kensal Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Turn 15 completed Situation map The way forward appears relatively obvious. D Coy will now begin pushing west with its southern most platoon supported by Stuarts sweeping up any retreating enemy. The remainder of D Coy will protect their flank by mopping up any enemy units in south east Buron. C Coy will push into central Buron, and be able to call on B Coy if needed. A Coy will push into West Buron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 "manoeuvre de derriere" ....LOL.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 ....LOL.... Blame Napoleon. He liked a good movement de derriere.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 16 completed. A good turn on A Coy's front, they get revenge for their casualties during the firefight. Two parties dash forward to each side of the hedge line from where the German sections retreated... They reach the hedge line. One German team of four is on the other side of the field with their backs to the Glens... All four are shot down from behind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 16 completed: The last man standing surrenders just in time Meanwhile, on the far western flank, A Coy's scouts advance towards their objective, without response. Can it be undefended !? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 16 completed On C Coy's front, scouts detect a 50mm AT gun defending Central Buron. The gun takes down one of the scouts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 16 completed C Coy continues working forward down the first east -west parallel road German infantry seek to escape encirclement through the gardens, pursued by small arms fire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 16 completed D Coy views the way forward through the orchards, keeping contact with C Coy's left flank One of that platoon's section leaders cops a fragment from a 37mm shot by one of the supporting stuart's ... doh. Further south, D Coy's middle platoon moves through gardens, buildings and orchards on the southern side of Buron, meeting no opposition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed. A Coy is now making rapid progress south into west Buron. Seems like nobody else is at home in this part of the village. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed Enemy infantry facing the Stuarts in central Buron retreat at last. They stuck it for 3 or 4 turns, so we must have got some of them with 3 tanks raking the hedge line C Coy advances down the first parallel towards central Buron and into trouble with the first four man party being cut down on the road. A vicious firefight develops A stuart takes down two Germans at point blank range These two German sections could be in trouble now. They are facing heavy fire from the front. D Coy's nearest platoon is about to hit them from behind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed D Coy continues to make serene progress through East Buron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed I have not been counting casualties but my estimate of our casualties thus far are: A Coy: possibly 12-13, (5 of which were friendly fire) B Coy: possibly 6 C Coy: possibly 8-9, (2 of which I suspect were friendly fire) D Coy: possibly just 1 (friendly fire again) On the southernmost edge of Buron, D Coy moves cautiously forward. D Coy's two southernmost platoons have both moved a long distance in the last quarter of an hour so part of the reason for moving relatively slowly at this point is to give them breather Along the first east - west parallel road, the two German sections opposing C Coy suffer badly. The four on the other side of the hedge from the Stuart are cut down one by one. The six or so facing C Coy (and who took out 4 of our guys) break from the fire from C Coy and from fire coming from their rear, from D Coy's northernmost platoon They flee across the front of D Coy's northernmost platoon, but despite several troops taking pot shots at them, they escape unscathed However they are also running across the Stuart's firing line 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed And the Stuart don't miss taking out four or five of them D Coy witness the carnage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed Unfortunately one of B Coy's sections moves up into the firing line of the PAK in central Buron and three men are hit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Turn 17 completed A Coy continue moving up the north -south road into west Buron, unhindered. The lead elements are a couple of minutes from seizing west Buron. A Coy has moved 3 platoon to exploit this penetration, with a view to establishing a strong presence there This aerial shot shows how close they are to cutting off the western escape route for Richter's men 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuderian Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Am I right in thinking that your opponent has the option to retreat after 30+ minutes? Do you think he will fight to the death or try and extricate his more mobile elements towards the exit zones? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Am I right in thinking that your opponent has the option to retreat after 30+ minutes? Do you think he will fight to the death or try and extricate his more mobile elements towards the exit zones? He does, but I do not get the sense yet that he is deploying with that in mind. My intention is to prevent it. I must of course clear Buron totally within the hour. Alternatively if he takes more than 50% casualties and still has troops on the board, those troops are deemed to have retreated and I take the hex on the PzC board. I am unclear as to whether, in that event, if those troops are effectively encircled on the board, they still retreat or are deemed to have surrendered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 I am unclear as to whether, in that event, if those troops are effectively encircled on the board, they still retreat or are deemed to have surrendered. I will have a think about this situation, and come up with a ruling to cover it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Turn 19 completed 20 minutes and we have made good progress. This is my last report until the end of August as I am off for a couple of weeks in the pyrenees en famille. Will miss this though ! Here, the wretched detritus of war 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Turn 19 completed More Germans troops arriving, facing D Coy, perhaps to re-establish a defensive line 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Turn 19 completed: A Coy - the view from West Buron - a further platoon is following up the lead platoon's success A Coy looking up the road and into the gardens of West Buron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Turn 19 completed Btn mortars are now getting ranged in on the main German positions in the centre of Buron. The suspected AT gun position is just to the right of the small stone building mid map Finally a situation map 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Kensal will be AFK until the 29th of August. I was intending to substitute absent players, but because his absence will only be temporary, and to maintain consistency, I will allow him to carry on this battle where he left off, when he returns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Turn 20 completed A Coy continues moving into west Buron atm unopposed Battalion mortars begin hitting central Buron In the bottom of this image you can see 10 Platoon, D Coy, moving towards a German entrenchment, at the same time as the Germans seek to re-occupy it. A short sharp firefight ensues 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensal Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Turn 20 completed 10 Platoon's firefight - lead elements reach a hedge line as the Germans reach their trenches 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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