France 14 - Now where is that HKK 3?

[Volcano Man]

So I suggest to use the 31st as withdrawal date for the 8. KD.

No, sorry, everything I have points to the 8.KD being pulled out of the line on August 28th, moved towards the rear to prepare for rail movement. Rail movement didn't happen in hours or even a day, they were pulled from the line and moved to a specific location and waited there. When they actually got on the trains is irrelevant (it could have been days later).

In regards to the cavalry, I really do not see any need to do anything further than what I have described. It does not matter that the 7. and 8.KD were actually on the map edge to hold it down or not, the fact is that a human player has no incentive to do this, so putting all the divisions at their disposal would only encourage them to transfer the entire HKK.3 to another armee where it would be infinitely more useful, or use it west of Metz to flank the French 2e Armee. Sorry but this is not something I want to allow from a scenario design point of view, so I will go no further there, which is already well beyond what I originally intended (except for the missing b.KD which was a mistake). If you disagree, then all I can suggest is to make your own modified scenario.

As for the other Nancy issues, I am well aware of the things you mentioned and I may go back and revisit the whole Nancy scenario at some point, but it is simply a case of working with what you have available at the time the game is being created. It could have been that I did not have good source maps of the original battle, but I cannot really totally redo and revisit every scenario - I have to move on and make the next game. Still, it is one of those things I have always meant to do (revisiting Nancy with better maps like this) and maybe I will get around to doing it at some point. ;)