Lepanto (scenario) 2nd Alliance War against Turkey / Creation of the Hungro-Venetian Commonwealth.
Country: Venice
Difficulty / A.I aggressivness: Normal / Normal (I like play like this 90% of the time)
Continued Start Year: 1528
OK guys, you wanted hardcore stats and financial summaries, well here they are..
They follow the AAR and are statistics after a 2nd war against Turkey.
Part 1) Diplomatic moves / growth of the anti-Turkish alliance.
a) January-Feb 1528 - A Royal Marriage with Poland. Poland joins our anti-Ottoman alliance
of Hungary / Venice / Persia / Iraq. As you may recall they were for a time allied with
the Turks but did dishonoured the alliance when it came down to war.
b) October 1528, Feb 1529 - Moldovia & Wallacia join our anti-Ottoman alliance. It seems we managed to seduce into our fold after our splendid success in the last war with Turkey when the two states were neutral in the conflict.
The anti-Turkish coalition has reached a monstrous size. It's members are: Venice, Hungary, Moldavia, Wallacia, Poland, Iraq and Persia. To counter this Turkey invites Prussia into the fold already with Sweden, The Crimea, Algiers and England.
c) After extensive negotiations, the bringing together of both states and the unusually good relations between Venice and Hungary, the former offers Hungary vassalization to which Hungary accepts on January 1st, 1531. Btw, for this to occur a country has to be in your alliance for at least ten years, be of the same true faith and have a relationship of at least 190+ / 200. As vassal of Venice, it now contributes 50% of its annual cash to its mother country and Venetian armies are allowed to move within the vassal territory freely.
* Oct, 1531: Trade technology advance. Venice can now refuse trade to other countries in its COT. I immediately act on this banning trade to the Papal States and 2 minor German principalities. Refusing them trade means that they are unable to increase their share of trade in my particular center giving me a higher chance of a monopoly, or at least higher profits.
Part 2) Declaration of war / The War against Turkey.
a) Venice declares war on Turkey on September 14th, 1534. Prussia, Algiers, England, Sweden, the Crimea immediately declare war on me in support of Turkey. I ask for support from my allies; Poland, Hungary, Wallacia, Moldovia, Iraq and Persia. All agree to go to war due to my strong diplomatic represenation and exceedingly positive relationships with those countries.
Clashes now occur in central / northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. (Venice immediately offers peace to Sweden to which she accepts as status quo).
b) Polish armies assault Konigsberg in east Prussia and capture it with ease in December of 1534.
c) Iraqi forces invade Syria and storm Damaskus in a night attack taking the Ottoman garrison completely by surprise.
d) In January of 1535, Albania is captured by the main Venetian army. Bosnia captured by the end of January by auxillary forces. The Turks are in full retreat taken aback by such a tsunami assaulting both of its border areas. Acre is being sieged by the Persians.
e) Turkish armies regroup in the Balkans and in a combined assault with Prussian support (who managed to cross through Krakow pillaging the countryside) invade Wallacia and Moldavia annihilating both their respective armies on almost the same day. Bucharest is captured by their forces. A few weeks later the Moldavians are also under occupation by the Turks. What is left of Wallacia/Moldavian armies retreats north into Hungarian territory.
f) Nish, in Kosovo is stormed by a mass 50,000 man Hungro-Venetian army and captured in April of 1535. The Balkan situation is unresolved, the anti-turkish co-alition having moderate success in the western territories, however reeling back under huge Turkish assault in and around Moldavia/Wallacia.
g) Wallacia/Moldavian (20k) regroups and moves back into Moldavia and begins assaulting its occupied capital. Meanwhile a massive Polish army advances down from Krakow into Banal (just shy of the Balkans)
h) Mosul is captured from the Turks by Iraqi armies. Sivas is under siege by the Persians. The Turks are in serious trouble in the Middle-East. Re-inforcements are still making their way from Constantinople. Meanwhile a 22,000 Turk army lands in Cyprus and begins assaulting the recently strengthened Venetian fortifications there. (nearly 10,000 man garrison) They will bleed hard to capture that territory again.
i) In June combined Polish / Venetian forces lay siege to Thessaloniki in Macedonia. There is a big Polish naval presence in the Mediterranean combining with Venetian fleets causing the Turks serious losses. However the English fleet is yet to arrive. The situation may change drastically.
j) Crimean forces are having serious trouble advancing into Polish territory in Bessarabia and their losses are mounting against incessant attacks by Polish cavalry regiments. Venice takes this opportunity to push for a status quo with Crimea and this is accepted hungrily on June the 1st, 1535. Meanwhile the English fleet arrives in the Mediterranean and lands a small army which assaults Venetian Corfu.
