Also, is there any chance we could get a list of leaders for the American nations? I know you did one a while back of Commonwealth Chancellors.
God Save These American States
Leadership Recap: Federal Republic of America
Presidents of the Federal Republic of America
Consuls of the American Senate
- 1795-1807 Alexander Hamilton (Fed-NY)
- 1807- 1820 Arron Burr (American Dem-NY)
- 1820- 1832 Paul J. Burbank (Fed-Erie)
- 1832-1840 Alexander Baker (ADP-PA)
- 1840- Martin van Buren (FED-NY)
Consuls of the American Senate
- 1794- 1801 Richard Bassett (Fed-Del)
- 1801-1807 William Byrd (Fed-Erie)
- 1807- 1820 William Findlay (American Dem-PA)
- 1820-1828 Senate Daniel Rodney (Fed-Del)
- 1828-1832 Martin Van Buren (Fed-NY)
- 1832-1840 John Fitzgerald Kelly (ADP-NY)
- 1840- Gavin Mann (Fed-Erie)
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Leadership Recap: Commonwealth of American States
- Thomas Pinckney (Commonwealth Coalition -SC) 1796-1805
- James Monroe (State Nationalist Alliance-VA) 1805-1814
- Richard Bland Lee (State Nationalist Alliance-VA) 1814-1823
- William Crawford (Commonwealth Chartist Party-VA) 1823-1825*
- William Carroll (Commonwealth Chartist Party-NC) 1825-1832**
- Andrew Jackson (Commonwealth Manifest Destiny Party-NC) 1832-1841
- William H. Harrison (Commonwealth Manifest Destiny Party-VA) 1841-1850
** Acting Chancellor
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So in doing this I had to go back and do some major edits to chapters
the Early FRA Chapters have been edited so election years are right.
Last CAS Chapter in the 1830's and Bloody Decade: Colombian Civil war have been changed.
the Early FRA Chapters have been edited so election years are right.
Last CAS Chapter in the 1830's and Bloody Decade: Colombian Civil war have been changed.
Leadership Recap: North American Monarchies
Crown Republic of New England
Grand Duke of New England
Prince Edward Grand Duke of New England, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Prime Ministers of the Crown Republic of New England.
1818-1829 Thomas Maxwell (Tory-N.H.)
1829- p William King (Tory-Maine)
Empire of Mexico
Emperor
Clara (I) de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza 3-14-1798-5-12-1809
José (I) Antonio Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moctezuma 5-12-1809-p
Prime Ministers
1798-1810 Juan Mariano de Salas (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1810-1822 Vicente Bojorquez (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1822-1830 Agustín de Iturbide (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1830-p Hermelinda Angulo Valenzuela (Catholic Conservitive Party)
Grand Duke of New England
Prince Edward Grand Duke of New England, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Prime Ministers of the Crown Republic of New England.
1818-1829 Thomas Maxwell (Tory-N.H.)
1829- p William King (Tory-Maine)
Empire of Mexico
Emperor
Clara (I) de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza 3-14-1798-5-12-1809
José (I) Antonio Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moctezuma 5-12-1809-p
Prime Ministers
1798-1810 Juan Mariano de Salas (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1810-1822 Vicente Bojorquez (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1822-1830 Agustín de Iturbide (Catholic Conservitive Party)
1830-p Hermelinda Angulo Valenzuela (Catholic Conservitive Party)
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I found another one. For the presidents of the FRA you have Martian Van Buren rather than Martin Van Buren. I always knew Van Buren was an alien.Its fixed but I have to have some fun with this
The DUCK of KENT
The Bloody Decade: Commonwealth-Colombian War: Battle of Clarines
March 13,1842 Barcelona, Bolivia
The Commonwealth Army of South America landed in the city of Barcelona Bolivia on February 19, 1842 it would take another month to get all of the Horses, Artillery, Wagons and supply that would sustain the army ashore. However The Colombians were not going to let General Tyler have all that time for free. On March 4, 1842 the Bolivians reported to Tyler that a sizable Colombian Force was advancing on the vital road junction of Clarines. General Juan Carlos de Santone told Tyler that without reinforcements his garrison in the town would get over run very quickly. As a result Tyler detached the only fully equipped corps that he had on hand to go hold the town. This was Major General Thomas J. Read’s Virginians of the 3rd Corps. Read would head east out of Barcelona on the morning of March 5, 1842 heading east with enough supplies for a stained 3 days of battle and rations for three weeks.
Read’s corps would arrive in Clarines on the evening of March 7, 1842 he was greeted with the news that the Colombian Army was just 15 miles to the west. Read would select decent defensive ground to the east of the town to deploy his Corps. He would station two regiments of Sharpshooters from the Western Region (1) of Virginia. Down in the town where the road crossed the River. To harass the Colombians as they crossed the stone bridge that connected the east and western banks. With his men deployed he gave the men some beef steaks provide by the commandeering of several local cattle for dinner that night to boost the men’s moral after a hard march before the battle.
Fifteen miles to the west General Maximiliano Cadiz was also receiving scouting reports from his cavalry. These reports could only tell him that the small garrison in Clarines had been reinforced by a sizable force still smaller than his own but much larger than before. As the sun set he looked over his maps the enemy was deployed on the rolling ground east of the town. It was the better ground but he if the reports were right he had double the number of men that the enemy did so in the end it would not matter.
March 8th, 1130h
It was little after 1130h the next morning when the Colombian Army arrived at the western banks of the Rio Unare and began to cross the stone bridge that crossed the river, however they were greeted with a hail of lead as the two regiments in the town opened fire on the soldiers crossing the bridge. It would take the Colombians 45 minutes before they could secure the eastern bank of the river; and they had lost 150 men killed and 200 wounded just crossing the river thanks the defenders unbelievable rate of fire. When his men brought him on of the dead defenders rifles he under stood why, but still he had the numbers no gun could make up for the discipline of the Imperial Colombian Army, and he had his men press east.
Virginian Artillery firing on the advancing Colombian Divisions.
