Morocco vs African Tribes

[Emperor Francis I]

The Sultanate of Morocco vs African Tribes
Morocco's invasion of the African Tribes' area of the province of Morocco.

Aim
To take the portion of the province of Morocco currently owned by African (Berber) tribe(s) - the brown area on the above map.

Reason
"The time is now to get rid of the troublesome tribes who have camped out in my terroritory as we can never be a great country if we don't one-hundred percent own our own land."

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 90,000
Heavy Infantry: 45,000
Cavalry: 12,000
Cannon: 30
Army Quality: Out-dated

African Troops
Light Infantry: unknown
Heavy Infantry: unknown
Cavalry: unknown
Cannon: unknown
Army Quality: Ancient

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Objective One
Remembering that you have no idea of the strength of the tribe(s), attempt to persuade the tribal leader(s) to be "smart" and to surrender without any bloodshed.

[Mulay Slimane]

I shall Deploy the troops in three groups,Group A,B and C each for shall have:30,000 Light Infantry, 15,000 Heavy Infantry, 4,000 Cavalry and 10 Cannon Group A will be stationed at the port at the top of Morocco Group B in Rabat and group C in the Port at the bottom,There objective will be to keep the Port that they are guarding safe from attack.

I wish to ask the Tribes to be Smart and surrender and have no bloodshed So I have two options they can take.

Option 1:
They can stay in Morocco and still be Tribes but their army will become part of mine their Income will become mine

Option 2:My soldiers will help them gather up wood and stones for houses and will help them put there houses up outside of Moroccan borders.

If they refuse both then they must Know that they will be destroyed.

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective One: FAILED
You haven't attempted to complete the set objective at all; all you have done is re-post the "Plan of Action" from the completed Invasion Template which you sent me. As you can see, I set an objective which related to the plan which you sent me, and as you haven't actually completed the objective, I have no choice but to fail you.

[Mulay Slimane]

I wish to send this Message to every Tribal Leader in The Rebel part of Morocco:

Dear Tribal Leader

I have sent you this to ask for your surrender as neither of us want to lose troops in a battle when you could simply let Morocco take over and you won't be hurt your army will join mine and your income will become mine or If you refuse to join me My troops can help you move all the wood and stones and whatever else and rebuild your homes outside of Moroccan borders


I wish for your reply as soon as possible.

Mulay Slimane of Morocco.

[Emperor Francis I]

The tribal leaders cannot read your peculiar script, however, they force the messengers to explain the message to them. Once they have managed it, the messengers are sent back to tell you this:

"Why don't you just surrender to us? Neither of us want to lose troops in battle when we could simply take Morocco over, and you won't be hurt. Your armies will join ours and your income will join ours. If you refuse to join us we can help move wood and stones to rebuild your houses outside our borders."

Do you wish to continue to persuade the tribal leaders to surrender, or would you like to move onto more aggressive tactics?

[Mulay Slimane]

Agggresive tactics

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective One Results: Complete but Unsuccessful
The tribal leaders were utterly unconvinced by your letters - once they could understand it - and, as you have failed to reply to their message, they assume you will submit to them. Seeing you as a weak leader, the tribal leaders claim lordship over all of Morocco, and if you refuse to accept that, they will use force upon you.

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Objective Two
Push south from Tétouan to smooth out the bulge in your current borders. However, be aware that the tribes are angry at the insolence shown in your letter and it's rumoured they might raid Safi.

[Mulay Slimane]

With the potential of any of our sities being raided I wish to have the troops not included in this invasion on standby incase of any of the cities being attacked.

I wish to send 10,000 Light infantry and 10 Cannon are to be at each of my ports and they will be the defence force and will set up a defencsive wall facing out at the enemy.

With a force of 22,000 Heavy Infantry and 5,000 Cavalry will be given the job of sweeing the Tribes out of the north of the country.If they meet oposition the Infantry will stand infront and fire there muskets untill the oppostion get within 18 metres then they will stick a bayonet on the front of their Mustkers and charge and use the Lunge it in out lunge it in out to get rid of the enamy while The cavelry swivel round the opposition and attack the rear of the enamy forces and will make sure none get away.

