Period5

Period 5: 1665-1700 (Turns 36-42)

	England	France	Russia	Spain	Turkey	Holland
End of Turn VPs during this period	66	241	89	22	101	97
Period Objectives	158	225	70	63	236	197
Total VPs	884	925	904	900	977	887

Analysis:

The Golden Age of France has arrived! Joining with all of his neighbours at turn he manages to take several provinces and keeps others to join their forces against him. Russia scores good victories against Poland and Sweden and his play was (not counting a little overextending in attack against Prussia) almost perfect. Turkey scored number of good victories and succeeded in the end of period objectives. Spain is falling behind in militarily and economically with dwindling number of provinces. Holland as well, as growing commercial empires of France and England leave him less and less space to maneuver.

Peace Phase:

Turkey surrenders level 2 peace to Poland and pays reparations.

Round 3

Savoians besiege Nish without success. French besiege Varna with usure(-). Poles breach Lwow. Dutch besiege Brünn with usure(+). Scots besiege Athiens with usure(+). Habsburgs breach Leoben. Turkey besieges Dnepropetrovsk with usure(+) and Crimeans breach Czernowitz.

Round 2

Polish forces attack Turks in Lwow, both sides suffer around 35 000 casualties, but Poles has to retreat. Küprülü is dismissed for two rounds. French breach Sofia and Savoian army eliminates very corrupted Pasha and besieges Nish without success. Dutch attack Brünn and fights draw with a Pasha and Pasha is forced to retreat. Following siege produces nothing. Habsburgs breach Graz. Scots land and besiege Athina with usure(-). Odessa surrenders to Turks, and Crimeans besiege Czernowitz with usure(+) and Dnepropetrovsk without success.

Round 1

French eliminate rebellion. Bayerishe army besieges Olmutz with usure(-). Dutch blockade North African coast. Habsburgs besiege Graz with usure(+). English fleet blockades combined fleets of Aden and Oman in Oman. Turks breach Lwow and Crimeans besiege Djepropetrovsk(usure(-)) and Odessa(usure(+)).

Administrative Phase:

French colony in America and trading post in Cameroun turned to the (+)-side. England gets new colony in Antilles and trading post in Gujarat.

Diplomatic Phase:

Number of excellent throws against diplomatic attempts...

Declarations of War:

England and Spain declare war to Turkey. Habsburgs and Crimeans join the fight.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

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Peace Phase:

Sweden surrenders level 3 peace to Russia and Denmark and cedes Abo and Estonia to Russia.

Round 4

French attack Turkish forces in Constantinople and eliminate one detachment and two Pashas. They breach Tessaloniki and Constantinople. Blockaded Turkish fleet is forced to run the blockade but suffers major defeat against Dutch fleet. Polish forces attack Turks in Krakow and break them. They manage to retreat when Turks come back. Russians besiege Sveaborg with usure(-).

Round 3

French land in Tessaloniki and besiege it with usure(+). Turks siege Krakow with usure(-). Swedes eliminate another Russian naval detachment. Russians breach Tallinn and Kiel and besiege Sveaborg with usure(-).

Round 2

Turks attack Polish force in Krakow and throw them away. Siege produces usure(+). Swedes annihilate one russian naval detachment. Russians breach Abo and siege Kiel(usure(-)), Tallinn(usure(-)) and Sveaborg.

Round 1

Turks intercept moving Polish force and annihilates it in major victory. Poland revenge it by attacking intercepting Turkish force and annihilating it in major victory in their turn. French land in Al-Djazair and fight standoff with Al-Djazairish forces. Moroccoans attack French and eliminate them in major victory. Swedes blockade Köpenhagen. Danish fleet tries to sneak out, but is forced in the battle and suffers major defeat. Russians blockade and besiege Kiel(usure(+)), Abo(usure(-)), Tallinn(usure(+)) and Sveaborg (attrition).

Administrative Phase:

French colonies turns to (+) side in Bahia and Luisiana and new trading post in America. Spanish colony in Chili turns to (+) side. Russian gets new trading post in Amour. Holland gets Trading Post in Cote de l'Or.

Diplomatic Phase:

Spain makes two dynastic alliances, and cede Luxemburg to France and Flanders to Holland.

Declarations of War:

France, Poland and Holland declares war to Turkey. Turkish little helpers in North Africa and Middle East join the war. Russia declares war to Sweden in support of Denmark.

Political Events:

Economic Events:

Monarch Phase:

Turn 41

Peace Phase:

Spain, Holland and France make white Peace. Hungary surrenders unconditionally to Turkey and is removed from the play.

Round 4

Debretzin surrenders to Turks. Swedes storm Prague. Gerona surrenders. Prussians besiege Karlsbad with usure(+). Habsburgs besiege Mantua with usure(+).

