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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP (N.C.Gale)
Newsgroups: net.games.pbm
Subject: Dislodgement - supply vs convoy
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 10:16:50 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 16 10:16:50 1985
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Picture this:

ENGLAND
A Lon -> Brest
F Eng.Ch CON A Lon -> Brest
A Pic SUP A Lon -> Brest

FRANCE
F M.A.O -> Eng.Ch
F Brest SUP F M.A.O. -> Eng.Ch

Now, is F Brest's supply cut because it has been dislodged, so that
France's orders do not work, and A Lon captures Brest?
Or does England's convoy fail because F Eng.Ch has been dislodged,
so that England's orders do not work, and F M.A.O. captures the Channel?

We ruled that England got Brest - Supply fails before convoy,
but it's by no means obvious. There were tears from Napoleon, for one thing.

-Emperor Nige Hapsburg of Austria
(not for long, mind. Damn those treacherous Ivans)