Battles.....

[Arngrim]

1700; Swedish Naval Raid on Archangelsk.

I´ve forgotten date, year and place, but an action took place between a Swedish frigate and six british ships-of-the-line and a frigate, pre 1715, which lasted for hours.

A similar British pirate raid on four Swedish destroyers in WW2, almost made Sweden join the Axis!

[Jasper The Builder]

Battle of Assaye

British Empire - Maratha Empire, September 23, 1803, Assaye, India.

Arthur Wellesley later the Iron Duke of Wellington, Fought in his own words, The Hardest battle he'd ever commanded. Outnumbered and out gunned by at least 4 to 1, Wellesley proved on the battle field that he was the Greatest Military Commander thats ever lived. Instead of awaiting for the obvious onslaught he attacked the Maratha lines and broke them, Giving the British the Jewel in the Crown and complete utter control over all of India.

I can't wait to steer the Iron Duke into the War of 1812 also, If thats going to be on the game, Give the yanks something more than Mercenaries for once

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

I agree with Assaye, but you missed out the use of the ford that "didn't exist". Prior to the battle the British advanced to meet the Marathas who had a defensive line behind a ford. Using his observation, Wellington decided that there must be another ford further up the river, despite the native guides being adamant that there wasn't.

Long story short, the British army crossed the ford and the whole Maratha army had to redeploy.

[Freedom Onanist]

A similar British pirate raid on four Swedish destroyers in WW2, almost made Sweden join the Axis!

Well, thank heavens Sweden didn't abandon its "neutrality"

Battle of Ticonderoga 1758: 15,000 British and American Provincials. Around 3,600 French regular troops with a few Canadian provincials.
Winner: the French drove back the British/American attack, inflicting heavy losses.
The American provincials lost 350 killed and wounded. The British battalions lost 1,600 killed and wounded. The French casualties were around 350 killed and wounded.

He, he, it all makes the final victories more sweet. Let's not talk about Quebec eh?

[Martok]

Better yet, why don't we talk about historical battles we'd like to see in Empire.

[Ozzman1O1]

I want to see some of the american revolution,The battle of cowpens i think would be interesting to play with since it was strategically diffrent then most american revolutionary battles.

[TenkiSoratoti_]

The Battle of Maida

Fought in Italy on 4th July 1806 an exclusively British force defeats a First French Empire force made up of Poles, Swiss and French troops. Plenty of skirmishing during the day and then a 15 minute scrap at bayonet point at the climax. It ended in a decisive British victory but Stuarts little expeditionary force might be considered wise not to have followed up on the success.

Maida, although small, provided a much needed morale boost to the heavily strained 3rd Coalition where Russia and Austria were suffering some horrendous defeats to that short fat Corsican.

The Battle of Cryslers Farm

An assortment of 800 British Regulars and Militia defeat near 8,000 US troops along the St. Lawrence River in Ontario. This battle would be 'Very Hard' as the British infact attacked and routed the US force while outnumbered roughly 7 to 1. No small feat.


The trouble is with the really epic battles like Salamanca, Borodino, Morongo and all them is that you can only get about 6,000 troops on screen and then its totally unplayable.