AWWA Part 2-The Second Thirty Years War(IC)

[Shrillland]

London
February 8, 1836

Great changes were taking place in Britain and her Colonies, socially, politically, and geographically, though Britain still hadn't accepted the last of these. Today the King was attending the opening of the first section of the London and Greenwich, while he was embroiled in another fight with Melbourne, who now had a city in New South Wales named for him. Melbourne had just named Renn Hampden Oxford's Regius Professor of Divinity, a choice William was not fond of, since Hampden supported letting non-Anglicans study at the university. Meanwhile the forces aligned to crush the troublesome Americans was still being gathered, and would require setting off from many points. King William now sent a letter to Empress Akiko:

My dear Akiko,

The American victories in the protectorate of Texas last year will be their last, of that I am sure. We are massing a force of 240,000, the largest force assembled against the Americaner armies yet, with forces from across the Empire to battle them, and we may be in need of the use of Japanese Ports to set off from as we attack them in their "nations" of Oregon and western Canada. Do I have Japan's assurance that they will help us in this great endeavour?

Your dear brother,
WIlliam

He always signed your dear brother, even though they were not strictly siblings.


Throughout the Empire business goes on as usual, though the New Zealand Declaration of Independence back in October gave London something to think about. Also, this past January was one of the coldest in years, a harbinger of disaster later on.

[Unicario]

Empress Akiko replied to William's letter.

Dear William,

The Royal Navy shall be permitted to use Imperial Japanese ports to launch punitive raids upon Oregon Country.

Much love,
Akiko

[Shrillland]

April 5, 1836

The late winter passed as preparations continued. Today the great force began to set sail from across the Empire. 140,000 were sailing from British Ports to Canada, another 100,000 were sailing from Sydney , all of whom were assembled from across the Empire; Boers from Cape Colony, Sepoys and Company soliders from India, Convict Crews from the Australian colonies, even loyal Irishmen after the rebellion had been crushed, and of course many British Regulars. The first waves would arrive in Canada around April 20, the western forces around May 5.

[Ruridova]

The Americaners, too, had been preparing, building up fortifications in their coastal cities, recruiting and training.

[Luziyca]

This past winter was the coldest in years in China, with some regions receiving its first snow in decades or even centuries. In areas where snow was regular, it was colder than usual, and there are fears of a famine. After all, with 430,716,329 mouths to feed, it is certain that the population may suffer a bit.

In Guyana, the weather was slightly cooler, but it was still hot: unbearably hot for those living in the UK, or Scandinavia, or Germany. The "Arche de la Paix Eternelle", or the Arch of Eternal Peace, of which the Daoguang Emperor laid the cornerstone, with the assistance of Pichegru and the Caliph, begins to take shape, to be at the heart of the city on Revolution Square, in front of the House of the National Assembly, and resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, but a bit larger. A plaque read on both sides "COMMÉMORATION DU TRAITÉ SIGNÉ ENTRE L'EMPIRE DE LA CHINE ET DE L'EMPIRE OTTOMAN LE 21 FLORÉAL XLIII", and the details showed the statues of the Daoguang Emperor and the Caliph, and Empress Akiko, as well as the King of the UK, and a world map showing the partition of Ethiopia on the left, and on the right, the construction of a canal.

Meanwhile, steamships send Chinese workers to Suez, to build the canal to improve trade, and it also carried the money to invest in the company, which would make its way to Jerusalem.

[Ruridova]

April 27, 1836

Svanidze, back from Guyane, begins to try and make the Caucasus gradually more Georgian, encouraging Georgian Orthodox Christianity and the speaking of Georgian. Paradoxically, he also encourages the speaking of Russian as a second lingua franca.

He also finds himself inspired by the calendar used there, and decides that a similar calendar used to replace the Julian calendar of Russia is a brilliant idea.
Thus, he creates the Caucasian National Calendar.
The CNC's year zero is 1835, the year Caucasia gained independence. It has twelve months of thirty days:
Buniobis/Ravnodenstviya
Meore/Vtoroy
Qinvebis/Morozy
T’ovs/Snega
Mekhut’e/Pyatyy
K’ari/Veter
Aghordzinebis/Vozrozhdeniya
Qvaviloba/Tsvetushchiye
Mets’khre/Devyatyy
Rt’veli/Urozhay
Met’ert’mete/Odinnadtsatyy
Khili/Frukty
And five damoukidebeli dgheebi/nezavisimyye dney(independent days):
Dghe Dzalit’/Den' Silu(Day of Virtue)
Dghe Shromis/Den' Truda(Day of Labor)
Dghe Sitsmindes/Den' Cistoty(Day of Purity)
Dghe Simart’le/Den' Pravdy(Day of Righteousness)
Dghe Pativit’/Den' Otlichiyem(Day of Honors)
Plus a final independent day on leap years:
Dghe Ajanqeba/Den' Vosstaniya(Day of the Rebellion) / Dghe Kavkasiashi/Den' Kavkaza(Day of the Caucasus)
Each 30-day month was divided into three weeks(kviris/nedeli) of ten days (dghis/dney) each. The days of the week were simply named by which day of the week they were: first day(pirveli dghe/pervyy den'), second day(meore dghe/vtoroy den'), third day(mesame dghe/tretiy den'), fourth day(meot'khe dghe/chetvertyy den'), fifth day(mekhut'e dghe/pyatyy den'), sixth day(meek'vse dghe/shestoy den'), seventh day(meshvide dghe/sed'moy den'), eighth day(merve dghe/vos'moy den'), ninth day(mets'khre dghe/devyatyy den'), and tenth day(meat'e dghe/desyatyy den'). The five/six independent days belonged to no week.

