♞ Cavalry Napoleonic Wars League - Main Thread ♞

[Erik le Rouge]

League 1.

Match: Gardegrenadierregiment Nr.6 vs 4e Régiment de Hussards.
Date & Hour: Monday 23/04/18, at 7:30pm GMT.
Referee: Quinn.

Match added to the first page of the thread, alongside the other matches.

[Cage]

Match: 8th King's Royal Hussars vs 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers
Date & Hour: Sunday 22/04/18 @ 7:30pm BST.
Referee: Maxence

[~Felix~]

Infanterie Regiment Nr13 8:2 10th "Prince of Wales' Own" Regiment of Hussars

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[Graf_Maximus]

kaiserlich-königliche Hofgardisten 0 - 10 9e Régiment de Hussards

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Thank all for this game!

[JohnnyQDG]

League 2 Match:

Match: 3ª División del Ejército de la Izquierda vs 16e Régiment De Hussards
Date & Hour: Sunday 22/04/18, at 6:20pm GMT
Referee: Felix

[Nerza]

Good day messieurs and mesdames! And welcome to the CNWL Gazette, the weekly newspaper about your favorite tournament!
Today on the menu, the interview of Zahari, leader of the 14. Pułk Kirasjerów, as well as a regimental article on the 7e Régiment de Hussards.

The Interview - Zahari

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Nerza : Welcome Zahari and thanks for answering my questions today.
First of all, would you like to introduce yourself to our readers?

Zahari : Hey, as you know I'm leading the new 14pk. I'm 21 this year and I'm from Poland, that's quite obvious right? I started playing with MMRussia in 2011 and since then I still remain as an active player.

Nerza : How do you feel about this season? Are you excited?

Zahari : I'm really excited, both leagues look even. Of course there are some main candidates for the 1st place but many teams seem to present equal skill level.

Nerza : And what about your regiment?

Zahari : As you already said, 14pk is composed of veterans, though only three of us were in the old 14pk (Ghazi - better known as Damian in the past, lysy890 and myself). The rest of the players come from old polish regiments like 1ps and 4pp. We also have few native players and of course some new faces like Hawrił and Michnicki.

Nerza : The 14pk has been quite discrete these months, we don't hear about you that much except if we dig a bit, is this on purpose?

Zahari : All major events in regiment's life have been shared on our FSE topic and our members keep posting aftermatch screenshots on steam each time we have a 1v1, we're only discrete when it comes to our erotic bonds with Dokletian and Cage.

Nerza : Right... that's a story you'll have to tell me!

Zahari : Okay, but now being a little bit more serious. We don't have any official roster because we just don't need it, we have a steam group and everyone can check it. We don't make any special kind of updates on our FSE thread because we don't have anything to share really. Promotions are very rare and since our reborn, I have promoted only 1 person.

Nerza : This year welcomes another heavy cavalry regiment in League 1, the 1erRC, what do you think of this opponent? Do you think it can be a dangerous one?

Zahari : It's a very hard enemy to beat. We played against them twice, we lost our 1st match and we won the 2nd. Both matches were very close (4-6, 6-4) and I think that the community really underrate them and they are for sure a tough nut to crack.

Nerza : What make them so difficult to beat?

Zahari : Their teamplay is really good. It's just hard to figure out a good strategy to counter that.

Nerza : Do you think you have trained enough and are ready for this season?

Zahari : I hope so. We will see how it goes but I'm optimist.

Nerza : Any other particular opponent(s) that you may be eager to face this year?

Zahari : I really want to face 7e. It's been a while since we played against them.

Nerza : What about which match you would like to see the most this season?

Zahari : Nr6 definitely. These matches are always tense, exciting, full of emotions and come backs.

Nerza : Thank you for your time Zahari.

Zahari : Thank you as well.

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The 7e Régiment de Hussards, or the story of a Phoenix

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A lot of people know the 7e, but only a few know the story behind probably the oldest regiment of the cavalry community.
A story starting back seven years and a half ago, with people now long gone for some, at a time where our favorite game was just a new playground to bleed out.
A story of victories, mistakes and courage. A story of rise, fall and rebirth.

We are in early 2011, the 7e is newly born followed soon by the IVe Corps, the structure directly comes from the extra manpower.
Nothing much happens till 2012 when the regiment starts to get its first results and seems to head toward competition.
And at the horizon of 2013, the regiment while going strong will take its first punch to the belly with the 8e split.
We are in March 2013 and due to internal problems, players such as Norajh, Lubukill or Telnitz will leave the regiment with few others to create the 8e Régiment de Hussards.
But the regiment is young and still strong, this punch was nothing that could not be handled.
Therefore the regiment kept fighting and lost only one match over fourteen this year.
The regiment still rise and probably reach its golden age in 2014 with only one defeat over twenty matches, in addition of the 1st CNWL 1st League title.
The Phoenix seems to have conquered the skies.

