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The Austo-Hungary state is under the rule of the Habsburg monarchy, curently under empress Maria Theresa. Finaly defeating the Turks a short time ago, and becouse of the war against the French in Italy, the Austrian coffens are empty, and the armuries in Graz and Vienne are piled up with weapons. The ranks of their army is expirienced in battle.


Regular army in Austria and Hungary:

-181 regiments of line and light infantry (1.200 men each):
--129 line infantry regiments (Musketeers)
--52 light infantry (Jaegers, Grenzers)
-42 Granadier regiments

-47 Cavalry regiments (900 men each):
--21 Heavy cavalry regiments (Uhlans, Chavaulgers, Cuirassiers)
--26 Light cavalry regiments (Hussars, Dragoons)

-131 Artilery batteries (8 guns each):
--46 Horse artilery batteries (3 and 6 pounders and rarely 12 pounders)
--85 Foot artilery batteries (6, 12 and 18 pounders)


That is it for now, will be updated later, and post any diplomatic requests here...Thank you!

OOC: Well written and with plenty of details. I was just wondering... that CLOSED in the title might not do too good for our recruitment for new people as they connect the CLOSED with the EN in their minds. Anyways, good stuff.

The Austo-Hungary state is under the rule of the Wolfenbach monarchy, curently under Cesar Blasius II. Finaly defeating the Turks a short time ago, and becouse of the war against the French in Italy, the Austrian coffens are empty, and the Armuries in Graz and Vienne are piled up with weapons. The ranks of their army is expirienced in battle.


Regular army in Austria and Hungary:

-181 regiments of line and light infantry (1.200 men each):
-129 line infantry regiments (Musketeers)
-52 light infantry (Jaegers, Grenzers)
-42 Granadier regiments

-47 Cavalry regiments (900 men each):
-21 Heavy cavalry regiments (Uhlans, Chavaulgers, Cuirassiers)
-26 Light cavalry regiments (Hussars, Dragoons)

-231 Artilery batteries (8 guns each):
-96 Horse artilery batteries (3 and 6 pounders and rarely 12 pounders)
-135 Foot artilery batteries (6, 12 and 18 pounders)


That is it for now, will be updated later, and post any diplomatic requests here...Thank you!

Have you checked these figures for your army? And can I request that you use the real life Hapsburg Dynasty rather than the fictional 'Wolfenbach' family. It's just that I want to keep this Earth as true to life as possible, and while I don't have a problem with the creation of more minor fictional characters, replacing a whole dynasty with a different name would mean changing the names of half of the crowned heads in Europe as the Hapsburgs are an extermely extended and influential clan. You could have a General Wolfenbach if you wanted, just not as Emperor.

Also, could you give some indication of national intentions in foreign policy and ambitions? Good thread though.

Well, no problem with the dynasty, will change it right now!

All units in the army are hitorical and beside the monarchy and army size everything is quite hitoricly corect...

Well, no problem with the dynasty, will change it right now!

All units in the army are hitorical and beside the monarchy and army size everything is quite hitoricly corect...

Thank you very much.

The Kingdom of Sweden hereby issues a call to arms among the Protestant states of Europe to unite against the spreading Catholic disease. The call for an alliance of neccessity between ourselves, Russia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Prussia and Denmark is called for to defeat this great threat. Please respond as swiftly as possible.

Also, we call on the French nation NOT to join this unholy Catholic alliance of the Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. We respect the French nation and would not wish war on it. Cast out this warmongering evil and no war shall come to pass between our two nations. To the rest of the Protestant world, join us in standing up to this Catholic pestilence. Who will answer me?

King Karl X of Sweden.

Your Majesty, Spain asks for your allince. At the moment, when the world is in danger from heresy perpitrated by the Protesdents, we, and many other nations feel the need for the balivers in the one true faith to band together to protect ourselves.

So far this allince contains Spain, Poland and the Holy Roman empire adn would be much strengthand if you would join. I appears though that Sweden and France are determind to oppose us and have banded together against us.

I await your reply with trepidation.

King Charles the III of Spain

Your Majesty, Spain asks for your allince. At the moment, when the world is in danger from heresy perpitrated by the Protesdents, we, and many other nations feel the need for the balivers in the one true faith to band together to protect ourselves.

So far this allince contains Spain, Poland and the Holy Roman empire adn would be much strengthand if you would join. I appears though that Sweden and France are determind to oppose us and have banded together against us.

I await your reply with trepidation.

King Charles the III of Spain


Please sort your spelling man, this is horrible to read.

Please sort your spelling man, this is horrible to read.
OOC: Reada the sig, strangly enough I have serious exams coming up in the next few months and I don't ahve time to word-process all my writing, so my main writing (When i use my real nation) takes priotity. I have real problems with spelling and handwriting, and I have been attending classes, out of school, for over 6 years to try and correct them. Imagine that, 6 years of 5 1 hour long lessions after school and thats how far i've got.

