Short summary: orders due from ALL *surviving* players tomorrow. Also, two end game proposal votes are due on Monday. England and France retreat. Russia and Turkey build. Italy does not survive. Our many fond farewells to Italy, a very dutiful submitter of prelims (which is high praise from a GM). Good luck in Round 2.
"Unit to hold!" That appears to be the order of the day. Or, more appropriately, it's the non-order of the day. France NMRs. England NMRs. My spectroscope NMRs (geek joke). All their units hold.
Retreats due tomorrow:
English F North Sea may retreat to London, Skagerrak, Yorkshire, or off the board.
French A Burgundy may retreat to Gascony, Paris, Picardy, or off the board.
The Italian fleet with no retreat is mercilessly disbanded.
Winter 1908 is due tomorrow; orders due from Russia and Turkey:
Adjustments:
England: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
France: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Russia: Supp 14 Unit 13 Build 1
Turkey: Supp 11 Unit 10 Build 1
Two end-game proposals are brought forth:
Russian solo
Russian-Turkish two-way draw
Votes are needed by next Monday (not tomorrow). Any abstention is a 'no'. Even the proposer of the end-game proposal must vote.
Now, you may be asking yourself... what about France? He has NMR'd all of 1908. He has. But he may resurface. I would be happy if he did. If he does not, though, the tournament rules state: "Any country that has recorded an NMR for the last 4 consecutive spring or fall adjudications will automatically vote YES on any [end-game proposal]." This marks France's 3rd consecutive NMR. If he should NMR again in S1909, then he would automatically count as a Yes vote for all end-game proposals beginning next Thursday (F1909).
And, finally, the adjudication:
England:
A Belgium Hold
F Edinburgh Hold
F English Channel Hold
F Liverpool Hold
F North Sea Hold (*Dislodged*)
France:
A Burgundy Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Marseilles Hold
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Hold
F Spain(sc) Hold
Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Marseilles (*Disbanded*)
Russia:
F Denmark - North Sea
A Galicia - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Holland
A Holland Supports A Kiel - Ruhr
A Kiel - Ruhr
A Munich Supports A Ruhr - Burgundy
F Norway Supports F Denmark - North Sea
F Norwegian Sea Supports F Denmark - North Sea
A Ruhr - Burgundy
F Sevastopol - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A St Petersburg - Finland
A Sweden - Denmark
A Tyrolia Supports A Serbia - Trieste (*Void*)
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Tunis
A Constantinople - Tunis
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Tunis
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Fails*)
A Rome - Tuscany
A Serbia - Albania
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon
A Venice - Piedmont (*Fails*)
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon
