...and action
--UPDATE: 1650-1675--
At 01. January 1650, we promoted August, the Younger, related with the royal family, to the new head of the general staff. The first public signal that Johann-Georg planned something big. In March, he tightened the relationships to Moldavia. During the whole year, he reinforced the army but stationed the troops only in the heartland of Saxony. No one should be aware about the real strength of our forces. In August, we heard rumours that Poland wouldn't repay a credit we gave them. Johann-Georg sent troops to Poznan and in October, the rumour became true. Poland didn't pay back their lend money back but instead beeing furios about that, our Kurfürst just smiled. He sent letters to Austria and Moldavia and ordered our troops to march towards the saxon-polish border. When we got message that every men was in position, Johann-Georg declared war on Poland. Russia and Denmark joined on Polands side and Austria and Moldavia on our side. We had 109.229 men and one royal leader for that war and our main enemy more then 125.000 men and three leaders. A nice challenge. The First and the Third should invade Poland from the north. The Second and the Fifth should strike from the west and fight against and bound the hostile main forces. The First Hussarregiment was ordered to capture Midt-Jylland. The first battle happened in Oppeln where the polish leader Potocki attacked the army of August and was defeated. Our troops began the invasion after that victory. Except for the Second in Kalisz had we no resistance and so the first sieges were established.
We lost the Battle in Kalisz but the polish army had more losses (10.000 dead saxons : 11.000 dead polish soldiers). The Second retreated back to Poznan and August was attacked by a polish relief army. At 08. April, we could kill one of the polish leaders and annihilate his complete army. Their next both tries to help their city were also disasters for them. While getting one defeat after another on homey grounds, a polish army came back to Oppeln and attacked an unit of recruits there and afterwards they initiated a siege. At the same time tried Denmark to get a feet an Ireland - without success. In August, we had our first battle against russian troops ever in Oppeln and we won. Some days after that victory, we won against the polish troops in Oppeln and with that, the province was secured. As Poland sent his troops in Podcarpacie away to attack austrian forces, we take that opportunity and marched towards Podcarpacie. Our main threat were now the big russian army which was besieging Rus Halicka. In August 1651, they stopped the siege of moldavian territory and marched toward our position in Podcarpacie. They arrived at 01. October and the battle started. The battle lasts three weeks and ended with a saxon victory. It was a pyrric victory to be honest. The Second lost 2/3 of their men and 2/5 of their cannons. It was no wonder that they lost against another russian attack one month later. At 15. December acceptet Moldavia peace with Poland and lost a province (Rus Halicka) to them. Four days later, we captured Midt-Jylland from Denmark. With the new year, we got upper hand over Denmark in the northern american war theater through shipping in some troops. In February, we could capture Mazowse and Malopolska from Poland.
In March, Poland offered four provinces for peace but we declined. We enforced in April a spring offensive in which we won various battles. We captured Wilna in May and we were able to initiate three new sieges - in Kalisz, Minsk and Lublin. In the middle of June could Bachenschwanz, one of the heros in the war against the Hanse, break the danish siege in Pale and followed the escaping danish army to Connaught. Also in north america was the danish army crushed. In August, Poland offered again peace but we declined again. We wanted more. The spring offensive was a full success but we paid a price for it. Rebels in all over the country protested against the mobilizations and demanded the end of the war. Poland started a siege in Mazowsze in August and russian soldiers were arriving in Poland in big numbers. At 23. September, we captured the polish capital and marched towards Mazowsze. Fighting the rebels had no priority. Fighting the russians was no option.
We tried two times to break the polish siege in Mazowsze but we lost both battles. With that, we had at the end of the year no troops for fighting operations in Poland available. In February 1553, the russians attacked our resting troops in Ostpreußen but we managed to defeat them. We then tried to avoid fights with the russians and focussed on defending what we reached. We had almost no money and only few troops compared to the enemy. Afterwards August II. captured Lublin in July, he marched toward Luck. In August, we captured Denmarks last province in the heart of America and their men were fleeing towards the coast. In September, we captured finally Kalisz with the help of austrian troops and tried a desperate attack on Warsaw to break the polish siege. 14.000 saxon soldiers against 38.000 polish soldiers. We lost the battle in October but shortly after that, Poland offered a peace that we accepted. We weren't able to fight any longer without losing everything we conquered. We got four provinces and Austria two. Poland paid in addition 18.000 Gulden to Saxony and Austria. The war was over but the fights continued. General Field Marshal Augustus had to end the rebellions and to suppress further uprisings.
