En Garde -- Aout 1637 Turn Resolution

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Thanks to Brian for writing the front!

The Septembre 1637 Turn Deadlines are
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Orders: Saturday August 20

Since this is a new season, I will need orders from everyone. There is no default action. The new season is the time to apply for appointments. While planning your social schedule, don't forget the King's Royal Ball in the first week!

Send announcements and orders to me at aquazoo(at)patriot(dot)net

Character sheets will go out tonight.

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Elan En Garde! Game
Turn Resolution for Aout 1637

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In Paris

Paris was fairly quiet, save for the anticipation of the births of the children of two prominent gentlemen, Marquis Legris and Major la Vessie.

Rumor also had it that a few new ladies had arrived in Paris, hoping to find beaus among the returning heroes.

Sam Orlando Salvadore entered Paris and applied to Join the Picardy Musketeers. The retired officer on duty deemed him suitable and he bought a major's rank. He rode out immediately to the front.

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On Campaign

Jean Neffis managed some upward mobility at the front when he arranged to borrow some crowns and bought a horse. He presented himself and his steed to brevet Brigadier Megane, who accepted him as a private in the GDMD.

Captain Alexandre-Valentin Le Fleurquin bought the open Majority in the 4th, and also purchased horses from the regimental stables.

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As Colonel Mondego scanned over his personal supplies, he noticed that he was getting seriously low on apples. Recalling his unorthodox use of an apple sack from last month, casting its contents about the floor of Field Marshal Dillee's tent -- bruising them seriously, too seriously for Mondego's cultured palate -- the young officer mused about the unfortunate circumstances surrounding rash acts. Ah well, it did result in the capture of a traitor, after all. Perhaps it was worthwhile.

But, that did not help Mondego's apple supply.

"Beauchamp!"

Rushing to the Colonel's tent from his adjacent, yet smaller shelter, Beauchamp answered the young gentleman's call. "Master?"

Idly waving his hand towards his field pantry, Mondego sniffed. "Beauchamp, do see to my supply of apples. I seem to have wasted a few on quite the fool last month."

"Yes, sir! I'll see to it immediately."

Mondego reached within his doublet to retrieve his ivory snuffbox. Upon opening the small box and glancing inside, his expression fell. "Oh dear. It would appear that I am also running low on snuff. Look here, Beauchamp," showing the dwindling contents to his servant, "only a few pinches left and I feel quite the need for a good sneeze." He eyed the container again and glanced at a few empty provision bags.

"I'm terribly sorry, sir. I should keep better eye on your personal provisions. Here, take what I have until I can get you more." The small man opened a pouch from his belt and proffered it to his master.

"Wouldn't hear of it, Beauchamp! Put your small pouch away. What I have will do me well for tonight, but see that my supply is replenished tomorrow."

Mondego took a pinch from his box and snorted it with gusto. This was followed by a tremendous sneeze. With a satisfied look, he returned the box to his doublet. "Ah, there! Much better now --" The young man sneezed again. "Mon dieu! A double! That must certainly be a good omen. Very well, Beauchamp. Off with you now. Don't forget my snuff or my apples!"

Recalling a supply shack in the captured camp that had stored a substantial stock, Beauchamp knew where he could get what his young master needed in short order, "Very good, sir. Not to worry, I'll have your provisions replenished before the day is out."

"Excellent. Off you go, Beauchamp! Oh, do bring me a flagon later on. I feel a need for a taste of local drink."

"Yes, sir! Right away, sir!" With that, Beauchamp whisked out of Mondego's tent and rushed to the supply shack before the servants of other young gentlemen discovered the treasure. On his way, he made a mental note to appropriate far more than what his master required. In that way, he'd have a substantial stock to provide for future needs and would also be able to bring out the occasional tidbit to surprise the young colonel. Yes, this camp will suit his needs nicely.

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Heard around the camps:
There once was a man from Nantucket
In battle, he worked a trebuchet
As the conflict went on,
and the ammo was gone,
said, "Please, sir, put me in the bucket!"

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My friends,

My missive this month must take its cue from the Italian Scholar Machiavelli, for he could easily have been describing our fight with Adolphius when he said: "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take a lead in the introduction of a new order of things, because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new".

