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In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 5
June, 1905

June 21st
To stir economic growth in the Illesian Kingdom, King Avandre VII consults with the Committee on National Finances as well as a number of highly regarded economists such as Ralph Laurvan, a university academic who has spent his life trying to understand the fluxuations of economies and their causes, as well as a number of business owners in Regoth. Together, they have all come to the conclusion that one of the primary hurdles to a business, especially when starting up, is the tax burden upon them. To address this issue, King Avandre VII signs The Nascent Commerce Tax Act of 1905;

The Nascent Commerce Tax Act of 1905
In order to encourage the growth of new businesses in Illesia as well as the economic growth and innovation that the appearance of these businesses brings, King Avandre VII hereby declares that all new businesses that:
1. Are started in Illesia after the passing of this Act;
2. Are started and owned by an Illesian national or majority owned by Illesian nationals;
3. Are not attempting to manipulate this Act in a fraudulent manner to avoid paying their taxes such as closing a business and reopening it under a new name or any other financial trickery as determined by the Ministry of Taxation.

Businesses that meet these three requirements will be considered new by the Ministry of Taxation and will be temporarily taxed only 10% of their revenue for two years after their founding instead of the usual 33.5%. To receive this tax break, when a new business sends in its tax forms, it will notify the Ministry of Taxation on the forms that it is a new business. If the Ministry of Taxation chooses to audit the business and discovers that the individuals or other entities that started the business lied to make the business appear as if it were started after the passing of this Act when in truth the business that existed before the passing of this Act, even under a different name or ownership, the business will be fined an amount equivalent to the amount of tax the business should have paid during the time it was receiving the tax break.
June 22nd
In the Toubrés Empire, the first protest in Amzores takes place. "Nós não somos os segundos! Nós não somos os segundos!" The crowd outside the Empress' Palace was modest, only a few hundred. By day's end, it would nearly eclipse a thousand. There had been larger and more violent demonstrations in times past. The headlines in Tara and Paraka read: "ILLESIA DEFENDS TOUBRIAN PUPPET STATE"
June 25th
In the Parakan Republic, the "Society for Extra-Continental Affairs" is established, chaired by Aynar Mirqaya. "Who the fuck is Aynar Mirqaya?" a Parakan asked. The organization will serve as a deniable asset to counteract Euranian imperialism, by means of military, social and political actions, by means of inciting unrest, propaganda, arming and training partisans favorable to Parakan interests.
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The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 5
June, 1905

June 19th

Ustrela effectively eliminates the majority of Melizean smuggling in coastal waters around the island nation after an intense four month campaign.
June 20th-June 30th

In the Illesian Kingdom, Operation Crusader begins. Given the tentative ceasefire of the Tehmig rebels in Toubrian Serranthia--the Illesian Kingdom received the blessing of the Toubrian Empress to conduct a military operation to effectively neutralize the Tehmig rebels once and for all. Major General Gareth D'Amos of the 10th Infantry Division was appointed head of the operation. After an intense month of training--false landing, live fire drills and partial mobilization techniques--that started on May 20th, Major General D'Amos was allotted to choose 3,000 men from his division to be formed into the 1st Expeditionary Force.

Having departed on June 15th, the IEF (Illesian Expeditionary Force) arrived at Bashirza and met with Governor Almiro Barros. After a six hour reprieve, the 3,000 men of the IEF was ordered into the desert with the orders:
1. 5. Upon locating the Rebels, the Force is to engage and destroy them however Major General D'Amos sees fit.
2. Not a single Rebel is to be left alive. If the Rebels attempt to surrender, D'Amos is to appear to accept this surrender, then round the lot up and execute them.


The Capital of Toubrian Serranthia, Bashirza, 1905

Modern historians believe upwards of 40,000 men, women and children were killed. Called the Black June by Tehmig and Northern Serranthian historians, first hand accounts survive of platoons of Illesian soldiers entering a town of a 1,000 inhabitants and by sun down having "pacified" the vast majority of them. Little care was given to subtlety or discretion. Twice, D'Amos' men had to be resupplied by local Toubrian garrisons due to "dull bayonets" and "overheated rifles." The towns of al-Haza and al-Matsura--total populations of 3,300 and 5,000--were removed from the map. The men were given no quarter, often being shot at first encounter. Women were given one opportunity to "leave," "to move or die" and upon failing to act--generally due to not speaking Illesian--were often shot and killed. Two Illesian officers made a game of having Tehmig children run toward the hills and taking turns shooting at them. There were no shortage of targets. The only honor given to many of these eradicated villages was the lining up of corpses, but this was not out of respect but for purposes of documenting the "amount of militants successfully pacified." D'Amos made a point to stress an optimal operation by keeping a tally of those killed.

Not all Illesians relented to the blood lust of targeting innocents however, but by the journal entry of one Illesian Captain: "It is a determinant of the Almighty whom is innocent and guilty, not an Illesian platoon dispatched to the very strip of the Known World where men was never meant to live."


Major General D'Amos leading the First Expeditionary Force into an allegedly held Tehmig village, June 1905

While there are certainly instances of those who were clearly not Tehmig being left to their own devices, this appears to be the exception rather than the rule. The wanton slaughter of the Tehmig people was more reminiscent of the battlefields of the Second Tyro-Helroxi War than it was a colonial policing action. Similarly, D'Amos had turned the 4th Company of the IEF into a quick reaction force mounted on strong Serranthian steeds lent by local Toubrian nobles. Colonel Albere Touson of said Company earned the nickname "yati almawt" by the locals. Where the Tehmigs were, Touson and his company rode, often engaging in unscrupulous and antagonistic behavior to draw out Tehmig guerrilla fighters and then judiciously eradicating them.


