Battlefront Repository Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Lets show some love to the Commonwealth forces, eh? This scenario comes with LOADS of info: August 1944. Following the establishment of the bridgehead across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Infantry Division established feelers into the countryside. Every UK Infantry Division in France had a Recce Rgt. This battalion was equipped with Armored Cars (Daimlers, Humbers and Staghounds) and was fully mechanized in carriers. The men felt like and were an elite. They were the eyes and ears of their division, and many a town and city in Northern France and Belgium was liberated by them in the heady days of pursuit in late summer 1944. At first, during the advance to the Seine, a deadly protocol was followed. Some villages were empty of the Germans, and the French civilians would stream out to greet their liberators with Cider and Calvados. Then in the next village or copse, an AT gun would wait and the first indication of its presence would be when the leading car brewed up. Being the driver of a Humber was a deadly job in a Recce Rgt. The German rear-guards left behind fought a desperate fight against their pursuers, trying to hold them off, to allow more of their comrades to make it behind the next river line, where they hoped to turn around and face the Allies. Harassed from the air, and time and again hit by the over-whelming firepower resting in spear-heads of the Allied forces, they would still not give up without a fight. 5th Glosters had been unluc... More... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verulam Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Downloaded, I'll get back to you with a report soon. Many thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Looks interesting. Will have to give it a try. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Just download mission will give it a try. DUMB Question of the day!?? When You See a Post Pinned in Green what does that mean? Regards Lane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Pinned means it won't slip down the forum as other posts are added and replied to. It will stay at the top as long as the mods have it pinned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thank's Vergeltungswaffe, Regards Lane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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