The 19th century was a time of great change for France.
Firstly, it launched a final offensive against the Spanish empire to regain the lands it had lost several decades ago. The war was long and hard. At first it went well, the attack was a complete surprise to the Spanish troops, and the border guards had hardly rallied together when the French armies arrived. The Spaniards were quickly destroyed and enslaved. The French quickly pushed towards the Pyrenees while the Italians and Germans finished occupying and routing the border guards.
After having reached the Pyrenees, and destroying the rest of the Spanish army there, the French began to push past the mountains into the Iberian Peninsular. However, the Incan Empire came to Spain's defence, and its grand army pushed the French back into the Pyrenees. The French troops were on the verge of absolute defeat when Italian and German reinforcements arrived in the mountains. The large amounts of artillery of the 2 Central European countries were key in defending the mountains. The Incan army was entirely comprised of infantry and so found it hard to breach the coalitions defences. The unrelenting shell fire rained down on the Incan soldiers, but their generals kept them marching.
The Incans knew that the Europeans were running low on reserves, so they kept attacking their well defended position. The casualties were much more for the Incans, but they could easily be replaced. After several victories in the mountains, however, the coalition decided to once again push into Hispania. This resulted in more clashes with the Incans, who eventually returned the coalition to their mountain strongholds.
The Incans continued attacking and draining the European strength. The European armies were beginning to starve in the mountains. Meanwhile, Spanish militias were being raised throughout the country and being sent to the front. Fortunately, Russian troops were now arriving at the Pyrenees. The superior troops of this rich country allowed to coalition to make quick gains into Hispania. Bavarian troops, now not needed in the mountains, began raiding Portugal, destroying the militias making their way up North.
Unfortunately, this victory was short lived. The Incans regrouped and pushed the coalition back into the mountains. The Europeans' artillery were becoming weaker as, after years of constant firing, they had rusted and their previous veteran operators had died of famine or frostbite. This allowed the Incans to finally push past the Pyrenees and begin their long planned offensive against the coalition.
This victory was, however, too late for Spain. Rich Spanish trading families were becoming increasingly enraged by the constant Scandinavian blockade. They wrote letters to the Spanish King demanding peace. Similarly in occupied France, Spanish farmers, whose crops were being used to feed the coalition's armies, demanded a peace meeting. The workers of the Spanish factories were starving since no food could be imported and any food that was produced was sent to the armies.
Finally, after several risings across the kingdom, the Spanish king allowed safe passage for the French Prime Minister to his palace in Granada. They discussed for not even an hour. Both were too determined to give up, the King not willing to cede land, the Prime Minister not willing to stop fighting for anything else.
After the king announced, from a balcony, to the crowd outside his palace that no peace deal had been made, they became angry and started banging against his high walls. The king returned to the Prime minister to show him out, but, as they were walking down the grand central staircase, they heard shots fired outside. They rushed to the doors to see what was happening.
The king's guard were at the gates firing on the ground. A few shots were being fired back, but none affected the guard. Suddenly there was a loud bang and bricks went flying across the courtyard. A large hole had been blown in the wall. The mob had somehow acquired a cannon and they began entering the king's estate.
They mostly wielded cheap cutlasses or farming equipment. A few of them had pistols or rifles, taken from deserting soldiers. They ran towards the guard, who, while managing to fire a few shots before the mob was upon them, were all killed by the angry workers. The crowd caught sight of the king and prime minister standing outside the front doors. One of them, a magistrate whose son had died of starvation, walked towards the pair.
The magistrate laid down his rifle and put his hands up. The rest of the crowd, confused, stood still. The man spoke out,
'My liege, we beg that you accept peace. We work and live for you, but our families are starving and the factories are closing. If you do not accept peace we have no choice but to find a new leader. Everyone behind me wants peace. Millions across the country are crying out for peace. We want the death to end!'
A large cheer rose up from the protestors behind him.
The king sighed, and looked at the prime minister, who wore a slight smirk.
And so peace was signed, and the French borders were finally restored to their 16th century lines. Bavaria and Italy too took lands they felt belonged to them.
So overjoyed were the people of France that when the term of the prime minister was over and he was forced to step down, they demanded he become the permanent leader of France. And so France became a monarchy again.
Sébastien de la Tour d'Auvergne was crowned king of France. He was, however, half German, and had spent a lot of his adolescence in Germany.
Therefore, his first act as king was to unify the kingdoms of Germany and France, and so was crowned for a second time as the King of France-Allemagne.