This month, we faced two major enemies, Gustavus Adolphius of Sweden, working for the Germans, and Duke Braesi of Lorraine, who holds Merzig. Merzig has fallen, thanks to the treacherous acts of those two treasonous traitors. Second Army barely escaped, trading places with Duke Braesi's besiegers and joining First Army in again besieging Merzig. Not content to rest behind his ruined walls and acting on intelligence gathered from more spies in our camps, Duke Braesi sent two strong raiding parties after the forces guarding the semaphore network -- knowing that our command of communications is a strong force multiplier.

The first major battle, fought on the third of August, was General Chevalier Benoist commanding the Dragoon Brigade and the Guards Brigade. In the reverse of last month's assault on Duke Nicholas, the Guards held the center while General Benoist used the Dragoons as traditional Cavalry, only proving the Italian's maxim.

The guards, under Moliere, deployed in the center, with the RFG providing the initial defense against the enemy cavalry, while the CG employed the Army's 5 cannon on the right, and the King's Musketeers providing a solid bulwark on the left. Unknown to most, Colonel Mondego had been experimenting with a novel way of loading the cannon. Prior to his method, the gunpowder charge for the cannon was poured down the barrel, potentially exploding due to hot-spots from the last charge. His innovation, for which he will be promoted to Chevalier and given the Croix de la Cite, is to pre-package the gunpowder in stiff cloth bags: this simplifies and quickens the loading and reduces the chance of premature explosion.

Armed with the bagged powder, Lt. Colonel van der Oops used the cannon to devastating effect: five times the enemy cavalry massed to attack his six guns, five times the enemy reeled away, broken and more than decimated from the canister shot from van der Oops' guns. Colonel Mondego commanded the rest of the guard in typically exemplary fashion.

Reeling from the wounds inflicted by van der Oops, the enemy redoubled his effort on the left and center. However, here they were stopped just as surely as from cannon: D'Abril's Musketeers fired volleys regular as clockwork, exchanging shot for shot with the superbly trained Germans.

After the fifth volley of van der Oops' cannon, Major de Treville bravely led a counter charge against the dismounted enemy cavalry -- and made short work of Adolphius' best men. Major d'Ermatitis' men held steady and remained a strong fulcrum, allowing the King's Musketeers to pivot around them without worry for their flank. Captain Lefuet squad stepped neatly into the breach created by a routed first squad, preventing the collapse of the entire line.

While the Guards were holding the enemy steady, Benoist decided to use the Dragoons, a light brigade of mounted infantry, in a cavalry charge. They charged into the mouths of the enemy cannon, as the grapeshot hurled from the enemy cannon downed horse after horse. Brevet Brigadier Megane led the foolhardy charge, the GDMD on the left and the PLLD on the right, both trailing behind the Brigadier. Riding in close formation with him were Desacroix, Wabbit, and lowly private Neffis. The cannon roared again and again against these dragoons in a do or die charge. Finally they dragoons closed the distance, and Megane unloaded his brace of pistols into the lead enemy cannon crew. Drawing sword and dismounting, Megane charged into the middle of the enemy artillery, the broken remnants of his brigades following. For bravery above and beyond the call of duty, Megane will be made a Baron upon his return. For their work in supporting the Brigadier, Lt. Colonel Desacroix, Captain Wabbit, and Private (now Subaltern) Neffis were awarded medals and prize money for the captured artillery. Needing to replace officers killed in the mad charge, surviving subaltern Laisse was promoted to Captain.

With the Artillery secured and the indefatigable guards breaking charge after charge of the enemy Cavalry, Adolphius' army surrendered, holding out for long enough for the cunning enemy general and a few of his key aides to escape. It is clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that France will be facing this fearsome foe again, for he has only fled to raise a new army.

