Spies!

[Graphic]

The best counter as France is simply destroy every enemy faction on mainland Europe.

[The Stranger]

as you said... counter them with your own spies. i myself have had little trouble but i use spies myself quite alot. mostly to take out enemy gentlemen. i dont really steal tech, but i rather buy or trade them. and makesure that i always get better while they loose their special clubs and stuff.

[A Nerd]

Spies sound terribly annoying! Are recruitable generals available with upgrades? How about general promotions like in ETW?

[AussieGiant]

Yeah I also got a little annoyed at the assassinations happening left and right. I made sure to send a spy with each main General after a while and this seemed to slow things down. I'll try the gentlemen defence in the next "Coalition" campaign and give some feedback.