Each year began on the Fall Equinox.

Thus, according to the new system, the date was Year 0, Mets’khre/Devyatyy, Week One, Eighth Day.

[Shrillland]

Off the coast of Maine
April 20, 1836

The Eastern force, led by General Sir Stephen Graves and his deputy, celebrated Voortrekker Andries Pretorius(for whom a new city called Pretoria was named) was now off the coast of Maine, along with their fleet of 120 ships. Unlike Potgeiter, Pretorius was a more civilised man who adhered to the rules of war, and disliked killing civilians.

The Western Force, a fortnight away from their twin targets of Vancouver Island and the mouth of the River Columbia, was led by none other than General Sir John Keane, exonerated for his actions in Texas, and thankful to avoid returning there after the news of the British defeat in the Previous year.

Cape Colony

Here, near Vegkop settlement, the Voortrekkers heading eastward defeated a group of Ndebele people, continuing on their trek.

[Ruridova]

Boston, Massachusetts

Winfield Scott personally commanded an army of 50,000 in Boston, and indirectly commanded nearly 150,000 men across New England and the Maritimes.

20,000 men prepared to defend Maine.

Meanwhile, 70,000 men under John C. Frémont defended the entire Oregonian-Canadian coast. 45,000 of them defended the Columbia; 25,000 defend Vancouver.

[Shrillland]

Portland, Maine
April 21, 1836

The British plan was to hold Maine, but not to march further into the United States until Canada had been sufficiently pacified. Nearly 40,000 men under Pretorius, who was used to the rugged territory, were sent to attack Portland Harbour. Graves led his contingent of 65,000, the largest, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The remainder sailed up to St. John's, NL.

The cannons roared from British ships as they attacked the harbour.

[Luziyca]

10 Floréal XLV (April 29, 1836)
Ville de Liberte, Guyane

After the arrival of the Polish boats, from Venice to here, and some from Danzig, the 2,000 Polish refugees (actually 2,189) arrived, to be greeted by the President himself, and he made a speech, commending the Poles for their efforts, and praising them for assisting the Polish revolution. Thus, he declared to give the Poles citizenship, both males and females, and those over 18 given the right to vote.

At the same time, at the Hall of the National Assembly, a law was passed, authorizing the Temple of Reason and the government to open "écoles de la civilisation", or schools of civilization, which are boarding schools, with the Guyanese school year lasting from Vendémiaire to Messidor, with children aged 4 to 16 (if born between Vendémiaire and Ventôse), or 5 to 17 (if born between Germinal and Fructidor) to be put in place. However, children from the indigenous tribes are taken in late Fructidor to head to the residential schools, where they will stay until the start of Messidor, to both learn the concepts of the French Revolution and skills needed to survive in Guyane, and not all of them will get to go: some are either in Dutch Guiana, or in Amapa in Brazil, while some are too remote for the time being. After completion, they are given Guyanese citizenship (with the restriction on voting and running for office), although their children have to attend (when they complete, they get to vote, but they cannot run for office), as well as their children's children, although after the children's children complete the residential schools, they will be deemed "fully civilized" and given Guyanese citizenship with no restrictions.

Almost immediately, the government announced plans to open two residential schools, one near the capital of the Quatorze Juillet department, Laurier (Mana, in northwestern commune), and one in the area of the eastern commune in Pichegru department, in Ouanary (across the Oyapock is the area of the northeastern commune of Reveillon controlled by Guyane, before it crosses into the area controlled by Brazil). Both will contain Temples of Reason, although not run by the Temple: rather, Guyanese citizens will run it. The Temple of Reason however plans to open one in Montsinéry, which will be run by members of the Temple of Reason, in Pichegru Department, as well as another in République (Iracoubo). In total, four would be created, and it is expected the first ones will open on 1 Vendémiaire XLVI (Sept. 23, 1836). Ideally, by 1848, the first generation of indigenous students who took it will have graduated with Guyanese citizenship with restrictions, and by the 1880s, the grandchildren of those will have been given Guyanese citizenship without any restrictions since they are fully civilized.

However, it would mark the end of the hands-off policy to the indigenous peoples which have existed since the founding of the Republic of Guyana...

