The Annals of the Tsar - A Napoleonic Europe AAR

[ernieschwitz]

"December 22nd, 1800.

- Today I learned that the troops at Ruschuk were not attacked. So the city is now ours for sure. I have also heard from General Pogorelsky, who is withdrawing his troops, buying time ... so the forces of General Nostitiz can move into position to replace his forces. General Ushakov is still covering the flank towards the Austrians, though now it would seem that this has been unnecessary.

- The Ambassadors from Italy and Spain got into a quarrel, and I hear they will duel each other tomorrow morning. Swords being the weapon of choice. It probably has something to do with the Spanish declaring war on the United Italian City States. Life at court is not dull.

- Alexander, Tsar."

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The start of the turn, as usual. Disappointingly the Ottomans did not contend me taking Ruschuk. I begin eying the possibility that I may first get them to fight me, when I near Constantinople. At least in the West..

As per usual we had an officer leveling. This time it was Pogorelsky.

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He will have his Malyy Korpus (Small Corps) upgraded soon to a Bolshoy Korpus (Large Corps). The difference lies in the amount of staff, as can be read earlier in the thread. The extra staff allows for more troops. A Malyy Korpus is 2 cavalry and 4 infantry, where a Bolshoy Korpus is 1 cavalry and 2 infantry units more.

The Velikiy Korpus's (Grand Corps) that are commanded by Ushakov and Nostitiz are 8 Infantry and 3 Cavalry. Kiselyov who is the main thrust in the Caucasus has earned the right to Command a Korpus (Corps), instead of his Malyy Korpus. This change comes with an extra cavalry and an extra infantry.

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Above, Romania/Bulgaria, the West front, as it looked before the turn was played. I notice that the Ottoman officers are beginning to have levels too, because the troops have combat bonuses too. I try and shore up my lines, with new troops, and move the troops from Ushakov slightly towards the south.

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Also as can be seen, the troops with the white stripe (Pogorelsky) is moving a bit backwards. Several Ottoman units have 50+ strength. The weather makes offensives difficult.

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The Caucasus Area. Here you can see the situtation before the turn. The weather makes it so I can really only move 1 hex at a time in the mountains. So that is annoying. I decide to do something about the Levy unit to the north. It loses all its troops as it surrenders, mostly. I then play the card "Forced March" that gives a HQ and units under it, within range of it, a bonus of up to +40 APs. This allowed me to move them two hexes. Since there are no opponents there, that I think will attack, the -25 Defense and -25 Attack rating as well as the 25 readiness penalty mean very little.

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As can be seen I also moved some of my troops under the command of Kiselyov (Brownish stripe). They attack the unit that is closest to them down the road towards the heartland of Turkey, it is another Levy unit. I follow up the very successful attack, with a cossack only attack on them, and my cossacks suffer 2 losses to their 2. Can't win them all as dominantly as elsewhere, I guess.

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I have assembled a new HQ (Malyy Korpus) in Stavropol, over the last couple of turns. The units are now moving southwards, as can be seen in the picture above. Their commanding officer is.. not great.. but he is free. He'll get better, I think, I hope. Rodion Imereti. Let's try and remember his name, in case he gains some fame, or infamy.

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I figured it would be fun to see the total war casualties taken by each side. They are at the top of the picture. Left side are the Ottomans, and to the right the Russians. Below that is the turns losses and kills.

Before I ended the turn, I decided to enact the Policy Innovation again. I was close to doing Recruitment. I have plenty of manpower to be able to do so, but, it is winter, and I think I could use the PPs better, for now. I use the PPs this turn to buy a cavalry unit in Taganrog, and an Infantry unit in Kiev, and two Infantry units in Moscow, which I march towards Finland... it's a long road.

[ernieschwitz]

"Jaunary 11th, 1801.

- The New Years Ball and Banquet has come and gone. It was a nice occasion to have some fun. To dance, and to mingle among the dignitaries from abroad, and some of the nobility as well. I have my eye on some of them, for having potential to be new Generals, for what might be a new adventure in Kalmar Union controlled Finland.

- The winter has really hit Europe now, even in the south where the Ottomans are doing their best to prepare for when the weather is more clear. General Pogorelsky has withdrawn from battle, awaiting reinforcements, while General Nostitiz & Ushakov each are controlling their sections of the front. There have been some battles, but nothing big. Things seem to move a little more in the East, in the Caucasus, where General Kiselyov has begun advancing.

- Alexander, Tsar."

The turn, as I have come to expect, not revealed any attacks by the Ottomans on my troops, here at the beginning of turn 16.