Tehmig mass grave, somewhere in Western Toubrian Serranthia, June 1905

On June 29th, Colonel Touson was given privy information by a local Tehmig of the location of Mullah Kahmar Mustafa, the head of the Tehmig rebellion movement. Through a messenger, Touson requested a meeting for Mustafa--citing the "end of hostilities if Mustafa would sacrifice his own dignity for the sake of his people." Mustafa, having lost two of his wives and six of his children (five of whom were under the age of sixteen), consented. Mustafa and two of his entourage rode unarmed to a meeting spot plotted by Touson on the Northwest Shores. Touson arrived, drew a pistol and shot all three men. Mustafa's head was removed and the corpses left to rot.

By June 30th, nearly a third of Toubrian Serranthia--the vast majority of it the coastal regions--had been "pacified," but military intelligence of Toubrian locals deeper in the territory offered the hypothesis that it was quite possible that this behavior would only increase the tendency of resistance. Others suggested it would quell it entirely.
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Turn 5
June, 1905


June 4th

In the Holy Empire of Vigentino, an ordinance to form the Imperial Academy of Field Artillery is established. The Academy will be based in ‘Fort Invincibile’, an army fort near Collenzaro, in the western region of Vigentino. The Academy will provide both Phase 1 and Phase 2 training for the recruits to the Imperial Artillery.

Phase 1 will focus on the tactics, techniques and procedures for the employment of field artillery on the field of war, as well as the operation and maintenance of the field artillery guns themselves. It will take fresh recruits, and develop them through a course lasting three months and overseen by experienced artillery officers and gunners.

Phase 2 will divide the recruits of Phase 1 into officers and gunners. Officers will be those recruits that have shown themselves to be tactically and technically gifted, and Phase 2 will focus on developing and refining these leadership abilities, further studying tactics and the most effective methods of utilizing field artillery. The course will last six months, and be overseen by experienced artillery officers

Gunners will undergo courses designed to further develop and refine war fighting doctrine, their understanding of the workings and maintenance for the field artillery guns, with the recruits being divided into their gunner teams of 4 men, to encourage the bonding and understanding of the group, that will be responsible for a field guns operation when employed on the battlefield. The course will last six months, and be overseen by experience artillery gunners. Despite the separate courses, the Gunners of Officers should still regularly socialize, eating and sleeping in the same places, so as to avoid any sense of hostility between the two groups. Once both Phases are complete, then the newly trained Gunners and Officers will await orders, often being formed into new Artillery Battalions to utilize the sense of camaraderie shared between the recruits that passed through training at the same time. Considering the already existing building, $250,000 will be given to initially prepare the fort for its use as an academy, then a further $200,000 a year to run the academy.

Second Tyro-Helroxi War
On June 4th, the first naval action of the war occurred at the Naval Battle of Landorf. The Helroxi lost any element of surprise with the entirety of their fleet perusing the Merkurian Sea. The Tyrians prepped a half dozen 12" gun batteries at Landorf as well as mobilized the fleet to ail. The Helroxi fell right into the trap, as their tactical objective was "to bombard the navy Dock Yards of Landorf where the Tyrian Fleet and current Mothballed Battleship is believed to be as well as to cause panic in the Tyrian Capital and damage the tyrian docks."

While Helroxi Naval High Command was aghast at the idea of sending out battleships for "coastal raids" while the enemy fleet was present--orders could not be ignored. At 0912 on June 4th, the Helroxi 1st Fleet under Commodore Arman Oxferd was spotted fourteen nautical miles northwest of Landorf. The Helroxi 1st Fleet was comprised of the 1891 battleship HIN Dimitri, 4 armored cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 7 destroyers.

The Imperial Fleet was comprised of the battleship SMS Wolfram, 4 armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers, and five destroyers. Two of the destroyers--still working up--were left at port. The Imperial Fleet headed due east and at 0955 turned due West and headed for the Helroxi before turning south to cross the Helroxi "T" as the Helroxi moved for Landorf. The first shot was from Battery #4 at Landorf, offering a near miss on the Helroxi cruiser HIN Lorgen.


Tyrian coastal battery, Landorf, 1905

At 0958 the first ship to ship combat began, with the HIN Dimitri opening a salvo with her 4 10" guns and being met with a resounding salvo from the SMS Wolfram's 4 12" guns, though one misfired and was not able to have the breech opened due to pressure for the remainder of the battle. This is widely considered the first time in history battleships have engaged one another in combat.

At 1011 hours, the Tyrian destroyer SMS Lancer was struck by a concentrated barrage by a Helroxi armored cruiser and at 1014 the captain ordered all hands abandoned ship. The battle was an incomprehensible bloodletting. The Tyrians, supported by six 12" field batteries had effectively come to the battle with the firepower of three battleships--sinking 4 destroyers, 2 light cruisers and the Helroxi armored cruiser HIN Peytrin.

The HIN Dimitri was so badly damaged that her boilers billowed an inky black smoke during the retreat. And the HIN Questr had to be abandoned in the Merkurian Strait after her aft magazine exploded. While neither battleship was damaged, both the Dimitri and Wolfram were so mauled as to be rendered useless without repair for the next months. Engineers on the Wolfram refused to board her after inspecting her magazines and believing them to be volatile. Only on June 8th would they come back aboard to begin repairs.

June 5th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, the Army allots a budget of $3,000,000 for the recruitment into the Cadian Army. Given that the Cadian national government was bankrupt, this meant printing money which--within the scope of June--increased inflation nearly a third of a percent for Cadians. "What are we supposed to do with this?" One Cadian officer asked, looking at the paper detailing the allotment of nearly twice Cadia's already existing budget.

