Hi guys,

time to say goodbye to Marc. After a long struggle, the exiled Danish monarch has succumbed to Swedish numerical superiority. Marc, thanks for playing and soldiering on until the final curtain. Please don't forget to send me your EOG.

Elsewhere, the Turks and Austrians have made gains against the Western alliance. And the unruly Ukrainian Cossacks appear to have finally lost their independence.

No retreats are due so we move directly on to the fall. Please send me your preliminary orders before Saturday 6PM CET. And then next Monday's again deadline time.

Liebe Grüsse,

Charles

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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com>
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger <mellinger(at)blitzbardgett.com>
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris <hmtucaz(at)gmail.com>
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips <nephilli99(at)hotmail.com>
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui <jmsaralegui(at)gmail.com>
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson <m_don_j(at)hotmail.com> (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com>
SWEDEN: Matthew Kelly <kelly058(at)verizon.net> (joined Winter 1652)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery <AiSlattery(at)aol.com>

PROCLAMATIONS:
o IMPERIAL TROOPS DEFEAT BOURBON ARMY NEAR ULM
o DANISH MONARCH ABDICATES
o ENGLISH LANDING IN KARELIA FAILS
o JANISSARIES LOOT TARENTO
o UKRAINIAN COSSACKS RECOGNISE THE SULTAN AS THEIR OVERLORD

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Tyrolia - Swabia
A Hesse - Rhineland-Westphalia (*Fails*)
A Saxony Supports A Tyrolia - Swabia
A Trieste Hold
A Tyrolia - Swabia

Denmark-Norway:
A Stettin Supports A Brandenburg (*Disbanded*)

England:
A Abo Supports A Scotland - Karelia (*Cut*)
A London Hold
F North Sea - Skagerrak
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Scotland - Karelia
A Scotland - Karelia (*Bounce*)
F Skagerrak - Scania
A Stockholm Supports F Skagerrak - Scania
F United Provinces - North Sea

France:
A Brest - Normandy
A Dauphiné - Switzerland
F Flanders Hold
F Helgoland Bight - Copenhagen
A Lombardy Supports A Dauphiné - Switzerland
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Paris - Dauphiné
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A Swabia (*Cut*)
A Swabia Supports A Dauphiné - Switzerland (*Disbanded*)
A Venice Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
A Brandenburg - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
A Ingria - Abo (*Fails*)
A Novgorod - Karelia (*Bounce*)
A Prussia Hold
A Smolensk - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Vilna - Samogitia
A Warsaw Supports A Prussia
A White Ruthenia Supports A Crimea - Ukraine

Spain:
F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
A Algiers Supports A Tunis
A Lower Saxony - Brandenburg (*Fails*)
F Naples - Sicily
F Papal States(ec) Supports A Venice
A Portugal - Seville
F Seville - Western Mediterranean
A Tunis Hold
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples - Sicily
F Western Mediterranean - Sardinia

Sweden:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Mecklenburg - Stettin
F Courland - Gulf of Bothnia
A Holstein - Mecklenburg
A Mecklenburg - Stettin
A Riga - Courland

Turkey:
A Belgrade - Hungary
F Candia - Ionian Sea
F Constantinople - Illyria
A Crimea - Ukraine
A Croatia Supports A Trieste
F Egypt Supports F Candia - Ionian Sea
F Illyria - Dalmatia
F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Siberia - Permia
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples (*Disbanded*)

Ukraine:
A Ukraine Hold (*Disbanded*)







SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1652):

Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway(1): Stettin.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, Stockholm, United Provinces.
France(10): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(: Brandenburg, Cracow, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(10): Algiers, Lower Saxony, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden(5): Copenhagen, Courland, Holstein, Mecklenburg, Riga.
Turkey(10): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Wallachia.
Ukraine(1): Ukraine.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Fall 1653 Moves: 22 February

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