Battle reports thread - King of the Romans PBM

[Zim]

Place holder for Antioch sally and assault of 1348.

[AussieGiant]

Outside Ragusa 1350

The Chancellor relieving the the siege of Ragusa.

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[OverKnight]

Prologue

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The Defense of Adana, 1350

Chancellor,

The Greeks, after being bloodied twice, finally decided to attack.

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I had a skeleton crew on the first ring. My archers and infantry were deployed on the second. My goal was not just to throw off the siege, but to destroy the Greeks.

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Of course I did not give up the first ring without a fight.

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The Greeks, despite the delay at the main gate, attacked on a wide front. Another reason I planned to hold them at the second ring, to make them concentrate their men so they could be more easily destroyed.

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I also wished the Greeks to waste their siege equipment on the first ring so their move on the second would be weakened.

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Using their ladders, however, they made it over the wall.

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This was part of the plan, I wanted them to gain entrance to the first ring. They hadn't brought in their cavalry yet, only when they had possesion of the first gate would this happen. I decided to withdraw my skeleton crew to the second gate to allow them entry. A recent loss left me distracted, and I foolishly decided to charge some Byzantine Infantry that had come off the wall. The charged failed and I lost many of my bodyguard.

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Still, the plan worked. I was able to shake off their pursuit and the survivors of the skeleton crew succesfully withdrew to the second gate. I ordered my archers to fire on the Greek infantry that had made it over the wall. They were milling about in the gap between the second and first rings waiting for the cavalry and what was left of the siege equipment. Many of them fell.

The Greek cavalry arrived along with most of the remaining infantry, which had a set of ladders and a ram. My Crossbowmen were positioned to rain fire down on them as they made their way from the first gate to the second.

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The Greeks attacked to the right of the gate with dismounted Latinkon on ladders.

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They were good men, but I already had my own on the walls. Their last ram went up in flames as well.

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The Greek Captain showed tenacity, if not intelligence, by refusing to retreat. A few more attacks up the ladder were crushed while my archers inflicted losses on their horsemen.

Their Captain finally broke, but still many of them stayed in front of the gate waiting for the last set of ladders to be brought in. They died for their stubborness.

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I sent the infantry and cavalry out to dispatch the remaining schwein. They met one last unit of dismounted Latinkon.

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They clung to the assault to the last. Their force crushed, they still hoped to bring ladders to the walls. A cavalry charge to their rear put paid to that.

All that was left was to capture the few who had the sense to run.

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I attempted to ransom the survivors, but I guess the Greeks have so many soldiers, they don't care about 500 florins worth of captives. With that, their army is gone. Though I hear rumors of another approaching from Iconium.

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A curse on the Greeks and the Plague. I will hold Adana until my last breath, whether God wills it or not. If I am damned for it, I will drag down as many Byzantines as I can to Hell with me.

Matthias