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Bloody Big Battles: The Great War The Retreat from Mons
T HE R ETREAT FROM
M ONS BRITISH ORDER OF BATTLE
DRAFT British Expeditionary Force
SCENARIO RULES
1. During the retreat, civilians dug basic
trench lines for the British to fall back (C-in-C: Field Marshal Sir John French)
to. At the start of the game, the British
player declares possible positions for LtGen Sir Douglas Haig, I Corps One division of I Cps in each of the two grid
4 division-sized Rifle Pits, anywhere 6 FA Trnd RR 1st Division squares E of Bavay, not in the Forêt de
south of the Cambrai Road. During the 6 FA Trnd RR 2nd Division Mormal.
Night Interval, he chooses two of these
Rifle Pits to be placed on the table. Gen Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, II Corps One division of II Cps in each of the two grid
6 FA Trnd RR 3rd Division squares W of Bavay, not in the Forêt de
2. At the start of the game, the top 12” of 6 FA Trnd RR 5th Division Mormal.
the West table edge and top 18” of the
East table edge are the “German W (Attach to either corps)
Edge” and “German E Edge”, as 6 FA Trnd RR 4th Division In Solesmes.
indicated by the German flags on the & 19th Independent Bde
map. At the start of each German
Movement Phase, roll D6 for each (French forces, not under BEF C-in-C)
edge. On 1-2, it does not change. On 2 HA Maubeuge garrison* In Maubeuge.
3-4, it extends 6” further south. On 5-6,
it extends 12” further south. MajGen Edmund Allenby, Cavalry Division Deploy in Night Interval, >12” S of German W
2 Trnd Cav RR Cavalry Division Edge, within 12” of W Edge.
3. The British Cavalry Division arrives
>12” S of the German W Edge, on any
Turn the British player wishes.
4. The German Kavallerie Korps arrives
from the German W Edge on any Turn *Actually 400+ guns and some 10s of 1000s
after the British Cavalry Division of troops in 15 forts and battery positions, but
arrives, or else in the Night Interval. with no offensive role in this battle.
Represented here as 2 HA able to fire in any
5. One unit of the German IV. Reserve direction.
Korps arrives from the German W
Edge on Turn 5 or later if the German
player wishes. The other unit of the
German IV. Reserve Korps arrives Total: 30 infantry, 2 cavalry, 5 FA, 2 HA
from the same Edge, but only if it can @ 3,000 men / 72 guns per base
arrive further south than all British units
within 18” of that edge.
6. The German 14. Infanterie Division
arrives from German E Edge on any
Turn the German player wishes, but
only if it can arrive further south than
all British units within 18” of that edge.
7. Only one German reinforcement may
arrive per Turn.
8. German tactics evolved rapidly during
the battle, from blundering columns to
more prudent infiltration. All German
units are therefore rated (T). This
means each unit is Tactically Inept
until it has lost its first base.
CAMPAIGN/SCENARIO OPTIONS
9. German HA and FA may combine their
If: No. Note.
fire with units of the same Corps.
British FA may only fire with its own
Division. French HA may only combine If: No. 2 players: ? hours.
fire with a British unit that starts or
ends its move in Maubeuge.
SCENARIO NOTES
10. British deploy first.
As.
11. British move first.
The.
12. Every infantry or cavalry unit on both
sides has MG rating (= 24 MGs).
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DRAFT
Bloody Big Battles: The Great War The Retreat from Mons
From Mons
T5+? NORTH
IV RK
Garrison 1 grid sq
T? T?
Maubeuge = 8000m
(5 miles)
K.K. IX AK 14 ID
IV AK III AK
Bavai
To
Valenciennes
Berlaimont
T?
CavDiv
To
Avesnes
Forêt de
Le Mormal
Quesnoy
Maroilles
Landrecies
4th Div
Solesmes
Cambrai
Road
Possible
Le
Rifle Pit
Cateau
positions
Cambrai Possible
Road Rifle Pit
Caudry positions Sambre
To
Cambrai crossing
River
Sambre