Meanwhile, the other half of third army continued its field operations. After a quick conference with General Gamut, General Legris was reassigned to the QOC, on river patrol. Duke Braesi, hearing that the Minister of State was on-board the river barges sent a regiment of mercenaries to capture our exalted new minister. His multiple trips up and down river with the barges were marked by rolling gun battles, the riflemen of the Carbiniers picking off individuals from the massed enemy muskets. During the third week of the month, the mercenary forces broke through the shots of the Carbiniers and swarmed the boat General Legris was on. Displaying a complete disregard for personal safety, he stood on the side of the ship, engaging the enemy alone. His fantastic swordsmanship, however, saved the day as the enemy simply could not break through his veritable wall of steel. Above him, in the rigging, hung Major St-Cyr, targeting enemy officers with amazing accuracy. For his rifle work, General Legris promoted the Major to the QOC's Lt. Colonel.

On Minister Legris' third return to the City of Light, he intended to again check on his wife, Helene, who was heavy with child. He arrived at his house to the news that it was a very difficult labor and Helene died in childbirth that very morning. The child, a girl, was healthy and well and in the care of a wet nurse. Legris welcomed his daughter to the world, and spent some time with Helene before the undertaker arrived. He returned to his duties at the frontier, and with him came the news that Major la Vessie's wife, Nadine, had borne him a son.

Meanwhile, a nominally leaderless Dragoon Guards fought a spirited battle with another of Duke Braesi's raiding forces. The guards were dispersed in units of troop strength. Captain Elan distinguished himself by sneaking into the opposing regiment's camp at night and making off with a number of the enemy's horses. Captain NesPah meanwhile defended the village against the customary raiding parties, demonstrating a great skill at ambush, defeating the enemy without a single casualty of his own.

Unfortunately, without General Legris' leadership, the rest of the Dragoon Guards fared poorly, finally yielding control of the semaphore network as the price for protecting the Village against additional attacks. Thus adding yet another military objective for our brave troops to re-take in the fall.

General D'Acier received intelligence that a supply convoy had departed Luxembourg for Merzig. Mounting quickly, the entire heavy brigade rode to intercept this convoy. The ALC found the enemy convoy's pickets and was badly hurt by their massed fire, but succeeded in drawing the defending force away from the wagons they were protecting. Lt. Colonel Aubert used the distraction to capture the wagons, sending Captain Pierre in the lead. Pierre rushed, as usual, recklessly ahead, riding down enemy troopers in his haste to get to the wagons. His horse, unfortunately, had the bad luck to slip on an enemy's shield and he was thrown. Captain Pierre was saved, once again, by Subaltern LeBlanc rushing in and flanking the enemy. For his bravery, Captain Pierre was promoted to Major, and was given the duty of driving the wagons back to Paris. Brave Subaltern LeBlanc was chosen to take Pierre's place, and to ride as the Major's escort.

Back in Merzig, the First Army (now reduced only to the Frontier Regiment) continued the dulsitory siege of the ruined city of Merzig. The spirited defenders, however, returned fire from the Frontier Regiment's old positions, and no ground was gained on either side. Private Cyan distinguished himself by dragging a wounded Captain De'Ville back from the lines and tending to his wounds with an expert hand.

The Second Army, recuperating from wounds taken escaping Merzig, defended the lines of circumvallation and countervallation. More of Braesi's mercenaries were besieging the besiegers but were quickly scattered by Major Savary's sortie. Despite repeated calls for his men to stand ground, Lt. Colonel Florrete's men gave ground but were saved by a squadron of the 53rd commanded by brave Captain Beaumont.

Acting on news from General D'Acier, the 4th Arquebusiers pretended to be the guards of the supplies coming from Luxembourg. Unfortunately, one of Major Fleurquin's privates responded in Paris accented French to an enemy's greeting and the jig was up. Major Fleurquin displayed commendable bravery in bringing his men back to safety in the lines.

His Majesty was pleased to hear of the successes, yet still gravely concerned about this formidable enemy. He looks forward to bestowing many medals and titles at his Seasonal Ball in the first week of Septembre.

As always, penned by your loyal friend and reporter of all that's new on the front lines, Procipius de Ceseria. Dated August of the year of Our Lord 1637.