The other 23,000 Infantry and 7,000 Cavelry will use the same tactics and will come from the south and up into the Enamy in the area pointed out(Both forces will take the area pointed out on the map I sent to you)

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Two Results: Success!
You find the northern areas of Morocco strangely empty and are able to advance unhindered through the tribal lands. The reason for this is that they know you are better equipped than they are so are not attempting to fight you.

Your defence of ports was successful as, at the same time of as you were in the north, the tribes approached Safi, but saw it well-defended and fled. However, they also saw that Demnate and Marrakech were undefended and launched raids on those towns - and others nearby - by stealing, vandalising and killing. The did a tribal dance in the middle of the towns in a display of strength which scared the local populations.

Furthermore, they have kidnapped over 100 women and threaten to rape and kill them should you not retreat and cease this invasion of their lands. They also inform you that if you are successful in this war, they will never stop raiding, stealing, vandalising or killing until you leave their territories.

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 90,000
Heavy Infantry: 45,000
Cavalry: 12,000
Cannon: 30
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 1,354
Kidnapped: 109

African Troops
Light Infantry: unknown
Heavy Infantry: unknown
Cavalry: unknown
Cannon: unknown
Army Quality: Ancient

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Objective Three
Push further south towards the provincial border and the village of Ksar Essouk. You should engage with the tribal leaders again for the return of the captives, and to prevent any further raids.

[Mulay Slimane]

22,000 Heavy infantry, 22,000 Light Infantry and 7,000 Cavalry Shall try and take all of the northern Native zones along with the village of Ksar Essouk.

Field battle tactics:All the Infantry shall line up and fire their muskets into the enemy lines until the enemy get within 15 meters then all the Light Infantry and 5,000 Heavy Infantry shall put Bayonets on their Muskets and charge into the enemy lines while the cavalry come round and take out any Cavalry and the back of the enemy infantry.

Village Battle Tactics:All my troops will try to stay under cover for as long as possible until they reach 50 meters away then the Infantry shall fire their muskets then put bayonets on and charge into the front killing any person who stands in their way while the cavalry will surround the camp and charge in if the infantry need support(Any woman who stay in their camps or whatever will be taken by my soldiers who will guard them until the message comes to rape them or leave them be also all possessions will be taken and the non weapons will be sold in markets while the weapons will be held in our camps)

Using the same tactics 8,000 Heavy Infantry and 42,000 Light Infantry will attempt to try and take as much land from the southern Tribes and try and get back the woman for the tribes.

When we have secured the Village of Ksar Essouk I will send this message:

Dear Tribal Leaders We ask that you give back the woman or we will also Rape the ones we captured off you as you see the dice rolls both ways if you send our woman back unharmed we will leave yours unharmed.

Hope to beat you in Battle

Mulay Slimane.

(If we find out they Killed our Woman then the message will be sent to rape their Woman then kill them)

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Three Results: Success, but, Continued Problems
Tribes do not organise themselves into "enemy lines" as they are unaware of the concept, as such no field battle occurs. Furthermore, they have no distinction of cavalry and light infantry.

Due to the way that you organise your troops in preparation for the field battle, the tribes are well aware that you are coming, and due to the fact they are more athletic and aren't weighed down with uniforms, muskets etc. they can run much quicker.

Furthermore, Ksar Essouk lies on a floodplain so the tribes further had more than enough warning before your troops arrived at the village. There is no battle, and no troops are killed. The village is left deserted and the goods found are worth 200 Livre.

For the same reasons as above, your tactics in the south are unsuccessful in rescuing the captives. You do not take any more land because that wasn't part of the objective.

While all of this is going on, more and more tribesmen are joining together to stand up to the threat of the Sultanate of Morocco. Agadir, Sidi Ifni and Taroudant are all raped by the tribesmen and a further 367 women are kidnapped, and 3,912 people killed.

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 90,000
Heavy Infantry: 45,000
Cavalry: 12,000
Cannon: 30
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 5,266
Kidnapped: 476

African Troops
Light Infantry: unknown
Heavy Infantry: unknown
Cavalry: unknown
Cannon: unknown
Army Quality: Ancient

N.B. You shouldn't use metres as, at this time, it was only invented eleven years ago during the French Revolution, and was probably only used in France.

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Objective Four
Start to push into the narrows of the province towards Mount Zagora by the strategically important Draa River.