Firstly, it launched a final offensive against the Spanish empire to regain the lands it had lost several decades ago. The war was long and hard. At first it went well, the attack was a complete surprise to the Spanish troops, and the border guards had hardly rallied together when the French armies arrived. The Spaniards were quickly destroyed and enslaved. The French quickly pushed towards the Pyrenees while the Italians and Germans finished occupying and routing the border guards.
After having reached the Pyrenees, and destroying the rest of the Spanish army there, the French began to push past the mountains into the Iberian Peninsular. However, the Incan Empire came to Spain's defence, and its grand army pushed the French back into the Pyrenees. The French troops were on the verge of absolute defeat when Italian and German reinforcements arrived in the mountains. The large amounts of artillery of the 2 Central European countries were key in defending the mountains. The Incan army was entirely comprised of infantry and so found it hard to breach the coalitions defences. The unrelenting shell fire rained down on the Incan soldiers, but their generals kept them marching.
The Incans knew that the Europeans were running low on reserves, so they kept attacking their well defended position. The casualties were much more for the Incans, but they could easily be replaced. After several victories in the mountains, however, the coalition decided to once again push into Hispania. This resulted in more clashes with the Incans, who eventually returned the coalition to their mountain strongholds.
The Incans continued attacking and draining the European strength. The European armies were beginning to starve in the mountains. Meanwhile, Spanish militias were being raised throughout the country and being sent to the front. Fortunately, Russian troops were now arriving at the Pyrenees. The superior troops of this rich country allowed to coalition to make quick gains into Hispania. Bavarian troops, now not needed in the mountains, began raiding Portugal, destroying the militias making their way up North.
Unfortunately, this victory was short lived. The Incans regrouped and pushed the coalition back into the mountains. The Europeans' artillery were becoming weaker as, after years of constant firing, they had rusted and their previous veteran operators had died of famine or frostbite. This allowed the Incans to finally push past the Pyrenees and begin their long planned offensive against the coalition.
This victory was, however, too late for Spain. Rich Spanish trading families were becoming increasingly enraged by the constant Scandinavian blockade. They wrote letters to the Spanish King demanding peace. Similarly in occupied France, Spanish farmers, whose crops were being used to feed the coalition's armies, demanded a peace meeting. The workers of the Spanish factories were starving since no food could be imported and any food that was produced was sent to the armies.
Finally, after several risings across the kingdom, the Spanish king allowed safe passage for the French Prime Minister to his palace in Granada. They discussed for not even an hour. Both were too determined to give up, the King not willing to cede land, the Prime Minister not willing to stop fighting for anything else.
After the king announced, from a balcony, to the crowd outside his palace that no peace deal had been made, they became angry and started banging against his high walls. The king returned to the Prime minister to show him out, but, as they were walking down the grand central staircase, they heard shots fired outside. They rushed to the doors to see what was happening.
The king's guard were at the gates firing on the ground. A few shots were being fired back, but none affected the guard. Suddenly there was a loud bang and bricks went flying across the courtyard. A large hole had been blown in the wall. The mob had somehow acquired a cannon and they began entering the king's estate.
They mostly wielded cheap cutlasses or farming equipment. A few of them had pistols or rifles, taken from deserting soldiers. They ran towards the guard, who, while managing to fire a few shots before the mob was upon them, were all killed by the angry workers. The crowd caught sight of the king and prime minister standing outside the front doors. One of them, a magistrate whose son had died of starvation, walked towards the pair.
The magistrate laid down his rifle and put his hands up. The rest of the crowd, confused, stood still. The man spoke out,
'My liege, we beg that you accept peace. We work and live for you, but our families are starving and the factories are closing. If you do not accept peace we have no choice but to find a new leader. Everyone behind me wants peace. Millions across the country are crying out for peace. We want the death to end!'
A large cheer rose up from the protestors behind him.
The king sighed, and looked at the prime minister, who wore a slight smirk.
And so peace was signed, and the French borders were finally restored to their 16th century lines. Bavaria and Italy too took lands they felt belonged to them.
So overjoyed were the people of France that when the term of the prime minister was over and he was forced to step down, they demanded he become the permanent leader of France. And so France became a monarchy again.
Sébastien de la Tour d'Auvergne was crowned king of France. He was, however, half German, and had spent a lot of his adolescence in Germany.
Therefore, his first act as king was to unify the kingdoms of Germany and France, and so was crowned for a second time as the King of France-Allemagne.