Lithuanian, German and Polish cavalry clash in a wildly messy fight. The final score of this one was Axis (Lithuanian and German) 33, Polish 30. the Germans and Poles enter the largish mapboard directly across from each other and only an initiative roll for the Axis on Turn 2 permitted the capture of a two hex town by the Germans to establish an early 24-8 lead for the Axis (two points per town hex). If the Poles (who had a 4-3 edge in initiative had won the initiative they would have held the town and the Axis lead would only have been 20-12. Given the superiority of the Polish troops as opposed to the Germans it seems likely that the Poles would have held the town and been in great position to fight off the Germans.

That is, of course, speculation. What did happen is that the Poles got organized for an assault towards the Germans and to their complete surprise needed to turn to fight the Lithuanians who were attacking after only an hour and a half. By turning the Poles attention to the Lithuanians the attack on the Germans was halted and a draw created. It took the Poles the better part of three hours to stop the Lithuanians and by that time there was no time to turn to attack the Germans again. Even at this, the Lithuanians and Germans had a period in the middle of the game where they had such stunningly marvelous luck with the dice that one had to feel that they could pull the win (1/2 way through the Axis led 31-16)

Tactically both sides gleefully pounded the other with artillery. All the troops were cavalry and were especially vulnerable to artillery. This even prompted both sides to hit assault hexes with artillery if they had a "morale advantage" and felt that they could cause demoralization and/or loss by the artillery fire. If either side had infantry it is clear that the infantry would have crushed the cavalry since it would not have had the fire penalty of the cavalry.

This was a wonderful scenario to try out your cavalry tactics and frankly quite suspenseful. With a little luck the Poles would have won.