Hallo zusammen,
 
the Stuarts are back! Young Charles has landed in the West Country to
reclaim the throne and punish those who executed his father. The Third English
Civil War has begun! No chance of a Cavalier-Roundhead Coalition, I guess... "I
agree with Charles" T-shirts are apparently outselling "I agree with Oliver"
ones. -Ah, ok, couldn't do without a UK election reference here...
 
Over on the continent, the Archduke has scored some success as the
Electorate of Brandenburg was wrested out of the hands of the Swedish Vasas,
leaving only Swedish Pomerania under their rule.
 
In the wider Baltic arena, Poland is now fully ascendant and has
established total naval supremacy east of the Oresund. Quite remarkable
considering how young and inexperienced a service the Polish navy happens to be.
No doubt most of their ships are captained by Dutch and German officers.
 
What about the Mediterranean? Well, the Sultan's galleys have moved forward
in one long daisy-chain. Meanwhile, the Spaniards have moved forcibly on the
Emperor's beleaguered realm and have also been sighted off Catholic
Ireland.
 
Now, a DIAS proposal has been put forward. So let the voting
begin. 
 
There are no pending retreats, so we move on to a May 19 deadline, prelims
being due on May 17.
 
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 ARCHDUKE TRIUMPHANTLY ENTERS BERLIN
    o CROMWELL'S TROOPS STUCK IN PORT OF BERGEN
    o CHARLES II LANDS IN WALES, WELCOMED HOME BY MANY
NOTABLES
    o POLONIA RULES THE (BALTIC) WAVES!
    o SPANISH ARMADA SIGHTED OFF CATHOLIC IRELAND
    o SWEDISH VASAS PUSHED BACK INTO POMERANIAN
ENCLAVE
    o OTTOMAN GALLEYS EDGE WESTWARDS

PRESS: None.
 
ORDERS:
 
Austria:
A Bavaria - Saxony
A Prague Supports A Bavaria -
Saxony
A Saxony - Brandenburg
A Trieste Supports A Venice
A Tyrolia -
Bavaria
A Venice Hold
 
England:
F Abo Hold
A Christiania - Scotland (*Fails*)
F Ireland
Supports F Morocco - Cantabrian Sea
A London Supports A Scotland - Bristol
(*Cut*)
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Christiania - Scotland
A Scotland -
Bristol (*Fails*)
F Stockholm(ec) Hold
 
France:
A Aragon - Gascony
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea -
Bristol
A Hesse Supports A Swabia
F Holstein(ec) Supports A
Mecklenburg
F Irish Sea - Bristol
A Lombardy Supports A Venice - Tuscany
(*Void*)
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Lower Saxony Supports A
Mecklenburg
A Marseilles Supports A Savoy
A Mecklenburg Supports A Lower
Saxony (*Cut*)
F North Sea - London (*Fails*)
A Savoy Supports A
Switzerland (*Cut*)
A Swabia Supports A Switzerland
A Switzerland
Hold
 
Poland-Lithuania:
F Baltic Sea - Bay of Luebeck
F Courland - Gulf of
Bothnia
A Karelia - Lapland
A Novgorod - Karelia
F Prussia - Baltic
Sea
A Pskov - Ingria
A Riga - Courland
A Samogitia - Prussia
A
Turkestan Hold
A Warsaw Hold
 
Spain:
F Gulf of Lion Supports F Tuscany - Savoy
A Madrid Supports A
Portugal - Leon
F Morocco - Cantabrian Sea
A Portugal - Leon
A Seville
- Aragon
F Tuscany - Savoy (*Fails*)
F Western Mediterranean Supports A
Seville - Aragon
 
Sweden:
A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg (*Disbanded*)
A Stettin Supports
A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg
 
Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Papal States
F Aegean Sea
Hold
A Constantinople Hold
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A
Greater Poland Supports A Saxony - Brandenburg
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian
Sea
F Naples Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Papal States
Hold
A Persia Hold
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A
Silesia Supports A Saxony - Brandenburg
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Sardinia
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
None.
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
(Winter 1657):



 
Austria(6): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice,
Vienna.
England(8-1=7): Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London,
-Novgorod-, Scotland, Stockholm.
France(14+1-1=14): Brest, Copenhagen,
Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, +Mecklenburg+,
Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, United Provinces,
-Tuscany-.
Poland-Lithuania(8+2=10): Courland, Cracow, Moscow, +Novgorod+,
Prussia, Riga, +Turkestan+, Vilna, Voronezh,
Warsaw.
Spain(8+1-2=7): Algiers, Madrid, Morocco, -Naples-,
-Papal States-, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, +Tuscany+.
Sweden(3-1=2):
Brandenburg, -Mecklenburg-, Stettin.
Turkey(11+2-1=12): Belgrade,
Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, +Naples+,
+Papal States+, Persia, Transylvania, -Turkestan-, Ukraine,
Wallachia.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e.
GMT+1)...not local time)

    o Fall 1658 Moves: (17) 19 May
 
ORDERS MAP:
 
RESULTS MAP: