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October
The organization of the supply chain may appear wasteful, but there is good reason for this setup-as will become evident later.
Bucharest replace Belgrade as the main supply base.

I wonder what the Austrian "Diplomat" is up too in Ottoman territory.

October

Recent events have driven down Austrian moral further.

Austria is the orange line-not to be confused with England's reddish line.

The Ottoman Empire pulls ahead of Austria in strategic strength-again. Hopefully this will remain the normal situation from here out. There are some distinct signs of Austria weakening.

What has been truly amazing in all this is how Austria regains moral so quickly. Also, the ability to maintain the large army with what should be a ruined economy leaves me with only one possibility; England is pouring in massive aid somehow. I have not seen any notice of subsidies-perhaps it is by treaty.

October

Turkey still lags back in 6th place in glory.

Trade is still going strong. My primary trading partner is England. These trades were set up before the demise of the old good King of England, Mus.

Turkey earns between 89 and 104 gold per month from the cotton/wool trade. The deviation comes from my fluctuation taxation rate which sometimes drives down production to a point that a trade cannot be honored.

October

The economy is humming right along at a tax rate of 26%. I have selected it to go even higher next month. This is possible because of the high national moral-otherwise production loss would be far too high.

The inflation rate has finally begun to come down-currently 25%. I have not had to build any replacement divisions in some time now-hopefully that will continue to be the case. I do have plans on further improvement of the Army, but only after inflation has fallen further.

The rate of decline indicates it should fall at 80 per month, but it does not. It typically falls by 33 per month. It will take a very long time to reach zero.

October

Development is still moving along slowly, but also increasing. The demands of war coupled with the obscenely high cost for provincial improvements severely limits what can be afforded. Soon, the need for textile production to be withheld for consumption will open up possibilities for a large barracks construction program.

November 1800

1st Army Location and strength.

This is a new army from what it was at the beginning of this era. It can fight and win against the best of the Europeans.

2nd Army

November
Poland

Any provinces with the brown outline are under Turkish control-nearly all of Poland.

That one Austrian cavalry unit deserves some kind of significant citation-before I send them to hell.

A few divisions of Austrian POW's. Good thing most of them are foragers...

December 1800

The conquest of Poland has gone about as far as it can go without some reinforcements. As none can be spared, the new emphasis is to catch the Austrian cavalry division-or at least stop it from wreaking havoc on the supply lines.

December

A rather odd situation has developed which will cause me to withdraw from Austria and Poland. My supply lines are about to be cut. To effectively stop that from occurring would mean sending several divisions ou of the 1st Army. This is too risky to contemplate. A withdrawal will have to be planned.

Emperor Matto is trying to help me come to that conclusion by building depots to the south. I seriously doubt he will move a large force in that direction, but I am still in a rough situation.

The Austrian cavalry is a bit too tough for my Irregulars. My only real cavalry must stay in the 5 Corp.

December

Western Europe

The French military seems to have advantage over Spain, but it just cannot pin King Iron Warrior down

The main Spanish Army is still a powerful force.

Prussia has been at peace since the end of the war with Russia. Its large main army seems to be used as a tool to irritate the French Emperor Terje'.

December

An unexpected side affect of the occupation of Poland has been the increase in Turkish "culture" from about 56 to 66-moving it ahead a bit.

The moral of the first Army continues to grow along with its strength. it is now up to 148,000 strong. I could easily bring it up to full strength, but with the prospect of needing to make a rapid winter move-possibly into the mountains-there is not much point in that.

December 1800

The ottoman Empire has creped into 5 place on the glory scale.

December

The economy is stronger than ever. Not only has maximum taxation been achieved along with maximum moral, but there have been a couple of treaties added to add to the income a bit. The primary goal of these treats is not to capitalized on French and Russian needs, but to help them out in the only affordable way. Until this war is over I cannot afford to give money away.

Czar Poid did not see it as a helping hand-oh well.

Turkish Loans