Hallo zusammen,
 
those Dutch rebels have once again bested a Latin powerhouse! Anything in
their water that gives 'em an uncanny gift in dealing romance-speaking nations
humiliating defeats...? Meanwhile, tragic news has reached us from the fabled
Gold Coast. Apparently not all is yet lost for Latin powers!
 
Closer to home, there's also a good deal to report! The long-time entente
between the Porte and Warsaw appears to have fully broken down judging by the
troop movements in Eastern Europe. In Italy Habsburg power appears to be on the
wane as the Bourbons regained Savoy, while the Turks have fought there way into
the lagoon city and its hinterlands. As for the British Isles, the royalist
cause has recovered from recent setbacks and now all key objectives on the
British mainland are in the hands of young Charles's adherents.
 
As for peace talks going on in Münster and Osnabrück, a recent proposal to
grant the Sultan outright hegemony over the continent has failed. The same
proposal (i.e. conceding the game to Turkey) has been once again put forward and
again awaits your votes.
 
I've scheduled the Summer 1661 Retreats
for Monday, 5 July 6 PM CET and adjusted the coming schedule as I hope suits
everyone best. If not, let me know and I'll adjust.
 
Now, lets see those valiant young German Landsknechts teach those
temperamental Gauchos a lesson! No "Hands of God" please. We've had enough of
that from those South Americans yesterday!

 
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, eliminated Fall
165
    TURKEY: Aidan
Slattery <AiSlattery(at)aol.com>

PROCLAMATIONS:
    o TURKS WIN SECOND BATTLE OF MUNKACS AGAINST
HABSBURGS
    o CAVALIERS ASCENDANT
OVER ROUNDHEADS
    o BOURBON TROOPS ONCE AGAIN FAN OUT OVER THE
PIEDMONTESE COUNTRYSIDE
    o CRESCENT AND WHITE EAGLE CLASH IN THE
STEPPES
    o THE LAGOON CITY LOOTED BY THE SULTAN'S
SUBJECTS

PRESS: None.
 
ORDERS:
 
Austria:
A Prague - Vienna (*Fails*)
A Switzerland Supports A
Dauphiné - Savoy
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice - Trieste
A Venice - Trieste
(*Dislodged*)
A Vienna - Hungary (*Fails*)
 
England:
A Bristol Supports F Scotland (*Dislodged*)
F Ireland
Supports F Scotland
F Scotland Hold (*Dislodged*)
 
France:
A Dauphiné - Savoy
F English Channel - Bristol
F Flanders
- English Channel (*Bounce*)
F Helgoland Bight - United Provinces
A London
Supports F English Channel - Bristol
A Lorraine Supports A Paris
A Lower
Saxony - Mecklenburg
A Paris Hold
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Lower
Saxony
A Saxony - Prague (*Fails*)
A Swabia Supports A Switzerland
F
Yorkshire - Scotland
 
Poland-Lithuania:
A Brandenburg Supports A Silesia
A Cracow -
Slovakia
A Ingria - Novgorod
A Karelia - Abo
A Moscow - Voronezh
F
North Sea Supports F Yorkshire - Scotland
F Norwegian Sea Supports F
Yorkshire - Scotland
A Podolia - Transylvania (*Bounce*)
A Polotsk -
Vilna
A Silesia Supports A Cracow - Slovakia
F Skagerrak Supports F North
Sea
F Stettin Supports A Brandenburg
A Turkestan - Persia (*Fails*)
A
Vilna - White Ruthenia
 
Spain:
F Brest - Normandy
F Cantabrian Sea - English Channel
(*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Paris (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Lion - Marseilles
F
Irish Sea - North Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Dauphiné
A Savoy Supports
A Marseilles - Dauphiné (*Dislodged*)
 
Turkey:
F Algiers Hold
A Belgrade - Hungary
F Black Sea -
Moldavia
A Crimea Supports A Moldavia - Volhynia
A Croatia Supports A
Belgrade - Hungary
A Damascus - Armenia
A Moldavia - Volhynia
F Naples
- Adriatic Sea
A Papal States Supports F Trieste - Venice
A Persia -
Turkestan (*Fails*)
A Slovakia - Transylvania (*Disbanded*)
F Trieste -
Venice
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
A Tuscany Supports F Trieste - Venice
F
Tyrrhenian Sea Hold
F Western Mediterranean Hold
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
English A Bristol can retreat to Devon or Yorkshire.
Spanish A Savoy can
retreat to Lombardy.
English F Scotland can retreat to Irish Sea.
Austrian
A Venice can retreat to Lombardy.
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
(Winter 1660):



 
Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Switzerland, Venice,
Vienna.
England(4): Abo, Bristol, Ireland, London.
France(12):
Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg,
Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Saxony, Scotland, Swabia, United
Provinces.
Poland-Lithuania(14): Brandenburg, Christiania, Courland, Cracow,
Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm, Turkestan, Vilna, Voronezh,
Warsaw.
Spain(7): Brest, Madrid, Marseilles, Morocco, Portugal,
Savoy, Seville.
Turkey(16): Algiers, Belgrade, Candia,
Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Naples, Papal States, Persia,
Transylvania, Trieste, Tunis, Tuscany, Ukraine, Wallachia.

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

    o Summer 1661 Retreats: 5 July
    o Fall 1661 Moves: (7) 9 July
    o Winter 1661 Retreats/Adjustments: 12
July
 
ORDERS MAP:
 
RESULTS MAP: