The WARS of Germanic Aggresion
Russia's real goal in taking Cyprus and Crete soon became apparent. She was drawing a circle of Russian controlled lands, like a noose about Istanbul. Russia allready had a mediteranean base not dependant on the black sea and could regularly shuttle troops about with ease, the Ottomans were helpless as their army was outnumbered 5:1 by the russians and their navy 20:1.
Following the Russian navy's poor showing against the egyptians and also a hostile anglo-french bloc, Russia was left with no choice but to commission seven new ironclads and ten new monitors, construction began immediatly in the shipyards near St. Petersburg.
Unfortunately before the battle fleet's construction could be finished Prussia declared war upon France.
The Journals of Jean D'artois, cavalry soldier.
January 22nd 1879- The Prussians have declared war, we will whip those filthy curs right back across the rhine!
January 30th 1879- Terrible news, Cmdr. Delagaul has just informed us that the mighty city of Metz has fallen and the Prussian dogs slaughtered her valiantly out numbered defenders to a man*
February 19th 1879- The Prussian's are unstoppable. We have sortied with them ever since the debacle at Metz and yet have been unable to break their lines anywhere. We shall stop them at Nancy.
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Mon dieu! It was a slaughter.... we charged... up a hill into the Prussian defenders, at least 50,000. But there were 120,000 of us and we were French. The legacy of Napoleon has been bequethed to us. We have failed him. The Prussian's have stranged steel artillery that destroyed our formations at long ranges, we had seen this before and knew what to expect, but still one in every ten horsemen fell to the terrible Prussian barrages. We still would have won had not Prussia unleashed the weapon of the devil himself upon us, they call them "maxim guns". The field of battle was littered with screaming men and horses after just several minutes of fire from these "guns". They fire many rounds a second and are capable of annhilating whole divisions in mere minutes [an exxageration though france did suffer over 80,000 casualties in the batlte and subsequent rout of nancy]. We are withdrawing but not far, we must hold them away from Paris.
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I can see the light through the clouds. Hope fills my breast once more with the sight of Napoleon III at the head of 250,000 fresh troops riding through the avenues of paris. Thousands of peasants cheering and clapping laying flowers before my horse. It was a grand day.
In other news it appears the English have finally contributed something to our cause scoring a tremendous naval victory over Russia. Apparently Russia was caught unaware by England's fourteen Monitors and thirty ironclads she commited to this battle. The Pitiful Russian navy was shattered. Though things are looking quite bleak for the English in India, a Million man russian army is rumoured to have just burnt Calcutta to the ground.
I have heard about camp that Russia has sent 140,000 men to assist the Prussians in taking Paris, pfagh! We shall pay them back for their victory at moscow with an even grander french victory outside of paris.
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I can hear the screams. They echo loudly in my head. Paris fair paris, city of love, upon the Seine, she now lies desolate. My face is covered with soot and my eyes clogged with ashes, but i can still see the destroyed buildings of paris and the raging bon fire that was Versailles in my mind. The french... nothing remains of our army, we must surrender.
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The german empire has formed, Prussia has unified all Germany under their banner, this is a truely dark day for france. Though we only lost Alsace-Loirrane, when they could have taken so much more. Russia must be quite peeved with their ally, making peace like this and leaving Russia out of it. Oh well, who cares of Russians, they are little better than Japaners.
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Vile trecherous dogs! Must every nation on this cruel earth participate in the rape of france? The Austrians have declared war and completely conquered Sardinia-Piedmonte in a matter of months. We are mobilising to defend against their aggresion.
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The french army no longer exists... I no longer exist....This must be some queer fantasy....yes....that is it.
Austria, has overwhelmed us on all fronts. Nearly half of France is in her hands, she using that insufferable strategy of that american general...what was his name? Sherman. She is waging total war upon us. Whole villagse....burned and plundered to the ground. The ruins of paris now fly an Austrian flag, i am completely exhausted of this war.
Complete Prussian Victory
Europe 1881
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