German set-up included a road block grouping just south of the crossroads on board 25; some Gren/HMG+AT guns set-up to attempt a cross-fire on any US mechanized approach south along the road; Grens+HMG in Manhay (board 24); the Stug-IIIG+Gren on the eastern hill of board 24; the PzV + Gren + the mortar corps on the western hill/village of board 24.

US attack schema: Group A: 3xINF + 3xHMG + 3xM3 + 2xM4 + 2x81mm South along the main road towards the crossroads of board 25. Group B: 3xINF + 2xENG + 2xM3 attack south ~4 hexes from east edge; then circled west to attack cross-roads from east in conjunction with Group A's attack from the North. Group C: 2xM4 + 2xM4/76 + M18 + M36 + 3xINF + 3xM3 along the eastern board edge: objective to attack Manhay from the SE in a long encircling move.

End Result: US manages to capture the board 25 crossroads and clear the required four-hex radius about it though at some serious cost in men and machines. Group C essentially holds German forces in Manhay from any attempt at reinforcement of the board 25 units.

Exciting Moment: The M36 made a "dash" across an open terrain gap in view of the StuGs (still not sighted) at a range of six. So despite the -2 penalties for range/OF, the StuGs kill a step of M36 (DEM the step remaining), but then fall victim (now spotted) to the M4/76's sitting in ambush in the light woods to their NE(despite the StuGs being dug-in and at a higher elevation).