Franco-Spanish War of 1847

The Franco-Spanish War of 1847 was a war of reclamation of the northern territories of Spain by the *Syndicalist Republic of Spain* between April 10th, 1847, and October 6th, 1847.

The war would be ultimately a minor Karmilian (France) defeat

## Participants

Participants (Spain)
 Kaiserreich of Germany
 Kingdom of Belgium

Participants (France)

## The pre-war

### Pre-war activity

#### Cold Domingo, The bloody fugo days, and Spanish Insurgents

Around March 1847, on a cold Sunday afternoon a Spanish councilman known as " *Alamato Gonzalez* " was killed by infamous French murderer" *Robert Paiter*" after being released from prison in Versailles on March 6th, 1848 in secrecy by the Karmilian Nationalist Party funded by the Germans hoping to cause chaos inside the Council.

With this killing, local Spanish syndicalist insurgents started appearing to kick Karmilia out of the region; in response, Karmilia sent 10 thousand light infantry to deal with the rebels; the troops decided to burn down suspicious villages this event was known as the "Bloody Fuego days", The Spanish mourn the thousands left dead from these operations which they believed it was the Karmilians stripping the Spanish from their right of Ownership.

in the end, it didn't do much due to actual Spanish troops joining the insurgents and drastically increasing their numbers due to this the Karmilian decided to deploy an entire army of 23 thousand men in the region before a week later retreating the army back to the Pre-Spanish civil war borders due to the ultimatum the Spanish sent.

#### Germany and Spain

Spain, despite being Syndicalist decided to ally with Germany on December 9th, 1846 due to (as previously mentioned) Spain wanting to regain its territories in Spain and Germany wanting to humiliate and take Alsace-Lorraine.

#### Karmilia and Britain's Situation

Karmilia before the war was in a very politically and economically stable position.

Politically because the Laborers consolidated their power and made themselves popular around the entirety of France and Algeria

Economically the British paid most of their war reparations despite Karmilia willingly wanting to pay the reparations themselves and Funding multiple services.

Though back in Britain they weren't very politically stable, due to an unstable Coalition of the Royal, Economy, Imperial, and Liberal (Whig) Party who decided to pull out funding from France and shift to a Pro-German position politically despite keeping the Foreign Legion on the " *Maginot Line* " which decided to retreat and not being a participant of the war.

#### The " *Maginot Line* "

The Maginot Line Complete Started in 1841 due to the two nations fearing an invasion by Prussia and ended in 1842 with the cooperation of Britain and Karmilia

This defensive line was formed by trenches and immobile cannons that could only be moved from their position via the dismounting and mounting of the cannons, a very simple but effective line, the only thought weakness at the time was the gaps between the trenches or the roads between them.

#### The ultimatum

Spain wanting to gain its territories back decided to send an Ultimatum to Karmilia.

1. Karmilia gives back all of the pre-civil war territories
2. Allow Spain to put up a Nationalist Party majority inside of Karmilia to benifit Spain and Der Deutsche Kaissereich in the future

Karmilia Despite knowing this is an extremely simple ultimatum decided to reject the last Article due to it being Constitutionally not possible and telling the Spanish that even if they go into charge Karmilia would most likely go into civil war and put the Laborers back in power or isolate itself completely or prepare itself for a war to retake its territories in Spain. Spain fully knew this and the only reason why they added this article was so the Germans could have had the war they wanted for revenge in the Germano-Austro (German-Austrian) Civil War even if a year prior Karmilia gave back Flanders to Belgium by request of the British due to another ultimatum.

## The war

### Early War (April 10th 1847-May 9th 1847)

In the early stages of the war, nothing happened battle-wise due to Karmilian troops already on the pre-civil war border making trenches and installing immobile guns.

The Germans mobilized troops and didn't attack as they had a very cautious general in charge who didn't want to send men without knowing about the defender's positions

### Mid War (May 10th 1847-July 6th 1847)

The Mid War was where most of the action was sawn with 2 Battles commencing and Belgium joining the war on May 25th at 12:55.

#### Battle of El Paraiso (May 10th 11:33-May 12th 18:56)

Battlers
May 11th 00:00 7200.
May 12th 18:56 8200.

Generals/Officers
3rd French Army
 1st Class Officer Arthur Alexandre
1st Infantry Regiment
 2nd Class Officer César Christian
2nd Infantry Regiment
 Officer David Florian
3rd Infantry Regiment
 Officer Franck François
4th Infantry Regiment
 Officer Jermaine Nicolas
1st Cavalry Towed Artillery Regiment

##### Pre-Battle

The battle started when the 3rd karmilian army with over-reinforced regiments was caught retreating. These regiments despite retreating since the retreat order was called always lacked behind as the area of Spain where they were lacked useable railways due to Spanish insurgent activities in the area.