Also, as you have captured no women, you have no bargaining power with the tribes; the tribes are saying this is now your last change to cease your invasion, otherwise the captives will be raped and killed.

The raids are scaring your citizens and this is causing the war to become unpopular with your subjects - if you don't resolve the issue of the captured women, your patriotism will fall. Furthermore, if you don't attempt to stop the raids, citizens will start fleeing to more northerly areas of Morocco.

[Mulay Slimane]

40,000 Light Infantry, 25,000 Heavy Infantry, 5,000 Cavalry along with a few horse and carts caring food,water and wood will try to take the land in blue as shown by this:


Field battle tactics:All the Infantry shall line up and fire their muskets into the enemy lines until the enemy get within 15 meters then all the Light Infantry and 10,000 Heavy Infantry shall put Bayonets on their Muskets and charge into the enemy lines while the cavalry come round and take out any Cavalry and the back of the enemy infantry and any who try to escape.

Mountain battle Tactics(If Horses can get up the Mountain):
The Cavalry will protect surround and protect the Horse and carts while the Infantry (Who will have already put Bayonets on their Muskets) will charge up the mountain to take out the attackers with minimum fuss with th he lunge and stab tactic.

Mountain battle Tactics(if horses can't get up they Will go round and meet up on the other side):The Infantry (Who will have already put Bayonets on their Muskets) will charge up the mountain to take out the attackers with minimum fuss with th he lunge and stab tactic.

While 50,000 Light Infantry, 20,000 Heavy Infantry and 8,000 Cavalry will defend the border lines from enamy attacks with all the infantry spread out around the villages and town on the borders the cavalry will be in small regiments stationed every 1/5 mile and will be called on when needed and people near the border will be asked to try and get wepons to defend themselves with.

[Sultan Annatar I]

The Ottoman Empire has received word from the African Tribes detailing the following in broken English, translated as best we can: "This is a message requiring help. Please save us from the Moroccans. We don't want to be a part of Morocco"

As such, the Ottoman Sultan wishes to inform the Tribes that 200,000 Light Infantry with 50,000 Cavalry is on it's way into Morocco to aid the African Tribes.

We hope we reach the Tribes in time for the next Objective.

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Four: Failure
The reason for the failure is very simple: the way in which you have done the objective it seems as if: you have neither read the objective I posted, nor the results of the previous objective.

In the last objective I told you on the first line, 'Tribes do not organise themselves into "enemy lines" as they are unaware of the concept, as such no field battle occurs. Furthermore, they have no distinction of cavalry and light infantry. ' You have proceeded to ignore that by posting an almost identical strategy to the last one, including the insistence on using metres.

You weren't supposed to scale the mountain (it was only meant as a focal point and to give you a reference on the map), the point of the objective was the "strategically important" River which you have failed to mention once in your objective.

I think - although its hard to tell with your poor use of punctuation - that you have successfully made an attempt to defend your borders from raiders. What you haven't done is attempt to negotiate with the tribes, which, again, was another cornerstone of the objective.

As such, the results are the following:
Due to poor understanding of the terrain and tribal warfare, the Moroccan troops become exhausted pointlessly scaling mountains and trying to defeat tribes with tactics which don't work. The army is now disheartened.

You have successfully fended off raids on any Moroccan settlements with your border controls. The tribes made several attempts to raid the cities, by the Moroccan forces manage to resolve the situation efficiently and with "minimum fuss". You managed to successfullly kill many tribal warriors whilst only losing 24 of your own men (all light infantry).

However, this just hardened the resolve of the tribes, and they have murdered the women. Such poor value for the lives of your citizens causes the people to feel much less patriotic towards the Moroccan government and their fruitless, and needless, war. They find it incredible that the government cannot manage to defeat, and rescue female citizens, form a bunch of tribes. As such, patriotism decreases by 1.5 points.


Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 89,976
Heavy Infantry: 45,000
Cavalry: 12,000
Cannon: 30
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 5,742
Kidnapped: 0

African Troops
Light Infantry: unknown
Heavy Infantry: unknown
Cavalry: unknown
Cannon: unknown
Army Quality: Ancient

N.B. Troops losses for this objective have been deducted from Morocco's profile.

