Revolution of 1906 (Aurore)

# "DANSONS LA COMMUNARDE"

## "TIMELINE"Backstory

### Revolution of 1900

After the strategic failure of the Revolution of 1900, Livius went underground to avoid persecution. Out of the band of officers who participated, those who managed to retain their freedom and escape suspension or criminal charges would lay low for the next few years.

### Great Fire of 1903

In March of 1903 fire erupted in the lower class dwelling area in the capital city of Aurore. Its causes remain unknown. The results of this fire proved to be devastating, and the colonial authority's inability, or perhaps

unwillingness, to solve the subsequent housing crisis would shape public opinion for the future.

### General Strikes of 1903

In July, a series of strikes ravaged the light industrial sectors of the city of Aurore, crucial for producing everyday goods to ship back to Stodland. The strikes were likely organized by early splinter cells of the U.L.T. (Worker's Fighting Union), and its participants armed by the same organizations. The strikes would last two weeks before Stoddish reinforcements from the Coral Islands arrived through the canals. Through the following three weeks, the 2nd Stoddish Marine Regiment would engage in strategic clearing of insurrectionary barricades and holdouts.

### Formation of the Mouvement des Forces Armées

In 1904, four officers, previously involved in the revolution of 1900, would develop one last attempt at establishing a popular republic. They initially formed the Mouvement des Capitaines (alluding to the lower ranks of the participating officers) but would later rebrand to the final name.

## 2nd of January, 1906

### 11h00

The Provisional Council of the MFA (Mouvement des Forces Armées), formed a year earlier, orders one of its couriers to meet in a church inside the 11th Military District at Bouzville with Major Emmanuel Palomer. The courier, Adjutant Sous-Officier Perrin Bonheur, has been ordered to deliver instructions on when and how Maj. Emmanuel's column at the EPI1 (École Pratique d'Infanterie 1, located at Trécon) should act at the start of the military intervention.

### 11h20

Maj. Emmanuel leaves Bouzville and begins the drive to Trécon.

The elected chief of the Provisional Council, Capitaine Denis Paget of the 1ère Chasseur Battalion, arrives at the Command Post of the revolutionary forces inside the Northern Headquarters of military district 18.

### 19h

As some officers of the Command Post prepare to leave, the Officer Responsible for Communications, Colonel en second Lucien Sartre, intercepts a message on military frequency to the General Headquarters in Aurore, confirming the capture of Major Emmanuel Palomer on the road to Trécon by a military blockade of Stoddish troops.

The officers of the MFA pack up the Command Post and prepare to leave.

### 19h10

Adj. S-Off. Perrin Bonheur arrives at the Command Post, accompanied by General of Division Louis Lamarque. Lamarque confirms the arrest of Palomer, but assures the staff that he will be safe, as he has self-delegated control over the situation and has not informed the higher echelons of the colonial authority.

### 19h35

General Lamarque willingly joins the MFA under the terms he is to preside over the Provisional Council, both to give legitimacy and to increase its operational capability.

## 3rd of January, 1906

### 03:15

Major Palomer is covertly released from military prison in D. 13 under orders of Lamarque. He continues on the road to Trécon as if nothing had transpired.

### 07:45

Lamarque contacts an old acquaintance, a Capitaine attached to the Central Headquarters of the 16th District, to take part and organize under a Quick Response Force, named Commandement des Opérations du Sud (COPSUD), headed by Paget with reinforcements from the garrison.

### 07:55

Maj. Paget leaves the Command Post to begin the journey to the HQ of the D. 16.

### 11:15

The Provisional Council, codename "Gaston", receive confirmation from the officer committee of the École Pratique d'Ingénieurs (EPIng), the Practical School of Engineers, that they will bring all willing and available men and equipment, presumably a whole battalion.

### 11:50

"Gaston" receives confirmation from the École Pratique de Cavalerie (EPC), Practical School of the Cavalry, accounting for three full cavalry regiments.

### 12:00

Complications rise in the EPI1, as the Officier du Jour (Officer of the Day, officer responsible for institutional command in absence of higher leadership) is kicked out of the officer's committee and threatens to report the activity to the district HQ. The Major en second is briefly arrested. The MFA has little time to act.

### 16:10

"Gaston" organizes a plan of action. On the 5th, at 03:00, the song "Je connais une blonde", by Aurorite singer Louis Lynel, will premier in the Stoddish National Radio. Once it ends, every unit must be on the road to their objective.

The EPI1 and the EPC are tasked to take over key locations in the city of Aurore;

The EPIng is tasked with reinforcing positions along the road to the Public Defense District from the south (D. 5 and D. 2);

The COPSUD is tasked to be on standby.