AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Alvaro Iribarrem)
A(Bud) - Vie; A(Tri) s A(Bud) - Vie; A(Ser) - Bul (FAILED); A(Rum) - Gal (FAILED); F(Gre) s ITALIAN F(ION) - AEG

ENGLAND (John Kowchak)
F(HEL) Stands; F(Lpl) Stands; F(NTH) Stands; F(SKA) Stands

FRANCE (Damian Earle)
F(Bre) - ENG; F(IRI) s F(Bre) - ENG; A(Bel) Stands; A(Bur) Stands; A(Mar) s A(Bur); A(Pic) s A(Bel)

GERMANY (Greg Pierce)
A(Den) Stands; A(Kie) s A(Den); A(Mun) Stands; A(Vie) - Gal (FAILED, DISLODGED TO Tyr); F(Hol) Stands

ITALY (Richard Hucknall)
A(Syr) s F(EMS) - Smy; F(EMS) - Smy; F(ION) - AEG; A(Ven) Stands (Unordered); A (Vie) - Tri(NO SUCH UNIT, MISORDER)

RUSSIA (Brian May)
F(Swe) s GERMAN A(Den); A(Mos) - Sev; F(Sev) - Arm; A(Gal) - Rum (FAILED); A(Ukr) s A(Mos) - Sev

TURKEY (Cory Larson)
F(BLA) - Con; F(AEG) - EMS; A(Smy) Stands (DISLODGED - DISBANDED NRO); A(Bul) - Ser (FAILED)

PRESS

Andy-All:
Please don't forget the retreats and BUILDS for Autumn 1903.

Andy-All:
Please can you all remember to label your orders with the game name - Your power - and the season the orders are for.

ANON-All:
Cool for Cats (With apologies to Squeeze) -

The Italians sit in Venice looking down upon Trieste
The Germans take positions in Vienna and the west
Austria pushes Turkish fleet from Rum into the sea
Cory doesn’t mind the stab it’s the verbiage he don’t need
He refrains from shelling Russia as Alvaro dishes dirt
And he wakes to find Italian fleets and armies in his skirt
And mad King George rides around and says it’s cool for cats, its cool for cats

.......Cool for cats

France is doing nicely ’cos he's got the fleets to go
And bag a Yankee salesman who is living near Heathrow
His fleet has been to Scotland but returned to Liverpool
His support for France from Belgium has made him look a fool
He sails his fleets against the Hun, hoping for Denmark
But Damian and Greg can just treat it as a lark
And meanwhile there in Sweden is an interesting fleet, who prowl in Scandinavia
And they’re very cool for cats, they’re cool for cats

.......Cool for cats

To change the mood a little Greg's been moving far and wide
I think he thinks that everyone but John is on his side
However on reflection his position is quite rough
And future gains in Europe start to look a little tough
He fancies this, he fancies that, he seems to be quite flash
He's used a little muscle and a naughty southern dash
He's made Alvaro bitter and perhaps he's been quite rash
And when the dust has settled he'll be kicked out on his ass
And ev’rybody tells him that it’s cool to be a cat, it's cool for cats

.......Cool for cats

Richard's there in Syria, Alvaro threatens Cory
Will Brian take Rumania in the next stage of our story?
If Richard gains from Cory will he build a fleet in Rome
And send it sailing westwards out across the briny foam?
Brian's had a slow start but he's never on his own
No doubt we'll find out later in the meantime let's all chat
And in Skilgannon when it’s cool for cats, it’s cool for cats. it's cool for cats....

.......Cool for cats

Aus-All:
Sitting calmly in his palace´s beautiful music hall, Emperor Franz Josef received the news that german troops were spotted marching towards the unprotected austrian capital during a private performance of Schubert´s String Quintet in C Major. It´s said that the elder ruler remained placid and, gazing the north horizon through the window, limited himself to quote Shakespeare´s Julius Caesar: Et tu, Wilhelm?

Andy-All:
Thanks to all who contributed to a great press week and long may it continue! Sorry for the delay in Adjudication but I returned from holiday to find over 700 e-mails in my inbox which at least needed checking to ensure they contained no new orders. Anyway as you will no doubt notice we have a slightly shorter deadline this time to get us back to our normal day of Monday.

AUTUMN 1903 DEADLINE: 09:00 GMT, Monday 14th November, 2005.