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Land of Hope and Glory!​

Jerusalem by William Blake:
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?



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The year has begun anew with a darkening world all around. The disgusting "puppet" state of France now all but entirely controlled by Burgandy and we, having conquered Normandie and Caux, seem unstoppable in ridding the French of their armies and attempting to claim the crown. Only the Duke of Dauphiné stands in our way to Henry V's glorious and final victory. England stands poised and ready for war with the treacherous dogs of war.


Technology Advancement Dates
Land:
1 - January 1419
2 - August 1447
Naval:
1 - January 1419
Trade:
1 - January 1419
2 - November 1436
Infrastructure:
1 - January 1419
2 - July 1423
3 - April 1439

Option settings:
AI Difficulty: Very Hard
AI Aggressiveness: Furious
Fog of War: On
AI Event Choices: Historical



With the start of all stories must come a map to show the land. Please see the nation before battle ensues!


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Chapter 1: England embark on the Lancastrian Wars​

New Section: Bad Boy Watch!
1419: 5
1421: 4.6+1 for event; +2 for war w/o cb with Dauphiné=7.6
1422: 7.3+0.25 for inheritance of France (1 province)+2 for event=9.5
1425: 8.9+1 for inheritance of Dauphin (4 provinces, rest ceded)=9.9
1427: 9.4+1 for war+cb with Burgundy=10.4
1430: 9.6+2 for taking 1 province in an offensive war with Burgundy (Flandern)=11.6
1431: 11.4+4 for diplomatic annexation of Leinster and Connaught and the War without CB against Morocco=15.4
1435: 14.4+0 for taking 2 colonial provinces in a war with Morocco (Tasserat, Anti-Atlas); -2 from event=12.4
1437: 11.8+1 for war+cb with Portugal=12.8
1439: 12.5+0 for peace with Portugal (vassalage and Oporto to Brittany), +4 for diplomatic annexation of Brittany=16.5
1445: 15.8+4 for diplomatic annexation of Scotland=19.8

(HALFWAY TO BAD BOY LIMIT!)

1451: 18.4+4 for diplomatic annexation of Portugal=22.4

Overall: Starting score of 5, 26.25 gained, 6.85 lost from diplomacy score and 2 lost from events
 
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You might notice the style is similar to my abandoned French AAR (corrupt save file + too easy difficulty setting at normal/normal). This is entirely intentional as I enjoyed writing that AAR and I shall enjoy this one. I hope you do too!
 
Yay, another England AAR :D

Good luck!
 
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The March into Paris


Henry V stood with his great general Bedford by his side about to march into a decisive battle with the remainder of French forces. Paris was to fall and only a mere 7000 men would not stop the king achieving his goal this day. Burgundy controlled France at this time and it was the Duke of Dauphiné who challenged their hold on the country. This only made things easier for us as a divided country is easier to slice up!


With a country as decentralised as ours it was worth affecting the stability of the realm in order to bolster our production income and this was where we start this journey.

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Our navy was needlessly large for the duties required of it so all but 10 transports were sent into storage. These were sent to Caux for inspection and maintenance.

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The troops, 31,000 men and 6,000 with horses were divided. 1,000 remained in Rouen and another 1,000 were sent to Normandy to secure revenues from the provinces. Bedford and 6,500 men were sent to Amiens in Picardie to start a siege whilst Henry V and his 22,500 soldiers marched towards Paris.

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A group of heretics were causing trouble with our neighbours but these were not people we cared for. Our decision to let the heretics continue their nonsense angered a few souls but they would be dead soon.

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Henry V met the French a little north of Paris and a battle ensued. We lost 2000 men and 500 horses to their pitiful army; which was utterly destroyed. Paris quivered as we laid siege to the castle.

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Our troops in Gascogne were drinking too much wine from the Bordeaux region. We sent our transport ships to receive them and return them to the front lines. Meanwhile battles ensued near Amiens and Paris but both French armies were seriously under equipped and outnumbered. They fell easily.

