English AAR, for a while at least

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caught one of the hiding Spanish Fleets (you can see why it was hiding)

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Glory for Apr

closing the gap, Spain is not dropping too quick for morale, looks like I am going to have to march onto his Cap, to break him

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and finally, a battle !!!!

the Spanish finally come out to play

I got 5 Cav, 3 Inf and 2 Guns, not the strongest force, but pretty good

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battle to start ended up vs one troop, but he called for help, I shut him down before his help could join him, then, his help showed up and another battle started

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ahh, there he is, spent some time takeing out his watch towers, not much to fear from them, but they do like to attack supply lines, normally at the wrong time

surprised, Spain is normally Cav heavy, this should be a easy battle for my troops, I have to cav, to pin him, and the firepower to break him once pinned

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okay, this is the set up, right before night falls

I am kind of channelled, but, he is weak there, plus those hills protect my flank, and I don't see any Cav to overly worry about my flanks

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well, that is a mistake, he going for my Cav, while I trying to set up, I trained them better then that !

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those numbers are not centered, so I think the high number is from a earlier attack that didn't clear off the map yet

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you make a mistake in combat, you normally pay for it, they did, I got me a nice new shiney Arty (well, used to be nice and shiney)

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wasn't as lucky with the Horse guns, did little damage, and disordered my cav, but I got my new guns out of the firing zones

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that is something you will very rarely see from me, my 2nd Gun is unsported, first rule of combat, support your guns, or you will be sorry

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night falls and I get some movement in, the enemy is trapped, when the sun comes up, it is time to do as much damage as I can, and end this battle

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here is the unit report, they about to break, time to close the noose

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and here I am picking off the POWs, in fact, I made a mistake, I was thinking of the old CoG, and was waiting for the Hguns to break and run, we don't do that any more

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and just in case, those numbers are the supply level each unit has, and my supply wagons

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and the battle ends, hmmm, heavier losses then I wanted (I don't have many troops and not much in the way of replacement/reinforcements

plus, in Spain, you had better protect your backtrail, or you going to be sorry

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and remember that was a pretty closed in area, the troops that broke, couldn't get out, so went into the bag, a better battlefield and the enemy losses would of been much closer

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the event page, lots and lots of small battles with the Gurillas, plus I did well with the main battle

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the rest of the battles

I left some good troops behind me, most times you leave the dogs, in Spain that can be a mistake

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and the Glory for May

now the numbers are looking better, still not good enough, but closing the gap