1914_1018_01s: Where Valor Sleeps - FWWC 01 France '14
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| Rating: | 5.25 (2) |
| Games Played: | 2 |
| SM: | 8 |
| Turns: | 190 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | Central Powers |
| Second Side: | Allied Powers |
Flanders, 18th October 1914: Given the Austro-Hungarian setbacks in Galicia in September, German high command was passionate to finally obtain a decisive decision on the Western Front at all costs. There is no better description of the campaign in Flanders than the one provided by Joffre after the battle, "This decision (German victory on the Western Front) would be obtained if our left were pierced or driven in. To reach Calais, that is, to break our left; to carry Ypres, that is, to cut it in half; through both points to menace the communications and supplies of the British expeditionary corps, perhaps even to threaten Britain in her island - such was the German plan in the Battle of Flanders. It was a plan that could not be executed." At the end of 1914, the fate of the conflict on the Western Front, and possibly the entire war, would be decided by tens of thousands of soldiers that would be laid to rest in Flander's fields, the place where valor now sleeps. [Size: very large] *See the notes document for information on scenario design decisions and historical notes.
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burroughs | vs. | Gray Nemesis |  |
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Allied Powers Major Victory | 144 | 16 |
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burroughs | vs. | Gunther Sheepdog |  |
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Allied Powers Major Victory | 144 | 16 |
Great mix of forces on the Allied side with Belgians in the north,French in the centre and Tommies holding the southern flank.Both direct and indirect arty fires were pounding mercilessly, but the latter was terribly inefficient on occasions, maybe their balloon spotters weren't up to proper standards yet. Too bad it ended prematurely again.
BEF limited offensive in the south west part of the Flanders front unveiled scenario design flaws with certain German battalions entering as reinforcements in the British rear. Besides the Entente are apparently capable enough to launch coordinated attacks both in the south and west of Roulers which coupled with German exhaustion and offensive deployment - no defence in depth - produces quite easy although costly breakthrough likely to pierce German lines.
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