Relief of Peiper - The Matrix Games version of West Front

[Trois-Ponts, Belgium]:[either side][HISB]: "Ordered to move
to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December
21st started probing with his battlegroup between the Trois Ponts
and Grand Halleux. The 505th US Parachute Regiment had established
a defensive front to defend or blow the bridges along this four-mile
section behind the River Salm. Hansen attack at Trois Ponts
overran the Allied companies positioned on the east side of the
river. A withdrawal of survivors was ordered and although the
German grenadiers made it to the bridge they were thrown back
by fire from the antitank guns and the buildings. To the south,
a strong defense a La Neuville slowed the advance of German tanks
and infantry. Just as the German forces overcame the defenders
in La Neuville the battalion blew the bridge. The advance had
stalled and Allied artillery forced the German troops to withdraw.
On the 22nd, Panzergrenadiers fought a desparate battle for
control of the Grand Halleux bridges. The Allies blew one bridge
while Germans were in the middle of it and the rest of the German
force in the area fell back. There were no more further attacks
on the American 505th sector... The stage is set, the battle
lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history"
... This battle is based on the "Relief of Peiper" scenario from
the board game Memoir '44. [Axis is first side in this battle][all
optional rules except Extreme Assault and Extreme Fog of War
recommended][2.02 UPDATE]