R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 409 October 29, 2012 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ FEBRUARY ORDERS - Orders for February 1527 are due in my hands by November 18, 2012. RESULTS OF JANUARY SIEGES - Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his third month of siege at Palermo. Peppin Perault, Magistrate of Issoudunm, successfully completed his sixth month of siege at Mezieres. Milon Illiers successfully completed his seventh month of siege at Perigueux. Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar, successfully completed his second month of siege at Salonika. SIEGES FOR FEBRUARY - MEZIERES: besieged by Peppin Perault PERIGUEUX: Besieged by Milon Illiers PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos SALONIKA: Besieged by Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar JANUARY EVENTS - The undefended town of Ambala (FAS=500, FAR=0) was captured by assault by Kilan Khawja with (M=611) 500 archers. Inside Cracow, the Tarnowski family tower (FAS=238), which was defended by 23 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Hedwig Jagellon, Magi- strate of Cracow, with (M=999) 1,821 auxiliaries, 133 heavy cavalry and 1,000 crew. Inside Bern, the Beck family tower (FAS=22), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Louis Bude, a knight, with (M=910) 5,000 heavy cavalry, 2,000 archers and 1,990 auxiliaries. Inside Valence, the Terrail family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Baron Pierre Terrail with (M=998) 5,500 arquebusiers and 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Baron Henry Talbot with (M=999) 30,062 auxiliaries, 34,000 arquebusiers and 10,000 pikemen. Pierre was not killed. 1,084,273 ducats and 894 cattle were also taken by the victors. Inside Toulon, while Louis Villiers, Magistrate of Toulon, looked on from his tower, de facto control of the town was taken by Baron Jean Ricaut with 150,000 auxiliaries (M=999), who defeated the 430-man garrison in urban battle. Inside Arles, while Claudie d'Orange, Magistrate of Arles, looked on from her tower, de facto cotnrol of the town was taken by Charles de Lenoncourt, Count of Lenoncourt, with (M=999) 292,467 auxiliaries, who defeated the town's 292-man garrison (LOY=484) in urban battle. Inside Argostoli, the Morousi family tower (FAS=12), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, with (M=649) 4,709 archers, 794 heavy cavalry and 92,715 crew. The city of Salonika (FAS=999, FAR=999) was subjected to siege bombardment by Guillaume Legier (G=999) with six cannons. One cannon self-destructed while no damage was inflicted upon the city walls. There was no counter-battery fire. Donald FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Archibald CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. John FISHER deepened the harbor at York to 8 feet. Norman FISHER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Andrew HAY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Albrecht DURER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Jean ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Thomas STANLEY opened the market at Greenwich. Sigismund JAGIELLO was appointed to the magistracy of DEBRECZEN. Hedwig JAGELLON was appointed to the magistracy of Cracow. Louis PEYRAT was appointed to the magistracy of Grenoble. Guillaume BRICONNET was appointed to the magistracy of Aix. Guillaume BEAUNE was appointed to the magistracy of Nantes. Oberto GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Lecce to 362 miles. Enzio MEDICI shortened the road from FLORENCE to Gravina to 292 miles. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 258 miles. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Rakka to 191 miles. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Vidin to 210 miles. Naim MOKHA shortened the road from JebelAkhdar to Muscat to 285 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Amasia to 241 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 293 miles. Jemal NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 210 mi. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 313 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Sinope to 323 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Kerman to Naband to 316 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 298 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 265 miles. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 260 miles. Ali Beg PURNAK shortened the road from Balkh to Bokhara to 220 miles. Leonardo LOREDANO shortened the road from antioch to jerusalem to 239 mi. Gianni ROVERE shortened the road from Nis to enos to 245 miles. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Kaifeng to Ichang to 320 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 269 miles. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - TREBIZOND: Emir of Algiers to Sultan of the Ottomans JEBELAKHDAR: Emir of Doha to Emir of Riad FEUDATORY CHANGES - DREUX: Grand Duke of Dreux to King of France