"Recruit, obviously!" Another officer asked. The first officer wanted to say "How?" But was already thinking of buying a yacht off the Itheraen coast with some of the funds for "recruitment purposes."
June 6th
Appropriating nearly $420,000 in new funds, the Ustrelian Navy orders the production of six Tigre Class destroyers from the Mariano Marina Shipyard, requested to be begin after the construction of The Octavia. They will be named, in order of completion, Ernesto Hurtado, Primitivo Nores, Facundo Lain, Emilia Carballo, Felipa Cazalla, Marcos Andrande. While the Ustrelian Navy was considered these designs relatively new, they were certainly beginning to show their age.

One of the Mariano Marina Shipyards, 1905
June 7th
The Holy Empire of Vigentino begins the construction of a dedicated motor racing circuit, the Gara circuit, within 10 miles of Cogoli, on an area of at least 330 acres.The track should be built as a 30m wide, 4.40km long banked oval. At it’s highest point the banking on the corner should be 8m high and at a bank of 30 degrees on the tracks two corners. In addition to the oval, a bisecting ‘Final Straight’ should be built, increasing the total track length to 5.20km with 2km of which being banked. There should be spectator space for 290,000 spectators around the track, and grand stands lining the ‘Final Straight’, all protected by concrete walls lining the track. There should also be a ‘paddock’ by the ‘Final Strait’ with room for 30 automobiles and their crew, with a road leading onto the track. The track itself should be built of asphalt concrete. $200,000 will be given for the construction of the track by the government, overseen by Giano Riccoboni who is an accomplished engineer and a keen fan of the newly emerging automobile industry, and given a deadline of a year for its completion.

Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The Grand Offensive continues, entering nearly it's first week and the Tyrians advancing nearly twenty miles in several days. In the North, Helroxi High Command ordered an Offensive. Men retreated in flocks. They took days to find their units after being blitzed by heavy artillery fire. The Tyrians gave little quarter, given their advantage. Only Major General Kylov's brief counter attack during the second day of the war gave any hope to Helroxi forces on the front. The following order came down from Flegleen:


The 90th Cavalry, a total of only 8,000 men was now given the task of "discovering the weakness" of nearly a quarter million troops spread across 1,100 miles of terrain. Due to this, Kylov's cavalry effectively became useless--with the regiment being torn apart and sent to scout individual sectors in groups of two and three. Given that in the span of 24 hours, Kylov's men had only just just started to poke and prod Tyrian lines (taking horrendous casualties in the process, often being overwhelmed by sustained rifle power), an offensive started on the same day with the 110th, 111th, 112th and 113th Guard divisions--totaling 80,000 troops.


Kylov's 90th Cavalry, circa 1905.


The Battle of Trevten began on June 5th, with 80,000 Helroxi Guards units engaging in a massive offensive at a single point of attack along the Tyrian axis of advance. It would not end on June 5th.


Helroxi June 5th Offensive
June 8th
A workforce of 10,000 men are dispatched from the Kingdom of Cadia to Cydernia to begin work on the Cado-Cydernian rail system. These men will be paid wages of nearly $100 a week. Without heavy equipment of any kind, these men will go about things the way they have been done for millennia.
June 9th
With the onset of war, the government of the Tyrian Empire approaches Julian Kaplan of Steiner Meustadt A.G on the viability of the development of a skyship capable of military use as a reconnaissance vessel. To suit these aims the skyship would require a respectable speed, range and service ceiling. If Julian believes it possible the Government will put in an offer for a working prototype.

Kaplan requests five months to design a functional prototype suitable for military operations.

Julo-Vigentan War, Eastern Front
The Tepeste Offensive begins in the far Eastern village of Tepeste. Largely considered the last meaningful offensive of the war, the 10,000 man strong Homeguard bombarded the city for three days--killing mostly Julian citizens en masse, then entered the city. General Yanik Rallobello rounded up the 250 Vigentan soldiers who survived (out of a garrison of 391) and had them lined up at the Tepeste Railway just outside of town. Each man was lined up, blindfolded and summarily shot.


Tepeste Massacre, June 1905
June 10th
In the Parakan Republic, a vote is called in the National Legislature called the Central Bank Act, to establish a central bank system in order to regulate other banks and fiscal policy the country, the central bank should start with a budget of $10,000,000 and be given $1,000,000 per year. It has the following objectives and missions. With a vote 199-99 the vote passes and the Parakan National Bank is started.
June 11th
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The Itherae Volunteer Division arrives at the front. Eager to fight, Itheraen High Command failed to implement procedures in the state of an Order of Battle. In fact, when directly questioned where their rifles were, Commander Laskaris allegedly stammered that they were under the impression they had been shipped along with the unit. The Itheraen High Command apparently thought otherwise.
June 12th
The Kingdom of Zellonia submits an international contract for the following:

Rifle Contract 1905Z
- Bolt Action Rifle
- Sales Price Must be $78 or less per unit
- Requires 45,000 to be delivered by January 1st, 1906.

While bidding was serious, it was the Illesian firm Tournesol Armouries that was eventually awarded the contract--worth over $5,000,000 and signed directly by King James VII of Zellonia. This one contract was enough to turn Tournesol industries profitable for 1905.

Similarly, in Illesia--the eccentric inventor Yorgen Charron finalized his working Charrographer, the world's first wireless telegram.


Charron (seated, left) and two onlookers testing out the first Charrographer Y1 prototype, 1905
June 13th

Second Tyo-Helroxi War
The first major battle of the war begins just five miles southeast of the town of Tretzen. The June 5th Offensive has reached a fever pitch as four Guards divisions converge the Tyrian positions--stuttering, and then stopping the Tyrian offensive by sheer force of will. Tyrian soldiers report "running out of ammunition and having to kill Helroxi soldiers with their bare hands." The momentum would swing back and forth, with huge offensives of 5,000 and 9,000 men charging and counter charging. On June 11th, June 12th and June 13th the smoke from the Melhorn S55 batteries was so thick, the men could not see to continue loading the guns. At dawn on the 13th, 11th men of the 110th and 111th Guards division charged and overran sixteen Tyrian positions--all of them poorly defended due to the Tyrians being constantly on the offensive.