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The retreating French troops had the gall to ravage Calais and it's fine income. They had not enough troops to attempt anything more than a minor amount of trouble so we left them there to stew, meanwhile we sent armies to recover what we could from the cities of Reims and Nevers.

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The foolish upstarts attempted to attack our forces looting Reims but fortunately a few moments into the battle a reinforcement detachment unit arrived and slaughtered the foe.

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By May we were able to recover our troops from the south.

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Safely boarded we set sail for Normandy beaches. A few days before and after the fleet left the docks our sieges ended successfully in both Amiens and Paris. Bedford and Henry were sent to Champagne and Nivernais to help the capture of Reims and Nevers respectively.

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The summer went by without event and without either city succumbing to our siege. The troops landed safely in Normandy after a long voyage.

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Preperations for Final Victory


We needed money and we needed it fast. We had no choice but to take out some extremely expensive loans in order to fund tax collectors so that we might continue to fund out war efforts. We did not know how long the war would continue but we knew we could not rest upon the diminutive income we were receiving at the time. With the 400 ducats we funded 8 new tax collectors and our inflation rose to 1.18%

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In an odd twist, having seen them at war, the Swiss decided it would be wise to join us in our fight against Burgundian powers.

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The massively fatal mistake of the Duke of Dauphiné was at the Bridge of Montereau. A disagreement sparked a small battle in which King John was murdered. This deeply upset the Franco-Dutch kingdom who immediately saw sense and joined us in our battle with the treacherous Dauphin.

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During the Autumn we finished our hostile take-over of French lands and declined their generous offer. We had not intended to be so bold as to ask for a third province at this time. With ourselves poised to seize ownership of France when their mad monarch, Charles, passed away we thought it best to just leave with our truer provinces in hand.

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Unhappiness among the surfs was a common problem which had escalated to a whole new level in the following Spring. The dregs of Northumberland decided to pick now, during a time we needed national stability and focus on the war at hand...

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Which meant we needed money to fuel our expulsion of these traitors as our army in the north crumbled to the surprise attack....

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By the Autumn it was nearing the time to draw our war with the French to a close... but not before we made use of the peasents in our kingdom. The people were happy to lend their income and support to our overseas activities! Then on top of this all we finally succeeded in ridding ourselves of the abominable rebellion in the North.

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Our lands of Normandy and Caux were back in our possession as were a small number of monetary items. The French gave us complete military control of their regions in order to facilitate our war efforts in the South.

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At last it was time to negotiate with the Valois ruler of Burgundy about what we should do with the Dauphin's lands. It was decided that we should divide and conquer them... of course, who got to keep what was purely for us to decide!

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Nice progress :)

Btw, I like the style!
 
Brittany Under Siege by Land and Sea


Our troops in Northumberland having vanquished the Rebel scum departed for the coast of Brittany.

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Gasconge was attacked and laid to waste by the Earl of Buchan's forces. Thanks Scotland... thanks a bunch...

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Henry V and 10,000 men powered through the Burgundian Capital and arrived outside Lyon. Vallois forces bolstered the area whilst Bedford and more than 12,000 cavalry charged into Armor. Maine and Anjou were set upon by the remaining 20,000 infantry under our control.

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The Dauphin got his men out of Armor just as we arrived with our horses. The battle was not even close losing a mere 19 troops and destroying all 5,000 of theirs.

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The battle in Anjou was almost as decisive costing the enemy twice as many troops as our own.

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A reinforcement regiment from Brittany's men was woefully ill equipped for the situation and fell almost instantly. 11,000 cavalry were trained for combat in the preceding months.

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We sent our new regiment into Armor to prepare for the attack on the capital.

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Morbihan soon fell into our hands with a devastating annihilation effort by Bedford and his men. Losing 1,000 troops we destroyed 10,000 of theirs.

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Troops from the Duke gathered in Dauphiné and looked like they would be attacking their centre of trade and our king. A battle across a river and against the greatest of commanders? Suicide! Our men from the North landed in Bretagne and initiated a siege whilst our forces looked to outnumber the Dauphin massively. We had almost 60,000 soldiers in their lands.

