France '14 AAR Turning the flank !!

[Mr Grumpy]

Turn 5

French commander (Foul) turn 5 thoughts:
In the north my flanking move over the Canal d'Aire via Dun seems to have caught Rick unawares and i notice units being withdrawn from the Harnes triangle to shore up his northern flank, i was hoping this move might persuade Rick to pull back over the river but i am still not sure he is ready to do this?
Below Lens there is hard fighting around Avion, i would like to take this village as i need to straighten up my line and it also clears the rail line of any ZOC should i want to move units quickly from the south later in the game.

In the centre i capture Fresnoy and Vitry, i see the first signs of a fresh reserve division arriving so i expect to make no more progress in this area and will now have to go on the defensive.

In the south i strengthen my hold on the two ridges, from here i can see all of Ricks units and bring fire down on any point, once again this is the logical point at which to cease my move to the east and try to inflict heavy casualties on Rick as he tries to take the ridges back, if i loose them then Arras itself could be threatened.

Overall i am happy with day one, although knowing that Rick has fresh units arriving all the time means things will be a lot harder from now on.

German commander (RickyB) turn 5 thoughts:
At the front, I am moving cavalry to the north to try and prevent the French from exiting to the east. My infantry reserves are moving into position, a bit concentrated south of where I want to put them but I am working to shift one further north while the other strikes to its left, just north of the river.





Observer (Volcano) thoughts:
The situation hasn't changed much yet, although the French have been able to get quite a bit of cavalry across the Canal d'Aire this turn. It will be interesting to see how the Germans react to this move in the coming turns.