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A Dance Once Danced
I declare war against Mamluks.
All allies are in. Let’s play our game once more.
14 January, 1642 – We defeat a small Mamluk force in Delta.
Our forces arrive in Beirut and begin attacking Mamluks.
17 January, 1642 – RM: Britain.
19 January, 1642 – We discover a province behind ours in South American with our Conquistador. We may colonize it later.
20 January, 1642 – We defeat the Mamluks in Beirut and I order my forces to move. This is not a besieging force – too many cavalry.
24 January, 1642 _ Our holding forces that were in Judea arrive in Beirut. They begin a siege.
4 February, 1642 – We win a battle in Damascus with our largerly cavalry army.
9 February, 1642 – We win in Sirt and begin a siege.
15 February, 1642 – We win a battle in Delta.
20 March, 1642 – A quick assault leads us to capture Beirut.
30 March, 1642 – We catch a fleeing group of troops in Hawran and defeat them.
20 April, 1642 – Sirt fell after a quick assault.
23 April, 1642 – We win a major battle in Al Karak against the Mamluk reserve forces.
26 May, 1642 – We win another battle in Gaza. I leave my troops here to initiate a siege.
7 June, 1642 – We won the battle of Cyrenaica and begin a siege.
9 June, 1642 – We captured Damascus after another assault.
29 June, 1642 – We set a colony in Roggeveld and I send in more colonists.
10 July, 1642 – Massawa fell to our southern army,
2 September, 1642 – We sent up a colony in Mataram and more colonists are sent there as well.
28 September, 1642 -We defeat a very large army in Cairo after building 3 cavalry regiments in our Egyptian/Libyan provinces.
13 December, 1642 – I offer Kanam Bornu a white peace and they accept.
24 December, 1642 – Gaza fell to us.
29 December, 1642 – Cyrenaica falls to our quick assault.
13 January, 1643 – My Conquistador died.
19 January, 1643 – Asyrut fell to us.
28 March, 1643 – Cairo fell to us.
3 April, 1643 – We reject our first peace offer from Mamluks.
11 April, 1643 – Sinai fell to us.
17 April, 1643 – We defeat one of their last good armies at Diamentia and began a siege. I have a plan on which provinces I want to capture, and Diamentia is the last one I need to capture.
22 June, 1643 – Our colonization to Roggeveld failed. I send in more colonists. Had a 985 chance of success.
19 July, 1643 – My major army lost a 3 month battle against the Mamluk major army in Nile. My army is essentially destroyed and will take months to rebuild.
15 August, 1643 – I fail an assault at Diamientia and continue the siege.
7 September, 1643 – I capture Kargah.
3 November, 1643 – My troops from the Kargah siege arrived in Diamientia and assaulted the province and it has fallen into our hands.
13 November, 1643 – Our backup army defeats the Mamluk army in Nile. With their major army broken, capital captured and numerous other provinces in my hands, I send in a peace offer for a few provinces I have my eye on.
14 November, 1643 – The Mamluks accept my peace offer. We get Gaza, Sinai, Beirut, Damascus and Diamientia.
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