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An exceptional year in the fields and production centres led to our recent boons in economy to shine through even more. We spent much of the wealth on the continuation of war proceedings adding another 10,000 units to the fray.

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You just got to love the exceptional years :D
 
The Legacy of Charles VI


A massive battle takes place outside Lyon. 10,000 English troops along side Henry V battle with 15,000 troops from Burgundy against the troops rallied from the houses or Maine and Orleans. It was a tense battle but unfortunately the Armagnac forces were just too strong for us this day.

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Armor fell to us towards the end of the summer. Our cavalry unit had already advanced to Vendée and Berri.

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The cavalry units led by Bedford headed for Montpelier in an attempt to siege and reinforce troops in Lyon once the Dauphin's forces parted from the area.

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Mid Autumn brought about the fall of Anjou and a desperate plea from Brittany, denied.

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The capital fell into our hands as did the lands of Maine. Our victory over Brittany was almost complete.

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Henry V had marched to Berri in order to siege the capital whilst Bedford left 5,000 men to overrun Montpelier and with the remaining 10,000 charged into Lyon along with 17,000 of the Kings men. The battle was fiercely contested but their casualties were too great too early in the fight. All was lost for the Grand Vallois army.

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A new year brought about the fall of Brittany's last province, the Languedoc region and Lyon too.

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Henry and Bedford charged into Dauphiné with great anger and a massive advantage in troops on their side. Victory was swift.

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The budget report showed us to be excelling in Infrastructure. We would soon overtake Venice as the world leaders in productivity. With high taxes comes angry peasants, however. A revolt in our Capital was extremely untimely.

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Even worse news was upon us! Our glorious leader, King Henry V, died of dysentery midway into the success of the campaign. Terrible news. He pronounced his cousin, John Plantagenet, protector of the realm whilst his infant son was still too young to rule the land. This did not help the situation in France, nor the situation in Anglia.

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Within two months Charles VI died from his illness and relinquished the crown of France to the English. Henry had failed to outlive the dying French king in a grave moment of ill fortune. His son, Henry VI, would take the crowns of France and England. Long live Henry II of France. The lands of France were now ours. Due to parts of the Treaty of Troyes this only left us with Paris as Burgundy had taken Nivernais, Champagne and Picardie. These would be given back to us in time...

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Dauphin's Last Gleaming


Due to recent events concerning the crown of France the nobles of the houses of Anjou and Maine had sent additional troops in a desperate attempt to oust the English from their capital. Unfortunately their forces were met by superior men and an exceptional commander. Bedford saw off the French troops.

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Our productivity back home was increasing as desired and the loot plundered from the rich lowlands was providing ample resources for the improvement of our technology. We also saw apt to raise some war taxes in order to pay for upkeep of the army and to pay for the setting up of new tax collectors.

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Due to the overwhelming victory in Celtic France we allowed the people of Brittany to retain their land for their promise of vassalage. They also paid a handsome sum to assist our coffers and make up for the loss we incurred invading them.

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A decision was to be made and a difficult one it was too, however, 15 years of diplomatic ability was enough to offset the trouble to be caused by Gloucester's anger.

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Jacqueline of Halinault was a curious creature who offered us a right to claim lands belonging to Brabant. All too tempting was the idea of Dutch and French lands being added to England.

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The defeated army from Berri engaged our troops in Limousin after their retreat. The battle swayed in our favour from the offset but a prominent figure was killed during the course of the battle and morale suffered greatly turning the tied towards the upstarts. The loss was of little significance at this stage.

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The capital fell to our capable hands. Berri was ours and soon the armies of the Dauphin would crumble. On this terrain we had hoped to avoid battle as our cavalry were less effective. We could not draw their armies to flat ground so we did our best to avoid the troop massing in Poitou.

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A revolt occurred near Toulouse causing concern for the already-overrun French. They had no choice but to attempt to Quash the rebels lest their government collapse under the strain of war and rebellion. We took this perfect opportunity to attempt an invasion and siege of Poitou.

