Chapter 17: Prussia's Turn
August 1, 1868: Our alliance with Prussia is broken. A look at ongoing wars shows that the UK is 12% up on the USA, and Italy is 12% up on Austria.
August 5: Italy gives Saxony a white peace.
August 15: Moar Jingoism!
August 23: Since Prussia has never recovered from getting beaten down by Austria, it's time to put this dog down. Prussia mobilizes, taking them from 10 to 19 brigades to my 83. In better news, I now have 100 possible brigades. Our first war goal is Silesia.
September 15: Yet again, the AI knows what to do to a turned back. In this case, they're going for Nordrhein.
October 16: The Prussians hit me at Oppelin before I can get my armies in place, and so I don't manage an encirclement. The second battle (at Breslau) ends about the same way. The third battle in Gniezno is a rout for the poor Prussians, leading to the destruction of their army in Posen on December 1.
October 23: Italy shows off their martial prowess. Apparently, when a nation has barely any army left and what little does exist isn't in sight, that's when you surrender.
November 1: Saxe-Weimar is annexed.
December 3: Whoops. I got caught here with the worst possible general, and this happened before I could retreat.
December 20: As I try to surround the last Prussian army in Kustrin, Jacobins decide to rise up, blocking some of my units. Argh!
January 1, 1869: Saxony is annexed.
January 25: In one day, 2 rebel stacks and the last Prussian army surrender.
February 3: We declare a war of Annexation on Anhalt.
February 18: Those sneaky rivers - so hard to follow.
March 7: We declare a war of Annexation on Hesse-Kassel.
April 30: An attempt to get influence in Bavaria to kick France out results in Austria banning us.
May 5: Prussian Magdeburg is added to our war goals.
June 10: Posen is added to our war goals.
September 8: Hesse-Kassel is annexed. Anhalt follows 3 days later.
November 13: Prussian Pommern is added to our war goals.
January 9, 1870: Denmark settles for white peace with Austria - they probably couldn't get enough war score.
January 16: Ooooh...are we close to a crown from the gutter?
February 5: Westpreussen is added to our war goals (a few weeks back), and now peace is signed. Much prettier borders.