Author	waynebaumber (Germany)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Germany
Participants	unknown
Play Date	2022-01-11
Language	English
Scenario	FaoF033

This excellent scenario has French forces using the cover of night to breakout back to the west. Initially the French face sparse German forces but there are are large German reinforcement's waiting in the wings. These reinforcements have to be rolled for at certain time during the game, there point of entry also has to be rolled for however they are fairly mobile so should be able to reach the key points fairly quickly. The French enter from the east edge with the small German blocking force entering from the west. The French commander's first problem is that his units are fairly slow moving and will be hard pushed to reach the west edge of the board in the time allotted for this scenario. The first few turns are bloodless as units manoeuvre in the dark, the Germans establish some blocking positions while the French try to outflank these positions. The first (and in fact second) German reinforcements arrive on time and to the rear of the French forces. The French look surrounded but the canny French commander does well to avoid the trap however he has to commit several units to urban combat ibn the small village on board 26. Casualties are fairly even however the writing is on the wall for the French as much as they try to avoid the Germans, the Germans have sufficient mobility to keep ahead of the French moves. When at last day breaks and the tardy 3rd German reinforcement's arrive the tide of battle turns for good and French casualties mount. With no chance of exiting the board the French player concedes defeat on the penultimate turn. A good scenario this with the cravat that it is a very tough one for the French to win. However I think that Bangla did the best he could with the forces available and to trade steps losses is not a bad effort. We both enjoyed this scenario very much