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Post by Jean Lannes on May 9, 2016 3:27:52 GMT
Netherlands! The Dutch at the battle of Quatre-Bras they stopped the French, with some help of the British, so they had to battle the allied forces at Waterloo for a breakthrough. Napoleon called Quatre-Bras the reason why he lost the battle of Waterloo. The Dutch played a honorable but little role at the Battle of Waterloo, however they dealt a big blow to the French at Quatre-Bras. Quatre-Bras was a Phyrrus victory but so was Waterloo.  (I'm currently reading Jeremy Black's "Battle of Waterloo") the Dutch, at first, had made defensive positions taken but Wellington, who was given supreme command by William of Orange, decided to push further than Brussels fearing that the French capturing it could lead to low morale for the Belgian troops. The Dutch did play a role in Wellington's army but their inexperience and lower morale was a pretty big problem. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 9, 2016 3:29:26 GMT
Personally, my favourite is Poland 1809 since they start with 3 AWESOME cavalry generals (we all know that Polish cavalry ROCKS). I just love to put Golitsyn and Lan on guards cavalry ( keeping the tradition  ) and make a tornado through the map with 5 cavalry generals... to bad Sulkowsky is the only one on heavy cavalry, thus ruining the moment a tiny bit... The problem here is that they don't have a high nobility and need to take rests frequently  . Does anyone do the same? Józef Poniatowski,? I did that once and captured Europe faster than you can say Warsaw. The problem is that your fort cracker (Sulkowski) is on heavy cavalry rather than guard cavalry where he belongs |
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Post by António Salazar on May 9, 2016 5:07:52 GMT
Netherlands! The Dutch at the battle of Quatre-Bras they stopped the French, with some help of the British, so they had to battle the allied forces at Waterloo for a breakthrough. Napoleon called Quatre-Bras the reason why he lost the battle of Waterloo. The Dutch played a honorable but little role at the Battle of Waterloo, however they dealt a big blow to the French at Quatre-Bras. Quatre-Bras was a Phyrrus victory but so was Waterloo. (I'm currently reading Jeremy Black's "Battle of Waterloo") the Dutch, at first, had made defensive positions taken but Wellington, who was given supreme command by William of Orange, decided to push further than Brussels fearing that the French capturing it could lead to low morale for the Belgian troops. The Dutch did play a role in Wellington's army but their inexperience and lower morale was a pretty big problem. We were not great at Waterloo, but we were at Quatre-Bras |
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Post by Doofrk on May 9, 2016 13:31:56 GMT
Hessen 1776 and Egypt 1815 are my current kings, along with Prussia 1798 and Sweden 1798.
UK 1812 is very easy, but I don't really enjoy the 1812 map for it lacks... diversity, imo.
1815 Ottomans are also good.
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 9, 2016 20:23:49 GMT
(I'm currently reading Jeremy Black's "Battle of Waterloo") the Dutch, at first, had made defensive positions taken but Wellington, who was given supreme command by William of Orange, decided to push further than Brussels fearing that the French capturing it could lead to low morale for the Belgian troops. The Dutch did play a role in Wellington's army but their inexperience and lower morale was a pretty big problem. We were not great at Waterloo, but we were at Quatre-Bras The Duch did good at Quatre-Bras but it was mostly due to Ney's stupidity than tactic |
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Post by poppop on May 9, 2016 20:44:35 GMT
Sicily 1806 moving into Sardinia then naples, italy and into africa and eventually the Ottoman empire
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 10, 2016 12:10:16 GMT
Sicily 1806 moving into Sardinia then naples, italy and into africa and eventually the Ottoman empire You should try Sicily 1809 probably the hardest and longest Italian campaign |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on May 10, 2016 16:08:26 GMT
Sicily 1806 moving into Sardinia then naples, italy and into africa and eventually the Ottoman empire You should try Sicily 1809 probably the hardest and longest Italian campaign You get to fight Murat with nothing, then take cities, then maul through the wrecked remains of your allies |
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 10, 2016 20:25:55 GMT
You should try Sicily 1809 probably the hardest and longest Italian campaign You get to fight Murat with nothing, then take cities, then maul through the wrecked remains of your allies Pretty much. I finished in 150 turns and got like 100 medals (did a lot of farming) |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 15, 2016 1:00:44 GMT
Jean Lannes, Ney was also stupid for deciding to side with Napoleon, or at least that is what I think :/ In 1815 of course
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 15, 2016 3:31:45 GMT
Jean Lannes, Ney was also stupid for deciding to side with Napoleon, or at least that is what I think :/ In 1815 of course It wasn't stupid too much. His units didn't want to kill their emperor. I don't know if Ney knew how bad the French situation was in 1815 and I think he didn't want to kill Napoléon because that would make him seem like a traitor while fighting and dying (like he thought he would) at Waterloo would make him look like he died as hero |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 15, 2016 12:10:11 GMT
I am for self-preservation myself
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Post by golitsynthebeast on May 15, 2016 15:47:43 GMT
I like playing as France 1815... I get carried away, sometimes:  La Grande Armée marching from Paris to conquer the world! Well, not historically true but still... |
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 16, 2016 1:29:37 GMT
I like playing as France 1815... I get carried away, sometimes: La Grande Armée marching from Paris to conquer the world! Well, not historically true but still... did you really wait 46 turns just for Sérurier? |
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Post by golitsynthebeast on May 16, 2016 3:48:45 GMT
Jean Lannes, Well, I did. Said I sometimes get carried away
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) and make a tornado through the map with 5 cavalry generals... to bad Sulkowsky is the only one on heavy cavalry, thus ruining the moment a tiny bit... 
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