18.01.51 Battle in Oppeln won against Poland
29.01. Battle in Midt-Jylland won against Denmark
26.02. Battle in Wilna + Malopolska won against Poland
27.02. Battle in Maszowse won against Poland
04.03. Battle in Iceland won against Denmark
04.03. Battle in Kalisz lost against Poland
08.04. Battle in Malopolska won against Poland - polish general killed by August II.
22.04. Battle in Malopolska won against Poland
03.05. Battle in Malopolska won against Poland
08.05. Battle in Oppeln lost against Poland
16.05. Battle in Ulster won against Denmark
12.08. Battle in Ulster won against Denmark
29.08. Battle in Oppeln won against Poland and Russia
02.09. Battle in Oppeln won against Poland
27.10. Battle in Podkarpacie won against Russia
14.11. Battle in Kalisz lost against Poland
27.11. Battle in Podkarpacie lost against Russia
05.03.52 Battle in Pale won against Denmark
17.03. Battle in Oppeln lost against Russia
22.03. Battle in Warsaw won against Poland
28.05. Battle in Lublin won against Poland
04.06. Battle in Kalisz won against Poland
17.06. Battle in Pale won against Denmark
23.06. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
21.07. Battle in Warmia won against Russia zusammen mit austria
24.06. Battle in Kwedech won against Denmark
05.09. Battle in Kalisz won against Poland
22.09. Battle in Island lost against Denmark
15.10. Battle in Mazowsze lost against Russia
15.10. Battle in Mazowsze lost against Poland
06.11. Battle in Mazowsze lost against Russia
06.11. Battle in Mazowsze lost against Poland
10.12. Battle in Pale won against Denmark
03.02.53 Battle in Ostpreussen won against Russia
03.02. Battle in Pale won against Denmark
06.03. Battle in Ulster won against Denmark
23.05. Battle in Kwedech won against Denmark
07.09. Battle in Luck won against Poland
14.09. Battle in Ulster won against Denmark
12.10. Battle in Pale lost against Denmark
23.10. Battle in Warsaw lost against Poland
06.11. Battle in Connaught won against Denmark
In summer of 1654, we had to face another wave of rebellions in Saxony. The war ended just right in time. The fight against the rebells distorted Johann Georgs flame of live and energy. He died in October 1556 and his son Johann Georg II. followed him on throne. He was very well educated on almost every field a monarch and leader needs. Under his rule were the last rebellions crushed in September 1657. Six years of fighting were over. In 1659, we agreed to the Edict of Tolerance and so the religious freedom was guaranteed by another treaty. In the same year, we claimed the region of the South Lakes as national provinces. After the Edict of Tolerance was signed, we started to improve our relationships with Württemberg. It was truly expensive but our diplomats arranged mariages between our countries and Württemberg joined our alliance with Austria and Moldavia. In February 1661, they became our vassal. We had finally reached our goal. In February 1661, the Roman Empire declares war on us and all of our allies came to our help. The romans invaded our alp region with 225.000 soldiers and we couldn't do anything but running away and watch the scene. Luckily Austria captured a roman province and so we had a pawn to ask for a white peace. The war ended in September. After that defeat, we could convince Verona that joining our alliance is the best security before the Roman Empire. In July 1663, we made them a vassal of us for better what allowed us a better coordination and improving of their army.
14.03.61 Battle in Aquleia lost
02.07. Battle in Bern won
In September 1663, we started another exploring mission into the still unknown inland of north america. In September 1664, we claimed a region named Carolina as national province. One year later, in September 1665, died our military leader Augustus. In October 1666, Rome declared again war on us and our whole alliance joined in. We avoided every battle in the alps and had only some victories in Britain. It was again Austria that helped us to make a white peace in August 1667. We are still no match for the Roman Empire. Till September 1668, our expedition discovered and cartographed the whole south of north america and they sent us a message that they were now heading for the north.
While Rome was in another war with France, we decided to use their distraction to gain some new land for us. We have chosen Poland as victim because they were already at war with the Hanse and Sweden. The perfect time for us to strike. At 25. September 1669, we declared with our whole alliance war on Poland.
In Midt-Jylland was a siege easy initiated and our only battles in 1669 were at 02. November against Poland and at 11. November against Russia. We won both - Helau!
As the new head of the general staff was General Schönfeld promoted in January 1670. This war was too spontaneous. In January, we won a battle against a polish relief army in Minsk and captured that province in March. The next aim was Mstislav. What a name, we had to rename the region after the war. Jylland was taken in June and Mstislav in August with the help of Württemberg. We also captured the polish capital Warsaw in August and promoted the commanding officer of the Third von Röbel. He had fend off four polish relief armies and maintain his siege. The luck didn't stay with von Röbel and he lost the next battle in Lublin in October. In November, he tried it again with austrian support and won this time and started a siege. At the end of the year, we captured the danish province in america without any fighting. It seems Denmark is distracted somehow. Sweden did a good job. At January 1671, we won against a polish relief army in Lublin and Austria captured the province in April. Steiner, Ramsberg and Montecuccoli were the austrian leaders who helped us in Lublin to enforce the decision against Poland.