On July 9th a so far undefeated Venetian fleet is annihilated in the Cyclades by an overwhelming Englo-Turk fleet. Polish naval forces are also beginning to break under the numerical superiority of the enemy fleet(s).
additional: On October 9th Cyprus is finally captured by Algerian and Turkish forces. The Algerians take control of the island. At the same time Venetian soldiers storm Athens (Hellas) and capture it with few losses.
k) A Prussian army (50k) defeats a large 90,000 Polish army outside of Thorn in Western Prussia and this leads to the capture of Thorn several days later. Polish forces are regrouping.
additional: Combined army of Moldavia / Wallacia with Polish support re-captures the capital of Moldovia (Galatz) in October, 1535.
Acre is captured by the Persians. Morea and Naxos taken with little difficulty by Venetian troops. This is due to hopelessly inadequate Turkish defences in the region. Their armies are now fighting a losing war.
By the end of December, 1535, Alexandretta is captured by Persian forces. Combined Iraqi and Persian successes in the middle-east are reaching a fever-pitch. Turk armies are in total chaos there.
l) Nish, (Kosovo) is stormed in force by a huge 50,000 man Hungarian army and the 10,000 Turk garrison is cut to pieces.
additional: In stark contrast to what is happening on land, Turkish/English naval forces are completing the annihilation of several Venetian fleets in the area. They now control the Mediterranean with overwhelming naval fire-power. Venice losses most of its fleet in subsequent encounters.
Bucharest (Wallacia) is recaptured by Wallacio/Hung/Moldavian army counting in excess of 35,000 men. Turkish hold on those two states (since the start of the war)is finally and completley broken.
In the Middle-East Turkish re-inforcements arrive in force and flood occupied Syrian territory. Persian forces retreat in mass and the Turks step into Damaskus.
Despite this, Hungarian forces are now skirmishing as far as the walls of Constantinople. Turkish armies in the Balkans are non existant. Turkey has been severly crushed in this war.
Iraq signs a separate peace treaty with the Turks on these grounds: The Ottomans pay 250 ducats (huge sum) in indemnities and Iraq also takes Nuyssabin. This is formally signed on April 6th, 1536. Turkish envoys arrive in Venice beginning for a resolution to this war and are willing to hand over all of Albania (and its capital of Preveza) as well as most of Greece (and its capital Athens, Hellas) to Venice. This is agreed upon immediately.
An incredibly well done campaign, however it cost the Venetians highly. They have lost over 90% of its naval forces after engagements with England and Turkey on the sea.
August 2nd 1541, several years after the end of the war.
In a glorious moment Hungary and Venice agree to mould their respective countries into a combined Commonwealth. Venetian and Hungarian lands are merged under the Venetian flag! This has taken over 20 years and much cash / skillful diplomacy. There is a new Commonwealth in town!
* We take all Hungarian lands (their fortresses and defences are in superb shape)
* Our army size increases between 2 and 3 x due to the inclusion of Hungarian armies into our structure. Combined armies under command of the Commonwealth stand at close to 100,000 men.
(my next aim is to vassalize Moldavia and Wallacia)
End AAR.
Statistics that'll make your head spin ..
Venetian total losses up to this point.
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Total Losses 82,329 (Infantry ) DTC: 45,945. Attrition : 36,384
11,000 (Cavalry ) DTC: 3,745. A : 7,225
106 (Artillery) DTC: 24. A : 82
(DTC = Due to Combat)
Warships DTC: 11 A: 0
Galley DTC: 17 A: 1
Transp. DTC: 5 A: 0
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Basic Victory Points - Venice.
Battle 6.
Diplomacy 89.
Discovery 0.
Economy 51.
Establish. 0.
Missions 0.
Peace resolutions. 38.
