1104_01_Heusden "Operation Guy Fawkes - PzC 24 Scheldt '44
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Operation Guy Fawkes, 4 November 1944: The 53rd (Welsh) Division had been withdrawn from
the 's-Hertogenbosch sector earlier than planned to deal with the German threat in the Peel Marshes,
so the task of clearing the bridgehead fell to the 51st (Highland) Division. 51st Division's attack,
codenamed "Operation Guy Fawkes," was scheduled for the night of November 4th-5th. Though
opposed by only a few battalions of a spent division, the British would employ overwhelming
firepower. As night fell on the 4th , hundreds of field and medium artillery pieces lit up the sky as
the Scottish infantry, accompanied by Shermans, Crocodiles, and AVREs, climbed the banks of the
canal...
[Size: Small]
Design Note: This scenario should be played with "Indirect Fire and Airstrikes by the Map" optional
rule to enable 7th Armoured Division's guns to lend support to the 51st Division.
the 's-Hertogenbosch sector earlier than planned to deal with the German threat in the Peel Marshes,
so the task of clearing the bridgehead fell to the 51st (Highland) Division. 51st Division's attack,
codenamed "Operation Guy Fawkes," was scheduled for the night of November 4th-5th. Though
opposed by only a few battalions of a spent division, the British would employ overwhelming
firepower. As night fell on the 4th , hundreds of field and medium artillery pieces lit up the sky as
the Scottish infantry, accompanied by Shermans, Crocodiles, and AVREs, climbed the banks of the
canal...
[Size: Small]
Design Note: This scenario should be played with "Indirect Fire and Airstrikes by the Map" optional
rule to enable 7th Armoured Division's guns to lend support to the 51st Division.
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