Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

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Report for 1099

Military Affairs

Pontic Frontier

Pavlos Chrysovergos has reached Trebizond and saw that it was besieged by troops of the Turkish Sultan. This may prove to be our casus belli. I have asked Pavlos Chrysovergos to hold his attack until the offensive armies are assembled. He has held his attack for this year, but does not seemed to have made a final decision yet.

Caesar Ioannis still makes no progress towards Sinop.

Syria

Aleppo is now under siege, while most of the Order's army is in Antioch. The armies in Syria are poorly supplied, and a ship has been dispatched to the Eastern Med to ferry supplies from Cyprus.

Eastern Frontier

Ioannis Kalameteros has arrived in Smyrna with reinforcements from Greece. The pair of Asteri private armies is essentially complete and sits in Smyrna. They are not fully built to specification, however, since a pair of regiments revolted on their way from Dardanellia, and the armies are short on missile troops. They will have to be supplemented with mercenaries.

Interior and Sea

I am three years' march away from the Turkish border.

Savvas ek Militou continues toward Belgrade. Kosmas Mavrozomis is heading to the east.

After ships were detached for the Eastern Med, the Aegean fleet consists of 4 ships.

Civilian Affairs

Anna Komnene has arrived in Smyrna.

A French diplomat at Belgrade offered trade rights, which was accepted.

The King of the Germans has declared war on the Fatimids of Egypt, who are currently in possession of Jerusalem. I believe this means that the Germans have assembled a crusade, which will be passing through our lands shortly. Also, the Fatimid Sultan has died.

An abbey was started in Antioch, and a drill square in Corinth. Both of these will be essential, the first one in pacifying the populace of Antioch and the second with providing advanced, sword-bearing troops of great use in hand-to-hand fighting in cities.

Recruitment was mainly priests and a ship.

3000 florins had to be drawn from the treasury reserves.

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