"Witch-finder General on alert off English east coast as Stamford ordered to support ghost fleet!"
 
"Irish on the move - Welsh housewives shudder in fear but brewers think of the profits!"
 
"Little activity in Scandinavia - Vikings stay at home to drink beer!"
 
Hi everyone,
 
Here's the moves for Spring 853:
 
Angles:
A Chester Hold
F Durham Supports F Yorkshire - Wash
A Lincoln - Stamford
A Mercia Supports A Lincoln - Stamford
F Yorkshire - Wash
 
Britons:
F Baie de la Seine - English Channel
A Cornwall - Dorset
F English Channel - Cornwall
A Seine - Picardie
 
Danes:
F Dogger Bank Supports F Hoek of Holland - Thames (*Void*)
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Frisian Isles - Hoek of Holland
F Jutland(wc) Hold
F Jylland Hold
A Lower Saxony Hold
 
Frisians:
A Flanders - Holland
F Frisian Isles - Hoek of Holland (*Fails*)
F Hoek of Holland Supports F Thames
F Stamford Supports Wash (*Void, Dislodged*)
A Utrecht Hold
 
Irish:
F Anglesey - Cardigan Bay (*Dislodged*)
A Dublin Hold
F Kerry - St. George Channel
A Louth Hold
F West Irish Sea Supports F Kerry - St. George Channel
 
Norse:
F Firth of Forth Supports F German Ocean (*Cut*)
F German Ocean Supports F Firth of Forth
A Hordaland Fylke Hold
F Zetland Supports F German Ocean
 
Picts:
F Aberdeen - Firth of Forth (*Fails*)
A Ayr - Argyll
A Borders - Lothians
F Moray Firth Supports F Aberdeen - Firth of Forth
F Orkney Islands - Pentland Firth
A Sutherland Hold (*Dislodged*)
 
Saxons:
F Kent Supports F Straits of Dover
A Middlesex - Wiltshire
A Norfolk - Middlesex
F Straits of Dover Supports F Thames
F Thames Supports F Straits of Dover
F Wight Supports A Middlesex - Wiltshire
 
Scots:
F Atlantic Ocean - Minch
A Cumbria - Ayr
F Highlands Supports F Pentland Firth - Sutherland
F Pentland Firth - Sutherland
 
Welsh:
F Cardigan Bay - Anglesey
A Damnonia - Powys
F Gwynedd Supports F Cardigan Bay - Anglesey
F St. George Channel - West Irish Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Wiltshire - Devon
 
 
 So, the following retreats are needed:
 
Irish F Anglesey can retreat to East Irish Sea, or OTB
Welsh F St. George Channel can retreat to Bristol Channel or Celtic Sea or Wexford or Cardigan Bay or Damnonia, or OTB
Frisian F Stamford can retreat to Norfolk, or OTB
Pictish A Sutherland can retreat to Caithness or Grampian, or OTB

The deadline for the retreats will be tomorrow at 2000GMT. Please submit them promptly.
 
Best,
 
Jerome