Spring 01 Results

Ominious Moves in the Balkans.

Armies on the March

Spring Maneuvers for the British Fleet

Clash in the Tyrol!

Armed Standoff in the Black Sea!

Here are the the moves BEFORE RESOLUTION:

Austria:
A Budapest - Serbia
F Trieste - Albania
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
A Liverpool - Yorkshire
F London - North Sea

France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Spain
A Paris - Burgundy

Germany:
A Berlin - Kiel
F Kiel - Denmark
A Munich - Tyrolia

Italy:
F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Rome - Apulia
A Venice - Tyrolia

Russia:
A Moscow - Ukraine
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
F St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
A Warsaw Hold

Turkey:
F Ankara - Black Sea
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Smyrna - Constantinople

MAP:

RESOLUTION:

Austria:
A Budapest - Serbia
F Trieste - Albania
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
A Liverpool - Yorkshire
F London - North Sea

France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Spain
A Paris - Burgundy

Germany:
A Berlin - Kiel
F Kiel - Denmark
A Munich - Tyrolia (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Rome - Apulia
A Venice - Tyrolia (*Bounce*)

Russia:
A Moscow - Ukraine
F Sevastopol - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
F St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
A Warsaw Hold

Turkey:
F Ankara - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Smyrna - Constantinople

RESOLUTION GRAPHIC:


SITUATION AT END OF TURN:

BREAKING NEWS:

From His Holiness the Tsar of All the Russias:

To my dear cousins.

It is the start of a new and glorious age. Out with the nineteenth century and in with the twentieth! We welcome a new, golden age of brotherhood and peace. It is by
thoughtful Diplomacy that nations advance in stature and maturity. Let us show
the world how Europeans settle their differences, and grow the human race on and on.

The future holds nothing but promise as science and reason blaze new
paths for mankind. In Russia, we welcome all of these great changes as benefits to
mankind, and add our pious hope that we can aid all of our great countries toward one, unified path to the future.

From the Sublime Porte:

My honest friends.

I have been busy in my harem the last couple of days to find divine joy and to ensure that the heirs of the great Ottoman empire are innumerable.

I will address your diplomatic dispatches separately in the next couple of hours but furthermost let me ensure you that despite the fact that vast parts of Europe are following the wrong faith we bear no animosities against our dear friends the rulers of Europe.


Mehmed V, Defender of the Faith

From Otto Von Bismarck, Foreign Minister, German Empire:

I must apologize for the uncharacteristic tardiness of my missives. however I have been having a devil of a time dealing with a problem in the Duchy of Strachenz. Seems some cheeky English fellow has been impersonating the Crown Prince of Denmark for the past few months, and now the sordid details are becoming known. Fortunately, I have instructed our armed forces to take matters into our own hands, and settle this pesky Schleswig-Holstein question once and for all. You know how annoying these upstart nations are.
Time to visit Copenhagen.

In the meantime, your foreign offices all should have received communiques from mine this evening. If you have not seen them, please let me know. I am a bit concerned about my cultural brothers-in-law to my southeast, but perhaps those damned vampires cut the telegraph cables again...they really
must improve on the infrastructure in the Balkans, you know...

In the meantime, my offices are now open. Look forward to hearing from you all.

OvB

News Flash from the Österreich Journal, Vienna, Spring 1901

In a brilliantly successful move, our Armed Forces have begun the occupation
of the Balkan States in order to create a buffer between us and the Turks.
Our Fleet has successfully occupied Albania and our Armies now control
Serbia.

We are highly concerned the movement of Turkish forces northward in to
Bulgaria. We are concerned that this may signal the start of an aggressive
movement north into areas that we consider to be within our sphere of
influence.

Of even more concern is the obviously belligerent tact taken by our
friends(?) from the North. In a move that is obviously designed to provoke
us, they have moved their Army into the Ukraine. This is definitely a move
that could have far reaching consequences on Russo-Austrian relations. Our
diplomats will be burning the midnight oil to defuse this situation. More
to follow.

Finally, the people in our western provinces are wondering what is happening
with our German neighbors, the attempted occupation of the Tyrol would have
threatened both of our provinces of Vienna and Trieste and could provoke the
Italians. This could lead to all out conflict in central Europe.

Karl von Faber
Special Correspondent,
Österreich Journal