Battle Results:

Char	MiDs	Promotions	Crowns	Other
DDV			300
CC	3		400
JdF	1		200
SOS	1		250
BB	6		500
DDS	4		100	Marquis
AVF	5		300
AML	6, 2		900
GSE	6		300
JPN	4		200
ASC	2	LtCol	450
JDA
RSP	6	bMaj	1000
JML	3	bCpt	700
RM	4, 5		1600	Baron
LYD	3		1300	Croix de Guerre Lost Horse
JW	4		2000	Croix de la Cite
JN	3	bSub	1100	Croix de la Cite
ML		bCpt
HDE	2
LL	3			Lost Horse
TdA	4		2300
HdT	6, 3		2800
FM	6		2600	Chevalier Croix de la Cite
PvdO	5, 5		1600	Chevalier Croix de Guerre Lost Horse
SlV	3, 2

Character Matrix:

Char	Regt	Rank	Club	Housing	Mistress	Title	SPs	SL (Gain)
AML	DG	bBG	Both	Pal*IsleCite	Widowr 8/37	Marq		23
DdS	None	bLTG	Both	Pal*IsleCite	Claire	Comte		23
TDA	KM	bLG	Both	Man*LaCha	Beatrice	Duc		22
JdA	CPC	BG	Both	Apt*Bellevil	Ursula			15
FM	CG	Col	Both	Pal*Montr	Michelle			15
PvdO	CG	LtCol	Both	Pal*Montr	Didi			15
HdT	KM	Maj	Hunt	FH*Charon	Hyacinthe	Chevalier		14
DDV	None			Gar*Passy				12
ASC	QOC	LtCol	Frog &	Apt*Bellevil	Karine			11
LL	RFG	Capt	Hunt	FH*Charon	Cosette			10
SlV	CG	Maj	Hunt	TH*Charon	Nadine			10
RM	GDMD	bBG	BlueG	Apt*Charon		Chevalier		10
HdE	RFG	Maj	Hunt	Gar*Passy				10
GSE	DG	Capt	Frog &	TH*Passy				7
JPN	DG	Capt	HrsGd	FH*LaVillet				7
JdF	RM	LtCol	Frog &	TH*Passy				7
LYD	GDMD	LtCol	Frog &	Gar*Passy				6
JW	GDMD	Capt	Frog &	TH*Les Bat	Gillian			5
RSP	CPC	bMaj	RedP	Gar*Passy	Rosalyn			5
JML	CPC	bCapt	RedP	Gar*Passy				4
SOS	PM	Maj						4
AVF	4th	Maj		Gar*Passy				3
ML	PLLD	bCapt		Gar*Passy				2
JN	GDMD	bSub		Gar*Passy				2
BB	53rd	bCapt		Gar*Passy				1
CC	None			Gar*Passy				1

'+' indicates the gain of a SL this turn
'-' indicates the loss of a SL this turn
'D' indicates the character is currently disgraced

Reminder: No Sps are tallied while on campaign

No Orders Received:
NOR Orders Used:
Converted to NPC:

The Regiments
The table shows the disposition of officer slots within each of the regiments. C6 - C1 are the captain slots in increasing order of seniority. M2 - M1 are the two majorities, LtC is the Lieutenant Colonel, and COL is the Colonel. 000N0 indicates the position is filled by an NPC. The first three digits are the NPC number and the last digit is his MA. - means the position is open. Any officer with a [ ] indicates this is the Brigade Major. A ( ) indicates the regimental adjutant, if any. { } indicates an officer serving in a military appointment. Any officer with a military appointment does not have a regimental command; that duty is passed to the next senior officer of the regiment.

Any character holding a brevet rank of Col. or below will be indicated as holding both ranks (ie CPT and MAJ).

Remember, for game purposes, there is no limit to the number of privates and subalterns allowed within a regiment, and they will only be noted if occupied by a player character.

Regimental organization: see http://patriot.net/~aquazoo/eg/eg_res/regts.html

The General Staff

Brigade Commands:
Brigade of Guards -- Moliere (NPC)
Horse Guards Brigade --
Heavy Brigade -- JDA
Dragoon Brigade --
1st Brigade of Foot -- Aurillac (NPC)
2nd Brigade of Foot -- Petite (NPC)
3rd Brigade of Foot --
4th Brigade of Foot -- Saint-Girons (NPC)
1st Volunteer Brigade -- Groulart (NPC)
2nd Volunteer Brigade -- de Challon (NPC)
3rd Volunteer Brigade --
4th Volunteer Brigade -- Bonshom (NPC)
1st Cavalry (V) Brigade -- Becdelievre (NPC)
2nd Cavalry (V) Brigade -- Flambert (NPC)

