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November
Ottoman 1st Army

The 1st Army is the main force. It is nearly at 100% after its speed march and charging the walls. These are the victorious forces from the battle of Belgrade and Grosswardien in the the last war. One more major battle by them in this war should be enough to finish this war-God willing.

November
Political Reports

Austria is not being given any rest-the diplomats are working overtime.

November
Austrian Moral

Here is the breakdown of Austrian moral changes last month. This has plunge Austrian moral well below zero-about 120 negative. The low moral will eventually force Emperor Matto to surrender-regardless of what he prefers to do.

November
Ottoman Glory

This is a noteworthy report; the increase is second only to when the Spanish surrendered. The normal glory increase is about 12 per month-this was double that.

November
Moral Comparison

Austrian moral has taken a severe drop-and it is not done yet.

November
Strength Comparison

Austrian strength has only slightly dropped last month-there should be bigger news soon.

November
Military Upgrades

Massed artillery was added to the list of Ottoman organization.
That little upgrade cost 135 experience points. There was a time, long ago, that would have taken five years of saving points to acquire. It now takes five months to build up those same points.

November
Replacements

The war is not cheap- neither in gold or in Ottoman manpower.

Northern War


Nothing much has change in the Baltic area. It seems that G.B. is not sure what to do at this time. its strength is dropping while its main army remains embarked in the Mediterranean.

December, 1806
Glory

The glory looked good at the beginning of this month-it will take a slight dip very soon. This is a side affect of loosing 100,000 troops.

Only one project was completed this month-and funds are too low to proceed with that particular province plan.

If one is not careful in times such as these thoughts can drift to the National Harem or some such thing. Focus must be kept-for the good of the Empire.

December
Culture

On the bright side; Ottoman culture is currently high enough to assist in regaining moral-an event seldom seen. On the flip side Austria is lacking in culture to such a degree that it is getting very little-if any moral boost from its culture.

December
Battle Reports

The small battle in Odenburg occurred as I had moved a small army in there to protect the depot-then it continued the move to Styria. Although the battle was won, the depot was lost. This, in conjunction with the French depot line being broken at the Prussia frontier led to disaster in Vienna.

The battle losses were bad enough, but the added attrition from moving across the river in winter without supplies tripled my losses. France did not suffer as bad as most of its army in Vienna has the foraging training.

It will take a while to recover from this completely, but operations will not stop.

December
Moral

The results of the battle on moral were great. Ottoman moral fell from 1000 to a little below 600 while Austria's increased from negative 125 (approx) to positive 300 plus.

The ottoman Empire is in a position to recover its moral much quicker than Austria, but this still hurts-production wise and in developments. Money and textiles that could have used elsewhere now need to be diverted.

December
Strength

Ottoman military strength plummeted while Austria's remained constant-this will be reversed.

December
Ukraine

While the great events were unfolding in the west, the Russian Army was building snowmen. The Czar looks like he is taking the situation more to heart currently. I still have some hope in that.

December
Central Austria

Although the battle was lost, I was able to insert a division into the citadel of Vienna-Emperor Matto will have to attack his own walls next month.

The French and Ottoman Armies are currently recovering in Odenburg. To insure that such a debacle does not occur in the rear of the Ottoman Armies-Krajina will be taken. It is a short march back to the south-the French will move along to Krajina also.

Once that super fortress is taken-along with its 5 or 6 garrison divisions, the effort will shift back to the north.

This move will also give the Treasury a well needed reprieve. Everything was poured into the drive on Vienna-and trying to back up its success. The Ottoman Empire still has significant reserves-and a decent training rate also. The Army will be back in good shape in two months.

January, 1807
Glory

The Ottoman Empire drops nearly 30 points last month-how unfortunate. It will be regained.

Some not very exciting developments were completed this month. The focus on arts centers seems a bit premature at this point.

January
Glory Changes

Even with the loss of Vienna in siege, the O.E. still increased by 15 this month.

January
Economic Report

Even the reduced overhead is almost too much at this time. Fortunately it can be further reduced giving me a surplus of over 300 per month. The Treasury would have been down to about 200 if France did not send me some gold-about 150.

The current forces are below the mobb limit-new units are undergoing training now. One division surrendered in battle at Vienna and another was lost in the siege.

It has been decided that it is time to expand the Army. The upgrade allowing for a 10% increase was acquired this month. It is time to stop fooling around...
Just one more small army could have prevented the disaster in Vienna-it is risky business to count on allies. The new units will be rushed to the front asap. Hopefully they will be ready in time...

AFAIK no more than 30ish divisions will engage in quick combat, although many more will stay in the routed section and suffer pursuit casualties if you lose. That is probably why Vienna went so badly for you guys. The exact battle limits are listed in the manual but with you having 200k+ and the French having 160k you were likely well over the battle limit while Austria was probably right about at it.