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Income (1539 last year, 1540 this year)
Direct Taxes - 61
Events - 0
Export Duties - 24 - 29
Gold - 0
Manufac. - 0
Merchant Fees - 55 - 52
Peace - 0 - 0
Production - 37 - 45
Taxation - 95 - 99
Trade - 53 - 53
Total 1539: 325 ducats
Total 1540: 279 ducats
(again, trade is high on my income list along with Merchant Fees)
% spread of above income.
36% Tax Income
19% Merchant Fees.
19% Trade
16% Production
11% Export Duties (as you see I've established quite a Trade empire)
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Expenses (1539) (1540)
Army maint. 11. 30. 18%
Building Fleets. 20. 41. 25%
Building Forts. 126. 0.
Events. 50. 25.
Fleet maint. 3. 3.
Interests. 26. 13.
Merchants. 25. 34. 21%
Raising armies. 112. 16.
Total 1539: 373 ducats
Total 1540: 162 ducats (December 1540)
Note: I've missed out some expense classes. due to them not costing me anything i.e. 0.
Army maintaining increases from 11 to 30 as a result of the combining of Venice and Hungary and the need to maintain Hungarian troops of over 60,000 men.
Fleet building is also increasing due to the fact that my naval forces were diced into pieces in the last war. Building forts. is obvious: A high drive for defence in 1539.
Finally.. Here is Venice in 1522-1523 (statistics) so you can see and compare. This is Venice before the start of anywars, the scenario has been going for 2 years game-time.
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Income (1522) - (1523) June.
Direct Taxes 73. 0.
Export Duties 19. 8.
Gold 0. 0.
Interests. 0. 2.
Merchant Fees 37. 20. (20%
Peace 0. 0.
Production 22. 10.
Taxation 67. 31. (32%
Trade 78. 28. (28%
Total 1522: 296 ducats
Total 1523j: 99 ducats.
* again some classifications have been editied out due to being at 0. both years.
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Expenses. (1522)
Army Maintenance 39 - 28%.
Building manufac 110 - 13%.
Fleet Maintenanc 51 - 36%.
Merchants 12 -
Raising Armies 28 - 23%.
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* again some classifications have been editied out
Sapura (hope you've enjoyed this)
[This message has been edited by Sapura (edited 03-06-2000).]
Country: Venice
Difficulty / A.I aggressivness: Normal / Normal (I like play like this 90% of the time)
Continued Start Year: 1528
OK guys, you wanted hardcore stats and financial summaries, well here they are..
They follow the AAR and are statistics after a 2nd war against Turkey.
Part 1) Diplomatic moves / growth of the anti-Turkish alliance.
a) January-Feb 1528 - A Royal Marriage with Poland. Poland joins our anti-Ottoman alliance
of Hungary / Venice / Persia / Iraq. As you may recall they were for a time allied with
the Turks but did dishonoured the alliance when it came down to war.
b) October 1528, Feb 1529 - Moldovia & Wallacia join our anti-Ottoman alliance. It seems we managed to seduce into our fold after our splendid success in the last war with Turkey when the two states were neutral in the conflict.
The anti-Turkish coalition has reached a monstrous size. It's members are: Venice, Hungary, Moldavia, Wallacia, Poland, Iraq and Persia. To counter this Turkey invites Prussia into the fold already with Sweden, The Crimea, Algiers and England.
c) After extensive negotiations, the bringing together of both states and the unusually good relations between Venice and Hungary, the former offers Hungary vassalization to which Hungary accepts on January 1st, 1531. Btw, for this to occur a country has to be in your alliance for at least ten years, be of the same true faith and have a relationship of at least 190+ / 200. As vassal of Venice, it now contributes 50% of its annual cash to its mother country and Venetian armies are allowed to move within the vassal territory freely.
* Oct, 1531: Trade technology advance. Venice can now refuse trade to other countries in its COT. I immediately act on this banning trade to the Papal States and 2 minor German principalities. Refusing them trade means that they are unable to increase their share of trade in my particular center giving me a higher chance of a monopoly, or at least higher profits.
Part 2) Declaration of war / The War against Turkey.
a) Venice declares war on Turkey on September 14th, 1534. Prussia, Algiers, England, Sweden, the Crimea immediately declare war on me in support of Turkey. I ask for support from my allies; Poland, Hungary, Wallacia, Moldovia, Iraq and Persia. All agree to go to war due to my strong diplomatic represenation and exceedingly positive relationships with those countries.
