The Great Book of Heroic Deeds

[Pierce Elliot]

Alright, Epic Heroic event... I had 63 British Militia and I actually ran towards an oncoming group of deserting Finish marksmen. There were only 24 of them. So we went in and fought. As usual I tell my men to charge in till in range and shoot. At this point I take my Horse and go to the Flanks of the enemy, dismount, and fire my Carbine off at their flanks from behind my horse. Alright so about 6 minutes go by, and I managed to kill three out of the 13 shots I shot. At this point I noticed two of the enemy started to face me and fire. Then three, then four, then my horse died so I ran behind a tree. It was at this point the entire army Started shooting at me, looking at my lines... Or at least where my line should be, I saw a collection of dead bodies instead of Smoke clouds from the Blackpowder like I expected...

I died... and what 9 Finish marksmen that were left definitely did something very heroic... I think... Up to this point I always thought the quality of musket didn't matter so long as there were more firing than the enemies... I was wrong...

[HunterAlpha1]

Alright, Epic Heroic event... I had 63 British Militia and I actually ran towards an oncoming group of deserting Finish marksmen. There were only 24 of them. So we went in and fought. As usual I tell my men to charge in till in range and shoot. At this point I take my Horse and go to the Flanks of the enemy, dismount, and fire my Carbine off at their flanks from behind my horse. Alright so about 6 minutes go by, and I managed to kill three out of the 13 shots I shot. At this point I noticed two of the enemy started to face me and fire. Then three, then four, then my horse died so I ran behind a tree. It was at this point the entire army Started shooting at me, looking at my lines... Or at least where my line should be, I saw a collection of dead bodies instead of Smoke clouds from the Blackpowder like I expected...

I died... and what 9 Finish marksmen that were left definitely did something very heroic... I think... Up to this point I always thought the quality of musket didn't matter so long as there were more firing than the enemies... I was wrong...

lol militia dont always deal out one shot kills, and the high firearms skill of finnish marksmen allow them to hit your troops from farther away, hit them and kill them with every shot, and to hit them faster by reloading quickly.

[Pierce Elliot]

Yeah, but the Militia is all I could afford in mass. I thought if i just had a wall of potshots, it's work better than a few well placed hits... I guess a few really well placed hits beats a wall of potshots, the tactic aboved worked on the deserter armies of British regulars... Damn you finns!

[Venitius]

Was just testing my mod earlier, and with a group of 50 Russian Opolenchies, and allied army vs 2 French armies, managed to kill most of them. The French Dragoons were melee cavalry and so got speared to death, but most of our casualties came from the Grenadiers. Then came the Cuirassiers, and they tore a gap through our "lines" until I dismounted one with a dropped pike then shot him in the head. They didn't have a lot, so taking down 1 is quite an achievement, especially as they're armed with possibly the best melee weapon that's usable from a horse that is couched and wear steel cuirasses. They're also good cavalrymen and swordsmen too. The DoW troops weren't much of a problem when our Russian Cuirassiers and Strelsy came along, but the lancers were rather pesky.

[tansvanio]

On my 83 day, im a mercenary captain for the british, i saw 600+ Russians Siegieng Haringoth Castle, i waited there to have the chance of a defence, i had 43 troops, and my ally lord had 130, we had a good chance..., king Harlaus appeared and faced them in open field, my ally lord went help im, i runn away in chance of gathering a running away russian party, i was catch by another lord with only 60 cossacks, i was slaughtered..., all my man died, and i was taken prisioner, luckly they were defeated by the french, and i managed to get away...

[Marrik]

myself and 40 Swedish infantry (mostly militia, plus 5 Grenadiers and 7 Regulars) vs. 200 rebelling peasants.


i wont write a book about it, but suffice it to say, we killed almost all of them in hand to hand combat, and in the very last wave it was me and 3 surviving Swedish Regulars (almost everybody else survived too but they were incapacitated by this point) vs. 80 rebelling peasents, and we killed them all in a suicidal uphill bayonet charge. 4 of us.

[GillsFan91]

I had an army of 73 regulars and about 5 officers facing against a french army of about 130 when battle commenced i ordered my troops to hold their fire and to hold a hill we took several casualties from random musket fire i waited until the french lancers were in effective range and i ordered my troops to open fire in 1 volley the enemy had about 15 casualtys when my men had fired 2 more volleys i ordered them to hold fire and advance 20 paces and fire another 3 volleys we took heavy casualtys while advancing but i still had enough men to break the french infantry with a bayonet charge BODY COUNT British 46 dead and 5 wounded French 117 dead and 13 wounded 

[knuckleguy]

i had 50 swedish troops, mostly made of infantry. I fought with some farmers and i won!

Is that the most heroic thing ever or what?

[JDeNef13]

i had 50 swedish troops, mostly made of infantry. I fought with some farmers and i won!

Is that the most heroic thing ever or what?

You're kidding, right?