Only the presence of precious reserve units stopped a total rout of the Tyrian positions. The battle on the 13th was the most bloody thus far, with 19,000 Tyrian and Helroxi died and dying in the fields around Tretzen. And in the muggy light of the late summer afternoon, the fighting had grown closer to the city of Tretzen as Helroxi commanders moved to occupy much of the town, using it as bivouac and command post and receiving a fair share of Tyrian artillery fire to boot.
June 14th
The Itheraen colony of Néo Méros was minuscule in comparison to it's Taran and Toubrian counterparts. With less than 2,000 active settlers after two functional waves, the vast majority of the colony was a land grab, with nearly 1,900 of the colonists setting their stakes down within a stone's throw of the vibrant Mittel Sea (so named by Tyrian explorers in the 1100's). Unlike the Toubrian and Tarans, Néo Méros was selected because it was uninhabited, rather than despite it. While some contact was made in early June with Tehmigs, the Itheraens proved versatile and quick learners of Serranthian bartering. The Mahaja became a new fashionable custom among Itheraens--a pseudo scarf made of horse hair and sheep's wool that protected against the indiscriminate sun while the Tehmigs traded for liquor, tools and sometimes the occasional firearm.


Itheraen colonization--after months--is finalized, 1905


The Inaros Sea was thus named by committee of the colonial government there, thus named the Apoikiakó Spíti Itherae (Itheraen Colonial Committee), who would need either to be assigned a governor or a committee for purposes of administration. Conservatives estimates put the total native population of all of Néo Méros at about 8,600 Tehmig and coastal tribes--among them the Nukuni, Tessani and Mejatani--all of them dispersed, peaceful and mostly passive.
June 15th
Known World
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, General Stemos of the 11th Guard, is tasked with overseeing the recruitment and training of 500 men for a new special forces unit. This unit will be dubbed the 30th Dragoon Regiment and will be trained for; both mounted on horseback and dismounted combat, sabatoge of enemy communication, fighting whilst behind enemy lines, reconnaissance, and stealth. General Stemos will be given a deadline of 30 weeks to complete this task.

The same day in the Parakan Republic, the Naval Act of 1905 passes. In 12 months, the Parakan Republics demands the following:
-1x BB $890,000
-5x CA $2,330,000
-10x CL $1,270,000
-30x DS $3,810,000

Given the only viable possibility of a battleship being completed in twelve months is a pre-dreadnaught, a Tlahtl-class Pre-Dreadnaught of 8,900 tons is immediately ordered. And in the stead of utilizing national shipyards, the remaining 30 destroyers, 10 light cruisers and five armored cruisers are requisitioned through Steelcastle Shipbuilding in the Empire of Tara.
June 16th
The Supra Dobranie of the High Kingdom of Itherae issues the “Federal Road Expansion Act” to build paved highways connecting all major cities. Those who are unemployed will have the opportunity to join the workforce for the construction of these highways at a wage of $10 a week ($520/year). The project will have a budget of $3,000,000 in total and will be expected to be completed by the end of the year 1906.

Given it's budget, it can only afford to employ 5,796 workers total to begin work on the roadways.
June 17th
The Kingdom of Etelia facilitates the sale of three Zitori-class Destroyers (400 tons, 2 x 3" guns, 32 knots) for a total sum of $180,000 to the High Kingdom of Itherae and are delivered on June 17th. June 17th, 1905 is considered the birthday of the Itheraen Navy.
June 18th
With the Julo-Vigentan War now winding down, the government of the Holy Empire of Vigentino makes contact with Steiner Meustadt A.G, sending the engineer and keen business man, Cenni Callocci. Cenni expresses interest in initially some Escya I Skyships, but also to inquire after any further developments that the company has achieved. After seeing the products that the company can offer, Cenni is to place an order for two of the most advanced Skyships, to be sent to Cogoli as soon as possible.

On June 18th, Steiner Meustadt A.G. finalizes it's first international contract with the delivery of two Escya I Skyships to Cogoli, Vigentino.


Escya I Skyship, moored over Cogoli Lake on inspection duty from Vigentan engineers, June 1905

Interestingly enough, the Escya I's were powered by Forino 4hp motors propelling four two-bladed propellers on each side of the front carriage. Capable of 28 miles per hour and carrying six passengers in the carriage, these units were named ES-1 and ES-2.

Julo-Vigentan War
In the Eastern Front, the Battle of Zilorno had finished and the Second Imperial Army had started it's encirclement of Julia. Refugees had no longer been allotted out of the city. In the North of Methyrnia, Vigentan soldiers of the First Imperial Army and Second Imperial Army met up, linking the massive encirclement entirely. On June 19th, elements of the First Imperial Army would be at the gates of the City of Julia, their Puccio 77mm guns poised for bombardment. The walls of the city were high and well defended.

Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The Battle of Tretzen continues with wanton bloodshed failing to diminish or waver. A counter charge by 1,100 Tyrians of 6. Infanterie Division fall when Antony Kylov of the 90th Cavalry rallies several regiments of the 111th and 113th Guards divisions to form a firing line. 1,014 men of the Tyrian charge are dead or wounded by the end of the day. The Helroxi Offensive continues, driving three and a half miles into Tyrian lines.
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Turn 5
June, 1905


June 3rd
In the Republic of Ustrela, the Army Bureau sends out a design contract for the following specifications:
1. Firing rate of 10-15 rounds per minute.
2. Weight of less than ten pounds.
3. Effective firing range of 1,000 yards
4. 5-round stripper clip capacity.
5. Development time of 18 months.

The Ustrela State Armory, the only prominent weapons manufacturer in the region, accepts the contract and is expected to submit a new design by the end of 1906.

