It took 2-sessions without the dreaded FOW rule to complete this armored brawl in the Belgian countryside. German forces seemed overwhelming at first. As others reviewing this scenario have suggested, we had to supplement the German side with a Lieutenant and a motorcycle platoon to carry him, so that they would have a forward observer to call for their OBA. To compensate for this, we added a Dragoon platoon and an additional 25mm AT gun to the French order of battle.

As others have done, the Germans attempted a double envelopment on both French flanks with the stronger attack on the right -- with both the Pz II and Pz III Companies -- with the more fragile Pz Is on the left. The right flank attack succeeded in pushing back and demoralizing multiple French units, but the Pz I company on the left boldly advanced and was shot to pieces. In the process, the Pz IVA platoon lost half its strength supporting the Pz Is and then was destroyed by a pair of H-39 tanks in one of several impromptu short-range crossfires.

By 1045, both sides were taking considerable losses as the fragmented French dragoons steadily withdrew in leap-frog fashion. At around 1115, the Germans pulled back the single remaining Pz I for lack of infantry support. A pair of French H-39 platoons eventually hunted down and eliminated the artillery spotter and his motorcycle platoon behind German lines at 1130. French resistance was fierce in, and around the northern villages in Map 28, as the Germans remained mostly road-bound in their zeal to occupy as many town hexes as possible. French armor and motorcycle troops simply followed them south and had some significant luck in the DF, close assaults and morale check die rolls.

The last turn found the German moving back to the north and consolidating their remaining positions in several towns and villages. Burning wrecks, smashed motorcycles and abandoned AT guns were spread across the battlefield's roads and town hexes.

Surprisingly, the French side won this bloody scenario as the Germans were not able to hold more town hexes than the French on Map 28, and were outscored by the French, thanks primarily to their brave, but ultimately futile, frontal attacks on French garrisons in town hexes. The final score was: Germans with 18 points, and the French scored 29.