March 8th, 1400
Majro General Read looked down on the Colombians deployments from his command post with the artillery on one of the hills east of town though his new field glasses. They easily outnumbered his men 2 to 1 and the commander appeared to had some experience. The attack was going to hit his southern flank or may the center no doubt he saw the Virginian’s thinned down revised battle line as a weakness to be exploited. The attack began at 1428h when the Colombian Left and center started to advance. Read admired the discipline that went into the Colombian attack as the holes that his artillery was punching into the lines were quickly filled in. They closed to with in 300 yards of his line and delivered a solid volley into his lines he watched as some of his boys fell stung by the hot lead of the Colombian bullets. The new Tactics that had been developed focused on thinning out the lines allowing fewer men to cover more ground and giving the enemy a smaller target to fire at. “Pass the order Captain Lee Rapid fire Five Volleys” With that his young staff officer George Washington Lee dashed off to relay the orders. In the mean time the Colombians had delivered another volley into his boys. Read had to give them credit they were good with those old Flintlock Hall’s rifles. Just as the though crossed his mind commands started to echo down his line, then it erupted in to smoke and flame, a pause then a second volley, another short pause then a third Volley, a pause then the fourth volley, a final pause and then the fifth volley. Now smoke dominated the battlefield, as the order to Fix bayonets echoed down his line. As the smoke cleared it showed the ragged Colombian formation charging at his lines. Two waves of men in blue uniforms clashed as the Colombian Charge struck home but here again the McKnight rifle proved deadly as each soldier still had four rifle shots and a shot gun shell loaded and ready to fire. The Melee lasted just fifteen minuets as the Colombian charge broke on his lines and started to fall back. His boys had their dander up and a counter charge started to form Read decided to let the boys go. “Couter charge with the southern flank, Roll them up boys” he shouted the orders. The Colombian Retreat turn to a route as their whole southern flank collapsed.
Watching from a Church copula it was all Maximiliano cursed as he saw his attack fail in a very bloody manner then his whole southern flank vanish. Only last minuet orders to his reserve to reform the line on a right angle saved his army from annulation. The When the enemy forces finally ran out of steam he orders his army to wheel so that they could slowly with draw back across the river. By the time night fell he was safely on the western bank of the River once more. He approached the enemy who was now confirmed as the Commonwealth of American States Army for a cease fire to see to the wounded which General Read agreed to. As night fell and the numbers started to come in Maximiliano cursed he had lost 2,000 men killed another3,500 wounded and some 6.000 missing or captured; he had no plans on attempting to cross the River again choosing to establish a defensive positon and make the Americans with their devil rifles come drive him from the field.
Read spent the night with his men seeing to the wounded of both sides He hoped that he enemy would with draw completely but the fires on the western bank of the river told a different story. They had been bloodied today and now their commander new that the McKnight rifles were extremely deadly no he would not attack Read would have to drive him from the field. Luckily his Cavalry Commander Brigadier General Ambrose Patton had managed to find a ford about three miles south of the town the lack of roads meant that no artillery could cross it without extreme difficulties but He could send his 5,000 cavalry, and a brigade of Infantry across give the Colombians a surprise. He dispatched Patton’s Cavalry and the 4th Western Virginia Rifles Brigade commanded by recently promoted Brevet Major James M. Davis after Brigadier General Sanders and Major Ryan both had stopped Colombian bullets with their bodies. The Light infantry brigade would be able to keep up with Patton’s cavalry better than a normal one would. Patton’s force decamped and headed south under the light of the full moon, around midnight.
March 9th
At 0800 Read had his corps begin to advance on the bridge across the river and redeployed his artillery to support a crossing. At 1000 Read General Hubert Armstrong to take is Division across the Bridge and establish a bridge head on the eastern side. Armstrong’s Division took heavy casualties thanks the the Colombians well trained fire from behind hastily thrown up defenses, and skillful artillery fire. However, by 1140h the Virginians had a bridge head and the rest of the corps was crossing. It was now at 1200h that Patton’s force arrived behind the Colombians flank, with a full out charge. Caught off guard the Colombians panicked and started running losing vital seconds before officers could reform a line and attempt to halt the Commonwealth flank attack. Not that it mattered very much because once he received word of Patton’s attack Read ordered his entire corps to charge the Colombian Center. The result was that by 1400h the Colombians were not just retreating but routed losing over half of their artillery and even their Commanding General who was cut off and forced to surrender. The by the time dusk fell on March 9, 1842 the battle of Clarines was over not a singe battle worthy Colombian Unit was left of the field. The Colombians had lost at total of 2,900 men killed, 6,800 men wounded, and 12,000 men captured including their commanding general. The Commonwealth had lost 850 men killed, 1,568 men wounded and 700 men missing. The first battle between the Colombian Empire and the Commonwealth of American States was a decisive Commonwealth Victory.
The Commonwealth Army of South America landed in the city of Barcelona Bolivia on February 19, 1842 it would take another month to get all of the Horses, Artillery, Wagons and supply that would sustain the army ashore. However The Colombians were not going to let General Tyler have all that time for free. On March 4, 1842 the Bolivians reported to Tyler that a sizable Colombian Force was advancing on the vital road junction of Clarines. General Juan Carlos de Santone told Tyler that without reinforcements his garrison in the town would get over run very quickly. As a result Tyler detached the only fully equipped corps that he had on hand to go hold the town. This was Major General Thomas J. Read’s Virginians of the 3rd Corps. Read would head east out of Barcelona on the morning of March 5, 1842 heading east with enough supplies for a stained 3 days of battle and rations for three weeks.
Read’s corps would arrive in Clarines on the evening of March 7, 1842 he was greeted with the news that the Colombian Army was just 15 miles to the west. Read would select decent defensive ground to the east of the town to deploy his Corps. He would station two regiments of Sharpshooters from the Western Region (1) of Virginia. Down in the town where the road crossed the River. To harass the Colombians as they crossed the stone bridge that connected the east and western banks. With his men deployed he gave the men some beef steaks provide by the commandeering of several local cattle for dinner that night to boost the men’s moral after a hard march before the battle.
