Napoleonic Hegemony

[Wisp]

Oh yeah, currently Britain's role in this war will mainly be non-militant. Though if HRE soil is ever touched by a French boot we will intervene. Also if the situation in France becomes to chaotic then Britain will also have to intervene.

Watch out, we will intervene the hell out of you.

[a_bert]

<3 portugal

[Icuownage]

(For anyone who has watched Al Murray this is a reference)

 

Britain states that France's favourite athletic event is any event to do with running, as a gun is fired and the object is to run the fastest from the gunfire to the white flag on the otherside.

[Wisp]

I couldn't tell if that was serious or not?

 

France states that Britain's favorite athletic event involves getting their ass kicked by colonists and forgetting maps.

[Wisp]

Portugal turns its collective back on France.

gentlemen

[Icuownage]

We like to call it military incompetance tyvm.

 

It's all in the learning experience.

[a_bert]

al murray is crap

 

michael mcintyre on the other hand

[Icuownage]

Lawl he makes me laugh so hard.

 

I would post Frankie Boyle jokes, but uhhh they're probably against the rules.

[Wisp]

So, who's at war with me now?

[a_bert]

nobody afaik

 

people are just saying if you invade us then EVERYONE WILL INVADE YOU so don't

[Wisp]

You get none of that by the way..

[a_bert]

wat

 

edit: in the words of james watt, "watt?"

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Le Gasp!

The firm of Japy Frères, copper merchants, donated all the copper needed to build the statue, a gift valued at 64,000 francs (about $16,000 at the time or the equivalent of $323,000 today

After five months of daily calls to donate to the statue fund, on August 11, 1885, the World announced that $102,000 had been raised from 120,000 donors

 

According to 1913 Webster's Dictionary:

A gift of of 8,000 ducats and 51,000 Ducats raised out of America's own pocket.

 

So 59,000 Ducats overall.

[Nero]

Russian 'Grand Invasion' of China

 

A Russian invasion force numbering over 60,000 men crossed over Siberia and reclaimed the territories lost the previous year to the surprise attack by Chinese forces before pushing deep into the Chinese homeland. The close proximity of the Russian armies to each other, and the superior technology frightened the Chinese leadership, who opted for the tactic of slashing and burning crops, intent on starving the Russians. This they did with surprising efficiency, so much so that the Russian Army of Cossacks was forced to turn back to the main armies for lack of food for their horses.

 

Unfortunately for the Russians, the promised troops for both the Ottomans and the Portugese never arrived. However, the Russians kept up their advance despite the casualties to starvation and disease, and took a fair bite out of the Chinese. But the Chinese had retreated and mustered the full might of China together to send the Russians packing. It would have been an laughable assembley, were it not for the brand new weapons they carried which had arrived from an unknown European country as well as military officers to train the Chinese troops in more modern European battlefield tactics and maneuvers.

 

 

 

Swedish Invasion of Russia

 

With pretty much the entirety of Russia's armies in the Far East, Sweden sent their declaration of war, figuring a pre-emptive strike against the Tsardom which had been discussing the possibility of invading Scandinavia was prudent. They advanced East, and sacked St. Petersburg on the way, destroying its vaunted Opera House.

 

Swedish Army: 4,000 Dragoons, 1,000 lancers, 4,000 Line infantry, 3,000 Fusiliers, 2,000 Skirmishers, 15 cannon

 

Polish Invasion of Russia

 

Poland joined the fray as well, seeking the funds they had been forced to cede to Russia for what the Poles viewed as an unjust war against the Polish state.

 

Polish army: 9,000 Polish Winged Hussars, 4,000 Fusiliers, 2,000 Line infantry, 1,000 Skirmishers, 10 cannon

 

 

Revolutionary France's War

 

Prussian promises to support the Counter-Revolutionaries were rather thin to them it seemed. No suitable battlefield could be found that Prussian naval ships could give support to, and in truth none of the Counter Revolutionary leaders wanted to have their army fight with its backs to the sea.

 

So, Napoleon advanced pretty much the full might of Revolutionary France to challenge the 'rebels', and for the disinterest of me writing up a long winded report detailing the failures of the counter revolutionary army (though it did do fairly well, surprisingly enough), the counter revolutionaries lost.

 

Basically it was a horrid mis match, with elite Revolutionary Guard commanded by Napoleon against a bunch of Fusiliers commanded by some disenfranchised French nobleman who had been a politician or something. Revoltionary Army is smashed (not before it kills off half of Napoleon's army in the process), routs, and some make it to the boats:

 

 

Makes it to the British transports: 2,000 Fusiliers, 1,000 dragoons

Makes it to the Prussian transports:2,000 Cuiriassiers

Both groups say they will fight for Prussia/Great Britain as long as it fights against France (if you ally with France they'll jump ship). A bunch of French nobles also make it onto the boats, bringing with them their wealth.

 

To Prussia: 2,000,000 ducats

To Great Britain: 3,000,000 ducats

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Spain declares war on Sweden and Peru.

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Blast.

If I hadn't engaged in the reforming dealie...Even had the PM typed up.

 

All forces are sent to Prussia where they continue building the railroad network.

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With the Prussian army working hard at becoming stronger, the dark hand of the counter-mod breaks through the lake of boredem to strike ineffectively at the world that we call Hegemony:

 

Additionally:

Prussia tries to think of a way of making smaller lead shot.

 

Demands are sent to France for the payment of 2 million ducats in compensation to the families of the sailors they ruthlessly murdered off the French Coast, these boat had, in fact, been on a humanitarian mission to Britanny.

 

Newspaper Headline:

Does Napoleon's Barbarism Show No Bounds?

[Icuownage]

The money goes to colonising the Americas.

 

[Retech]

Psst Dusty, there might've been one problem with the second part of the report. Sooooo if you could please redo that second part. (With the Swedes and Poles) :thumbup:

 

 

Imperial Russian Army of Saint Petersburg

 

General Potemkin (Winter Specialist)

10,000 Line Infantry

3,000 Skirmishers

2,000 Hussars

3,000 Lancers

2,000 Fusiliers

1,000 Dragoons

12 Cannons

 

Old Imperial Palace Guard

2,500 Cuirassiers

4,000 Imperial Guard

 

 

These forces were still in Saint Petersburg, indicated by their names (Army of Saint Petersburg and Palace Guard).

 

 

^

 

Powerful enough to smash the Swedish, then Polish armies.

[a_bert]

that's not how it works retech

[Retech]

THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE CITY THAT WAS SACKED, WITHOUT A BATTLE!

 

 

I think that's pretty easy to understand.

[a_bert]

did you explicitly state that they were stationed to dusty at any point?

 

if not then no that isn't how it works

 

if you did i apologise but i like to play devils troll so

[Retech]

Not in my invasion report, but that was because it was my invasion report. If it wasn't stated that it was participating in the invasion, then ti should mean that the army is where it normally is, which is Saint Petersburg.

 

It's easy to see, because my army is over a hundred thousand strong and the invasion of China was "over 60,000".

 

 

 

And yes Dungeonal, that is how it works, unless Dusty asked me where all my armies were, which he didn't.

[a_bert]

no it's not bro

 

grow up

 

you didn't position your army you just named them

[Retech]

Well is it that much of a stretch that the "Palace Guard" is at the Palace? And is it much of a stretch that if I didn't order the "Army of Saint Petersburg" anywhere, it's in Saint Petersburg?