Jimmer
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No, Marshall is still incorrect on this one. The problem is that there is a word missing from the "Supply Source Definition" in the manual, which clouds matters. It SHOULD read "A 'supply source' is any unbesieged FRIENDLY-controlled ...". 10.3.3 cannot stand without the word "friendly", because otherwise it would allow one to use a ceded province's city to build a depot. For example, Prussia surrenders to France, giving up Magdeburg as a peace condition. If the word "friendly" is not present in the supply source definition of 10.3.3, then Prussia can build a depot in Magdeburg. NOTE: This rule also could be corrected by adding the word "unceded" somewhere, but I'm not going to do ALL of your homework for you. Also missing (or, at least, I can't find it) is the rule that says you can build a depot with any corps counter if it would make a legal supply chain. But, that is irrelevant here, since there are no corps counters present at all. So, a depot cannot be PLACED here under the circumstances in the picture. HOWEVER, this situation COULD arise in normal gameplay: France besieges the city, breaks in, and leaves a garrison behind. Spain later besieges the city, fails to break or destroy the french force, and so is left outside the city. Spain, on a later turn, builds a depot in this area. Finally, Spain leaves the area completely, but leaves the depot behind. So, the picture, by itself, is not illegal. However, the description the OP used of the events makes it so. IMO
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