OOC: Reada the sig, strangly enough I have serious exams coming up in the next few months and I don't ahve time to word-process all my writing, so my main writing (When i use my real nation) takes priotity. I have real problems with spelling and handwriting, and I have been attending classes, out of school, for over 6 years to try and correct them. Imagine that, 6 years of 5 1 hour long lessions after school and thats how far i've got.

I apologise if you have a problem but I cannot see signatures and I don't know how to turn them on :(

I apologise if you have a problem but I cannot see signatures and I don't know how to turn them on :(
OOC:It's in your profile

ooc-Please create an ooc thread and dont block all news thrads with ooc...thank you!

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To King Charles the III of Spain

We regret that we must decline your offer of alliance as Austria has no intents of being bound to any promises or being hostile to France or any of the protestant nations. But we must asure you that we will fully support you politicly at pope and other rulers in case of a war.

Empress Maria Theresia

Though we feel that is your mistake in not joining in a allince I accept that this is your nations chocie, adn that it may be akward for you to join such a pact. However shoudl you choose to chage your decision then your place will be ever open.


King Charles the III of Spain.

To: HRH Empress Maria Theresa of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
From: Sultan Mustafa III, Caliph of Islam and Leader of the Eternal State

We request that you send Cavalry officers from your magnificent army to help train and modernize our army. We realize that our relations in the past have been frosty but we have learned the error of our ways and have decided to halt expansion into Europe and Russia. Our modernization is merely for defense and expansion into the depthes of Africa and Asia. We are aware that we can be deadly enemies and loyal allys and wish for the later between our two Empires to further peace along our border and throughout Europe. Please consider our proposal.

Mustafa III, Sultan of the Empire, Caliph of Islam, and Leader of the Eternal State

ooc: laugh now while you can...Ive played as the ottomans before and when i finally stopped that RP I was Russia, AH, HRE, and UK's ally as well as a friend of the Pope and ally of the Catholic faith...oh wait i think i forgot the part where russia supplyed me with artillery officers and helped me become the second best artillery army in the world and the fifth largest and modern

ok ill do the same...

The Kingdom of Sweden hereby issues a call to arms among the Protestant states of Europe to unite against the spreading Catholic disease. The call for an alliance of neccessity between ourselves, Russia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Prussia and Denmark is called for to defeat this great threat. Please respond as swiftly as possible.

Also, we call on the French nation NOT to join this unholy Catholic alliance of the Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. We respect the French nation and would not wish war on it. Cast out this warmongering evil and no war shall come to pass between our two nations. To the rest of the Protestant world, join us in standing up to this Catholic pestilence. Who will answer me?

King Karl X of Sweden.OOC: I am not in EN, but I know for a fact that Russia is not Protestant and that is is Russian Orthodox.

OOC: I am not in EN, but I know for a fact that Russia is not Protestant and that is is Russian Orthodox.

You should join. We could use some more members.

ooc-As i said....good dammit will you stop fu*king my thread up with ooc! :mad: :D

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Letter to Sultan Mustafa III.

We are sorry to inform you that we do not intent to help our potential enemy and a foul heretic in any way!

Empress Maria Theresia

OOC: I am not in EN, but I know for a fact that Russia is not Protestant and that is is Russian Orthodox.

I realise that but they are more sympathetic to the Protestants as they opposed the Catholic Austrian nation. Sorry for the more OOC!

An Ultimatum to Lobardy:

Demands:

-A right of passage to one of your largest ports close to our border.
-Our ships (bought from other countries) will be anchored in your port under constant watch of our military.

Reasons:

-To strenghten our influence in the Mediteranium.

Consiquences:

-In case of decline Austria will use all means to bring Lombardy to its knees!

Signed
Empress Maria Theresia

An Ultimatum to Lobardy:

Demands:

-A right of passage to one of your largest ports close to our border.
-Our ships (bought from other countries) will be anchored in your port under constant watch of our military.

Reasons:

-To strenghten our influence in the Mediteranium.

Consiquences:

-In case of decline Austria will use all means to bring Lombardy to its knees!

Signed
Empress Maria Theresia


Firstly, how many ships? Secondly, Lombardy will probably negotiate with France or another neighbouring power to refute Austrian aggression. Be prepared for either:

Possible French intervention.

Facing a coalition of Italian states, you would win the conflict with them unless Naples joins, in which case you would have larger casualties. Even then you would probably win, but it is a cause for Italian unity which might bring the Italians together. Still, Lombardy will first ask the French for assistance and then ask for help from neighbouring Italian states. Piedmont especially is very ambitious, and Naples always wants more land so they would come. But, depending on the Milanese, Genoan and Venetian reactions they will accept your proposals.

Basically, if Milan joins a coalition, then Genoa, Venice and Naples will. If France accepts to defend Lombardy (unlikely), then you will fight France. If Milan and Naples do not agree to defend Lombardy, your proposal is accepted by the Lombards.