Round 3

Buda surrenders to the Turks and the siege of Debretzin with usure(+). France eliminates small Spanish nuisance in Lyonnais. France offers honors of war in Luxemburg, Habsburgs surrender in Breslau. French forces breach Gerona, but refuse to fight. Habsburgs besiege Mantua with usure(-).

Round 2

Turks besiege Buda and Debretzin with usure(-). Villars besiege Gerona with usure(+) and Prussians Breslau with usure(-). Swedes attack Habsburgs in Karlsbad, eliminate them and captures the worst generals Habsburgs could place on field. Vienna rejoices. Following siege produces nothing. Dutch attack Flanders, throw defending Spaniards away and breach the walls. Milan surrenders to Habsburgs. Spanish army attacks retreated Frenchmen in Lyonnais and eliminate them.

Round 1

Turks attack Buda and annihilate Hungarian army located there and besiege it with usure(-). Turks attack Carpathia as well, throw defending detachments away and besiege Debretzin without success. French attack Spanish armies in Flanders, but are forced to retreat after a bloody battle. French expeditionary forces land in Cuba, throw defenders away, but their leader conquistador Frontenac (4.6.6.-1) dies. Villars besiege Gerona with usure(-) and Prussians Breslau with usure(-). Habsburg counteroffensive eliminates French army in Milan. Following siege produces usure(+).

Administrative Phase:

Russian colony in California turns to (+) side. England turns colony in Mascareignes to (+) side. Holland founds trading post in Mauritanie and colony in Recife turns to (+) side.

Diplomatic Phase:

Turkey vassallizes Cyrenaica and gets Sudan to Alliance Militaire and Arabia Corps Expeditionnaire. France vassallizes Lorraine and gets Sweden and Hannover to Entrée en Guerre, Hansa to Alliance Militaire and Helvetia to Mariage Royal.

Declarations of War:

France, Sweden, Prussia and Holland declare war to Spain, who calls Venice and Habsburgs to help. Turkey declares war to Hungary.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

Monarch Phase:

King of Spain dies, and Spain suffers first dynastic crisis. Way to the War of Spanish Succession is paved.

Turn 40

Peace Phase:

Habsburg surrenders level 4 peace and cedes Moravia and Ostmarch and pays reparations. Russia makes white peace with Prussia and similar with England and France.

Round 6

Turks attack Vienna again and throw Habsburgs away again. Following siege produces usure(-). French-English forces breach Witebsk.

Round 5

Turks besiege Vienna with usure(+). Habsburgs make counterattack and manages to throw Turks away from Vienna. (Again!) English forces breach Dorpat and French Smolensk.

Round 4

Turks besiege Vienna with usure(-) and breaches Olmutz. Prussians attack Russians in Königsberg and manages to throw them away. French besiege Smolensk with usure(+). Polish forces attack Russians in Bielorossya and fight a bloody draw, and the Russians retreat and throw heavy attrition again. There isn't many Russians left any more.

Round 3

Turks besiege Vienna without success, breaches Breslau and Brünn and besieges Olmutz with usure(-). As Polish main army retreats from Smolensk, French attack Russians in Mogilew and throw them away. Russians suffer heavy attrition. Following siege produces breach. English forces land in Riga. Russians besiege Königsberg with usure(+).

Round 2

Turks attack Vienna and this time they throw Habsburgs away. Following siege produces usure(-). Other sieges: Breslau usure(-), Brünn usure(+), Olmutz usure(-). French forces breach Kiew. Polish forces attack Russians in Smolensk, but they manage to slip away, so Poles besiege Smolensk with usure(+). Prussian detachment attack Russian-Danish forces in Mecklemburg, and survives (but retreats back). Russians besiege Königsberg with usure(+) and besiege Minsk (nothing) and Mogilew (breach) and cuts Polish supply to Smolensk.

Round 1

Turkish forces attack Habsburgs in Vienna, but are forced to retreat after suffering small casualties. (Why? Why?) Turkish forces besiege Breslau and Brünn with usure(-) and offer honors of war in Prague. (The siege of Olmutz produces attrition.) Polish forces besiege Kiew with attrition. Russian attire in Königsberg.

Administrative Phase:

Holland turns trading post in Congo to (+) side. Russia founds a colony in North California.

Diplomatic Phase:

Turkey vassallizes Al Djazair, Crimea and Tripolitania. England vassallizes Scotland. France gets Bayern and Sweden Corps Expeditionnaire. Spain gets Venice to Corps Expeditionnaire.

Declarations of War:

England and France declare war to Russia. Poland participates too. Turkey declares war to Habsburgs. Spain still thinks this as Habsburg matter.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

Monarch Phase:

Russian Tzar dies.

