Groningen could be the irish version of North Ireland in the future:rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl: Not if we can stamp out those Dutchies first! :rofl:
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:rofl: Not if we can stamp out those Dutchies first! :rofl:
I've read through this, I'm excited to have done so and I'm eager to find out what's next.
Duffy FTW! And you should ignore his historical death date.
Duffy FTW! And you should ignore his historical death date.
Thank you so much!
Shhhh! His death date will be kept the same, because it provides a vacuum of sorts for power-play politics, and on the whole makes the story more interesting.
HEY PHARGLE, DO NOT LOOK UP DUFF'S DEATH DATE!
Oh, I was talking about making him die in the story, since few people would believe that he's still alive, as he is in real life.
So don't worry phargle, Duff is still alive and well, sitting in the back corner of his favourite bar in Sligo. Promise.
Of course, of course! Yes, he's drinking with John Mitchel's and Michael Doheny's ghosts...
Chapter Twenty Eight
Redmond's Third Term, Part One, 1900-1903
Redmond's Third Term, Part One, 1900-1903
One of the first things Redmond did once his third term was started was to pacify the Conservatives, by commissioning a newer, larger army consisting of 11 divisions to replace the defunct old army.
Shortly thereafter, further colonial penetration of Africa was ordered, with the ultimate goal of forming a ring around lake Tchad of Irish dominated colonies, and the weak British puppet of Sokoto to the south.
In May, the Irish army was completed and commissioned as the 2nd Irish Corps under Gen. Daniel O'Donnell. The maximum numbers could reach 110,000 en, but since it was off duty a mere 21,000 were required.
Finally, on January 16, 1901, the colony at the Ivory Coast was finished, and declared to be a full fledged part of the Irish Empire.
On the same day, the BCEU grew as a new Dominion entered the British Commonwealth as the Dominion of Australia. Ireland was initially reluctant to accpet the new Dominion, but the possibility of profitable trade with Australia pushed aside any prohibition as Ireland quickly recognized the state. The BCEU council of London in officially welcomed Australia to the BCEU on January 21, 1901.
The next day, perhaps the greatest monarch in the History of Britain died. Queen Victoria passed away at age 81 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
The world mourned, and most especially in Dublin and the rest of the Irish Empire, who loved their Queen dearly. PM Redmond attended the funeral, which was festooned with purple and white in honor of the Queen's dislike of black funerals. Returning to Ireland, PM Redmond assured the people that the new King Edward VII was a good man and good King. The people were calmed, and went on their way as before Victoria's death, though a sense of loss still hung in the air.
Shortly after Victoria's death, an expansion to the Heineken works in Groningen were named the "Victoria Works" in the late Queen's honor.
However, more event of 1901 would shake the foundation of the world. The Austrian Empire had grown powerful and rapidly, earning a reputation as the badboy of Europe. On June 30, 1901, they attacked the Ottoman Empire, even though the British had guaranteed their independence. They assumed that Edward VII hadn't enough political acumen to deal with it properly. They were wrong. Edward assembled all relevant powers in London in July 1901, and signed the "Allied Entente" agreement, in which Britain, Prussia, Russia, the Netherlands, Australia, Ottoman Turkey, and Ireland would defend against any Austrian aggression. Canada refused to go, and France was simply left out. They were too aggressive to be included. Aggression by Austria, obviously, was already taking place so the powers retroactively declared war on Austria on July 14, 1901. By August 20, the Austrians held an enormous upper hand, besieging Warsaw, Berlin, and Sofia. However, British landings at the upper Adriatic in September 1901 started to tip the balance in the other direction, along with the battle of the straights, where the Austrian navy was annihilated by the Russo-Turkish navies.
Early September, 1901. The War of the Entente had begun.
Ireland would have gladly come straight away, but the army had been expanded rapidly, so much so that the navy was too small to carry the army to Austria, so the Irish had to bide their time until a navy could be built. In 1902, they finally loaded the ships and 110,000 of Ireland's finest headed for the Adriatic and the British positions in Udine. Arriving in September, 1902, they were ordered to move up to Klagenfurt and hold the line, so that the British could encircle the Austrians.
