Grüß Gott!
I'm afraid other commitments this evening kept me from releasing the adjucation any earlier. Matters are certainly heating up across the continent. The English finally tasted their first salt water as both the Bristole and London squadrons set sail. Yet, apparently contrary to Danish expectation, the London fleet tacked north rather than patrolling the English Channel. The good citizens of Christiania now look to be defenceless in face of a possible English descent.
The Tsar's domains may not be quite as defenceless against foreign aggression, yet a formidable array of foreign forces are assembled on the Tsar's doorstep. The autocrat's hardy Don Cossacks however have grounds to boast about their Crimean exploits, though it is as yet unclear whether this expedition bears the character of a raid or that of outright conquest. In any case, older Russians must be bemoaning the return of the Time of Troubles that plaged poor Mother Russia earlier this century. It remains to be whether 1650 spells an end to the Romanov dynasty.
Further to the South Spain manage to crack down on Algiers' corsairs and install a new regime beholden to Madrid, thereby firmly bringing the whole Maghreb into Spain's orbit. A most timely development as tensions with the Porte are apparently on the rise. Perhaps the beneficiaries of King Phillip's focus on North Africa happen to be the Pope and the Doge, who've signed a pact of mutual assistance against the two Habsburg lines' expansionism. Indeed, a whole cordon of lesser powers within Italy and the Empire have yet to bow to outside pressure. The Dukes of Mecklenburg were the only princes in Central Europe to cow in face of foreign pressure.
As noted below, Poland-Lithuania needs to signal her retreat orders from the Crimean peninsula. For the other powers preliminary orders are due on Monday 6 PM CET.
Liebe Grüsse,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Nick Boragina
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
SWEDEN: Jeff Hall
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o EMPEROR'S INFLUENCE IN HESSE IS CHECKED BY HABSBURG COUSINS
o ANGLO-FRENCH EFFORTS WREST COMMAND OF THE NORTH SEA FROM DANES
o MAZARIN FAILS TO SECURE SWISS ALPINE PASSES
o POLISH HETMAN MARCHES EASTWARDS
o DON COSSACKS BOAST OF CRIMEAN EXPLOITS
o SPANIARDS ELIMINATE ALGERIAN THREAT TO CHRISTIAN SEAFARING
o QUEEN CHRISTINE GARRISONS KEY STRONGPOINTS IN MECKLENBURG'S TERRITORY
o SULTAN AND THE MOST CATHOLIC KING CONTEST CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN WATERS
o POPE AND DOGE SIGN MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE PACT IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE VESTIGES OF ITALIAN AUTONOMY AGAINST THE "BARBARIANS"
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Swabia
A Prague - Saxony (*Fails*)
A Saxony - Hesse (*Bounce*)
A Trieste Supports F Venice
A Tyrolia Supports A Switzerland
Denmark-Norway:
A Copenhagen Supports A Holstein
F Helgoland Bight - North Sea (*Fails*)
A Holstein Supports A Lower Saxony
A Lower Saxony Supports F United Provinces
F United Provinces Supports F London - English Channel (*Void*)
England:
F Bristol - Irish Sea
F London - North Sea
F Scotland Supports F London - North Sea
France:
F Brest - English Channel
F Flanders Supports F London - North Sea
A Lorraine - Switzerland (*Fails*)
A Marseilles - Dauphiné
A Paris - Lorraine (*Fails*)
A Savoy Supports A Lorraine - Switzerland
Poland-Lithuania:
A Crimea Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Prussia Hold
A Vilna - Smolensk
A Volhynia - White Ruthenia
A Warsaw - Volhynia
Russia:
A Moscow Supports A Novgorod
A Novgorod Hold
A Voronezh - Crimea
Spain:
A Leon - Portugal
F Morocco - Algiers
F Naples - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Hesse (*Bounce*)
A Seville Supports A Leon - Portugal
F Tuscany - Tyrrhenian Sea
Sweden:
F Abo - Lake Ladoga
A Brandenburg Supports A Stettin - Mecklenburg
F Courland - Baltic Sea
A Ingria - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Pskov Supports A Vilna - Smolensk
A Stettin - Mecklenburg
Turkey:
F Black Sea Supports A Moldavia
F Constantinople - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Damascus - Eastern Mediterranean
A Persia - Azerbaijan
A Wallachia - Transylvania
Algiers:
F Algiers Hold (*Disbanded*)
Ireland:
A Ireland Hold
Mecklenburg:
A Mecklenburg Hold (*Disbanded*)
Moldavia:
A Moldavia Supports A Wallachia - Transylvania
PapalStates:
A Papal States Supports F Venice
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold (*Disbanded*)
Swabia:
A Swabia Hold
Switzerland:
A Switzerland Hold
Transylvania:
A Transylvania Supports A Moldavia (*Disbanded*)
Tunis:
F Tunis Supports F Morocco - Algiers
Turkestan:
A Turkestan Hold
Ukraine:
A Ukraine Supports A Voronezh - Crimea
Venice:
F Candia Hold
F Venice Supports A Papal States
RETREATS:
Polish A Crimea can retreat to Armenia, Severia or off the board.
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:
Austria(5): Bavaria, Saxony, Prague, Trieste, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway(5): Christiania, Copenhagen, Holstein, Lower Saxony, United Provinces.
England(3): Bristol, London, Scotland.
France(6): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Marseille, Paris, Savoy.
Poland-Lithuania(5): Cracow, Crimea, Prussia, Vilna, Warsaw.
Russia(3): Moscow, Novgorod, Voronezh.
Spain(6): Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Rhineland-Westphalia, Sevilla, Tuscany.
Sweden(6): Abo, Brandenburg, Courland, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm.
Turkey(5): Belgrade, Constantinople, Damascus, Persia, Wallachia.
Minors(14): Algiers, Candia, Ireland, Mecklenburg, Moldavia, Papal States, Portugal, Swabia, Switzerland, Transylvania, Tunis, Turkestan, Ukraine, Venice.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET...not local time)
o Summer 1650 Retreats: 6 November
o Fall 1650 Moves: (9) 11 November |
