TL Part II
· September 8, 1840: The United States, pressured by a growing population and a need for natural resources, makes the first move against Spain during the (relatively) cool month of September. At first, the US makes rapid gains, but find themselves bogged down in California and Texas by both the New Spanish Cavalry and Native tribes. The US forces, largely composed of infantry, find movement and occupation difficult.
· September 15, 1840: New Spain reaches out to Great Britain and peninsular Spain for assistance against the United States, which is able to field more soldiers. Great Britain, Spain, and New Spain form the Pact of September and the two European states deploy expeditionary forces and cease trade.
· October 16, 1840: As New Spain’s European allies begin to arrive on the US east coasts of carolina and Florida, the September Pact’s Naval forces (based at Havana and Vera Cruz) forge a blockade of US trade.
· November 2, 1840: British and Spanish forces begin to make minor inroads in Florida and Louisiana, but their greatest contribution is their involvement in the diversion of American troops from the Mexican front.
· November 20, 1840: British and Spanish troops manage to seize New Orleans after a lengthy siege. US forces are forced to attempt to retake the Mississippi River from the invaders.
· December 3, 1840: New Spain launches a major offensive composed primarily of cavalry and artillery forces. The so-called Battle of the Desert begins.
· December 4, 1840-January 12, 1841: The Battle of the Desert rages on continually, and ends with the US forces being repulsed back across the Rio Grande at a great cost to Spanish manpower. Anglo-Spanish forces continue their assault through Carolina, and besiege Richmond successfully. The United States, sensing the growing momentum against their cause, surrender to the Pact of September.
· January 31, 1841: The ‘September War’ as it is known (also later known as the First Spanish-American War) ends with the signing of the Treaty of Madrid. The major concessions are as follows:
o The US cedes Florida and part of Louisiana to Great Britain to be governed as the Province of New Orleans.
o The US is to pay large reparations to Spain and New Spain.
o The US is to no longer expand its contiguous border.
· March 16, 1841: New Spain, having found its infantry forces to be sub-par, expands its line infantry and skirmishing forces. Unfortunately for the Spanish Commonwealth and Empire, several independence movements in South America had erupted during the September War, and come to fruition at this time. The Republics of Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Gran Peru successfully triumph against the royalists.
· June 5, 1842: A small revolt arises in Philippines, and New Spain sends an expeditionary force to silence it.
· June 6, 1842-September 12, 1846: New Spanish envoys manage to incite a Catholic uprising against the Tokugawa Shogunate under the leadership of Omura Yukinaga. The Catholic Daimyo soon receives military support from the New Spanish Phillippines, and a reluctant and ashamed Shogun agrees to allow the formation of the new Protectorate under the administration of Omura as Viceroy. The Dominion of Nagasaki is steadily fortified over the years.
· September 30, 1846-January 8, 1847: Spanish forces stationed in Nagasaki begin to establish trading outposts in China and Indochina of increased size and importance. The wealth entering the Spanish Empire swells as their presence increases.
