Six Retreats in Fall 1901

Six Retreats (one of many solutions)

English F NTH (from London in S1901M) attacked by German F Den (from Kiel) and French F ENG (from Brest).
German A Pru (from Berlin) attacked by Russian F Lvn (from StP/sc) and A War (which held in S1901M).
German A Mun (which held in S1901M) attacked by French A Bur (from Paris) and Austrian A Boh (from Vienna).
Russian A Sev (from Moscow) attacked by Turkish F BLA (from Ankara) and A Arm (from Smyrna).
Turkish A Bul (from Constantinople) attacked by Russian F Rum (from Sevastopol) and Austrian A Ser (from Budapest).
Austrian F Tri (which held in S1901M) attacked by Italian A Tyr (from Venice) and A Ven (from Rome).

On vacation: English F Edi and A Lvp, French A Mar, and Italian F Nap

Why Not More?

Basically, it's all England's fault.

After Spring 1901, the only enemy unit the army originally in Liverpool could be adjacent to would be a French F Eng from Brest. Thus, this army can not be dislodged. Moreover, as an army, it can not participate in the dislodgement of F Eng at sea.

Furthermore, if F Lon moves in contact with the enemy, by moving to Nth or Eng, then there is no way for F Edi to move into contact with any enemy other than the German fleet F Kie-Den. However, in that case, neither the German nor the English fleet will find a second unit available to assist in dislodging the other.

The remaining 20 units can participate in at most 6 dislodgements, since it takes a minimum of 21 units to perform 7 dislodgements.

Subsidiary Questions

(Best answers to appear in an update of this column.)

Can all six dislodgements in Fall 1901 be of different nationality?
How many can be of a single nationality?
How many forced disbands can there be in Fall, 1901?

Return to previous page or main article.