DAY 1 TURN 1
729th RGT / 709th INF DIV vs 507th RGT / 82nd AB DIV
Amfreville
My main task here was to keep the N to S road from being crossed by Arc. I had two Marder I's to give support to the infantry aswell as two 75mm PaK's. Other than that, my lines were pretty thin and counter-attacking wasn't an option.
I started the game by trying to move my MG42 squad down in the S sector to a better position to the next house, so I could see the intersection better. Unfortunately, Arc had his troops inside the houses in the intersection, so I had to pull back with tremendous casualties (after the battle only one soldier from the squad was in condition to fight).
He also got my PaK which was pounding the buildings, damned mortar!
With my S sector Marder pinned down, I moved my other Marder from N to try and flush Arc's boys out of the buildings, not succeeding in it.
Things calmed down in S, just to heat up up N. Arc moved his troops towards W thru the buildings N of the church. I tried to counter with my Marder which fell victim to Arc's bazooka team.
The Marder was supposed to support the Grenadier's assault to take the church, but with it gone, my Grenadiers suffered quite heavily during the assault. I did get the church and held it until the end.
My flanking team in NE was spotted by Arc and after a brief firefight, we called it a draw and pulled our boys back.
With few minutes remaining, Arc crossed the intersection and attacked the N buildings, just to be repelled by the Grenadier squad and the Marder.
At the same time, I moved my center troops towards S to gain some more ground for the next turn.
End Result
And comment from the other side
