In the last couple of months I have been having trouble putting fingers to keyboard (and pencil to paper) to keep this blog spot going. The muses Calliope, Clio and Hexahedra seem to have deserted my literary creativity. I don't know why, but it is not the first time, and it is the reason I am no novelist (my first tentative essays in that direction quickly dried up the well of inspiration).
But I have at least to keep this blog spot alive, so, here are some teasers for items to come...
Portable Battle of Aspern-Essling, 21 May 1809
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| Early morning. Marshal Massena's Corps on the march just as the Austrian Army appears on the skyline. |
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| French cavalry attacks by the cavalry Divisions of d'Espagne, Lasalle and Marulaz holding back the Austrian |centre |
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Portable Battle of Aspern-Essling, 22 May 1809
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| A clash imminent, all along the front line |
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| Marshal Bessieres leads a Division of cuirassiers into the attack on the Austrian centre |
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| The battle rages, the issue still in doubt... |
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Battle of Isla Santa Maria
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| The Ruberian Far East Squadron intercepts the Azurian Khitai Station group attempting to return home |
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| Early action, the gallant charge by the armed merchantman O.K. Fjord ends tragically... |
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The Azuria Convoy.
A Ruberian hunter group comprising battleship RMS Royal Sceptre and protected cruiser RMS Ewaldaintercepts a convoy of four freighters protected by an ironclad battleship, and armoured cruiser and an armed merchantman.
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| The lumbering freighters turn about whilst the escort ships face off against the attackers |
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The Glacial Ocean Convoy.
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| A Ra'esharn convoy intercepted by a 4-squadron Group of bombers. |
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| A mid-ocean melee as the escorts try to hold off a Kiivar intercept squadron. White = Kiivar; Red = Ra'esharn Now: what can that green die, showing a six, portend? |
I hope to give these actions a more sensible write-up in due course, though the Aspern-Essling battles will receive a fair brief summary for each day.
