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[Plain Ian]

Turn 44 Allied – south



[A] 704th TD /19th Tank/2-12th pulled back to join 10th Tank in woods north of Brouch. 704th has 14 M18’s left. I can’t see them surviving.

[B] D/10 Tnk pulled back and loses another tank when it moves......D/70 Tnk has only 4 M5’s.

[C] 803rd TD with its 3 M10’s is pulled out of the way. Unit has fought from Day 1 and I think started at 40 tanks.

[D] I advanced one of the Tank Bn’s to see what was in Boevange. No fire was triggered and it revealed that he has further armour and infantry in the village and at the bridge.
I pulled the 3 Tank Bn’s of 4th Armoured back. I suspect he will start to use ‘move/fire/retreat back’ tactics against my armour so there is no point in leaving them sitting in Clear terrain where he can do this.

[E] I’ve formed a screen using my Armoured Infantry. 51st Armoured Infantry will patrol the village.

Artillery results are on the map. I targeted the two infantry units in his armour stack south of Boevange. I also targeted each infantry unit adjacent to 11th/70th Tank Bn. I used 11th Tank which was not a wise decision as I lost an M4 in 70th Tank Bn. It now has 4 tanks left......
I used artillery on the Spotted target and got 2 guns.

Brouch is garrisoned with 2 small companies which will be easy prey to artillery if he advances a ‘spotter’ unit into the Clear terrain in front of it. However I want to get this hex up to TRENCH level so they must Dig and take their chances.