Spearhead

 

Thursday 15th club spearhead night

 

Grimbosq Bridgehead

 

The British have crossed the Orne and repaired a Bridge at Les Bas.

They have set up a perimeter in the surrounding villages and await a German counter attack as the allies rush reinforcements to this bridgehead

 

British orbat

59^th infantry division (Staffordshire)

176^th Infantry brigade complete (44/45 infantry division) regular

107^th royal armoured regiment (43/45 armoured division) regular use Sherman’s, 1squadron is “firefly”

Divisional assets

1x 17Pdr battery

1x MG Company

1x Field artillery regiment +3No foo off table 8 fire missions

Your orders

Hold the bridge and surrounding villages

 

German orbat

12 SS PHz division “Hitlerjugend”

12th Panzer battalion (use panthers, 44 panzer division) regular

26^th panzer grenadier regiment complete (44 panzer division) 1xveteran 1xregular

271 Infantry division

979 infantry battalion (44inf division) regular

Divisional assets

1x mixed self- propelled battalion (44 panzer division) off table 5 fire missions

1x Tiger Coy (2) veteran

 

Your orders

Destroy the bridgehead at les Bas.

 

The Battlefield

Germans push directly for the Bridge, led by 2 Tigers

The Flank attack

Which takes La Bortigerre although the hidden battery of British 17 pounders caused some quick redeployment of the German armoured thrust

British redeploy in the face of German combat engineers

The other flank attack

The Germans push on despite the loss of the Tigers

Thiemesnil fall to the Germans and the British flank battalion breaks as it tries to take back the village

The other flank and centre, stalemate?

Victory Conditions

Draw- equal point’s +-2 points

Minor victory 3+point’s better

Major Victory 15+ points better

Total Victory 30+ points better +bridge

1 point per infantry/support platoon destroyed/ routed

2 points per vehicle platoon destroyed/ routed

5 points per village

Points

British 39

German 51

 

Minor German victory