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| − | *In July 1854, after two hard-fought battles, British '''1st and 2nd Infantry Corps''' had twice broken the ranks of their Russian opposition. Having suffered massive casualties, British general Sir William Williams ordered his remaining troops to withdraw from the field of battle towards Finnish centre of government: Åbo. Night came and panic started to rise in the camps. Successful retreat did little for them, as a huge Russian irregular militia was in pursuit. In the morning patrol saw approaching cossack carrying a white flag. Having spent the night with his troops, Williams had already signed a formal plea of mercy. ''To his surprise, cossack brought news of Lord Cardigan's light brigade, who had successfully stormed the Sevastopol fortress and burned Russian fleet in Black Sea...'' | + | *In July 1854, after two hard-fought battles in Sveaborg, British '''1st and 2nd Infantry Corps''' had twice broken the ranks of their Russian opposition. Having suffered massive casualties, British general Sir William Williams ordered his remaining troops to withdraw from the field of battle towards Finnish centre of government: Åbo. Night came and panic started to rise in the camps. Successful retreat did little for them, as a huge Russian irregular militia was in pursuit. In the morning patrol saw approaching cossack carrying a white flag. Having spent the night with his troops, Williams had already signed a formal plea of mercy. ''To his surprise, cossack brought news of Lord Cardigan's light brigade, who had successfully stormed the Sevastopol fortress and burned Russian fleet in Black Sea...'' |
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===Kingdom of Two Sicilies=== | ===Kingdom of Two Sicilies=== | ||
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| + | In late 1895 the Egyptian army was called up to fight against Turkish attackers coming from their recently conquered Palestine. One screen corps stood at the border while the main force was deployed as a guerrilla cell into the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. This Isis guerrilla cell bravely fought against the Turkish invaders, attacking their supply chain in Palestine only to discover that food in the Sinai Desert was insufficient to feed an army. No men arrived to attack the feudal corps standing guard at the supply depot. | ||
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Nykyinen versio 19. heinäkuuta 2016 kello 14.27
This page is for flavour texts of different army corps, the flavour having been collected from our games. These are not historical, but kind of are.
Sisällysluettelo
Austria
France
Great Britain
Royal Northern Expedition
- In July 1854, after two hard-fought battles in Sveaborg, British 1st and 2nd Infantry Corps had twice broken the ranks of their Russian opposition. Having suffered massive casualties, British general Sir William Williams ordered his remaining troops to withdraw from the field of battle towards Finnish centre of government: Åbo. Night came and panic started to rise in the camps. Successful retreat did little for them, as a huge Russian irregular militia was in pursuit. In the morning patrol saw approaching cossack carrying a white flag. Having spent the night with his troops, Williams had already signed a formal plea of mercy. To his surprise, cossack brought news of Lord Cardigan's light brigade, who had successfully stormed the Sevastopol fortress and burned Russian fleet in Black Sea...
Prussia
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Bulgarian feodal corps:
- In March 1789 the corps took part in the bloody battle of Poltava and single-handedly stood against the Imperial Russian army, wounding General Suvorov and taking heavy losses that were found to be but flesh wounds a month later. The corps was thus back on the march in April, ready to fight against the Russians.
Sweden
Sardinia
Other player countries and minors
Greece
Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Egypt
In late 1895 the Egyptian army was called up to fight against Turkish attackers coming from their recently conquered Palestine. One screen corps stood at the border while the main force was deployed as a guerrilla cell into the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. This Isis guerrilla cell bravely fought against the Turkish invaders, attacking their supply chain in Palestine only to discover that food in the Sinai Desert was insufficient to feed an army. No men arrived to attack the feudal corps standing guard at the supply depot.
