Poland and Spain smell blood in the water, but Sicily and Israel are still holding firm against the tide of history and fate!  One retreat will be needed but I have the distinct feeling that this game is picking up speed (or at least, that's the feeling from my end of things). 


Summer 1909 retreats due 22 September at 08:00 GMT (will adjudicate early unless "provisional".
Fall 1909 orders due 26 September at 08:00 GMT. 

TOULOUSE, LANGUEDOC — The bloody battleground city, which has been claimed by three nations in the past nine years, is the site of renewed combat as the Sicilian navy attempts a bold conquest.  But to the east, the fields of Piedmont also suffer the slings and arrows of war, and the extended battleground results in a stalemate.  The residents of Languedoc, weary of the bloodshed, hope that a peace may be had soon, and are at this point apathetic to whose flag flies above them as long as their sons and daughters may be safe.  But for now, they are but ants to those who will play God for the fate of Europe.

BUCHAREST, RUMANIA — After the shock of being Ukrainian once again has worn off, there is no rest for the weary.  The Ukrainian fleet left port as part of successful efforts to reclaim the Black Sea as a Ukrainian sea from the Israelite invaders, but Rumania itself remains unconquered as both Polish and Israelite/Sicilian forces were unable to lay claim to the country after generals on both sides decided to take the same road to Bucharest, causing confusion and frustration as the matter was to be decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors, which failed utterly as both sides kept playing "scissors".

TUNIS, TUNISIA — The advance of the Spanish fleet into the Mediterranean had been stalled, but perhaps no longer.  Together with infantry forces marching through the deserts to the south, the residents of Tunis no longer feel secure and an eerie silence has descended over the city as preparations begin for the coming siege.  Tunis is very close to the Sicilian capital at Palermo, and if it falls it may be difficult for the Sicilian administration to hold off the flood of Spanish warships sailing for the Italian coast.  The same holds true for Cyrenaica to the southeast, which leads to the Israelite homeland, so far unaffected by the war which has devastated Europe.





 Burgundy 


A Schwyz – Piedmont (*fails*)



 Byzantium
F Armenia – Georgia 


 Israel 


A Transylvania – Rumania (*bounce*)F West Black Sea S A Transylvania – Rumania (*dislodged*)

F East Black Sea – Armenia A Turkestan – Kazakhstan

F Tripolitania – Tobruk SeaA Circassia Hold (*dislodged*)


 Poland 


A Swabia – TyrolA Bavaria S A Swabia – Tyrol

A Bohemia S A Swabia – TyrolA Szeged – Croatia (*disbanded*)

A Austria S A Szeged – CroatiaA Warsaw – Galicia

A Podolia – Rumania (*bounce*)A Lemberg S A Podolia – Rumania

A Kiev – Podolia (*fails*)A Volga – Circassia

A Donbas S A Volga – CircassiaA Kuban S A Volga – Circassia

A Taurida S A KubanA Kazakhstan – Turkestan (*fails*)

F Hague – BrusselsF Clyde – Edinburgh

F Norway Hold

 Sicily 


F Ligurian Sea – Languedoc (*fails*)F Gulf of Lion S F Ligurian Sea – Languedoc

A Piedmont S F Ligurian Sea – Languedoc (*cut*)F Tuscany S A Piedmont

A Venezia S A PiedmontA Budapest – Szeged

A Serbia S A Budapest – SzegedF Bulgaria S Isr A Transylvania – Rumania

F Albania – Ionian SeaF Croatia Hold

F Adriatic Sea S F CroatiaF Tunis Hold


 Spain


F Valencia – Palma Sea
F Catalonia S F Valencia – Palma SeaF Western Mediterranean – Utica Sea

A Sahara – FezzanA Morocco – Sahara

F South Atlantic Ocean – MoroccoA Santander – Gascony

A Languedoc S Bur A Schwyz – Piedmont (*cut*)A Dijon S A Languedoc

F Brussels – PicardyF Alcluyd Hold

 Ukraine


F Rumania – West Black Sea
F Odessa S F Rumania – West Black SeaF Yalta – East Black Sea


RetreatsIsraelite A Circassia can retreat to Azerbaijan, so ordered.
Israelite F West Black Sea can retreat to Yalta or Constantinople or Anatolia.
Polish A Szeged has no valid retreats, disbanded.