Hallo zusammen,
the Stuarts are back! Young Charles has landed in the West Country to reclaim the throne and punish those who executed his father. The Third English Civil War has begun! No chance of a Cavalier-Roundhead Coalition, I guess... "I agree with Charles" T-shirts are apparently outselling "I agree with Oliver" ones. -Ah, ok, couldn't do without a UK election reference here... :)
Over on the continent, the Archduke has scored some success as the Electorate of Brandenburg was wrested out of the hands of the Swedish Vasas, leaving only Swedish Pomerania under their rule.
In the wider Baltic arena, Poland is now fully ascendant and has established total naval supremacy east of the Oresund. Quite remarkable considering how young and inexperienced a service the Polish navy happens to be. No doubt most of their ships are captained by Dutch and German officers.
What about the Mediterranean? Well, the Sultan's galleys have moved forward in one long daisy-chain. Meanwhile, the Spaniards have moved forcibly on the Emperor's beleaguered realm and have also been sighted off Catholic Ireland.
Now, a DIAS proposal has been put forward. So let the voting begin.
There are no pending retreats, so we move on to a May 19 deadline, prelims being due on May 17.
Liebe GrĂ¼sse,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger (eliminated Winter 1653)
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
SWEDEN: Matthew Kelly (joined Winter 1652)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o ARCHDUKE TRIUMPHANTLY ENTERS BERLIN
o CROMWELL'S TROOPS STUCK IN PORT OF BERGEN
o CHARLES II LANDS IN WALES, WELCOMED HOME BY MANY NOTABLES
o POLONIA RULES THE (BALTIC) WAVES!
o SPANISH ARMADA SIGHTED OFF CATHOLIC IRELAND
o SWEDISH VASAS PUSHED BACK INTO POMERANIAN ENCLAVE
o OTTOMAN GALLEYS EDGE WESTWARDS
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria - Saxony
A Prague Supports A Bavaria - Saxony
A Saxony - Brandenburg
A Trieste Supports A Venice
A Tyrolia - Bavaria
A Venice Hold
England:
F Abo Hold
A Christiania - Scotland (*Fails*)
F Ireland Supports F Morocco - Cantabrian Sea
A London Supports A Scotland - Bristol (*Cut*)
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Christiania - Scotland
A Scotland - Bristol (*Fails*)
F Stockholm(ec) Hold
France:
A Aragon - Gascony
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - Bristol
A Hesse Supports A Swabia
F Holstein(ec) Supports A Mecklenburg
F Irish Sea - Bristol
A Lombardy Supports A Venice - Tuscany (*Void*)
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Lower Saxony Supports A Mecklenburg
A Marseilles Supports A Savoy
A Mecklenburg Supports A Lower Saxony (*Cut*)
F North Sea - London (*Fails*)
A Savoy Supports A Switzerland (*Cut*)
A Swabia Supports A Switzerland
A Switzerland Hold
Poland-Lithuania:
F Baltic Sea - Bay of Luebeck
F Courland - Gulf of Bothnia
A Karelia - Lapland
A Novgorod - Karelia
F Prussia - Baltic Sea
A Pskov - Ingria
A Riga - Courland
A Samogitia - Prussia
A Turkestan Hold
A Warsaw Hold
Spain:
F Gulf of Lion Supports F Tuscany - Savoy
A Madrid Supports A Portugal - Leon
F Morocco - Cantabrian Sea
A Portugal - Leon
A Seville - Aragon
F Tuscany - Savoy (*Fails*)
F Western Mediterranean Supports A Seville - Aragon
Sweden:
A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg (*Disbanded*)
A Stettin Supports A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg
Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Papal States
F Aegean Sea Hold
A Constantinople Hold
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A Greater Poland Supports A Saxony - Brandenburg
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Naples Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Papal States Hold
A Persia Hold
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Silesia Supports A Saxony - Brandenburg
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Sardinia
PENDING RETREATS:
None.
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1657):
Austria(6): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England(8-1=7): Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, -Novgorod-, Scotland, Stockholm.
France(14+1-1=14): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, +Mecklenburg+, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, United Provinces, -Tuscany-.
Poland-Lithuania(8+2=10): Courland, Cracow, Moscow, +Novgorod+, Prussia, Riga, +Turkestan+, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(8+1-2=7): Algiers, Madrid, Morocco, -Naples-, -Papal States-, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, +Tuscany+.
Sweden(3-1=2): Brandenburg, -Mecklenburg-, Stettin.
Turkey(11+2-1=12): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, +Naples+, +Papal States+, Persia, Transylvania, -Turkestan-, Ukraine, Wallachia.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Fall 1658 Moves: (17) 19 May
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