There was a bunch of Americans heading North in the German Area Of Responsibility (AOR) and the German Commander didn't think he could hold the battle area. As a result, his initial "idea" was to retreat from the line on Board 22 to take in the hills and woods to the north-east on board 22 and defend there. (In retrospect this might not have been such a good idea!) It opened up the North-South road on Board 22 for the Americans which did not affect the win-loss parameters at all. (My opponent thinks they should be rewritten to make it so.) Unfortunately the move might have given the Americans too much victory points to begin with. What with the loss of troops during the repositioning, the German Commander still didn't have enough troops to hold the line. While it was touch and go for a while, the reinforcements that the Americans got mid game, put paid to the German plans.