Hi guys,

the Army of Flanders' long trek across Germany has brought it to the Baltic shore. Since however Sweden couldn't use its spare builds anyway (as Stettin and Riga are both blocked), this retreat didn't have any material impact on the adjustments as Spain chose to waive a build.

BTW, does anyone of you actually use the Realpolitik-Files I've been attaching to adjucations? As a player I'd find that very useful to work through various scenarios, but if nobody uses it, I won't include it in future.

Anyway, preliminary Spring 1654 orders are due on Saturday and the spring deadline shall follow on Monday, 6 PM CET.

Liebe Grüsse,

Charles

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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com>
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger <mellinger(at)blitzbardgett.com> (eliminated Winter 1653)
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 ARMY REPAIRS TO RATISBON, SEAT OF THE REICHSTAG
o BREST TEEMING WITH NEW RECRUITS
o ARMY OF FLANDERS REACHES BALTIC SHORE AFTER ITS OWN "LONG MARCH"
o THE SULTAN LOVES HIS WAR GALLEYS, HAREM LADIES FEEL NEGLECTED

PRESS: None.

RETREATS:

Austria:
A Swabia - Bavaria

Spain:
A Lower Saxony - Mecklenburg

ADJUSTMENTS:

France:
Build A Brest

Spain:
Build waived

Turkey:
Build F Constantinople
Build F Damascus







SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1653):

Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
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(: Cracow, Lower Saxony, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(10): Algiers, Madrid, Mecklenburg, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden(6): Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Courland, Holstein, Riga, Stettin.
Turkey(11): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Ukraine, Wallachia.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Spring 1964 Moves: (27) 29 February

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