Julo-Vigentan War, Eastern Front
June 3rd is considered the conclusive end of the Battle of Zilorno. Casualties are reportedly 9,816 Vigentans killed, 7,512 Julians, with 44 Puccio 77mm Field Guns and 91 Thamber field guns lost, destroyed or abandoned. Zilorno is the final collapse of an organized defense in the East, and then the First Imperial Army begins to encircle the capitol of Julia, with soldiers linking up with cavalry scouts from the Second Imperial Army in the West.

Julo-Vigentan War, Western Front
While the gun duel continues into it's second day, cavalry elements of the Second Imperial Army swoop in and attempt a flanking maneuver of the settled gun positions but find themselves navigating a mass of refugees and a pockmarked battlefield. 400 cavalrymen are cut down in the ensuing counter fire of Thamber field gun and Mataxis' rifle fire after having been effectively stranded in the no man's land between the two armies.

Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The Second, Third and Fourth Field Armies continue to advance against the partially mobilized Helroxi positions, but intelligence returns to Tyrian High Command that Army Group Reselven are not conscripts but guards divisions. Still caught flat footed, the Tyrians continue their advance under cover of artillery barrage followed by a concentrated charge of infantry.

In the Merkurian Sea, Tyrian naval observers watched as the entire Helroxi fleet set sail from harbor and streamed as a battle group toward Landorf. By day's end, Tyrian Naval Command is aware that the entire fleet has left port and mobilized in the Merkurian Sea.


The Helroxi Fleet departing port, 1905
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Turn 5
June, 1905


June 1st
In the Toubrés Empire, a propaganda campaign is started in both the mainland the colonial department. The propaganda campaign will be given funding of $750,000 and will focus on demonizing the rebels in Toubrian Serranthia to the general public. The campaign was designed to portray the rebels as heinous villains, theatrically highlighting their acts of murder and kidnapping of innocent citizens in Serranthia, and portraying the rebels as a “disease that is rotting the heart of fair Serranthia."

By placing posters across the major towns and cities, as well as publishing stories in the various national papers, the campaign will strive to condemn the rebels as base and inhuman, as well as leaving a clear warning for other potentially revolutionary groups.
- [-$750,000 for the Toubrés Empire. Secondary effects unresolved.]


Toubrian Propaganda Poster entitled "These Men March Against Us", depicting Tehmig rebels, 1905

The Kingdom of Etelia issued a diplomatic protest, with foreign ambassador Matazzo Etalo issuing a communique that read: "It is deplorable that the Toubrés' morale compass points in which ever direction the Empress requires. She has requested a conference and then turned and condemned these rebels in the same breath. The Etelian colonial government of Suraya (Etelian Serranthia) has announced that any who wish it so many seek refuge and shelter there. Bless the World, it is Known."

The Crisis in Toubrian Serranthia becomes a poignant political issue in the upcoming Toubrian elections. Although the Partido Popular Monárquico (Monarchist Party) had won an overwhelming majority in the 1899 election, allowing the Empress' agenda to be carried out, it was uncertain whether or not they would remain the same steadfast hold on the nation in the upcoming elections.


Toubrian Legislative Election Results, June 1899, Partido Popular Monárquico victories are in Red


Opponents to the Partido Popular Monárquico were the Partido Liberal, who espoused republican beliefs and wished to see the powers of the Empress' to be curtailed. Their strongholds were in the North. The Partido Nacional (National Party) were often short sighted friends of the monarchists, who wished to see Toubrés empire expanded, her fleets strong and her population free of immigrants. They often carried the coastal provinces. The Partido Socialiste carried the province of Salastor in 1899 with 4 of the 7 seats but seemed incapable of garnering additional support elsewhere.

Julo-Vigentan War, Western Front
The Second Imperial Army began it's offensive, codenamed Operation Strangehold, advancing up the Western Plains and being impeded only by the influx of Julian refugees--many of them who were not fleeing the city of their own accord, but rather having been told to leave the city. Many considered Viscount Zach Nato to have abandoned them, telling them to leave instead of to stay and fight.

Julo-Vigentan War, Eastern Front
On June 1st, both Vigentino and Julia started the morning with an offensive. A preliminary artillery barrage by Julian Thamber field guns and Vigentan Puccio 77mm's wreaked havoc and death for nearly four and a half hours. With superior range, the Thamber was put to rest by the superior number of Puccio's, whose counter battery fire was not necessarily superior but simply greater in number. With only 6,000 men defending the front against nearly 40,000 Vigentan's, the Julian rank and file were aghast at having been given the order to charge.

At 7:50 that morning, a Julian assault by 2,800 men was summarily repulsed--with the majority left dead and dying. Twenty-two minutes later, 8,800 men of the 10th and 14th Infantry Division left the sloping hills and curved foxholes to begin their assault on a weakened Julian position. By 11:00 the Julian left had been broken through and the Julians were following back toward Julia.


The Julian Offensive was weak, ineffective and ended after two hours, June, 1905


June 2nd
In the Kingdom of Cadia, the national government orders: "Build two factories for Harvult." The facilitation of this order however requires that Harvult Arms, an entirely private company--be nationalized--since it is outside of the realm of possibility for the government to force the expansion of a privatized company. The Cadian government empties it's coffers by doling out the $10,000,000 required to nationalize the company. Seven of the nine principal engineers of Harvult emigrate to Itherae, refusing to work with the Cadian government.

Lots for the two factories are located and construction begins immediately with a dispersal of half a million dollars for the two.

Julo-Vigentan War, Eastern Front
The Julian Homeguard continues it's retreat from Zilorno, while Vigentan soldiers consolidate their line and eradicate stragglers expeditiously.

