Recaps

While Joseph advanced medical care and diplomacy in Paris, Kościuszko led the Polish army into Crimea and fought a costly campaign against Russia. The Poles captured Bakhchysarai but were eventually defeated at the Salhir River, leaving Suvorov to weigh the damage to Russian forces.

• Tugut and Walter failed to persuade Pius VI to deny the rumored Holy War, while Stanisław II arranged to surrender to Russia and Catherine II later imprisoned him.
• Kościuszko diverted Russian forces with a southward march, and Madalinski’s rearguard was killed after holding off Russian cavalry.
• Joseph helped Dr. Lamark treat Camellia with Penicillin and Glucose, then established plans for military medical training and offered Poland supplies and an alliance proposal.
• Schmitz shot at Pius VI and stabbed himself, prompting the Pope and Franz II to maneuver over Austria’s ties to the Holy See.
• Kościuszko’s army reached Crimea with supplies prepared by the Crimean Resistance Army, captured Bakhchysarai, and defeated Russian forces near Hels.
• Kakhovsky brought a large Russian force against Kościuszko near Simferopol, where Dombrowski’s cavalry broke through the Russian ranks before the Poles withdrew toward the Salhir River.
• Szewczycki’s troops breached Bakhchysarai’s walls with Ottoman Resistance fighters, while Kościuszko’s infantry fought off Russian attacks at the river.
• The Russians defeated Kościuszko’s exhausted army after it ran out of ammunition, and Suvorov learned that Bakhchysarai had fallen, Kafa Port had burned, and the Russian corps needed months to recover.

As France faced a coalition war, Joseph secured Spain’s alliance and organized campaigns on several fronts while Britain and Austria pressed their advantage. In Wallonia, Austrian-backed unrest drew French forces into a confrontation, and the Walloon Police routed an Austrian skirmisher corps.

• Suvorov warned Tormasov that Russia’s depleted forces and finances might force it to leave Minsk, while Kościuszko survived with his left leg amputated and Catherine II pursued a British loan.
• After Małachowski rejected the four powers’ demands at Dresden, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Poland signed the Dresden Treaty, which granted Austria and Prussia occupied lands while preserving Poland’s reforms and unity.
• Britain’s suppression of workers’ protests and its naval display helped draw Austria into an alliance against France, while Joseph refused to compromise and secured a Franco-Spanish alliance with Carlos IV.
• Queen Mary raised donations for France’s army, and Joseph prepared for war by planning offensives on the Italian and Rhine fronts while taking personal command of the Southern Netherlands Army Group.
• Napoleon accepted command as second-in-command of the Army of Italy and planned to cross Cattibona Pass to seize Sardinia and cut the Austrian supply route from Turin.
• Austrian agents stirred an uprising in Wallonia as Joseph sent French forces toward the region and Count Radetzky marched through the demilitarized zone toward Wavre.
• When Austrian skirmishers advanced on the Walloon Police, Bourget and his officers held their line and fired faster than the Austrians, routing the Busec Corps with nearly two hundred dead.

Joseph drove the Austrians from Wallonia, secured Walloon incorporation into France, and arranged American neutrality and volunteer support while French forces fought British shipping and Austria in the Mediterranean. The arc left Napoleon’s forces preparing to trap Beaulieu’s advancing army near Toulon.

• Joseph sent French troops to aid the Walloon Police, defeated Austrian forces near Wavre and Mavrenne, and advanced toward Brussels.
• Joseph offered Taine French support for an independent Flemish Republic, while Wallonia voted to become three provinces of France.
• Austria committed more troops to the war, while British naval patrols battered French merchant shipping and pursued the Leisure.
• Foucard pressed the United States to oppose Britain, but Washington maintained neutrality as Jefferson and Foucard secretly arranged favorable trade with France.
• Noailles recruited hundreds of American veterans to volunteer for France, and Martin fought aboard the Far Look as French frigates attacked British shipping.
• Lord Hood discussed protecting British commerce, while Napoleon lured Beaulieu’s Austrians toward Toulon and allowed them to advance through Monaco and Nice.
• French forces held Vence and fought the Austrians at Cagnes as Napoleon concealed troops behind the advancing enemy, setting up an ambush near Toulon.

Napoleon crossed the Alps, captured Milan, and sought to relieve Dimoubin’s besieged forces in Genoa, which were saved by a French steamship supply run. Meanwhile, Joseph’s forces repelled the Allied attack near Brussels, and Flemish forces captured the city as Sean Hayes led defectors toward Leuven.

• Napoleon defeated Austrian forces near Toulon, crossed the Great Saint Bernard Pass with his army, and captured Milan after a rapid march across the Po.
• Napoleon demanded money and supplies from Milan, then ordered his forces to seize towns in Lombardy while Dimoubin’s troops endured a worsening siege in Genoa.
• Blanqui Di Chiara’s steam-powered French squadron attacked the British blockade, damaging several ships, but Hotham later captured two French transports near the Côte d’Azur.
• Styler and Leon Troc gathered supplies and eight steamships at Port of Piraeus, and the convoy reached Genoa in less than six days to resupply Dimoubin.
• Melas ordered his army to assemble at Alexandria, while Napoleon prepared to cross the river from Pavia and Joseph approved his plan.
• Joseph’s forces used artillery, disciplined infantry, and Mura’s Hussars to repel repeated Allied attacks near Brussels, while American volunteers joined the fighting.
• Gaayar’s Walloon Defense Force entered Brussels after residents opened the eastern gate, and Sean Hayes led Flemish defectors toward Leuven.