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[Plain Ian]

Turn 79 German - Dec 24th 6pm Night - the north



In the north [A] the 2-395th received the 'werfer treatment' losing 102 men to artillery and a further 23 to direct fire. The unit went from low green fatigue to mid range yellow. Howber allied counter battery had a rare success and return fire killed one VG man and disrupted the unit???? The two 395th units have no real offensive cappability as they are D rated units to start with. So I'm relatively happy to lose 125 D rated men.......

At [B] he withdrew his 'vulnerable' armour (Sturm PzIV and StuG42H) and moved in a Sturm Tiger. I'm prety sure this will be artillery proof.

North west of Robertville my patrolsare showing his heavy armour and PAK stacks. [C] and [D]

In the south the 3-26th is heavily shelled. Despite the pounding the unit remains undisrupted and finishes its digging. The 26th is a good B rated Regiment of 1st Division. The 2-26th and 2-18th are now IMPROVED. He is digging in with the 12th VGD opposite. I can't allow this. You are not allowed to dig in in Bulge. <g> 

The 12th SS are in TRENCH so he has moved back in two small units (both [XX]) as added protection. This arre looks promising for me to attack but I'm pretty sure that the 3rd PGD has been resting in this area for several days so any attack will quicly come to a halt.

Further north in the Hess Venn how best to attack. Should I spread out to maximise the number of units I can get in contact or stay stacked every alternative hex?