The Struggle on La Manche | Dawn of the French Fleet Campaign Cossacks 3 Guide
Last update: 17 October 2016
A rather requiring mission in which you will have to take care of active defense, patrolling the sea and preparing an army to repel the English forces. You must help the king Jacob in delivering the armies to the rebels in Ireland or Wales. In order to finish the mission you must help only one nation. The defense of these places usually is limited to defending against two large waves of enemy land armies.
Your port is on the western coast of the peninsula (1). Nearby there is a privateer port from which patrols of the canal (2) come. On the other side of the canal there is a large English city (orange (3). They will produce various land forces and sometimes ships. A few times the England navy (purple) will swim from there as well. The first time it will be a group with trading gold and the second time it will be a fleet of hunters sent against your allies. From both side edges sometimes a transport ship will come. If you destroy the enemy trading ship or if you protect the allied trading ship until it reaches the opposite edge, you will gain resources (4). Your objective is to transport King Jacob (the general in your base) to the rebels in Ireland or Wales (5).
No land attacks will threaten you on your peninsula. Focus mostly on ship building. Expand your economy, build and fill the mines near your' and your allies' base, focus on gathering wood. You can create barracks and start training troops on your territory, but I recommend that you do that at the rebel settlement behind the sea. This will reduce the transport time and will directly strengthen the forces on the front line. Make sure that the ship production isn't slowed down by anything.
Depending on who you help, the scenario will go differently. However, you must help only one rebel group.
If you decide to help Ireland, a large and strong fleet will be more important. Transport the general with a squad of 80-160 men. They will deal with the first group. The second wave will prepare to attack from the English land. The best option is to destroy the enemy when he will enter the transport ships and will be on the sea. You will have some time to prepare yourself for this invasion if you fail or if you destroy only part of these forces on the sea. You must prepare a large army to stop the opponent. The enemy army consists almost entirely of musketeers and dragoons. Once all the land forces (purple) are defeated, the mission is won.
Transport the general with soldiers and a few peasants to the Wales (blue). Here you will only need a strong land army. The enemy won't be sending many ships to stop the rebel. Additionally, the forces from London (orange) will send small groups of soldiers at you. The first wave of the invaders will be small, but the second one is very big (about 200 musketeers and 200 pikemen). However, the invasion force will wait some time before the final attack starts. Build additional barracks and/or stables near the Wales settlement. Train a very large army and don't forget about creating a formation with an officer and a drummer. You can also build a few cannons and weaken the enemy soldiers beforehand. Once you defeat this invasion group, the mission will end successfully.