CHANCELLOR'S REPORT 1342
I write this to you all while traveling down the coast towards Ragusa.
The Office of the Exchequer:
My Lords the rumours are true. The plague as struck right here in the heart of the Reich.
In response to this I have moved all but a skeleton garrison from Staufen. All the nobles of Swabia plus the currently recruited Swabian House Army have been relocated to Bern. Hopefully this will limit the spread of the disease. In a stroke of luck it seems neither Duke von Salza, Count Ruppel, de Cervole or the garrison that were relocated have contracted the disease.
In addition to this terrible news the lose of Milan has crippled our economy.
The Exchequers office confirms our projected profits to be poor unless we can drastically change our circumstances this season.
In other news, and somewhat concerning to me that The Office of the Exchequer should actually be aware of these personal events, I can congratulate Fredericus Erlach on siring a new baby girl
That concluded the first phase of this seasons Chancellor activities.
The War Office:
Given our economic conditions at the start of the season, I have been extremely forceful in demanding all army commanders begin to perform or lose their troops to more successful endeavours against out enemies. I will simply will not reinforce failure or stagnant fronts when we have zero resources at our disposal.
In response to this I have the pleasure of announcing an incredible series of results in our offensive campaigning season.
In a stunning move Duke Lothar with the remains of BHA Gerhard fought their way out of complete encirclement and then had the audacity to besiege Milan.
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At our northern border Fritz von Kastilien began the campaign towards Arhus about ten years earlier than I had expected.
At this point I have to say Fritz von Kastilien deserves some type of Imperial award. Either because he lost the recent election or simply decided that life was too boring he proceeded to attack the supporting Danish army near Hamburg and then follow that up by attacking, and lifting the siege of Hamburg single handedly.
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Not to be outdone by Fritz's double move, our esteemed Kaiser pulled off the same result outside Venice.
First up was the very decent Byzantine General Manouel of Zavarinikeia. As a pillar of virtue and chivalry our beloved Kasier proceeded to gut his troops and then kill the poor fellow. I was someone shocked to read this however it seems all is fair in war and chivalry when the situation is deemed necessary.
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Keeping my orders in mind the Kaiser then proceeded onward towards my beloved Venice and managed to goad the garrison out to assist in the bridge defence...in what I can only describe as heroic the Kaiser took the bridge and then Venice itself!!!
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In the far east the rash of city recovery continued as Andreas von Salzgitter, who is now the first of what will be many Crusade Counts attacked and reoccupied Anitoch!!
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In the east Lord Zirn again exhibited the multifaceted usage of our armies by simultaneously stripping part of the 2nd AHA to reinforce Vienna and at the same time have enough forces on hand to defeat the Hungarian force menacing the interior of Austria.
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Without doubt these are the most significant and impressive series of victories I have seen or read in the Holy Roman Empires history. The fact they have occurred in one campaigning season makes the impact to our situation even more impressive. The Office of the Exchequer report will show out results.
The Office of the Exchequer:
The final actions this season are as follows.
Our merchants have completed their reorganisation to maximize our profit taking.
All cities have tax levels set to the highest level I've deemed appropriate.
A mentioned previously one of our diplomats is heading as fast as possible to the Pope in order to allow for a more direct level of commuication.
The SHA has been relocated to Bern along with every available Swabian noble. Due to the plague in that Citadel recruitment has been halted for the time being. I am aware this is a difficult situation for Swabia but I have little choice.
Lukas Godwinson is heading north to reinforce Fritz and Prinz Peter. Prinz Peter has been moved closer to Hamburg to better allow assistance from the nearby Franconian army and the garrison of Hamburg.
The Army of Outremer and the Antioch garrison have been redeployed and the wall and port are now under repair. As with other cities the outdated siege works and Ballista production facilities have been decommissioned.
Likewise the in Venice the wall and market are being repaired and the Ballista facilities have been raised to the ground.
Count Karolinger and Hans von Bavaria have merge with BHA Otto and are heading to Milan to assist their Duke. For the moment they have taken up a defensive position on the bridge crossing the river Poe.
Von Kassel has been requested to begin campaigning in southern Italy. He has set off leaving a skeleton garrison Palermo which is currently being refitted for active duty.
The Palermo fleet has also cleared the area of all Sicilian vessels.
As a global description of my expenditure this season, the money we have made has allowed for repairs to be made for critical defense and economic structures. Recruitment has occurred in Innsbruck for this season.
With this in mind the new economic situation looks as follows:
My lords it has been an impressive series of results and the above financial situation is a credit to the success and victories you have made in the name of the Reich and our Emperor.
The defensive campaigning season is now upon us and once I reach Ragusa I will provide the field reports for those battles.
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Better than a loss I suppose, but not quite what I'd hoped for. I sacrificed a lot of men near the end struggling to break those swordstaff ^%&$ers, including virtually all of the cavalry, and none of them healed. Not one!
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