Clashes now occur in central / northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. (Venice immediately offers peace to Sweden to which she accepts as status quo).
b) Polish armies assault Konigsberg in east Prussia and capture it with ease in December of 1534.
c) Iraqi forces invade Syria and storm Damaskus in a night attack taking the Ottoman garrison completely by surprise.
d) In January of 1535, Albania is captured by the main Venetian army. Bosnia captured by the end of January by auxillary forces. The Turks are in full retreat taken aback by such a tsunami assaulting both of its border areas. Acre is being sieged by the Persians.
e) Turkish armies regroup in the Balkans and in a combined assault with Prussian support (who managed to cross through Krakow pillaging the countryside) invade Wallacia and Moldavia annihilating both their respective armies on almost the same day. Bucharest is captured by their forces. A few weeks later the Moldavians are also under occupation by the Turks. What is left of Wallacia/Moldavian armies retreats north into Hungarian territory.
f) Nish, in Kosovo is stormed by a mass 50,000 man Hungro-Venetian army and captured in April of 1535. The Balkan situation is unresolved, the anti-turkish co-alition having moderate success in the western territories, however reeling back under huge Turkish assault in and around Moldavia/Wallacia.
g) Wallacia/Moldavian (20k) regroups and moves back into Moldavia and begins assaulting its occupied capital. Meanwhile a massive Polish army advances down from Krakow into Banal (just shy of the Balkans)
h) Mosul is captured from the Turks by Iraqi armies. Sivas is under siege by the Persians. The Turks are in serious trouble in the Middle-East. Re-inforcements are still making their way from Constantinople. Meanwhile a 22,000 Turk army lands in Cyprus and begins assaulting the recently strengthened Venetian fortifications there. (nearly 10,000 man garrison) They will bleed hard to capture that territory again.
i) In June combined Polish / Venetian forces lay siege to Thessaloniki in Macedonia. There is a big Polish naval presence in the Mediterranean combining with Venetian fleets causing the Turks serious losses. However the English fleet is yet to arrive. The situation may change drastically.
j) Crimean forces are having serious trouble advancing into Polish territory in Bessarabia and their losses are mounting against incessant attacks by Polish cavalry regiments. Venice takes this opportunity to push for a status quo with Crimea and this is accepted hungrily on June the 1st, 1535. Meanwhile the English fleet arrives in the Mediterranean and lands a small army which assaults Venetian Corfu.
On July 9th a so far undefeated Venetian fleet is annihilated in the Cyclades by an overwhelming Englo-Turk fleet. Polish naval forces are also beginning to break under the numerical superiority of the enemy fleet(s).
additional: On October 9th Cyprus is finally captured by Algerian and Turkish forces. The Algerians take control of the island. At the same time Venetian soldiers storm Athens (Hellas) and capture it with few losses.
k) A Prussian army (50k) defeats a large 90,000 Polish army outside of Thorn in Western Prussia and this leads to the capture of Thorn several days later. Polish forces are regrouping.
additional: Combined army of Moldavia / Wallacia with Polish support re-captures the capital of Moldovia (Galatz) in October, 1535.
Acre is captured by the Persians. Morea and Naxos taken with little difficulty by Venetian troops. This is due to hopelessly inadequate Turkish defences in the region. Their armies are now fighting a losing war.
By the end of December, 1535, Alexandretta is captured by Persian forces. Combined Iraqi and Persian successes in the middle-east are reaching a fever-pitch. Turk armies are in total chaos there.
l) Nish, (Kosovo) is stormed in force by a huge 50,000 man Hungarian army and the 10,000 Turk garrison is cut to pieces.
additional: In stark contrast to what is happening on land, Turkish/English naval forces are completing the annihilation of several Venetian fleets in the area. They now control the Mediterranean with overwhelming naval fire-power. Venice losses most of its fleet in subsequent encounters.
Bucharest (Wallacia) is recaptured by Wallacio/Hung/Moldavian army counting in excess of 35,000 men. Turkish hold on those two states (since the start of the war)is finally and completley broken.
In the Middle-East Turkish re-inforcements arrive in force and flood occupied Syrian territory. Persian forces retreat in mass and the Turks step into Damaskus.