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Three Generals got new levels: Branicki, who went from being able to confer bonuses to from 8 Staff to 11 Staff. Much more acceptable. Pogorelsky leveled as well, from the kills he did the turn before last turn (you can only gain 1 level a turn), and Kiselyov leveled as well, from his actions last turn.

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The Caucasus, or perhaps more appropriately Georgia, front as it was before the the movements of this turn were made.

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I my forces (Branicki, blue stripe) have reached Erzufum, and surrounding areas. I should be able to station them there, and kill of any nearby troops, if I want to. Maybe I'll push forward with them, but the terrain won't allow for supplies to travel too far there, so I am bit hesitant. It seems like a waste though, to just have them standing there.

The other HQ (Kiselyov, Brown? stripe) is moving along the road westwards, from Trabizond. Still a bit away from Sinope, but that is their goal. Capture it, and I have a port that supplies can come in through... or maybe not, since the Ottomans might have ships in the Black Sea. There were some battles there, but I presently cannot remember exactly what was lost and not. I do remember following up with my Cossacks though.

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Here is the view of the Bulgaria/Romanian area, before my moves. Notice the White striped units, they belong to Pogorelsky... more on them later.

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I have now for two turns, had my HQs there get supplies partially from the conquered cities, but it is not quite enough, but enough to keep them from completely losing readiness.

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As can be seen, Pogorelsky's troops are no longer on the Eastern part of the front. They have been pulled back, and instead Nostitiz troops have taken over their place. Also, some of Nostitiz troops made some attacks to the west, where some units had been moved to by the AI. Pogorelsky's forces, as they left, transferred as many Infantry as they could to the nearby units, to get them back to 20 Infantry II. Why take them with him, to be reinforced, when they can serve as reinforcements here.

Before I show you the Kills and losses, I want to mention that I had two dilemmas this turn. One was if I should produce more troops in Moscow, to send towards Finland, or get extra supplies. I had not been getting enough supplies to the HQs in Kiev and Stavropol, and figured I'd bump them up quiet a bit. That is what I chose to do, get more Supplies. I then got two more Infantry formations in Kiev.

The other dilemma was if I should get Infantry III, Staff II, or wait for Artillery II, that was just a few turns away. in the end I settled for Staff II. I've never these researches in that order before, but, I am not averse to trying something new. I then went to the button on the statistics menu, where you can upgrade everything, by pressing that, and it told me I had enough supplies to convert everything, except for ... 6 units, which were surprise, those that are furthest away from the parent HQ. In other words, the frontline stuff. Having pressed the button I also realized that the Supplies from almost all of my HQs except for the one in Moscow, had been drained completely of whatever supplies they had. So I had to bump up the amount to pull extra, for the HQs in Kiev and Stavropol. Live and learn...

Here is the turns Kills and losses.

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[ernieschwitz]

"January 31st, 1801.

- Ever since I apppointed a minister for foreign affairs, the nobles have been scheming and conspiring against each other for the hopes of getting appointed to become minister of commerce. It is a very influential position, but ultimately they all report to me. I expect loyalty, and the truth. I am unsure as to whom I will appoint at this juncture.

- The snow falls gently outside. Everything, including the roads are covered in white. Still the gears of Russia must turn. Supplies are getting to the troops fighting in the war against the Ottomans, but not quite enough. I have high hopes that this situation can be rectified, sooner rather than later.

- Alexander, Tsar."

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The turn's messages. There were none apart from a report on how many troops, PPs, Supplies, etc. that I have made this month (or actually 20 days). It is turn 17.

This is how the Caucasus/Georgia looked this turn, as I looked at it before any action.

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I am beginning to suspect that the Ottoman troops in those mountains have some of the same problems I have. That is they cannot move much, or maybe at all, if their supply situation is very bad, and they've started to lose readiness because of it, and thus have less APs. Nevertheless I am keeping my line there.

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I did attack a unit that contained only staff. So when you look at the overview from the turns kills, those are the kills on this front. They of course were in the mountains. The forces of Branicki were behind that attack. I moved into better positions, and expanded the front a bit where Kiselyov was. Imereti, of little renown, has been forcing his troops to march even more, to get into a position where they can either take up the front where Branicki is, or Kiselyov. I haven't really decided yet.

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The other front, Romania/Bulgaria:

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This is how it looked before I made my moves, and a single attack. I am also pulling back Pogorelsky's troops, but not too far, as the troops I want to use to reinforce, and upgrade his command, are relatively close by.

