Fall 957: with only 2 units left and threatened by the advancing armies of Burgundy and Norge, the Arabs see only one way out.
If not theirs, then no one shall have the cities of Cordoba and Burgos. And thus two more cities are engulfed in flames. The Norse must be furious to see this potential stronghold on the Iberian Peninsula go to waste. The Arabs are forced to retreat but also realize that these moves will be their last.
The Roman forces consider themselves lucky that the Arabs didn't have any unit in Antakya or else that city might have gone up in flames as well. They are also successful in the naval battles against the Burgundians in the Western Mediterranean Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea, forcing their enemies to retreat.
The Slavs are holding their positions in the East while their nothern forces join them.
The Swedes edge a bit closer to the Burgundians but fail in their attempt to take Ruthenia and the Khazar Empire from the Romans.

Adjudication
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ArabCaliphates:
A Burgos DES Burgos (*Dislodged*)
F Cordoba DES Cordoba (*Dislodged*)

Burgundy:
F Berber Coast - Tunis
A Catalonia - Avignon
F Dorestad - Bruges
A Flanders - Koln
A Frankfurt - Bavaria
A Genova - Pisa
F Groningen - Dorestad
A Koln - Frankfurt
A Lombardy - St. Gallen (*Fails*)
A Mainz Supports A Frankfurt - Bavaria
A Paris - Verdun (*Fails*)
A Pisa - Abruzzi
A Roma Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Napoli
A Savoie - Lombardy (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Napoli (*Dislodged*)
A Verdun - Savoie (*Fails*)
F Western Mediterranean Sea - Strait of Sicily (*Dislodged*)
A Zurich Supports A Lombardy - St. Gallen

EasternRomanEmpire:
A Ancona Supports A Venezia
F Cagliari Supports F Strait of Sicily - Western Mediterranean Sea
F Cherson Bight Supports A Kaffa
A Graz Supports A Praha
F Ionian Sea Supports F Napoli
A Kaffa Hold
A Khazar Empire Hold
F Napoli Supports F Syracuse - Tyrrhenian Sea
F North Black Sea Supports A Khazar Empire
F Palermo Supports F Syracuse - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Paristria - Cumaniya (*Fails*)
A Praha Supports A Ruthenia
A Ruthenia Supports A Praha (*Cut*)
A St. Gallen Hold
F Strait of Sicily - Western Mediterranean Sea
F Syracuse - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Taron - Antakya
A Tirol Supports A St. Gallen
A Transylvania Supports A Ruthenia (*Cut*)
A Venezia Hold

SlavicNations:
A Burta Supports F Vladimir - Khazar Empire
A Cumaniya - Transylvania (*Fails*)
A Gardarike Supports A Burta
A Hedeby Hold
A Holmgard - Mordvin
A Karelia - Rostov
A Kjonugard Supports A Burta
A Vitebsk Hold
F Vladimir - Khazar Empire (*Fails*)

Norge:
F Bay of Biscay Supports A Toulouse - Burgos
F Dogger Bank Supports A Hamburg (*Ordered to Move*)
F English Channel Convoys A Hastings - Bretagne
A Hastings - Bretagne
F Irish Sea - Mid Atlantic Ocean
A Lapland Hold
A Lisboa - Cordoba
F Mid Atlantic Ocean - Gulf of Cadiz
A Nantes - Auvergne
A Noirmoutier - Maine
F Sea of England Supports F English Channel
F Sevilla Supports A Lisboa - Cordoba
A Skiringssal Hold
A Toulouse - Burgos

Sverige:
F Baltic Sea Hold
F Bornholmer Sea Hold
A Brandenburg Supports A Hamburg - Hessen
A Breslau Supports A Przemysl - Ruthenia
A Gdansk - Pommern
A Hamburg - Hessen
A Jomsborg - Brandenburg (*Fails*)
A Mecklenburg - Hamburg
A Prussia - Przemysl (*Fails*)
A Przemysl - Ruthenia (*Fails*)
F Reval Hold

Retreats
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Autumn Retreats required for Burgundy and Arab Caliphates:
- F Tyrrhenian Sea can retreat to Ligurian Sea or Strait of Sicily. Or OTB.
- F Western Mediterranean Sea can retreat to Berber Coast or Palma or Gulf of Lyons or Ligurian Sea. Or OTB.
- A Burgos can retreat to Asturias or Catalonia or Segovia. Or OTB.
- F Cordoba can retreat to Catalonia or Berber Coast or Gulf of Lyons. Or OTB.
Deadline for retreats is Wednesday Nov 19 at 23:00 GMT.

A look ahead: Winter 957 deadline will be set to Friday Nov 21 at 23:00 GMT.

Frank