Despite this, Hungarian forces are now skirmishing as far as the walls of Constantinople. Turkish armies in the Balkans are non existant. Turkey has been severly crushed in this war.
Iraq signs a separate peace treaty with the Turks on these grounds: The Ottomans pay 250 ducats (huge sum) in indemnities and Iraq also takes Nuyssabin. This is formally signed on April 6th, 1536. Turkish envoys arrive in Venice beginning for a resolution to this war and are willing to hand over all of Albania (and its capital of Preveza) as well as most of Greece (and its capital Athens, Hellas) to Venice. This is agreed upon immediately.
An incredibly well done campaign, however it cost the Venetians highly. They have lost over 90% of its naval forces after engagements with England and Turkey on the sea.
August 2nd 1541, several years after the end of the war.
In a glorious moment Hungary and Venice agree to mould their respective countries into a combined Commonwealth. Venetian and Hungarian lands are merged under the Venetian flag! This has taken over 20 years and much cash / skillful diplomacy. There is a new Commonwealth in town!
* We take all Hungarian lands (their fortresses and defences are in superb shape)
* Our army size increases between 2 and 3 x due to the inclusion of Hungarian armies into our structure. Combined armies under command of the Commonwealth stand at close to 100,000 men.
(my next aim is to vassalize Moldavia and Wallacia)
End AAR.
Statistics that'll make your head spin ..
Venetian total losses up to this point.
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Total Losses 82,329 (Infantry ) DTC: 45,945. Attrition : 36,384
11,000 (Cavalry ) DTC: 3,745. A : 7,225
106 (Artillery) DTC: 24. A : 82
(DTC = Due to Combat)
Warships DTC: 11 A: 0
Galley DTC: 17 A: 1
Transp. DTC: 5 A: 0
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Basic Victory Points - Venice.
Battle 6.
Diplomacy 89.
Discovery 0.
Economy 51.
Establish. 0.
Missions 0.
Peace resolutions. 38.
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Income (1539 last year, 1540 this year)
Direct Taxes - 61
Events - 0
Export Duties - 24 - 29
Gold - 0
Manufac. - 0
Merchant Fees - 55 - 52
Peace - 0 - 0
Production - 37 - 45
Taxation - 95 - 99
Trade - 53 - 53
Total 1539: 325 ducats
Total 1540: 279 ducats
(again, trade is high on my income list along with Merchant Fees)
% spread of above income.
36% Tax Income
19% Merchant Fees.
19% Trade
16% Production
11% Export Duties (as you see I've established quite a Trade empire)
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Expenses (1539) (1540)
Army maint. 11. 30. 18%
Building Fleets. 20. 41. 25%
Building Forts. 126. 0.
Events. 50. 25.
Fleet maint. 3. 3.
Interests. 26. 13.
Merchants. 25. 34. 21%
Raising armies. 112. 16.
Total 1539: 373 ducats
Total 1540: 162 ducats (December 1540)
Note: I've missed out some expense classes. due to them not costing me anything i.e. 0.
Army maintaining increases from 11 to 30 as a result of the combining of Venice and Hungary and the need to maintain Hungarian troops of over 60,000 men.
Fleet building is also increasing due to the fact that my naval forces were diced into pieces in the last war. Building forts. is obvious: A high drive for defence in 1539.
Finally.. Here is Venice in 1522-1523 (statistics) so you can see and compare. This is Venice before the start of anywars, the scenario has been going for 2 years game-time.
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Income (1522) - (1523) June.
Direct Taxes 73. 0.
Export Duties 19. 8.
Gold 0. 0.
Interests. 0. 2.
Merchant Fees 37. 20. (20%
Peace 0. 0.
Production 22. 10.
Taxation 67. 31. (32%
Trade 78. 28. (28%
Total 1522: 296 ducats
Total 1523j: 99 ducats.
* again some classifications have been editied out due to being at 0. both years.
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Expenses. (1522)
Army Maintenance 39 - 28%.
Building manufac 110 - 13%.
Fleet Maintenanc 51 - 36%.
Merchants 12 -
Raising Armies 28 - 23%.
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* again some classifications have been editied out
Sapura (hope you've enjoyed this)
[This message has been edited by Sapura (edited 03-06-2000).]
