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

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3km East of St Vith, Somewhere in the Ardennes

Axis Turn 8

American artillery yet again shoot blindly, having little impact in the mud.
With no spotters left to speak of, the Americans move forward in the north in their ubiquitous jeeps and halftracks to spot on the advancing Germans. Around St Vith troops are seen scurrying for cover under the guns of the panthers at Wallerode, a bold Sherman Jumbo moves towards the St Vith Wald and is fired on with no effect. In the south the remnants of the American scouts in the St Vith Wald pray for a speedy capture.

In the north Lemnitz's landsers continue their advance raking a 57mm Anti-tank gun out of existance, whilst the Panthers and newly arrived Jadgpanzer IV's deal with the irritating jeep spotters in the usual manner. The Panthers in Wallerode hold their position as they drive an Engineer trying to blow up the bridge to the north of St Vith back under cover with the loss of a third of their number.

Advancing up the road from Eiterbuch an MG platoon runs headfirst into an American ambush position off to the side of the road near the blown bridge. They disrupt the defending MG section with the assistance of a Bicycle platoon before Engineers doubletime up the road and overrun the defenders capturing a 3 inch cannon and driving the MG section into the open where they are casually dispatched by other landsers cramming the road.

The remains of the American scouts in the St Vith Wald a mortar section and a battered MG section are wiped out in quick sucession by Stoesser's advancing troops, whilst Fichtner's troops probe forward onto the heights overlooking the valley with some trepidation, as this area seems to have been a focal point for American artillery.