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[Plain Ian]

German Turn 37 - North



At Franchorchamps he followed my withdrawl and gained 2 hexes. Strangely Peiper's Panthers and King Tigers have disappeared? They did not advance so they must be left behind watching his northern flank..... or being redeployed?

Stavelot was similar and he advanced over a 4 hex front and again Peipers King Tigers have disappeared?

At Elsenborn 4 hexes came under severe mortar and artillery fire and he made one successful assault.

And Elsenborn is a problem for me because it means that I may have to give in folks. The map edge and the Hohes Venn means I have boxed myself in and have nowhere to go. He has 4 Divisions (277/326 VGD/12th SS Pz/3rd PGD) with 4 Divisions worth of artillery plus at least a few Korps Artillery and Mortar/Werfer groups and will not stop attacking here. US artillery has been pretty feeble and its now difficult to feed more troops into the area because the road from Verviers is just about cut off after Robertville. And I don't have an endless supply of troops to do that anyway? No serious reinforcements are scheduled for today.

I have to start moving my artillery now and the only route for it is north and then west through the woods. I'm not going to have any artillery for probably 36 hours and I've got to get about 13+ artillery units and about one and a half Divisions worth of Broken/Disrupted troops over the same route and fight a rear guard action...........under inexhaustible artillery and ground attacks. II SS Korps was released last turn and I wouldn't be surprised if its headed this way.

I can see why there quite a few Axis Major Victories for this scenario. Possibly they all go for a northen gambit?

Will have a think and finish of the detail maps shortly.