Fifteen miles to the west General Maximiliano Cadiz was also receiving scouting reports from his cavalry. These reports could only tell him that the small garrison in Clarines had been reinforced by a sizable force still smaller than his own but much larger than before. As the sun set he looked over his maps the enemy was deployed on the rolling ground east of the town. It was the better ground but he if the reports were right he had double the number of men that the enemy did so in the end it would not matter.
March 8th, 1130h
It was little after 1130h the next morning when the Colombian Army arrived at the western banks of the Rio Unare and began to cross the stone bridge that crossed the river, however they were greeted with a hail of lead as the two regiments in the town opened fire on the soldiers crossing the bridge. It would take the Colombians 45 minutes before they could secure the eastern bank of the river; and they had lost 150 men killed and 200 wounded just crossing the river thanks the defenders unbelievable rate of fire. When his men brought him on of the dead defenders rifles he under stood why, but still he had the numbers no gun could make up for the discipline of the Imperial Colombian Army, and he had his men press east.
Virginian Artillery firing on the advancing Colombian Divisions.
March 8th, 1400
Majro General Read looked down on the Colombians deployments from his command post with the artillery on one of the hills east of town though his new field glasses. They easily outnumbered his men 2 to 1 and the commander appeared to had some experience. The attack was going to hit his southern flank or may the center no doubt he saw the Virginian’s thinned down revised battle line as a weakness to be exploited. The attack began at 1428h when the Colombian Left and center started to advance. Read admired the discipline that went into the Colombian attack as the holes that his artillery was punching into the lines were quickly filled in. They closed to with in 300 yards of his line and delivered a solid volley into his lines he watched as some of his boys fell stung by the hot lead of the Colombian bullets. The new Tactics that had been developed focused on thinning out the lines allowing fewer men to cover more ground and giving the enemy a smaller target to fire at. “Pass the order Captain Lee Rapid fire Five Volleys” With that his young staff officer George Washington Lee dashed off to relay the orders. In the mean time the Colombians had delivered another volley into his boys. Read had to give them credit they were good with those old Flintlock Hall’s rifles. Just as the though crossed his mind commands started to echo down his line, then it erupted in to smoke and flame, a pause then a second volley, another short pause then a third Volley, a pause then the fourth volley, a final pause and then the fifth volley. Now smoke dominated the battlefield, as the order to Fix bayonets echoed down his line. As the smoke cleared it showed the ragged Colombian formation charging at his lines. Two waves of men in blue uniforms clashed as the Colombian Charge struck home but here again the McKnight rifle proved deadly as each soldier still had four rifle shots and a shot gun shell loaded and ready to fire. The Melee lasted just fifteen minuets as the Colombian charge broke on his lines and started to fall back. His boys had their dander up and a counter charge started to form Read decided to let the boys go. “Couter charge with the southern flank, Roll them up boys” he shouted the orders. The Colombian Retreat turn to a route as their whole southern flank collapsed.
Watching from a Church copula it was all Maximiliano cursed as he saw his attack fail in a very bloody manner then his whole southern flank vanish. Only last minuet orders to his reserve to reform the line on a right angle saved his army from annulation. The When the enemy forces finally ran out of steam he orders his army to wheel so that they could slowly with draw back across the river. By the time night fell he was safely on the western bank of the River once more. He approached the enemy who was now confirmed as the Commonwealth of American States Army for a cease fire to see to the wounded which General Read agreed to. As night fell and the numbers started to come in Maximiliano cursed he had lost 2,000 men killed another3,500 wounded and some 6.000 missing or captured; he had no plans on attempting to cross the River again choosing to establish a defensive positon and make the Americans with their devil rifles come drive him from the field.
Read spent the night with his men seeing to the wounded of both sides He hoped that he enemy would with draw completely but the fires on the western bank of the river told a different story. They had been bloodied today and now their commander new that the McKnight rifles were extremely deadly no he would not attack Read would have to drive him from the field. Luckily his Cavalry Commander Brigadier General Ambrose Patton had managed to find a ford about three miles south of the town the lack of roads meant that no artillery could cross it without extreme difficulties but He could send his 5,000 cavalry, and a brigade of Infantry across give the Colombians a surprise. He dispatched Patton’s Cavalry and the 4th Western Virginia Rifles Brigade commanded by recently promoted Brevet Major James M. Davis after Brigadier General Sanders and Major Ryan both had stopped Colombian bullets with their bodies. The Light infantry brigade would be able to keep up with Patton’s cavalry better than a normal one would. Patton’s force decamped and headed south under the light of the full moon, around midnight.
March 9th
At 0800 Read had his corps begin to advance on the bridge across the river and redeployed his artillery to support a crossing. At 1000 Read General Hubert Armstrong to take is Division across the Bridge and establish a bridge head on the eastern side. Armstrong’s Division took heavy casualties thanks the the Colombians well trained fire from behind hastily thrown up defenses, and skillful artillery fire. However, by 1140h the Virginians had a bridge head and the rest of the corps was crossing. It was now at 1200h that Patton’s force arrived behind the Colombians flank, with a full out charge. Caught off guard the Colombians panicked and started running losing vital seconds before officers could reform a line and attempt to halt the Commonwealth flank attack. Not that it mattered very much because once he received word of Patton’s attack Read ordered his entire corps to charge the Colombian Center. The result was that by 1400h the Colombians were not just retreating but routed losing over half of their artillery and even their Commanding General who was cut off and forced to surrender. The by the time dusk fell on March 9, 1842 the battle of Clarines was over not a singe battle worthy Colombian Unit was left of the field. The Colombians had lost at total of 2,900 men killed, 6,800 men wounded, and 12,000 men captured including their commanding general. The Commonwealth had lost 850 men killed, 1,568 men wounded and 700 men missing. The first battle between the Colombian Empire and the Commonwealth of American States was a decisive Commonwealth Victory.
