From the pen of Lord Skillicorn Supreme advisor to the king of England
I remember it as if it was yesterday, 40 years ago i was a 25 year old eager , enthusiastic and determind to serve my country . I was already supreme advisor to our noble king when my first test arrived
In 1450 England having suffered a depression was a neutral country. It had just 6 warships 4 of which based in Wessex and 15,000 troops located in the marches with 3,000 troops in ulster.
I was on good terms with the franco-spanish alliance as it was then. the 2 superpowers of France and Spain combined with Savoy and the Paltinat. Spain and France had been Expanding in North Africa taking parts of the mameluks empire at the same time as Turkey. Turkey were furious that the allies should impose themselves on what the turks considered to be thier land. They started preparing for war and in 1453 declared war. Spain , France and Savoy crammed thier Transport ships with troops. 15,000 french troops went to lands near persia under turkish control. 30,000 spanish troops landed in thier province of Alexandria and 10,000 savoyian troops landed in Albania while 7,000 landed in our province of Tunisia to support the other troops. While the allied leaders expected quick and easy victory i on the other hand was able to sit back and watch with interest. having been told that 100,000 troops were going to land in the french part of algeria and fighting the spanish head on in egypt with 50,000 men. I was alarmed but my warnings went to deaf ears . And within 48 hours of my warning Turkey and Crimea invaded Egypt and within a matter of hours spanish troops were forced to retreat to tripoli with just 3,000 of the initail army surviving.
Over the next couple of months French troops were completely abolished in the area and savoyian and spanish troops were pushed back into morroco. French and Spanish navys began evacuating the troops . 25,000 spanish and savoyian troops were left to protect the remaining provinces. This had become a national crisis in Spain while France introduced Conscription.
Next: A rude awakening for the Turkish in Albania and the British get more invloved
I remember it as if it was yesterday, 40 years ago i was a 25 year old eager , enthusiastic and determind to serve my country . I was already supreme advisor to our noble king when my first test arrived
In 1450 England having suffered a depression was a neutral country. It had just 6 warships 4 of which based in Wessex and 15,000 troops located in the marches with 3,000 troops in ulster.
I was on good terms with the franco-spanish alliance as it was then. the 2 superpowers of France and Spain combined with Savoy and the Paltinat. Spain and France had been Expanding in North Africa taking parts of the mameluks empire at the same time as Turkey. Turkey were furious that the allies should impose themselves on what the turks considered to be thier land. They started preparing for war and in 1453 declared war. Spain , France and Savoy crammed thier Transport ships with troops. 15,000 french troops went to lands near persia under turkish control. 30,000 spanish troops landed in thier province of Alexandria and 10,000 savoyian troops landed in Albania while 7,000 landed in our province of Tunisia to support the other troops. While the allied leaders expected quick and easy victory i on the other hand was able to sit back and watch with interest. having been told that 100,000 troops were going to land in the french part of algeria and fighting the spanish head on in egypt with 50,000 men. I was alarmed but my warnings went to deaf ears . And within 48 hours of my warning Turkey and Crimea invaded Egypt and within a matter of hours spanish troops were forced to retreat to tripoli with just 3,000 of the initail army surviving.
Over the next couple of months French troops were completely abolished in the area and savoyian and spanish troops were pushed back into morroco. French and Spanish navys began evacuating the troops . 25,000 spanish and savoyian troops were left to protect the remaining provinces. This had become a national crisis in Spain while France introduced Conscription.
Next: A rude awakening for the Turkish in Albania and the British get more invloved
