Autumn 954: the Danes take their fleet in the Sea of England to the Dogger Bank, while the French army in Nantes has become dispersed.

At the start of Winter 954 we see a very different military landscape:
- France will be gone after Winter;
- the Danes have suffered a tremendous blow during this year, starting out with 7 SCs and retaining only 2;
- the Independents have been reduced to just one: Pest;
- the Arab Caliphates and the Slavs managed to contain their losses to only 1 SC;
- Norge gained 1 SC;
- Burgundy pushed out its borders but, with the loss of the SC in Nantes, only by 2;
- Sverige and the Eastern Roman Empire expanded their empire each by 3 SCs.

The DoubleDigit SC Committee for Europe 955 have asked Sverige to join their ranks, making a total of five, whereas the Slavs have received a warning that their membership is at risk.

Deadline for Winter 954 builds and disbands is Tuesday Sep 30 at 23:00 GMT.
Don't forget to think about your vote for the Norge - ERE Draw proposal with the submission of your Spring 955 orders.
Deadline lookahead: Spring 955 will be set for Sunday Oct 5 at 23:00 GMT.

W954 Ownership
ArabCaliphates: Antakya, Burgos, Cordoba, Sevilla, Tunis.

Burgundy: Avignon, Cagliari, Dorestad, Frankfurt, Genova,
Groningen, Koln, Mainz, Marseilles, Palma, Paris,
Pisa, Roma, Rouen, St. Gallen, Verdun, Zurich.

Danmark: Bruges, Hedeby.

EasternRomanEmpire: Alexandria, Ancona, Ankara, Buda, Graz,
Jorsal, Miklagard, Napoli, Palermo, Palmyra, Ragusa,
Smyrna, Spalato, Syracuse, Tarsus, Trebizond, Venezia.

SlavicNations: Arkhangelsk, Hamburg, Holmgard, Kaffa, Kjonugard,
Praha, Przemysl, Rostov, Smolensk, Vladimir.

Norge: Dyvlin, Hafrsfjord, Hastings, Jorvik, Katanes,
Kirkby, Lindisfarne, London, Nidaros, Noirmoutier,
Skaalholt, Skegness, Skiringssal, Vardoeyhus.

Sverige: Aldeigjuborg, Birka, Brandenburg, Breslau, Gdansk,
Goteborg, Jomsborg, Memel, Reval, Uppsala, Visby,
Vitebsk.

Independent: Pest.


Adjustments
ArabCaliphates: Supp 5 Unit 6 Remove 1
Burgundy: Supp 17 Unit 14 Build 3
Danmark: Supp 2 Unit 6 Remove 4
EasternRomanEmpire: Supp 17 Unit 14 Build 3
France: Supp 0 Unit 1 Remove 1
SlavicNations: Supp 10 Unit 10 Build 0
Norge: Supp 14 Unit 13 Build 1
Sverige: Supp 12 Unit 9 Build 3

No doubt that the Spring 955 map will provide an interesting display of activities.
Attached are the GIF map; the DPY file also requires the other files if you want to get the same results as shown in the GIF map.
The Icon files are optional.
Frank