Message for the Duke (3) - A meeting of the General Staff...

continued from the previous post ...

After the message had been deciphered, the Duke called a meeting of the general staff to discuss the content.

Gentlemen, I have received a dispatch from Wittenberg, providing information gleaned from their spy network informing us that Monrovia plan to seize our Bylandt province and take control of the trade routes. Their army is to complete scheduled manouvers and instead of returning to barracks move to the north-east and cross the river Oudear near Pinzendorf.

They examined the map of the Bylandt province....

After much discussion it the following was decided ...

• The River Rangers to double the boarder patrols
• Provincial troops to have a camp and manouvers at Grondheim (to be able to react and perhaps prevent a river crossing).
• Garrisons stationed on the Von Ket canal and the river Onay to be reinforced.
• A plan to be drawn up to capture Pinzendorf, by assault from the river Oudear, to cut off the Monrovian forces should they successfully cross into the Bylandt.

the above is the start-up scheme for a small campaign involving Monrovia and Fenwick.. ( a few troops remain to be painted and some boats to be finished ....)