Hello everyone. This one actually had me referring to my rulebook. But I found what I was looking for and everything's set to go. Unfortunately, I'm about 6 hours away from being able to get started on the map so that'll be around later tonight.

One thing to note... we have our first failure due to strait control. Remember that it's the state of the strait at the END of orders that decides whether it's controlled or not.

We do have three retreat to resolve before moving on to the adjustments.

On to the adjudication, then...

North America:
F Halifax Holds
A Boston - Illinois (*dislodged*)
A Illinois - Ontario (*bounce*)
A Ontario - Winnipeg

Mexico:
F Atlantic Ocean - Boston
F Gulf of St. Lawrence Supports F Atlantic Ocean - Boston
F Bermuda Triangle - Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
A Winnipeg Supports A Kansas - Ontario (*dislodged*)
A Kansas - Ontario (*bounce*)
A Virginia - Illinois (*fails*)
A Texas - Kansas (*fails*)
F Auckland - Tasman Sea
F Fijian Sea Supports F Auckland - Tasman Sea

South America:
F Philippine Sea - East China Sea
F Rio de Janeiro - Cape Verde Sea
F Sandwich Sea Supports F Rio de Janeiro - Cape Verde Sea
F Angola - Windhoek
F Pretoria Supports F Maputo
F Maputo Supports F Pretoria
F Trinidad & Tobago Supports F Bermuda Triangle - Atlantic Ocean

Russia:
F Kara Sea - Beaufort Sea (*bounce*)
A Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk
A Kazakhstan Holds
A Nizhniy-Novgorod Supports A Kazakhstan
A Moscow Holds
A Vienna Holds
F Oslo - Arctic Ocean
F Baltic Sea - North Sea
A London Holds
F Baffin Sea - Northwest Passage

West Africa:
F Dakar Supports F Ouagadougou
A Niamey - Lagos (*fails*)
F Ouagadougou Supports A Niamey - Lagos (*cut*)
A Libya - N'Djamena
F Paris - Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
F Ionian Sea Supports Egypt
F Canary Sea Supports F Paris - Atlantic Ocean

South Africa:
F Guinea - Ouagadougou (*fails*)
F Lagos Supports F Guinea - Ouagadougou (*cut*)
A N'Djamena - Niamey (*dislodged*)
A Khartoum Holds
A Nairobi - Addis Ababa
A Congo Supports F Skeleton Coast - Angola
A Zambezi Supports F Skeleton Coast - Angola
F Skeleton Coast - Angola

Persia:
F Zagreb Holds
A Romania Supports F Zagreb
A Egypt Supports A Libya - N'Djamena
A Muscat Supports A Tehran
A Tehran Supports A Kyrgyzstan
A Kyrgyzstan Supports A Tehran
A Xinjiang - Beijing (*bounce*)

China:
A Alaska - Vancouver
F Hudson Bay Supports A Ontario - Winnipeg
F Bering Sea - Beaufort Sea
F Pacific Ocean - Honolulu
F South China Sea - Taiwan
A Afganistan - Tehran (*fails*)
F Arabian Sea - Red Sea (*fails - permission not granted*)
F Mumbai - Arabian Sea (*fails*)
A Calcutta - Himalaya
A Tibet - Beijing (*bounce*)

Oceana:
F Perth - Great Australian Bight
F Sydney - Tasman Sea (*fails*)
F Tasman Sea - Tongan Sea
F Arafura Sea - Manila
F Jakarta - Indian Ocean
A Delhi Supports F Pakistan
F Pakistan Supports A Afghanistan - Tehran

[u:c165ffa1b4]Retreats:[/u:c165ffa1b4]
NAm - A Boston may retreat to Quebec or OTB
Mex - A Winnipeg may retreat to Nunavut, Oregon or OTB
SAf - A N'Djamena may retreat to Yaounde or OTB

[u:c165ffa1b4]Next Deadline:[/u:c165ffa1b4] Autumn 2004 retreats will be due 48 hours after I get the map out, which will be Saturday, September 6, 11:30pm Central Daylight Time (-5 GMT). If I get final retreats from everyone earlier, I'll adjudicate then.