- Virginia is divided up into three regions for military purposes Eastern (OTL Virginia east of the Blueridge) Appalachian ( Between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Big Sandy River) and Western Virginia (OTL Kentucky)
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The Bloody Decade: Second War of Spanish Succession Battle of Piacenza
Sardinian Troops in the Battle of Piacenza.
Piedmont would start marching east under the command of Major General Eusebio Bava. The Army of Piedmont consisted of 105,000 Infantry, 3.600 cavalry, and 9 batteries** of field guns. Bava marched his men like the devils of hell were behind them covering the 87 miles between Turin and Milan in just 3 days. The speed of Bava’s march ment that the Major General Maso Venturi commander of the Defense Forces in Milan was not able to gather his full muster of Militia to support his small Regular Imperial Army Garrison of 10,000 infantry, 600 cavalry, and one battery of field guns. When Bava’s men arrived outside of Milan they just 25,000 Infantry, 1,300 Cavalry and 3 batteries of artillery apposing them. The First battle of Milan would be a brief affair lasting just 3 hours from 1000h to 1300h on May 13,1842. Bava’s more numerous army quickly out flanked the defenders who were forced to with draw to the east. General Venturi would halt the retreat at the town of Treviglio. The next station on the Milan Venice Railway, there he would continue to call up militia men and reservist.
Meanwhile on the Southern bank of the Po River Grand Marshal Lazzaro Ennio Sacco was concentrating the forces of the Imperial Italian Army from up and down the Italian Pansolar thanks to the Railroad and a new invention the Electric Telegraph*** in just five days the Italians were able to assemble an army of 65,000 Infantry, 3,500 cavalry, and 12 batteries of artillery members of the Imperial Italian Army, in addition to the 30,000 infantry, 2,500 cavalry and 2 batteries of artillery that the Local Militia was able to call up from the surrounding country side. This force would become known as the Army of Northern Italy. This massive logistical effort was not overseen by the Grand Marshal but rather his eldest son Colonel Luigi Napoleon Sacco. Sacco was forced to divide his force to cover the two most convenient crossings of the Po River. He Kept the bulk of his force at Piacenza on, while he sent 25,000 Infantry, 1,000 cavalry and 3 batteries to Cremona, he placed this force under the command of Major General Enzo Lombardi. Lastly he detached Brigadier General Alexander Marius Capone with 3,000 cavalry to attack the Sardinian Supply lines between Turin and Milan.
Bava would leave Milan on May 16, 1842 after having to detach 5,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry to garrison the city. He would arrive on the north bank of the river Po opposite the city of Piacenza on May 19, 1842. Bava knew he was in a delicate position with his army surrounded by three Italian formations however he recognized that if he could defeat the larges group in detail the rest would fall back due to moral shock. In a move that shocked Bava Sacco allowed him to cross the river with his army before offering battle on the fields south of the city. When the battle was joined at 1200h on May 19,1842 Sacco commanded 70,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 11 batteries of artillery vs. Bava’s 100,000 Infantry, 1,100 cavalry and 9 batteries.
Sacco stuck to the defensive allowing the accuracy of the new Rilfed muskets and his more numerous artillery to take a toll on the Sardinians who attempted to attack the Italian eastern flank. The Sardinian attack lasted for 3 hours before Bava was forced to call it off. Twice the Sardinians almost broke though Sacco’s flank only to have a timely counter attack by the Italian reserve plug the gap in the line at the last minute. At 1500 Sacco launched a feint attack on the Sardinian western flank in the hopes to shifting the focus of the battle to the other end of the line to allow his eastern flank to recover. Sacco was also playing for time, because as soon as Bava’s army had cross the River he had sent a telegraph message to Lombardi to bring his force to Piacenza.
By 1730 Bava was concerned the battle was looking more evenly matched than he expected the new rifled muskets made attacking a costly affair. He had hit the Italian eastern flank hard to start with and had come close but in the end couldn’t quiet pull off a break though. Then the Italians had played around with a series of feints on his eastern flank. He needed to end this battle before they could bring reinforcements to the battle his cavalry had reported dust on the eastern horizon about half an hour ago. He had not expected Marshal Sacco to fight a defensive battle it went against everything that Bava knew of the man’s fighting style; Bava realized that he must possess more of a numbers advantage than the though. Going on this line of thought he sent out orders to reinforce the center of the line with one of his 1 reserve divisions and full attack on the center of the Italian line. His staff officer had just finished writing the orders down when all hell broke loose on this eastern flank.
Lombardi and his men had marched hard making a six hour march in just under 3 hours and upon arriving he had formed up all 25,000 infantry and launched a massive corps sized attack on the Sardinian Eastern Flank as he watched the men advancing in neat formations he couldn’t help but to notice how beautiful war was. The Sardinian artillery and rifle fire was starting to cut holes into his lines but it was still a thing of beauty his artillery was deploying and soon it would start raining death of the Sardinians as well.
Behind the Sardinian lines it was chaos. Bava had watched that beautiful massive attack come in an hit his eastern flank like a wave he had also watched his eastern flank crumple and break too. Only the commitment of a three reserve divisions have kept his army from being flanked with no reserve offensives were out he was now fighting for time till dark ended the battle and he could disengage his men under the cover of a crescent moon.
The Battle of Piacenza was a bloody one (but not as bloody as the one that preceded it on the other side of the Atlantic, word of which was just now starting to filter back to Europe). The Italian Imperial Army suffered 680 men killed in action, 1,320 men wounded in Action and 650 men missing in action. The Sardinians lost 560 men Killed in Action, 1,085 men wounded in action, and 2,600 men missing or captured in action. Bava and his army would retreat back to Milan wait for reinforcements, and build defenses for the inevitable Italian attack to retake the city. Sacco would take two days to see to the wounded and prisoners before having his men march north towards Milan.
