Hi Players,

Slow and steady wins the race.  So goes the old saw, and so goes this game in 1904.  The littler folks are mostly holding position, while the bigger folks push slightly forward.
We do have a new board leader in France, who leaps out to a commanding 7-6-6-5 lead over the other "big" boys on the board.  We also have a couple of retreats, as Italy defends by attacking in the Western Med, and the Russia fleet is forced out of Sweden just as we all expected.
I was looking forward to sharing an evil chuckle at the Kaiser's expense, but it turned out that the German misorder didn't make a lick of difference.  Oh, well, maybe next time.

PRESS

Press # 1:  Units to my Left, Units to my Right, a mob to the South, a mob to the North!  Who am I?  I await your answer!
RETREATS:
Russian F Sweden can retreat to Finland or Gulf of Bothnia or OTB.
French F Western Mediterranean can retreat to Mid-Atlantic Ocean or OTB.

ADJUSTMENTS:
Liverpool goes over to the French, and so accounts for the only adjustments this year.  England must remove a unit, and France may build one if he wishes.

NEXT DEADLINE:
Retreats (France, Russia) and Adjustments (England, France) are due tomorrow night, Friday, May 4, by 18:00
Eastern.


Cheers,Chris


Orders as resolved.  Please notify the GM immediately if you spot an error.======================================================Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Trieste
A Trieste Supports A Budapest (*Cut*)
A Vienna Supports A Budapest

England:
A London - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F North Sea Convoys A London - Belgium
F Norway Hold
F Norwegian Sea Supports F Norway

France:
A Burgundy - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F Liverpool Hold
A Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc)
A North Africa Supports F Tunis
F Spain(sc) Supports A Marseilles
F Western Mediterranean Supports A North Africa (*Dislodged*)

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Supports F Denmark - Sweden
F Denmark - Sweden
A Kiel - Denmark
A Ruhr - Holland
F Skagerrak - "Nor"  ... ambiguous order.  Unit
holds.
A Tyrolia - Munich

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon - Western Mediterranean
A Piedmont - Venice
F Tunis Supports F Gulf of Lyon - Western Mediterranean
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Tunis

Russia:
A Galicia - Bohemia
F Rumania Hold
A St Petersburg - Norway (*Fails*)
F Sweden Supports A St Petersburg - Norway (*Dislodged*)
A Warsaw - Galicia

Turkey:
A Albania - Trieste (*Fails*)
F Bulgaria(sc) - Aegean Sea
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Greece - Ionian Sea
F Greece - Ionian Sea
F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea
A Serbia Supports A Albania - Trieste
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England:   Edinburgh, London, Norway.
France:    Belgium, Brest, Liverpool, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany:   Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden.
Italy:     Naples, Rome, Tunis,
Venice.
Russia:    Moscow, Rumania, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Serbia, Smyrna.

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  3 Unit  3 Build  0
England:   Supp  3 Unit  4 Remove  1
France:    Supp  7 Unit  6 Build  1
Germany:   Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
Italy:     Supp  4 Unit  4 Build  0
Russia:    Supp  5 Unit  5 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0