August 22, 1914 -- just before Mons-Sambre-et-Meuse

[MengJiao]

Well, there I was.  I'd played through a couple of learning scenarios and I went for something a little bigger
(this is all in Vuca Simulations' Nach Paris), so I combined three scenarios centered on Namur and the first big battles on the northern side of the German drive to envelop the French armies.  In the first image, I'm assembling the areas that are either objectives or starting positions.  In the second we see the divisions of three allied armies (BEF, 5th and 4th) and regional defense forces facing most of four German armies (1-4) and a lot of engineers, independent cavalry corps and heavy artillery: