Hallo zusammen,
those Dutch rebels have once again bested a Latin powerhouse! Anything in their water that gives 'em an uncanny gift in dealing romance-speaking nations humiliating defeats...? Meanwhile, tragic news has reached us from the fabled Gold Coast. Apparently not all is yet lost for Latin powers!
Closer to home, there's also a good deal to report! The long-time entente between the Porte and Warsaw appears to have fully broken down judging by the troop movements in Eastern Europe. In Italy Habsburg power appears to be on the wane as the Bourbons regained Savoy, while the Turks have fought there way into the lagoon city and its hinterlands. As for the British Isles, the royalist cause has recovered from recent setbacks and now all key objectives on the British mainland are in the hands of young Charles's adherents.
As for peace talks going on in Münster and Osnabrück, a recent proposal to grant the Sultan outright hegemony over the continent has failed. The same proposal (i.e. conceding the game to Turkey) has been once again put forward and again awaits your votes.
I've scheduled the Summer 1661 Retreats for Monday, 5 July 6 PM CET and adjusted the coming schedule as I hope suits everyone best. If not, let me know and I'll adjust.
Now, lets see those valiant young German Landsknechts teach those temperamental Gauchos a lesson! No "Hands of God" please. We've had enough of that from those South Americans yesterday!
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, eliminated Fall 1658)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o TURKS WIN SECOND BATTLE OF MUNKACS AGAINST HABSBURGS
o CAVALIERS ASCENDANT OVER ROUNDHEADS
o BOURBON TROOPS ONCE AGAIN FAN OUT OVER THE PIEDMONTESE COUNTRYSIDE
o CRESCENT AND WHITE EAGLE CLASH IN THE STEPPES
o THE LAGOON CITY LOOTED BY THE SULTAN'S SUBJECTS
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Prague - Vienna (*Fails*)
A Switzerland Supports A Dauphiné - Savoy
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice - Trieste
A Venice - Trieste (*Dislodged*)
A Vienna - Hungary (*Fails*)
England:
A Bristol Supports F Scotland (*Dislodged*)
F Ireland Supports F Scotland
F Scotland Hold (*Dislodged*)
France:
A Dauphiné - Savoy
F English Channel - Bristol
F Flanders - English Channel (*Bounce*)
F Helgoland Bight - United Provinces
A London Supports F English Channel - Bristol
A Lorraine Supports A Paris
A Lower Saxony - Mecklenburg
A Paris Hold
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Lower Saxony
A Saxony - Prague (*Fails*)
A Swabia Supports A Switzerland
F Yorkshire - Scotland
Poland-Lithuania:
A Brandenburg Supports A Silesia
A Cracow - Slovakia
A Ingria - Novgorod
A Karelia - Abo
A Moscow - Voronezh
F North Sea Supports F Yorkshire - Scotland
F Norwegian Sea Supports F Yorkshire - Scotland
A Podolia - Transylvania (*Bounce*)
A Polotsk - Vilna
A Silesia Supports A Cracow - Slovakia
F Skagerrak Supports F North Sea
F Stettin Supports A Brandenburg
A Turkestan - Persia (*Fails*)
A Vilna - White Ruthenia
Spain:
F Brest - Normandy
F Cantabrian Sea - English Channel (*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Paris (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Lion - Marseilles
F Irish Sea - North Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Dauphiné
A Savoy Supports A Marseilles - Dauphiné (*Dislodged*)
Turkey:
F Algiers Hold
A Belgrade - Hungary
F Black Sea - Moldavia
A Crimea Supports A Moldavia - Volhynia
A Croatia Supports A Belgrade - Hungary
A Damascus - Armenia
A Moldavia - Volhynia
F Naples - Adriatic Sea
A Papal States Supports F Trieste - Venice
A Persia - Turkestan (*Fails*)
A Slovakia - Transylvania (*Disbanded*)
F Trieste - Venice
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
A Tuscany Supports F Trieste - Venice
F Tyrrhenian Sea Hold
F Western Mediterranean Hold
PENDING RETREATS:
English A Bristol can retreat to Devon or Yorkshire.
Spanish A Savoy can retreat to Lombardy.
English F Scotland can retreat to Irish Sea.
Austrian A Venice can retreat to Lombardy.
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1660):
Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Switzerland, Venice, Vienna.
England(4): Abo, Bristol, Ireland, London.
France(12): Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Saxony, Scotland, Swabia, United Provinces.
Poland-Lithuania(14): Brandenburg, Christiania, Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm, Turkestan, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(7): Brest, Madrid, Marseilles, Morocco, Portugal, Savoy, Seville.
Turkey(16): Algiers, Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Naples, Papal States, Persia, Transylvania, Trieste, Tunis, Tuscany, Ukraine, Wallachia.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Summer 1661 Retreats: 5 July
o Fall 1661 Moves: (7) 9 July
o Winter 1661 Retreats/Adjustments: 12 July |
