Johnnie wrote:vonRocko:
Congratulations; but we need details.
Well if you really want to know: Game ended Nov-Dec 1914.I started with the basic Schlieffen plan,good morale ,events.A.H.had attack serbia plan,good moral,events.
Early Aug.on the west,I sent 1st army to Antwerp,detaching one corp to fix railroad in Hasselt.I sent 2nd army to Leige,split 3rd into Bastogne and Neufchatel. Leige and Antwerp fell.
In Aug.. 3rd army consolidated the Ardennes and closed on Sedan.4th army left Luxemberg to take Longwy. 2nd army takes Namur,Belgians offer little resistance! 5th,6th,7th hold off French attacks in Alsace (plan XX I believe).
I split about four corps off of 1st army,plus two cav.units.and sent them past bruxles (which just had a wouned Belgian cav.) as far as they could move,to different areas(Ghent,Bruges,Osten,Mons,Charleroi) with the cav.repairing rails(on clear plains they can repair 2 hexes).Main 1st army took Bruxles.
The BEF showed up at Maubeuge,which is where the Belgians also ended up.
All my German reinforcements I placed near 1st+2nd armies.
In Sep. 2nd army dumped its slow artillery and moved to Guise.1st army fought the Bef at Mons,forcing the Bef to Douai. Meanwhile, the single detachments continued to move as far as possible capturing Lille,Hazbrouk,Dunkerque.French continue attacking Alsace,movig no one west(north?)(left?) to Paris.
In Oct. some new British came in and moved towards Amiens.The 1stBef remained in Douai,and the French continued their Alsace attacks. My detachments made it to the Somme,taking all areas except Douai. The main 1st army swung east of Douai and ended at Saint Quentin.The Bef did not move or intercept(they could have stopped me here if they would have attacked my 1st army). This left the 1st British army at my rear,the 2nd British army heading towards Boulogne,one French corp in Amiens, and the nearest French army in Sedan! The road to Paris was wide open!
In Nov.I moved 1st army(just 3 good corps and an artillary) from St.Quentin to Paris.The enemy didn't move one unit towards Paris? I had a siege of Paris,and I must have got a bit lucky,because I won the battle with just the first bombardment,and fortunately didn't have to assault.Then the victory screen came right up.
Basically,I poured everything I could into Belgium,made multiple detachments and sent them pass the enemy(blitzkrieg WW1 style) not worried about supply or what is ahead. If I'd have known the rule details,maybe I would have been more cautious,buy sometimes ignorence is bliss!
Thanks