*Its easy to be ready for a war that you provoke
**for ease of math all batteries equal 6 guns.
*** The first working system having been invented in Britain by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1834, and Napoleon II having read the reports of the invention by his ambassador had ordered 50 sets of the Wheatstone ABC telegraph for the Imperial Italian Army and Navy. The Weatstone system was complicated and required 5 wires to send messages but it would become the standard in mode of electrical telegraph in the Italian Empire for the next 50 years with Italy not adopting the more common Adams Telegraph clicker and telegraph Phillips code developed for it until wireless telegraphy was invented in the 1890’s.
Wanted to say thanks to @ramones1986 and @brickhouse for the turtledove nomination, completely caught me by surprise
You deserve it man. This TL is underappreciated in my opinion.
The Bloody Decade: Second Battle of Milan and the Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea
The Second Battle of Milan, May 25, 1842
While Bava retreated to Milan Sacco would take a few days to rest his army, see to the wounded of both sides and deal with his prisoners. When he was ready to march three days later he divided his army into three columns. He would command the center column which would march north to Milan, He would appoint Major General Calvino Endrizzi to command the Eastern Column which would march east to the River Adda before turning northwest and attacking Milan from the east. He gave Major General Enzo Lombardi command of the Western Column cross the Ticino River at Pavia then March North on the Western Bank of the Ticino River securing cutting Bava’s line of Retreat.
Bava was not one who was content to just hold up in Milan and die a slow painful death along with the Bulk of the Sardinian Forces on the Mainland. Instead he detailed 20,500 of his 98,000 remaining Infantry, and 3 of his 6 remaining batteries of field guns to Brigadier General Arsenio Fallaci and took the rest of his army and march west toward Turin. He left Fallaci orders to hold out for as long as possible before he surrendered. His force was the sacrificial lamb to buy the Army time to escape.
The Battle of Milan would take place on May 25, 1842 The Imperial Italian Army had 156,000 Infantry (The Northern Army’s Central Column and Eastern Column plus the 56,000 militia men under Major General Maso Venturi) 2,500 Cavalry, 8 Batteries of Field guns and 2 batteries of Horse Artillery. Sacco’s assault would at 1300, With both his eastern Flank and Western Flank attacking with two divisions 20,000 men each. The Sardinians under Fallaci fought like devils and were able fend off the flank attacks for two hours before Sacco ordered two divisions in the Center to attack as well. This fresh attack on the center proved to be too much for the outnumbered defenders who were forced to pull back into the city. That evening at 2100 hours Fallaci offered Sacco his surrender terms His men surrender arms and be granted passage back to Sardinian Control territory in the Piedmont. Sacco after communicating with Napoleon II in Naples agreed with the terms and at 0700h on May 26, 1842 the Sardinians marched out of Milan stacked arms and surrendered their regimental flags and marched south west towards Genoa. The battle of Milan had cost the Sardinians 900 dead 1,500 men wounded and all of their artillery lost, captured or surrendered. The Italians had lost 1,198 men killed 2,500 wounded and 1 battery of artillery destroyed. Sacco chose to rest and reorganized his army before turning west towards Turin. Lombardi had taken Novara and Capone’s Cavalry had secured the bridge a bridge head across the Sesia at Vercelli. The Campaign to Retake Milan was over the Campaign to Conquer the Kingdom of Sardinia had just begun.
The Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, June 2, 1842
The Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea was one of those defining battles of the Second War of Spanish Succession. After months of commerce raiding the two battle lines of the Italian Imperial Navy and the Sardinian Royal navy would meet in the early hours of June 2, 1842. The Italians had 26 ships of the line all sail powered, 35 Frigates of which 10 were steam powered (8 paddle wheeler, and 2 screw Frigates) and 25 sloops of which 11 were steam powered (10 paddle wheelers and 1 screw sloop.) Admiral Augusto Di Maggio commanded the fleet from his flag ship IM Napoleon a massive 140 gun ship of the line. Sardinian Fleet consisted of 24 ships of the line of which 1 was steam powered, 12 Frigates six of which were steam powered and 26 sloops of which ten were steam powered (all Sardinian steamship except the ship of the line are paddle wheelers. The SOL is a steam screw ship but was rushed into service and only carries 75 out of 126 guns.) The Sardinian Fleet is commanded by Admiral Marco Vecellio. Both Commanders in the battle are young and inexperienced. However Augusto Di Maggio was a slight more creative than his Sardinian counterpart who was almost recklessly aggressive when engaging the Imperial Fleet. As the two fleets engaged Augusto Di Maggio made sure to keep the engagement at medium to long range not allowing the Sardinians to close. This allowed his steam squadron to sail though his line and charge the Sardinian line of battle. As the steam frigates passed between the Sardinian Ships they opened up with both broadsides tearing into the exposed stern and bow of the Sardinian ships The Steam ships would steam about a quarter mile out then turned and charged again. The Italians did not get off unsaved from this maneuver their ships faced broadsides during the charge, their turn and second charge indeed out of the 21 steam powered Italian ships by the end of the battle 14 were sunk, and the remaining seven were heavily damaged; However the disruption that was done to the Sardinian line of battle was worth the loss of ships and men. Once the Steam squadron had made its second charge Augusto Di Maggio gave the order for his line of battle to close in the result was a massacre of the Sardinian Fleet. Of the 24 Sardinian ships of the line 5 were sunk, 10 were left burning hulks or damaged beyond salvage and 3 including the Sardinian steam powered ship of the line the RM King Charles Felix were captured by Italian Boarding parties. What was left of the Sardinian fleet limped home to Cagliari while the Italian Fleet Returned to Naples battered, but Triumphant and the 120,000 troops assembled there began to board transports for Napoleon II’s Invasion of Sardinia and Corsica.
While Bava retreated to Milan Sacco would take a few days to rest his army, see to the wounded of both sides and deal with his prisoners. When he was ready to march three days later he divided his army into three columns. He would command the center column which would march north to Milan, He would appoint Major General Calvino Endrizzi to command the Eastern Column which would march east to the River Adda before turning northwest and attacking Milan from the east. He gave Major General Enzo Lombardi command of the Western Column cross the Ticino River at Pavia then March North on the Western Bank of the Ticino River securing cutting Bava’s line of Retreat.