By November, the encirclement had not come and the Irish were getting worried. It was a stalemate for all sides. The Prussians had pushed the Austrians back to the border, and the Russians had pushed them back to the borders except Krakow. In the south, near Kotor, and enormous battle with over 380,000 combatants had enveloped most of the British army, so in January of 1903, the encirclement of North Italy was called off and the Irish retreated to Udine, which was being threatened by 90,000 Austrians in Treviso.
By February, the situation opened up more, with the Ottomans starting to regain ground in the Balkans, and the British operating on a wider front than the Austrians could handle. In the north, The Irish went to Ljubljana to force out the Austrians there, and were easily victorious.
However, a greatly dishonorable event arose on the horizon for Ireland, as the great War of the Entente unfolded into its fever-pitch year, 1903...
A brave development for Ireland, too bad the perfidious English fail to capitalize on your brilliance.
Yes, Ireland looks to be playing a more prominent role in world affairs. The fact that Ireland's foreign policy is no longer dominated by the British is highly significant...
I would have tried to complete the encirclement myself, but thats me, and I am used to playing with powers that have more men to spare. Anyway, the progress for the British does not seem totally bad, and the Austrians have not made much headway in the Balkans. Let us hope the whole Entente gets its act together...
Austria shall not lose!!!
Germany could unite behind Austria?
Makes it a lot harder for everyone.
Think of it, evil peoplo from all around europe attack the greatest german nation, what shall the brothers do, wait till their big brother is beaten to death?
No, theu should unite with it!!!
Germany could unite behind Austria?
Makes it a lot harder for everyone.
Think of it, evil peoplo from all around europe attack the greatest german nation, what shall the brothers do, wait till their big brother is beaten to death?
No, theu should unite with it!!!
I could have, but there were almost as many Austrians as myself in the area, so I didn't want to divide my forces and thus be slammed by an oppertunistic Austria, especially with their 90,000 men in Treviso.
Yes, I hope so, or else Ireland might well have a revolution on it's hands, all that loss for no gain...
Austria shall not lose!!!
Germany could unite behind Austria?
Makes it a lot harder for everyone.
Think of it, evil peoplo from all around europe attack the greatest german nation, what shall the brothers do, wait till their big brother is beaten to death?
No, theu should unite with it!!!
I don't think Austria, no matter how powerful she is, is going to hold off our Entente forever. So, my apologies Enewald, but the Prussians and the rest of us will be taking down Austria!
Darn meddlesome British, stay away from continental Europe, that's none of your business to poke your whiskey-soaked noses into, and your Irish lapdogs' neither! Do the Austrian come to Galloway? No! So do stay on your miserable wet islands yourselves!
Darn meddlesome British, stay away from continental Europe, that's none of your business to poke your whiskey-soaked noses into, and your Irish lapdogs' neither! Do the Austrian come to Galloway? No! So do stay on your miserable wet islands yourselves!
Ah! You Beer-garden sniffing, Hungarian Kicking, miserable Austrian louts! Dare you attack the Ottoman Empire? Nay! So you should stick to your grossly oversized Empire, you silly sons of an electric donky bottom biters! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of elderberries! I wave my private parts at your aunties, and unclog my nose at you!
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Kidding, of course... :rofl:
Can forget good old Monty Python...
Silly Hungarians!Ah! You Beer-garden sniffing, Hungarian Kicking, miserable Austrian louts! Dare you attack the Ottoman Empire? Nay! So you should stick to your grossly oversized Empire, you silly sons of an electric donky bottom biters! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of elderberries! I wave my private parts at your aunties, and unclog my nose at you!
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Kidding, of course... :rofl:
Can forget good old Monty Python...
Silly Hungarians!
Quite! Back to Central Asia, now! Off you go! :rofl: JK...