The assault on Philadelphia goes on i was hoping to capture it by frontal assault but Curt has gathered his forces to stop me cold,My efforts to drive north and encircle the rebels is hard going although the cavlary is near Germantown i doubt that i will capture it any time soon the American's massed artillery is taking a huge toll on the British and Hessian forces and the VPs are starting to swing away from me.Even if i capture the rebel capital it wont give me enough VPs to stall the EEV and stop French intervention i think the time is fast comming for me to draw up a new strategy to win this war.
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Canada,Boston,NewYork and the south are all quiet Philadelphia remains in American hands as Clintons redcoats suffer another month of reverses.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
Clinton rests most of his army while reserves are gathered for an invasion of NewJersey to trap Washingtons army at Philadelphia,If i can destroy a large part of the rebel army before the French arrive i should still be able to crush this rebelion.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The King has dispatched more troops from England(TO call up 20th Bde)which cost me 5VPs and troops from the garrisons of NewYork and Boston along with rested troops from Clintons army have being formed into an Army under the command of Cornwallis
and will attack NewJersey the plan is to crush Washingtons army between my two armies then i will be free to defeat whats left of the rebels mainly militia and the French when they arrive,Im unsure what troops Curt has in NewJersey and around Philadelphiabut there semms to be an endless supply of them,if Curt has called up large numbers of militia then i could be walking into a hornets nest.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The French have declared war on the British and joined the Americans,A large french fleet will appear in the West Indies aswell as several French army regiments this will be a powerfull raiding force and will force me to quickly reinforce my garrisons spread across the colonies.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
Total victory is within my grasp if my armies can close off the rebels only escape route to the west,If the rebels army can escape pursuing them into the interior and laying seige to Lancaster will be a real headache as i will have to protect my flanks all the way back to my supply ports at Wilmington and Elkton as well as protect the rest of the colonies from attacks from the French and there fleet
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The Americans have abandoned there Capital Philadelphia and New Jersey and are trying to flee west to the relative safety of Lancaster my armies are destroying as much of the enemy army as possible.This is a major victory for me and will make a rebel
victory in this game very difficult now.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
Looks good, Ian! And against the designer, no less........[:D]
Thanks 1_Lzard
Now that ive stopped banging my head against the wall and and throwing my infantry against his artillery to get butchred and attacked from two directions ive acheived my goal to capture Philadelphia and destroy a large portion of his continental army
but the cost has being high,Ive stripped my garrisons around the colonies to provide troops for the invasion of New Jersey and now the French are here i will have to send them all back and reduce the size of my army in Pensylvania so i doubt i will have enough troops to attack and lay seige to Lancaster where his army has retreated to but all in all im in a good position.
The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
I have to congratulate Ian on that victory. It took nerves of steel to strip the defenses at Boston and New York and send Cornwallis across a hostile countryside against unknown defenses. I was half-way expecting such a move but I thought it would come from New York via Ft. Lee, and I had decent forces on the lower Hudson ready to counter it.
When my army in New Jersey was so easily crushed it gave me a very bad feeling about the whole situation. So I decided to run away and fight another day. I can't say if it was the right choice. Had I fallen back on Philadelphia he may still have captured it and destroyed Washington's army in the process. As it stands I made it out with 75% of my continentals. Battle-hardened and reasonably well supplied, they should be back up to strength in a few months. The British, on the other hand, will never be able to replace their own losses. Time may be on Ian's side but logistics is on mine.
So now Washington is encamped at Lancaster planning the next phase of the war. French deployment to the West Indies has been temporarily suspended due to the loss of Phili. I need at least a small victory or two to bring the victory level down and convince the French to resume expanding their mission. Ultimately I'll need to capture one of the major cities (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Charleston) just to bring the game back into a draw and send it into sudden death. One thing in my favor is that I only need to capture one city - Ian has to defend them all.
Grab them by the balls. Their hearts and minds will follow.
Clinton and his commanders are to draw up a new strategy for the conquest of the remaining rebelious colonies,There is no plans to attack Washington and his army hiding in Lancaster that campain would be frought with danger my supply lines would be long my troops need time to recover from constant campaining,In four years of war i have lost 2600 musket squads most of those in the Philadelphia campain my OOB contains 4750 musket squads with only 500 due as replacements most of my battalions remain intact but most are half to two thirds strong at best.
Looks like im going to have to beef up my garrisons around the colonies and put an army together ready to counter any moves Washington makes.Ive halted the EEV so no more French will arrive untill Curt can gain a few VPs back.Unfortunatly for me it looks like the main continental army still survives but ive destroyed large numbers of units and my army is capable of inflicting stinging defeats on them when the next battle starts
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Clinton is starting to send troops back to garrison the colonies while mister Washington plots his strategy in Lancaster.Meanwhile one of my forts way out west in the wilderness called bluelicks finds itself under attack by some continental troops i dont expect it to last for long ive got no meaningfull force out there just a few weak company strength units.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
Rebel militia are active in Maryland and Virginia and must be dealt with quickly my garrisons inland are reliant on supply from the ports on the coast.In the far west my forts at bluelicks and Vincennes are under attack but both still hold.
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American militia cut supply to Culpeper,Fredricksburg and Charlottesville before a British force turns up to stamp out this revolt.The garrisons of Vincennes and Bluelicks hold out for another month.
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
A large American army has been spotted leaving Lancaster and heading south into Virginia where this force is headed im not sure my garrisons in Virginia remain vigilant.The American militia continue to cause problems in southern Virginia.
In the far west the fort at Bluelicks falls to the Americans while the American forces attacking Vincennes have disappeared
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The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
The American militia in Virginia has been dealt with and the large American army seen leaving Lancaster has not attacked any of my garrisons.I think 1780 will see me more on the defensive reacting to what the Americans do although with the EEV at 30 i will need to tip it back into my favour by capturing a small American garrison somewhere to again stall the EEV.
The battle of Medjerda is almost forgotten,but was fought against highly disciplined German troops and blasted a route straight to Tunis it was a perfect infiltration battle and should be remembered as the best fought British battle of the war.
Ive captured Portsmouth just north of Boston and tipped the VPs back in my favour so again the EEV has stalled my opponent will have to react to this move or face fighting this rebelion without the help of the French army.
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