Stumbling through my first full historical campaign as WE (the one with historical plans). Great stuff, very challenging. Have re-started three times now because each time the BEF encounters that huge CP stack (is it von Bulow, or Kluch, not sure..) it makes a stand for usually two huge battles, always, so far, in Lille (because Belgium is already gone, le Roi des Belges sans army and off to St. Quentin to a hospital...) and is always totally annihilated. Anyone any tips on how to get a roughly historical result with the BEF? ie; to keep it alive to fight a defensive action a little nearer Paris in September. Or maybe I don't need the BEF? The cost of destroying it was high to the CP, of course....
Any advice?
Many thanks.