All troops and equipment (except lorries) are Airfix models. Abbreviations A 37 refers to a 37mm A-T gun (German) An 88 refers to an 88mm Flak gun (German) A 25 pdr refers to a 25 pdr field-gun (British) A 5.511 refers to a 5.5in. Medium gun (British) A 6 pdr refers to a 6 pdr A-T gun (British) On Map, numbers refer to positions, letters to blockhouses. DISPOSITIONS AND PLANS! Defending 4 Companies German infantry: 1 Company divided between trench (3), 10 men, 5 men in dugout (5) including Panzerfaust and 5 men in wood. 2nd Company 10 men in blockhouse A and 10 men in wood (4) with a 37 at position 8- 3rd Company 10 men in blockhouse E, 5 men in C and F. A 37 in blockhouse F. 4th Company 5 men in blockhouses B and D, 10 men in blockhouse G. A 37 in B. An 88 with semi-track be- hind blockhouse F in position 1. Position 2 is a German ambulance. German armour is in reserve and appears on board just before 1 p.m. It consists of Tiger Tank, 1 Panther Tank, 1 Sturmgeschutz G III and 2 SdKfz 234 Armoured cars. Attacking 1 Company Commandos to attempt to climb cliff at night. At daylight the main force to attack. The 5.5 at position 7 where it remains for the game. 2 Companies in DUKWs to head for wood, 2 Sherman Tanks and 1 Grant Tank to make for the gap between blockhouse B and wood. A 25 pdr gun team and the C.O. in h is jeep to advance to hill 6. The Centurion Tank going for the gap between blockhouse B and position 5. The Churchill tank on the Tank Transporter to follow the Centurion. A company in M3 half-tracks to attack blockhouse B and position 5. Another company in a large lorry with Paratroop company in Buffalo to support the Commandos. Engineer company (3 men under strength) and another Company of infantry in lorries are held in reserve.  BATTLE Strong wind - therefore smoke lasts 2 moves. Commandos attacked, reached cliff 1 a.m., spotted by enemy 3 a.m., 4 a.m. received 4 casualties (3 wounded, 1 killed). 5 a.m., returned to bottom of cliff and waited while Germans advanced to clear enemy away. 7 a.m. Daylight - German advance continues. British force start to advance, 88 opens up, misses. 8 a.m. 5.5 fires on to 88, miss but 3 crew killed, 1 wounded. 9 a.m. Germans engage commandos 1 German killed, 1 Commando wounded, 3 Commandos killed, 1 Ladder destroyed. 10 a.m. -1 tracks, Bren Carrier and 25.pdr reached hill. DUK4s reached target. 1 destroyed by 37, 4 men killed, Officer, Wireless Operator and 3 men wounded, remainder retreat in rout. Comandos kill 1 German and lose Officer and 2 men dead and man w unded and retire 211 (normal move), 2 Shermans fire on 37 in wood, second shot destroys it. 11a.m: Reinforcements reach Commandos and German infantry retire carrying away 3 wound e d Commandos. Panzerfaust team in po sition 5 knocked out attacking half-track killing 1 and wounding 2 of its soldiers. Machine gun on roof of half-track wounded. 1 Panzerfaust crewman and the 4 men in the dugout retire carrying their comrade. The 37 in the nearest blockhouse (B) fired at the Bren Carrier but missed. The 2 Shermans and the 25 pdr (now in position on the hill) all hit the blockhouse but failed to destroy it. The infantry in the second DUKW attacked into the wood, the solitary German who attacked them (wounding 1 man) was wounded by a hand-grenade. 12 noon - Attack continued. German armour appeared and succeeded in destroying the 2 Shermans (one of which had been unsuccessfully attacked by a flamethrower earlier). A Panzerfaust destroyed the Grant tank. British tanks and 25 pdr had concentrated on the blockhouses without success and the 5.5 completely missed the German armour. Another 10 men in a half-track retreated after losing Officer and 2 men. 1 p.m. German armour deployed to meet the British Tanks, except the Tiger tank hich started advancing towards the left flank of the German defences. The Buffalo aptured the group of Germans who had attacked the Commandos but the lorry following., he amphibian was destroyed with a loss of 3 men by the Tiger tank. The 6 pdr killed and wounded 1 British soldier with a bad shot (misses can kill their own side). The only other effective firing was in the wood where 2 Germans were killed and 1 British soldier killed and a second wounded. Another lorry unloaded i company into the wood. The Commandos were withdrawn from actual fighting because of heavy casualties, If a group's morale is steady but falling and it has heavy casualties, I withdraw the unit from fighting and use them as non-combatants (e.g. stretcher bearers). 