Hi guys,
only last year did the Emperor support the Bourbons. Now he has launched an attack on France's Helvetian province, defeated the French in battle down in the Italian plains and has moved additional troops westwards. I trust another Franco-Austrian war is afoot.
Meanwhile the Russians are closing in on the other Habsburgs. Spanish Constantinople is now largely encircled by the Tsar's battalions. And Madrid probably won't be pleased about the Russian presence in the Atlantic.
A third power has march westwards. Sweden invaded Norway and was instrumental in England's occupation of Holstein.
Both Denmark and England have had a bad turn. They may now make the endangered species list.
In other news: Our first draw proposal has failed.
Andras needs to submit a retreat order. That's all the business there is this summer.
Cheers,
Charles
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Andrew Tanner
DENMARK-NORWAY: Patrick Cloutier
ENGLAND: Andras Vaski
FRANCE: Leif Kjetil Tviberg (joined Winter 1651)
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Douglas Kent (eliminated Winter 1650)
RUSSIA: Gert Petter
SPAIN: Mark Utterback
SWEDEN: Wladimir Mysonski
TURKEY: Max Victory (eliminated Winter 1651)
PRESS: None.
DRAW PROPOSAL: involving Austria, France, Russia, Spain and Sweden fails.
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria - Tyrolia
A Croatia - Belgrade
A Prague - Saxony
A Saxony - Hesse
A Slovakia - Hungary
A Swabia - Switzerland (*Fails*)
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
A Tyrolia - Lombardy
A Venice Supports A Tyrolia - Lombardy
A Vienna - Franconia
A Wallachia Supports A Moldavia - Bulgaria
Denmark-Norway:
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Lower Saxony - Holstein
A Lower Saxony - Holstein (*Fails*)
F Skagerrak - Copenhagen (*Bounce*)
England:
F Bristol - Scotland (*Fails*)
F Copenhagen - Holstein(wc)
F London - Cornwall
F Scotland - Ireland (*Dislodged*)
France:
A Brest Hold
F English Channel Supports A Yorkshire - London
F Flanders - German Sea
A Lorraine Supports A Switzerland
A Paris - Luxembourg
A Rhineland Supports A Lower Saxony (*Ordered to Move*)
A Savoy - Lombardy (*Fails*)
A Switzerland Hold
A Yorkshire - London
Russia:
F Caledonian Ocean - Atlantic Ocean
F Crimea - Black Sea
A Damascus Supports A Voronezh - Armenia
A Karaman Supports F Candia
A Moldavia - Bulgaria
A Moscow - Novgorod
F Novgorod(nc) - Norwegian Sea
A Persia Supports A Damascus
A Volhynia - Moldavia
A Voronezh - Armenia
Spain:
F Cantabrian Sea Supports A Seville - Portugal
F Constantinople - Candia (*Fails*)
A Egypt Hold
F Ireland Supports F Irish Sea - Scotland
F Irish Sea - Scotland
F Levantine Sea - Ionian Sea
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Papal States(ec) - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
A Seville - Portugal
A United Provinces Supports A Rhineland - Lower Saxony (*Void*)
Sweden:
F Bay of Luebeck Supports F Copenhagen - Holstein(wc)
F Bohuslan - Christiania
A Brandenburg - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
A Ducal Prussia - Warsaw
F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea
A Lapland Supports F Bohuslan - Christiania
A Mecklenburg Supports F Copenhagen - Holstein(wc)
A Scania - Copenhagen (*Bounce*)
F Stockholm(wc) - Skagerrak (*Fails*)
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold (*Disbanded*)
Transylvania:
A Transylvania Supports A Wallachia
Venice:
F Candia Supports A Karaman (*Cut*)
RETREATS:
English F Scotland can retreat to Yorkshire or Caledonian Ocean.
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1651):
Austria (11): Bavaria, Belgrade, Cracow, Croatia, Prague, Saxony, Swabia, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Wallachia.
Denmark-Norway (3): Christiania, Holstein, Lower Saxony.
England (4): Bristol, Copenhagen, London, Scotland.
France (9): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Marseille, Paris, Rhineland, Savoy, Switzerland, Tuscany.
Russia (10): Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Turkestan, Ukraine, Vilna, Voronezh.
Spain (10): Algiers, Constantinople, Ireland, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Seville, Tunis, United Provinces.
Sweden (9): Abo, Brandenburg, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Mecklenburg, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm, Warsaw.
Minor Powers (3): Candia, Portugal, Transylvania.
SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Summer 1652 Retreats: 23 April
Fall 1652 Moves: 28 April
Winter 1652 Retreats/Adjustments: 30 April
Spring 1652 Moves: 5 May |
