AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Doug Stewart)
A(Vie) - Tri; F(Tri) - ADS; A(Bud) - Ser

ENGLAND (Stephen Custance-Bak)
F(Lon) - NTH; A(Lpl) - Edi; F(Edi) - NWG

FRANCE (Ken Marten)
A(Par) - Bur; F(Bre) - MAO; A(Mar) s A(Par) - Bur

GERMANY (Martin Maier)
A(Ber) - Kie; A(Mun) - Ber; F(Kie) - BAL

ITALY (Andrew Tooms)
A(Ven) Stands; A(Rom) - Apu; F(Nap) - ION

RUSSIA (Damian Earle)
A(Mos) - StP; A(War) - Ukr; F(Sev) - BLA (FAILED); F(StP) sc - GoB

TURKEY (Neil Brass)
F(Ank) - BLA (FAILED); A(Con) - Bul; A(Smy) - Arm

PRESS

Andy-All:
Please do NOT forget to include RETREATS and BUILDS in next season's (A01) orders!

Vie-Rom:
I am happy for you to drink the wine, but please no raping the wives - they get grumpy enuf as it is.

Ber-All:
taken from "Berliner Abendzeitung"
..Today his majesty the Kaiser declared that there is no proof for the existence of the snow-man named 'Yeti'. Henceforth everyone claiming that the 'Yeti' is a true and real being is declared insane. According to the declaration of 1827 an insane person is a danger to the public and must be arrested and kept under close observation. Thus everyone who claims the 'Yeti' is true is to be arrested. According to our sources there is a whole province in Denmark called 'Yeti'. The Kaiser declared that our fleet has already been mobilized....

Con-Mos:
Good sir, I've gotten word of your treachery in advance and hope that I am acting with force enough to stop it. The Black Sea will be mine, and you can forget allowing the Czar to spend his vacation water skiing on it.

Con-Lon:
Could you please send some playwrights our way? Our publicist in Turkey is a bit too melodramatic for the Sultan's taste.

Andy-All:
A good opening salvo of press, but I'm sure you can all do better :-) A Very interesting set of opening moves and it will be interesting to see in the EGS how many peopole changed their minds because of the extra long run in to the start?

AUTUMN 1901 DEADLINE: 09:00 GMT, Thursday 6th November, 2003.