Turn 39

Peace Phase:

Habsburgs surrender unconditionally to Turkey and France and cedes Milan to France and Erbland and Styria to Turkey. Spain, Holland and England surrender unconditionally to France and Spain cedes Roussillon, Hainaut and Artois to France.

Round 4

Habsburgs surrender in Milan. Polish forces breaches Karlsbad and Breslau. Turks besiege Wien with usure(-) and Olmutz without success. British/Dutch armies attack French in Flandre but are almost annihilated but not broken.

Round 3

French forces breach Antwerp. Hannoverians besiege Groninguer with usure(-). Polish forces breach Prague. Turks attack Ostmarch and Salzburg and kill one army equivalent of Habsburgs but are forced to retreat in both places. Turkish siege of Wien produces usure(+). Russians attack Prussians in Magdeburg and forces Prussians to retreat. Following siege produces usure(-). The siege of Königsberg produces usure(+). Brits besiege glasgow with usure(+).

Round 2

Brits collect their ships and attack French in Bay of Biscay: Both sides break. British siege of Edinburg produces breach. French tries to land in Guiana, but all forces are eliminated in attrition. Saint Malo surrenders to French. French besiege Milan with usure(-) and Antwerp without success. Turks attack Wien, but Habsburgs manages to retreat before combat. Turks breach Graz and besiege Wien without success. Russians breach Memel. Dutch fleet sneaks out from San Sebastian, succeeds, and attacks French fleet. French manages to retreat after the fire step. Spaniards attack French in Gerona, but suffer heavy losses and are forced to retreat.

Round 1

Brits blockade La Rochelle, Nantes, Cherbourg, Edinburgh, Glasgow, trading post Saint Jean in Cameroun and colony Novelle France in America. Brits besiege Hainaut with usure(-) and continue the siege of Edinburgh without success. French fleet sneaks out from Cherbourg and eliminate British fleet blockading Nantes. French armies attack British in Hainaut. Battle is draw but British are forced to retreat and suffer heavy casualties. French forces march in Savoia, but are intercepted by Spaniards. Following battle is draw and Spaniards has to retreat. French continue to Milan and besiege without success. French sieges of Saint Malo produces usure(+) and Antwerp nothing. Polish forces besiege Breslau with usure(+), Brünn with usure(-) and Prague with usure(+). Russians besiege Memel with usure(+) and Danes Königsberg without success. Turks besiege Graz and Wien with usure(+) and attack Commerce in Ostmarch, but are forced to retreat as only losses in the battle is two Turkish factors (from Pasha, of course). Dutch blockades Toulon and reinforces British Blockade of Novelle France. Dutch forces tries to pacify revolt in Holland and in Haiti. Dutch attacks French in Bay of Biscay but loses. Ruyter is dismissed for five rounds. Spaniards try to attack French in Gerona, but there wasn't a single loss in the combat. Habsburgs try to relieve Wien and manages to kill enough Turks that they are forced to retreat (Why? Why could I never throw even 6 or 7 in combat?)

Administrative Phase:

France founds new colonies in America and Lousiana. Spain turns colony in La Plata to (+)-side.

Diplomatic Phase:

Turkey vassallizes Tunis and gets Crimea to Entreé en Guerre. Russia gets Denmark and Spain Papacy to Entreé en Guerre. France vassallizes Savoia.

Declarations of War:

Russia and Denmark declare war to Prussia.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

Monarch Phase:

Dutch monarch dies. Again.

Turn 38

Peace Phase:

Poland gives a level 4 peace to Russia. Russia takes Smolensk, Polotsk and $100 indemnities.

Round 4

Polish forces besiege Mogilew with usure(+) and attack Russians in Smolensk. After bloody battle Russians are forced to retreat and they suffer horrible attrition. French fleet blockades Brits in Gabon and hunt privateers bby the coast of Northern America. French sieges in Brest and Saint Malo produces breach, but general Vauban refuses to storm the walls in Saint Malo. Turks besiege of Graz produces usure(+), but besiegers of Wien are well known from their ineptiness in siegeworks. Dutch besiege Bruxelles without success and attack together with Brits against French in Artois. French retreat after suffering heavy infantry losses. Spaniards besiege without success Savoia, and attack French in Gerona. This time French retreat is successful.

Round 3

Polish forces besiege Mogilew with usure(-). Turkish forces attack Montecuculi in Ostmarch but fail to inflict casualties to him. The siege of Wien produces nothing as well as siege of Graz. Russians besiege Riga (usure(+)), Dnepropetrowsk (surrender) and Danzig (usure(-)). French forces attack Bretagne (allies take refuge in the city), Hainaut (bloody draw) and Savoia (draw). The siege of Saint Malo produces usure(+). Spain besiege Savoia without success. Dutch forces attack French in Hainaut (draw, but French retreat). Habsburgs attack Prussians and force them to retreat. Spanish/Dutch forces invade French Trading Post in Gabon. English siege of Edinburg produces usure(-). Natives attack Spanish (all Dutch died in attrition) in Gabon but are thrown away.

