and march back north to Arhus, where the Danes are still reluctant to advance (I was concerned that the captain on the western island was giving them pathing problems, so I removed him, but Stenkil is still stuck and the captain stack isn't moving behind him.)

Duke Dieter if you intend to depart Madgeburg, this is the season. Otherwise wait and I'm sure the Poles will lay siege again soon.

Swabia:

Count Ruppel, Welf von Luxemburg, I wish you two men to sort out between yourselves which companies of men you'd each like to take with you. Then I will ask Count Ruppel to march west to block the advance of the French towards Dijon, and Sir von Luxemburg to march north and prepare to aid the defenders of Rheims against a likely French assault. (OOC: If you want to swap men around to balance out your forces send me a list and I'll make it happen, then I'm moving Welf north and Ruppel west as I said)

Huge de Cervole I believe the French have learned to fear you, as Paris now hosts a massive garrison, and the road to Caen is lined with French armies. Perhaps this is a good time to march north to aid Count von Bohmen, but if you'd like I will try to find you a concealed region closer to Caen so you can try again next season.

I believe that is all gentlemen. I expect this will be another great season of success for the Reich!

Fritz von Kastilien

[FactionHeir]

Considering that the SHA1 is still plagued, it will be difficult to divide, as they can only follow as a train behind the main force, if you can call it that. Once I have been able to survey the French advance, I will detail specifics.

[OverKnight]

Taking the save.

[OverKnight]

Chancellor,

The Greeks have been eliminated, despite an error in judgement on my part.

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I chose a night attack, the troops at the bridge had no archers and would have been torn to pieces before I could aid them. I thought being on a hill side would compensate, I was almost wrong.

The prisoners were executed.

Despite the victory, the cannon and footmen won't be able to return to Adana this season. This is unfortunate as there is a Greek army, almost as nasty as this one, within striking distance of the Citadel.

There are two options, I can go back with the horsemen to lead the defense while the men here are assembled into a relief force. Or I can send horsemen ahead to hold the Citadel while I lead the relief force. The advantage of the former, is that I can fight from the walls on familiar ground when the relief force comes. The disadvantage is that the relief force, without a noble, has a small chance of rebelling.

The decision is yours Chancellor.

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/kotr1366-1.zip

[GeneralHankerchief]

Taking the save.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Chancellor,

Marseilles has been taken and occupied.

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We entered the city and shot the lone garrison unit to pieces. They tried a desperate, last-second charge that got some of our missile units, but it was too late and they were quickly overwhelmed.

I am unsure of whether a battle report is necessary. For now though, I am content to rest and begin organizing things inside the city.

Herrmann Steffen

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/kotr1366-2.zip

[Ramses II CP]

Excellent victories gentlemen. I am very pleased to have Marsellies returned to the Reich and Antioch secure during Andreas' expedition. I will consider our options at Adana, and consult with you further at the close of the season, Viceroy Matthias.

OOC: Kaiser Peter is on reserve duty, so I'd very much like to hear from Fredericus Erlach about the Byzantine battle. Gibson suggested autocalcing it, but I think that's undesriable and risky given the quality of the troops involved, so it's much more likely I'll simply send as many men south for Florence as I can and wait for someone to step up to the bat.

I'll be going out of town tonight and probably not back until ~24 hours from now, so that will be close to the conclusion of the offensive season. I think I'll have my laptop with me, and I know I'll have 'net access, so I should be paying attention if anything critical comes up.

edit: One minor matter, I saw where the Poles near Cecil went into ambush, and though Becker might not know where they are lying in wait I think, considering that they marched right by him, it's only fair to mention that when you last had contact with them they were marching west, in the direction of Madgeburg.

Fritz von Kastilien