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Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:03 am
by BossGnome
In my 1805 scenario as France, I had just finished off Austria, when the brits decide to land a large army (for the brits) of about 70K troops in the north of France, accompanied by 2 generals. I bring the Grande Armée over and kick their butts, of course, and take everyone as POWS. Everyone that is...exept the generals. Why?? I now have 2 british generals sitting in France doing absolutely nothing, and who apparently do not desire to return home to england, just are content sitting their oogling good french girls? What do I do with those pesky guys?
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:59 pm
by Reg Pither
'Oogling' good French girls? [X(] The mind boggles as to what that could mean - maybe leering at their pictures on an internet search engine...?[;)]
Whenever the Brits do the same when I play as France, after a few months I usually get a message saying 'Beresford has been arrested in Ile de France' or somesuch. I then just shove them in prison in a garrison somewhere until a patch comes out giving us ransoming options.
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:07 pm
by ericbabe
British commanders do sometimes get stuck on the continent when their army is captured. There is a small chance they will be captured each turn they are in enemy territory.
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:06 pm
by solops
Yeah, I've had ex-captive, wandering Frenchy generals in the Near East after peace was made.
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:26 pm
by Joram
Ha! I was wondering at the wording of the topic. It's an ancient quote. I only recognized it because I've been playing a lot of RTW these past few weeks (as I await the patch for this game). Guess I'm going to have to play it some more so I can remember who said it (I want to say Lesander but don't think so).
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:37 pm
by Naomi
ORIGINAL: BossGnome
In my 1805 scenario as France, I had just finished off Austria, when the brits decide to land a large army (for the brits) of about 70K troops in the north of France, accompanied by 2 generals. I bring the Grande Armée over and kick their butts, of course, and take everyone as POWS. Everyone that is...exept the generals. Why?? I now have 2 british generals sitting in France doing absolutely nothing, and who apparently do not desire to return home to england, just are content sitting their oogling good french girls? What do I do with those pesky guys?
I had a saved file, where France unloaded (only) 4 Marshals to my England. Any idea about Nappy's motive? *(~,~)*
RE: Ahhh the generals, they are numerous but not good for much!
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:25 am
by BossGnome
the guy who said the quote above was the satyrist Aristophanes. [;)] I also got it from RTW...