If the Milanese and French players could post their reactions to this it would be helpful in deciding whether action would be taken against the Austrians.

ooc: The fleet would be:

-2 Ships of the line (60-70 guns)
-6 Frigates (20-30 guns)
-12 Sloops (16-24 guns)
-19 smaller cuttler-like vessels for support and such (4-8 guns)

This would be the first fleet, but we have more in plan later in the future.


Reserves called to arms:

With the aproaching war, Austrian Empress have called up some reserves to arms:

-50 infantry regiments (1200 men each) total 60.000 infantry.
-10 cavalry regiments (900 men each) total 9.000 cavalry.
-13 artilery batteries (8 guns each - 3 horse and 10 foot batteries) a total of 104 guns.

Tone down the amount of guns and this is fine.

Guns of the ship or the army?

You must know that the Austrian army had the largest concentartion of cannons per 1000 men in Europe.

But will smallen the amount anyway...

To arms!

Following the French decration of war on Austria, Empress Maria Theresia issued an all over call to arms. Peasants and townfolk are being armed, and sent to the gathering places, were they are being aditionaly trined.

The whole army numbers will be some 300.000 with some 700 field guns and will be gathered in 2 to 3 weeks. Of wich 40.000 more will be sent into Italy under the comand of Feldmarshal Ferdinand.


ooc: As i said, the Austrian troops are well trained and equiped, they are not profesional soliders, but in RL, all Austrian recruits were at home, but they had trainings every Sunday after going to church, and they had experiance from wars with Prussia, Turkey and France (Austria was in war with france for 108 months). And just for the info, this is not all Austrian men capable of fighting, so we still have many food and fresh recruts (Austria had a populatio of 20 milion at the time).

That is acceptable. However, this mobilisation is at an immense cost to the Austrian treasury. Every day they are kept mobilised the crown falls further into debt. Also, although they are probably better trained than other militias, they still suffer from the common failing of most militias fighting abroad, poor morale and high desertion rate.

Against any regular forces of sufficient numbers they will probably come a cropper, still though, a first class defensive force and good for bulking out the proffessional armies.

Actualy, the only expenses is food, as the arms were already held in great cities as Graz, Vienna and such.

Also, while most troops are not, Granadiers are all profesional soliders.

Actually, grEnadiers were usually just the biggest, tallest men... But of course you can have some other qualifications needed to become one.

Yes, tallest, biggest, strongest and best equiped, trained and disciplined... but hey, its alternative history...

More army departs to Italy:

Today a messanger reached Graz from feldmarshal Schwarzberg, demanding even more army to fight the French in Italy. He mostly needs cavalry, as of his 105.000 troops, only 10.000 are cavalry.

So, 20.000 cavalry and 15.000 infantry, escorting 11 long renged-siege guns and several wagons with food and amunition sets towards Venice under the comand of General Mauser. They are expected to arive in 5 days.

30,000 infantry and 1000 cavalry has been sent out of the camp at Venice to meet up with the re-enforcments and make sure the suplys reach its destination.

Preparations to build a fleet:

Today a very happy news reached Vienna, Lombardy surendered!
Materials that had been piled up are sent to the border and so is the workforce. They only await the Swedish shipbuilders and then they move on.

Swedish shipbuilders are being sent overland to Lombardy, travelling mainly by riverboat and carriage that they will indebt for to the government of Austria.

The suplies on almost 2000 wagons and a workforce of more than 10.000 men, escorted by 10.000 soliders leave the Ilirian province and march towards the fortified Dalmatian port of Rijeka. In the column are also the swedish shipbuilders and officers.
They will arive to Rijeka in 4 days, and the ships will be built in an estemated time of 1 and a half year or less. Canons will be sent after the ships have been built, and there are some 10.000 voluneteers gathering in Villach, and as soon as gathered, they will be sent to Rijeka, were they will begin their sailor training.

Map:
http://www.croatiafortravellers.co.uk/images/dalmatia/map.jpg

The fleet finished!

The fleet is finaly finished. It is not much, but it is a start. This week, the final touches will be added and the guns will be boarded. The Swedish shipbuilders will be sent back in a matter of one week, and they will be given money to pay for their services. The officers will stay for an aditional month to finish training the crew.

The fleet consists of:

2 Ships of the line:
-Josefine (72 guns)
-Maria (74 guns)
6 Frigates (56 guns each)
12 Sloops (16-24 guns)
19 smaller cuttler-like vessels (4-8 guns)

Our experts has also learn how to build ships in this proces so we will be able to build ships on our own in the future.


A new border defence plan:

A new plan has been developed to protect our borders. Enginer Josip Schilberg has developed a new type of fortres, the type wich will be built on all sides of our empire. The first part of the proyect is to build 17 such fortres on our West border. The second part is to build 21 such fortres on our North border. No forts will be built on the South border as it is partily protected by see and partily by a line of older fortreses on the border with the Otoman empire (with the center in Karlovac). The leaders of the proyect also considered building fortres on the East border, but the experts say that our coffens will be emptied by the first two parts of the plan and we don't even need them as our relationship with Russia are quite friendy.