2 p.m. British luck changed. The 25 pdr destroyed the Tiger tank, the Centurion destroyed the Sturmgeschutz GIII, and the 6 pdr destroyed an armoured car. Paratroops attacked pillbox (A) and threw 2 grenades through the slits, killing Officer and 4 men, wounding 2 others, the remaining 3 surrendered. 2 paratroops were killed and 4 wounded. German shooting ineffective, although 1 British killed and 1 wounded by M.G. on Tiger tank and 1 killed and 1 wounded in the wood, 2 Germans also wounded here. 3 p.m. Armour engagement continues : Panther and Centurion destroying each other, the 6 pdr (destroyed by a 37 which had been removed from its blockhouse) hit and destroyed the remaining armoured car. The Infantry attacking the nearby pillbox '(B) retreated, being unsupported. The Paratroops Piat failed to destroy another pillbox (C). The 25 pdr firing on the Flak gun missed and destroyed the semi-track. The two survivors of the 1/2 company 8th Army from the destroyed M3 were withdrawn from Tighting. 1 Paratroop was killed as was a German dug in, in the wood. 4 p.m. A 37 destroys 2nd half-track, the soldiers from it received 2 more wounded and 1 killed from blockhouse (B) and remaining 3 routed. The infantry moving through the wood was fired at by 3 dug in Germans and 1 man was wounded. A machine gun from the Buffalo killed 2 of the gunners from the 37 who were trying to recrew the 88. The other 2 machine guns fired on the Germans ejected by grenades from the blockhouse C. I German wounded by the grenade and 3 killed-, 1 wounded by machine  gun fire. 5 p.m. In wood 1 British soldier killed, 1 German killed, 1 wounded . 2,5 pdr fired on blockhouse D, missed and killed a wounded German. Troops in blockhouse F killed 1 paratroop, otherwise no action. 6 p.m. The troops in wood received 1 casualty (wounded) and wounded the last German actually in the wood. The Engineer company (17 men) attacked blockhouse B wounding 2 Germans with a hand grenade, the remainder being machine Erunned outside by a M.G. on the Centurion derelict killing 2 Germans. A Churchill killed 1 of the 37s crew and the reserve company retired after losing 1 man wounded, 1 killed and its officer killed. 'The Piat team failed to destroy blockhouse F and C..G. and rifle fire against the Piat team killed 1 and wounded a second. fhe paratroops, although wounding 2 Germans in blockhouse E (Buffalo 1.1-G. killed 3 more), lost Officer, Radio Operator and 1 man wounded and another man dead which caused their morale to break and they fled. 7 p.m. Churchill fired at blockhouse F no result, blockhouse E reoccupied, 8th Array company retires to trench and blockhouses A and C for protection. -jermans from blockhouse B retire (including Panzerfaust soldier with a gunner to act as No. 2, hoping to be able to attack Churchill). Two ,unners from 37 wounded by M.G. fire, remainder of Croup retire'. Germans cleared out of vicinity of wood, freeing infantry for further attack. 1 British soldier killed and a second wounded, 2 Germans killed. 8 p.m. Churchill knocked out blockhouse F and machine-gunned the survivors (2 killed in explosion, 3 by machine guns). -uhe Buffalo's 20mm destroyed the 38 (2 gunners wounded). 25 pdr firing on blockhouse D missed and destroyed a British E-G. killing 1 and wounding another crew member. Tank transporter started to salvage the Grant tank. 8th Army company advanced again after Buffalo parked in front of block- house E shielding the British troops from fire (and keeping occupants trapped inside with its MG). A mortar bomb hit group of Germans who had left pillbox B (now captured) killing 1 rifleman and wounding a rifleman and 2 gunners. Survivors routed completely. 9 a.m. Nightfall to 2 a.m. Germans retire with some of their wounded under cover of night. Casualties British Infantry - dead - 29 men, 4 officers, 3 gunners. - wounded - 36 men, 2 officers. Tanks etc. - 2 Shermans, 1 Grant, 1 DUKW, 2 M3s, Centurion, Bren carrier, 1 ladder, 6 pdr, 1 M.G., lorry destroyed. German Captured, 2 37s, 1 officer, 10 men. Wounded and captured - 14 men and 2 gunners. Wounded and retired - 3 men and 7 gunners. Dead - 29 men, 6 gunners, 1 Officer. Destroyed - 2 armoured cars, Sturrageschutz GIII, Panther, Tiger, 88, semi-track and a 37. Troops retained German Ambulance, stretcher party, 2 gunners, 18 men and 2 officers, 1 Panzerfaust soldier. British Matador and 5.5 tank transporter, 3 lorries, ambulance, Buffalo, 25 Pdr (with quad. etc.), Jeep, Churchill, 4 stretcher parties, C.C., 2 Officers and 72 men. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 112 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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