France '14 AAR Turning the flank !!

[Mr Grumpy]

Turn 10

French commander (Foul) turn10 thoughts
In the north my tired forces have to give ground before Lens, i just didn't have the firepower to push Rick over the river to secure this flank, the only good news is that he is now in range of my 75's and i have caused a few casualties.

In the centre Rick starts to probe towards Vimy, i can see fresh battalions approaching in the rear so i will start to slowly give ground to the Vimy ridge position, further south at Fresnoy and Vitry Rick follows up my slow withdrawal but i give him a bloody nose here and there, i have started to move all my Army Troupes de Corps from the south to support this part of the line which i suspect will take a hammer blow as Rick tries to work his way south of Vimy ridge, they are D quality but should still help to thicken up my line in this area.

In the south it is static on the ridge position, i am trying to disrupt as many of his units with my 75's, i am rotating my battalions to behind the ridge to keep their fatigue down.

The plan for today is to give ground slowly falling back on a better defensive position, the last day will be a hard struggle to hold onto as much as possible, but i must not let my forces be destroyed as that might allow an "end run" to a whole host of VP locations.

German commander (RickyB) turn10 thoughts
My forces in the south are bogged down against a strong French force in good positions. My infantry in the center continue to move into position for a hard attack, with some probes and attacks continuing in the southern part of the central attack. The north is mostly a stalemate for my troops. I did assault an enemy stack just south of Lens with a fairly weak cavalry unit to try and knock out some guns and MGs. Losses were slightly higher for me, but one MG unit was destroyed, but no French 75s.



Here is the VP situation after 10 turns........