Bava was not one who was content to just hold up in Milan and die a slow painful death along with the Bulk of the Sardinian Forces on the Mainland. Instead he detailed 20,500 of his 98,000 remaining Infantry, and 3 of his 6 remaining batteries of field guns to Brigadier General Arsenio Fallaci and took the rest of his army and march west toward Turin. He left Fallaci orders to hold out for as long as possible before he surrendered. His force was the sacrificial lamb to buy the Army time to escape.
The Battle of Milan would take place on May 25, 1842 The Imperial Italian Army had 156,000 Infantry (The Northern Army’s Central Column and Eastern Column plus the 56,000 militia men under Major General Maso Venturi) 2,500 Cavalry, 8 Batteries of Field guns and 2 batteries of Horse Artillery. Sacco’s assault would at 1300, With both his eastern Flank and Western Flank attacking with two divisions 20,000 men each. The Sardinians under Fallaci fought like devils and were able fend off the flank attacks for two hours before Sacco ordered two divisions in the Center to attack as well. This fresh attack on the center proved to be too much for the outnumbered defenders who were forced to pull back into the city. That evening at 2100 hours Fallaci offered Sacco his surrender terms His men surrender arms and be granted passage back to Sardinian Control territory in the Piedmont. Sacco after communicating with Napoleon II in Naples agreed with the terms and at 0700h on May 26, 1842 the Sardinians marched out of Milan stacked arms and surrendered their regimental flags and marched south west towards Genoa. The battle of Milan had cost the Sardinians 900 dead 1,500 men wounded and all of their artillery lost, captured or surrendered. The Italians had lost 1,198 men killed 2,500 wounded and 1 battery of artillery destroyed. Sacco chose to rest and reorganized his army before turning west towards Turin. Lombardi had taken Novara and Capone’s Cavalry had secured the bridge a bridge head across the Sesia at Vercelli. The Campaign to Retake Milan was over the Campaign to Conquer the Kingdom of Sardinia had just begun.
The Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, June 2, 1842
The Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea was one of those defining battles of the Second War of Spanish Succession. After months of commerce raiding the two battle lines of the Italian Imperial Navy and the Sardinian Royal navy would meet in the early hours of June 2, 1842. The Italians had 26 ships of the line all sail powered, 35 Frigates of which 10 were steam powered (8 paddle wheeler, and 2 screw Frigates) and 25 sloops of which 11 were steam powered (10 paddle wheelers and 1 screw sloop.) Admiral Augusto Di Maggio commanded the fleet from his flag ship IM Napoleon a massive 140 gun ship of the line. Sardinian Fleet consisted of 24 ships of the line of which 1 was steam powered, 12 Frigates six of which were steam powered and 26 sloops of which ten were steam powered (all Sardinian steamship except the ship of the line are paddle wheelers. The SOL is a steam screw ship but was rushed into service and only carries 75 out of 126 guns.) The Sardinian Fleet is commanded by Admiral Marco Vecellio. Both Commanders in the battle are young and inexperienced. However Augusto Di Maggio was a slight more creative than his Sardinian counterpart who was almost recklessly aggressive when engaging the Imperial Fleet. As the two fleets engaged Augusto Di Maggio made sure to keep the engagement at medium to long range not allowing the Sardinians to close. This allowed his steam squadron to sail though his line and charge the Sardinian line of battle. As the steam frigates passed between the Sardinian Ships they opened up with both broadsides tearing into the exposed stern and bow of the Sardinian ships The Steam ships would steam about a quarter mile out then turned and charged again. The Italians did not get off unsaved from this maneuver their ships faced broadsides during the charge, their turn and second charge indeed out of the 21 steam powered Italian ships by the end of the battle 14 were sunk, and the remaining seven were heavily damaged; However the disruption that was done to the Sardinian line of battle was worth the loss of ships and men. Once the Steam squadron had made its second charge Augusto Di Maggio gave the order for his line of battle to close in the result was a massacre of the Sardinian Fleet. Of the 24 Sardinian ships of the line 5 were sunk, 10 were left burning hulks or damaged beyond salvage and 3 including the Sardinian steam powered ship of the line the RM King Charles Felix were captured by Italian Boarding parties. What was left of the Sardinian fleet limped home to Cagliari while the Italian Fleet Returned to Naples battered, but Triumphant and the 120,000 troops assembled there began to board transports for Napoleon II’s Invasion of Sardinia and Corsica.
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The Bloody Decade: Commonwealth-Colombian War: The ABC Invasion
The Invasion of the ABC Islands
On April 5, 1842 a Commonwealth Task force arrived off the coast of the ABC Islands (the former Dutch West Indies) aboard these Ships were the 5,000 Commonwealth Marines of the Commonwealth Marine Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Winfield Scott, and the 1st Florida Marine Brigade under the Command of Brigadier General Marvin Hammlett. Both men had spent the past 27 years developing Amphibious warfare tactics, and had a mutual respect for one another. Today their task was to secure the Islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire for the Commonwealth of American States. Scott’s Commonwealth Marine Brigade would land on Curacao, while Hamlett’s would land on Aruba; each brigade would detach a Regiment to land on the Island of Bonaire, after much debate Colonel Alexander Mann Commander of the 5th Commonwealth Marine Regiment would command the Bonnaire Invasion force.
The Landings began with the High tide, Scott and his 4,000 men landed on the South Eastern Beaches of the Island of Curacao They quickly over took the major settlement of Willemstad and Marched north chasing the Island’s Colombian Garrison of 1,500 men and three old field guns Who have taken up defensive positions on the High ground near Mount Christoffel. The Battle of Mount Christoffel last for two hours between 1400 to 1600. Using his numbers and the rate of fire of their McKnight revolving rifles Scott managed to get around the Colombian’s Left flank and roll their line up. The Colombian Commander Colonel Juan Santos surrenders to Scott at 1610 he and his men become prisoners of war. The landing on Bonnaire are equally well with the smallest of the ABC Islands being captured by 1200h. It is on Aruba that the story is different.