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... and by close by, I mean that most of those forces are now under the command of him, as can be seen, in this after the movements occurred screenshot. The hex that I attacked was on the road away from Ruschuk towards Constantinople. Cutting it may mean that my forces, next turn, can begin hitting a bit more troops than now.

I still don't have enough supplies to upgrade all of my staff I to staff II. So I investigate. I should have enough, thanks to the trick I showed earlier with reserving supplies... but... it seems that feature is currently broken! So ignore what I wrote earlier. Hopefully it can be fixed soon.

Here are the results from this turns (2!) battles:

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[ernieschwitz]

"Feburary 20th, 1801.

- I have found a minister of commerce. Someone who can satisfy the old guard's need for their clique to be represented, while also being someone who believes in progress. His name is Rumyantsev, and is the son of a war hero. He is 48, so well up in age, but very much with a young man's mind. He has been a diplomat and trader for many years, all over Europe. This I think will help immensely.

- On the battlefields to the South, where my armies are fighting the Ottomans, the ground has begun to thaw. General Nostitiz has begun an attack, and reports to have routed several Ottoman divisions, near Ruschuk. I have asked that Ushakov gets his troops ready to join in the attack. Pogorelsky's troops will need some rest and training before they are ready for more battles. So they are bringing up the rear, and deploying to Ushakov's old positions.

- Alexander, Tsar."

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Not much new to report here. I would like to mention that my betting on making most of my units via cards, is paying off, in the sense that my manpower is the same, or growing. Manpower as you may recall is used to produce troops, but not to get troops via cards. Later I'll use that manpower to produce more troops, with the Recruitment Policy.

As can be seen from the picture below, the thaw has really come. Some places the bad weather is completely gone, and I assume it will look even better next turn, where a new month has been entered. Imerti's forces from the north are almost at the front line. I am considering letting Kiselyov get them, and let him head back to replenish his forces. It helps somewhat with the amount of ground they can cover, when I play the forced march card on them.

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I decide to attack the unit just two hexes south of Erzufum, and the result was surprisingly bad. Not that I didn't win, but much more casualties than expected for a Turk levy unit. That being said, it did have quite a bit of entrenchment. I also hit another unit on that front. Branicki is slowly gaining experience.

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Then I decide to be daring. I move my Cossacks as far along the coast I can. Perhaps I could get to Sinope, the city that is the only Coastal city in the North of Turkey. The only other city they have that has a port into the Black Sea is Constantinople, the Ottoman Capitol. I got stopped on the way by a unit of Levies. I gathered both my Cossack units, and drove it back, to just the other side of a bridge. I then sent my cavalry backwards to regroup.

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Above are the starting positions on the Romanian/Bulgarian front. Ushakov's units (Purplish stripe) where they have been for the last who knows how long, and Pogorelsky's troops (White stripe), Gathering around Ismael and Galatz. To the South Nostitiz has the entire battle line covered.

Notice how Nicopolis is now no longer Austrian, they were thrown out this turn. Karlsburg continues to change hands every now and then. I'd say they are very occupied with each other. They really should be looking in my direction, the Ottomans, that is.

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Above is the entire picture of how the Area looked at the end of the turn. You can see how Ushakov's troops are slowly crawling southwards along the front, as Pogorelsky's forces replace them. Now I know these pictures are a bit broad, thus they become smaller to look at. You can still see them by right clicking and select open as picture. But... I decided to make some smaller map snippets too.

This is the Southern map, and a look at what it looked like before the battles that I am about to describe.

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The Ottomans appear strong on the west side of Ruschuk. While they are weak to the East side of it. That is the road I conquered some of last turn. This turn was more ambitious.

I moved my cavalry to help with the first attack I was going to make. The hex with three units in it. It is actually not that strong. Only one real infantry division, the rest is staff and some levies. It is blasted away. I continue to follow up, and before I knew it I was near Nicopolis. Of course I also advanced down the road towards what eventually will end in Constantinople.

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I could spin it like I am trying to rescue the Austrians that have been kicked out of Nicopolis, but honestly, I am just looking to grab the city.

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Before ending the turn, I look at my supply situation. It seems the problem is not that the HQs in Kiev and Stavropol can supply the troops that are under them. They are all within the supply range distance, where they should get full supplies. So the problem is getting the supplies form Moscow to them. I decide to swallow my pride, sacrifice some of my production of troops in Kiev and Stavropol, and instead produce supplies. It hurt.