JDeNef13

[knuckleguy]

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[JDeNef13]

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[thegira]

well i was roaming with my party (67 man) i was with russia
we and all the other countries destroyed GB(russia got the capitol and brigthon)
we were at war with the svea.
i noticed a very large siege(over 500 man) on the reindeir castle
so with a brave menuvar i got in the castle and waited to the fight.
after tow days the fight came.we had luck because a caravan went near by and some partys follow it.
we had 198 man
they 482 man...
i setted all the archers to hold the postion near the ladder and horderd the covalry to fire from the side(just left them there)
after half hour of fighting wich in it the svaeins broke our line twice and me leading the counter attack saved the castle.
at the end off the battle the results were:
i had 102 man killed about 20 injured
they add over 450 man killed and all the rest injured
i destroyed all most 7 armies of the svea andtanks to thet the russians were able to capture two castles and 1 city of the svea with much of a risstance.

by the way the castle werent my... and i got all most 30 reknown from the battle and a lot of good troops.


soory for mistakes
from israel...                                         

[Danni]

Ive was wandering with my party about 34 men
ended up in a fight with enemy (Great british)
They had about 140 men
I had 14 Horse men and rest infintary
I let my infintary Stand in line and 14 horse mens 20 feet back
enemy charged
I let my archers fire they took heavy losses (me too)
Then i order horses to charge they lost about 72 in the charge
before my Calvary daid
I charged with my archers and killed the rest
And finaly All my party was Killed and i won

[JDeNef13]

Playing the add-on Wars of Europe:

I decided to play with Great Britain. Recruited troops in villages, everything went well. Suddenly, Russia declared war on GB. I was able to recruit 74 men, due to my fighting experiences with peasants and woodlurkers. Morale was low, so I travelled to the nearest Russian village (forgot the name) and looted it. In the meantime, two Russian armies were on the way towards the village and attacked me. I faced a force of +/- 250 men. The troops I commanded were Regulars, Riflemen, Light Dragoons (both British as KGL) and a few Highlanders. The Russian armies were made up with Streltsy, Grenadiers, Regulars, Militia, dismounted Uhlans and peasants.

Dressed as mayor-general Picton (with top hat and vest), I ordered my line infantry to form line (double rank) and hold fire. When in range, my men fired volley after volley. Simultaneously, my Light Dragoons charged the Russians in the left flank. 4 waves of Russians were stopped, the last one was less succesfull for my troops. But in the end, GB was victorious.

Brutal results: +/- 230 Russians killed, 20 wounded / Britain: +/- 40 men killed, 12 wounded. Epic!

JDeNef13

[JDeNef13]

A new adventure I witnessed in Wars of Europe:

Testing out all the factions in the game, I focused my attention on the Kingdom of Sweden this time. After dealing with Sea Raiders along the coast and helping Manhunters in capturing by revolution influenced peasants, I slowly managed to train a basic Swedish army that also contained troops from Finland, Norway and Denmark. After gathering money by doing some quests, I set off towards the land owned by GB. Arriving at the French-British border, a massive battle had already begun. Austria, France and me as Sweden, fighting off an Russian-British allied force. Because I attacked British villagers in a previous skirmish, I was able to join the Austrians and French forces. Our army was 293 men (68 were Swedish/Scandinavian) strong while the Russian-British field army was 301 soldiers strong. Apparently, the French attacked a British caravan as I could see there were going to be Caravan Guards deployed in the battle ahead.

The fact that a Caravan was under attack, the AI will charge immediately after spawn. Knowing this, I quickly formed line, melee infantry (banners carriers and officers) behind the musket armed soldiers, and cavalry at my left flank. When British Light Dragoons and Russian Cossacks along with Russian Dragoons were heading towards my position. I ordered a cavalry charge. The French and Austrian armies luckily had some cavalry units (Lancers and Carabiniers) with them, so I led them into the fray. Around 11 Lancers and 5 Carabiniers held off 22 British-Russian cavalrymen in a nice charge, killing about 20 of them while the French and Austrians lost about 7 men.

When the enemy cavalry was repulsed, I positioned my cavalry back where they were deployed in the first place. The infantrymen were send in, with Swedish banners waving behind them. Mainly because the enemy infantry preferred a skirmishing battle position (scattered) rather, as I did, form a line, their fire didn't harm my troops severely. However, when the British and Russians Grenadiers came along to join the turmoil, I noticed I lost more men faster. These troops excel in melee combat, that's for sure. Around 70% of the infantry I lost in this battle, were killed because of a bayonet attack or were cut down with a sword.

This battle wasn't epic in terms of strategy, but in terms of numbers it was very entertaining. Sweden, Austria and France (SAF) were the winning countries, while Great Britian and Russia (GBR) were forced to pull back and needed to rebuild their forces. The results were:

SAF: 112 dead (+/- 10 Swedish/Scandinavian), 18 wounded (+/- 15 Swedish/Scandinavian).
GBR: 278 dead, 23 wounded.



JDeNef13