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Objective Five
This war is now a PvP (player vs player), and as such, from now on, you will have to PM objectives to me.

Ottoman Troops
Light Infantry: 200,000
Heavy Infantry: 0?
Cavalry: 50,000
Cannon: 0?
Army Quality: Out-dated

Morocco: Pretty straight-forward; defend Morocco, and your recently acquired territory, as best you can. If you desire, you can re-try the first part of Objective Four.
Ottoman Empire: Similarly straight-forward, attack Morocco as you see fit and reclaim the territory for the tribes in the process.

Objective responses are to be PMed to me by Saturday 12th of April at 12.00 BST. Failure to do so will result in immediate failure of the objective.

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Five Results: Ottoman Victories
Morocco: The 38,000 Light Infantry and 22,000 Heavy Infantry you sent to defend the border with the Ottoman Empire are unsuccessful in holding the eastern defences. The Moroccan troops are overwhelmed with the numbers from the Ottoman Empire which seem unusually aggressive and keen to fight. In the battle which follows, you lose 8,415 Light Infantry and 2,769 Heavy Infantry before your commanders make the decision to retreat before more losses are incurred.
The 32,000 Light Infantry and 28,000 Heavy Infantry allocated to defend tribal borders (and I'm assuming by this you mean the current borders rather than the old ones), would've been successful if it weren't for the fact that the tribes fought alongside the Ottomans and were equipped with swords by them. You incur losses of 6,423 Light Infantry and 8,689 Heavy Infantry.
The letter you sent to the tribes has no effect: as I've stated before, they cannot read.
Total Losses: 14,838 Light Infantry, 11,458 Heavy Infantry.


The Ottoman Empire: You speech is very effective in rousing your troops' willingness to fight, and you troops of 200,000 Light Infantry and 50,000 Cavalry manage to win the battle in the north with losses of 1,785 Light Infantry, and 375 Cavalry.
In the tribal areas, using the fastest runners doesn't necessarily make the best troops for fighting, and although you had fewer troops, the tribes, now with swords (costs of 2,000 Livre deducted), aid you in battle to victory. You, however, lose the battle and 2,876 Light Infantry and 4,234 Cavalry.
Total Losses: 4,661 Light Infantry, 4,609 Cavalry.

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 75,138
Heavy Infantry: 33,542
Cavalry: 12,000
Cannon: 30
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 5,742
Kidnapped: 0

African Troops
Light Infantry: 33,874
Heavy Infantry: 0
Cavalry: 0
Cannon: 0
Army Quality: Ancient (but now with Ottoman swords)

Ottoman Troops
Light Infantry: 195,339
Heavy Infantry:
Cavalry: 45,391
Cannon:
Army Quality: Out-dated

N.B. Troops losses for this objective have not been deducted from profiles due to the unknown status of where the Ottoman troops originate.

EDIT: Troop deductions have now been debited from both countries.

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Objective Six
Morocco: You have now lost all your gains, plus some territory which you previous had. What you do now is up to you: you can make peace with the tribes, attempt to re-capture land lost, open negotiations with the Sultan Annatar etc.
The Ottoman Empire: You have managed to claim the land for the tribes back, plus a portion of Morocco. What you do now is also for you to decide: if you wish to continue invading Morocco, negotiate with Mulay Slimane, etc.

Objective responses are to be PMed to me by Monday 14th of April at 12.00 BST. Failure to do so will result in immediate failure of the objective.

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Six Results: Marginal Moroccan Victory

Morocco:
Your letter is unsuccessful - no letter you write could possibly make up for the rudeness and arrogance of the first one; furthermore, the tribes have The Ottoman Empire defending them now who are willing to spend money on swords etc. (i.e. do not write any more letters, they won't work and I'll just ignore them.)

The citizens help with the wood, stones and gun positionings in the ports, but they aren't overly comfortable with having to do a job which the army should be doing. Furthermore, it brings to light the closeness war is to their homes. The Ottoman Empire does attack any port.

Your trench warfare with the use of spikes protruding from the ground is very effective. The Ottoman forces are unable to make their way past the Moroccan front line. Obviously Ottoman musket fire causes some losses, but these are minimal.

