Hallo zusammen,
Poland's back! In the past this long-suffering nation suffered the indignities of foreign occupation, yet persevered in face of adversity. And now the Rzeczpospolita has sent her sons to the steppe borderlands and they've returned home with very rich booty! Three builds!
Of course, the one power's gain is another's loss. They'll have to tighten their belts in Moscow. So will the declining Swedes. But at least they've been able to retake their capital.
The Danes saw few rewards for all their efforts against the Swede. For she in turn found herself beset by the Commonwealth. The New Model Army now shall winter in the Rhineland. Together with the conquest of Madrid this makes for a very profitable 1656 for the Lord Protector.
By now it should be only too obvious that the peace talks were broken off before even issues of protocol could be agreed upon. The war shall continue into 1657...
No retreats this season, but plenty of adjustments!
Happy dipping!
Charles
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Samy Elias zzzurn@gmail.com
DENMARK-NORWAY: Andrew Tanner damienthryn@gmail.com
ENGLAND: George Atkins georgewrites@outlook.com
FRANCE: Lynn Mercer hancockfc@yahoo.com
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Wladimir Mysonski wmysonski@gmail.com
RUSSIA: Leif Kjetil Tviberg Leifkjetil@getmail.no
SPAIN: Ben Bratter mandrathrax@live.com
SWEDEN: Andras Vaski avaski@hotmail.com
TURKEY: Douglas Kent dougray@yahoo.com (previously abandoned by Bryan Laferriere in Fall 1652, eliminated in Fall 1655)
HEADLINES:
EMPEROR APPARENTLY SATISFIED WITH PRESENT HOLDINGS
MIXED FALL CAMPAIGNING RESULTS FOR COPENHAGEN
THE GODLY SET UP SISTER-REPUBLICS IN GERMANY AND IBERIA
BREST STILL REMAINS OUTSIDE THE BOURBONS' GRASP
WORLD TAKES NOTE OF POLAND'S RETURN TO GREATNESS
NO PROGRESS FOR THE TSAR'S ORIENTAL CAMPAIGNS
ANGLO-SPANISH COOPERATION NOT ENOUGH TO YIELD THE SPANIARDS CRETE
SWEDES RETAKE CAPITAL - LITTLE SOLACE IN FACE OF GREATER DEFEATS
ANONYMOUS PRESS: The Austrian government will no longer tolerate the childish and rude behavior of Danish vikings. And the English. And the Spanish. To say nothing of the Poles. Piling on the Austrian must stop!
ANONYMOUS PRESS: Russia to Spain and England: I have nothing to say that sword and cannon cannot say better!
DANISH PRESS: Denmark is ready for peace. Voting yes on all draws including Denmark!
ENGLISH PRESS: English savants and historians were prepared to launch a special mission to investigate claims that Turkish forces had started storing munitions inside of ancient Greek temples, a practice continued by the current Russian invaders. However, they are being upstaged by Spanish clerics, who insist upon bringing Catholicism to the local inhabitants. English fears are well-founded, since the Spanish method of religious conversion usually involves burning half of the population, destroying their temples and taking all of their money.
DRAW PROPOSAL: Four-way involving Austria, Denmark-Norway, England and Russia fails.
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Franconia Supports A Saxony
A Lombardy Supports A Savoy
A Lorraine Supports A Hesse - Rhineland (*Void*)
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Savoy Supports A Marseille (*Ordered to Move*)
A Saxony Supports A Silesia - Brandenburg
A Silesia - Brandenburg (*Fails*)
A Swabia Supports A Lorraine (*Cut*)
A Tyrolia - Trieste (*Bounce*)
F Venice - Trieste (*Bounce*)
Denmark-Norway:
F Baltic Sea Convoys A Stettin - Courland
F Bay of Luebeck - Stettin
A Brandenburg Supports A Lower Saxony (*Cut*)
A Greater Poland - Warsaw (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Abo
F Helgoland Bight - United Provinces
A Hesse - Swabia (*Fails*)
A Lower Saxony Supports A Brandenburg
F Norwegian Sea - Christiania (*Fails*)
A Stettin - Courland
England:
F Brest Hold
F Cantabrian Sea Supports F Brest
F Christiania Hold
A Flanders Supports A Luxembourg - Rhineland
F Gulf of Lion - Marseille (*Fails*)
F Ionian Sea Supports F Aegean Sea - Candia
A Luxembourg - Rhineland
A Madrid Hold
A Morocco - Seville
France:
A Aragon - Leon
A Marseille - Brest (*Fails*)
A Paris Supports A Marseille - Brest
Poland-Lithuania:
A Belgrade - Wallachia (*Fails*)
A Cracow - Warsaw (*Bounce*)
A Moldavia - Crimea
A Transylvania Supports A Belgrade - Wallachia
A White Ruthenia - Ukraine
Russia:
A Armenia Supports F Black Sea - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Astrakhan Supports A Voronezh - Moscow
F Black Sea - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Constantinople - Candia (*Bounce*)
A Illyria Supports A Wallachia - Belgrade
F Levantine Sea Supports A Constantinople - Candia
A Moscow - Onega
A Smolensk - Vitebsk
A Voronezh - Moscow
A Wallachia - Belgrade (*Fails*)
Spain:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Naples - Papal States(wc)
F Aegean Sea - Candia (*Bounce*)
F Naples - Papal States(wc)
A Tunis Hold
F Tuscany Supports F Naples - Papal States(wc)
Sweden:
A Courland - Ducal Prussia
A Lapland - Stockholm
A Novgorod Hold
A Pskov Supports A Novgorod
A Vitebsk - Polish Livonia
RETREATS:
None.
ADJUSTMENTS:
England:
Build
Build
France:
Remove
Poland-Lithuania:
Build
Build
Build
Russia:
Remove
Remove
Sweden:
Remove
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1655):
Austria (11): Bavaria, Lorraine, Prague, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Wallachia.
Denmark-Norway (10): Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Rhineland, Scotland, Stettin, Stockholm, United Provinces.
England (9): Brest, Bristol, Christiania, Flanders, Ireland, London, Morocco, Portugal, Seville.
France (3): Madrid, Marseille, Paris.
Poland-Lithuania (5), Cracow, Moldavia, Vilna, Warsaw.
Russia (10): Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moscow, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Ukraine, Voronezh.
Spain (5): Algiers, Naples, Papal States, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden (5): Abo, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Novgorod, Riga.
PLANNED SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Winter 1656: 5 February
Spring 1657: 10 February
Summer 1657: 12 February
Fall 1657: 17 February
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