Orders and reports thread

[Ramses II CP]

The offensive season is closed! You may expect a recruitment report soon.

Fritz von Kastilien

OOC: I've heard from everyone now and I'm going to advance the turn. The Sicilian battle will be auto-calc'd because we have overwhelming numbers in our favor and understandably busy players. This will probably be the final 'active' turn of the game, so if you have last requests or actions I'll try to make them possible.

[Ramses II CP]

1378 Recruitment and Construction Report (End of Season Report)

This offensive season saw the Reich's armies once more on the attack. In Austria Duke Arnold utterly destroyed two Hungarian armies which had the termerity to threaten one of his cities, and ordered the Zirn brothers to hold the bridge against a third. In Swabia Bordeaux was sacked by Count de Cervole, and Count von Bohmen destroyed half of the French army at Bruges but was unable to retake the city. Count von Luxemburg crept into position to retake Dijon, while Count Ruppel gathered his forces to face the French army which is marching to reinforce Bruges.

Franconia was still, though I sail ever nearer the walls of the last Danish enclave to put their people to the sword. In Bavaria Lothar Steffen, Hermann Steffen, and Kaiser Peter crushed two Sicilian armies near Rome, breaking their ineffective invasion force in twain. The remaining two armies have moved to the eastern coastal road, and appear to be in flight.





Ransom on the many captives would be refused, and the men who fled scattered and no longer present a threat.

Outremer saw a brilliant, bloody success in the field under the hands of Count von Salzgitter, who gave his life in God's cause while butchering Byzantines. I pray that I may know so noble a death when my day comes! Viceroy Matthias stood behind the high walls of Adana and laughed at the cowardly, trapped Byzantines outside who declined to lay siege.

The Timurid armies advances slightly through Turkish territory, but are still bringing their armies together. They are several season's march from threatening any of our holdings.

On the home front the trial of Lothar Steffen has come to a conclusion and he has been found guilty, exactly as I said he was from the start, and conveniently only after I took measures to force Lord Becker into action. Lothar surrender yourself to the Kaiser's authority or I will strip you of your soldiers and hunt you down like a beast in the fields! Any person who aids Lothar Steffen in the least detail, any city that gives him sanctuary, and any ship that grants him passage will be subject to my wrath.

Lord Becker I order you to make the Bohemian mercenary ready for travel, on my way south I will take him from you. Resist me in this and you will face the same treatment as the rest of Lothar's allies. Turn him over peacefully and I will leave you and Prague in peace.

Construction was limited to Swabia and the western Imperial holdings, where I acceded to Count de Cervole's requests (All other cities and castles in Swabia were already building):

Bordeaux: Jousting Lists
Metz: Merchant Bank

There were no disbandments. Recruitment was extensive:

Austria
Ragusa: trained 3 Pavise Crossbowmen (In the face of the impending Venetian siege)
Zagreb: trained 1 Town Militia, 1 Merchant
Vienna: trained 1 Forlorn Hope, 2 Cannon
Prague: retrained 1 Teutonic Knights, 1 Mercenary spearmen, trained 1 Tuetonic Knights
Venice: trained 3 Merchant Cavalry militia to send east

Swabia
Bern: trained 3 Spear militia
Staufen: trained 3 Dismounted Feudal Knights
Metz: trained 1 Spy
Rheims: trained 3 Halberd militia
Paris: retrained 3 Spear militia
Antwerp: trained 3 Pike militia
Caen: retrained 1 Free Company Longbowmen, 1 Pavise Crossbowmen, 1 Dismounted Feudal Knights, as requested
Anger: trained 3 Armoured Sergeants
Bordeaux: retrained 1 Mounted Crossbowmen, trained 2 Pavise Crossbowmen

Franconia
Frankfurt: trained 1 Crossbow militia
Madgeburg: retrained 1 Teutonic Knights, 1 Armoured Sergeants, 1 Dismounted Feudal Knights
Hamburg saw no training due to siege
Arhus saw no training

Bavaria
Nuremburg saw no training
Innsbruck: retrained 1 Pavise Crossbowmen, 1 Armoured Sergeants, trained 1 Mounted Crossbowmen
Milan: retrained 1 Crossbow militia, 1 Spear militia
Genoa saw no training
Marsellies saw no training
Bologna: trained 1 Spear militia, 2 Merchant Cavalry militia
Rome: retrained 1 Crossbow militia, 1 Halberd militia, 1 Merchant Cavalry militia
Naples: trained 2 Pike militia, 1 Forlorn Hope
Palermo: trained 3 Armoured Sergeants

Outremer
Adana: trained 2 Armoured Sergeants, 1 Serpentine
Caesarea: retrained Feudal Knights, trained 2 Feudal Knights
Antioch: trained Merchant, Priest
Acre: trained 3 Mounted Crossbowmen
Nicosia saw no training

The only defensive engagement of the season is north of Vienna where Jan Zirn and Max Zirn are holding the bridge against a Hungarian army.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/KOTR1376-7.zip

Fritz von Kastilien

[Zim]

OOC: I'm guessing I'll be fighting the battle since Max is not yet knighted. Time to change that. I'm taking the save.

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: Heading out now, back in a few hours to take the save and get what might be the last KotR report up.

[Zim]

The bridge to Vienna has been successfully defended. Peasants in the area have termed it a "heroic" victory, but casualties were somewhat higher than I expected, due partly to the cowardly nature of mercenary spearmen compared to sergeants of the Reich, and to malfunctions among the serpentines.

My brother Maximilian acquitted himself well, turning the tide of the abttle at one point. He has been knighted and can now take over the AHA1 as Duke Arnold desires.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/KOTR1378-1.zip

OOC: Had one bug in the battle. Early on the serpentines were showing as having no ammo. I thought it was odd but continued anyway, then towards the end of the battle they magically regained their ammunition, but by then forces were too mixed for them to have a decent shot.

[AussieGiant]

Arnold:

Excellent work Jan, it seems after many years in the field there is actually "something" too you at long last.

As the middle brother I thought you were simply content to be a governor.

I've taken note of this victory and will consider further command possibilities in the south for you. Hapsburg has been underwhelming to say the least.

£$££ it!! Lets not beat around the bush in these times...how would you feel about commanding the southern front of Austria?

[Zim]

Duke Arnold,
I would be honored to command the defense of southern Austria. Having a taste of combat has made me eager to find out what I can do with a professional army. I shall head south immediately to see to the defense of Ragusa.