Just like Scott, Hamlett’s and his 4,000 men landed on Aruba with the Hight tide in Hamlet's case he was landing on the western/northwestern end of the island however Aurba had a much larger garrison than the rest of the Islands with 3,500 Infantry and a full battery of Field guns under the command of Colonel Marcus Garcia. Garcia deployed his men on two hills to the Southeast of Oranjestad, the island's major settlement, and had them dig in as best as possible. The ground he chose was a large hill named Anikok hill.
The Battle of Anikok Hill began just after 1500h that evening. Garcia Held the High Ground and had the Artillery advantage. Hamlett had a slight advantage in numbers and the ability to concentrate his attack. Hamlett chose to divide his force and sent two regiments to attack the Colombian Center while he shifted his remaining two regiments to the south. By 1600h the attack on the center had stalled but it had fixed the Colombian's attention on it. This was when the two other regiments attacked the Colombian flank and rolled it up; capturing three of the Colombian's six field guns. By 1645h it looked like the Colombians were done to Hamlet his boys were rolling them up in good fashion. Then it all changed. On top of Anikok Hill General Garcia was also watching the battle unfold however he saw a chance to swing the battle in his favor. He ordered his northern flank to wheel around and strike the Commonwealth forces’ exposed western flank. The result was that by 1750h the line had spun with the Commonwealth on the southern side of the hill and the Colomiban Forces on the Northern side of the hill, and both side exhausted form the day’s fighting. Hamlet would have his men retreat to the south setting up defensive positions on Jamanota Hill while a Company. Garcia would have his men retire to Oranjestad for a rest. The Fighting had been fierce, the Floridians had lost 400 killed, and another 800 wounded. The Colombians had lost 500 killed and another 900 wounded having felt the effect of the McKnight Revolving Rifles. The Next morning Hamlet would send a company of his marines south to secure the small fishing port of St. Nicholas and make contact with the commonwealth navy. Meanwhile the Garica would also risk sending out a ship to try and reach the mainland requesting reinforcements, he hoped against hope that he could get reinforcements before the enemy did so he could finish the battle of Aruba once and for all. But for now both commanders had to play a waiting game.
On April 5, 1842 a Commonwealth Task force arrived off the coast of the ABC Islands (the former Dutch West Indies) aboard these Ships were the 5,000 Commonwealth Marines of the Commonwealth Marine Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Winfield Scott, and the 1st Florida Marine Brigade under the Command of Brigadier General Marvin Hammlett. Both men had spent the past 27 years developing Amphibious warfare tactics, and had a mutual respect for one another. Today their task was to secure the Islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire for the Commonwealth of American States. Scott’s Commonwealth Marine Brigade would land on Curacao, while Hamlett’s would land on Aruba; each brigade would detach a Regiment to land on the Island of Bonaire, after much debate Colonel Alexander Mann Commander of the 5th Commonwealth Marine Regiment would command the Bonnaire Invasion force.
The Landings began with the High tide, Scott and his 4,000 men landed on the South Eastern Beaches of the Island of Curacao They quickly over took the major settlement of Willemstad and Marched north chasing the Island’s Colombian Garrison of 1,500 men and three old field guns Who have taken up defensive positions on the High ground near Mount Christoffel. The Battle of Mount Christoffel last for two hours between 1400 to 1600. Using his numbers and the rate of fire of their McKnight revolving rifles Scott managed to get around the Colombian’s Left flank and roll their line up. The Colombian Commander Colonel Juan Santos surrenders to Scott at 1610 he and his men become prisoners of war. The landing on Bonnaire are equally well with the smallest of the ABC Islands being captured by 1200h. It is on Aruba that the story is different.
Just like Scott, Hamlett’s and his 4,000 men landed on Aruba with the Hight tide in Hamlet's case he was landing on the western/northwestern end of the island however Aurba had a much larger garrison than the rest of the Islands with 3,500 Infantry and a full battery of Field guns under the command of Colonel Marcus Garcia. Garcia deployed his men on two hills to the Southeast of Oranjestad, the island's major settlement, and had them dig in as best as possible. The ground he chose was a large hill named Anikok hill.
The Battle of Anikok Hill began just after 1500h that evening. Garcia Held the High Ground and had the Artillery advantage. Hamlett had a slight advantage in numbers and the ability to concentrate his attack. Hamlett chose to divide his force and sent two regiments to attack the Colombian Center while he shifted his remaining two regiments to the south. By 1600h the attack on the center had stalled but it had fixed the Colombian's attention on it. This was when the two other regiments attacked the Colombian flank and rolled it up; capturing three of the Colombian's six field guns. By 1645h it looked like the Colombians were done to Hamlet his boys were rolling them up in good fashion. Then it all changed. On top of Anikok Hill General Garcia was also watching the battle unfold however he saw a chance to swing the battle in his favor. He ordered his northern flank to wheel around and strike the Commonwealth forces’ exposed western flank. The result was that by 1750h the line had spun with the Commonwealth on the southern side of the hill and the Colomiban Forces on the Northern side of the hill, and both side exhausted form the day’s fighting. Hamlet would have his men retreat to the south setting up defensive positions on Jamanota Hill while a Company. Garcia would have his men retire to Oranjestad for a rest. The Fighting had been fierce, the Floridians had lost 400 killed, and another 800 wounded. The Colombians had lost 500 killed and another 900 wounded having felt the effect of the McKnight Revolving Rifles. The Next morning Hamlet would send a company of his marines south to secure the small fishing port of St. Nicholas and make contact with the commonwealth navy. Meanwhile the Garica would also risk sending out a ship to try and reach the mainland requesting reinforcements, he hoped against hope that he could get reinforcements before the enemy did so he could finish the battle of Aruba once and for all. But for now both commanders had to play a waiting game.
