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The Campaign of Fall 2005

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Note: This campaign record is based on the single-campaign game played to test PATE and GITM revisions in fall 2005. It was written to allow players to see an entire campaign from a birds-eye view, and to help players understand how to interpret turn reports. The game lasted 14 turns and was played by 44 players, 19 on the French/Sardinian side and 25 on the British/German/Dutch/Russian/Spanish side. Click on city icons and flag icons on the maps to view information about the cities and forces on the map.

The Campaign of Fall 2005 began when war broke out between France and the existing alliance of Britain and Spain. Before the outbreak of hostilities, Sardinia allied with the French, and Russia agreed to send a contingent of troops to defend Spain. Holland signed a defensive pact with Britain but did not formally join the British/Spanish/Russian alliance. France, however, anticipated that the defensive pact would be followed by a formal alliance. France chose to strike Holland before the alliance could be signed, and initiated the campaign by invading Holland, and simultaneously opening a campaign on the Spanish border as well. Thus, the war was fought on a northern front, France vs. Britain (including Britain's Hannoverian possessions) and Holland, and on a southern front, France and Sardinia vs. Spain and Russia.

Fall 2005 Diplomatic Record

At the start of operations, the troops of the various nations were deployed as follows. In the north, France had one corps deployed around Amiens and another, slightly smaller, deployed around Reims. The British had a mixed British/German corps deployed around Dortmund and another, all British, around London. In the south, the French had one corps in the Perpignan area and a smaller force deployed between Pau and Bayonne, and the Sardinian army was mostly at Cagliari with a small force around Nice. At sea, the entire French fleet was at Toulon, 38 of the line, and a Sardinian fleet of 18 ships was at Nice. 6 more Sardinian ships were at Cagliari. The British fleet was divided, with 23 ships in the English Channel and 20 at Gibraltar. The Dutch fleet of 16 was at Amsterdam. In the south, the Spanish fleet had 21 in the Western Mediterranean; the Russians had 10 ships at Cartagena.