Spring 1903: winters on the Balkan can be harsh. Very harsh. Only the toughest survive out there. And others... they vanish. Without a trail.
So also the remnants of what once was the powerful army of the Austrian empire. Without a leader they have fled into their mountains or to their coasts. Leaving their land in Civil Disorder.
France and Italy contest the rights to Piedmont without a winner. Their forceful attack on Tunis however meets no resistance at all. The French also try to take Ruhr from the Germans but see their attempts thwarted. In the Nordics the Germans support a Russian attempt to take the North Sea but see it thwarted by the English who had to use all of their power to regroup their fleet. Russia has more luck in the Balkan and gains a strong foothold.
 
The Turks force the Italians out of Greece but find themselves forced out of Serbia by the Russians at the same time.
At the start of Summer 1903 we have 2 retreats pending. See below.
 
Adjudication
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Austria:
A Trieste, no move received
 
England:
F London Supports F Norwegian Sea - North Sea
F Norwegian Sea - North Sea
F Skagerrak Supports F Norwegian Sea - North Sea
 
France:
A Belgium - Ruhr (*Fails*)
F Brest - English Channel
A Burgundy Supports A Belgium - Ruhr
A Marseilles - Piedmont (*Bounce*)
F North Africa - Tunis
F Western Mediterranean Supports F North Africa - Tunis
 
Germany:
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Norway - North Sea
F Kiel - Denmark
A Munich Supports A Ruhr
A Ruhr Hold
F Sweden Supports F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway
A Tyrolia Supports A Vienna
A Vienna Hold
 
Italy:
F Apulia - Venice (*Fails*)
A Greece - Serbia (*Dislodged*)
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Venice - Piedmont (*Bounce*)
 
Russia:
A Budapest - Serbia
A Galicia - Budapest
A Moscow - St Petersburg (*Fails*)
F Norway - North Sea (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports A Budapest - Serbia
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway (*Fails*)
 
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Greece
A Bulgaria Supports F Aegean Sea - Greece
F Constantinople - Aegean Sea
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A Serbia Supports A Trieste (*Dislodged*)
 
Josa, our AH player has used all his Grace periods and NMR'd twice, meaning he is eliminated from this game.
For AH it means that all his units, just A Trieste in his case, go into Civil Disorder. Had AHs position left him any chance of survival I would have sought a replacement player but with only unit left the AH population is at the mercy of its neighboring Powers.
 
 
Retreats
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Italian A Greece can retreat to Albania; or OTB.
Turkish A Serbia can retreat to Albania; or OTB.
Now this is an interesting situation that asks for exceptional diplomatic skills: two units requiring retreat and only one location.
Deadline for Summer 1903 retreats is Tuesday Mar 2 at 17:00 GMT.
 
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