"Haven't tried that battle yet but those Colonial boys sure are in the soup from the word go. Good to see that you got some of them out of the meatgrinder."
I got lucky in that the bridge got built. Also, as long as that 3rd Brigade stays in supply, they can dish out a lot of punishment as they are B rated and have some arty too. The key to keeping them in supply is the 5th Colonial Brigade, very tough boys, all A rated and they are on the upper left of the map attached (Ardennes_start). That path and small bridge suffices to keep 3rd Brigade in supply even though German 12th Division has them
de facto surrounded but not isolated. It's up to the 5th Brigade to keep that small bridgehead open. It wasn't until 1400 (Ardennes @ 1400 map) that a German unit succeeded in advancing to the river and thus isolating the 3rd Brigade, with 5th Brigade (upper left) under pressure and retreating as there is nothing more they can do. Now the only rescue was the engineering bridge finally built at dawn. But it's still a long way to Tipperary. jonny :happy:
BTW, I noticed that if you click on the map, you get a close-up!
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