Dubbed the first tank battle both Vince and I were loking forward to his one. Large German forces advancing from the east come across a thin French infantry line backed up by excellent French armour. Initially the Germans made little headway, losing some infantry to artillery and a couple of PzIIIs, the German commander was looking a little glum after our first session however I felt that the next turn would be crucial as French lines were now being stretched and already some Panzers had out flanked the line and were making towards the rear and the French artillery park, and so it proved as between 1500-1530 more German infantry poured onto the board and French tank losses mounted. The efficient use by the German commander of infantry to assault the slower French attacks while the Panzers unleashed shots into the flanks was a model of combined arms attack to which the French had now answer. A local counter attack did cause some casualties to PzIV's and at least lifted the morale of the troops but the writing was on the wall and the French commander condceded the battle. This is a good scenario and I have rated it a 4, although the secnario as a contest was finished about half way through the 30 turns this may have been down to the choice of a forward defense line by the French commander and even though Herr Hughes gave me a sound thrashing I would consider playing this one again. (Just not for a while)