It occured to me some hours ago that I may be the closest DC player to the Syrian Civil War. Fascinating. Back to the world of dreams! It's a fantastic end to the year for Poland and Spain, and may well tip the balance in their favor.  Winter 1908 adjustments due 14 September at 08:00 GMT.  


ALCLUYD - After a strong opening campaign, the Celtic nations are removed from relevance by the Polish/Spanish pact. Their final stand came at the port but reinforcements were not enough to hold off the enemy advance, and now the Irish, Welsh, and Scots must now look to an occupied future with a mixture of despair and pessimism. Whoever said this was an Aberration?


BUDAPEST - The Hungarians now find themsevles completely overcome by the quarreling Sicilians and Polish armies. The once-great Magyar capital is currently under Sicilian occupation, but it is a lonely guard they hold as they are surrounded by Polish forces.  


ODESSA - Our Black Sea correspondant reports to us that the Rus' nation, brushed off by political scientists across the world as a Polish satellite state, may begin to return to relevance after Rumania was reconquered to great acclaim, albeit with significant Polish assistance.  Great celebrations erupted spontaneously across the city as news of the success spread, and the church bells were rung in celebration of the event.


SINOP, ANATOLIA - Across the sea, the similarly-forgotten Byzantine nation-in-exile also expands, advancing to the east and capturing Armenia before stopping at the Caucasus mountains. This may only be a triumph on paper, however. Byzantine generals are furious that their forces did not retake the capital at Constantinople, and it remains to be seen if this was an error at the highest levels, an action by a rogue commodore, or the true intentions of East Roman strategy.


 Burgundy
A Lorraine - Schwyz
F Dublin Hold

 Byzantium
F Anatolia - Armenia


 Éire
F Minch S F Clyde - Alcluyd (*void*)

 Hungary 
CIVIL DISORDER

 Israel

A Rumania - Odessa (*dislodged*)
F West Black Sea S A Rumania - Odessa (*cut*)
F East Black Sea - Yalta (*fails*)
A Circassia S Pol A Kazakhstan - Volga (*void*)
A Turkestan - Kazakhstan (*fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Utica Sea (*bounce*)

F Malta Sea - Tripolitania

 Poland 
A Karelia - Volga
A Kazakhstan S A Karelia - Volga (*cut*)
A Muscovy - Donbas
A Kuban S A Muscovy - Donbas

A Taurida S A Kuban
A Lemberg S Ukr F Odessa - Rumania
A Podolia S Ukr F Odessa - Rumania
A Galicia - Austria
A Bohemia S A Galicia - Austria
A Transylvania - Szeged
A Hesse - Bavaria
A Ruhr - Swabia

F Norwegian Sea - Norway
F Hague S Spa F English Channel - Brussels
F Clyde S Spa F Irish Sea - Alcluyd

 Sicily
F Languedoc - Gulf of Lion

F Ligurian Sea S F Languedoc - Gulf of Lion
A Piedmont - Languedoc (*fails*)
A Venezia - Piedmont (*fails*)
F Tuscany S A Venezia - Piedmont
F Adriatic Sea - Venezia (*fails*)
F Croatia S F Adriatic Sea - Venezia

F Tunisia S Isr Tyrrhenian Sea - Utica Sea (*cut*)
A Macedonia - Serbia
A Szeged - Budapest
F Bulgaria - Rumania (*fails*)
F Albania, no move received

 Spain

A Gascony - Languedoc
F Catalonia S A Gascony - Languedoc
A Dijon S Bur A Lorraine - Schwyz
A Sahara - Tunisia (*fails*)
F Western Mediterranean - Utica Sea (*bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - South Atlantic Ocean

F Irish Sea - Alcluyd
F English Channel - Brussels

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

Retreats

Israelite A Rumania can retreat to Transylvania, so ordered.

Adjustments

Burgundy: -1 (1)
Byzantium: 0 (2)
Éire: -1 (0)
Hungary: -1 (0)
Israel: -1 (6)
Poland: +2 (17)
Spain: +3 (11)

Sicily: 0 (12)
Ukraine: +1 (3)