Go, go, Gumball!

That makes 11 years now of rollicking mayhem on The Gumball Express.  We still have all our players on board, even if two of them are clinging to the guardrail with one hand.

Highlights and observations:

. Italy continues his steady progress forward, stealing into the unprotected French port of Brest in the middle of the Autumn night.  That's another build for the green team.  What do you think we'll see, fleet number seven?

. Three English home centers now belong to three different nations, as Germany slaps the French hand away from Edinburgh and claims it for himself.  Is it just a little lovers spat, or the beginning of something more contentious?  I bet I know which one our English survivor in Liverpool is praying
for.

. Roll out the barrel, Germany is having a barrel of fun!  One more dot gained means the Kaiser is the first one to reach double-digits in the SC count and has passed the halfway point to victory.  Not that anyone is counting....

. Austria remains locked with Germany in the middle of the board, while his eastern fringe units do a commendable job of fending off that pesky Russian army in Rumania.

. And last, but certainly no worse than tied for least, our Sultan sits fat and reasonably happy in Ankara.  It simply isn't possible for Italy to eliminate him with just those two fleets, so I have a feeling we're going to be seeing A Ankara holds for quite some time to come.

Chugga, chugga, ...

RETREATS:  None required.  English fleet Edinburgh auto-retreats to Clyde.  No point in the OTB option, since he has to remove a unit anyway.

chugga, chugga...

ADJUSTMENTS:  Yes,
there are.  Germany & Italy are up.  England & France are down.  You can see chart below for details.

Choo, choo!


NEXT DEADLINE:  Adjustment orders are due by 8:00 p.m Eastern U.S. time on Friday, October 8.  If I have all the orders in hand and marked FINAL within 24 hours, I'll go ahead and adjudicate early.

Cheers,
Chris


Orders as resolved:
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Austria:
A Bohemia Supports A Tyrolia
A Galicia - Budapest (*Bounce*)
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Bounce*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
F Trieste Hold
A Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia

England:
F Edinburgh Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Liverpool Supports F Edinburgh (*Cut*)

France:
A Gascony Supports A Marseilles
A Marseilles Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc) (*Cut*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc)
F Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc)
A Wales - Liverpool (*Fails*)
F Yorkshire - Edinburgh (*Fails*)

Germany:
A Berlin Supports A Munich
F Kiel - Holland
A Munich
Supports A Silesia
F North Sea Supports F Norwegian Sea - Edinburgh
F Norwegian Sea - Edinburgh
A Prussia Supports A Silesia
A Ruhr - Belgium
A Silesia Supports A Warsaw - Galicia (*Void*)
A St Petersburg Hold

Italy:
F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) (*Bounce*)
F English Channel - Brest
F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles (*Bounce*)
F Smyrna - Constantinople (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean
F Western Mediterranean - North Africa

Russia:
A Moscow Supports A Warsaw
A Rumania - Budapest (*Bounce*)
A Ukraine Supports A Warsaw
A Warsaw Hold

Turkey:
A Ankara Hold
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Ownership:

Austria:   Budapest, Bulgaria, Serbia, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England:   Liverpool.
France:    London, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany:   Belgium, Berlin, Denmark, Edinburgh,
Holland, Kiel, Munich, Norway, St Petersburg, Sweden.
Italy:     Brest, Constantinople, Greece, Naples, Rome, Smyrna, Tunis.
Russia:    Moscow, Rumania, Sevastopol, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara.

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
England:   Supp  1 Unit  2 Remove  1
France:    Supp  5 Unit  6 Remove  1
Germany:   Supp 10 Unit  9 Build  1
Italy:     Supp  7 Unit  6 Build  1
Russia:    Supp  4 Unit  4 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  1 Unit  1 Build  0