The Germans had an armed/manned strongpoint in the victory control hex, with the German reserves just a couple of turns away from reinforcing. The US, with only 2.5 paratroop platoons and a hoped-for reinforcement drop of another platoon, had ground to cover to get to and engage the enemy guarding the victory control hex. As the US units approached, Captain Horton split his force leaving Lt. Orr and a platoon in the bocage and crossing to the other side of the road to attack from both sides. Unfortunately for the paratroops, Lt. Steyer and an engineer platoon were waiting behind a hedgerow and attacked via opportunity fire, demoralizing the troopers led by Horton. After attempting to recover this unit fled and was no longer a part of the fight. Lt. Orr and his 1.5 platoons found themselves pursued and assaulted by Captain Rosin and HMG and infantry platoons, which after a couple of turns wiped them out with only Lt. Orr escaping. The hoped-for reinforcement drop never occurred, and the game ended with the lone remaining paratroop platoon cowering a good distance from their objective, taking the bulk of the game to regain their normal status. I'm not sure if splitting his forces did in Captain Horton, because it didn't look like they had a chance to take their objective at full strength. German casualties were nil.