In April and May, the russians tried to expell us from Minsk but they couldn't break our siege. The war went well but suddenly Austria made peace with Poland and paid 75.000 Gulden. Hell why? We had no time to question that. Luck was taken in August and a siege in Zhitomer was initiated. At 07. October, the doublebattle of Podkarpacie and Kamieniec happened and we won in both places. We had now sieges in Podkarpacie, Kamieniec, Sjaelland and Zhitomir while Poland and Russia tried to liberate Minsk and to defend Braclav. We thought we have broken Polands resistance but they taught us a lesson in Lublin in November and defeated us there. When we captured Zhitomir in November, we marched towards Braclav. After the victory was a siege initiated. In June 1672, we came back to Lublin, won against the polish forces and initiated a new siege. Sjealland was also taken in June and we decided us for a invasion in Scandinavia. A premiere for our army and navy. Braclav was captured one month later. When the saxon soldiers established a siege in Halland, Denmark offered a generous peace and we accepted. Now we owned all of Jylland. Suddenly in September 1672, Rome declared war on us again and all allies but Verona joined us. We had a total understanding for Verona because we were not able to fight in the south while being at war with Poland and Russia. In November, we captured Podkarpacie and rushed our troops to Kamieniec. We had to hurry to end this war against Poland. In January and March 1673, we won two battles against Rome in Aquileia but russian troops defeated again our siege in Lublin in February. In March and April, Russia was successful in Zhitomir and Minsk and started sieges to liberate that provinces. This was good for us because it was winter and everything that stopped the russian advance was welcome. We needed time to finish our own sieges. In May, we defended our siege in Kamieniec but lost in June in Aquileia against Rome. Austria managed again to capture a roman province and we could offer again a white peace which was accepted in June. After a victory against Russia in Minsk in July, Russia also accepted a white peace because we won more battles then them and the winter and the ongoing sieges of them were eating their armies. Poland was alone and that sealed their fate. In August, Verona joined again our alliance.
The battle in Minsk was the last one in this war. We ordered our troops to capture the remaining polish provinces and with the help of three austrian leaders, General Schönfeld could finally capture Lublin in Semptember 1674. The hardest price in this war. When we were controlling every polish province, the King of Poland had no choice but to accept our demands. Poland had to give up every of its provinces to Saxony except Rus Halicka that went to Moldavia. Fearing the roman threat, Verona accepted their annexation through us and in November, we annexed Württemberg and claimed another region in north america as national province. In December, Moldavia became a vassal of Saxony and in January we promoted a new General. That was a very succesful autumn. Diplomatic some huge steps were done and the organisation of our army was splitted into the South Command commanded by General Toppauer and an East Command commanded by General Schönfeld. Wars against Russia and against Rome were extremely though but the imagination of an alliance between both were terrible. We had to expect something like that and made preparations for that case - the worst case.
15.10.69 Battle in Midt-Jylland won against Denmark
02.11. Battle in Podkarpice won against Poland
11.11. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
20.01.70 Battle in Minsk won against Poland
18.04. Battle in Warszaw won against Poland
11.05. Battle in Warszaw won against Poland
20.07. Battle in Warszaw won against Poland
10.08. Battle in Warszaw won against Poland
27.08. Battle in Malopolska won against Poland
10.10. Battle in Lublin lost against Poland
01.11. Battle in Zhitomir won against Russia
19.11. Battle in Lublin won against Poland
10.01.71 Battle in Lublin won against Poland
25.01. Battle in Luck won against Poland
05.04. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
10.04. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
06.05. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
15.05. Battle in Gaidhealtachd won against Denmark
07.10. Doublebattle in Podkarpacie & Kamieniec won against Poland
06.11. Battle in Lublin lost against Poland
08.12. Battle in Braclav won against Poland
17.06.72 Battle in Lublin won against Russia
25.06. Battle in Halland lost against Denmark
17.01.73 Battle in Aquileia won against Rome
05.02. Battle in Lublin lost against Russia
10.03. Battle in Aquileia won against Rome
12.03. Battle in Zhitomir lost against Russia
20.04. Battle in Minsk lost against Russia
09.05. Battle in Kamieniec won against Russia
02.06. Battle in Aquileia lost against Rome
19.07. Battle in Minsk won against Russia
Saxony and the world in 1675:
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See the badboy value in the last pic: 67,4/50