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The Bloody Decade: Commonwealth-Colombian War: Plans and Deployments
Mainland: deployments and strategies
Major General Jose Martinez
Major General John Tyler
By March 23,1842 Major General John Tyler was confident that he had unloaded enough supplies to feel confident that his army (and the Army of Bolivia) could fight a sustained campaign. Tyler decided to attack on three fronts. He would dispatch the Virginians and the Georgians 50,000 men total under the overall command of Major General T. J. Read the Victor of the battle of Clarines. This column would head west on the Southern Side of the mountains aiming to seize the town of Maracay cutting the Colombian’s overland supply lines. While the Navy set about blocking the Colombian Ports cutting off their supply via sea. (thus the campaign to take the ABC islands.). Meanwhile he would take 85,000 men and the Bolivian Army’s Republican Guard 65,000 men and march along the coast with the aim of attacking Caracas form the east. Tyler believed that if his army could give the Colombians one more good kick they would break like a rotten door, and they would be in Caracas to by Charter Day*.
In Caracas General Jose Martinez newly arrived commander of the Eastern Imperial Army he had under his command the 5th Field Army 65,000 infantry 3,900 Cavalry, 8 Batteries of field guns, and 2 Batteries of Horse Guns. The 19th Field Army 55,000 Infantry, 2,500 Cavalry, 7 batteries of Field Guns, and 1 Battery of Horse Guns. The 22nd Field Army** 22,000 Infantry, 1,500 Cavalry, 4 Batteries of Field Guns and 1 Battery of Horse Guns. And lastly the Caracas Garrison 30,000 Infantry 1,000 Cavalry, 12 Batteries of Field Guns and 9 Batteries of Heavy Guns.
Martinez studied his maps he had a major issue no it wasn't the Americans they were another army he could crush in time in his issue was his supply lines. His over land routes had been a constant target for the Bolivian guerrillas so High Command had ordered the Imperial Armada to transport supplies to Caracas. This had worked till the Commonwealth Navy had bested the Imperial Armada and landed Troops on the ABC Islands taking two of the three in a day. So now he had to rely on the overland route once more. And he had to guard them; so he had ordered General Fernandez to take his 22nd Field Army west to Maracay and to take over protection of the supply lines. To do this Martinez took 1500 cavalry from the 5th and 1000 Cavalry from 19th Field Armies and reassigned them to the 22nd Field Army as well as ordering the two new Cavalry Brigades and two new Horse Artillery Batteries coming from Bogota to join up with the 22nd Field Army at Maracay. This would bring the 22nd Field Army up to 22,000 Infantry, 13,000 Cavalry 4 Batteries of Field Guns and 3 batteries of Horse Guns.
Martinez next issued orders to General Lopez to take his 5th Field Army east to the town of El Gaupo and delay the advance of the Americans and the Bolivians as much as possible with putting his army in undue risk. The stage was now set for the final two battles of the Spring campaign season in South America, the Battle of El Gaupo on April 17,1842 and the battle of Villa de Cura on May 4,1842.
*August 1st is Charter Day in the C.A.S.
** The force defeated in detail at Calanres was part of the 22nd Field Army
Major General Jose Martinez
Major General John Tyler
By March 23,1842 Major General John Tyler was confident that he had unloaded enough supplies to feel confident that his army (and the Army of Bolivia) could fight a sustained campaign. Tyler decided to attack on three fronts. He would dispatch the Virginians and the Georgians 50,000 men total under the overall command of Major General T. J. Read the Victor of the battle of Clarines. This column would head west on the Southern Side of the mountains aiming to seize the town of Maracay cutting the Colombian’s overland supply lines. While the Navy set about blocking the Colombian Ports cutting off their supply via sea. (thus the campaign to take the ABC islands.). Meanwhile he would take 85,000 men and the Bolivian Army’s Republican Guard 65,000 men and march along the coast with the aim of attacking Caracas form the east. Tyler believed that if his army could give the Colombians one more good kick they would break like a rotten door, and they would be in Caracas to by Charter Day*.
In Caracas General Jose Martinez newly arrived commander of the Eastern Imperial Army he had under his command the 5th Field Army 65,000 infantry 3,900 Cavalry, 8 Batteries of field guns, and 2 Batteries of Horse Guns. The 19th Field Army 55,000 Infantry, 2,500 Cavalry, 7 batteries of Field Guns, and 1 Battery of Horse Guns. The 22nd Field Army** 22,000 Infantry, 1,500 Cavalry, 4 Batteries of Field Guns and 1 Battery of Horse Guns. And lastly the Caracas Garrison 30,000 Infantry 1,000 Cavalry, 12 Batteries of Field Guns and 9 Batteries of Heavy Guns.
Martinez studied his maps he had a major issue no it wasn't the Americans they were another army he could crush in time in his issue was his supply lines. His over land routes had been a constant target for the Bolivian guerrillas so High Command had ordered the Imperial Armada to transport supplies to Caracas. This had worked till the Commonwealth Navy had bested the Imperial Armada and landed Troops on the ABC Islands taking two of the three in a day. So now he had to rely on the overland route once more. And he had to guard them; so he had ordered General Fernandez to take his 22nd Field Army west to Maracay and to take over protection of the supply lines. To do this Martinez took 1500 cavalry from the 5th and 1000 Cavalry from 19th Field Armies and reassigned them to the 22nd Field Army as well as ordering the two new Cavalry Brigades and two new Horse Artillery Batteries coming from Bogota to join up with the 22nd Field Army at Maracay. This would bring the 22nd Field Army up to 22,000 Infantry, 13,000 Cavalry 4 Batteries of Field Guns and 3 batteries of Horse Guns.
Martinez next issued orders to General Lopez to take his 5th Field Army east to the town of El Gaupo and delay the advance of the Americans and the Bolivians as much as possible with putting his army in undue risk. The stage was now set for the final two battles of the Spring campaign season in South America, the Battle of El Gaupo on April 17,1842 and the battle of Villa de Cura on May 4,1842.
*August 1st is Charter Day in the C.A.S.
** The force defeated in detail at Calanres was part of the 22nd Field Army
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Sorry it took so long with this update. I'm an essential personnel where I work so it's been crazy.