Division Commands:
1st Division -- Luxor (NPC)
2nd Division -- DdS
Cavalry Division -- Gamut (NPC)
1st Volunteer Division -- de Souveray (NPC)
2nd Volunteer Division -- Guivar'ch (NPC)
Volunteer Cavalry Div -- Guillory (NPC)
Frontier Division -- Voisin (NPC)

Army Commands:
1st Army -- Pied dans la Bouche (NPC)
2nd Army -- Besancon (NPC)
3rd Army -- Benoist (NPC)
Field Army -- de Gatinais (NPC)
Frontier Army -- Perigeux (NPC)
Field Marshal -- Dillee (NPC)

Other Military Appointments (only Player Characters are listed)
Captain Cardinal's Escort PvdO
Divisional Commander DdS
*indicates position to become available next season

Civil Appointments (only PC MwoPs shown)
Comsr of Public Safety vacant
Chancellor of the Exchequer vacant
Minister of Justice vacant
Minister of War TdA Mai 38
Minister of State AML Mai 38
Minister w/o Portfolio
* The month shown is the last month in which the character will hold the appointment. The appointment ends on the last day of the indicated month.

Mistress Roster

Mistress	SL	Attributes	Gentleman
Beatrice	22		Married - TDA
Claire	23	I	Married - DdS
Antoinette	18	W I B
Michelle	17	W	FM
Ursula	16	I	JdA
Aimee	16	B
Babette	15	I
Didi	15		Married - PvdO
Mina	15	B
Madelon	14
Isabelle	13
Hyacinthe	13	I	Married - HdT
Karine	13	B	ASC
Camille	12	I B
Lydia	11	W I
Cosette	10	I B	LL
Patrice	10	W
Nadine	9	W I	Married - SlV
Rosalyn	9		RSP
Veronique	8
Gillian	8	B	JW
Wendie	7	W
Francoise	6
Estelle	6	W I

Player Roster
Achilles Martin Legris AML 23 nospam.bill@pentex.org
Daniel de Sparrot DdS 23 nospam.acarin@btinternet.com
Tirs D'Abril TDA 22 nospam.tirs@tirsabril.com
Jean D'Acier JdA 15 nospam.jbalkestahl@yahoo.com
Fernand Mondego FM 15 nospam.ckirmser@charter.net
Piet van der Oops PvdO 15 nospam.vinlander@hotmail.com
Henri de Treville HdT 14 nospam.sandbagger3@gmail.com
D'ahstardlee De'Ville DDV 12 nospam.chainsawpixie@yahoo.com
Armand St-Cyr ASC 11 nospam.drew@zip.com.au
Louis Lefuet LL 10 nospam.kauss@eriga.lv
Silac la Vessie SlV 10 nospam.micks@gmx.co.uk
Renno Megane RM 10 nospam.reaching-moon@supanet.com
Hacute d'Ermatitis HdE 10 nospam.tomm@doctors.org.uk
Georges Singe Elan GSE 7 nospam.aquazoo@patriot.net
Jean Pierre NesPah JPN 7 nospam.Sean_Newman@eisai.net
Jean de Florrete JdF 7 nospam.rubber_man_98@yahoo.com
Louis-Yves Desacroix LYD 6 nospam.lydick@2nd-source.com
Jacque Wabbit JW 5 nospam.ashkc@btinternet.com
Robert Staunton Pierre RSP 5 nospam.brian@technicraft.com
Jean-Michel LeBlanc JML 4 nospam.redwing922@yahoo.com
Sam Orlando Salvadore SOS 4 nospam.martibr2003@yahoo.com
Alexandre-Valentin Le Fleurquin AVF 3 nospam.david.wells@sinclair.edu
Marcel Laisse ML 2 nospam.thedouble1998@yahoo.co.uk
Jean Neffis JN 2 nospam.johnicholas.hines@gmail.com
Beaufort de Beaumont BB 1 nospam.brwntrsk@sover.net
Christian Cyan CC 1 nospam.ijew.1971@tesco.net