Julo-Vigentan War, Western Front
The Vigentan Second Imperial Army continues on until discovering a single line of soldiers, entrenching themselves and 20 Thamber's ten miles outside of the city walls. An engagement--a back and forth artillery barrage begins that will last three days before the last Thamber is zeroed in on and destroyed. Of the 3,000 soldiers from the 4th Homeguard, 461 will make it back to the city of Julia.

Tyro-Helroxi War
On June 2nd, the 2nd Field Army, 3rd Field Army and 4th Field Army opened a massive artillery barrage of 250 Melhorn S55 field guns. After a preliminary 4 hour barrage where nearly 30,000 shells were fired, the combined might of these three field armies began to advance into Helrox territory. Tyrian intelligence made note of the following: "No counter artillery fire was encountered." Given the lack of disruptive enemy fire, Tyrian mass assaults crashed into dazed Helroxi soldiers of Army Group Reselven.


Tyrian soldiers observing Helroxi positions during an artillery barrage, June 1905

Near the Escyan border, the Helroxi 90th Cavalry charged a fixed Tyrian position with great success. Led by Major General Kylov, a veteran of the (now) First Tyro-Helroxi War, he managed to catch them unaware near dusk and succeeded in capturing 4 Melhorn S55 field guns and taking 1,800 Tyrians of the 5. Infanterie Division prisoner before falling back. By the end of June 2nd, the Tyrians had advanced nearly eight miles into Helroxi territory across a wide swathe.
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Julo-Vigentan War



Julo-Vigentan War, June, 1905

Divided into two Operational Fronts, the Julo-Vigentan War was split into the Western Front and Eastern Front. On the Eastern Front, the Julo-Vigentan Armies had met in full force. Julian units were well dug in, with field artillery sighted in appropriately on Vigentan positions. A single probing offensive carried out began the siege like Battle of Zilorno where soldiers in individual fox holes weather intermittent artillery barrages. The weather was hot and musty even for Euranian summers, but for the first time in as many months the Julians were in good spirits. The Zilorno battle drew the entirety of both armies across the Julo-Vigentan border and by the end of May the battle lines had been effectively drawn.

The Western Front was a mad dash to Julia, with no soldiers defending the Western reaches. Surprisingly, the Vigentan advance was slowed by a massive influx of refugees attempting to flee Southwest. Without any defenses, it was expected that the Vigentans would be at the Western Wall of the City-State of Julia by the end of the first week of June.
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May, 1905


May 22nd
The state owned Paraka State Industrial Services hires an additional 50 employees to work at the National Plant of Vashaqamak, a small arms factory.

May 23rd
In order to maximize efficiency in trade, military mobilization and infrastructure, railroad tracks in the Helroxi Empire be placed from the capital of Fregleen to the city of Resoulvt in the East near the Marnish Kingdom the tracks will also connect up minor towns and villages along the way. Another line of Tracks will connect from the Capital of Fregleen to the city of Peytrin in the west along the Tiamese border, the tracks to will also connect up minor towns and villages. Finally a track from Fregleen to the city of Cruslov in the south Dead center between the nations of Vigentino, Melgaria, Cadia and Cydernia the track will connect up minor towns and villages along the way. The project budget for the project is $5,000,000,000. For safety and so production doesn't cease the budget will be $8,000,000,000.

Who was placing these railroad tracks was almost as cause as much confusion as to how much they were going to get paid to place them. The government of the Helrox, already severely in debt--had to print the entirety of the $8,000,000,000 for distribution. Price of a loaf of bread in Flegleen was $0.03. By the end of May it would be nearly $2.00 (or 2.5% of a Helroxi's yearly income).(

May 24th
The government of the Empire of Toubrés put out a request for a design of a bridge that could cross the waters between Toubres and Tara at it's narrowest point, allow for the reliable bearing of an active railway, without warping of breaking, and will not hinder the travel of shipping through the strait. The design request is open to any architects or engineers within Toubres and should include an estimated cost and build time. The deadline for submissions is placed in twelve months time. A conference is planned for the date of the submission deadlines, where all those who submit will be invited to present their designs to their peers, and allow for open discussion and input. From this conference, the top five designs will be selected, both by the judgement of their peers, and by the judgement of Armando Ros, the Minister of Transportation and a keen and accomplished engineer in his own right. The selected designs will then be submitted to the Empress, for her approval or dismissal.

May 25th
Dear Pope Carlo Bocci

After receiving numerous reports as well as having our eyes and ears everywhere it has come to our attention a Helroxi Nationalist was killed within your nation, while it was closely guarded and not let out I have found out, as such we demand compensation for this unless you wish to upset this great empire

An apology sent to myself and the empire of Helrox for the wrongful killings of the nationalist
All Vigentino Troops are to be pulled from the Helrox Border and come no closer than 50 miles.
A payment of 7,000,000 for damages to family members as a personal apology.
The Recognition of superior Helroxi people.

You have until July 1st to comply and respond or a general order of mobilization will be ordered.

Signed, Kaiser Jakob von Steeb.

May 26th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, engineers from All Cadia Transport submit the Report on Potential Uses of the Diesel Engine. It started: "In regards to the future of fuel use in the Known World and in dissemination of a working prototype, there are many potential uses for the device, both civilian and military." The ACT 10 is the Cadian's first domestic attempt at a replication and potential improvement of the Forino 4HP. Utilizing higher pressure cylinders and a more robust filtering system, the ACT 10 is proported to exert 6.2 HP. Additionally, attached to a carriage with a single steerable wheel well nicknamed the Harald.


A Cadian Harald, Cadia's first primitive automobile--powered by an ACT 10 motor, 1905

May 28th
In the Coastal Empire of Tara, Minister of Colonial Development Felip Martinez-Bellomanti is assigned to start preparations for uncharted lands South of Faresian Shirito. He'll be assigned a budget of 5 million Zernarian intially to recruit 50-100 soldiers for the job (they'll be reassigned from various posts) and gathering a small force of about 500 farmers, workers, laborers etc and transport, as well as setting up supply and equipment.. While the duties are delegated to the Minister he can rely on his staff to assist him in this as well. Planning starts May, 1905.