[Ruridova]

Portland, Maine
April 21, 1836

The British plan was to hold Maine, but not to march further into the United States until Canada had been sufficiently pacified. Nearly 40,000 men under Pretorius, who was used to the rugged territory, were sent to attack Portland Harbour. Graves led his contingent of 65,000, the largest, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The remainder sailed up to St. John's, NL.

The cannons roared from British ships as they attacked the harbour.

50,000 men defended Yarmouth. The 20,000 men defending Portland, knowing they were severely outnumbered, decided to hide in the woods to try and lure the British in.

Saint John's was defended by 20 naval vessels and 30,000 men.

[Shrillland]

Portland, Maine

After it seemed no resistance was being offered, Pretorius sent his section of the fleet into Portland Harbour and landed his army. They raised the British flag.

[Ruridova]

Portland, Maine

After it seemed no resistance was being offered, Pretorius sent his section of the fleet into Portland Harbour and landed his army. They raised the British flag.

The Americans started firing a few shots at the British from the safety of the woods.

[Shrillland]

Pretorius sent some of his men out into the nearby woods to investigate where the shooting came from, while he planned an advance for most of his men northward to Brunswick, and thence along the river Kennebec to the capital of Augusta.

[Ruridova]

Pretorius sent some of his men out into the nearby woods to investigate where the shooting came from, while he planned an advance for most of his men northward to Brunswick, and thence along the river Kennebec to the capital of Augusta.

The Americans, noting that only a few British had come, decided to send enough men to attack to make it look threatening, but not enough to convince the British it was a trap.

The others moved to set up a fire trap, like the days of old.

[Shrillland]

The British force saw the Americans coming in the distance, and opened fire with their newly-acquired French and Irish rifles. It wasn't a large expedition, so there was no Artillery or Cavalry.

[Ruridova]

The British force saw the Americans coming in the distance, and opened fire with their newly-acquired French and Irish rifles. It wasn't a large expedition, so there was no Artillery or Cavalry.

The Americans returned fire.

[Shrillland]

The British saw that there were few, and retreated back to the city to report to Pretorius and call for a few hundred reinforcements, not knowing that flames would soon burn.

[Ruridova]

The British saw that there were few, and retreated back to the city to report to Pretorius and call for a few hundred reinforcements, not knowing that flames would soon burn.

The Americans moved to further lure the British in, to get trap as many British troops as possible.

[Shrillland]

Portland, Maine
April 22, 1836

A larger expedition was sent out from Portland today, numbering 1,000 men, while 3,000 men would be kept to keep Portland secure. The remaining 36,150 were led by Pretorius "down east" as the locals said to the town of Brunswick, about 2 days away.

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Keane's section of the force was now outside of Yarmouth, launching attacks from their ships.

[Ruridova]

Portland, Maine
April 22, 1836

A larger expedition was sent out from Portland today, numbering 1,000 men, while 3,000 men would be kept to keep Portland secure. The remaining 36,150 were led by Pretorius "down east" as the locals said to the town of Brunswick, about 2 days away.

5,000 Americaners moved to assault the 1,000 men moving out; the remaining 15,000 moved to trap Pretorius in a ring of fire.
[nation]Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Keane's section of the force was now outside of Yarmouth, launching attacks from their ships.[/quote]
The Americaners had some cannon from the remains of the British force that had endured such hell the previous year, and used them to return fire.

[Shrillland]

Portland, Maine

As the British entered the woods, they met the large force of Americaners, and put up a fight, knowing it would be only token resistance before a retreat back to Portland. Further to the north fires broke out, but Pretorius did not despair. Instead he ordered his men to dig trenches to make fire breaks, knowing that some would die(429 as a matter of fact).

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Here the bombardment continued, as a small party was sent on shore to destroy the city's shore battery.

[Ruridova]

Portland, Maine

As the British entered the woods, they met the large force of Americaners, and put up a fight, knowing it would be only token resistance before a retreat back to Portland. Further to the north fires broke out, but Pretorius did not despair. Instead he ordered his men to dig trenches to make fire breaks, knowing that some would die(429 as a matter of fact).

Following the fire, the Americaners started sending small parties to harass Pretorius.

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Here the bombardment continued, as a small party was sent on shore to destroy the city's shore battery.

The Americaners moved to repel the assault.
Meanwhile, the fledgling continental navy, which had been hiding nearby, moved to attack the British ships.

[Shrillland]

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

The British force was soon heavily engaged. Already in the first twenty minutes 3 British ships were sunk, and another frigate had been captured, while the British tried to press home an attack. The assault was successfully repelled with only 3 of the party surrendering.

[Ruridova]

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

The British force was soon heavily engaged. Already in the first twenty minutes 3 British ships were sunk, and another frigate had been captured, while the British tried to press home an attack. The assault was successfully repelled with only 3 of the party surrendering.

The fight continued.