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Northern Sector
(North Village on the Stream and the Battle of the north field)
Lt Wood’s infantry knocked out some German PanzerGrenadiers just west of the northern field. Then Lt Fisher’s Cruiser tank came forward and KO’d a halftrack that had moved back from the west tree-line.
The immobilized Panther on the road in the far north is nervously shooting area fire at every shadow.
Some Brit artillery is also coming in to support the defense of the northern field; and German mortars are hitting the southern perimeter of the field.

South of the North Village, North of the Central Town
Captain Baldwin, of B company, is in charge of a force advancing on the German held Hill 500yds SW of the pond and 300yds SW of the crossroads. The hill appears to be held by a single Panther.
Capt Wellington of the RTR and one of his close support tanks got a couple of shots at the Panther but it popped smoke.

German 10.5cm artillery is started to come down near the Crossroads 200yds SW of the village pond.

Central Town
The Royal Tank Regiment set a trap and it worked! The bait was an armoured car left exposed in the central town, hoping the Panther just south of town would move forward 150yds onto the road to get a shot at the AC. Waiting on the road were Lt Swift and another of his tanks. The Panther moved onto the road and Swift brewed it up with one shot to the side at about 300yds.
The first Panther knocked out! However, 2ndLt Picton is placing explosives in the immobilized Panther abandoned in the NE of town.

South
Lt Watt’s infantry section in the south is in trouble. A Panther moved right up to him in support of the German infantry Watts had just routed, and attacked him with MG and 7.5cm shells. Watt’s rallied his men and fired a PIAT bomb at the Panther but it went well wide.

The Luftwaffe made an appearance for the first time. Tentatively identified as an Hs129, the fighter-bomber came in from the NW and strafed a Lloyd carrier moving along the paved road 500yds due east of the central town. The Lloyd carrier was damaged. British 40mm and AA guns and AAMGs did go into action but there was no report of any hits.



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