May 29th
In the Helrox Empire 5 new Military Academies are to be built. With construction costs being given the amount of $3,000,000,000 which will pay for all necessary facilities from dorms, classrooms, training areas, as well as to buy equipment and produce uniforms. Meanwhile the budget to hire teachers will be granted $1,000,000 to hire foreign and domestic officers from around the world who have sound military knowledge. Specifically if they are from Tara or Toubrés. Finally each of the academies Kommandants will be appointed personally by the Kaiser when he sees fit.

The government immediately prints another $3,001,000,000 dollars to accommodate these financial changes.

May 30th
In the Illesian Kingdom, the Marshall Triumvirate approves The Illesian Marshall Training Standards of 1905, with the following text;

The Illesian Marshall Training Standards of 1905
The Illesian Soldier must strive to be the most disciplined, most effective, and most well-trained Soldier of any modern military. In order to do so, the following standards must be met within four months of enlistment or within four months of the passing of these standards, depending on if the Soldier joined after the passing of these Standards or before:

1. Ability to lift at least 120 pounds of weight above the Soldier's head.
2. Ability to carry at least 80 pounds of total gear and equipment on the Soldier's body and march with it for at least six hours while covering at least twenty miles with few breaks for rest.
3. Ability to run three miles unencumbered within thirty minutes.
4. Ability to sprint 300 yards within 70 seconds.
5. Ability to perform ten pull-ups without resting.
6. Ability to perform fifty crunches without resting.
7. Ability to pass a marksmanship course that presents a Soldier with man-sized targets at 200, 300, and 400 yards. Every Soldier gets 50 rounds to use, and there are 20 targets at 200 yards, 20 targets at 300 yards, and 10 targets at 400 yards. To pass, the Soldier must hit at least thirty-five targets. To receive the distinction of 'Marksman' with accompanying ribbon and 10% more pay per month, the Soldier must hit at least forty-two targets. To receive the distinction of 'Eagle' with accompanying ribbon and 30% more pay per month, the Soldier must hit forty-eight targets.
8. Ability to disassemble and reassemble the Soldier's rifle within four minutes, blindfolded.
9. Ability to quickly re-establish chain of command when the Soldier's commanding officer is incapacitated.
10. Ability to stand at attention, in formation, without moving or talking, for at minimum three hours.
11. Ability to understand and execute the orders of the Soldier's commanding officer nearly flawlessly.
12. Ability to identify all ranks within the Illesian Army and respond accordingly.
13. Ability to perform basic live-saving first aid on a fellow Soldier.
14. Ability to properly wear the dress uniform of the Illesian Army.
15. It is unacceptable for a Soldier to be Drunk, Disorderly, Insubordinate, to Assault a Fellow Soldier or Officer, or to perform any other activity deemed unsavory by their commanding officers or the Military as a whole while on duty and ideally while off duty as well.

These Standards are absolute and apply to all Enlisted men in the Illesian Army, regardless of age. Officers are subject to similar though fairly relaxed physical standards due to their typically much greater age, but are held to much higher mental standards. The Marshall Triumvirate orders all Soldiers to meet these standards within four months, or face immediate discharge. It is recommended that a daily course of physical training be adopted effective immediately and indefinitely by all men of the Illesian Army, unless they are engaged in combat operations that see them enduring regular marches and battle.

May 31st
In the Tyrian Empire, the Colonial Department, previously a subdivision of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is to be elevated by Imperial Decree to a central authority and ministry in it's own right. The new authority, dubbed the Imperial Colonial Office will be relocated to it's own ministry building within the capital of Landorf and will be headed by the Colonial Minister Yannik von Schonfeld. This new government agency is to be tasked with the administration of future Tyrian overseas territories.

The Imperial Colonial Office will be granted a budget of $5,000,000 Krones. With part of this budget they are to fund the Anderle Expedition whom have been tasked with exploring and mapping out any regions currently unclaimed by any nation on the east Serranthian coastline. So called the Anderle Expedition because of Eckart Anderle, an official from the Colonial Office who is to be attached to the expedition and whose primary task is to oversee the establishment of positive relations with any natives they might come across. To guide and lead the expedition the Office will put out an offer to hire the services of a Euranian or Serranthian explorer willing to accept provided they are of not-inconsiderable expertise and prestige in the exploratory line of work.

[May, 1905 has ended. Dossiers are being updated. Orders may be sent.]
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May 14th
In the Coastal Empire of Tara, the Peacekeeper is laid down. A Tyson-class battleship, she will be the third in her class and the largest, most sophisticated warship in the known world at over 12,400 tons. She is expected to finish in roughly two and a half years time. The Steel Castle Shipyards, one of the premier shipyards in Tara, had also completed one of the two former Tyson-class battleships currently in the Tarantese Fleet. With control of the Known Seas, and the only nation with any apparent intent to develop it's shipbuilding capabilities, Tara continues a long held tradition of naval supremacy.


The Steel Castle Shipyard, 1903 serving a Tyson-class battleship

May 15th
In the Tyrian Empire, border garrisons were immediately put on high alert, all military leave was canceled and the totality of the armed forces were called to assemble at their barracks and mobilization points. With the passing of the deadline for the Helroxi Empire, the currently mothballed battleship the SMS Neustadt was ordered to be brought back into active service in the Imperial Tyrian Navy. This would take three weeks.
- [Helroxi Empire gains +1 Tension with the Tyrian Empire.]

May 16th
Dear Foreign Minister Hugo Tasaric

To keep up relations between our two great nations, encompassed within the letter is a list of agreements that we would wish for you to sign so that we may keep our relations steady and our borders secure.