However, every good things have an end.
In December 2014 following new internal problems, the regiment will experience the pain of another split.
From this one the 5e Régiment de Hussards, one of the most deadliest regiment that the community will know, was born.
The blow was hard to take on this time and it is badly wounded that the regiment still fight until March 2015.
At this moment, it is a one step in the grave regiment, badly wounded, taking its final hit.
In March 2015, the 7e will live through its last split.
A split leading to the advent of what will become the terrible and undefeated 4e Régiment de Hussards.
Mostly due to mistakes from the Major Staff of the IVe Corps over the 7e, in addition of still ongoing internal problems from the 5e split,
players like Erik le Rouge, Sukesa or Enderby left the regiment.
In four months, the regiment had lost most of its staff and around half of its active enlisted men.
What remained therefore was only a crippled regiment, expiring its last breaths.
The Phoenix fatally hit, had fallen from the skies.

The year 2015 was just like crossing a desert, hoping to find an oasis who does not exist.
The regiment was barely alive, but the remaining members didn't give up as well as the IVe Corps, who could not accept to lose such an emblem.
Therefore it kept going on, and as the saying is : we reap what we sow.
In March 2016 a young but quite resourceful regiment, the 2e Régiment de Hussards decides to merge with the 7e with a simple idea in mind :
to restore glory to its name.
And the least we can say it is they tried their best to achieve that by fighting twenty-two matches over 2016 while losing only eight of them.
But the regiment was not stable yet, minor troubles where still there shaking the legs of the healing structure.
It led to mixed results in 2017 with only ten victories over twenty-three matches played.
That year was also the renewal of the roster coming from the merge with the 2e, with the departure of players such as Napoleonswar, Saunier or Drast.
Accordingly, new or old players also (re)joined such as Remao, Wolf or Adelon, bringing a new fresh air to the roster.
Nowaday, the 7e roster is largely reduced compared to previous years but the regiment seems to have managed to stabilize itself again.
Last results point into that direction with quite a lot of victories.
From its ashes, will the Phoenix rise again?


To conclude, the 7e has been around for now nearly seven years and a half. It is a name that everyone knows here.
It has been a very stable structure its four first years while experiencing three splits including two major one who will nearly end it.
Despite a year of stand-by following the storm, the last two years have proven how tenacious the regiment can be even with remaining clouds and new people leading it.
It also been an example for many regiments until its golden age, inspiring structures to give the best of themselves while promoting competition.
And not only structures, but also men. The 7e has been clearly a school to some regimental leaders.
Leaders such as Balian (9e), Erik (4e), Sukesa (4e), Exofrance (5e), Peponi (5e), Norajh (8e), Lubukill (8e), Telnitz (8e) were part of the 7e at some point and for sometime.
Without the 7e, the cavalry community would have been really different today, with great regiments who would have never existed.
In the end, the 7e is also a bit like a grandpa', it knew victory and glory, defeat and despair.
It made mistakes but also brought strength and knowledge to people, as well as being the one to follow.
It has seen it all, the births and deaths of other structures, participated in all cavalry tournaments since day one, has been the base camp for so many players.
Even now it still knows how to shoot, ready to face anyone who wants to oppose a challenge with a deadly teamplay and good slayers.
Never in the history of our cavalry community, such a structure has been so constant and remained here for so long.
And the least for that, is to respect this name for all it has achieved and represents.

- Nerza
Thanks to Sukesa and Bocom for some details.

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[Cage]

that's a very interesting and well-written piece, keep it up Nerza! 

[Tylerus]

That's a cracking read, looking forward to next weeks.

[Lorucas]

Lovely Nerza!

[Erik le Rouge]

Awesome Nerza, great work!

Good luck to everyone playing tonight: Nr6 v 7e, 5e v 14pk, 8th v 1erC, 14th v Nr12 and 3aDiv v 16e. Lots of great matches to follow !

Since there are more matches than servers, I got a fourth server online, CNWL_4. All refs have been given their respective servers, there should be no confusion.

Have fun fellas

[Nerza]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated! 

[~Felix~]

16e Régiment De Hussards 9:1 3ª División del Ejército de la Izquierda

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[JohnnyQDG]

16e Régiment De Hussards 9:1 3ª División del Ejército de la Izquierda

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Good game and was enjoyable. Shame about the ending "hiccup".  thanks for refing Felix!

[Graf_Maximus]

14th King's Hussars 4 - 6 Nr.12 Galizischen Infanterie Regiment

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Thank all for this game!

[dams14]

7e Régiment de Hussards 4 - 6 Schlesisches Husaren-Regiment "Graf Goetzen" Nr.6

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GG guys !