"Thet's noo ordnary Rabbit, it's the mos foul, crul, bad timpred Rodent!" R4 Sitreps

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5km East of St Vith, Somewhere in the Ardennes

Axis Turn 6

American artillery falls in a random manner in the north and south around Keppelborn and Neidingen with little impact, as the Americans continue to disappear from view. An unlucky halftrack section, seeking the safety of the Kninels Berg, drives straight under the guns of a Panther platoon on overwatch on the rise above Keppelborn, and all three of the vehicles are disabled. Another halftrack section, not to be discouraged by the fate of their friends, stops in plain LOS of the offending Panther platoon. The American Engineer and Mortar team, still licking their wounds from the retreat from Keppelborn, retreat further down the road to the west in a battered state. In the south and centre the enemy has completely disappeared for view.

The German artillery response falls on empty positions in the south but in the north locates an 81mm team 1km north of Keppelborn forcing it to retreat with the loss of one tube. Elsewhere artillery hits suspected positions with the customary couple of rounds into St Vith itself, but with no apparent effect.

Sonderheid's 1st Platoon rushes down the hill from Keppelborn overruning the exhausted 60mm mortar section, as the Panthers move down the hill to surround the disrupted Engineers attempting to escape form Keppelborn. Realising their fate is sealed, they fire a few desultory bazooka rounds at the oncoming tanks, before raising their hands in surrender. Further to the north the 81mm mortar platoon is located by another Panther platoon and is dealt with with one of Striecher's platoons. The final Panther platoon fires a killing shot at the foolhardy halftracks in the Kninels Berg before resuming their overwatch duties.

Elsewhere, the Landsers struggle forward through the wet terrain in the north, centre and south, but fail to contact the Americans. It seems barring a couple of jeeps in the north, they have completely disappeared from view. Though with the rumble of tank tracks being heard in the distance. It is certain they wont be idle for that long.