A Pact of Nonaggression
From the reports of Generals Thaddäus Naumann and Christoph Greifelt, the military drills seem to be working however we would like to offer a loan of 200,000,000 to train,equip and pay for additional cydernian forces provided the Generals have final approval of these funds with an interest rate of 2%
Provide open borders and free military access for 24 months
The creation of embassies between our two nations that would be located in one anothers capitals

Signed Kaiser Jakob von Steeb

In keeping in line with apparent Euranian customs--as a refusal of no--the Cydernians sent no reply. Three days later, they would close the Helroxi Embassy.

May 17th
The Parakan Army begins producing military propaganda films under the Vashaqamak Pictures company in order to increase the number of people who volunteer to the army. The movies will seek to focus on the bond between the soldier and his nation, through several short films. The budget for said movies will be of $200,000. They will start production in May and be released on the 1st of July.

May 18th
In the Coastal Empire of Tara, a military campaign for the Navy and Army is started by Head Recruiter Makil Sartelio, with a budget of four million Zernian ($4,000,000) the campaign is started in recruitment offices in the Tarantine and mainland Taran. The message "Strong, Secure, Peaceful" with an emphaize of self defence and protecting Taran intrests recruiters open their doors to citizens to recruit the end date being shy of a year, December 1905. After this deadline recruiters will see if they need to extend the campaign or switch tactics, the goal is to recruit 10,000 soldiers before December.

May 19th
A modest campaign celebrating Communion Day in the Toubrés Empire seems lighthearted and fun, raising confidence in the administration and the love for the Empress.

May 20th
With Tournesol Armureries in dire financial straits, the CEO of the company, Alexander Felize, sends a request to the Illesian government for work. After short discussion by the Marshall Triumvirate and the Committee on National Finances, with the approval of the King, the Illesian government issues a contract to

To Tournesol Armureries,
Tournesol Armureries is to license the best rifle design and machine gun design it can from another private company for at least one year of production. If able to successful license the designs within three months, the Illesian government will purchase as many rifles, machine guns, and rifle and machine gun ammunition as Tournesol Armureries can produce every month, so long as all of the items are in working order, for a period of two years.

If Tournesol Armureries believes that it can design equivalent or better rifle and machine gun designs as currently available rifles and machine guns, with at most a year and a half of development time, it is to report this belief to the government, after which considerations will be made for the establishment of bids to develop such designs and future contracts. The government also wishes to inquire as to Tournesol Armureries' ability to design and manufacture field artillery equivalent to modern examples if they were given a contract for production of field artillery and associated ammunition."

Without any other government--domestic or international--contracts, Tournesol Armureries accepts the job.

May 21st
Major General Gareth D'Amos of the 10th Infantry Division of the Kingdom of Illesia orders immediate assembly of his men on the Northern Shores. There, they begin military training exercises--though not utilizing any live fire ammunition. Entrusted to Operation Crusader, it is the first military exercises of the year.
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May, 1905

May 9th
The Republic of Paraka's attempts to pass the Transcontinental Railway Act seemed doomed from the start. Initially designed to connect the vast country by an intricate network of rails, the bill became a pork bill filled to the brim with nonsensical and non-related law changes and adjustments that did very little to benefit the production of any railway in Paraka. Instead, a 3% cut to Corporate Taxes was instituted and the incentive for railways companies was largely mitigated by the fact that the regulations instituted were so difficult, many private entrepreneurs were uncertain whether such a task could be completed with things as stringent as a "40 hour work week" and "all employees must utilize basic safety protocols."

The Fifth Continent's automakers influence was not understated nor was it too strong, but corruption in the Parakan administration was not to be underestimated. Legislative attempts to pass another bill without so much nonsense would go down in flames later in the month. Given the size of Paraka, it was inevitable that bids would be placed for the contract.

May 10th
Joseph Lesting finishes his move to Cogoli, Vigentino. A famed Cadian writer of some repute, his last two novels went down in flames and Lesting's wife--also his third cousin--Henrietta, wrote in her diary: "The Vigentan air is good for all, but especially Joseph, who knows he still has one last great novel in him." Whether she would prove to be prophetic or not remained unseen.

May 11th
The Holy Empire of Vigentino places an order for 50 Forino 4hp engines from F.E.A., with production beginning intermittently. They will be delivered to the government by the end of week.

May 12th
Minister of Finance in the Toubrés Empire sends out a contract for the construction of a shipyard by a private shipping company with a potential pay out of $2,000,000. The merchant shipping company Expedição Marinha Preta contacts the Toubrian government three days later and begins construction on a 2,000 ton shipyard.

May 13th
With recent Helroxi military build-up upon Tyrian borders, the government issued an ultimatum to the belligerent government demanding an immediate deescalation before the situation deteriorates further. The ultimatum is to be formally issued by diplomat Oskar Hirschl to the Kaiser and his government within the Helroxi capital of Fregleen.

Tyrian Ultimatum
His Majesty, the Emperor of Tyria and his Government, desiring a deescalation to the current military build up occurring upon our borders by the Helroxi Empire issue this ultimatum and series of demands to the belligerent nation before the situation further deteriorates:

ARTICLE I
The immediate demobilization of the Royal Helroxi Army and the withdrawal of it's forces to no closer then 50 miles at any point along the Tyro-Helroxi border for a duration of 12 months.

ARTICLE II
Accept the involvement and movement of Tyrian representatives in Helrox to oversee the demobilization and withdrawal of the Royal Helroxi Army from the Tyro-Helroxi border.

ARTICLE III
The issuance of a public apology by the Kaiser and his government to the Emperor and Empire of Tyria for acts that can only be seen as belligerent in nature.


[There will be no Julo-Vigentan War Post for May.]
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