Neither side, in the opening days of the war, had been idle diplomatically. One of Napoleon's fears was realised in a British landing on 16 October on the North Sea coast - in the absence of an actual British landing force in 1806 we are using the order of battle for the Copenhagen expedition of a year later - the actual landing was an (unlikely) random event.
The Swedes historically played only a small part in the war, defending Stralsund against attacks first by Mortier and later by Brun. There was also a small contingent at the Battle of Lübeck. A fuller participation was certainly possible, though, and the Coalition players activated to the hilt, spending victory points not only to allow the garrison of Swedish Pomerania, under Hans-Henrik von Essen, to operate outside its borders, but to call for a reinforcing expedition from Sweden, under Field Marshal Klingspor. These landed at Anclam, at the western end of the Stettin Lagoon, on 18 October and set off after Essen, who was already on his way to Berlin.
In addition to all of these, of course, the Russian armies were approaching from the east. Historically they met the French on the Vistula in December, but what progress will they make in the game? And to what end?
