Ottoman team event : Round 4

[ahuyton]

There are still a couple of matches to complete but while you are waiting you might want to download and have a look at the scenario for our final round. It is the Battle of St Gotthard.

Kiwiwarlord assures me that 'You will find this in the Historical section.
Download Community Scenarios
Warlord 156
St Gotthard V2 MP'

Have fun!

[ahuyton]

The Ottoman threat is worsening as cities across Europe and even Russia fall to their cavalry and Janissaries.

At St Gotthard the demoralised West cobble together one last army to try to hold back the tide... Failure will likely mean a Sultan on the throne in Vienna.

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Games start on 30 January (Ottomans to launch the games please), here are the match-ups:

Kiwiwarlord v Pancalvus
Nosy_Rat v Snugglebunnies
GentlemanRanker v Gdod
Sedo v Awesum4
Snooky51 v TheGrayMouser
Gribol v Cromlechi
ahuyton v Tomoegozen
Dang v Kerry D
Veles v SMJohnso77

[KiwiWarlord]

Round 4 Challenge posted for PanCalvus. Password sent by PM.

[ahuyton]

Challenge for Tomoegozen is posted, password is 1234

[cromlechi]

Not had a challenge yet.

Best wishes Adam

[TheGrayMouser]

Me Neither, where is Beylerbeg Snooki?

[Cronos09]

Not had a challenge yet.

Adam, you are not right. Gribol set up the challenge for you on January 30. Please, look carefully at the Multiplayer section.

[gribol]

Not had a challenge yet.

Adam, you are not right. Gribol set up the challenge for you on January 30. Please, look carefully at the Multiplayer section.

Thanks Andrei.
I have got some problems with forum and i dont received last messages.
The game for Cromlechi is set up.

[ahuyton]

Here are the games posted :

Snooky51 has posted a game for TheGrayMouser
SMJohnso77 has posted a game for Veles

So please, TGM and Veles, pick these up when you have time.

Dang has posted a game for Snooky BUT due to my usual c@$k-up with game pairings, this should now be for Kerry D, who can pick it up if Dang sends him the password.

Thanks everybody

[ahuyton]

ahuyton's ottomans won against Tomoegozen's imperial army, 49-6.

The Imperials played aggressively, to their credit, advancing on all wings of the battlefield, On their left, a decent sized force made progress, outnumbering the small Ottoman blocking contingent, However, in the centre, my Janissaries and irregular archers used the terrain to shoot up the enemy infantry and follow up with a charge.On the Imperial right flank their cuirassiers forced their way over the river only to run into fierce shooting and flank attacks from the enemy cavalry.

It is a difficult scenario for the Imperialists I must admit.

[ahuyton]

We are still waiting for Veles to pick up his game against SMJohnso77. I will take this over on Wednesday if there is no news.

Dang, your game is against Kerry D now - can the latter pick up the game you have posted please?

[KiwiWarlord]

ahuyton's ottomans won against Tomoegozen's imperial army, 49-6.

Amazing result, 3 new extra large Kaftans and a huge Banquet in your Honour await your return to Constantinople.

[Sedo]

The Ottoman forces of Sedo Pasha defeat awesum's Imperial army at St. Gotthard in a bloody battle of attrition (36-64).

Sedo's spahi's intercepted the charging cuirassiers on the Imperial right as they tried to ford the river, with the cavalry melee devolving into a indecisive stalemate. Meanwhile, despite harassment from ottoman archers, the Imperial left cavalry wing manages to ford the river and disperse the ottoman light cavalry attempting to hold a creek crossing. The ottoman position is in danger of being outflanked entirely, but Sedo manages to shift enough infantry to his right to establish a flimsy fallback position on the hill surrounding the Turkish camp.

With both flank attacks bogged down, awesum launches infantry into the woods, where they confront crack janissaries at close quarters. The decisive blow comes on the Ottoman center-left, where a combination of infantry firepower and Spahis of the Porte manage to ford the river and blow a hole in the Imperial line.

[awesum4]

An exciting game against Sedo. My original plan was to pull back from the centre forest and hold his cavalry on my right with the cuirassiers and try to win on my left. But with the left obviously not going to be decisive enough to win and the left bogged down I got bored and decided to attack through the forests. For a while we were swapping units in the small clearing in the forests but eventually the superior quality of the Janissaries proved too great.
Well done Sedo Pasha, you played this magnificantly, a well deserved Ottoman victory.

[KiwiWarlord]

The Ottoman forces of Sedo Pasha defeat awesum's Imperial army at St. Gotthard in a bloody battle of attrition (36-64).

Brilliant achievement Sedo Pasha, out foxing, out manoeuvring and out fighting the esteemed Awesum4, mighty Leader of Christendom's Imperialist Horde. The Pope will not be pleased with this defeat but the Sultan is.......many benefits will be added to your already overflowing Kaftans.

If only the Sultan's army was doing as well.

[GDod]

I got bored and decided to attack through the forests.

You and me both Andre. Alas, the same result. Seems Ottomans are the furniture of choice from now on!

[KiwiWarlord]

Seems Ottomans are the furniture of choice from now on!

Not for you Gavin, the Ming Emperor's Throne awaits you in Sengoku Jidai !
or should that be 'the Ming Emperor's stool'
I eagerly await your ' in Campaign ' comments

[GDod]

Not for you Gavin, the Ming Emperor's Throne awaits you in Sengoku Jidai !

And we intend to hold onto them for quite some time as our seers have predicted our vases will be worth a fortune in the distant future...best double production! (now where did the Qin emperor leave that buried army? We could do with a spare army right now )

[gribol]

Gribol (Ottomans) wins with Cromlechi (Imperial) 40:0

However, i think, that this battle is unfair for the Imperial side and almost impossible to win.
Maybe we will reconsider some kind of revenge, maybe even with same opponents that in this turn?
I can propose Kahlenberg 1683, a great scenario made by unforgettable Odenathus, that is much more equal.
What do you think about that?

[ahuyton]

Gribol (Ottomans) wins with Cromlechi (Imperial) 40:0

However, i think, that this battle is unfair for the Imperial side and almost impossible to win.
Maybe we will reconsider some kind of revenge, maybe even with same opponents that in this turn?
I can propose Kahlenberg 1683, a great scenario made by unforgettable Odenathus, that is much more equal.
What do you think about that?

That's a good idea, Gribol. I have a feeling that the Ottomans had the advantage for most of this event, unfortunately.