The distant artillery barrage grew more intensive and Professeur Griffe leant toward the driving seat of his modified Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, tapping the skinny adjutant on the shoulder with his cane. Despite the aide's nervous fumbling with the key, the car purred impatiently into life - and it's customised caterpillar-track rear wheels drove the Commander forward through the mud of No-Mans-Land on the Marseille border, without a slip or a slide.

'Eggy' Fresh's latest report was on file, although the field agent was sketchy about the result of the Naval Battle of Lyon, and the Professeur made a mental note to reprimand the Head of Surveillance next time he had the opportunity... although when that might be, the grizzled Overseer had no idea... All border positions had reported heavy fighting for several months now and the Professeur had a feeling that Europe was fast approaching the eye of the storm.


****URGENT MEMO****
AGENT D. E. FRESH TO LoS HQ ZURICH

MILITARY MANOUVRES SPRING 1902.

YUGOSLAVIA
A tri - vie (SUCCEEDS)
A tyr - mun (FAILS 1v1)
A gal - sil (SUCCEEDS)
A bud - gal (SUCCEEDS)
A rum supports A sev (SUCCEEDS)
A sev supports A rum (FAILS - SUPPORT CUT)
A ser - bul (SUCCEEDS)

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & SCANDINAVIA
F Lon - ENG (FAILS 1v1)
F NTH - Hol (FAILS 1v1)
F Den - NTH (FAILS 1v1)
F BAL S A Kie H (FAILS - ORDER NOT GIVEN)

FRANKISH & VISIGOTHIC REALM
A HOL-hold (FAILS 1v1)
A MUN-S German A KIE-BER (FAILS - SUPPORT CUT)
F ENG- S German F BEL-NTH (FAILS - SUPPORT CUT)
F MAO- NAF (FAILS *BOUNCE*)
F SPA- WES (SUCCEEDS)
F LYO S A BUR-MAR (FAILS - SUPPORT CUT - UNIT DISLODGED)
A BUR-MAR. (FAILS 1v1)

GREATER HANNOVER
F LVP-CLY (SUCCEEDS)
F BEL-NTH (FAILS 1v1)
A KIE-BER (SUCCEEDS)

MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLES CONFEDERATION
F Greece to Ion (SUCCEEDS)
A Pie to Mar (FAILS 1v1)
F Tun to NAf (FAILS *BOUNCE*)
F Wes to Lyo (SUCCEEDS)
F Tyr Supp. F Wes to Lyo

RUSSIA
 F Bla  - Sev (FAILS - UNIT DESTROYED)
A Mos S F Bla - Sev (SUPPORT GIVEN)
A Ukr - War (SUCCEEDS)
A Liv S A Ukr - War (SUCCEEDS)

TURKEY
F ank – bla (SUCCEEDS)
F con support ank – bla (SUCCEEDS)
A arm support sev (SUCCEEDS)


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Dear Players,

Thanks for getting your orders in. We had two 'retreats':
The Russian Fleet was sunk in the Black Sea without a safe shoreline, there can be assumed no survivors, but the Frankish Fleet in Lyo may retreat to Spa(sc) or Tus - DUE IN 24 HOURS! default retreat will be Spa(sc)

Our following deadline will be Fall 1902 - due 12noon GMT next tuesday 14th
Best
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