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July 1805
The Man-O-War Rook was dispatched to the coastal town of Marsielle.
Disturbing is the only way I can discribe the report that they sent back.
The following picture shows the ruins that was onve the city of Marsielle. A city that stood proudly in May of this year.
What you cannot see here is the massive fighting force that Spain brought to bear on the garrison of Marsielle.
You can see to the northeast of the city a stack of Ottoman troops. What is not shown here is that most of these troops are severly damaged. Horribly maimed.
The onslaught must have been fericous. As one would expect when one is confronted by the Armies of the Spainish people. So soon people forget the damage that the Spainish laid on the mighty Armies of Napoleon. How despite attack after attack, the Spainish never gave an inch to Napoleon. That in turn they push against the monster and his mighty war machine and conquered many lands. So I was not surprised to see damaged troops evacuating the onslaught.
My surprise was that Marsielle laid in ruins. Time and again I have been spoken to loudly, and very forcefully by many parties on the damage I caused in laying ruin the cities of the Prussian people. Lord Chrisius of the Spainish was one of these people.
So why I asked? Why did he level Marsielle in the opening stages of this war.
Then my Generals assured me that he did not level Marsielle. That despite the actions of their guns, the Spainish Armies did not do this deed.
I draw your attention now to the ruins of Marsielle.
Standing proudly on the smoking ruins you will see an Ottoman Grand Battery.
This Ottoman unit had fired on the assaulting Spainish units and could not then join the fleeing Ottoman troops.
Thus it was the very fleeing Ottoman troops that ABANDONED the CITY, that left it in ruins.
The Man-O-War Rook was dispatched to the coastal town of Marsielle.
Disturbing is the only way I can discribe the report that they sent back.
The following picture shows the ruins that was onve the city of Marsielle. A city that stood proudly in May of this year.
What you cannot see here is the massive fighting force that Spain brought to bear on the garrison of Marsielle.
You can see to the northeast of the city a stack of Ottoman troops. What is not shown here is that most of these troops are severly damaged. Horribly maimed.
The onslaught must have been fericous. As one would expect when one is confronted by the Armies of the Spainish people. So soon people forget the damage that the Spainish laid on the mighty Armies of Napoleon. How despite attack after attack, the Spainish never gave an inch to Napoleon. That in turn they push against the monster and his mighty war machine and conquered many lands. So I was not surprised to see damaged troops evacuating the onslaught.
My surprise was that Marsielle laid in ruins. Time and again I have been spoken to loudly, and very forcefully by many parties on the damage I caused in laying ruin the cities of the Prussian people. Lord Chrisius of the Spainish was one of these people.
So why I asked? Why did he level Marsielle in the opening stages of this war.
Then my Generals assured me that he did not level Marsielle. That despite the actions of their guns, the Spainish Armies did not do this deed.
I draw your attention now to the ruins of Marsielle.
Standing proudly on the smoking ruins you will see an Ottoman Grand Battery.
This Ottoman unit had fired on the assaulting Spainish units and could not then join the fleeing Ottoman troops.
Thus it was the very fleeing Ottoman troops that ABANDONED the CITY, that left it in ruins.
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