The Battle of Zagreb
Something more exotic using NTF with the Ottoman Empire. From my AAR on another fansite. Lots of pics
This is a graphic AAR and not a novel, so if you expect writings & romance... I did that on another website, sorry!
August 1807: the Ottoman Empire of Sultan Selim III took advantage from the lack of defense on the eastern borders of their arch-enemy, the Austrian Empire. The Austrian Emperor Franz I was far too busy containing Napoleon's advance through central Europe to see that coming. The opportunistic Ottomans backstabbed them and invaded Hungary and Croatia with almost no fight. The Austrians launched their counter-strike after the turkish "blitzkrieg" on the Balkans by sending their 1st Danube Army to take back Croatia. They met the Ottoman 2nd Balkanic Army in the northern surroundings of Zagreb. Ottomans defend the hills.
Sultan Selim III
Ottoman 2nd Balkanic Army
Western Hill, codename Zaïnab
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Eastern Hill, codename Hürren
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Ottoman artillery
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Azzars (skirmishers).
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Beylik Janissary Musketeers (both sides)
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Bashi-Bouzouks (melee, guerilla tactics)
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Beylik Janissary Grenadiers (elite)
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The Pasha's Bodyguards
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Spahi Cavalry (heavy)
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Deli Riders (light)
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Emperor Franz I Habsburg
Austrian 1st Danube Army
Austrian Light Horses
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Austrian Gunners
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Austrian Uhlans (lancers)
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Austrian-german Line Infantry
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Hungarian Line Infantry
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Grenzers (skirmishers & sharpshooters)
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The Kronprinz Bodyguards
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Hungarian Hussars hiding
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Ferdinand Karl Josef von Österreich
The Battle Begins...
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The Austrian General is dead!
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The Austrian infantry advances under heavy Ottoman fire
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Beyliks to the Rescue! The Ottoman Infantry engages the Austrians
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The Ottoman Cavalry raids the Austrian rear guard
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Austrian Infantry supports heavy losses
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Azzar guerillas strike!
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Austria's last offensive: Victory or Death!
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It will be Death... Ottomans counter-attack
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KILL'EM ALL! Finish them! The Ottoman Rush on the disbanding Austrian Army.
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The victorious Ottomans trample the corpses of their enemies.
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All Hail Hayreddin Pasha, General of the Balkanic Ottoman Army!
The Balkans were now secured for the Ottomans, and the road to Vienna could be opened. In the meantime, the 1st Ottoman Army of Rum joined the campaign , leaving the Carpatians for Budapest. The Austrian Empire was then surrounded my avenging enemies. The walls of Vienna itself were about to shake again, but Austria remained powerful. Will the Austrian reserve armies defeat Napoleon in Bavaria to come back in time and save Vienna from the wrath of the Turks?