It is the object of both Players to destroy forty Enemy Strength Points before losing forty Friendly Strength Points. The French Player has the additional objective of exiting seven units off the north edge of the map (through the hexes indicated on the map).
As losses accumulate during the game, the Players should array the destroyed counters off the map in easily counted groups. Players should be especially alert to losses when the forty Strength Point limit is approached.
The Allied Player wins by destroying forty French Combat Strength Points before losing forty of his own.
If this happens, the game stops immediately and the Allied Player is declared the winner.
The Allied Player is demoralized immediately upon losing forty Combat Strength Points.
When demoralized, all Allied attacks (including those made by Prussian units) are reduced by one ratio column (for example a three-to-one becomes a two-to-one). When demoralized, all French attacks are raised by one ratio column (for example a one-to-two becomes a one-to-one). If the Allies destroy forty French Strength Points after losing forty of their own, this does not demoralize the French nor does it benefit the Allies in any way. The only hope for a demoralized Allied Player is to prevent the seven French units from exiting the map (thereby drawing the game).
The French Player wins by demoralizing the Allies and exiting seven French units from the map.
The units must exit from the indicated hexes during one or more French Movement Phases. Units may not exit the map as a result of combat (if forced to do so they are considered destroyed instead). French units that exit the map during their Movement Phase are not considered destroyed. More than seven French units may exit the map and they may do so before and/or after the Allies lose forty Strength Points. Once the minimum French Victory conditions have been achieved the game stops immediately and the French Player is declared the winner.
The game is a Draw if neither side fulfills its victory conditions.
If the French destroy forty Allied Strength Points but fail to exit their seven units before the end of the game or if neither Player destroys forty Strength Points, the game is a draw (which is, in historical terms, an Allied moral victory). If by some freak chance, both armies reach the forty or greater loss level at the same instant of combat (due to an 'Ee' result) then the French Player would win if he had already exited the seven units from the map; otherwise, the Allied Player would be declared the victor.
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