My one and only play with the French and I think I failed to consider carefully how to take advantage of French units. As it was, I tried to do too much with some units "up front," others blocking roads; and others set for a mobile defense. The old adage applies: try to defend everything, defend nothing. In particular, I did not give much thought to use of cavalry.

The French did have a good start, with the Germans racing MC units headlong towards the city bridges. A strong OF roll killed 2X steps on the first combat roll. After that, however, German weight of metal made itself felt and French engineers had a difficult time blowing bridges.

Perhaps the key here is to keep the French forces concentrated in one or two main groups rather than rely up small, multiple blocking groups. German concentration is just too much for an effective delaying action.