Round 2

Polish forces besiege Mogilew without success. Russians besiege Djepropetrowsk with usure(-), Danzig with usure(-), Dwinski (Honors of War) and Smolensk (breach). Turkish detachment and pashas move to Styria, are intercepted by Montecuculi, but following battle is bloodless draw, and Habsburgs are forced to retreat. Turkish siege of Wien produces nothing and Presburg is breached. English fleet intercept moving French fleet but suffers major defeat (English fleet is down to 12 transports). French forces continue their sieges: Antwerp (usure(-)), Saint Malo, Gerona (Honors of War). Spanish forces attack Savoians in Italy (French retreat after the battle), blockade Edinburg, attack blockading French fleet in Barcelona (another draw), move to Hainaut, but French forces intercept and after the bloody battle (73 Spanish/Dutch and 50 French casualties) Spanish/Dutch army is forced to retreat. Dutch fleet attack French fleet in Bay of Biscay (Draw, what else) and England attack French in Hainaut (draw) and continue siege of Edinburg (usure(-)).

Round 1

King of Poland tries to attack Russians in Riga, but Russians retreat cowardly. Russians make major invasion and besiege Dwinski (usure(+)), Smolensk, Djepropetrovsk and Danish mercenaries Danzig (usure(+)). Turkish forces besiege Presburg and Wien(usure(-)). English forces attack Scots in Edinburg and after the bloody fight Scots are forced to retreat. Following siege produce nothing. French forces attack Gerona Flanders and Armor. They are intercepted in Gerona, but Spaniards are forced to retreat after the battle. French fleet blockades Spanish fleet in Gibraltar and Dutch fleet in Saint Malo. The battle in Armor is bloody draw, Spanish/Dutch armies are forced to retreat, but French general Turenne dies. French besiege Saint Malo with usure(-), Gerona usure(+) and Antwerp. Prussians besiege Karlsbad without success. Dutch fleet attacks French in Saint Malo, but French fleets retreat.

Administrative Phase:

Russia founds Trading Post in Alaska and turns colony in Lena to (+)-side. France founds colonies in Bahia and Caroline and trading post in Florida. Egland turns trading post in Carnatic and colony in Mascareignes to (+)-side

Diplomatic Phase:

Declarations of War:

Turkey declares war to Habsburgs. Spain announces that this is totally Habsburg business.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

Monarch Phase:

King of Holland(4.3.4) dies. New monarch(3.4.3) is old(3T) and fragile health.

Turn 37

Peace Phase:

Hungary surrenders unconditionally and cedes Carnolia and pays reparations to Turkey.

Round 2

English detachments attack remains of the Scotch army, but are thrown back. French forces breach Arras and Bruxelles and offers honors of war to Perpignan. Turkish forces eliminate Hungarians in major victory in Magyar and breaches the walls immediately. Russians breaches Mogilev and besieges Riga with usure(+) and Dnepropetrovsk with usure(-). Bavarian attack against Habsburgs fail and all attackers are eliminated. Habsburgs offers honors of war in München. Habsburgs eliminate Savoians besieging Milan. Spaniards and Dutch breach Saint Malo. And once again turn ends shortly...

Round 1

England attacks Edinburgh and forces Scots to retreat. Following siege produces nothing. French blockades English fleet in Flessinge, besieges Arras with usure(+), Bruxelles (usure(-)) and Perpignan usure(-). Bayern besieges Innsbruck and Savoians Milan. Turkish forces overrun Hungarians in Carnolia and forces fortress to surrender in the following siege. Polish forces intercept Russians in Seweria but are forced to retreat. Russians besiege Mogilev with usure(+). Russians attack Volhynia, but they are intercepted and this time it was their turn to retreat. Russians besiege Riga with usure(+) and Djepropetrovsk without success. French fleet intercepts Dutch but retreats after heavy losses in fire phase. Dutch and Spaniards besiege and breach Brest. Habsburgs attack Bavarians in München, eliminate them and besiege with usure(+).

Administrative Phase:

France turns colony in Caroline to the (+)-side. England founds trading posts in Mozambica and Namib and colony in Mascareignes. Russia founds colony in Lena.

Diplomatic Phase:

France gets Prussia to Alliance Militaire. Turkey gets Tunisia to Entreé en Guerre.

Declarations of War:

France, Savoia, Scotland and Bayern declares war to Holland, Spain, England, Habsburg, Parma, Württenburg and Tuscana. Turkey, Crimea, Moldavia and Wallachia declare war to Hungary. Russia declares war to Poland.

Political Events:

Economical Events:

Monarch Phase:

Spanish monarch dies.

Turn 36