Der Schlacht Der Blasthofheide. . .

 

Krankenstadt, Grand Duchy of Stollen, 4. July 1760

Princess Antonia III of The Electorate of Zichenau has once again declared war on The Grand Duchy of Stollen, ruled by the Hapless Irwin-Amadeus II.  The hotheaded princess, for reasons lost to history, was heard to declare recently, "That insolent buffoon must be punished!  Send an army to seize The Mark of Schleiz at once!" 

Her paramour, that most dastardly French mercenary-adventurer General Phillipe de Latte, was subsequently charged with wresting the long-contested province from Stollenian control.  Meeting him on The Field of Mars is the young but tactically gifted (though some say he simply rolls good dice) Young Paul von Stollen.  

The two have since stumbled into each other at Blasthofheide along the River Blast a small tributary of the larger Zwischen River.  

As dusk falls, their small advance guards take up positions on opposite sides of the field while de Latte and von Stollen finalize plans for the following morning.  Is this the start of a protracted summer campaign?  Or will hostilities conclude after but a single engagement?  

Be sure to tune in shortly to find out!

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