With the kind agreement of XIII, I advertised the start of this competition on this forum a couple of months ago. I'm now pleased to announce that the four entries into the article competition are now available.

In order of their author's last name, the four articles are:

The War Comes to Berlin by Herb (T71Herb) www.historic-battles.com/Articles/Article_Comp_2005_1stQuarter/berlin_herb.htm

Beg, Borrow, Steal: A story of how Israel first armed itself by Neil Holmes (privatehudson) www.historic-battles.com/Articles/Article_Comp_2005_1stQuarter/israel_privatehudson.htm

From Hegemon to Honey Jar. The Varna Crusade and the fate of Wladyslaw III "Warnenczyk" by T. Jankowski (Vrylakas) www.historic-battles.com/Articles/Article_Comp_2005_1stQuarter/varna_vrylakas.htm

Revolution and Aftermath: Central Europe 1830-1860 by David Kudzia (CZ) www.historic-battles.com/Articles/Article_Comp_2005_1stQuarter/revolutions_CZ.htm

I strongly encourage you to read all four of these excellent articles, and voting will commence in a few days. Please note that voting will only be open to members of the historic-battles forum, so you'll need to register (which only takes a few seconds) if you want to have your say :) .

Well that's a sneaky underhand way to get more members isn't it? ;) Well done! :goodjob:

:thumbsup: Good luck to all 4 of you.

Who won?
And congrats, fellows!

No-one, they're voting on it soon

Is it a good idea to reveal the real-life names of those posters? :ack:

We know Hudson anyway-he always signs his plethora of articles.

I don't mind my real name being passed around.

Once again-good luck and congrats to all ye fellows!

* Cruddy applauds loud and long

Nevermind who goes down the best, those are 4 excellent articles.

Indeed, they're all very good except that one about the middle east, blooming awful spelling and grammar I'd say ;)

good luck fella's ! :D

where can we vote ?

I don't think they've opened the voting yet.

The voting period has just opened. Voting will be open for the next 7 days, so there's plenty of time to read all the articles. When you've picked your favorite, go to www.historic-battles.com/forum/index.php?topic=5371.0 and cast your vote!

Cant see the vote option?

But cast vote for: Beg borrow Steal

I think you have to reigster at the forums to be able to see it. I can so it can't be a problem with the post

Cant see the vote option?

You need to be a member of the forums to vote (though non-registered guests are welcome to post on the forum). Registration is free and only takes a few seconds.

When I log off the forums the voting option disapears and when I log back on it appears, so everything seems to be working fine.

Vrklakas the winner & privatehudson 3rd ?

No, I think that's just to show that it's a "hidden ballot" or in other words the results won't be visible until the voting has ended.

No, I think that's just to show that it's a "hidden ballot" or in other words the results won't be visible until the voting has ended.

post says poll close this morning

So they do, forgot it was the 2nd already :lol:

So they do, forgot it was the 2nd already :lol:

Well congrats anyway for submitting one :goodjob:

Well what with time constrictions and problems in RL I really just cobbled together two from here to submit. It was fun reading the others though, much better ones :)

As is noted above, the competition was won by Vrylakas. All the four articles submitted were excellent, and I would encourage everyone to read them.