It seems as though the French are destined to fight this battle with both arms tied behind their back. They simply don't have the forces to defend well and the Germans can crush them in detail. It is just a case of a little too late. Roll well for your reinforcements and you will probably have a decent chance at winning. Roll poorly and you will lose all the critical terrain before you get your final troops on board, like happened in this case.

It is a tense scenario, but only from the standpoint of the reinforcements...