Hi guys,

if you thought the English would hold on to Novgorod, well, you were mistaken. The Poles retook the ancient city as Cromwell's men focused on securing territory in the East (in doing so, routing the Turkish auxilliaries that had been assisting the Poles these past seasons).

Sweden's decline has continued unabated as the March of Brandenburg was seized by imperial troops that evacuated Lower Saxony, no doubt in view of the heavy odds there stacked against them. This gave Louis XIV another easy conquest, next to forcing the Polish Jutland army to surrender after its many exploits.

Now, there are no retreats pending, so it's just adjustments this winter (31 March). Thereafter, we may either move on to a Monday or Wednesday deadline, depending on what players' holiday schedules. I'm expecting some deadline extension request, so Spring 1656 probably will be on post-Easter Wednesday.

Cheers,

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 REGIMENTS SEEK WINTER QUARTERS IN BERLIN
o ROUNDHEADS ROUT JANISSARIES IN FAR-OFF LANDS
o LOUIS XIV CELEBRATES FRENCH VICTORIES NEAR COPENHAGEN AND BRUNSWICK
o POLES RECONQUER NOVGOROD
o SPANIARDS MAINTAIN THEIR TOEHOLD IN THE EMPIRE
o SWEDES LOSE GROUND ON GERMAN SOIL
o SULTAN TAKES A GREATER INTEREST IN POLISH AFFAIRS

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

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

England:
A Abo - Ingria
F Arctic Ocean Supports A Karelia - Permia
F Gulf of Bothnia - Riga (*Fails*)
A Karelia - Permia
F Lake Ladoga Supports A Abo - Ingria
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Karelia - Permia
A Novgorod - Siberia
A Stockholm - Scania

France:
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Skagerrak - Copenhagen
A Lombardy Supports A Venice
A Lorraine Supports A Switzerland - Swabia
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
A Savoy - Switzerland (*Fails*)
F Skagerrak - Copenhagen
A Swabia - Hesse
A Switzerland - Swabia (*Bounce*)
A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
A Venice Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
A Copenhagen - Holstein (*Disbanded*)
A Courland - Prussia (*Fails*)
A Ingria - Novgorod
A Moscow Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
A Prussia - Greater Poland (*Fails*)
A Pskov Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
A Riga - Courland (*Bounce*)
A Samogitia - Courland (*Bounce*)
A Smolensk Supports A Ingria - Novgorod

Spain:
A Algiers Supports F Tunis
A Holstein - Copenhagen (*Fails*)
F Naples Supports F Papal States(ec) (*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 Brandenburg - Greater Poland
A Brandenburg - Greater Poland
A Mecklenburg - Holstein (*Bounce*)

Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
A Croatia Supports A Trieste (*Ordered to Move*)
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
F Egypt Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea - Naples (*Fails*)
A Permia Supports A Ingria - Novgorod (*Disbanded*)
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Silesia Supports A Lower Saxony - Brandenburg
A Volhynia - Podolia

PENDING RETREATS:

None.

ADJUSTMENTS:

Austria:
Build

France:
Build
Build

Poland-Lithuania:
Build

Spain:
Build

Sweden:
Remove

Turkey:
Build








SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1655):

Austria(6): Bavaria, Brandenburg, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, Stockholm, United Provinces.
France(12): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(9): Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(10): Algiers, Madrid, Mecklenburg, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden(2): Mecklenburg, 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 Winter 1655 Retreats/Adjustments: 31 March



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