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[Plain Ian]

Turn 49 Allied Spa



At Stoumont I fell back again. I did consider standing and firing but I've nothing to gain apart from lose a lot of tanks.
The 33rd Engineers also pulled back so that they can garrison Chession if he continues advancing.

At Spa the 3rd Armoured tank battalions again stood and fired at adjacent targets. Then I moved up infantry for support. 2-119th lost some men in doing so. It will take the heat off the tanks and possibly Spa as any artillery will target the infantry.

The 517th also fired, mainly targeting the 62nd VGD Bn which had not withdrawn. (the other VGD Bn had pulled back) The other unit in the hex is a 150th Pz Bde unit but only XX size.

I also decided to advance 105th Combat Engineers and the 3-119th just to see if this would be enough to make him withdraw from south of Spa. They bumped into the recon unit which is lurking in this area. The 119th isn't really in great shape but the opposition is light and he won't know how badly shot up it is.

Apart from that I used artillery on a few stacks and tidied up Spa defenses. I pulled the 526th back. The 1-334th is fresh but the 1-117th and 1-120th although green fatigue are mid range or higher so will quickly go orange.