Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 29th:
Spearhead Division #16 - Final Accounting
Tenacious Australians
Author scrane
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2009-04-04
Language English
Scenario EdlX001

In this scenario I chose to delay the river crossing attempt of the northern German mountain battalion until after the reinforcing battalion had arrived on the east flank, south of the river, and had rolled up part of the Australian defensive line. Once the German reinforcements arrived, the Australians attempted to hold them in the eastern foothills, but they were overrun everywhere but in the high village where a company of Australians held out against a company of Germans. The remaining Germans poured northwest to take from behind the Australians defending against a river crossing. This was the signal for the German crossing battalion to pour from cover and make for the river.

Heavy Australian artillery fire left the open ground along the river strewn with disrupted mountaineers, but a slow trickle of them began to cross, while the flanking force of Germans assaulted the Australian town that was the backbone of their defensive position. Pockets of Australian resistance were remarkably resilient and held out to the end of the scenario, but having achieved three of their four victory conditions the Germans are credited with a minor victory.

Australian artillery was their most valuable weapon, with their infantry direct fire achieving little against the Germans. The artillery slowed the river crossing to a crawl due to engineer disruptions. German fire and assaults were a mixed bag, with one or two successful assaults but a greater number of poor-rolling stalemates. The thin Australian defensive line proved resilient and flexible, but just not strong enough to throw back the assault.

Fun game, interesting challenge for the Australians, and by no means a cakewalk for the Germans.

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