History of Colonisation - Continuation Thread

[Patient English]

I'm about to leave for a party in London, so I will move on Sunday.

Well done for Boston, Henrik. How did you manage to take out the Artillery Fort with only Grenadiers? I can never manage that!

I'm glad to see you went for an attack on that new Fort outside Paris! That should thin out your troops a bit for the big assault that is coming...

[Henrik]

True that would've been a good feat for only grenadiers, fortunatly I didn't have only grenadiers (as will be rather evident when you load your turn)
I didn't use a siege gun though...

And as for Paris, that fort just made sure many of the Grenadiers guarding Paris now has veteran status (I did lose way too many cavalry/horse artillery units to be entirely comfortable though )

[Patient English]

Your vet Grenadiers won't resist my vet Siege Howitzers! Got back from London rather late on Sunday, so I will play tonight.

[Patient English]

Actually, it's not my turn, is it? Waku?

[Waku]

P&P

[Henrik]

I'm back! Though I did expect it to be my turn by now...

[Patient English]

Sorry...been partying in London all weekend. I'll play tonight....

[Patient English]

Geez - another Artillery fort taken out with boarding parties for only 1 loss? I made those Forts too weak!

A Spanish Raider destroyed outside Savannah. Unfortunately they took many of our men with them...

Boston retaken - again, mostly with (4) Boarding Parties. All of which survived! I made those guys way too strong....

Newly-built Heavy Artillery took out French Grenadiers skulking in the forests around Fort Ticonderoga. However, it took every hit point but one that the guns had - those guys must have been super-elite! If they hadn't had abandoned their position behind a river, I would have lost. Your Grenadiers in the New World are tough cookies, Henrik! Veterans of the last war, I guess...

Outside Paris, a patrolling Dragoon regiment surprised and destroyed a Horse Artillery battery and its escorting regiment. Unfortunately, like British cavalry across the ages, they got carried away and were detroyed in turn on the bayonets of a nearby Grenadier regiment. However, British Dragoons in Europe and America have distinguished themselves this year - unlike their many sorry performances in the past...

Some minor bombardment of Paris was undertaken, purely to bring the last of our vast battery of guns up to veteran pitch! An antiquated regiment of Spanish Halberdiers was put to flight outside Reims by our amused troops!



Into the last 2 decades of the game...

[Chris 62]

Dutch farmers are working hard to eliminate the vineyards the Spanish hate, two removed, more to come.

[Henrik]

The year of our lord 1780:

Bostonne has once again fallen to advancing French troops, however due to the many battles in the area most of the city's population has either fled or been cought in the crossfire by now.
The once bussy streets are now empty and many of the houses have been abondoned, a traveling french diplomat who visited the area made the reflection that the city has become more of a ghost town surounded by heavy fortifications than a bustling commerce metroplis it was once known as...
The French Ministry of War fears that the city will be destroyed should it be subject to any more fighting in it's imidiate vincinity and has thus began constructing non combatant shelters.
To the north the city of Penobscotte has also fallen to French troops. This, to the occupants suprise, also resulted in a Brittish two decker to the south that had previously been spotted by french ships, desserting it's Brittish colours after a violent mutiny amongst the crew, the majority, it would appear, had thier homes in Penobscot and their loyalities lay there rather than to "the parasite in London"...

The small outpost northeast of Fort Tinconderoga has also surrendered to French troops and a French army, still consisting of many veterans once stationed at the fort is now preparing to lay seige to it...

However all is not well in New France, the unexpected fall of Bostonne last year resulted in the New World administration breaking down, and city councils ran amok due to lack of guidiance.
Due to this French recruitment rates all over New France where bellow expectations, instead a number of water supplies, Frigates and Men of war where constructed in the colonies.
A number of colonists where also by misstake ordered to leave thier homes to settle the land around them as colonists, these where promptly sent back to thier homes...
(When Boston fell the AI changed the production orders for all cities on the same continent )

In the very north the city of New Brunnswick is under heavy seige from French troops, the city is expected to fall within short.

Due to Brittish propaganda about an iminent attack on Paris, French troops from all over the continent have been reinforcing the city's defences, while it is suspected that this may well be a Brittish trick to make the French army leave less important cities with minumum garrisons we cannot risk the loss of our capital...

[Henrik]

Bump from page 2.

[Waku]

French merchantman sunk north of Bahama with whatever he carried , what upgraded my 3d's master to sea dog

[Patient English]

Barbuda and Granada captured from the Spanish! Guadelupe was also raided, but the defenders of the Spanish Treasure Fleet (hint, hint) moored there proved too much for our landing parties.....

The French despoilers of Boston have been eliminated for no English loss, as they sprawled drunkenly in the blazing city streets, having found the Town rum store. However, the town is now but a charred wreckage of the fine Georgian streets and houses that once stood there.....

A French Privateer sunk off Penobscot, with all hands...

Some of the forces besieging Fort Ticonderoga have been dispersed by heavy gunfire, but with the Fort seemingly about to fall, the guns have been removed by sea to a place of safety.

(By the way, Henrik, Fort Georgie?! Fort Georges, perhaps. Although Fort Louis would be best.)

The cynical and quite deliberate Dutch blockade of Portsmouth - threatening to ruin our strategy for operations on the continent this year - is considered to be tantamount to an act of War! Accordingly, Britain cancels her alliance with Holland. No action has been taken against the Dutchmen - nor will it, unless Dutch ships again interfere with the movement of British supplies across the Channel or commit similar provocations....A state of uneasy peace reigns between our two nations.

(Why did you do that, Chris? Hardly the act of an ally! I thought you wanted peace, but I'm glad you've decided to join in the fun.)

Hearing of the massive concentration of French defenders in Paris, the British Staff resolved to attack elsewhere - and increase the isolation of the French Capital. Accordingly, many Marines and Grenadiers, supported with Horse Artillery, attacked Orleans. Our casualties were modest, but many troops were scattered across the countryside, and are very vulnerable to a French counterattack. Nevertheless, the city DID fall - and a large convoy (well, OK, 2) of Heavy Guns approaching the city from the south (quite undefended) was captured.

Paris was again bombarded, and two Grenadier regiments dispersed, and two more Howitzer Batteries trained up to the highest pitch! Several more infantry regiments brought over from England to replace the Orleans detachment in the trenches overlooking Paris.

Pirates destroyed in the approaches to the Channel.

[Patient English]

Oh yeah. And I had the same change in production when "Bostonne" fell. Not too bad, though.

[Chris 62]

Once again, I have to ask for a turn replay, my ships TWICE were returned on the "broken alliance" cheat, I lost 16 tiles of movement!

This is TOTALLY unfair.

If you refuse, I will sink any damn ship that agains hinders my attempts to defend my colonies, which thanks tro Britain and France, I lost a trip halfway accross the world with.