But Speaking of supplies, Nosititz finally got his Forage card ready to play. I use it and gain 135 supplies or thereabout. Enough to supply most of his army for one turn. I also use some of it to upgrade his remaining Staff I to Staff II. Realizing he won't need quite as much supplies funneled to him by nearby cities, I redirect that to some of the other HQs.

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I also figured that it would be a fine time to present how the leaders of the different corps's look like now. Some have been faster to get the EXP than others, but all in the Romanian theatre, seem to be well on their way to becoming good officers, and one of them Nostitiz is actually very good, having both good combat and morale bonuses.

The eastern officers are a bit lacking in experience, but that is because of less resistance, as well as the difficult terrain, and perhaps my timidness. Kiselyov is ok, Branicki might become good. Imereti has no experience at all!

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Finally, above you can see my kills and losses. I am quite satisfied with this report.

[ernieschwitz]

"March 12th, 1801.

- The war against the Ottomans is going well. Spirits in the court are much uplifted by that news. The tension between the Old Guard, and the Young Aristocracy that believes in progress, had died down some because of it. The noblemen, especially the young ones, and the ones believing in that we should be more "European" have been exchanging secret messages about forming a select group, to make sure the right members of the nobility get the ministerial posts I am going to make.

- General Nostitiz reported, in a message for my eyes only, that resistance is growing in the Romanian/Bulgarian area, and warned that losses might be climbing soon. No such message from General Kiselyov, the most senior commander in what will soon be the Asia Minor front. Instead he reported great progress, and only light resistance, as his forces come ever closer to Sinope.

- Alexander, Tsar."

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The 19th turn began much like the others. No attacks from the Ottomans. I know the AI likes open holes in the lines, so it can exploit, and I haven't really given it much of an option to do so. Perhaps that is why it is not attacking me, and also because there must be more holes in the Austrian lines.

As can be seen, Austria has found another enemy, Italy. While Prussia, for whatever reason is declaring war on Portugal.

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Three officers leveled this turn. Branicki, whose mountain warfare seems to be paying off in that sense. Kiselyov, who is now in Turkey proper, and Nostitiz, who is with the main advancing line in Romania/Bulgaria. Nostitiz has now earned the right to get even more staff, and with it his HQ becomes the first to be an Army of any kind.

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Elsewhere on the map, in the far reaches up north, I am assembling a few forces, and repositioning old ones, to start a war with the Kalmar Union, eventually.

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The Caucasus/Georgia/Turkey area, before I began the turn. It would be a pity to say that the Ottomans have much strength down here. So... I decide to be even more daring than the turn before. I engage my Cossacks in three battles towards the Western most part of the map. Pushing the Ottoman levies back towards Sinope.

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I also begin hitting the remaining troops in the mountains, and put the new troops from Imereti in the front line. Just to make sure not to be suddenly cut off from supplies. The supply situation is good now. All units are getting what they need, and there was even some to spare in the HQ in Stavropol.

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Here is a closeup of the situation in the East, after the battles, where you can see that my forces are advancing roughly one hex at a time along the whole line. I checked that the supply lines are not too far, and I am sure I could go even deeper than what I am now, into those mountains. It will be slow going however.

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The western front down here, in Turkey, is really getting interesting. Kiselyov's forces, are moving rapidly to towards Sinope. Now the Infantry has almost caught up with the Cavalry (Cossacks) that had originally just been harassing the Ottoman frontlines. Kiselyov is going to need more staff, and more formations under his command soon too.

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Here is the gigantic (by now) view of the whole Romanian/Bulgarian Area. I will sooner or later need to decide if I want to keep that front towards the Austrians. It is getting broader and broader.

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And here is how things looked after the movement and battles happened. Remember you can right click on the images to open them in another window, or perhaps even in a picture viewing program, depending on your setup. That is if you want to see more than what I am talking about in these smaller close-ups I have made below.

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Here is the western part of the front. My troops (under Ushakov) are moving towards Nicopolis with great haste. Units that seemed too strong to beat, at first glance, melt away under the strength of the attacks. This turn I advanced two hexes at a time, on the whole front where there was fighting (here in this picture).

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I continued with great fervor the attacks on the Eastern side of the Romanian/Bulgarian front, it went very well, too. Until I got cocky, and attacked a unit that was completely without recon, on the extreme right side of the picture. I was repulsed! Lost 8 infantry and 1 artillery pieces. This marks my first real setback. I had to scramble units to make a front after this. The unit that took the beating is the one with 12 strength showing.

Also, as a short side note, all staff here have been upgraded, and supply is flowing freely once again. Just Moscow to Kiev and Moscow to Stavropol routes that are a bit hit still by the weather. ... and Nostitiz once again got his forrage card. Typically now, when you don't need it!

