AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Graham Foster)
A(Ser) - Tri; A(Vie) s A(Ser) - Tri; A(Bud) - Rum (FAILED); A(Ukr) s A(Bud) - Rum (CUT); F(Gre) Stands (DISLODGED TO ION)

ENGLAND (Keith Lewis - NMR!)
F(Nwy) Stands ; F(SKA) Stands ; F(Lon) Stands (DISLODGED - DISBANDED BY GM); A(Edi) Stands

FRANCE (Bruce Spurr)
F(IRI) s GERMAN A(Wal) - Lpl; F(Yor) - Lon; F(ENG) s F(Yor) - Lon; A(Pie) - Ven (FAILED); A(Spa) Stands

GERMANY (Manfred Pade)
A(Wal) - Lpl; F(Hol) - NTH; A(Den) - Swe; F(BAL) s A(Den) - Swe; A(Tyr) s AUSTRIAN A(Ser) - Tri; A(Lvn) - Mos; A(War) s A(Lvn) - Mos

ITALY (Ian Scott)
A(Ven) s A(Tri) (CUT); A(Tri) s A(Ven) (CUT, DISLODGED - DISBANDED NRO); F(TYS) - GoL; F(ADS) s A(Ven)

RUSSIA (Stuart Danby)
A(Mos) - StP; F(NTH) - Den; A(Sev) - Ukr (FAILED); A(Swe) Stands (DISLODGED - DISBANDED NRO)

TURKEY (Justin Sadler)
F(BLA) s A(Rum); A(Rum) s ITALIAN A(Tri) - Ser (MISORDER); A(Bul) s F(AEG) - Gre; F(AEG) - Gre; F(Smy) - AEG

COUNTRY NOT IDENTIFIED
A(Gre) - Bul(NO ORDER); A(Nwy) S F(NTH) - Den(NO ORDER)


Autumn 1903 Adjustments:
A: Tri, Vie, Bud, Ser -Gre = 4; Loses 1.
E: +Nwy, Edi -StP, -Lon, -Lpl = 2; Loses 2.
F: +Lon, Spa, Mar, Por, Bre, Par = 6; Gains 1.
G: +Lpl, +Swe, +Mos, War, Hol, Bel, Ber, Kie, Mun, -Den = 9; Gains 2.
I: Ven, Tun, Nap, Rom = 4; No change.
R: +StP, +Den, Sev, -Swe, -Nwy, -Mos = 3; Loses 1.
T: Rum, Bul, +Gre, Con, Ank, Smy = 6; Gains 1.


Builds/Disbands:
A: Removes A(Ukr).
E: Removes F(SKA).
F: Builds F(Mar).
G: Builds F(Kie), A(Ber).
I: Builds (No build ordered).
R: None.
T: Builds A(Con).

PRESS

ALB: Hope you had a great Yawl Tide & obviously, happy New Year. BTW see deadline.

Ber Gov't: Somewhere in a cemetary in Berlin, a new tombstone has been erected. It reads 'Here lies England, rest in pieces'.

ALB-English Gov't: Please don't NMR as if you do on this next move you're in anarchy & probably grey-listed from the site.

Editorial Column: The Zurich Clarion, 18 September 1903

"The lights remain aflame across Europe yet the telegraph crackles not. The wolves howl in the high Arctic, tumbleweed blows across the desert of North Africa and Spain lapses into permanent siesta.

Twice a year the artillery pieces thunder, rifles crackle and great armies move. And yet this all seems rather like sound and fury, signifying nothing. The leaders of this great Continent are seemingly struck mute.

The Clarion calls for great leaders to step up to the mark and get out of their Gunboats! Or are some of these great leaders (and once great rivals) already in secret conference somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, carving out a cosy resolution to what once seemed a great and momentous War?"

Spring 1904 deadline: 7pm GMT, 22nd January 2004.