My worthwhile opponent survived my abusive French Accent to pull this out....
Up until the last few turns I might have been able to avoid the Major Victory, but no...
Abandoning the town to the north, which I felt indefensible, and would have resulted in the loss of the defending steps to the inevitable German crush--and then massacre as remnants fled across river actually did keep many German units relatively ineffectual, until the inevitable rush across the open ground...which was initially thrown back....My distributed AT guns prevented the Buffla from being too exposed...hiding in bushes to the north, after running from the shelling--
The Buffla (the damn Buffla) gave as well as it got---taking a step, and losing one...
The Assaults of so many Germans into the Town to the south was always going to be a challenge---and all save one of the hexes held out--with one even remaining French.
I think it's a tough slog for the French..But, had a roll or two gone the other way, perhaps...
As usual, a great fun game and repartee with my Boche opponent..
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