"You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour."

And with these wise words, let's take a look at Fall 1903.

A reporter of the The Independent European Journal said that the Italian Fleet in Smyrna had been under a large scale attack by the Turkish navy; that morale under Italian troops however was still high, which he attributed to the successes Italy had in the taking of Ankara and the destruction of the Italian army in Greece. He also reported a brutal war going on in center-Europe: Munich, Bohemia, and Vienna, with victims largely under the local population while the armies seemed to suffer only minor casualties. Kiel however was witness to an invasion of Russian troops after the resistance from the German troops was broken by the aid Russia received from the French. Meanwhile English troops in Sweden took the opportunity Russia left after its departure from Denmark. And while the English withdrew to Norway, German troops in Livonia made a dash for St Petersburg. The newspaper said it seemed that in Northern Continental Europe the three Powers: Germany, England and Russia, are playing a game of tag.

The results of the Fall 1903 orders are:
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Austria:
F Albania - Greece
A Budapest - Vienna (*Bounce*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
A Trieste - Vienna (*Bounce*)

England:
F Edinburgh - Yorkshire
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
A London Hold
F North Sea Supports F Sweden - Denmark
F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway
F Sweden - Denmark

France:
F Belgium - English Channel (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - English Channel (*Bounce*)
A Picardy - Paris
A Ruhr Supports F Denmark - Kiel
F Spain(sc) - Marseilles

Germany:
A Berlin - Kiel (*Fails*)
A Bohemia - Vienna (*Bounce*)
A Burgundy - Gascony
A Livonia - St Petersburg
A Munich Supports A Berlin - Kiel (*Cut*)

Italy:
A Apulia Supports A Venice
A Armenia - Ankara
F Ionian Sea Supports F Albania - Greece
F Smyrna Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Venice Hold

Russia:
F Denmark - Kiel
A Galicia - Bohemia (*Fails*)
A Rumania Hold
A Tyrolia - Munich (*Fails*)
A Warsaw Hold

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
A Bulgaria - Serbia (*Fails*)
F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
A Greece Supports A Bulgaria - Serbia (*Disbanded*)
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With this we have arrived in Autumn 1903 with a retreat of the Italian Navy from Smyrna.
Deadline for this retreat is Wednesday, May 28, 23.00 GMT or as soon as it is received as Final.

Winter deadline I'll schedule for this Friday, 23.00 GMT so we can have our Spring 1904 orders deadline again at next Tuesday June 3.
Your GM
Frank