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Having lost to the rebels, whom they greatly outnumbered and divided, the unit arrived in Poitou to fail against our much smaller army. Their morale could not keep them going for much longer, surely? This was also the opportunity we took to siege Toulouse ourselves. The rebels had been hit hard enough to disperse of their own accord by the time we arrived.

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Our fresh army met the traitors rebelling in our own capital but were too weak to defeat them at this time. They successfully took London a few months later...

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The same day of our defeat in London came the loss of the Duke's own territory. This was a nation ready to fall.

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Having moved to Bristol to instigate further trouble we sent our unit to attack from the North.

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The grand army of Dauphiné massed around the capital ready to recapture it in the Summer of 1423. We had only Poitou and Limousin to fall before we controlled all of their homelands. Could we complete the capture of French lands before they succeeded in retaking Berri?

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Our infrastructure received a great boost!

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We lost almost 5,000 cavalry dealing with the pesky rebels. The remainder set to retaking our capital as the minor horde in Gloucester disappeared.

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Cévennes was ours. We stood on the brink of a devastating victory. Surely nothing could go wrong from here?

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I'm sorry! I'll try to update faster >.< I'm pretty busy with a part time degree, a part time job and a full time job at the moment. I'm trying to get into the rhythm of at least 3 updates a week. That'd be grand. There's one coming in a few minutes anyway so hold your horses ^^
 
The End of the Hundred Years War


An early start see's Guyenne fall to our hands. It strikes me as too early to call celebrations as our latest plead for peace is refused by the Armagnac Duke. Refusing to give us Maine, Orlean, Languedoc and Lyonnais we press our attack onwards.

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Lorraine suffer a mild head trauma and decide that now is the time to spurn our efforts. Their insult means nothing to us.

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A Royal Wedding with the northern rabble puts our mind at ease. The last thing we wanted was more strife from the Jocks. Having already supported the Dauphin's war efforts this was a nice change in diplomatic proceedings.

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Anglia fell from the hands of the traitors. The 8,500 troops were needed on French Territory. Shame that the Scottish had decided to take a peaceful tact as we left the homeland undefended in an all-out offensive. We left ourselves happy to be Suzerain over Scotland.

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With Maine now claimed by the throne we thought it might be easier to take but the last of the French resistance were still refusing to surrender and give us any of their land.

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Limousin and Poitou were the last of the Dauphin's personal territories to fall! Nothing was left. Only Auvergne still remained in the grips of the spurious leader and that was under siege by our Burgundian allies. However it looked likely that Berri, their capital would fall back into the control of the Duke as their Siege neared it's conclusion.

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Were we too late?! Could we stop the taking of Tours? A full attack order to our three close by units meant the grandest battle was about to take place. Could we reach them before they took the city? More importantly, could we win the battle?

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The final battle was at hand! Who would come out the victory? The fighting raged for longer than any previous battle in the hundred years of war...

43000 English troops led by Bedford against 38000 French troops. Attacking an army on marshy terrain added more risk...

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VICTORY! A devastation blow to the enemy! We slaughtered 20,000 troops and lost 11,000 of our own in the process but it was a tasteful victory, indeed.

We decided to wait and see what move they would take next and follow them in.

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Loans, pesky loans. Having concentrated on the war I could only pay back one of the two loans which increased the monthly interest rate by 30% on both outstanding loans. 2 loans is better than 3, however.

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War taxes were raised to defend our land as revolts were looking increasingly likely.

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English Final Victory! The French are at their end! With nobody to back up their claims to the throne and nobody willing to resist English except the family of Dauphin who were promptly "silenced". France was now ours. Vive l'Anglaterre! Long live the King!

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At the end of the war I had an inflation value of either 2% or 3% exactly. The only minting occured during the start of the war and the rest came from census taxes bolstered by war taxes.

I'll load up the save file and check. Had to reinstall as one of my operating systems just died -_-
 
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