ENGLAND (Marquess Salisbury)
F(NAf) - Tun (FAILED); A(Fin) s F(Swe); F(Edi) - NTH (FAILED); F(NTH) - ENG; F(Swe) s GERMAN F(Den) (MISORDER)

GERMANY (Otto van Bismarck)
A(Bel) - Ruh; A(Bre) - Pic; A(Mun) s A(Sil) - Mun (MISORDER); A(Sil) - Boh; F(BAL) s F(Den) - Swe (MISORDER); F(Den) - NTH (FAILED); F(Kie) - HEL; F(Hol) Stands

ITALY (Giovanni Giolitta)
F(Por) - Spa (MISORDER); F(WMS) s ENGLISH F(NAf) - Tun (CUT); A(Mar) s GERMAN A(Bre) - Gas (MISORDER)

RUSSIA (Nicolas II)
F(StP) sc s ENGLISH A(Fin); A(Mos) - Ukr (FAILED, DISLODGED TO War); A(Gal) s A(Mos) - Ukr (CUT); A(Vie) s GERMAN A(Mun) - Tyr (MISORDER, DISLODGED - DISBANDED NRP)

TURKEY (Abd al-Hamid II)
A(Ank) - Rum (FAILED); A(Con) - Bul; A(Rum) - Gal (FAILED); A(Ser) - Bud; A(Tri) s A(Tyr) - Vie; A(Tyr) - Vie; F(Rom) - TYS; F(BLA) c A(Ank) - Rum; A(Sev) s A(Ukr) - Mos; A(Ukr) - Mos; F(Smy) - AEG; F(GoL) - WMS (FAILED); F(Tun) s F(GoL) - WMS (CUT); F(Ven) - ADS

PRESS

ALB: An End Game Proposal (EGP) was offered. It asked for a G/I/R/E draw. I suspect if will not go through but all five countries must vote, whist submitting their orders. If you do not vote, your vote will be in agreement with the 4-way draw. One country saying 'no', the EGP is turned down & the game continues.

Italian Govt: As rumour says, the upcoming Russian wedding will be held in Turkish, and the entire empires are preparing to master the language. Maybe they will be as successful as the Iberians are in Italian in mastering the foreign tongue....

StP: Wedding invitations have been sent to the leaders of England, Germany and Italy.........the Turks don't need one as they have arrived early.

Autumn 1908 deadline: 19:00 BST, 4th September 2002.