Gentlemen, my apologies.  I was taken away due to a brief health scare (not me, my grandmother), but all is well now.  Those of you who wrote to me will be relieved to know that no one sent orders after the deadline passed.  

The headlines in this season are two NMRS, one with no effect, and one with a potentially-crippling effect.  Slipping under the radar, however, is the emergence of a possible alliance between Poland and Spain, who find themselves cooperating to seize the Celtic Isles.  Let's see where this leads, although at present I'd say this year's winner may well be Sicily.  

Due to our vacations, I think it best to have a nice long Fall 1907 turn.  Therefore, I will give you a full month(!) for this turn; deadline is 23 August.  Those of you who played postal diplomacy might feel yourselves at home now.  I will give a reminder when the deadline approaches, and hopefully with the summer winding down we'll have a better game as the summer weather fades away.  



 Burgundy
NMR

 Byzantium
F Anatolia Hold

 Éire
F Yorkshire - North Sea (*fails*)
F Edinburgh S F Yorkshire - North SeaF Wessex S Spa F English Channel - Anglican Sea (*disbanded*)

 Hungary
NMR

 Israel
F East Black Sea - Yalta (*fails*)
F West Black Sea S F East Black Sea - Yalta (*cut*)
A Iran - AzerbaijanA Georgia S A Iran - Azerbaijan
A Turkestan - Kazakhstan (*fails*)F Aegean Sea S Sic F Constantinople
F Ionian Sea S Sic F Adriatic Sea (*ordered to move*)
 Poland

F Anglican Sea S Spa F English Channel - Wessex
F North Sea S F Anglican Sea (*cut*)F Norwegian Sea S F North Sea
A Hesse - RuhrA Hague S A Hesse - Ruhr
A Swabia S Hun A SchwyzA Circassia - Kuban
A Taurida S Ukr F YaltaA Rumania S Hun A Macedonia - Bulgaria (*void*)
A Podolia S A RumaniaA Kazakhstan Hold

 Sicily
A Umbria - Venezia
A Piedmont S A Umbria - VeneziaF Languedoc S A Piedmont
F Ligurian Sea S A PiedmontF Malta Sea - Apulia
F Adriatic Sea - ZaraF Albania S F Adriatic Sea - Zara
A Athens - MacedoniaA Bulgaria S A Athens - Macedonia
F Constantinople S A Bulgaria

 SpainF English Channel - Wessex
F Irish Sea - CornwallF Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Brittany
A Dijon - GasconyA Lorraine - Dijon
F South Atlantic Ocean - GibraltarF Palma Sea - Catalonia

 Ukraine
F Odessa - West Black Sea (*fails*)
F Yalta S F Odessa - West Black Sea (*cut*)

Retreats
Irish F Wessex has no retreats, disbanded.Hungarian A Macedonia has no retreats, disbanded.
Hungarian F Venezia no moves received, disbanded.

Hungarian F Zara has no retreats, disbanded.