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[Plain Ian]

Turn 48 German - north



KG A/KG B concentrated on the 2-16th/2-18th. Plus he used quite a bit of artillery. I did mange some return fire and counter artillery fire against his units but the 2-18th will have to be withdrawn.

KG C - a strong group of 12th VGD has moved up (3 Battalions) A fresh 12th VGD Bn starts off at 560 men so with a stacking limit of 1400 then these Batallions are about 465 men each. No ground fire as he didn't have any MP's left just some artillery. The 1-16th and 1-47th have about 150 Fatigue each.

KG D is a small group from 12th SS. Return fire caught 7 men moving into the hex but artillery fire brought down on the 1-38th racked up 16 casualties. This unit also has Fatigue sitting at 150.

KG E - F were brought up. Artillery and ground fire used against the 535th AAA destroying it. In the replay I saw a motorised Flak unit moving up the road from Monschau but it has obviously stopped short of the Swamp hex.
The 2-393rd was assaulted by one or more of these groups. The 2-393rd held the hex because it couldn't retreat. It lost 270 men in the assault. The Germans took no casualties and probably very little fatigue loss. The 277th VGD unit arrived after the assault and didn't take part.