Its winter, why aren't you hibernating? Jan-Feb 1759
Well it seems as if Cumberland is no longer interested in just scouting around, with his new Prussian contingent he has to show off doesn't he?
this was not what I wanted, its not just the manpower losses, its also the loss of organisation etc. Equally it means I now need to find some way to try and bring up the rest of the French army to help out
well next turn, he'll go away, ah ...
He really is annoyed isn't he? I think I'm making mistakes with stances but in effect the 3-4 corps at Dortmund are now rather wrecked
at least in early Feb he wandered off
but my fresh French troops moving up got damaged in the snow
and came back again
So overall, the impact of those defeats is a total disaster. My NM goes down (so does my ability to fight as a result) and in reality the French army is beaten before the campaigning year starts.
Now, I was going to do 3 screenshots showing my plans on the French, Austrian and Russian sectors ... well I did all the collecting of images etc so may as well
The Austrian plan is simple. I have about 7 corps in Prag and they all are off to Saxony. My gamble is there a couple of Prussian corps off on the east flank but the 3 fortresses they need to take are all fairly strong and fairly well defended. It'll (hopefully) take them most of the year to break through.
Russia again simple, quite wander through Poland, telling the Cossacks to be careful with the matches and then try to take some towns in the north - in combination with the Austrians this may create some useful pressure
well I had plans over here but they are reduced to survival. I need somehow to extract about 70% of the French army from Dortmund and let it recover a bit while what is left avoids destruction ... which with my inert commander problem could be a challenge
Oh and as above, that useles idiot Charles has still not woken up ...