"Sun sets upon the empire on which the sun never sets as England bows out of war!"

 

"Massive battles take place across whole European continent! Won't somebody think of the children?"

 

"Austrian Archduke jogs elbow of Kaiser at Munich Oktoberfest spilling his beer all over his best cavalry plus-fours, mass brawl breaks out, Archduke ejected from festival!"

 

"Turkish fleet sunk in Aegean Sea - oil slick threatening Greek tourist islands!"

 

"Concern grows over fate of missing cat - Italian fleet refused permission to search bazaar of Constantinople!"

 

 

Anonymous press: "Austrian-Italian collaboration has Sultan on the run, it was difficult to plan out but it's 'Eas-smy"
to see that it worked!"

 

 

G'day cobbas!

 

First of all, let me thank Luke for taking part in our game, and for sticking it out till the bitter end. Well done, and good luck in your next game!

 

What an exciting turn, battles all over the continent and alliances shifting as we speak. I'm hoping you guys are keeping track of all of this, I'm really looking forwards to finding out from your EOG statements what happened in this move...

 

The Autumn 1904 adjudication is as follows:

 

 

Austria:
A Bohemia Supports A Warsaw - Silesia
F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna (*Fails*)
A Munich Supports A Bohemia (*Dislodged*)
A Serbia Hold
A Vienna Supports A Bohemia

 

England:
F Edinburgh Hold (*Dislodged*)

 

France:
A Burgundy Supports A
Berlin - Munich
F Clyde - Edinburgh
F English Channel - London
A Gascony Hold
A Liverpool Supports F Clyde - Edinburgh
F North Sea - Holland
A Picardy - Belgium

 

Germany:
A Berlin - Munich
A Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Holland - Kiel
A Holland - Kiel
A Silesia - Bohemia (*Dislodged*)
F Yorkshire - Edinburgh (*Fails*)

 

Italy:
F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
F Greece - Aegean Sea
F Ionian Sea Supports F Greece - Aegean Sea
A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
A Syria Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
A Venice Hold

 

Russia:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Prussia - Berlin
F Norway - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Prussia - Berlin
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
A Ukraine Hold
A Warsaw - Silesia

 

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Constantinople (*Disbanded*)
A Ankara
Supports F Smyrna
F Smyrna Hold

 

 

Retreats required:

 

Austria:
A Munich

 

Germany:
A Silesia


 

The retreat deadline is Monday 27 June 2000GMT, any NRR's will be autoadjudicated in line with the DC house rules. The deadline for the Winter 1904 builds will be Tuesday 28 June 2000GMT, and the deadline for Spring 1905 is of course Sunday 3 July 2000GMT.

 

Take care y'all,

 

Jerome