The Spanish were composed of two agile and quick light infantry regiments still equipped with flintlocks against the French who were issued their superior TTA-1 Effiel bolt-action muskets.

##### The Battle

* The battle was opened by the 1st Spanish Light Infantry Regiment who started firing Behind the 3rd Infantry Regiment causing a few casualties (Ma. 10 11:33)
* MAR.10 11:42 1st Infantry Regiment Turns around and opens fire against the first 1st Light Infantry Regiment
* MAR.10 11:46 3rd Infantry Regiment alongside the 2nd Infantry Regiment finds cover in the local town of El Paraiso, quickly returning backfire
* MAR.10 11:57 1st Cavalry Towed Regiment Artillery takes advantage of the farmland on the east of the town, despite putting the guns in danger
* MAR.10 12:02 The 67mm "light" guns chew into the 2nd Spanish Light Infantry Regiment which was directly behind the 1st Spanish Light Infantry Regiment replacing the fallen troops of the 1st Regiment. The 2nd Spanish Light Infantry Regiment returns fire, the 1st Cavalry Towed Artillery Regiment retreats to a more covered position on the north of El Paraiso
* MAR.10 12:15 The Spanish 1st Revolutionary Army decides to retreat a few kilometers, the French decide to not leave the city just yet as they suspect insurgent activity in the area
* MAR.11 15:56 The 1st Spanish Light Infantry Regiment returns to lay siege on the town, the French army had dug in their positions and fortified them with remains of bricks that fell off houses
* MAR.11 16:12 The 1st Spanish Light Infantry Regiment alongside the 2nd Spanish Light Infantry Regiment charge into the town; the 2nd French Infantry Regiment opens fire in the narrow streets; causing hundreds of casualties, the 1st Cavalry Towed Regiment Artillery hides cannons into the buildings surprising the Spanish.
* MAR.11 18:48 The Spanish give up after dozens of failed attempts
* MAR.12 14:22 The last attack by the Spanish commences, this time the Spanish try a semi-encirclement of the town, some of them fall due to the light guns left outside of the town
* MAR.12 15:44 French troops start barraging the Spanish reinforcements before they can reach the front, forcing the 2nd Light Infantry Regiment to defend the Reinforcements.
* MAR.12 16.56 The Barrage ends as the Spanish finally get closer than 30 meters to the town
* MAR.12 17.23 Reports come into General Amédée Alexandre about an Insurgent group cooperating with the Spanish Army trying to cut off the supply line
* MAR.12 18:56 The General finally decides to declare defeat and retreat; the result of the battle is Spanish Victory.

#### Battle of Dunkirk (July 6th 13:32-July 6th 14:27)

Participants

Generals/Officers
1st Normandy Army,
1st Defence Regiment
1st Berlin Army,
3rd Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment

##### Pre-Battle

General Hans von Alsberger was the cautious general in charge to assault the Maginot line on July 10th, 1847, before this he wanted to make sure that the position he was assaulting wasn't heavily fortified and impossible to assault; thus so he takes 8 thousand men issued to him by Marshal Heinrich von Lettow after hefty negotiating.

##### The battle

* 13:32 A few soldiers spot the 3rd Infantry regiment approaching their positions, thus they alerted the Officer in charge: "*Officer Théo Virgile*", who decided to quickly alert the "Super Heavy" 96mm field cannon to aim into the direction of the approaching regiment.
* 13:47-13:56 The cannon surprises the regiment and the General by firing first toward them with grapeshot leaving dozens dead, the 6th Infantry Regiment would try to replace the men but by doing so they kept losing men falling like flies
* 14:05 The 7th Infantry regiment attempts to flank but it's stopped right in its tracks to due a few dozen soldiers returning fire to the regiment and alerting the cannon to turn, the central part of the trench will try to keep the 6th and 3rd Infantry Regiment occupied until the cannon can finish its work
* 14:18 Men start fleeing the battlefield back to base; Hans von Alsberger doesn't order to stop them as he understands why.
* 14:27 A retreat is called ending the battle. Result: total French victory

### Late war (July 6th 1847-October 6th 1847)

After the Mid war nothing happened, just intense negotiating between the Spanish and Karmilians

The negotiations were the Karmilians trying to convince the Spanish to abandon their alliance with Germany due to how different they were ideological, with this the Spanish passed the Anti-Monarchial act of 1847 which Karmilia despite being technically a socialist power didn't sign due to them being allied to multiple monarchies which were also funding their nation. With this act, Germany decided to declare peace with Karmilia ending the war

## The Aftermath

The aftermath was that Spain got its territories before the civil war and Germany got "War Reparations" and somehow "Humiliate" Karmilia which did no effect on France's morale.