Your Lordship,The battles are frequently stalemates but the forces of Austrum West are gaining ground, and momentum. The conflict is waged on land and sea with some air power in the form of Trusnikron Urroc knights fighting on behalf of Austrum East. The Westerners have greater resources and better strategic planning and tactical leadership.The nations are fighting the war on two fronts, on either coast of the islands. But while the Easterners are dug in on the Western isle the Westerners have broken the first line of defenders and are moving inland.War on the East isle is becoming a front line of dug in units with attempts at guerrilla raids behind their lines while they send saboteurs forwards to harry the Easterners by disrupting logistics (including aqueducts and transport routes) behind the front.Naval picket lines are still in effect with convoys passing through the straits at risk of being caught in skirmishes and patrols between the two forces. As in the early stages of the war this still lends weight to the Guild and Church claims to bring a swift end to the conflict.The two nations' navies are also being used to pound the invading lines with cannon from the sea, a tactic which is proving less effective for the Easterners now that their enemies have made inroads inland. Instead the Eastern ships are supporting their invasion force to the West but rumours circulate that they may be mobilizing the fleet en mass to strike at the Western Naval command base.Tactically the Trusnikron air cavalry are being deployed like light aircraft in other spheres of battle; reconnaissance, light bombing and, rather uniquely, in a manner akin to traditional Dragoons cavalry; flying swiftly to a battle objective then landing and skirmishing like infantry.As I was leaving the withdrawal of many Justinian assets from the war was having a demoralising effect on the Eastern forces with particularly the Trusnikron forces calling out our nobles as traitors and fair weather allies. Considered thought would have it that as the Justinian forces involved were not front line combatants the practical strategic impact of those departing will be far less significant than the psychological one. That said some Justinian Knights have chosen to remain. Knights and other young nobles also report anecdotally that the Orthodox Church has also been putting no small pressure on commanders and nobles to return home or even turn against Austrum East. There has been much talk of removal of sacraments from those who continue the fight and even additional pardons and indulgences if they change sides to support the West.Sir Jutland Justinian