Hi guys,

life in Swabia's peasants must be living hell. To date this strategically important province of the Holy Roman Empire has witnessed five invasions ever since Europe's monarchs once again embarked in war. Yet if the downtrodden locals happen to be the losers in all this, at least the Emperor will be relieved that for the time being Germany's eight electors still for the most part support him.

In the Baltic, Sweden's suffered a setback as the Poles have conquered Mitau and Riga, yet the arrival of Cromwell's men further to the north might yet alter the equation in that theatre.

Anyway, Summer 1654 retreats are due on Wednesday, 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 EMPEROER PARADES THROUGH AUGSBURG
o ROUNDHEADS WADE THROUGH GODFORSAKEN SWAMPS
o LOUIS XIV OVERSEES SUCCESSFUL FRENCH COMBINED OPERATIONS
o POLES CELEBRATE THEIR RECONQUEST OF LIVONIA
o SPANIARDS ASSIST IN FRENCH LANDING NEAR BREMEN
o TURKISH SPAHIS SKIRMISH WITH SWEDISH SCOUTS

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Hesse - Swabia
A Hesse - Swabia
A Saxony Supports A Hesse - Swabia
A Trieste - Venice (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia - Switzerland (*Bounce*)

England:
A Abo - Ingria
A Christiania - Northern Norway
A Lapland - Karelia
F North Sea Supports A Brest - United Provinces
F Norwegian Sea Supports A Lapland - Karelia
F Scania - Stockholm(ec)
A Scotland Hold
F Stockholm(ec) - Lapland

France:
A Brest - United Provinces
F English Channel Convoys A Brest - United Provinces
A Flanders Supports A Lorraine - Rhineland-Westphalia
F Helgoland Bight - Lower Saxony
A Lombardy Supports A Venice
A Lorraine - Rhineland-Westphalia
A Savoy - Switzerland (*Bounce*)
A Swabia - Bavaria (*Dislodged*)
A Switzerland - Tyrolia (*Fails*)
A Venice Supports A Switzerland - Tyrolia (*Cut*)

Poland-Lithuania:
A Greater Poland - Prussia
A Ingria - Riga
A Lower Saxony - Rhineland-Westphalia (*Dislodged*)
A Novgorod - Pskov (*Bounce*)
A Polotsk Supports A Ingria - Riga
A Prussia - Courland
A Samogitia Supports A Prussia - Courland
A Vilna - Smolensk

Spain:
A Algiers Supports F Tunis
A Mecklenburg Supports F Helgoland Bight - Lower Saxony
F Naples Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea (*Cut*)
F Papal States(ec) Supports F Naples
F Sardinia Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
A Seville Hold
F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
A Tuscany Supports A Venice
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples

Sweden:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Stettin - Brandenburg (*Fails*)
A Brandenburg - Silesia (*Bounce*)
F Courland - Riga (*Dislodged*)
A Riga - Pskov (*Disbanded*)
A Stettin - Brandenburg (*Fails*)

Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Sicily - Naples
F Constantinople - Aegean Sea
A Croatia Supports A Trieste (*Ordered to Move*)
F Damascus - Eastern Mediterranean
F Egypt Supports F Ionian Sea
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea Supports F Sicily - Naples
A Permia Hold
F Sicily - Naples (*Fails*)
A Slovakia - Silesia (*Bounce*)
A Ukraine Hold

PENDING RETREATS:

Swedish F Courland can retreat to Gulf of Bothnia or OTB.
Polish A Lower Saxony can retreat to HolsteinHesse or OTB.
French A Swabia can retreat to Lorraine or OTB.







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 Summer 1964 Retreats: 3 March

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