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[06 Maestro]

July
Strategic Map

It looks like Austria is going to be smashed-we shall see...

[06 Maestro]

September, 1805
Glory Report

Austria is still leading by a wide margin.

Another barracks is completed-just in time to affect the next quarter experience gain.

[06 Maestro]

September
Army Reports

There were a couple of small battles-even though the main forces actually came into contact. I had side stepped the Austrians this time-a little movement to keep Emperor Matto guessing.

[06 Maestro]

Siege Reports

These occurrences are quite frequent, but in this report I took a good number of Austrians prisoner-again. These losses have turned this war into a full war-no quick surrender now to escape a nasty peace treaty.

[06 Maestro]

September

The blue indicate Ottoman and French movements/attacks-the red indicate Austrian movements.

I had hoped to avoid battle until November by which time I would have aquired another important upgrade. I chose to move away (hopefully) from the Austrians and present them with a new threat.

[06 Maestro]

September
Operational orders

In view of the bad run of luck the Austrians were having and the apparent large improvement of the Ottoman Army, I chose to take a more risky path that what I had earlier planned. The 2nd Army was ordered to advance on Odenburg to seize an important Austrian Supply base.

[06 Maestro]

September 1805
Economic Report

The war has already made some apparent dents in the treasury-hopefully it will soon improve. For the last operations many new depots had to be built-a sudden and large expenditure. Developments are already being delayed.

[06 Maestro]

October, 1805
Glory Report

It looks like the good times are still rolling along-many new developments completed. In the current economic situation, large expenditures on continued development is not possible. There will still be a few high priority projects initiated.

[Zap]

Yes, I see your net income in the the negative. Also saw the loss results of your Ogdenburg, Slovania exploits. Austria still has a powerful army, I see. I think that the war will be fierce now that Matto sees he can damage his attackers.

How will these setbacks effect you.?

It will be good to see you. We may make it there early Saturday Morning. Friday night traffic to LV will just be crazy.

[06 Maestro]

Hi Zap-the temp is jumping back up over 100 for the weekend-pool time.

Yea-Matto is a fighter-I figured he would hit me hard someplace-barely missed in Grosswardien. I thought France was going to race into Vienna-I could have made it last turn-we did not coordinate our plans. I thought I could make a good stand at Odenburg-did not go very well. However, compared to what would have happened just 6 years ago, I got off pretty light. One real bummer though, included in my losses was one of my two horse artillery-real bummer. The other bad result is Austria's moral has recovered and the O.E. has dropped to about 500. It will come back-it always does.. The war is young yet.

He does have an advantage with interior lines-but that works for only so long. I suspect the French Army will crush him at Vienna. A rough compilation of upgrades shows Austria with about a 33% advantage over Turkey (shrinking fast though). France has better than a 50% advantage over Austria. Austria will be fighting a defensive battle at Vienna-so it is still not a sure thing. It was my stated intention (to Terje) to avoid a major battle until November by which time Turkey would have gained another very important upgrade (esprit de corp). I got a little over confident and paid the price.

[Zap]

I'll give you a call

[Tophat1815]

Whats going on?

[06 Maestro]

Well, a few things have gone down-details later. I can say that I am optimistic that Emperor's Matto's witches will soon run out of frog legs and locks of hair from Croatian toddlers. Vienna will fall shortly after that point in time.

I have all the appropriate reports saved-those will be posted fairly soon.

[Zap]

Looking forward to your report. This one has me anxious for the developments.

Sorry, missed you in LV. I know you were busy. We were busy the whole week, ourselves. Slowly, we are getting the big projects done. This should free us up a little, so we can, enjoy a little more our time of vacation.

[Tophat1815]

Bet they want a few turns to go by before breaking silence.

[06 Maestro]

October 1805
Upgrades

I acquired the Esprit de Corps upgrade-right on schedule. I should have stuck to my plan of not having a big fight until I got that one...next time.

[06 Maestro]

October 1805
Balkan's Operational Area

Things have taken a turn for the worse. Last month I advanced the 2nd Army into Odenburg from the south. The intention was to delay perhaps 1/2 of the Austrian Army on its way back to Vienna, which I expected to be occupied by France by the following month. The result was a bitter defeat for Ottoman forces in Odenburg. Although not a decisive defeat-it was costly-without including loosing a horse artillery regiment.

The Egyptian Army also suffered a defeat and was driven south. This was very likely an unnecessary defeat-the Sultan neglected to allow the Egyptian Army to go on supply-even though depots had been built for that purpose-details, details.

[06 Maestro]

October
Strategic map

You can see from the current dispositions that France is taking a great gamble in this entanglement with Austria.

You can also see that the Czar has little interest in the goings on to the west.

[06 Maestro]

October
Siege Reports

Some small success was had in capturing another Austrian province. More importantly, the Austrian diplomats are having a hard time with the Sultans agents.

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October
Army Reports

My forces took a battering at Odenburg. As bad as it was I can hold some comfort in that the loss ratio is much more equal to any of our big battles (except Belgrade) in the last war. The Ottoman Army is much, much better.