Hey everyone,

Sorry about the delay. The Archduke and the Kaiser both missed the deadline. The Germans have already used their grace period though, and to remain consistant with my ruling in this game, I am not going to give the Germans an NMR. As for the Austrians, they had a grace period left, and I just got the Archduke's orders so his moves have been received and they are now without a grace period. The only player with his grace period left is Fredrik of Italy. I advise you all to follow his lead in sending in preliminary orders to avoid missing a deadline. If you change your mind later, just send in a new set of orders. With that being said, this spring was very interesting. The Austrians and Russians continue to play defensively. Russia makes an advance into Kiel, leaving the Germans with only 1 SC. The French fleet in GOL is pushed back, and will have to retreat this summer. And while all of this is happening, the Italians continue to hide in Northern Africa. Here are the results:

ORDERS:
Austria:
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Bulgaria Hold
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Rome Supports A Venice
A Serbia Supports A Bulgaria
A Tuscany - Piedmont
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon
A Venice Supports A Tuscany - Piedmont
A Vienna - Trieste (*Bounce*)

France:
A Belgium Supports A Holland
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Clyde - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)
A Edinburgh - Yorkshire
F Gulf of Lyon - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Holland Supports A Belgium (*Cut*)
F London - North Sea (*Fails*)
A Paris - Gascony
A Ruhr Supports A Munich
A Spain Hold

Germany:
A Munich, no move received
A Tyrolia, no move received

Italy:
A North Africa - Tunis
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon

Russia:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Berlin - Kiel
A Berlin - Kiel
F Black Sea Supports A Rumania
F Constantinople Hold
A Denmark Supports A Berlin - Kiel
F North Sea - Holland (*Fails*)
F Norwegian Sea - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)
A Rumania Hold
A Silesia - Munich (*Fails*)
A Ukraine Supports A Rumania
A Warsaw - Prussia

RETREATS:
France:
F Gulf of Lyon to Marseilles, Tuscany, or disband

DEADLINE:
I would like to have the French retreat in by Sunday night if possible. I will send out the Fall 1908 deadline once I receive the French retreat order.

PLAYERS:
Ctry : Russia
Name : Tim Fuhrmeister
Email : timfuhrmeister(at)hotmail.com ([email]timfuhrmeister(at)hotmail.com[/email])
Ctry : Italy
Name : Fredrik Blom
Email : fredrik(at)familjenblom.se ([email]fredrik(at)familjenblom.se[/email])
Ctry : Germany
Name : Jeffrey Cole
Email : jeffcole854(at)gmail.com ([email]jeffcole854(at)gmail.com[/email])
Ctry : France
Name : Mark Utterback
Email : MDemagogue(at)gmail.com ([email]MDemagogue(at)gmail.com[/email])
Ctry : Austria
Name : Ross Yaggy
Email : ross826(at)gmail.com ([email]ross826(at)gmail.com[/email])

Have a good weekend. and Mark, get that retreat in!



Joey