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[Plain Ian]

Turn 46 German - Spa



All quiet on the Spa front. The German 'Death Star' moved up to Spa......and stopped. No artillery fire, nothing, zip. All that could be heard was the heavy breathing of Darth Vader....

I guess next turn he starts blasting.

Elsewhere the multi coloured 150th Bde advanced against me in several places.

US forces are a bit thin here. The 526th in Spa is Morale E, Fatigue 137 and Disrupted. I can't see it being much help to the 1-36th which is a B Morale unit.

I don't really want to use the 517th as I want this to be kept strong to act as a ledge.

I don't really want to drag the 334th Rgt (84 Div) up here either.

What I need to do is free up some of the troops from La Gleize which are not doing any useful defending at moment. Mmm yes not much of a plan.

Reinforcements have arrived in the north but its the 29th British Armoured Bde, and they are waaaaay back over the R. Meuse and will take most of the day to get here. No on map XXX Corps HQ for them. Duh. I should have subordinated them to the VII US.

There are more 3rd Armoured Div units scheduled for 12 noon, which is 3 turns away. (2 Tank Bn's, 1 Armoured Infantry Bn)

So drip feed is the only plan at moment.