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Before I completely end this log entry, here is what the losses and kills looked like.

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So in short, I am building for war, in the north against the Kalmar Union, and the fighting goes on in the South against the Ottomans. I have been placing units as much as possible in Kiev. However I have had some stupid mistakes. Before you can place a unit there, you need to change the entry point, with a card. Sometimes I forgot, and the troops ended up in Moscow. Mistakes were made...

[ernieschwitz]

"April 1st, 1801.

- It is Den Smeha today, the day of laughter, or as the French would call it April fool's day. Long has it been a grand tradition to make each other look like fools today. We are having a ball tonight, a masquerade. It will continue long into the night with people mostly knowing who each other are, but pretending not to. Great fun!

- A message arrived from General Ushakov yesterday. Nicopolis has been stormed, and taken. What great news. Another piece of news is that Klausenberg is once again Austrian. That virtually ends the threat to the northern parts of Romania. Perhaps the troops stationed along the border can be sent further southwards. That however is a decision first to be made after tonight.

- Alexander, Tsar."

Here are the messages I got at the beginning of the turn.

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The Ottomans have not attacked, for yet another turn, and the Kalmar Union is getting very unpopular it seems. I also gained some cossacks, to replace those I have lost.

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Branicki managed to gain a level. Very fittingly he got the Defensive Plan card. His role will most likely be to protect the flank anyway. Nostitiz gained another level too. He is by now my most experienced General.

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This is a map of the Romania and Bulgaria area this turn. That is before I moved and attacked various places. Of note is that (as mentioned above) Klausenberg is no longer Ottoman owned. Also a Turkish infantry unit is trying to sneak northwards along my lines, where Pogorelsky (white stripes) are defending, just in case. This was just one of those cases. Also note how on the extreme east, the Ottomans are trying to exploit and get behind my lines. I'll have to address that.

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The attempted northward push in the west, I squashed pretty easily, and this is how that area ended up looking. One thing that I like about it when the Ottomans make moves like this, is that they actually leave the hexes in my ownership, after killing them, where they before were Austrian. A nice way to move closer to what might be an enemy later.

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In the southern western area of the front, Ushakov's men have taken Nicopolis, along with the help of a unit under the command of Nostitiz. That unit I moved eastwards after it had attacked. It had APs to spare. Also of interest, the Ottoman forces north of Nicopolis are almost surrounded. On one side they have a wall of my forces, and on the other side, the Austrians. Hard to see them getting out of that situation.

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Now the final front in what is definitely Bulgaria. Here I combated the Ottoman attempt at exploiting, by first taking my cavalry, and taking the areas that were north of the units, empty but under control of the Ottomans. I didn't want their units fleeing that way. Ordinarily I would try to encircle the units, and kill them off, with them not having anywhere to retreat. But my units did not have enough APs to pull this off, while also being able to attack. I used an offensive plan card, before the attack, and that did help I think. I eliminated the two units, in three battles. The battered unit from last turn, I used the Ready card on, that Nostitiz has, and it gained quite a bit of readiness. Finally I decided to also play the forrage card, and reassign some cities to different HQs, not wanting to overburden each of them with too much supplies, so they'd be immobile.

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To the extreme East we have what we now can safely call the Georgia/Turkey front.

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Here my plan is simple, since there again seem to be very few units. Keep attacking towards the west with Kiselyov's forces, and make a line with the others, to prevent cutting supplies to those troops pushing westwards. The goal, is Sinope, as I have outlined earlier.

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In Georgia and the far eastern part of Turkey, action is non-existent. Just moving forces into place, as can be seen in this after the action picture.

Things my cavalry continues to harass Ottoman units, and kill a few of them. That last out of three attacks my two cossack units make, is rejected. I have some infantry within range, and use them afterwards, and it works out to my advantage, stacking not be a problem in this case.

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In the Ukraine, I make a new Command. That of Bagration. Yeah I know, famous name, but this ain't him.

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He is however good. He was recruited this turn, which his bio also reflects. I am unclear on his role at present, but something usually shows up, is my experience.

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This entry would be incomplete without a look at the kills and losses. I think I did a good job. However the losses to Nostitiz units can be felt by now. Some are even down to 11 infantry out of the 20 they begin with.

Finally I thought some of you might get a kick out of looking at the overview of what my armies are composed of. So here is a list of them (picture below the graph), and above it a graph showing the forces strength measured in power points, for each nation. Some are in trouble. Like Portugal, which Spain has all but conquered: They do not own any cities, any more.

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