No Moroccan troops reclaim land as they have not been instructed to do so. Morocco has included its full force in this war, although most of it was not instructed to do anything.
Total Losses: 1,353 Light Infantry; 398 Heavy Infantry


The French Republic:
Due to the good status of the French troops, they manage to make headway in re-capturing Ottoman-occupied Moroccan territory, however, due to the lack of co-ordination and support from the Moroccan armies, this doesn't go overly far.
Total Losses: 765 Light Infantry; 246 Heavy Infantry; 158 Cavalry


The Ottoman Empire:
In light of good tactics from the Moroccans, and the good status of the French, you are unable to make any territorial gains against the Moroccans and do suffer marginal losses.

Despite the support of the African tribes, you do suffer significant losses. On the flip side, however, the local Moroccan population is beginning to become accustomed to your presence and this will begin to have an effect on the integrity of the country in the near future.
Total Losses: Light Infantry: 9,874; Cavalry 7,785

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 250,109
Heavy Infantry: 96,842
Cavalry: 27,476
Cannon: 105
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 5,742
Kidnapped: 0

French Troops
Light Infantry: 49,235
Heavy Infantry: 19,754
Cavalry: 49,842
Cannon: 100
Army Quality: Good

African Troops
Light Infantry: 27,433
Heavy Infantry: 0
Cavalry: 0
Cannon: 0
Army Quality: Ancient (but now with Ottoman swords)

Ottoman Troops
Light Infantry: 185,465
Heavy Infantry:
Cavalry: 37,606
Cannon:
Army Quality: Out-dated


N.B.: Troop deductions have now been debited from all three countries.

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Objective Six
Morocco: Same again. Also, with the increase in the Ottoman Empire's skill level it may be in your interests to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, especially as the Ottoman Empire has been occupying your land for a while and this may start to affect patriotism and loyalty.
The French Republic: Command your troops as you see fit.
The Ottoman Empire: Same again for you, as well.

Objective responses are to be PMed to me by Tuesday 22nd of April at 23.59 BST. Failure to do so will result in immediate failure of the objective.

[Emperor Francis I]

Objective Seven Results: Moroccan Victory

The Ottoman Empire has declared that it wishes to leave this war. As such, all three of your objectives are being void in order for new objectives to be issued. Victory over the Ottoman Empire increases the patriotism by 0.5.

No troops have been lost, and this is no longer a PvP.

Troops

Moroccan Troops
Light Infantry: 250,109
Heavy Infantry: 96,842
Cavalry: 27,476
Cannon: 105
Army Quality: Out-dated

Moroccan Civilians
Casualties: 5,742
Kidnapped: 0

French Troops
Light Infantry: 49,235
Heavy Infantry: 19,754
Cavalry: 49,842
Cannon: 100
Army Quality: Good

African Troops
Light Infantry: 27,433
Heavy Infantry: 0
Cavalry: 0
Cannon: 0
Army Quality: Ancient (but now with Ottoman swords)

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Objective Eight
Morocco: As we're back to where we were, a previous objective is being re-issued: push south from Tétouan to smooth out the bulge in your current borders. Also, the tribes are emotionally drained due to the ongoing conflict and the situation with The Ottoman Empire; you may be able to use this to your advantage.
The French Republic: Command your troops as you see fit.

[Mulay Slimane]

This map shows what group shall take what land.

Force 1 = Red
Force 2 = Blue

Force 1 shall contain 100,000 Light Infantry 30,000 Heavy Infantry and 15,000 Cavalry and for them they shall take the bottom of Morocco fiirst then let the Cavalrymen go forwards and attempt to take the rest of their objective if they meet heavy resistance they shall send 30 cavalry to go and fetch support from the foot troops following a bit behind.

Force 2 shall contain 80,000 Light Infantry, 20,000 Heavy Infantry and 6,000 Cavalry who's job will just to be to try and take as much of their objective as possible while staying together(Once/if they reach that mountain they shall make a small base a little way up to defend themselves against attack.

50,000 Light Infantry, 20,000 Heavy Infantry and 6,000 Cavalry shall be reserve troops and called up if either of the forces are struggling.

[Napoleon]

5,000 Heavy infatry and 10,000 cavalry shell be left under the control of Morroco, all other troops shall be withdrawn.

[Mulay Slimane]

The 10,000 Cavalry shall join group A and the 5,000 Heavy infantry shall join group B.