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06-17-2018, 08:36 AM
Boltzen was trivial to capture. The Imperial troops outnumbered the entire population, never mind the few thousand that elected to defend the town. Marching south from Runkelstein following the Imperial Road, Joseph's troops spread out as they moved into the valley settlement. Makeshift barricades and defenses blocking the road were trivial to overwhelm, especially as the army expanded across the town's entire northern face and began to outflank the defenders. The Imperial army ultimately came to surround the town and penetrate from from every direction.
As the sky grew red, the defenders focused their defense at Maretsch Castle and the fields around it, surrendering the town to the Germans. Imperial troops were settling into patrols across Botzen even as the castle came under siege.
Joseph had watched and commanded the battle from the hill to the the town's northeast, though moved into the the town when he heard the defenders had hunkered down in Maretsch. With the city occupied, he felt it appropriate to offer the defenders an opportunity to surrender. It'd be a shame to destroy a historical castle, after all.
"We've received word that the mayor is holed up in the castle," said one of Joseph's aid. The prince and his officers had taken residence in a villa north of Maretsch Castle, and were studying its evening defenses. "Also with him is a man who is said to be an associate of the Bishop of Trent."
Joseph scowled. The bishop's interference was troubling. Was the Duke of Milan aware? Or was the bishop acting alone? He doubted anyone the Duke would be willing to challenge the Holy Roman Empire alone, so it couldn't be that the Duke was aware of the bishop's games. Or were the catholic powers of southern Europe attempting undermine the Emperor? He wouldn't put it beyond the Pope, though he doubted Maria Theresa had cemented her reign in Iberia enough to again challenge her cousins. And what would be the point of doing so in South Tyrol?
Rubbing his temples, Joseph put away his spyglass and shook his head. "Let us retire for the night. We will meet them tomorrow."
As the sky grew red, the defenders focused their defense at Maretsch Castle and the fields around it, surrendering the town to the Germans. Imperial troops were settling into patrols across Botzen even as the castle came under siege.
Joseph had watched and commanded the battle from the hill to the the town's northeast, though moved into the the town when he heard the defenders had hunkered down in Maretsch. With the city occupied, he felt it appropriate to offer the defenders an opportunity to surrender. It'd be a shame to destroy a historical castle, after all.
"We've received word that the mayor is holed up in the castle," said one of Joseph's aid. The prince and his officers had taken residence in a villa north of Maretsch Castle, and were studying its evening defenses. "Also with him is a man who is said to be an associate of the Bishop of Trent."
Joseph scowled. The bishop's interference was troubling. Was the Duke of Milan aware? Or was the bishop acting alone? He doubted anyone the Duke would be willing to challenge the Holy Roman Empire alone, so it couldn't be that the Duke was aware of the bishop's games. Or were the catholic powers of southern Europe attempting undermine the Emperor? He wouldn't put it beyond the Pope, though he doubted Maria Theresa had cemented her reign in Iberia enough to again challenge her cousins. And what would be the point of doing so in South Tyrol?
Rubbing his temples, Joseph put away his spyglass and shook his head. "Let us retire for the night. We will meet them tomorrow."
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